| Words | Parts of Speech | Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
|---|---|---|
| moabite | noun | One of the posterity of Moab, the son of Lot. (Gen. xix. 37.) Also used adjectively. |
| moaning | present participle & vb. noun | of Moan |
| moanful | adjective | Full of moaning; expressing sorrow. |
| mobbing | present participle & vb. noun | of Mob |
| mobbish | adjective | Like a mob; tumultuous; lawless; as, a mobbish act. |
| mochila | noun | A large leather flap which covers the saddletree. |
| mocking | present participle & vb. noun | of Mock, Imitating, esp. in derision, or so as to cause derision; mimicking; derisive. |
| mockado | noun | A stuff made in imitation of velvet; — probably the same as mock velvet. |
| mockage | noun | Mockery. |
| mockery | noun | The act of mocking, deriding, and exposing to contempt, by mimicry, by insincere imitation, or by a false show of earnestness; a counterfeit appearance., Insulting or contemptuous action or speech; contemptuous merriment; derision; ridicule., Subject of laughter, derision, or sport. |
| mockish | adjective | Mock; counterfeit; sham. |
| modally | adverb | In a modal manner. |
| modeled | imp. & past participle | of Model |
| modeler | noun | One who models; hence, a worker in plastic art. |
| modesty | noun | The quality or state of being modest; that lowly temper which accompanies a moderate estimate of one’s own worth and importance; absence of self-assertion, arrogance, and presumption; humility respecting one’s own merit., Natural delicacy or shame regarding personal charms and the sexual relation; purity of thought and manners; due regard for propriety in speech or action. |
| modicum | noun | A little; a small quantity; a measured simply. |
| modioli | plural | of Modiolus |
| modiste | noun | A female maker of, or dealer in, articles of fashion, especially of the fashionable dress of ladies; a woman who gives direction to the style or mode of dress. |
| modular | adjective | Of or pertaining to mode, modulation, module, or modius; as, modular arrangement; modular accent; modular measure. |
| modulus | noun | A quantity or coefficient, or constant, which expresses the measure of some specified force, property, or quality, as of elasticity, strength, efficiency, etc.; a parameter. |
| moebles | noun pl. | Movables; furniture; — also used in the singular (moeble). |
| moellon | noun | Rubble masonry. |
| moidore | noun | A gold coin of Portugal, valued at about 27s. sterling. |
| moiling | present participle & vb. noun | of Moil |
| moineau | noun | A small flat bastion, raised in the middle of an overlong curtain. |
| moisten | verb t. | To make damp; to wet in a small degree., To soften by making moist; to make tender. |
| moither | verb t. | To perplex; to confuse., To toil; to labor. |
| molasse | noun | A soft Tertiary sandstone; — applied to a rock occurring in Switzerland. See Chart of Geology. |
| moulded | of Mould | |
| molding | present participle & vb. noun | of Mould, Alt. of Moulding, Alt. of Moulding |
| moulder | noun | One who, or that which, molds or forms into shape; specifically (Founding), one skilled in the art of making molds for castings., To crumble into small particles; to turn to dust by natural decay; to lose form, or waste away, by a gradual separation of the component particles, without the presence of water; to crumble away., To turn to dust; to cause to crumble; to cause to waste away., Alt. of Mouldy |
| moldery | adjective | Alt. of Mouldery |
| molebut | noun | The sunfish (Orthagoriscus, or Mola). |
| molesty | noun | Molestation. |
| mollify | verb t. | To soften; to make tender; to reduce the hardness, harshness, or asperity of; to qualify; as, to mollify the ground., To assuage, as pain or irritation, to appease, as excited feeling or passion; to pacify; to calm. |
| mollusc | noun | Same as Mollusk. |
| mollusk | noun | One of the Mollusca. |
| molosse | noun | See Molossus. |
| moulted | of Moult | |
| molting | present participle & vb. noun | of Moult |
| momenta | plural | of Momentum |
| mommery | noun | See Mummery. |
| monacid | adjective | Having one hydrogen atom replaceable by a negative or acid atom or radical; capable of neutralizing a monobasic acid; — said of bases, and of certain metals. |
| monadic | adjective | Alt. of Monadical |
