allmouth | (noun) fishes having large mouths with a wormlike filament attached for luring prey | Synonyms: angler, angler fish, anglerfish, goosefish, Lophius Americanus, lotte, monkfish |
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amount | (noun) how much there is or how many there are of something that you can quantify | Synonyms: measure, quantity |
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(noun) the relative magnitude of something with reference to a criterion | - |
(noun) a quantity obtained by the addition of a group of numbers | Synonyms: sum, total |
(noun) a quantity of money | Synonyms: amount of money, sum, sum of money |
amour | (noun) a usually secretive or illicit sexual relationship | Synonyms: affair, affaire, intimacy, involvement, liaison |
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armour | (noun) tough more-or-less rigid protective covering of an animal or plant | Synonyms: armor |
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(noun) protective covering made of metal and used in combat | Synonyms: armor |
(noun) a military unit consisting of armored fighting vehicles | Synonyms: armor |
armourer | (noun) a manufacturer of firearms | Synonyms: armorer |
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(noun) an enlisted man responsible for the upkeep of small arms and machine guns etc. | Synonyms: armorer, artificer |
(noun) a worker skilled in making armor or arms | Synonyms: armorer |
armoury | (noun) a place where arms are manufactured | Synonyms: armory, arsenal |
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(noun) a military structure where arms and ammunition and other military equipment are stored and training is given in the use of arms | Synonyms: armory, arsenal |
(noun) all the weapons and equipment that a country has | Synonyms: armory, arsenal |
(noun) a collection of resources | Synonyms: armory, inventory |
blabbermouth | (noun) someone who gossips indiscreetly | Synonyms: talebearer, taleteller, tattler, tattletale, telltale |
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camouflage | (noun) the act of concealing the identity of something by modifying its appearance | Synonyms: disguise |
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(noun) device or stratagem for concealment or deceit | - |
(noun) fabric dyed with splotches of green and brown and black and tan; intended to make the wearer of a garment made of this fabric hard to distinguish from the background | Synonyms: camo |
(noun) an outward semblance that misrepresents the true nature of something | Synonyms: disguise |
catamount | (noun) large American feline resembling a lion | Synonyms: cougar, Felis concolor, mountain lion, painter, panther, puma |
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(noun) short-tailed wildcats with usually tufted ears; valued for their fur | Synonyms: lynx |
catamountain | (noun) bushy-tailed wildcat of Europe that resembles the domestic cat and is regarded as the ancestor of the domestic cat | Synonyms: European wildcat, Felis silvestris |
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clamour | (noun) loud and persistent outcry from many people | Synonyms: clamor, clamoring, clamouring, hue and cry |
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clamouring | (noun) loud and persistent outcry from many people | Synonyms: clamor, clamoring, clamour, hue and cry |
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cottonmouth | (noun) venomous semiaquatic snake of swamps in southern United States | Synonyms: Agkistrodon piscivorus, cottonmouth moccasin, water moccasin |
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damourite | (noun) a variety of muscovite | - |
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dimout | (noun) darkness resulting from the extinction of lights (as in a city invisible to enemy aircraft) | Synonyms: blackout, brownout |
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dismount | (noun) the act of dismounting (a horse or bike etc.) | - |
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dormouse | (noun) small furry-tailed squirrel-like Old World rodent that becomes torpid in cold weather | - |
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enormousness | (noun) unusual largeness in size or extent or number | Synonyms: grandness, greatness, immenseness, immensity, sizeableness, vastness, wideness |
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fieldmouse | (noun) any nocturnal Old World mouse of the genus Apodemus inhabiting woods and fields and gardens | Synonyms: field mouse |
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frogmouth | (noun) insectivorous bird of Australia and southeastern Asia having a wide frog-like mouth | - |
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glamour | (noun) alluring beauty or charm (often with sex-appeal) | Synonyms: glamor |
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glamourisation | (noun) the act of glamorizing; making something or someone more beautiful (often in a superficial way) | Synonyms: glamorisation, glamorization, glamourization |
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glamourization | (noun) the act of glamorizing; making something or someone more beautiful (often in a superficial way) | Synonyms: glamorisation, glamorization, glamourisation |
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goalmouth | (noun) (sports) the area immediately in front of the goal | - |
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hoodmould | (noun) a protective drip that is made of stone | Synonyms: dripstone, hoodmold |
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humour | (noun) the quality of being funny | Synonyms: humor |
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(noun) the trait of appreciating (and being able to express) the humorous | Synonyms: humor, sense of humor, sense of humour |
(noun) the liquid parts of the body | Synonyms: bodily fluid, body fluid, humor, liquid body substance |
(noun) (Middle Ages) one of the four fluids in the body whose balance was believed to determine your emotional and physical state | Synonyms: humor |
(noun) a message whose ingenuity or verbal skill or incongruity has the power to evoke laughter | Synonyms: humor, wit, witticism, wittiness |
