January, from Janus, the god with two heads, who opened the year.
Jeremiad, a sorrowful story; from Jeremiah, who wrote the Lamentations.
Jovial, cheerful; from Jove, the king of the ancient gods.
July, from Julius Cæsar, the great Roman statesman and general.
Macadamise, to pave a road with small cubical stones; from Macadam, who invented this method of making roads. He died 1836.
March, from Mars, the Roman god of war.
Martial, from Mars, the Roman god of war.
Mausoleum, a magnificent tomb; from Mausolus, a king of Caria, in Asia Minor, whose widow erected a splendid tomb to his memory.
Mercury, quicksilver; from Mercury, the light-footed messenger of the gods who dwelt on Olympus.
Panic, from Pan, the god of shepherds, who often appeared to them suddenly and terrified them.