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Modifiable

Capable of being modified; liable to modification.

Modification

The act of modifying, or the state of being modified; a change; as, the modification of an opinion, or of a machine.

Modificative

That which modifies or qualifies, as a word or clause.

Modifier

One who, or that which, modifies.

Modify

To change somewhat the form or qualities of; to change a part of something while leaving most parts unchanged; to alter somewhat; as, to modify a contrivance adapted to some mechanical purpose; to modify the terms of a contract.

Modillion

The enriched block or horizontal bracket generally found under the cornice of the Corinthian and Composite entablature, and sometimes, less ornamented, in the Ionic and other orders; -- so called because of its arrangement at regulated distances.

Modiolus

The central column in the osseous cochlea of the ear.

Modish

According to the mode, or customary manner; conformed to the fashion; fashionable; hence, conventional; as, a modish dress; a modish feast.

Modist

One who follows the fashion.

Modiste

One, esp. a woman, who makes, or deals in, articles of fashion, esp. of the fashionable dress of ladies; a dress-maker or milliner.

Modius

A dry measure, containing about a peck.

Modocs

A tribe of warlike Indians formerly inhabiting Northern California. They are nearly extinct.

Modular

Of or pertaining to mode, modulation, module, or modius; as, modular arrangement; modular accent; modular measure.

Modulate

To pass from one key into another.

modulated

Having either amplitude, intensity, frequency, or phase altered at intervals to represent information to be transmitted; -- of the carrier wave of a radio signal transmitted from one device to another for the purpose of conveying information. Opposite of unmodulated.

Modulation

The act of modulating, or the state of being modulated; as, the modulation of the voice.

modulator-demodulator

An electronic device that converts electronic signals into sound waves, and sound waves into electronic signals, used to transmit information between computers by the use of ordinary telephone lines; usually called a modem.

Module

To model; also, to modulate.

Modulus

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.

Modus

The arrangement of, or mode of expressing, the terms of a contract or conveyance.

Moe

More. See Mo.

Moebles

Movables; furniture; -- also used in the singular (moeble).

Moesogothic

The language of the Moesogoths; -- also called Gothic.

Moff

A thin silk stuff made in Caucasia.

Mog

To move away; to go off.

Mogen David

A hexagram{1a}, when used as the symbol of Judaism; called also Magen David and Star of David. It is included on the flag of the state of Israel

Moggan

A closely fitting knit sleeve; also, a legging of knitted material.

Moghul

an alternate from of mogul.

Mogul

A person of the Mongolian race.

Mogul empire Moghul empire

The empire created in India by invading Mongolians (Tatars), established under Baber, who conquered Hindustan in 1526. The established religion of the empire was Islam. After the death of the Great Mogul Aurung-Zeb in 1707, power passed to the Mahrattas and the British. The empire existed only nominally in the early 1800's, and was finally abolished in 1857 by the deposing of the last emperor.

Mogul Moghul

Of or pertaining to the Moguls{2}; as, The Taj Mahal, the most beautiful piece of Mogul architecture, was built by the Mogul emperor Shah Jehan as a mausoleum for his favorite wife.

Moha

A kind of millet (Setaria Italica); German millet.

Mohair

The long silky hair or wool of the Angora goat of Asia Minor; also, a fabric made from this material, or an imitation of such fabric.

Mohammed

The prophet who founded Islam (570-632).

Mohammedan

A follower of Mohammed, the founder of Islam (also called Islamism or Mohammedanism); an adherent of Islam; one who professes Islam; a Muslim; a Moslem; a Musselman; -- this term is used mostly by non-Moslems, and some Moslems find it offensive.

Mohammedan Era

The era in use in Moslem countries. See Mohammedan year, below.

Mohammedan year

The year used by Muslims, consisting of twelve lunar months without intercalation, so that they retrograde through all the seasons in about 32/ years. The Mohammedan era begins with the year 622 a. d., the first day of the Mohammedan year 1332 being Nov. 30, 1913, according to the Gregorian calendar.

Mohammedism Mohammedanism

The religion, or doctrines and precepts, of Mohammed, contained in the Koran; Islamism; Islam. The term Islam is preferred by most Moslems, and some find the term Mohammedanism to be offensive, as they worship Allah, not Mohammed.

Mohawk

One of a tribe of Indians who formed part of the Five Nations. They formerly inhabited the valley of the Mohawk River.

Mohicans

A tribe of Lenni-Lenape Indians who formerly inhabited Western Connecticut and Eastern New York.

Moho

The boundary between the earth's crust and the semiliquid mantle beneath. It varies in depth from 3 miles beneath the surface at certain points in the ocean to over 25 miles under certain parts of continents.

Mohr

A West African gazelle (Gazella mohr), having horns on which are eleven or twelve very prominent rings. It is one of the species which produce bezoar.

Mohur

A British Indian gold coin, of the value of fifteen silver rupees, or $7.21 (in 1913).

Moidore

A gold coin of Portugal, valued at about 27s. sterling.

Moiety

One of two equal parts; a half; as, a moiety of an estate, of goods, or of profits; the moiety of a jury, or of a nation.

Moil

A spot; a defilement.

