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Princeton University - WordNet - a lexical database for the English language Category: General Date & country: 27/01/2008, USA Words: 85192

moonlight
moonshine noun the light of the moon; `moonlight is the smuggler`s enemy`; `the moon was bright enough to read by`

moonlighter
noun a person who holds a second job (usually after hours)

moonlike
moon-round adjective resembling the moon in shape

moonlit
adjective lighted by moonlight; `the moonlit landscape`

moonseed
noun plant of the family Menispermaceae having red or black fruit with crescent- or ring-shaped seeds

moonshine
bootleg noun whiskey illegally distilled from a corn mash

moonstone
noun a transparent or translucent gemstone with a pearly luster; some specimens are orthoclase feldspar and others are plagioclase feldspar

moonwalk
noun an exploratory walk by an astronaut on the surface of the moon

moonwort
common moonwort noun of America and Eurasia and Australia

moor
moorland noun open land usually with peaty soil covered with heather and bracken and moss

moor
verb secure in or as if in a berth or dock; `tie up the boat`

moorage
noun a fee for mooring

moorcock
noun male red grouse

Moore
Henry Moore noun British sculptor whose works are monumental organic forms (1898-1986)

Moore
Marianne Craig Moore noun United States poet noted for irony and wit (1887-1872)

moorhen
noun black gallinule that inhabits ponds and lakes

mooring
mooring line noun (nautical) a line that holds an object (especially a boat) in place

mooring anchor
noun an anchor used to hold a mooring buoy or a channel marker in place

mooring tower
mooring mast noun a tower for mooring airships

Moorish
Moresque adjective relating to or characteristic of the Moors; `Moorish architecture`

Moorish arch
horseshoe arch noun a round arch that widens before rounding off

moose-wood
striped dogwood noun maple of eastern North America with striped bard and large two-lobed leaves clear yellow in autumn

moosewood
striped dogwood noun maple of eastern North America with striped bard and large two-lobed leaves clear yellow in autumn

moot
adjective of no legal significance (as having been previously decided)

moot
turn over verb think about carefully; weigh; `They considered the possibility of a strike`; `Turn the proposal over in your mind`

moot court
noun a mock court where law students argue hypothetical cases

mop handle
noun the handle of a mop

mop-headed
adjective (of trees) having a bushy top without a leader; `mop-headed cabbage palms`

moped
noun a motorbike that can be pedaled or driven by a low-powered gasoline engine

mopper
noun a worker who uses a mop to clean a surface

moppet
noun a little girl (usually one you are fond of)

Moquelumnan
Miwok noun a Penutian language spoken by the Miwok

moquette
noun a thick velvety synthetic fabric used for carpets and soft upholstery

Moraceae
family Moraceae noun trees or shrubs having a milky juice; in some classifications includes genus Cannabis

moraceous
adjective of or pertaining to or characteristic of plants of the family Moraceae

moraine
noun accumulated earth and stones deposited by a glacier

moral
adjective psychological rather than physical or tangible in effect; `a moral victory`; `moral support`

moral certainty
noun certainty based on an inner conviction; `she believed in the importance of moral absolutes and moral certainty`; `the prosecutor had a moral certainty that the prisoner was guilty`

moral force
dynamic noun an efficient incentive; `they hoped it would act as a spiritual dynamic on all churches`

moral hazard
noun (economics) the lack of any incentive to guard against a risk when you are protected against it (as by insurance); `insurance companies are exposed to a moral hazard if the insured party is not honest`

moral obligation
noun an obligation arising out of considerations of right and wrong; `he did it out of a feeling of moral obligation`

moral principle
noun the principle that conduct should be moral

morale
noun a state of individual psychological well-being based upon a sense of confidence and usefulness and purpose

morale builder
noun something or someone who influences by building or strengthening morale

morale building
morale booster noun anything that serves to increase morale; `the sight of flowers every morning was my morale builder`

moralism
noun judgments about another person`s morality; `he could not stand her hectoring moralism`

moralist
noun a philosopher who specializes in morals and moral problems

moralistic
adjective narrowly and conventionally moral

morality
noun concern with the distinction between good and evil or right and wrong; right or good conduct

morality play
noun an allegorical play popular in the 15th and 16th centuries; characters personified virtues and vices

moralization
moralisation noun the act of making moral (or more moral); `for years she worked toward the moralization of English literature`

moralizing
moralization noun indulgence in moral pronouncements; the exposition (often superficially) of a particular moral code; `his constant moralizing drove me mad`

morally
adverb in a moral manner; `he acted morally under the circumstances`

Moranzanist Patriotic Front
noun a terrorist group of radical leftists formed in the late 1980s; seeks to prevent the United States from intervening in Honduran economic and political affairs

moratorium
noun suspension of an ongoing activity

Moravia
noun a region in the central and eastern part of the Czech Republic; it lies east of Bohemia and west of the Carpathians

