| Words | Parts of Speech | Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
|---|---|---|
| molten | past participle | of Melt, Melted; being in a state of fusion, esp. when the liquid state is produced by a high degree of heat; as, molten iron., Made by melting and casting the substance or metal of which the thing is formed; as, a molten image. |
| moaned | imp. & past participle | of Moan |
| mobbed | imp. & past participle | of Mob |
| mobcap | noun | A plain cap or headdress for women or girls; especially, one tying under the chin by a very broad band, generally of the same material as the cap itself. |
| mobile | adjective | Capable of being moved; not fixed in place or condition; movable., Characterized by an extreme degree of fluidity; moving or flowing with great freedom; as, benzine and mercury are mobile liquids; — opposed to viscous, viscoidal, or oily., Easily moved in feeling, purpose, or direction; excitable; changeable; fickle., Changing in appearance and expression under the influence of the mind; as, mobile features., Capable of being moved, aroused, or excited; capable of spontaneous movement., The mob; the populace. |
| mobles | noun pl. | See Moebles. |
| mochel | adjective & adverb | Much. |
| mocked | imp. & past participle | of Mock |
| mocker | noun | One who, or that which, mocks; a scorner; a scoffer; a derider., A deceiver; an impostor., A mocking bird. |
| mockle | adjective | See Mickle. |
| modena | noun | A certain crimsonlike color. |
| modern | adjective | Of or pertaining to the present time, or time not long past; late; not ancient or remote in past time; of recent period; as, modern days, ages, or time; modern authors; modern fashions; modern taste; modern practice., New and common; trite; commonplace., A person of modern times; — opposed to ancient. |
| modest | adjective | Restraining within due limits of propriety; not forward, bold, boastful, or presumptious; rather retiring than pushing one’s self forward; not obstructive; as, a modest youth; a modest man., Observing the proprieties of the sex; not unwomanly in act or bearing; free from undue familiarity, indecency, or lewdness; decent in speech and demeanor; — said of a woman., Evincing modestly in the actor, author, or speaker; not showing presumption; not excessive or extreme; moderate; as, a modest request; modest joy. |
| modify | verb t. | To change somewhat the form or qualities of; to alter somewhat; as, to modify a contrivance adapted to some mechanical purpose; to modify the terms of a contract., To limit or reduce in extent or degree; to moderate; to qualify; to lower. |
| modish | adjective | According to the mode, or customary manner; conformed to the fashion; fashionable; hence, conventional; as, a modish dress; a modish feast. |
| modist | noun | One who follows the fashion. |
| modius | noun | A dry measure, containing about a peck. |
| modocs | noun pl. | A tribe of warlike Indians formerly inhabiting Northern California. They are nearly extinct. |
| module | noun | A model or measure., The size of some one part, as the diameter of semi-diameter of the base of a shaft, taken as a unit of measure by which the proportions of the other parts of the composition are regulated. Generally, for columns, the semi-diameter is taken, and divided into a certain number of parts, called minutes (see Minute), though often the diameter is taken, and any dimension is said to be so many modules and minutes in height, breadth, or projection., To model; also, to modulate. |
| moduli | plural | of Modulus |
| moggan | noun | A closely fitting knit sleeve; also, a legging of knitted material. |
| mohair | noun | The long silky hair or wool of the Angora goat of Asia Minor; also, a fabric made from this material, or an imitation of such fabric. |
| mohawk | noun | One of a tribe of Indians who formed part of the Five Nations. They formerly inhabited the valley of the Mohawk River., One of certain ruffians who infested the streets of London in the time of Addison, and took the name from the Mohawk Indians. |
| mohock | noun | See Mohawk. |
| moholi | noun | See Maholi. |
| moider | verb i. | To toil. |
| moiety | adjective | One of two equal parts; a half; as, a moiety of an estate, of goods, or of profits; the moiety of a jury, or of a nation., An indefinite part; a small part. |
| moiled | imp. & past participle | of Moil |
| moisty | adjective | Moist. |
| molary | adjective | Same as 2d Molar. |
| molded | imp. & past participle | of Mould |
| molder | noun | Alt. of Moulder, Alt. of Moulder, Alt. of Moulder |
| mouldy | superl. | Overgrown with, or containing, mold; as, moldy cheese or bread., See Mold, Molder, Moldy, etc. |
| moling | present participle & vb. noun | of Mole |
| molech | noun | The fire god of the Ammonites, to whom human sacrifices were offered; Moloch. |
| molest | verb t. | To trouble; to disturb; to render uneasy; to interfere with; to vex., Molestation. |
| moline | noun | The crossed iron that supports the upper millstone by resting on the spindle; a millrind. |
| mollah | noun | One of the higher order of Turkish judges; also, a Turkish title of respect for a religious and learned man. |