(noun) a characteristic (habitual or relatively temporary) state of feeling | Synonyms: humor, mood, temper |
humouring | (noun) the act of indulging or gratifying a desire | Synonyms: humoring, indulgence, indulging, pampering |
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humourist | (noun) someone who acts, speaks or writes in an amusing way | Synonyms: humorist |
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humous | (noun) a thick spread made from mashed chickpeas, tahini, lemon juice and garlic; used especially as a dip for pita; originated in the Middle East | Synonyms: hommos, hoummos, hummus, humus |
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largemouth | (noun) a large black bass; the angle of the jaw falls behind the eye | Synonyms: largemouth bass, largemouth black bass, largemouthed bass, largemouthed black bass, Micropterus salmoides |
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limousine | (noun) large luxurious car; usually driven by a chauffeur | Synonyms: limo |
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loudmouth | (noun) a person who causes trouble by speaking indiscreetly | Synonyms: blusterer |
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magnanimousness | (noun) the quality of elevation of mind and exaltation of character or ideals or conduct | Synonyms: grandeur, nobility, nobleness |
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monogamousness | (noun) the practice or state of having only one spouse at a time | Synonyms: monogamy |
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motormouth | (noun) someone who talks incessantly | - |
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moue | (noun) a disdainful grimace | Synonyms: pout, wry face |
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moufflon | (noun) wild mountain sheep of Corsica and Sardinia | Synonyms: mouflon, Ovis musimon |
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mouflon | (noun) wild mountain sheep of Corsica and Sardinia | Synonyms: moufflon, Ovis musimon |
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moujik | (noun) a Russian peasant (especially prior to 1917) | Synonyms: mujik, muzhik, muzjik |
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mould | (noun) container into which liquid is poured to create a given shape when it hardens | Synonyms: cast, mold |
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(noun) sculpture produced by molding | Synonyms: clay sculpture, modeling, modelling, mold, molding, moulding |
(noun) a distinctive nature, character, or type | Synonyms: mold |
(noun) a dish or dessert that is formed in or on a mold | Synonyms: mold |
(noun) a fungus that produces a superficial growth on various kinds of damp or decaying organic matter | Synonyms: mold |
(noun) the process of becoming mildewed | Synonyms: mildew, mold |
(noun) the distinctive form in which a thing is made | Synonyms: cast, mold, stamp |
(noun) loose soil rich in organic matter | Synonyms: mold |
mouldboard | (noun) wedge formed by the curved part of a steel plow blade that turns the furrow | Synonyms: moldboard |
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moulding | (noun) a preliminary sculpture in wax or clay from which a finished work can be copied | Synonyms: modeling, modelling, molding |
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(noun) a decorative recessed or relieved surface on an edge | Synonyms: border, molding |
(noun) a decorative strip used for ornamentation or finishing | Synonyms: molding |
(noun) sculpture produced by molding | Synonyms: clay sculpture, modeling, modelling, mold, molding, mould |
moulin | (noun) a chute through which supraglacial water enters a glacier, boring either to the bedrock or to the depth of common crevasse formation | Synonyms: glacier mill |
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moult | (noun) periodic shedding of the cuticle in arthropods or the outer skin in reptiles | Synonyms: ecdysis, molt, molting, moulting |
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moulter | (noun) an animal (especially birds and arthropods and reptiles) that periodically shed their outer layer (feathers or cuticle or skin or hair) | Synonyms: molter |
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moulting | (noun) periodic shedding of the cuticle in arthropods or the outer skin in reptiles | Synonyms: ecdysis, molt, molting, moult |
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mound | (noun) the position on a baseball team of the player who throws the ball for a batter to try to hit | Synonyms: pitcher |
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(noun) structure consisting of an artificial heap or bank usually of earth or stones | Synonyms: hill |
(noun) (baseball) the slight elevation on which the pitcher stands | Synonyms: hill, pitcher's mound |
(noun) a collection of objects laid on top of each other | Synonyms: agglomerate, cumulation, cumulus, heap, pile |
(noun) a small natural hill | Synonyms: hammock, hillock, hummock, knoll |
mount | (noun) the act of climbing something | Synonyms: climb |
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(noun) a lightweight horse kept for riding only | Synonyms: riding horse, saddle horse |
(noun) something forming a back that is added for strengthening | Synonyms: backing |
(noun) a mounting consisting of a piece of metal (as in a ring or other jewelry) that holds a gem in place | Synonyms: setting |
(noun) a land mass that projects well above its surroundings; higher than a hill | Synonyms: mountain |
mountain | (noun) a land mass that projects well above its surroundings; higher than a hill | Synonyms: mount |
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(noun) (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent | Synonyms: batch, deal, flock, good deal, great deal, hatful, heap, lot, mass, mess, mickle, mint, muckle, passel, peck, pile, plenty, pot, quite a little, raft, sight, slew, spate, stack, tidy sum, wad |
mountaineer | (noun) someone who climbs mountains | Synonyms: mountain climber |
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mountaineering | (noun) the activity of climbing a mountain | Synonyms: mountain climbing |
