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.

The state of being a mother; the character or office of a mother.

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.

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.

Marked with spots of different colors; variegated; spotted; as, mottled wood.

the act of coloring with areas of different shades.

A sentence, phrase, or word, forming part of an heraldic achievment.

Bearing or having a motto; as, a mottoed coat or device.

Full of, or consisting of, motes.

A handkerchief.

See Muezzin.

A wild sheep (Ovis musimon), inhabiting the mountains of Sardinia, Corsica, etc. Its horns are very large, with a triangular base and rounded angles. It is supposed by some to be the original of the domestic sheep. Called also musimon or musmon.

Might.

The act of uttering the sound of a mouill/ letter.

Applied to certain consonants having a /liquid/ or softened sound; e. g., in French, l or ll and gn (like the lli in million and ni in minion); in Italian, gl and gn; in Spanish, ll and /; in Portuguese, lh and nh.

To form into a particular shape; to shape; to model; to fashion.

Capable of being molded or formed.

A curved plate of iron (originally of wood) back of the share of a plow, which turns over the earth in plowing.

To turn to dust; to cause to crumble; to cause to waste away.

Covered or filled with mold; consisting of, or resembling, mold.

The state of being moldy.

a sculpture produced by molding.

Used in making a mold or moldings; used in shaping anything according to a pattern.

See Mole the animal.

Overgrown with, or containing, mold; smelling of mold; as, moldy cheese or bread.

To contract mold; to grow moldy; to mold.

The drum upon which the rope is wound in a capstan, crane, or the like.

See Molt.

The act or process of changing the feathers, hair, skin, etc.; molting.

Having molted.

pl. of Mow, may.

To munch.

To fortify or inclose with a mound.

Any of several large-footed short-winged birds of Australasia, which build mounds of decaying vegetation to incubate eggs. Called also mound builder, mound maker, megapode, brush turkey, and scrub fowl.

That upon which a person or thing is mounted A horse.