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

motorcade
noun a procession of people traveling in motor cars

motorcycle
noun a motor vehicle with two wheels and a strong frame

motorcycle cop
motorcycle policeman noun a policeman who rides a motorcycle (and who checks the speeds of motorists)

motorcyclist
noun a traveler who rides a motorcycle

motoring
noun the act of driving an automobile

motorist
automobilist noun someone who drives (or travels in) an automobile

motorization
motorisation noun the act of motorizing (equiping with motors or with motor vehicles)

motorize
motorise verb equip with armed and armored motor vehicles; `mechanize armies`

motorized
motorised adjective equipped with a motor or motors; `a motorized wheelchair`

motorized wheelchair
noun a wheelchair propelled by a motor

motorman
noun the operator of streetcar

motormouth
noun someone who talks incessantly; `I wish that motormouth would shut up`

Mott
Lucretia Coffin Mott noun United States feminist and suffragist (1793-1880)

mottle
noun an irregular arrangement of patches of color; `it was not dull grey as distance had suggested, but a mottle of khaki and black and olive-green`

mottling
noun the act of coloring with areas of different shades

motto
slogan noun a favorite saying of a sect or political group

mouflon
moufflon noun wild mountain sheep of Corsica and Sardinia

mould
clay sculpture noun sculpture produced by molding

moulding
clay sculpture noun sculpture produced by molding

Moulmein
Mawlamyine noun a port city of southern Myanmar on the Gulf of Martaban

mound
noun structure consisting of an artificial heap or bank usually of earth or stones; `they built small mounds to hide behind`

mound
pitcher`s mound noun (baseball) the slight elevation on which the pitcher stands

Mound Builder
noun prehistoric Amerindians who built altar mounds

mounded over
adjective having a wound formed over it

mount
noun a mounting consisting of a piece of metal (as in a ring or other jewelry) that holds a gem in place; `the diamond was in a plain gold mount`

Mount Bartle Frere
noun the highest mountain peak in Queensland, Australia

Mount Carmel
noun a mountain range in northwestern Israel near the Mediterranean coast; `according to the Old Testament, Elijah defeated the priests of Baal at Mount Carmel`

Mount Cook lily
Ranunculus lyalii noun showy white-flowered perennial of New Zealand

Mount Elbert
noun the highest peak in the Rocky Mountains in central Colorado (14,431 feet high)

Mount Ranier National Park
noun a national park in Washington having mountain terrain featuring glaciers and alpine lakes and streams and swamps

Mount Saint Helens
Mount St. Helens noun an active volcano in the Cascade Range in southwestern Washington; erupted violently in 1980 after 123 years of inactivity

Mount Vernon
noun the former residence of George Washington in northeastern Virginia overlooking the Potomac river

mountain
mount noun a land mass that projects well above its surroundings; higher than a hill

mountain alder
noun tree of western United States

mountain ash
noun low-growing ash of Texas

mountain avens
Dryas octopetala noun creeping evergreen shrub with large white flowers; widely distributed in northern portions of Eurasia and North America

mountain beaver
sewellel noun bulky nocturnal burrowing rodent of uplands of the Pacific coast of North America; the most primitive living rodent

mountain bike
all-terrain bike noun a bicycle with a sturdy frame and fat tires; originally designed for riding in mountainous country

mountain bladder fern
Cystopteris montana noun fern of rocky mountainous areas of hemisphere

mountain chinchilla
mountain viscacha noun a rodent native to the mountains of Chile and Peru and now bred in captivity

mountain climbing
mountaineering noun the activity of climbing a mountain

mountain devil
spiny lizard 2 Moloch horridus noun desert lizard that feeds on ants

mountain devil
Lambertia formosa noun erect bushy shrub of eastern Australia having terminal clusters of red flowers yielding much nectar

mountain ebony
orchid tree noun small East Indian tree having orchidlike flowers and hard dark wood

mountain everlasting
noun a variety of cat`s foot

mountain fern
Oreopteris limbosperma noun common European mountain fern having fragrant lemon or balsam scented fronds

mountain fetterbush
mountain andromeda noun ornamental evergreen shrub of southeastern United States having small white bell-shaped flowers

mountain four o`clock
Mirabilis oblongifolia noun leafy wildflower with lavender-pink flowers that open in the evening and remain through cool part of the next day; found in open woods or brush in mountains of southern Colorado to Arizona and into Mexico

mountain goat
Rocky Mountain goat noun sure-footed mammal of mountainous northwestern North America

mountain gorilla
Gorilla gorilla beringei noun gorilla of Kivu highlands

mountain heath
Phyllodoce caerulea noun small shrub with tiny evergreen leaves and pink or purple flowers; Alpine summits and high ground in Asia and Europe and United States

