A genus of trees, some species of which produce edible fruit; the mulberry. See Mulberry.

See Morrow.

Morning.

sing. of Mores.

Of or pertaining to Moses, the leader of the Israelites, or established through his agency; as, the Mosaic law, rites, or institutions.

Mosaic (in either sense).

In the manner of a mosaic.

Attachment to the system or doctrines of Moses; that which is peculiar to the Mosaic system or doctrines.

An order of large, extinct, marine reptiles, found in the Cretaceous rocks, especially in America. They were serpentlike in form and in having loosely articulated and dilatable jaws, with large recurved teeth, but they had paddlelike feet. Some of them were over fifty feet long. They are, essentially, fossil sea serpents with paddles. Called also Pythonomarpha, and Mosasauria.

One of an extinct order of reptiles, including Mosasaurus and allied genera. See Mosasauria.

A genus of extinct marine reptiles allied to the lizards, but having the body much elongated, and the limbs in the form of paddles. The first known species, nearly fifty feet in length, was discovered in Cretaceous beds near Maestricht, in the Netherlands.

A plant of the genus Adoxa (Adoxa moschatellina), the flowers of which are pale green, and have a faint musky smell. It is found in woods in all parts of Europe, and is called also hollow root and musk crowfoot.

Of or pertaining to Moschus, a genus including the musk deer.

See Muzzle.

A light wine, usually white, produced in the vicinity of the river Moselle.

A large flatboat, used in the West Indies for taking freight from shore to ship.

To go, or move (in a certain manner); -- usually with out, off, along, etc.

See Mosque.

Of or pertaining to the Muslims; Islamic; as, Moslem lands; the Moslem faith.

Thin shreds of leather shaved off in dressing skins.

Same as Mosasaurus.

A Muslim church or place of religious worship.

Any one of various species of gnats of the genus Culex and allied genera. The females have a proboscis containing, within the sheathlike labium, six fine, sharp, needlelike organs with which they puncture the skin of man and animals to suck the blood. These bites, when numerous, cause, in many persons, considerable irritation and swelling, with some pain. The larvae and pupae, called wigglers, are aquatic.

A silvery topminnow (Gambusia affinis) with rows of black spots of tropical North America and West Indies; important in mosquito control.

To cover or overgrow with moss.

A veteran partisan; one who is so conservative in opinion that he may be likened to a stone or old tree covered with moss.

The menhaded.

Overgrown with moss; mossy.

The state of being mossy.

One of a class of marauders or bandits that formerly infested the border country between England and Scotland; -- so called in allusion to the mossy or boggy character of much of the border country.

Overgrown with moss; abounding with or edged with moss; as, mossy trees; mossy streams.

In the greatest or highest degree.

See Mustaiba.

imp. of Mote.

A painter's maul-stick.

For the greatest part; for the most part; chiefly; in the main.

See Direct, n.

For the most part.

A word; hence, a motto; a device.

Any singing bird of the genus Motacilla; a wagtail.

The act of moving; motion.

A small particle, as of floating dust; anything proverbially small; a speck.

Filled with motes, or fine floating dust; as, the air.

A composition adapted to sacred words in the elaborate polyphonic church style; an anthem.

Any nocturnal lepidopterous insect, or any not included among the butterflies; as, the luna moth; Io moth; hawk moth.

To eat or prey upon, as a moth eats a garment.

having holes due to eating by moths or moth larvae; -- of cloth or clothing.

To put into long-term storage; as, to mothball the battleships not needed after the war.

Full of moths.

To become like, or full of, mother, or thick matter, as vinegar.

Same as motherfucker.

The supposed author of a book of nursery rhymes first published as /Mother Goose's Melodies,/ and usually called simply /Mother Goose./ The first English edition is said to have been printed in 1719 in London. The actual persons who composed the rhymes is unknown, and earlier similar rhymes in French are a likely source for some of them. Mother Goose is also used as the title of a book of Mother Goose rhymes.

The mother of one's husband or wife.

Naked as when born; completely naked.

The hard, iridescent, pearly internal layer of several kinds of shells, esp. of pearl oysters, river mussels, and the abalone shells; nacre. See Pearl.

An East Asiatic saxifrage (Saxifraga stolonifera) with racemes of small red-and-white flowers; spreads by numerous creeping stolons; called also strawberry geranium and strawberry saxifrage.

An aromatic plant (Thymus Serphyllum); -- called also wild thyme.

