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

Mormon Tabernacle
noun the Mormon temple

Mormonism
noun the doctrines and practices of the Mormon Church based on the Book of Mormon

Mornay sauce
noun onion-flavored creamy cheese sauce with egg yolk and grated cheese

morning
morn noun the time period between dawn and noon; `I spent the morning running errands`

morning
noun the earliest period; `the dawn of civilization`; `the morning of the world`

morning dress
noun a woman`s informal dress for housework

morning glory
noun any of various twining vines having funnel-shaped flowers that close late in the day

morning room
noun a sitting room used during the daylight hours

morning sickness
noun nausea early in the day; a characteristic symptom in the early months of pregnancy

morning star
daystar noun a planet (usually Venus) seen just before sunrise in the eastern sky

morning-after pill
noun a large dose of estrogen taken orally within 24 to 72 hours after intercourse; prevents implantation of a fertilized ovum and so acts as a contraceptive; commonly used after rape or incest

Moro
noun a member of the predominantly Muslim people in the southern Philippines

Moro Islamic Liberation Front
noun a terrorist group in the southern Philippines formed in 1977 to establish an independent Islamic state for the Moros; have clashed with troops at United States bases

Moroccan
Maroc adjective of or relating to or characteristic of Morocco or its people; `Moroccan mosques cannot be entered by infidels`

Moroccan dirham
noun the basic unit of money in Morocco; equal to 100 centimes

Moroccan monetary unit
noun monetary unit in Morocco

Morocco
Kingdom of Morocco noun a kingdom (constitutional monarchy) in northwestern Africa with a largely Muslim population; achieved independence from France in 1956

Morone
genus Morone noun carnivorous fresh and salt water fishes

moronic
adjective having a mental age of between eight and twelve years

moronity
mental deficiency noun mild mental retardation

morosely
adverb in a morose manner; `he fell morosely on the bed`

moroseness
glumness noun a gloomy ill-tempered feeling

morosoph
noun a learned fool

morphallaxis
noun regeneration on a reduced scale of a body part; observed especially in invertebrates such as certain lobsters

morphea
noun localized scleroderma

morpheme
noun minimal meaningful language unit; it cannot be divided into smaller meaningful units

morphemic
adjective of or relating to morphemes

Morpheus
noun the Roman god of sleep and dreams

morphine
morphia noun an alkaloid narcotic drug extracted from opium; a powerful, habit-forming narcotic used to relieve pain

morphogenesis
noun differentiation and growth of the structure of an organism (or a part of an organism)

morphologic
morphological adjective relating to or concerned with the morphology of plants and animals; `morphological differences`

morphological rule
rule of morphology noun a linguistic rule for the formation of words

morphologically
adverb in a morphological manner; with regard to morphology; `these two words are morphologically related`

morphology
noun the branch of biology that deals with the structure of animals and plants

morphology
syllable structure noun the admissible arrangement of sounds in words

morphophoneme
noun (linguistics) the phonemes (or strings of phonemes) that constitute the various allomorphs of a morpheme

morphophonemic
adjective of or relating to morphophonemics

morphophonemic system
noun the morphophonemics of a particular language

morphophonemics
noun the study of the phonological realization of the allomorphs of the morphemes of a language

Morrigan
Morrigu noun Celtic war goddess

Morris
Gouverneur Morris noun United States statesman who led the committee that produced the final draft of the United States Constitution (1752-1816)

Morris
noun leader of the American Revolution who signed the Declaration of Independence and raised money for the Continental Army (1734-1806)

Morris chair
noun an armchair with an adjustable back

morris dance
morris dancing noun any of various English folk dances performed by men in costume

morris dancer
noun someone who does a morris dance

Morrison
James Douglas Morrison noun United States rock singer (1943-1971)

Morristown
noun a town in northern New Jersey where the Continental Army spent two winters

morrow
noun the next day; `whenever he arrives she leaves on the morrow`

Morrow`s honeysuckle
Lonicera morrowii noun a grey deciduous honeysuckle shrub paired white flowers turning yellow; Japan

Mors
noun (Roman mythology) Roman god of death; counterpart of Thanatos

Morse
Morse code noun a telegraph code in which letters and numbers are represented by strings of dots and dashes (short and long signals)

morsel
bit noun a small amount of solid food; a mouthful; `all they had left was a bit of bread`