| moloch | noun | The fire god of the Ammonites in Canaan, to whom human sacrifices were offered; Molech. Also applied figuratively., A spiny Australian lizard (Moloch horridus). The horns on the head and numerous spines on the body give it a most formidable appearance. |
| molted | imp. & past participle | of Moult |
| moment | noun | A minute portion of time; a point of time; an instant; as, at thet very moment., Impulsive power; force; momentum., Importance, as in influence or effect; consequence; weight or value; consideration., An essential element; a deciding point, fact, or consideration; an essential or influential circumstance., An infinitesimal change in a varying quantity; an increment or decrement., Tendency, or measure of tendency, to produce motion, esp. motion about a fixed point or axis. |
| momier | noun | A name given in contempt to strict Calvinists in Switzerland, France, and some parts of Germany, in the early part of the 19th century. |
| monday | noun | The second day of the week; the day following Sunday. |
| monera | noun pl. | The lowest division of rhizopods, including those which resemble the amoebas, but are destitute of a nucleus., of Moneron |
| monest | verb t. | To warn; to admonish; to advise. |
| moneth | noun | A month. |
| moneys | plural | of Money |
| monger | noun | A trader; a dealer; — now used chiefly in composition; as, fishmonger, ironmonger, newsmonger., A small merchant vessel., To deal in; to make merchandise of; to traffic in; — used chiefly of discreditable traffic. |
| mongol | noun | One of the Mongols., Of or pertaining to Mongolia or the Mongols. |
| monied | adjective | See Moneyed. |
| monish | verb t. | To admonish; to warn. See Admonish. |
| monism | noun | That doctrine which refers all phenomena to a single ultimate constituent or agent; — the opposite of dualism., See Monogenesis, 1. |
| monist | noun | A believer in monism. |
| monkey | noun | In the most general sense, any one of the Quadrumana, including apes, baboons, and lemurs., Any species of Quadrumana, except the lemurs., Any one of numerous species of Quadrumana (esp. such as have a long tail and prehensile feet) exclusive of apes and baboons., A term of disapproval, ridicule, or contempt, as for a mischievous child., The weight or hammer of a pile driver, that is, a very heavy mass of iron, which, being raised on high, falls on the head of the pile, and drives it into the earth; the falling weight of a drop hammer used in forging., A small trading vessel of the sixteenth century., To act or treat as a monkey does; to ape; to act in a grotesque or meddlesome manner. |
| monkly | adjective | Like, or suitable to, a monk. |
| monody | noun | A species of poem of a mournful character, in which a single mourner expresses lamentation; a song for one voice. |
| monome | noun | A monomial. |
| montem | noun | A custom, formerly practiced by the scholars at Eton school, England, of going every third year, on Whittuesday, to a hillock near the Bath road, and exacting money from all passers-by, to support at the university the senior scholar of the school. |
| monton | noun | A heap of ore; a mass undergoing the process of amalgamation. |
| mooing | present participle & vb. noun | of Moo |
| mooder | noun | Mother. |
| moodir | noun | The governor of a province in Egypt, etc. |
| moolah | noun | Alt. of Moollah |
| mooned | imp. & past participle | of Moon, Of or resembling the moon; symbolized by the moon. |
| mooner | noun | One who abstractedly wanders or gazes about, as if moonstruck. |
| moonet | noun | A little moon. |
| moonie | noun | The European goldcrest. |
| moored | imp. & past participle | of Moor |
| mooruk | noun | A species of cassowary (Casuarius Bennetti) found in New Britain, and noted for its agility in running and leaping. It is smaller and has stouter legs than the common cassowary. Its crest is biloted; the neck and breast are black; the back, rufous mixed with black; and the naked skin of the neck, blue. |
| mooted | imp. & past participle | of Moot |
| mooter | noun | A disputer of a mooted case. |
| mopped | imp. & past participle | of Mop |
| moping | present participle & vb. noun | of Mope |
| mopish | adjective | Dull; spiritless; dejected. |
| moplah | noun | One of a class of Mohammedans in Malabar. |
| moppet | noun | A rag baby; a puppet made of cloth; hence, also, in fondness, a little girl, or a woman., A long-haired pet dog. |
| mopsey | noun | Alt. of Mopsy |
| morale | adjective | The moral condition, or the condition in other respects, so far as it is affected by, or dependent upon, moral considerations, such as zeal, spirit, hope, and confidence; mental state, as of a body of men, an army, and the like. |
| morass | noun | A tract of soft, wet ground; a marsh; a fen. |
| morate | noun | A salt of moric acid. |
| morbid | adjective | Not sound and healthful; induced by a diseased or abnormal condition; diseased; sickly; as, morbid humors; a morbid constitution; a morbid state of the juices of a plant., Of or pertaining to disease or diseased parts; as, morbid anatomy. |
| moreen | noun | A thick woolen fabric, watered or with embossed figures; — used in upholstery, for curtains, etc. |
