| Words | Parts of Speech | Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
|---|---|---|
| mobilizing | present participle & vb. noun | of Mobilize |
| mobocratic | adjective | Of, or relating to, a mobocracy. |
| moccasined | adjective | Covered with, or wearing, a moccasin or moccasins. |
| moderating | present participle & vb. noun | of Moderate |
| moderately | adverb | In a moderate manner or degree; to a moderate extent. |
| moderation | noun | The act of moderating, or of imposing due restraint., The state or quality of being mmoderate., Calmness of mind; equanimity; as, to bear adversity with moderation., The first public examinations for degrees at the University of Oxford; — usually contracted to mods. |
| moderatism | noun | Moderation in doctrines or opinion, especially in politics or religion. |
| moderatrix | noun | A female moderator. |
| modernized | imp. & past participle | of Modernize |
| modernizer | noun | One who modernizes. |
| modernness | noun | The quality or state of being modern; recentness; novelty. |
| modifiable | adjective | Capable of being modified; liable to modification. |
| modificate | verb t. | To qualify. |
| modulating | present participle & vb. noun | of Modulate |
| modulation | noun | The act of modulating, or the state of being modulated; as, the modulation of the voice., Sound modulated; melody., A change of key, whether transient, or until the music becomes established in the new key; a shifting of the tonality of a piece, so that the harmonies all center upon a new keynote or tonic; the art of transition out of the original key into one nearly related, and so on, it may be, by successive changes, into a key quite remote. There are also sudden and unprepared modulations. |
| mohammedan | adjective | Of or pertaining to Mohammed, or the religion and institutions founded by Mohammed., A follower of Mohammed, the founder of Islamism; one who professes Mohammedanism or Islamism. |
| moistening | present participle & vb. noun | of Moisten |
| mouldboard | noun | A curved plate of iron (originally of wood) back of the share of a plow, which turns over the earth in plowing., A follow board. |
| mouldering | of Moulder | |
| mouldiness | noun | The state of being moldy. |
| moliminous | adjective | Of great bulk or consequence; very important. |
| molliently | adverb | Assuagingly. |
| mollifying | present participle & vb. noun | of Mollify |
| molluscoid | adjective | Resembling the true mollusks; belonging to the Molluscoidea., One of the Molluscoidea. |
| molluscous | adjective | Molluscan. |
| molly-mawk | noun | See Mollemoke. |
| molybdenum | noun | A rare element of the chromium group, occurring in nature in the minerals molybdenite and wulfenite, and when reduced obtained as a hard, silver-white, difficulty fusible metal. Symbol Mo. Atomic weight 95.9. |
| momentally | adverb | For a moment. |
| monadiform | adjective | Having the form of a monad; resembling a monad in having one or more filaments of vibratile protoplasm; as, monadiform young. |
| monadology | noun | The doctrine or theory of monads. |
| monandrian | adjective | Same as Monandrous. |
| monandrous | adjective | Of or pertaining to the monandria; having but one stamen. |
| monanthous | adjective | Having but one flower; one-flowered. |
| monarchess | noun | A female monarch. |
| monarchial | adjective | Monarchic. |
| monarchian | noun | One of a sect in the early Christian church which rejected the doctrine of the Trinity; — called also patripassian. |
| monarchism | noun | The principles of, or preference for, monarchy. |
| monarchist | noun | An advocate of, or believer in, monarchy. |
| monarchize | verb i. | To play the sovereign; to act the monarch., To rule; to govern. |
| monarchies | plural | of Monarchy |
| monastical | adjective | Of or pertaining to monasteries, or to their occupants, rules, etc., as, monastic institutions or rules., Secluded from temporal concerns and devoted to religion; recluse. |
| monasticon | noun | A book giving an account of monasteries. |
