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

One who, or that which, modulates.

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.

To model; also, to modulate.

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.

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

Fashionable.

More. See Mo.

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

An unguent for the hair.

Rubble masonry.

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

To move.

A thin silk stuff made in Caucasia.

To move away; to go off.

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

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

an alternate from of mogul.

A person of the Mongolian race.

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.

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.

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

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.

The prophet who founded Islam (570-632).

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.

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

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.

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.

To make conformable to the principles, or customs and rites, of Islam.

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

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

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.

See Mohawk.

See Maholi.

same as 2nd Moho.

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.

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

To toil.

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

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.

A spot; a defilement.

A kind of high shoe anciently worn.

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

The deity who assigns to every man his lot.

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

To moisten.

To make damp; to wet in a small degree.

One who, or that which, moistens.

Full of moisture.

Without moisture; dry.

The quality or state of being moist.

A moderate degree of wetness.

Without moisture.

Moist.

To toil; to labor.

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.

A handkerchief.

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

Misty; dark; murky; muggy.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Same as 2d Molar.

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

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.

A spot; a blemish; a mole.

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

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.

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

The sunfish (Orthagoriscus, or Mola).

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

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

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

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.

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

With molecules; in the manner of molecules.

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

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.

Resembling the sails of a windmill.

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.

sexually abused.

One who molests.

Troublesome; vexatious.

Molestation.

See Moldwarp.

Of great bulk or consequence; very important.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

Serving to soften; assuaging; emollient.

Assuagingly.

Capable of being mollified.

The act of mollifying, or the state of being mollified; a softening.

One who, or that which, mollifies.

To soften; to make tender; to reduce the hardness, harshness, or asperity of; to qualify; as, to mollify the ground.

A little mill.

Having soft hairs; downy.

Unnatural softness of any organ or part.

Softness; effeminacy; weakness.

Same as Mollusk.

One of the grand divisions of the animal kingdom, a phylum including the classes Cephalopoda, Gastropoda, Pteropoda, Scaphopoda, and Pelecyopoda (syn. Bivalvia, formerly called Lamellibranchiata, or Conchifera). These animals have an unsegmented bilateral body, with most of the organs and parts paired, but not repeated longitudinally. Most of them develop a mantle, which incloses either a branchial or a pulmonary cavity. They are generally more or less covered and protected by a calcareous shell, which may be univalve, bivalve, or multivalve.

Of or pertaining to mollusks. A mollusk; one of the Mollusca.

Resembling the true mollusks; belonging to the Molluscoidea. One of the Molluscoidea.

Molluscoid.

A division of Invertebrata which includes the classes Brachiopoda and Bryozoa; -- called also Anthoid Mollusca.

Molluscan.

A cutaneous disease characterized by numerous tumors, of various forms, filled with a thick matter; -- so called from the resemblance of the tumors to some molluscous animals.

One of the Mollusca.

A pet or colloquial name for Mary.

See Mollemoke.

To pamper or coddle.