Skip to content A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z Martabani A style of Asian ceramics having a thin, bright green glaze applied on a white biscuit, allowing the light to pass through. martagon The Turk's cap lily (Lilium martagon). Martainville A commune in Calvados department, Normandy, France. Martakert A town in former unrecognized Artsakh Republic. Martand A male given name from Sanskrit used in India. Martchuck A surname. Marte A surname from Spanish. marteau A postiche curl. marteaux A game played at court in the 15th and 16th centuries, involving marble-sized variously colored ivory balls and a board with holes. martech Marketing technology; technology (usually information technology) used for marketing. martel A hammer, especially a war hammer. Martelange A municipality and village in Luxembourg province, Belgium; the main road through the village is just inside Belgium, but buildings on the east side of the road are in the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg. marteline A small kind of hammer, once used by marble workers and sculptors. Martell A surname. Martella A surname. martellato Strongly accented, or hammered out; used of notes played on bowed string instruments, handbells, or the piano. Martelli A surname from Italian. martello Martello tower marteloscope A rectangular plot, within a managed forest, in which every tree is identified, numbered and recorded martemper To subject (steel) to a heat treatment involving austenitization followed by step quenching (at a rate fast enough to avoid the formation of ferrite, pearlite or bainite), used to produce martensite under relatively low stress. martempering An act or process by which one martempers a piece of steel. marten Any carnivorous mammal of the genus Martes. marteniko Synonym of climbing perch (“Anabas testudineus”). Martenot Synonym of ondes martenot. Martensen A surname from Danish. martensite A solid solution of carbon in iron; the chief constituent of steel. martensitic Of, containing, or relating to martensite, a certain crystalline structure that can occur in steel under some conditions and can also occasionally occur naturally in meteoric matter or mineral veins. martensitically In a martensitic manner. Martenson A surname. Marter A surname from Middle English. martext A blundering preacher. Marth A surname. Martha A miniature greenhouse with a humidifier, used for growing mushrooms. Marthaguy A locality in the Warren council area, northern New South Wales, Australia. Marthaler A surname. Martham A village and civil parish in Great Yarmouth borough, Norfolk, England (OS grid ref TG4518). marthambles A particular ailment unknown to, and uncurable by, medical science marthasteroside A particular steroid glycoside. Marthavale A locality in the Shire of East Gippsland, eastern Victoria, Australia. Marthe A female given name from French or Norwegian, equivalent to English Martha. marthozite An orthorhombic-pyramidal mineral containing copper, hydrogen, oxygen, selenium, and uranium. martial Of, relating to, or suggestive of war; warlike. martialism The quality of being warlike; exercises suitable for war. martialist A warrior. martiality suitability for war, likelihood of success in war, tendency to wage war martialization The process of martializing. martialize To render martial; to equip for war. martially In a martial manner. martialness The quality of being martial or warlike. martian Of or relating to the planet Mars, or (science fiction) its imagined inhabitants. Martianess A female Martian. Martianism A minor movement in British poetry in the late 1970s and early 1980s, a kind of surrealism in which familiar things are described in unfamiliar ways. Martianize To make Martian; to endow with Martian characteristics. Martianness The quality of being Martian. Martie A female given name. Martigny A municipality and district in Valais canton, Switzerland. Martii The descendants of Ancus Martius, especially a group who made a bid for power by accusing the king Tarquin the Elder and his son-in-law Servius Tullius of murder. Martikyan A surname from Armenian. martin Many of the various passerine birds of the family Hirundinidae, which also includes swallows, that catch insects whilst flying. Martina A female given name from Latin. Martinage A surname. Martinborough A town in South Wairarapa district, Wellington region, New Zealand. Martindale A unit for quantifying the abrasion resistance of textiles, especially when used for upholstery. Martine A female given name, masculine equivalent Martin, equivalent to English Martina. Martineau A surname from French. Martinek A surname. Martinelli A surname from Italian. martinet A strict disciplinarian. martineta A type of tinamou found in Patagonia. martinetish Like a martinet; imposing strict discipline. martinetism The principles or practices of a martinet; strict following to discipline, order etc. martinetship The quality of being a martinet. Martinez A patrilineal surname from Spanish. Martinezism Teachings and doctrine developed by the theurgist and theosopher