| mongolians | noun pl. | One of the great races of man, including the greater part of the inhabitants of China, Japan, and the interior of Asia, with branches in Northern Europe and other parts of the world. By some American Indians are considered a branch of the Mongols. In a more restricted sense, the inhabitants of Mongolia and adjacent countries, including the Burats and the Kalmuks. |
| mongrelize | verb t. & i. | To cause to be mongrel; to cross breeds, so as to produce mongrels. |
| moniliform | adjective | Joined or constricted, at regular intervals, so as to resemble a string of beads; as, a moniliform root; a moniliform antenna. See Illust. of Antenna. |
| monishment | noun | Admonition. |
| monitorial | adjective | Of or pertaining to a monitor or monitors., Done or performed by a monitor; as, monitorial work; conducted or taught by monitors; as, a monitorial school; monitorial instruction. |
| monkey-cup | noun | See Nepenthes. |
| monkey-pot | noun | The fruit of two South American trees (Lecythis Ollaria, and L. Zabucajo), which have for their fruit large, pot-shaped, woody capsules containing delicious nuts, and opening almost explosively by a circular lid at the top. Vases and pots are made of this capsule. |
| monkeytail | noun | A short, round iron bar or lever used in naval gunnery. |
| monkflower | noun | A name of certain curious orchids which bear three kinds of flowers formerly referred to three genera, but now ascertained to be sexually different forms of the same genus (Catasetum tridentatum, etc.). |
| monocarpic | adjective | Alt. of Monocarpous |
| monochrome | noun | A painting or drawing in a single color; a picture made with a single color. |
| monochromy | noun | The art of painting or drawing in monochrome. |
| monoclinal | adjective | Having one oblique inclination; — applied to strata that dip in only one direction from the axis of elevation. |
| monoclinic | adjective | Having one oblique intersection; — said of that system of crystallization in which the vertical axis is inclined to one, but at right angles to the other, lateral axis. See Crystallization. |
| monocotyle | adjective | Monocotyledonous. |
| monocrotic | adjective | Of, pertaining to, or showing, monocrotism; as, a monocrotic pulse; a pulse of the monocrotic type. |
| monoculous | adjective | Monocular. |
| monocystic | adjective | Of or pertaining to a division (Monocystidea) of Gregarinida, in which the body consists of one sac. |
| monoecious | adjective | Having the sexes united in one individual, as when male and female flowers grow upon the same individual plant; hermaphrodite; — opposed to dioecious. |
| monogamian | adjective | Alt. of Monogamic |
| monogamist | noun | One who practices or upholds monogamy. |
| monogamous | adjective | Upholding, or practicing, monogamy., Same as Monogamian., Mating with but one of the opposite sex; — said of birds and mammals. |
| monogenism | noun | The theory or doctrine that the human races have a common origin, or constitute a single species. |
| monogenist | noun | One who maintains that the human races are all of one species; — opposed to polygenist. |
| monogenous | adjective | Of or pertaining to monogenesis; as, monogenous, or asexual, reproduction. |
| monography | noun | Representation by lines without color; an outline drawing., A monograph. |
| monogynian | adjective | Pertaining to the Monogynia; monogynous., One of the Monogynia. |
| monogynous | adjective | Of or pertaining to Monogynia; having only one style or stigma. |
| monolithal | adjective | Monolithic. |
| monolithic | adjective | Of or pertaining to a monolith; consisting of a single stone. |
| monologist | noun | One who soliloquizes; esp., one who monopolizes conversation in company. |
| monomachia | noun | Alt. of Monomachy |
| monomaniac | noun | A person affected by monomania., Alt. of Monomaniacal |
| monomerous | adjective | Composed of solitary parts, as a flower with one sepal, one petal, one stamen, and one pistil., Having but one joint; — said of the foot of certain insects. |
| monometric | adjective | Same as Isometric. |
| monomyaria | nounpl. | An order of lamellibranchs having but one muscle for closing the shell, as the oyster. |
| mononomial | noun & adjective | Monomyal. |
| monoousian | adjective | Alt. of Monoousious |
