| bain-marie | (n) a large pan that is filled with hot water; smaller pans containing food can be set in the larger pan to keep food warm or to cook food slowly |
| charcot-marie-tooth disease | (n) a form of neuropathy that can begin between childhood and young adulthood; characterized by weakness and atrophy of the muscles of the hands and lower legs; progression is slow and individuals affected can have a normal life span; inheritance is X-linked recessive or X-linked dominant, Syn. hereditary motor and sensory neuropathy |
| marie antoinette | (n) queen of France (as wife of Louis XVI) who was unpopular; her extravagance and opposition to reform contributed to the overthrow of the monarchy; she was guillotined along with her husband (1755-1793) |
| mariehamn | (n) a town that is the chief port of the Aland islands, Syn. Maarianhamina |
| sault sainte marie | (n) a town of southern Ontario opposite northern Michigan |
| ankylosing spondylitis | (n) a chronic form of spondylitis primarily in males and marked by impaired mobility of the spine; sometimes leads to ankylosis, Syn. Marie-Strumpell disease, rheumatoid spondylitis |
| comte | (n) French philosopher remembered as the founder of positivism; he also established sociology as a systematic field of study, Syn. Auguste Comte, Isidore Auguste Marie Francois Comte |
| condorcet | (n) French mathematician and philosopher (1743-1794), Syn. Marie Jean Antoine Nicolas Caritat, Marquis de Condorcet |
| corday | (n) French revolutionary heroine (a Girondist) who assassinated Marat (1768-1793), Syn. Marie Anne Charlotte Corday d'Armont, Charlotte Corday |
| curie | (n) French chemist (born in Poland) who won two Nobel prizes; one (with her husband and Henri Becquerel) for research on radioactivity and another for her discovery of radium and polonium (1867-1934), Syn. Marya Sklodowska, Madame Curie, Marie Curie |
| de gaulle | (n) French general and statesman who became very popular during World War II as the leader of the Free French forces in exile (1890-1970), Syn. Charles de Gaulle, General de Gaulle, Charles Andre Joseph Marie de Gaulle, General Charles de Gaulle |
| du barry | (n) courtier and influential mistress of Louis XV who was guillotined during the French Revolution (1743-1793), Syn. Comtesse Du Barry, Marie Jeanne Becu |
| evert | (n) United States tennis player who won women's singles titles in the United States and at Wimbledon (born in 1954), Syn. Christine Marie Evert, Chris Evert, Chrissie Evert |
| fourier | (n) French sociologist and reformer who hoped to achieve universal harmony by reorganizing society (1772-1837), Syn. Charles Fourier, Francois Marie Charles Fourier |
| hugo | (n) French poet and novelist and dramatist; leader of the romantic movement in France (1802-1885), Syn. Victor Hugo, Victor-Marie Hugo |
| jacquard | (n) French inventor of the Jacquard loom that could automatically weave complicated patterns (1752-1834), Syn. Joseph M. Jacquard, Joseph Marie Jacquard |
| lafayette | (n) French soldier who served under George Washington in the American Revolution (1757-1834), Syn. Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert du Motier, La Fayette, Marquis de Lafayette |
| lesseps | (n) French diplomat who supervised the construction of the Suez Canal (1805-1894), Syn. Ferdinand de Lesseps, Vicomte Ferdinand Marie de Lesseps |
| mayer | (n) United States physicist (born in Germany) noted for her research on the structure of the atom (1906-1972), Syn. Marie Goeppert Mayer |
| mitterrand | (n) French statesman and president of France from 1981 to 1985 (1916-1996), Syn. Francois Maurice Marie Mitterrand, Francois Mitterrand |
| montez | (n) Irish dancer (1818-1861), Syn. Marie Dolores Eliza Rosanna Gilbert, Lola Montez |
| robespierre | (n) French revolutionary; leader of the Jacobins and architect of the Reign of Terror; was himself executed in a coup d'etat (1758-1794), Syn. Maxmillien Marie Isidore de Robespierre |
| squirrel's-foot fern | (n) feathery fern of tropical Asia and Malaysia, Syn. Davallia Mariesii, Davalia bullata, ball fern, Davalia bullata mariesii |
| stendhal | (n) French writer whose novels were the first to feature psychological analysis of the character (1783-1842), Syn. Marie Henri Beyle |
| stopes | (n) birth-control campaigner who in 1921 opened the first birth control clinic in London (1880-1958), Syn. Marie Stopes, Marie Charlotte Carmichael Stopes |
| tussaud | (n) French modeler (resident in England after 1802) who made wax death masks of prominent victims of the French Revolution and toured Britain with her wax models; in 1835 she opened a permanent waxworks exhibition in London (1761-1850), Syn. Madame Tussaud, Marie Tussaud, Marie Grosholtz |
| vigee-lebrun | (n) French painter noted for her portraits (1755-1842), Syn. Elisabeth Vigee-Lebrun, Marie Louise Elisabeth Vigee-Lebrun |
| voltaire | (n) French writer who was the embodiment of 18th century Enlightenment (1694-1778), Syn. Francois-Marie Arouet, Arouet |