| monarch | noun | A sole or supreme ruler; a sovereign; the highest ruler; an emperor, king, queen, prince, or chief., One superior to all others of the same kind; as, an oak is called the monarch of the forest., A patron deity or presiding genius., A very large red and black butterfly (Danais Plexippus); — called also milkweed butterfly., Superior to others; preeminent; supreme; ruling. |
| moneral | adjective | Of or pertaining to the Monera. |
| moneran | adjective | Of or pertaining to the Monera., One of the Monera. |
| moneron | noun | One of the Monera. |
| monesia | noun | The bark, or a vegetable extract brought in solid cakes from South America and believed to be derived from the bark, of the tree Chrysophyllum glycyphloeum. It is used as an alterative and astringent. |
| monesin | noun | The acrid principle of Monesia, sometimes used as a medicine. |
| moneyed | adverb | Supplied with money; having money; wealthy; as, moneyey men., Converted into money; coined., Consisting in, or composed of, money. |
| moneyer | noun | A person who deals in money; banker or broker., An authorized coiner of money. |
| mongols | noun pl. | Alt. of Mongolians |
| mongoos | noun | A species of ichneumon (Herpestes griseus), native of India. Applied also to other allied species, as the African banded mongoose (Crossarchus fasciatus). |
| mongrel | noun | The progeny resulting from a cross between two breeds, as of domestic animals; anything of mixed breed., Not of a pure breed., Of mixed kinds; as, mongrel language. |
| monitor | noun | One who admonishes; one who warns of faults, informs of duty, or gives advice and instruction by way of reproof or caution., Hence, specifically, a pupil selected to look to the school in the absence of the instructor, to notice the absence or faults of the scholars, or to instruct a division or class., Any large Old World lizard of the genus Varanus; esp., the Egyptian species (V. Niloticus), which is useful because it devours the eggs and young of the crocodile. It is sometimes five or six feet long., An ironclad war vessel, very low in the water, and having one or more heavily-armored revolving turrets, carrying heavy guns., A tool holder, as for a lathe, shaped like a low turret, and capable of being revolved on a vertical pivot so as to bring successively the several tools in holds into proper position for cutting. |
| monkery | noun | The life of monks; monastic life; monastic usage or customs; — now usually applied by way of reproach., A collective body of monks. |
| monkeys | plural | of Monkey |
| monking | adjective | Monkish. |
| monkish | adjective | Like a monk, or pertaining to monks; monastic; as, monkish manners; monkish dress; monkish solitude. |
| monocle | noun | An eyeglass for one eye. |
| monodic | adjective | Alt. of Monodical |
| monogam | noun | One of the Monogamia. |
| monogyn | noun | One of the Monogynia. |
| monomya | nounpl. | Alt. of Monomyaria |
| monozoa | noun pl. | A division of Radiolaria; — called also Monocyttaria. |
| monsoon | noun | A wind blowing part of the year from one direction, alternating with a wind from the opposite direction; — a term applied particularly to periodical winds of the Indian Ocean, which blow from the southwest from the latter part of May to the middle of September, and from the northeast from about the middle of October to the middle of December. |
| monster | noun | Something of unnatural size, shape, or quality; a prodigy; an enormity; a marvel., Specifically , an animal or plant departing greatly from the usual type, as by having too many limbs., Any thing or person of unnatural or excessive ugliness, deformity, wickedness, or cruelty., Monstrous in size., To make monstrous. |
| montant | noun | An upward thrust or blow., An upright piece in any framework; a mullion or muntin; a stile. |
| montero | noun | An ancient kind of cap worn by horsemen or huntsmen. |
| monteth | noun | Alt. of Monteith |
| monthly | adjective | Continued a month, or a performed in a month; as, the monthly revolution of the moon., Done, happening, payable, published, etc., once a month, or every month; as, a monthly visit; monthly charges; a monthly installment; a monthly magazine., A publication which appears regularly once a month., Once a month; in every month; as, the moon changes monthly., As if under the influence of the moon; in the manner of a lunatic. |
| montoir | noun | A stone used in mounting a horse; a horse block. |
| montrue | noun | That on which anything is mounted; a setting; hence, a saddle horse. |
| moodily | adverb | In a moody manner. |
| moodish | adjective | Moody. |
