| Words | Parts of Speech | Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
|---|---|---|
| moral | adjective | Relating to duty or obligation; pertaining to those intentions and actions of which right and wrong, virtue and vice, are predicated, or to the rules by which such intentions and actions ought to be directed; relating to the practice, manners, or conduct of men as social beings in relation to each other, as respects right and wrong, so far as they are properly subject to rules., Conformed to accepted rules of right; acting in conformity with such rules; virtuous; just; as, a moral man. Used sometimes in distinction from religious; as, a moral rather than a religious life., Capable of right and wrong action or of being governed by a sense of right; subject to the law of duty., Acting upon or through one’s moral nature or sense of right, or suited to act in such a manner; as, a moral arguments; moral considerations. Sometimes opposed to material and physical; as, moral pressure or support., Supported by reason or probability; practically sufficient; — opposed to legal or demonstrable; as, a moral evidence; a moral certainty., Serving to teach or convey a moral; as, a moral lesson; moral tales., The doctrine or practice of the duties of life; manner of living as regards right and wrong; conduct; behavior; — usually in the plural., The inner meaning or significance of a fable, a narrative, an occurrence, an experience, etc.; the practical lesson which anything is designed or fitted to teach; the doctrine meant to be inculcated by a fiction; a maxim., A morality play. See Morality, 5., To moralize. |
| moray | noun | A muraena. |
| morel | noun | An edible fungus (Morchella esculenta), the upper part of which is covered with a reticulated and pitted hymenium. It is used as food, and for flavoring sauces., Nightshade; — so called from its blackish purple berries., A kind of cherry. See Morello. |
| moria | noun | Idiocy; imbecility; fatuity; foolishness. |
| moric | adjective | Pertaining to, or derived from, fustic (see Morin); as, moric acid. |
| moril | noun | An edible fungus. Same as 1st Morel. |
| morin | noun | A yellow crystalline substance of acid properties extracted from fustic (Maclura tinctoria, formerly called Morus tinctoria); — called also moric acid. |
| mormo | noun | A bugbear; false terror. |
| morne | adjective | Of or pertaining to the morn; morning., A ring fitted upon the head of a lance to prevent wounding an adversary in tilting., Without teeth, tongue, or claws; — said of a lion represented heraldically., The first or early part of the day, variously understood as the earliest hours of light, the time near sunrise; the time from midnight to noon, from rising to noon, etc., The first or early part; as, the morning of life., The goddess Aurora. |
| morse | noun | The walrus. See Walrus., A clasp for fastening garments in front. |
| morus | noun | A genus of trees, some species of which produce edible fruit; the mulberry. See Mulberry. |
| morwe | noun | See Morrow. |