The board containing the main circuits of an electronic device, especially computers. The term is used primarily in microcomputer literature, where it designates the board containing the main expansion bus, and usually also the cpu. On motherboards designed with an expansion bus, often all of the circuits not contained on an expansion card are on the motherboard.

Thick, like mother; viscid.

A person who is deemed to be worthless or despicable; -- obscene and highly offensive.

A rural custom in England, of visiting one's parents on Midlent Sunday, -- supposed to have been originally visiting the mother church to make offerings at the high altar.

The country of one's ancestors; -- same as fatherland.

Destitute of a mother; having lost a mother; as, motherless children.

suggestive of or acting like a mother; motherly; maternal.

The state or quality of being motherly.

In a manner of a mother.

A labiate herb (Leonurus Cardiaca), of a bitter taste, used popularly in medicine; lion's tail. The mugwort. See Mugwort.

Consisting of, containing, or resembling, mother (in vinegar).

Infested with moths; moth-eaten.

Motive.

Producing motion.

A person whose prevailing mental imagery takes the form of inner feelings of action, such as incipient pronunciation of words, muscular innervations, etc.

Capability of motion; contractility.

To direct or invite by a motion, as of the hand or head; as, to motion one to a seat.

of or pertaining to motion.

One who makes a motion; a mover.

A mover.

Without motion; being at rest.

To provide with a motive; to move; impel; induce; incite.

Having a strong motive; -- of people. Opposite of unmotivated.

The act or process of motivating.

causing motion or impelling to action; providing a motive{2}; as, motivating arguments.

To prompt or incite by a motive or motives; to move.

Destitute of a motive; not incited by a motive.

The power of moving or producing motion.

See Motive, n., 3, 4.

A combination of distinct colors; esp., the party-colored cloth, or clothing, worn by the professional fool.

A collection of objects of various kinds; a hodgepodge; a medley; a confused mixture; an omnium gatherum.

Having a mind of a jester; foolish.

Any one of several species of long-tailed, passerine birds of the genus Momotus, having a strong serrated beak. In most of the species the two long middle tail feathers are racket-shaped at the tip, when mature. The bird itself is said by some writers to trim them into this shape. They feed on insects, reptiles, and fruit, and are found from Mexico to Brazil. The name is derived from its note.

Movement; manner of movement; particularly, movement with increased rapidity; -- used especially in the phrase con moto, directing to a somewhat quicker movement; as, andante con moto, a little more rapidly than andante, etc.

A device utilized in the making of a loud-speaking telephone, depending on the fact that the friction between a metallic point and a moving cylinder of moistened chalk, or a moving slip of paper, on which it rests is diminished by the passage of a current between the point and the moving surface.

A small plate covering the armpit in armor of the 14th century and later.

One who, or that which, imparts motion; a source of mechanical power.

A two-wheeled vehicle having a motor attached so as to be self-propelled. In common usage, a motorcycle is of heavier construction with larger wheels, a more powerful motor, and a higher maximum speed than a motorbike.

Driven or actuated by a motor, esp. by an individual electric motor. An electric motor forms an integral part of many machine tools in numerous modern machine shops.

a light two-wheeled vehicle containing a motor for propulsion. It is lighter in construction and has a lower speed than a motorcycle.

a boat propelled by an internal-combustion engine driving propellers immersed in the water.

a road vehicle carrying many passengers; used for public transport; an omnibus.

a procession of people traveling in motor cars.

An automobile, locomobile, or locomotive designed to run and be steered on a street or roadway; esp., an automobile specially designed for passengers and propelled by an internal combustion engine.

a motorbus.

to ride a motorcycle.

The process of riding a motocycle.

A person who rides a motorcycle.

equipped with a motor or motors; motorized. Opposite of unmotorized.

Causing or setting up motion; pertaining to organs of motion; -- applied especially in physiology to those nerves or nerve fibers which only convey impressions from a nerve center to muscles, thereby causing motion.

Pertaining to motor cars or automobiles, or to the technology of such; addicted to riding in or driving automobiles; as, motoring parlance; my motoring friend.

motorization.

same as motorize.

the act of motorizing (equiping with motors or with motor vehicles).

To substitute motor-driven vehicles, or automobiles, for the horses and horse-drawn vehicles of (a fire department, city, etc.).

same as motored; as, a motorized wheelchair. Opposite of unmotorized.

having no motor. Opposite of motorized.

A man who controls a motor.

a person who talks excessively.

Of or pertaining to motorpathy.

same as Kinesiatrics.

A clump of trees in a prairie.

A mottled appearance.