| Words | Parts of Speech | Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
|---|---|---|
| moderatorship | noun | The office of a moderator. |
| modernization | noun | The act of rendering modern in style; the act or process of causing to conform to modern of thinking or acting. |
| modifiability | noun | Capability of being modified; state or quality of being modifiable. |
| mohammedanism | noun | Alt. of Mohammedism |
| mohammedanize | verb t. | Alt. of Mohammedize |
| mollification | noun | The act of mollifying, or the state of being mollified; a softening. |
| momentariness | noun | The state or quality of being momentary; shortness of duration. |
| monocephalous | adjective | Having a solitary head; — said of unbranched composite plants. |
| monochromatic | adjective | Consisting of one color, or presenting rays of light of one color only. |
| monocotyledon | noun | A plant with only one cotyledon, or seed lobe. |
| monodactylous | adjective | Having but one finger or claw. |
| monogrammatic | adjective | Monogrammic. |
| monographical | adjective | Of or pertaining to a monograph, or to a monography; as, a monographic writing; a monographic picture. |
| monometallism | noun | The legalized use of one metal only, as gold, or silver, in the standard currency of a country, or as a standard of money values. See Bimetallism. |
| monometallist | noun | One who believes in monometallism as opposed to bimetallism, etc. |
| monophthongal | adjective | Consisting of, or pertaining to, a monophthong. |
| monopolylogue | noun | An exhibition in which an actor sustains many characters. |
| monospherical | adjective | Consisting of one sphere only. |
| monosulphuret | noun | See Monosulphide. |
| monosyllabism | noun | The state of consisting of monosyllables, or having a monosyllabic form; frequent occurrence of monosyllables. |
| monosyllabled | adjective | Formed into, or consisting of, monosyllables. |
| monosymmetric | adjective | Alt. of Monosymmetrical |
| monothalamous | adjective | One-chambered. |
| monothelitism | noun | The doctrine of the Monothelites. |
| monotrematous | adjective | Of or pertaining to the Monotremata. |
| monsel’s salt | A basic sulphate of iron; — so named from Monsel, a Frenchman. | |
| monstrosities | plural | of Monstrosity |
| monstrousness | noun | The state or quality of being monstrous, unusual, extraordinary. |
| mont de piete | One of certain public pawnbroking establishments which originated in Italy in the 15th century, the object of which was to lend money at a low rate of interest to poor people in need; — called also mount of piety. The institution has been adopted in other countries, as in Spain and France. See Lombard-house. | |
| morning-glory | noun | A climbing plant (Ipomoea purpurea) having handsome, funnel-shaped flowers, usually red, pink, purple, white, or variegated, sometimes pale blue. See Dextrorsal. |
| morphological | adjective | Of, pertaining to, or according to, the principles of morphology. |
| mortification | noun | The act of mortifying, or the condition of being mortified, The death of one part of an animal body, while the rest continues to live; loss of vitality in some part of a living animal; gangrene., Destruction of active qualities; neutralization., Subjection of the passions and appetites, by penance, absistence, or painful severities inflicted on the body., Hence: Deprivation or depression of self-approval; abatement or pride; humiliation; chagrin; vexation., That which mortifies; the cause of humiliation, chagrin, or vexation., A gift to some charitable or religious institution; — nearly synonymous with mortmain. |
| mortifiedness | noun | The state of being mortified; humiliation; subjection of the passions. |
| mother-in-law | noun | The mother of one’s husband or wife. |
| motley-minded | adjective | Having a mind of a jester; foolish. |
| mountebankery | noun | The practices of a mountebank; quackery; boastful and vain pretenses. |
| mountebankish | adjective | Like a mountebank or his quackery. |
| mountebankism | noun | The practices of a mountebank; mountebankery. |