| moresk | adjective & noun | Moresque. |
| morgay | noun | The European small-spotted dogfish, or houndfish. See the Note under Houndfish. |
| morgue | noun | A place where the bodies of persons found dead are exposed, that they may be identified, or claimed by their friends; a deadhouse. |
| morian | noun | A Moor. |
| morice | noun | See Morisco. |
| morion | noun | A kind of open helmet, without visor or beaver, and somewhat resembling a hat., A dark variety of smoky quartz. |
| morisk | noun | Same as Morisco. |
| morkin | noun | A beast that has died of disease or by mischance. |
| mormal | noun | A bad sore; a gangrene; a cancer. |
| mormon | noun | A genus of sea birds, having a large, thick bill; the puffin., The mandrill., One of a sect in the United States, followers of Joseph Smith, who professed to have found an addition to the Bible, engraved on golden plates, called the Book of Mormon, first published in 1830. The Mormons believe in polygamy, and their hierarchy of apostles, etc., has control of civil and religious matters., Of or pertaining to the Mormons; as, the Mormon religion; Mormon practices. |
| morone | noun | Maroon; the color of an unripe black mulberry. |
| morose | adjective | Of a sour temper; sullen and austere; ill-humored; severe., Lascivious; brooding over evil thoughts. |
| morpho | noun | Any one of numerous species of large, handsome, tropical American butterflies, of the genus Morpho. They are noted for the very brilliant metallic luster and bright colors (often blue) of the upper surface of the wings. The lower surface is usually brown or gray, with eyelike spots. |
| morris | noun | A Moorish dance, usually performed by a single dancer, who accompanies the dance with castanets., A dance formerly common in England, often performed in pagenats, processions, and May games. The dancers, grotesquely dressed and ornamented, took the parts of Robin Hood, Maidmarian, and other fictious characters., An old game played with counters, or men, which are placed angles of a figure drawn on a board or on the ground; also, the board or ground on which the game is played., A marine fish having a very slender, flat, transparent body. It is now generally believed to be the young of the conger eel or some allied fish. |
| morrot | noun | See Marrot. |
| morrow | noun | Morning., The next following day; the day subsequent to any day specified or understood., The day following the present; to-morrow. |
| morsel | noun | A little bite or bit of food., A small quantity; a little piece; a fragment. |
| mortal | adjective | Subject to death; destined to die; as, man is mortal., Destructive to life; causing or occasioning death; terminating life; exposing to or deserving death; deadly; as, a mortal wound; a mortal sin., Fatally vulnerable; vital., Of or pertaining to the time of death., Affecting as if with power to kill; deathly., Human; belonging to man, who is mortal; as, mortal wit or knowledge; mortal power., Very painful or tedious; wearisome; as, a sermon lasting two mortal hours., A being subject to death; a human being; man. |
| mortar | noun | A strong vessel, commonly in form of an inverted bell, in which substances are pounded or rubbed with a pestle., A short piece of ordnance, used for throwing bombs, carcasses, shells, etc., at high angles of elevation, as 45ยก, and even higher; — so named from its resemblance in shape to the utensil above described., A building material made by mixing lime, cement, or plaster of Paris, with sand, water, and sometimes other materials; — used in masonry for joining stones, bricks, etc., also for plastering, and in other ways., To plaster or make fast with mortar., A chamber lamp or light. |
| morula | noun | The sphere or globular mass of cells (blastomeres), formed by the clevage of the ovum or egg in the first stages of its development; — called also mulberry mass, segmentation sphere, and blastosphere. See Segmentation. |
| mosaic | noun | A surface decoration made by inlaying in patterns small pieces of variously colored glass, stone, or other material; — called also mosaic work., A picture or design made in mosaic; an article decorated in mosaic., Of or pertaining to the style of work called mosaic; formed by uniting pieces of different colors; variegated; tessellated; also, composed of various materials or ingredients., Of or pertaining to Moses, the leader of the Israelites, or established through his agency; as, the Mosaic law, rites, or institutions. |
| moslem | plural | of Moslem, A Mussulman; an orthodox Mohammedan. [Written also muslim.], Of or pertaining to the Mohammedans; Mohammedan; as, Moslem lands; the Moslem faith. |
| mosque | noun | A Mohammedan church or place of religious worship. |
| mossed | imp. & past participle | of Moss |
| mostic | noun | Alt. of Mostick |
| mostly | adverb | For the greatest part; for the most part; chiefly; in the main. |
| mostra | noun | See Direct, n. |
| mothen | adjective | Full of moths. |
