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.

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.

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.

Such as can be mounted.

Of or pertaining to a mountain or mountains; growing or living on a mountain; found on or peculiar to mountains; among mountains; as, a mountain torrent; mountain pines; mountain goats; mountain air; mountain howitzer.

An inhabitant of a mountain; one who lives among mountains.

To live or act as a mountaineer; to climb mountains.

Climbing mountains as a sport.

A mountaineer.

A small mountain.

Full of, or containing, mountains; as, the mountainous country of the Swiss.

The state or quality of being mountainous.

Amount; sum; quantity; extent.

Raised; high.

To play the mountebank.

The practices of a mountebank; quackery; boastful and vain pretenses.

Like a mountebank or his quackery.

The practices of a mountebank; mountebankery.

Seated or serving on horseback or similarly; as, mounted police; mounted infantry.

Mountance.

One who mounts.

The act of one that mounts.

In an ascending manner.

A small or low mountain.

The rise of a hawk after prey.

To grieve for; to lament; to deplore; to bemoan; to bewail.

The armed or feruled end of a staff; in a sheephook, the end of the staff to which the hook is attached.

One who mourns or is grieved at any misfortune, as the death of a friend.

Full of sorrow; expressing, or intended to express, sorrow; mourning; grieving; sad; also, causing sorrow; saddening; grievous; as, a mournful person; mournful looks, tones, loss.

Grieving; sorrowing; lamenting.

In a mourning manner.

See Murnival.

To tear, as a cat devours a mouse.

Any device that catches, and usually kills, mice. They are of various designs, the most common being a stiff loop of wire mounted on a small wooden platform base and attached to a strong spring, which holds the loop firmly against the base. To activate the trap, the loop is pulled through a 180/ arc against the tension of the spring and held against the base by a delicate metal catch, which can keep the loop from moving, though in a state of high tension. The metal catch is moved when a mouse tries to take a piece of bait attached to it, releasing the loop which forcefully moves though an arc, usually killing the mouse. A larger version of the same device is used as a rat trap.

The forget-me-not (Myosotis palustris) and other species of the same genus. A European species of hawkweed (Hieracium Pilosella).

See Frogfish.