Anagrams of: MARIES

• a permanent organization of the military land forces of a nation or state

• the army of the United States of America; the agency that organizes and trains soldiers for land warfare

• a large number of people united for some specific purpose

• tall perennial herb of tropical Asia with dark green leaves; cultivated for the fiber from its woody stems that resembles flax

• slanderous defamation

• a thin tissue or blood sample spread on a glass slide and stained for cytologic examination and diagnosis under a microscope

• a blemish made by dirt

• an act that brings discredit to the person who does it

• stain by smearing or daubing with a dirty substance

• make a smudge on; soil by smudging

• cover (a surface) by smearing (a substance) over it

• charge falsely or with malicious intent; attack the good name and reputation of someone

• a stingy hoarder of money and possessions (often living miserably)

• an acronym for microwave amplification by stimulated emission of radiation; an amplifier that works on the same principle as a laser and emits coherent microwave radiation

• an independent ruler or chieftain (especially in Africa or Arabia)

• a soft wet area of low-lying land that sinks underfoot

• deep soft mud in water or slush

• a difficulty or embarrassment that is hard to extricate yourself from

• entrap

• cause to get stuck as if in a mire

• be unable to move further

• soil with mud, muck, or mire