8-Letter Words Starting: MARA

• A former Spanish coin and unit of currency, originally issued in gold but later in silver and copper, discontinued in 1848.

• any long and arduous undertaking

• a battle in 490 BC in which the Athenians and their allies defeated the Persians

• a footrace of 26 miles 385 yards

• large African black-and-white carrion-eating stork; its downy underwing feathers are used to trim garments

• a sudden short attack

• raid and rove in search of booty

• extreme malnutrition and emaciation (especially in children); can result from inadequate intake of food or from malabsorption or metabolic disorders

• large African black-and-white carrion-eating stork; its downy underwing feathers are used to trim garments

• the downy feathers of marabou storks are used for trimming garments

• small bitter fruit of the marasca cherry tree from whose juice maraschino liqueur is made

• Dalmatian bitter wild cherry tree bearing fruit whose juice is made into maraschino liqueur

• someone who attacks in search of booty

• any of numerous herbs of the genus Maranta having tuberous starchy roots and large sheathing leaves