Words |
Parts of Speech |
Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
mobilization |
noun |
The act of mobilizing. |
mockingstock |
noun |
A butt of sport; an object of derision. |
moderateness |
noun |
The quality or state of being moderate; temperateness; moderation. |
modification |
noun |
The act of modifying, or the state of being modified; a modified form or condition; state as modified; a change; as, the modification of an opinion, or of a machine; the various modifications of light. |
modificative |
noun |
That which modifies or qualifies, as a word or clause. |
modificatory |
adjective |
Tending or serving to modify; modifying. |
moistureless |
adjective |
Without moisture. |
molecularity |
noun |
The state of consisting of molecules; the state or quality of being molecular. |
molluscoidal |
adjective |
Molluscoid. |
molluscoidea |
noun pl. |
A division of Invertebrata which includes the classes Brachiopoda and Bryozoa; — called also Anthoid Mollusca. |
momentaneous |
adjective |
Alt. of Momentany |
monadelphian |
adjective |
Alt. of Monadelphous |
monadelphous |
adjective |
Of or pertaining to the Monadelphia; having the stamens united in one body by the filaments. |
monarchizing |
present participle & vb. noun |
of Monarchize |
monastically |
adverb |
In a monastic manner. |
monetization |
noun |
The act or process of converting into money, or of adopting as money; as, the monetization of silver. |
money-making |
noun |
The act or process of making money; the acquisition and accumulation of wealth., Affording profitable returns; lucrative; as, a money-making business., Sussessful in gaining money, and devoted to that aim; as, a money-making man. |
monitorially |
adverb |
In a monitorial manner. |
monkey-bread |
noun |
The fruit of the Adansonia digitata; also, the tree. See Adansonia. |
monocarbonic |
adjective |
Containing one carboxyl group; as, acetic acid is a monocarbonic acid. |
monociliated |
adjective |
Having but one cilium. |
monodelphian |
noun |
One of the Monodelphia. |
monodelphous |
adjective |
Of or pertaining to the Monodelphia. |
monodimetric |
adjective |
Dimetric. |
monodramatic |
adjective |
Pertaining to a monodrama. |
monodynamism |
noun |
The theory that the various forms of activity in nature are manifestations of the same force. |
monogenistic |
adjective |
Monogenic. |
monogoneutic |
adjective |
Having but one brood in a season. |
monogrammous |
adjective |
Monogrammic. |
monographist |
noun |
One who writes a monograph. |
monographous |
adjective |
Monographic. |
monohemerous |
adjective |
Lasting but one day. |
monomaniacal |
adjective |
Affected with monomania, or partial derangement of intellect; caused by, or resulting from, monomania; as, a monomaniacal delusion. |
monometallic |
adjective |
Consisting of one metal; of or pertaining to monometallism. |
monomorphous |
adjective |
Having but a single form; retaining the same form throughout the various stages of development; of the same or of an essentially similar type of structure; — opposed to dimorphic, trimorphic, and polymorphic. |
monopersonal |
adjective |
Having but one person, or form of existence. |
monopetalous |
adjective |
Having only one petal, or the corolla in one piece, or composed of petals cohering so as to form a tube or bowl; gamopetalous. |
monophyletic |
adjective |
Of or pertaining to a single family or stock, or to development from a single common parent form; — opposed to polyphyletic; as, monophyletic origin. |
monophyllous |
adjective |
One-leaved; composed of a single leaf; as, a monophyllous involucre or calyx. |
monophyodont |
adjective |
Having but one set of teeth; — opposed to diphyodont. |
monopneumona |
noun pl. |
A suborder of Dipnoi, including the Ceratodus. |
monopolistic |
adjective |
Of or pertaining to a monopolist. |
monopolizing |
present participle & vb. noun |
of Monopolize |
monopsychism |
noun |
The doctrine that there is but one immortal soul or intellect with which all men are endowed. |
monopyrenous |
adjective |
Having but a single stone or kernel. |
monosepalous |
adjective |
Having only one sepal, or the calyx in one piece or composed of the sepals united into one piece; gamosepalous. |
monospermous |
adjective |
Having only one seed. |
monostichous |
adjective |
Arranged in a single row on one side of an axis, as the flowers in grasses of the tribe Chloridae. |
monostrophic |
adjective |
Having one strophe only; not varied in measure; written in unvaried measure. |
monosulphide |
noun |
A sulphide containing one atom of sulphur, and analogous to a monoxide; — contrasted with a polysulphide; as, galena is a monosulphide. |
monosyllabic |
adjective |
Being a monosyllable, or composed of monosyllables; as, a monosyllabic word; a monosyllabic language. |
monosyllable |
noun |
A word of one syllable. |
monotessaron |
noun |
A single narrative framed from the statements of the four evangelists; a gospel harmony. |
monothalaman |
noun |
A foraminifer having but one chamber. |
monotheistic |
adjective |
Of or pertaining to monotheism. |
monothelitic |
adjective |
Of or pertaining to the Monothelites, or their doctrine. |
monotriglyph |
noun |
A kind of intercolumniation in an entablature, in which only one triglyph and two metopes are introduced. |
monstruosity |
noun |
Monstrosity. |
monumentally |
adverb |
By way of memorial., By means of monuments. |
moralization |
noun |
The act of moralizing; moral reflections or discourse., Explanation in a moral sense. |
morigeration |
noun |
Obsequiousness; obedience. |
morphologist |
noun |
One who is versed in the science of morphology. |
morsing horn |
|
A horn or flask for holding powder, as for priming. |
mortifyingly |
adverb |
In a mortifying manner. |
motherliness |
noun |
The state or quality of being motherly. |
mother-naked |
adjective |
Naked as when born. |
mountenaunce |
noun |
Mountance. |
mouth-footed |
adjective |
Having the basal joints of the legs converted into jaws. |