| monophonic | adjective | Single-voiced; having but one part; as, a monophonic composition; — opposed to polyphonic. |
| monoplegia | noun | Paralysis affecting a single limb. |
| monopodial | adjective | Having a monopodium or a single and continuous axis, as a birchen twig or a cornstalk. |
| monopodium | noun | A single and continuous vegetable axis; — opposed to sympodium. |
| monopolist | noun | One who monopolizes; one who has a monopoly; one who favors monopoly. |
| monopolite | noun | A monopolist. |
| monopolize | verb t. | To acquire a monopoly of; to have or get the exclusive privilege or means of dealing in, or the exclusive possession of; to engross the whole of; as, to monopolize the coffee trade; to monopolize land. |
| monopolies | plural | of Monopoly |
| monopteral | adjective | Round and without a cella; consisting of a single ring of columns supporting a roof; — said esp. of a temple. |
| monopteron | noun | A circular temple consisting of a roof supported on columns, without a cella. |
| monorganic | adjective | Belonging to, or affecting, a single organ, or set of organs. |
| monothecal | adjective | Having a single loculament. |
| monotheism | noun | The doctrine or belief that there is but one God. |
| monotheist | noun | One who believes that there is but one God. |
| monotocous | adjective | Bearing fruit but once; monocarpic., Uniparous; laying a single egg. |
| monotomous | adjective | Having a distinct cleavage in a single direction only. |
| monotonist | noun | One who talks in the same strain or on the same subject until weariness is produced. |
| monotonous | adjective | Uttered in one unvarying tone; continued with dull uniformity; characterized by monotony; without change or variety; wearisome. |
| monovalent | adjective | Having a valence of one; univalent. See Univalent. |
| monoxylous | adjective | Made of one piece of wood. |
| monsignors | plural | of Monsignore |
| monsignore | noun | My lord; — an ecclesiastical dignity bestowed by the pope, entitling the bearer to social and domestic rank at the papal court. (Abbrev. Mgr.) |
| monstrance | noun | A transparent pyx, in which the consecrated host is exposed to view. |
| monstruous | adjective | Monstrous. |
| monte-acid | noun | An acid elevator, as a tube through which acid is forced to some height in a sulphuric acid manufactory. |
| monumental | adjective | Of, pertaining to, or suitable for, a monument; as, a monumental inscription., Serving as a monument; memorial; preserving memory. |
| moon-faced | adjective | Having a round, full face. |
| moonflower | noun | The oxeye daisy; — called also moon daisy., A kind of morning glory (Ipomoea Bona-nox) with large white flowers opening at night. |
| moonshiner | noun | A person engaged in illicit distilling; — so called because the work is largely done at night. |
| moonstruck | adjective | Mentally affected or deranged by the supposed influence of the moon; lunatic., Produced by the supposed influence of the moon., Made sick by the supposed influence of the moon, as a human being; made unsuitable for food, as fishes, by such supposed influence. |
| moot-house | noun | A hall for public meetings; a hall of judgment. |
| moralities | plural | of Morality |
| moralizing | present participle & vb. noun | of Moralize |
| morbidezza | noun | Delicacy or softness in the representation of flesh., A term used as a direction in execution, signifying, with extreme delicacy. |
| morbidness | noun | The quality or state of being morbid; morbidity. |
| morbifical | adjective | Causing disease; generating a sickly state; as, a morbific matter. |
| morbillous | adjective | Pertaining to the measles; partaking of the nature of measels, or resembling the eruptions of that disease; measly. |
| mordacious | adjective | Biting; given to biting; hence, figuratively, sarcastic; severe; scathing. |
| mordanting | present participle & vb. noun | of Mordant |
| mordicancy | noun | A biting quality; corrosiveness. |
| morganatic | adjective | Pertaining to, in the manner of, or designating, a kind of marriage, called also left-handed marriage, between a man of superior rank and a woman of inferior, in which it is stipulated that neither the latter nor her children shall enjoy the rank or inherit the possessions of her husband. |
