Definition of mara

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Mara (n.) A female demon who torments people in sleep by crouching on their chests or stomachs, or by causing terrifying visions..

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Amaranthine :: Amaranthine (a.) Of or pertaining to amaranth.
Dammara :: Dammara (n.) An oleoresin used in making varnishes; dammar gum; dammara resin. It is obtained from certain resin trees indigenous to the East Indies, esp. Shorea robusta and the dammar pine..
Amaracus :: Amaracus (n.) A fragrant flower.
Culverkey :: Culverkey (n.) A bunch of the keys or samaras of the ash tree.
Amarant :: Amarant (n.) Amaranth, 1..
Acroceraunian :: Acroceraunian (a.) Of or pertaining to the high mountain range of thunder-smitten peaks (now Kimara), between Epirus and Macedonia..
Marauder :: Marauder (v.) A rover in quest of booty or plunder; a plunderer; one who pillages.
Maranta :: Maranta (n.) A genus of endogenous plants found in tropical America, and some species also in India. They have tuberous roots containing a large amount of starch, and from one species (Maranta arundinacea) arrowroot is obtained. Many kinds are cultivated for ornament..
Bittersweet :: Bittersweet (n.) A climbing shrub, with oval coral-red berries (Solanum dulcamara); woody nightshade. The whole plant is poisonous, and has a taste at first sweetish and then bitter. The branches are the officinal dulcamara..
Arrowroot :: Arrowroot (n.) A west Indian plant of the genus Maranta, esp. M. arundinacea, now cultivated in many hot countries. It said that the Indians used the roots to neutralize the venom in wounds made by poisoned arrows..
Marauded :: Marauded (imp. & p. p.) of Marau.
Hickory :: Hickory (n.) An American tree of the genus Carya, of which there are several species. The shagbark is the C. alba, and has a very rough bark; it affords the hickory nut of the markets. The pignut, or brown hickory, is the C. glabra. The swamp hickory is C. amara, having a nut whose shell is very thin and the kernel bitter..
Euphotide :: Euphotide (n.) A rock occurring in the Alps, consisting of saussurite and smaragdite; -- sometimes called gabbro..
Quassia :: Quassia (n.) The wood of several tropical American trees of the order Simarubeae, as Quassia amara, Picraena excelsa, and Simaruba amara. It is intensely bitter, and is used in medicine and sometimes as a substitute for hops in making beer..
Amarantaceous :: Amarantaceous (a.) Of, pertaining to, or resembling, the family of plants of which the amaranth is the type..
Maracan :: Maracan (n.) A macaw.
Marabout :: Marabout (n.) A Mohammedan saint; especially, one who claims to work cures supernaturally..
Catamaran :: Catamaran (n.) Any vessel with twin hulls, whether propelled by sails or by steam; esp., one of a class of double-hulled pleasure boats remarkable for speed..
Marasritaceous :: Marasritaceous (a.) Pertaining to, or resembling, pearl; pearly..
Staving :: Stavewood (n.) A tall tree (Simaruba amara) growing in tropical America. It is one of the trees which yields quassia.
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