| mother | noun | A female parent; especially, one of the human race; a woman who has borne a child., That which has produced or nurtured anything; source of birth or origin; generatrix., An old woman or matron., The female superior or head of a religious house, as an abbess, etc., Hysterical passion; hysteria., Received by birth or from ancestors; native, natural; as, mother language; also acting the part, or having the place of a mother; producing others; originating., To adopt as a son or daughter; to perform the duties of a mother to., A film or membrane which is developed on the surface of fermented alcoholic liquids, such as vinegar, wine, etc., and acts as a means of conveying the oxygen of the air to the alcohol and other combustible principles of the liquid, thus leading to their oxidation., To become like, or full of, mother, or thick matter, as vinegar. |
| motile | adjective | Having powers of self-motion, though unconscious; as, the motile spores of certain seaweeds., Producing motion; as, motile powers. |
| motion | noun | The act, process, or state of changing place or position; movement; the passing of a body from one place or position to another, whether voluntary or involuntary; — opposed to rest., Power of, or capacity for, motion., Direction of movement; course; tendency; as, the motion of the planets is from west to east., Change in the relative position of the parts of anything; action of a machine with respect to the relative movement of its parts., Movement of the mind, desires, or passions; mental act, or impulse to any action; internal activity., A proposal or suggestion looking to action or progress; esp., a formal proposal made in a deliberative assembly; as, a motion to adjourn., An application made to a court or judge orally in open court. Its object is to obtain an order or rule directing some act to be done in favor of the applicant., Change of pitch in successive sounds, whether in the same part or in groups of parts., A puppet show or puppet., To make a significant movement or gesture, as with the hand; as, to motion to one to take a seat., To make proposal; to offer plans., To direct or invite by a motion, as of the hand or head; as, to motion one to a seat., To propose; to move. |
| motive | noun | That which moves; a mover., That which incites to action; anything prompting or exciting to choise, or moving the will; cause; reason; inducement; object., The theme or subject; a leading phrase or passage which is reproduced and varied through the course of a comor a movement; a short figure, or melodic germ, out of which a whole movement is develpoed. See also Leading motive, under Leading., That which produces conception, invention, or creation in the mind of the artist in undertaking his subject; the guiding or controlling idea manifested in a work of art, or any part of one., Causing motion; having power to move, or tending to move; as, a motive argument; motive power., To prompt or incite by a motive or motives; to move. |
| motivo | noun | See Motive, n., 3, 4. |
| motley | adjective | Variegated in color; consisting of different colors; dappled; party-colored; as, a motley coat., Wearing motley or party-colored clothing. See Motley, n., 1., Composed of different or various parts; heterogeneously made or mixed up; discordantly composite; as, motley style., A combination of distinct colors; esp., the party-colored cloth, or clothing, worn by the professional fool., Hence, a jester, a fool. |
| motmot | noun | Any one of several species of long-tailed, passerine birds of the genus Momotus, having a strong serrated beak. In most of the species the two long middle tail feathers are racket-shaped at the tip, when mature. The bird itself is said by some writers to trim them into this shape. They feed on insects, reptiles, and fruit, and are found from Mexico to Brazil. The name is derived from its note. |
| motory | noun | Alt. of Motorial |
| mottle | verb t. | To mark with spots of different color, or shades of color, as if stained; to spot; to maculate., A mottled appearance. |
| mought | imp. | Might. |
| mounch | verb t. | To munch. |
| mounty | verb | The rise of a hawk after prey. |
| mourne | noun | The armed or feruled end of a staff; in a sheephook, the end of the staff to which the hook is attached. |
| moused | imp. & past participle | of Mouse |
| mouser | noun | A cat that catches mice., One who pries about on the lookout for something. |
| mousie | noun | Diminutive for Mouse. |
| mousle | verb t. | To sport with roughly; to rumple. |
| moutan | noun | The Chinese tree peony (Paeonia Mountan), a shrub with large flowers of various colors. |
| mouths | plural | of Mouth |
| moving | present participle & vb. noun | of Move, Changing place or posture; causing motion or action; as, a moving car, or power., Exciting movement of the mind; adapted to move the sympathies, passions, or affections; touching; pathetic; as, a moving appeal., The act of changing place or posture; esp., the act of changing one’s dwelling place or place of business. |
| movent | adjective | Moving., That which moves anything. |
| mowing | present participle & vb. noun | of Mow, The act of one who, or the operation of that which, mows., Land from which grass is cut; meadow land. |
| mowyer | noun | A mower. |