Moravian
adjective of or relating to the people or culture of Moravia

moray
moray eel noun family of brightly colored voracious eels of warm coastal waters; generally nonaggressive to humans but larger species are dangerous if provoked

Moray Firth
noun an inlet of the North Sea on the northeast coast of Scotland

morbid
adjective suggesting an unhealthy mental state; `morbid interest in death`; `morbid curiosity`

morbidity
morbidness noun an abnormally gloomy or unhealthy state of mind; `his fear of being alone verges on morbidity`

morbidly
adverb in a morbid manner or to a morbid degree; `he was morbidly fascinated by dead bodies`

morbilliform
adjective of a rash that resembles that of measles

morceau
noun a short literary or musical composition

Morchella
genus Morchella noun genus of edible fungi: morel

Morchella crassipes
thick-footed morel noun a delicious morel with a conic fertile portion having deep and irregular pits

Morchella semilibera
half-free morel noun a morel with the ridged and pitted fertile portion attached to the stipe for about half its length

Morchellaceae
family Morchellaceae noun a family of edible fungi including the true morels

mordacious
adjective biting or given to biting; `they deliberately gave me a skittish and mordacious mount`

mordaciously
adverb in a mordacious manner; `she taunted him mordaciously`

mordacity
noun a disposition to biting

mordant
noun a substance used to treat leather or other materials before dyeing; aids in dyeing process

Mordva
Mordvin noun the Finnic language spoken by the Mordvinians

more
adverb used to form the comparative of some adjectives and adverbs; `more interesting`; `more beautiful`; `more quickly`

more than
to a higher degree adverb comparing quantity or quality; `by the time she was 4 she was more than half her father`s height`

more than
adjective (comparative of `much` used with mass nouns) a quantifier meaning greater in size or amount or extent or degree; `more land`; `more support`; `more rain fell`; `more than a gallon`

more(a)
adjective (comparative of `much` used with mass nouns) a quantifier meaning greater in size or amount or extent or degree; `more land`; `more support`; `more rain fell`; `more than a gallon`

Moreau River
noun a river that rises in western South Dakota and flows eastward to the Missouri River

moreen
noun a heavy fabric of wool (or wool and cotton) used mostly in upholstery or for curtains

morel
noun any of various edible mushrooms of the genus Morchella having a brownish spongelike cap

morello
noun cultivated sour cherry with dark-colored skin and juice

mores
noun (sociology) the conventions that embody the fundamental values of a group

Moreton Bay
noun an arm of the Tasman Sea forming a bay east of Brisbane

Moreton Bay chestnut
Australian chestnut noun Australian tree having pinnate leaves and orange-yellow flowers followed by large woody pods containing 3 or 4 seeds that resemble chestnuts; yields dark strong wood

Moreton Bay tulipwood
Harpullia pendula noun Australian tree yielding a variegated tulipwood

Morgan
noun an American breed of small compact saddle horses

Morgan
noun soldier in the American Revolution who defeated the British in the battle of Cowpens, South Carolina (1736-1802)

Morgan City
noun a town in southeast Louisiana south of Baton Rouge

Morgan le Fay
noun (Arthurian legend) a wicked enchantress who was the half sister and enemy of King Arthur

morganatic
adjective (of marriages) of a marriage between one of royal or noble birth and one of lower rank; valid but with the understanding that the rank of the inferior remains unchanged and offspring do not succeed to titles or property of the superior

morganite
noun a kind of pink beryl used as a gemstone

Morgantown
noun a city in northern West Virginia on the Monongahela river near the Pennsylvania border; site of the University of West Virginia

morgen
noun a South African unit of measure equal to about 2 acres

morgue
mortuary noun a building (or room) where dead bodies are kept before burial or cremation

moribund
adjective being on the point of death; breathing your last; `a moribund patient`

morion
cabasset noun a metal helmet worn by common soldiers in the 16th century

Morlett`s crocodile
noun a variety of crocodile

Morley
E. W. Morley noun United States chemist and physicist who collaborated with Michelson in the Michelson-Morley experiment (1838-1923)

Mormon
adjective of or pertaining to or characteristic of the Mormon church; `Mormon leaders`; `the former Mormon practice of polygamy`

mormon cricket
Anabrus simplex noun large dark wingless cricket-like katydid of arid parts of western United States