Morta
noun the Fate who cuts the thread of life; counterpart of Greek Atropos

mortal
adjective subject to death; `mortal beings`

mortal enemy
noun an enemy who wants to kill you

mortal sin
deadly sin noun an unpardonable sin entailing a total loss of grace; `theologians list seven mortal sins`

mortal(a)
adjective unrelenting and deadly; `mortal enemy`

mortality
noun the quality or state of being mortal

mortality table
noun an actuarial table indicating life expectancy and probability of death as a function or age and sex and occupation etc

mortally
adverb in such a manner that death ensues (also in reference to hatred, jealousy, fear, etc.); `a being of whom the forest Indians are said to be mortally afraid, with a hoof shaped like the heel of a bottle`

mortar
howitzer noun a muzzle-loading high-angle gun with a short barrel that fires shells at high elevations for a short range

mortar fire
noun artillery fire delivered by a mortar

mortarboard
noun an academic cap with a flat square with a tassel on top

mortarboard
noun a square board with a handle underneath; used by masons to hold or carry mortar

mortgage
noun a conditional conveyance of property as security for the repayment of a loan

mortgage application
noun an application for a mortgage loan

mortgage deed
noun deed embodying a mortgage

mortgage-backed security
noun a security created when a group of mortgages are gathered together and bonds are sold to other institutions or the public; investors receive a portion of the interest payments on the mortgages as well as the principal payments; usually guaranteed by the government

mortgaged
adjective burdened with legal or financial obligations; `his house, his business, indeed, his whole life was heavily mortgaged`

mortgagee
mortgage holder noun the person who accepts a mortgage; `the bank became our mortgagee when it accepted our mortgage on our new home`

mortgagor
mortgager noun the person who gives a mortgage in return for money to be repaid; `we became mortgagors when the bank accepted our mortgage and loaned us the money to buy our new home`

mortician
undertaker noun one whose business is the management of funerals

mortification
noun (Christianity) the act of mortifying the lusts of the flesh by self-denial and privation (especially by bodily pain or discomfort inflicted on yourself)

mortify
verb hold within limits and control; `subdue one`s appetites`; `mortify the flesh`

Mortimer
Roger de Mortimer noun English nobleman who deposed Edward II and was executed by Edward III (1287-1330)

mortise
mortice noun a square hole made to receive a tenon and so to form a joint

mortise joint
mortise-and-tenon joint noun a joint made by inserting tenon on one piece into mortise holes in the other

mortmain
dead hand noun real property held inalienably (as by an ecclesiastical corporation)

Morton
Jelly Roll Morton noun United States jazz musician who moved from ragtime to New Orleans jazz (1885-1941)

mortuary
adjective of or relating to a funeral

morula
noun a solid mass of blastomeres that forms when the zygote splits; develops into the blastula

Morus
genus Morus noun type genus of the Moraceae: mulberries

mosaic
tessellated adjective decorated with small pieces of colored glass or stone fitted together; `a mosaic floor`; `a tessellated pavement`

mosaic culture
noun a highly diverse culture; `the city`s mosaic culture results in great diversity in the arts`

mosaic gold
stannic sulfide noun a yellow pigment sometimes suspended in lacquer

Mosaic law
Law of Moses noun the laws (beginning with the Ten Commandments) that God gave to the Israelites through Moses; it includes many rules of religious observance given in the first five books of the Old Testament (in Judaism these books are called the Torah)

mosaicism
noun the condition in which an organism has two or more cell populations that differ in genetic makeup

Mosan
noun a family of Amerindian languages spoken in Washington and British Columbia

Mosander
Carl Gustaf Mossander noun Swedish chemist who discovered rare earth elements (1797-1858)

Moschus
genus Moschus noun musk deer

Moscow
capital of the Russian Federation noun a city of central European Russia; formerly capital of both the Soviet Union and Soviet Russia; since 1991 the capital of the Russian Federation

Moselle
noun German white wine from the Moselle valley or a similar wine made elsewhere

Moses
noun (Old Testament) the Hebrew prophet who led the Israelites from Egypt across the Red sea on a journey known as the Exodus; Moses received the Ten Commandments from God on Mount Sinai

Moses
Anna Mary Robertson Moses noun United States painter of colorful and primitive rural scenes (1860-1961)

moshav
noun a cooperative Israeli village or settlement comprised of small farms

mosque
noun (Islam) a Muslim place of worship that usually has a minaret

mosquito
noun two-winged insect whose female has a long proboscis to pierce the skin and suck the blood of humans and animals

mosquito bite
noun a sting inflicted by a mosquito

mosquito fern
floating fern noun small free-floating aquatic fern from the eastern United States to tropical America; naturalized in western and southern Europe

mosquito net
noun a fine net or screen (especially around beds) to protect against mosquitos