| morigerate | adjective | Obedient. |
| morigerous | adjective | Obedient; obsequious. |
| morosaurus | noun | An extinct genus of large herbivorous dinosaurs, found in Jurassic strata in America. |
| moroseness | noun | Sourness of temper; sulenness. |
| moroxylate | noun | A morate. |
| morphinism | noun | A morbid condition produced by the excessive or prolonged use of morphine. |
| morphogeny | noun | History of the evolution of forms; that part of ontogeny that deals with the germ history of forms; — distinguished from physiogeny. |
| morphology | noun | That branch of biology which deals with the structure of animals and plants, treating of the forms of organs and describing their varieties, homologies, and metamorphoses. See Tectology, and Promorphology. |
| morphonomy | noun | The laws of organic formation. |
| mortalized | imp. & past participle | of Mortalize |
| mortalness | noun | Quality of being mortal; mortality. |
| mortgaging | present participle & vb. noun | of Mortgage |
| mortgageor | noun | Alt. of Mortgagor |
| mortifying | present participle & vb. noun | of Mortify, Tending to mortify; affected by, or having symptoms of, mortification; as, a mortifying wound; mortifying flesh., Subduing the appetites, desires, etc.; as, mortifying penances., Tending to humble or abase; humiliating; as, a mortifying repulse. |
| mortuaries | plural | of Mortuary |
| morulation | noun | The process of cleavage, or segmentation, of the ovum, by which a morula is formed. |
| mosaically | adverb | In the manner of a mosaic. |
| mosasauria | noun pl. | An order of large, extinct, marine reptiles, found in the Cretaceous rocks, especially in America. They were serpentlike in form and in having loosely articulated and dilatable jaws, with large recurved tteth, but they had paddlelike feet. Some of them were over fifty feet long. They are, essentially, fossil sea serpents with paddles. Called also Pythonomarpha, and Mosasauria. |
| mosasaurus | noun | A genus of extinct marine reptiles allied to the lizards, but having the body much elongated, and the limbs in the form of paddles. The first known species, nearly fifty feet in length, was discovered in Cretaceous beds near Maestricht, in the Netherlands. |
| mososaurus | noun | Same as Mosasaurus. |
| mosquitoes | plural | of Mosquito |
| mossbanker | noun | Alt. of Mossbunker |
| mossbunker | noun | The menhaded. |
| moss-grown | adjective | Overgrown with moss. |
| motherhood | noun | The state of being a mother; the character or office of a mother. |
| motherland | noun | The country of one’s ancestors; — same as fatherland. |
| motherless | adjective | Destitute of a mother; having lost a mother; as, motherless children. |
| motherwort | noun | A labiate herb (Leonurus Cardiaca), of a bitter taste, used popularly in medicine; lion’s tail., The mugwort. See Mugwort. |
| motionless | adjective | Without motion; being at rest. |
| motiveless | adjective | Destitute of a motive; not incited by a motive. |
| motorpathy | noun | Kinesiatrics. |
| mountainer | noun | A mountaineer. |
| mountainet | noun | A small mountain. |
| mountebank | noun | One who mounts a bench or stage in the market or other public place, boasts of his skill in curing diseases, and vends medicines which he pretends are infalliable remedies; a quack doctor., Any boastful or false pretender; a charlatan; a quack., To cheat by boasting and false pretenses; to gull., To play the mountebank. |
| mountingly | adverb | In an ascending manner. |
| mourningly | adverb | In a mourning manner. |
| mousseline | noun | Muslin. |
| mouth-made | adjective | Spoken without sincerity; not heartfelt. |
| mouthpiece | noun | The part of a musical or other instrument to which the mouth is applied in using it; as, the mouthpiece of a bugle, or of a tobacco pipe., An appendage to an inlet or outlet opening of a pipe or vessel, to direct or facilitate the inflow or outflow of a fluid., One who delivers the opinion of others or of another; a spokesman; as, the mouthpiece of his party. |
| movability | noun | Movableness. |
| movingness | noun | The power of moving. |