Martinez de Pasqually.It is the first branch of Martinism. Martinezist A follower of Martinezism. martingale A piece of harness used on a horse to keep it from raising its head above a desired point. martingality The condition of being like a martingale. Martinhoe A small settlement and civil parish (without a council) in North Devon district, Devon, England (OS grid ref SS6648). martini A cocktail made with gin or vodka and vermouth. Martinian A surname from Armenian. Martinican A person from Martinique or of Martinican descent. martinied Served or flavoured with martini. Martiniquais Martinican Martinique An island, overseas department, and administrative region of France in the Caribbean. Official name: Department of Martinique. Martinism A form of mystical and esoteric Christianity concerned with the fall of the first man, his state of material privation from his divine source, and the process of his return, influenced by Freemasonry. Martinist A follower of Martinism. Martinistic Of or relating to Martinism. Martinize To clean using the Martinizing dry-cleaning process Martinmas St Martin's Day, 11th November. A Scottish quarter day. Martino A surname. martins A surname transferred from the given name derived from the given name Martin. Martinsburg An unincorporated community in Washington County, Indiana. Martinsen A surname from Danish. Martinson A surname. Martinsville A small suburb of Newcastle in the City of Lake Macquarie, Hunter Region, New South Wales, Australia. Martinverse The fictional universe which serves as the setting for the A Song of Ice and Fire novel series and its television adaptation Game of Thrones. Martinyan A surname from Armenian. Martir A surname. Martire A surname from Italian. Martirosyan A surname from Armenian. martite A variety of hematite that is pseudomorphic after magnetite crystals. Martius The month of March in the ancient Roman calendar. Martlesham A village and civil parish in East Suffolk district, Suffolk, England, previously in Suffolk Coastal district (OS grid ref TM2446). martlet A bird, the martin. Martletwy A village and community in Pembrokeshire, Wales (OS grid ref SN0310). Martley A village and civil parish in Malvern Hills district, Worcestershire, England (OS grid ref SO7559). Martock A village and civil parish in Somerset, England, previously in South Somerset district (OS grid ref ST4619). Marton A village in Lindal and Marton parish, Barrow-in-Furness borough, Cumbria (OS grid ref SD2477). Martone A surname. Martorana A surname from Italian. Martorano A surname. Martorell A municipality in the comarca of Baix Llobregat, Barcelona, Spain; it lies at the confluence of the Rivers Llobregat and Anoia. Martorelles A municipality in the comarca of Vallès Oriental, Barcelona, Spain. Martos A surname. Martosko A surname. Martshala A gewog of Samdrup Jongkhar District, Bhutan. Martu A grouping of several Aboriginal Australian peoples in the Western Desert cultural bloc. Martucci A surname from Italian. Martus A surname. Martusciello A surname from Italian. Martuthunira An indigenous people of Western Australia. Marty A diminutive of the male given names Martin and Marten. martymachlia A paraphilia which involves sexual attraction to having others watch the execution of a sexual act. Martyn A surname. martynia Any plant of the genus Martynia. martyniaceous Of or relating to the Martyniaceae. martynoside The plant glycoside [(2R,3R,4R,5R,6R)-5-hydroxy-6-[2-(3-hydroxy-4-methoxyphenyl)ethoxy]-2-(hydroxymethyl)-4-[(2S,3R,4R,5R,6S)-3,4,5-trihydroxy-6-methyloxan-2-yl]oxyoxan-3-yl] (E)-3-(4-hydroxy-3-methoxyphenyl)prop-2-enoate martyr One who willingly accepts being put to death or willingly accepts challenging and exposing iniquity done to oneself for adhering openly to one's religious beliefs; notably, saints canonized after red martyrdom. martyrable Able or fit to be martyred. martyrdom The condition of a martyr; the death or suffering of a martyr; the death or suffering on account of adherence to the Christian faith, or to any cause. martyrer One who martyrs another. martyress A female martyr. martyrial Of, for, or relating to, a martyr. martyrion A church that contains relics of martyrs or marks the site of the grave of a martyr; a martyry. martyrish Having characteristics of a martyr. martyrism The act of being a martyr; self-sacrifice. martyrium A tomb or other edifice erected in homage to a martyr. martyrization The act or process of martyrizing. martyrize To make a martyr of (someone). martyrizer One who martyrs, puts others through martyrdom. martyrless Without a martyr. martyrlike Resembling or characteristic of a martyr. martyrly Like a martyr; martyrish. martyrolatry The idolization or adoration of martyrs. martyrologic Of, or pertaining to, a martyrology. martyrological Of or pertaining to martyrology. martyrologist One who studies martyrology. martyrologium Synonym of martyrology (“the names and stories of martyrs”). martyrologue Synonym of martyrologist. martyrology The study of martyrs and martyrdom; the names and stories of martyrs, particularly