| moollah | noun | See Mollah. |
| moolley | noun | Same as Mulley., A mulley or polled animal., A cow., Destitute of horns, although belonging to a species of animals most of which have horns; hornless; polled; as, mulley cattle; a mulley (or moolley) cow. |
| mooning | present participle & vb. noun | of Moon |
| moonery | noun | Conduct of one who moons. |
| moonish | adjective | Like the moon; variable. |
| moonlit | adjective | Illumined by the moon. |
| moonset | noun | The descent of the moon below the horizon; also, the time when the moon sets. |
| mooring | present participle & vb. noun | of Moor, The act of confining a ship to a particular place, by means of anchors or fastenings., That which serves to confine a ship to a place, as anchors, cables, bridles, etc., The place or condition of a ship thus confined. |
| moorage | noun | A place for mooring. |
| mooress | noun | A female Moor; a Moorish woman. |
| moorish | adjective | Having the characteristics of a moor or heath., Of or pertaining to Morocco or the Moors; in the style of the Moors. |
| moorpan | noun | A clayey layer or pan underlying some moors, etc. |
| mooting | present participle & vb. noun | of Moot |
| mootmen | plural | of Mootman |
| mootman | noun | One who argued moot cases in the inns of court. |
| mopping | present participle & vb. noun | of Mop |
| mopeful | adjective | Mopish. |
| moraine | noun | An accumulation of earth and stones carried forward and deposited by a glacier. |
| moraler | noun | A moralizer. |
| morally | adverb | In a moral or ethical sense; according to the rules of morality., According to moral rules; virtuously., In moral qualities; in disposition and character; as, one who physically and morally endures hardships., In a manner calculated to serve as the basis of action; according to the usual course of things and human judgment; according to reason and probability. |
| morassy | adjective | Marshy; fenny. |
| morbose | adjective | Proceeding from disease; morbid; unhealthy. |
| morceau | noun | A bit; a morsel. |
| mordant | adjective | Biting; caustic; sarcastic; keen; severe., Serving to fix colors., Any corroding substance used in etching., Any substance, as alum or copperas, which, having a twofold attraction for organic fibers and coloring matter, serves as a bond of union, and thus gives fixity to, or bites in, the dyes., Any sticky matter by which the gold leaf is made to adhere., To subject to the action of, or imbue with, a mordant; as, to mordant goods for dyeing. |
| morelle | noun | Nightshade. See 2d Morel. |
| morello | noun | A kind of nearly black cherry with dark red flesh and juice, — used chiefly for preserving. |
| morendo | adjective & noun | Dying; a gradual decrescendo at the end of a strain or cadence. |
| morglay | noun | A sword. |
| morinda | noun | A genus of rubiaceous trees and shrubs, mostly East Indian, many species of which yield valuable red and yellow dyes. The wood is hard and beautiful, and used for gunstocks. |
| morinel | noun | The dotterel. |
| moringa | noun | A genus of trees of Southern India and Northern Africa. One species (Moringa pterygosperma) is the horse-radish tree, and its seeds, as well as those of M. aptera, are known in commerce as ben or ben nuts, and yield the oil called oil of ben. |
| morisco | adjective | Moresque., A thing of Moorish origin; as: (a) The Moorish language. (b) A Moorish dance, now called morris dance. Marston. (c) One who dances the Moorish dance. Shak. (d) Moresque decoration or architecture. |
| morland | noun | Moorland. |
| morling | noun | Mortling. |
| morning | adjective | Pertaining to the first part or early part of the day; being in the early part of the day; as, morning dew; morning light; morning service. |
| morocco | noun | A fine kind of leather, prepared commonly from goatskin (though an inferior kind is made of sheepskin), and tanned with sumac and dyed of various colors; — said to have been first made by the Moors. |
| morosis | noun | Idiocy; fatuity; stupidity. |
| morphew | noun | A scurfy eruption., To cover with a morphew. |
| morphia | noun | Morphine. |
| morphon | noun | A morphological individual, characterized by definiteness of form bion, a physiological individual. See Tectology. |
| morpion | noun | A louse. |
| morrice | noun | Same as 1st Morris., Dancing the morrice; dancing. |
| morsure | noun | The act of biting. |