mountain hemlock
black hemlock noun large evergreen of western United States; wood much harder than Canadian hemlock

mountain hollyhock
Iliamna ruvularis noun perennial of northwestern United States and western Canada resembling a hollyhock and having white or pink flowers

mountain lady`s slipper
Cypripedium montanum noun leafy plant having a few stems in a clump with 1 white and dull purple flower in each upper leaf axil; Alaska to northern California and Wyoming

mountain laurel
calico bush noun a North American evergreen shrub having glossy leaves and white or rose-colored flowers

mountain lily
noun Japanese lily with golden rays

mountain male fern
Dryopteris oreades noun a fern of the genus Dryopteris

mountain maple
mountain alder 1 Acer spicatum noun small shrubby maple of eastern North America; scarlet in autumn

mountain mint
noun any of a number of perennial herbs of the genus Pycnanthemum; eastern North America and California

mountain nyala
Tragelaphus buxtoni noun shaggy antelope of mountains of Ethiopia

mountain paca
noun rodent of mountains of western South America

mountain peak
noun the summit of a mountain

mountain phlox
moss phlox noun low tufted perennial phlox with needlelike evergreen leaves and pink or white flowers; native to United States and widely cultivated as a ground cover

mountain pride
Penstemon newberryi noun mat-forming plant with deep pink flowers on short erect leafy stems; rocky places at high elevations from Oregon to California

mountain quail
mountain partridge noun California partridge; slightly larger than the California quail

mountain rice
silkgrass noun valuable forage grass of dry upland areas and plains of western North America to northern Mexico

mountain rimu
Lepidothamnus laxifolius noun low-growing to prostrate shrub with slender trailing branches; New Zealand

mountain rose
Rosa pendulina noun European alpine rose with crimson flowers

mountain sandwort
mountain starwort noun boreal or alpine sandwort

mountain sheep
noun any wild sheep inhabiting mountainous regions

mountain sickness
noun nausea and shortness of breath experienced by mountain climbers above ten thousand feet

mountain skink
Eumeces callicephalus noun frequents oak and pine habitats in rocky mountainous areas of United States southwest and Mexico

mountain spleenwort
Asplenium montanum noun a spleenwort of eastern North America

mountain swamp gum
Eucalyptus camphora noun medium-sized swamp gum of New South Wales and Victoria

mountain tent
noun a lightweight tent with a floor; flaps close with a zipper

Mountain Time
Mountain Standard Time noun standard time in the 7th time zone west of Greenwich, reckoned at the 105th meridian west; used in the mountain states of the United States

mountain trail
noun a trail through mountainous country

mountain zebra
Equus zebra zebra noun narrow-striped nearly extinct zebra of southern Africa

mountaineer
mountain climber noun someone who climbs mountains

mountainous
adjective like a mountain in size and impressiveness; `mountainous waves`; `a mountainous dark man`

mountainside
versant noun the side or slope of a mountain; `conifer forests cover the eastern versant`

mountebank
charlatan noun a flamboyant deceiver; one who attracts customers with tricks or jokes

mounted
adjective decorated with applied ornamentation; often used in combination; `the trim brass-mounted carbine of the ranger`- F.V.W.Mason

mounter
noun someone who ascends on foot; `a solitary mounter of the staircase`

Mountie
noun colloquial term for a member of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police

mounting
noun framework used for support or display

mourner
griever noun a person who is feeling grief (as grieving over someone who has died)

mournful
adjective expressing sorrow

mournfully
adverb in a mournful manner; `the young man stared into his glass mournfully`

mournfulness
sorrowfulness noun a state of gloomy sorrow

mourning
bereavement noun state of sorrow over the death or departure of a loved one

mourning band
noun a black band worn by a man (on the arm or hat) as a sign of mourning

mourning cloak
mourning cloak butterfly noun of temperate regions; having dark purple wings with yellow borders

mourning dove
Zenaidura macroura noun wild dove of the United States having a mournful call

mourning ring
noun a ring worn as a memorial to a dead person

mouse
computer mouse noun a hand-operated electronic device that controls the coordinates of a cursor on your computer screen as you move it around on a pad; on the bottom of the device is a ball that rolls on the surface of the pad; `a mouse takes much more room than a trackball`

mouse button
noun a push button on the mouse

mouse nest
mouse`s nest noun where mice bear and raise their young

mouse-ear chickweed
mouse eared chickweed noun any of various plants related to the common chickweed

mouse-ear hawkweed
Pilosella officinarum noun European hawkweed having soft hairy leaves; sometimes placed in genus Hieracium