Moile

A kind of high shoe anciently worn.

Moineau

A small flat bastion, raised in the middle of an overlong curtain.

Moira

The deity who assigns to every man his lot.

Moire

To give a watered or clouded appearance to (a surface).

Moisten

To make damp; to wet in a small degree.

Moistness

The quality or state of being moist.

Mojarra

Any of certain basslike marine fishes (mostly of tropical seas, and having a deep, compressed body, protracile mouth, and large silvery scales) constituting the family Gerridae, as Gerres plumieri, found from Florida to Brazil and used as food. Also, any of numerous other fishes of similar appearance but belonging to other families.

Moke

A mesh of a net, or of anything resembling a net.

Moky

Misty; dark; murky; muggy.

mol

A quantity of a substance equal to the molecular weight of a substance expressed in grams; a gram molecule; the basic unit of amount of substance adopted under the System International d'Unites; as, he added two mols of dextrose to the medium.

molal

Being at a concentration with the designated number of moles (of solute) per 1000 grams of solvent; as, an 0.5 molal solution of glycerol in water. Compare molar.

molality

A measure of concentaration of substances in mixtures, 1 molal being the concentration of a solution containing 1 mole of solute per 1000 grams of solvent. Compare molar.

molar

Being at a concentration having the designated number of moles (of solute) per liter of solvent; as, an 0.2 molar solution of sodium chloride in water is close to isotonic.

Molar

Any one of the teeth back of the incisors and canines. The molars which replace the deciduous or milk teeth are designated as premolars, and those which are not preceded by deciduous teeth are sometimes called true molars. See Tooth.

Molasse

A soft Tertiary sandstone; -- applied to a rock occurring in Switzerland. See Chart of Geology.

Molasses

The thick, brown or dark colored, viscid, uncrystallizable sirup which drains from sugar, in the process of manufacture; any thick, viscid, sweet sirup made from vegetable juice or sap, as of the sorghum or maple. See Treacle.

Mold

A spot; a blemish; a mole.

Mole

To form holes in, as a mole; to burrow; to excavate; as, to mole the earth.

mole

A quantity of a substance equal to the molecular weight of a substance expressed in grams; a gram molecule; the basic unit of amount of substance adopted under the System International d'Unites; as, he added two moles of sodium chloride to the medium.

Mole-eyed

Having eyes like those of the mole; having imperfect sight.

Molebut

The sunfish (Orthagoriscus, or Mola).

Molecast

A little elevation of earth made by a mole; a molehill.

Molech

The fire god of the Ammonites, to whom human sacrifices were offered; Moloch.

Molecular

Pertaining to, connected with, produced by, or consisting of, molecules; as, molecular forces; molecular groups of atoms, etc.

molecular formula

An expression representing the composition of elements in a chemical substance, commonly consisting of a series of letters and numbers comprising the atomic symbols of each element present in a compound followed by the number of atoms of that element present in one molecule of the substance. Thus the molecular formula for common alcohol (ethyl alcohol) is C2H6O, meaning that each molecule contains two carbon atoms, six hydrogen atoms, and one oxygen atom. The molecular formula may be written to provide some indication of the actual structure of the molecule, in which case structural units may be written separately. Thus, ethyl alcohol can also be written as CH3.CH2.OH or CH3-CH2-OH, in which the period or dash between functional groups indicates a single bond between the principle atoms of each group. This formula shows that in ethyl alcohol, the carbon of a methyl group (CH3-) is attached to the carbon of a methylene group (-CH2-), which is attached to the oxygen of a hydroxyl group (-OH). A structural formula is a graphical depiction of the relative positions of atoms in a molecule, and may be very complicated.

Molecularity

The state of consisting of molecules; the state or quality of being molecular.

Molecule

One of the very small invisible particles of which all ordinary matter is supposed to consist.

Molehill

A little hillock of earth thrown up by moles working under ground; hence, a very small hill, or an insignificant obstacle or difficulty; as, to make a mountain out of a molehill.

moleskin

Any fabric having a thick soft shag, like the fur of a mole; esp., a kind of strong twilled fustian.

Molestation

The act of molesting, or the state of being molested; disturbance; annoyance.

Moliminous

Of great bulk or consequence; very important.

Moline

The crossed iron that supports the upper millstone by resting on the spindle; a millrind.

Molinism

The doctrines of the Molinists, somewhat resembling the tenets of the Arminians.

Molinist

A follower of the opinions of Molina, a Spanish Jesuit (in respect to grace); an opposer of the Jansenists.

Moll

Minor; in the minor mode; as, A moll, that is, A minor.

Mollah

One of the higher order of Turkish; also, a Turkish title of respect for a religious and learned man.

Molle

Lower by a semitone; flat; as, E molle, that is, E flat.

Mollebart

An agricultural implement used in Flanders, consisting of a kind of large shovel drawn by a horse and guided by a man.

Mollemoke

Any one of several species of large pelagic petrels and fulmars, as Fulmarus glacialis, of the North Atlantic, and several species of Aestrelata, of the Southern Ocean. See Fulmar.

Mollient

Serving to soften; assuaging; emollient.

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