| mortify | verb t. | To destroy the organic texture and vital functions of; to produce gangrene in., To destroy the active powers or essential qualities of; to change by chemical action., To deaden by religious or other discipline, as the carnal affections, bodily appetites, or worldly desires; to bring into subjection; to abase; to humble., To affect with vexation, chagrin, or humiliation; to humble; to depress., To lose vitality and organic structure, as flesh of a living body; to gangrene., To practice penance from religious motives; to deaden desires by religious discipline., To be subdued; to decay, as appetites, desires, etc. |
| mortise | noun | A cavity cut into a piece of timber, or other material, to receive something (as the end of another piece) made to fit it, and called a tenon., To cut or make a mortisein., To join or fasten by a tenon and mortise; as, to mortise a beam into a post, or a joist into a girder. |
| mortmal | noun | See Mormal. |
| mortpay | noun | Dead pay; the crime of taking pay for the service of dead soldiers, or for services not actually rendered by soldiers. |
| mortrew | noun | A dish of meats and other ingredients, cooked together; an ollapodrida. |
| morulae | plural | of Morula |
| mosaism | noun | Attachment to the system or doctrines of Moses; that which is peculiar to the Mosaic system or doctrines. |
| moselle | noun | A light wine, usually white, produced in the vicinity of the river Moselle. |
| moslems | plural | of Moslem |
| mossing | present participle & vb. noun | of Moss |
| mostick | noun | A painter’s maul-stick. |
| motacil | noun | Any singing bird of the genus Motacilla; a wagtail. |
| mothery | adjective | Consisting of, containing, or resembling, mother (in vinegar). |
| motific | adjective | Producing motion. |
| mottled | imp. & past participle | of Mottle, Marked with spots of different colors; variegated; spotted; as, mottled wood. |
| mottoes | plural | of Motto |
| mottoed | adjective | Bearing or having a motto; as, a mottoed coat or device. |
| mouflon | noun | A wild sheep (Ovis musimon), inhabiting the mountains of Sardinia, Corsica, etc. Its horns are very large, with a triangular base and rounded angles. It is supposed by some to be the original of the domestic sheep. Called also musimon or musmon. |
| mouille | adjective | Applied to certain consonants having a “liquid” or softened sound; e.g., in French, l or ll and gn (like the lli in million and ni in minion); in Italian, gl and gn; in Spanish, ll and ; in Portuguese, lh and nh. |
| mouline | noun | Alt. of Moulinet |
| moulten | adjective | Having molted. |
| mounded | imp. & past participle | of Mound |
| mounted | imp. & past participle | of Mount, Seated or serving on horseback or similarly; as, mounted police; mounted infantry., Placed on a suitable support, or fixed in a setting; as, a mounted gun; a mounted map; a mounted gem. |
| mounter | noun | One who mounts., An animal mounted; a monture. |
| mourned | imp. & past participle | of Mourn |
| mourner | noun | One who mourns or is grieved at any misfortune, as the death of a friend., One who attends a funeral as a hired mourner. |
| mousing | present participle & vb. noun | of Mouse, Impertinently inquisitive; prying; meddlesome., The act of hunting mice., A turn or lashing of spun yarn or small stuff, or a metallic clasp or fastening, uniting the point and shank of a hook to prevent its unhooking or straighening out., A ratchet movement in a loom. |
| mouthed | imp. & past participle | of Mouth, Furnished with a mouth., Having a mouth of a particular kind; using the mouth, speech, or voice in a particular way; — used only in composition; as, wide-mouthed; hard-mouthed; foul-mouthed; mealy-mouthed. |
| mouther | noun | One who mouths; an affected speaker. |
| movable | adjective | Capable of being moved, lifted, carried, drawn, turned, or conveyed, or in any way made to change place or posture; susceptible of motion; not fixed or stationary; as, a movable steam engine., Changing from one time to another; as, movable feasts, i. e., church festivals, the date of which varies from year to year., An article of wares or goods; a commodity; a piece of property not fixed, or not a part of real estate; generally, in the plural, goods; wares; furniture., Property not attached to the soil. |
| movably | adverb | In a movable manner or condition. |
| mowburn | verb i. | To heat and ferment in the mow, as hay when housed too green. |
| mozarab | Alt. of Mozarabic | |
| mozetta | noun | Alt. of Mozzetta |