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.

The fire god of the Ammonites in Canaan, to whom human sacrifices were offered; Molech. Also applied figuratively.

See Raskolnik.

See Molossus.

Molasses.

A bat of the genus Molossus, as the monk bat.

A foot of three long syllables.

a city in the European part of Soviet Russia.

imp. of Melt.

Capable of assuming a molten state; meltable; fusible.

Melted; being in a state of fusion, esp. when the liquid state is produced by a high degree of heat; as, molten iron.

The act or process by which an animal molts; especially, the periodic shedding of the cuticle in arthropods or the outer skin in reptiles, or feathers in birds.

Much; very; as, molto adagio, very slow.

A fabulous herb of occult power, having a black root and white blossoms, said by Homer to have been given by Hermes to Ulysses to counteract the spells of Circe.

A salt of molybdic acid.

See Molybdenite.

A mineral occurring in soft, lead-gray, foliated masses or scales, resembling graphite; sulphide of molybdenum.

See Molybdous.

A rare element of the chromium group, occurring in nature in the minerals molybdenite and wulfenite, and when reduced obtained as a hard, silver-white, difficulty fusible metal. Symbol Mo. Atomic number 42. Atomic weight 95.94.

Of, pertaining to, or containing, molybdenum; specif., designating those compounds in which the element has a higher valence, as contrasted with molybdous compounds; as, molybdic oxide.

Molybdic ocher.

Of, pertaining to, or containing, molybdenum; specif., designating those compounds in which molybdenum has a lower valence as contrasted with molybdic compounds.

A dull, silent person; a blockhead.

A minute portion of time; a point of time; an instant; as, at that very moment.

Lasting but a moment; brief.

For a moment.

Momentary.

Every moment; from moment to moment.

The state or quality of being momentary; shortness of duration.

Done in a moment; continuing only a moment; lasting a very short time; as, a momentary pang.

For a moment.

Of moment or consequence; very important; weighty; as, a momentous decision; momentous affairs.

utmost importance.

The quantity of motion in a moving body, being always proportioned to the quantity of matter multiplied by the velocity; impetus.

A name given in contempt to strict Calvinists in Switzerland, France, and some parts of Germany, in the early part of the 19th century.

See Mummery.

A genus of Old World tropical vine.

The god of blame and mockery; Momus.

See Motmot.

The type genus of the Momotidae.

The god of mockery and censure.

The badge of a family, esp. of a family of the ancient feudal nobility. The most frequent form of the mon is circular, and it commonly consists of conventionalized forms from nature, flowers, birds, insects, the lightnings, the waves of the sea, or of geometrical symbolic figures; color is only a secondary character. It appears on lacquer and pottery, and embroidered on, or woven in, fabrics. The imperial chrysanthemum, the mon of the reigning family, is used as a national emblem. Formerly the mon of the shoguns of the Tokugawa family was so used.

A small, handsome, long-tailed West American monkey (Cercopithecus mona). The body is dark olive, with a spot of white on the haunches.

Of or pertaining to monks or a monastic life; monastic.

The system and influences of a monastic life; monasticism.

An acid having one replaceable hydrogen atom.

An ultimate atom, or simple, unextended point; something ultimate and indivisible.

The Infusoria.

A Linnaean class of plants having the stamens united into a tube, or ring, by the filaments, as in the Mallow family.

Of or pertaining to the Monadelphia; having the stamens united in one body by the filaments.

Of, pertaining to, or like, a monad, in any of its senses. See Monad, n.

Having the form of a monad; resembling a monad in having one or more filaments of vibratile protoplasm; as, monadiform young.

The doctrine or theory of monads.

Any Asiatic pheasant of the genus Lophophorus, as the Impeyan pheasant.

An amido compound with only one amido group; a monoamide.

A basic compound containing one amido group; a monoamine; as, methyl amine is a monamine.

One of the Monandria.

A Linnaean class of plants embracing those having but a single stamen.

Same as Monandrous.

Of or pertaining to monandry; practicing monandry as a system of marriage.

Of or pertaining to the monandria; having but one stamen.

The possession by a woman of only one husband at the same time; -- contrasted with polyandry.

Having but one flower; one-flowered.

Superior to others; preeminent; supreme; ruling.

A very large red and black butterfly (Danais Plexippus) having striking orange-brown wings with black veins in a reticulated pattern; -- called also milkweed butterfly and monarch. Its larvae feed on the leaves of the milkweed.

Pertaining to a monarch; suiting a monarch; sovereign; regal; imperial.

A female monarch.

Monarchic.