| Words | Parts of Speech | Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
|---|---|---|
| mood | noun | Manner; style; mode; logical form; musical style; manner of action or being. See Mode which is the preferable form)., Manner of conceiving and expressing action or being, as positive, possible, hypothetical, etc., without regard to other accidents, such as time, person, number, etc.; as, the indicative mood; the infinitive mood; the subjunctive mood. Same as Mode., Temper of mind; temporary state of the mind in regard to passion or feeling; humor; as, a melancholy mood; a suppliant mood. |
| moon | noun | The celestial orb which revolves round the earth; the satellite of the earth; a secondary planet, whose light, borrowed from the sun, is reflected to the earth, and serves to dispel the darkness of night. The diameter of the moon is 2,160 miles, its mean distance from the earth is 240,000 miles, and its mass is one eightieth that of the earth. See Lunar month, under Month., A secondary planet, or satellite, revolving about any member of the solar system; as, the moons of Jupiter or Saturn., The time occupied by the moon in making one revolution in her orbit; a month., A crescentlike outwork. See Half-moon., To expose to the rays of the moon., To act if moonstruck; to wander or gaze about in an abstracted manner. |
| moor | noun | One of a mixed race inhabiting Morocco, Algeria, Tunis, and Tripoli, chiefly along the coast and in towns., Any individual of the swarthy races of Africa or Asia which have adopted the Mohammedan religion., An extensive waste covered with patches of heath, and having a poor, light soil, but sometimes marshy, and abounding in peat; a heath., A game preserve consisting of moorland., To fix or secure, as a vessel, in a particular place by casting anchor, or by fastening with cables or chains; as, the vessel was moored in the stream; they moored the boat to the wharf., Fig.: To secure, or fix firmly., To cast anchor; to become fast. |
| moot | verb | See 1st Mot., A ring for gauging wooden pins., To argue for and against; to debate; to discuss; to propose for discussion., Specifically: To discuss by way of exercise; to argue for practice; to propound and discuss in a mock court., To argue or plead in a supposed case., A meeting for discussion and deliberation; esp., a meeting of the people of a village or district, in Anglo-Saxon times, for the discussion and settlement of matters of common interest; — usually in composition; as, folk-moot., A discussion or debate; especially, a discussion of fictitious causes by way of practice., Subject, or open, to argument or discussion; undecided; debatable; mooted., of Mot |