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mountainside | (noun) the side or slope of a mountain | Synonyms: versant |
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mountebank | (noun) a flamboyant deceiver; one who attracts customers with tricks or jokes | Synonyms: charlatan |
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mounter | (noun) someone who ascends on foot | Synonyms: climber |
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(noun) a skilled worker who mounts pictures or jewels etc. | - |
mounting | (noun) framework used for support or display | - |
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(noun) an event that involves rising to a higher point (as in altitude or temperature or intensity etc.) | Synonyms: climb, climbing |
mourner | (noun) a person who is feeling grief (as grieving over someone who has died) | Synonyms: griever, lamenter, sorrower |
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mournfulness | (noun) a state of gloomy sorrow | Synonyms: ruthfulness, sorrowfulness |
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mourning | (noun) the passionate and demonstrative activity of expressing grief | Synonyms: lamentation |
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(noun) state of sorrow over the death or departure of a loved one | Synonyms: bereavement |
mouse | (noun) any of numerous small rodents typically resembling diminutive rats having pointed snouts and small ears on elongated bodies with slender usually hairless tails | - |
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(noun) a hand-operated electronic device that controls the coordinates of a cursor on your computer screen as you move it around on a pad; on the bottom of the device is a ball that rolls on the surface of the pad | Synonyms: computer mouse |
(noun) person who is quiet or timid | - |
(noun) a swollen bruise caused by a blow to the eye | Synonyms: black eye, shiner |
mousepad | (noun) a small portable pad that provides traction for the ball of a computer mouse | Synonyms: mouse mat |
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mouser | (noun) a cat proficient at mousing | - |
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mousetrap | (noun) (American football) a play in which a defensive player is allowed to cross the line of scrimmage and then blocked off as the runner goes through the place the lineman vacated | Synonyms: trap play |
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(noun) a trap for catching mice | - |
moussaka | (noun) casserole of eggplant and ground lamb with onion and tomatoes bound with white sauce and beaten eggs | - |
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mousse | (noun) toiletry consisting of an aerosol foam used in hair styling | Synonyms: hair mousse |
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(noun) a light creamy dish made from fish or meat and set with gelatin | - |
(noun) a rich, frothy, creamy dessert made with whipped egg whites and heavy cream | - |
moustache | (noun) an unshaved growth of hair on the upper lip | Synonyms: mustache |
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moustachio | (noun) a large bushy moustache (with hair growing sometimes down the sides of the mouth) | Synonyms: handle-bars, mustachio |
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mouth | (noun) the opening of a jar or bottle | - |
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(noun) the externally visible part of the oral cavity on the face and the system of organs surrounding the opening | - |
(noun) the opening through which food is taken in and vocalizations emerge | Synonyms: oral cavity, oral fissure, rima oris |
(noun) an impudent or insolent rejoinder | Synonyms: back talk, backtalk, lip, sass, sassing |
(noun) the point where a stream issues into a larger body of water | - |
(noun) an opening that resembles a mouth (as of a cave or a gorge) | - |
(noun) a person conceived as a consumer of food | - |
(noun) a spokesperson (as a lawyer) | Synonyms: mouthpiece |
mouthbreeder | (noun) any of various fishes that carry their eggs and their young in their mouths | - |
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mouthful | (noun) a small amount eaten or drunk | Synonyms: taste |
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(noun) the quantity that can be held in the mouth | - |
mouthpart | (noun) any part of the mouth of an insect or other arthropod especially one adapted to a specific way of feeding | - |
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mouthpiece | (noun) the aperture of a wind instrument into which the player blows directly | Synonyms: embouchure |
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(noun) the tube of a pipe or cigarette holder that a smoker holds in the mouth | - |
(noun) an acoustic device; the part of a telephone into which a person speaks | - |
(noun) (especially boxing) equipment that protects an athlete's mouth | Synonyms: gumshield |
(noun) a part that goes over or into the mouth of a person | - |
(noun) a spokesperson (as a lawyer) | Synonyms: mouth |
mouthwash | (noun) a medicated solution used for gargling and rinsing the mouth | Synonyms: gargle |
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mouton | (noun) meat from a mature domestic sheep | Synonyms: mutton |
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paramountcy | (noun) the state of being paramount; the highest rank or authority | - |
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paramour | (noun) a woman who cohabits with an important man | Synonyms: concubine, courtesan, doxy |
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(noun) a woman's lover | Synonyms: fancy man |
pusillanimousness | (noun) contemptible fearfulness | Synonyms: pusillanimity |
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remount | (noun) a fresh horse especially (formerly) to replace one killed or injured in battle | - |
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rumour | (noun) gossip (usually a mixture of truth and untruth) passed around by word of mouth | Synonyms: hearsay, rumor |
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rumourmonger | (noun) a person given to gossiping and divulging personal information about others | Synonyms: gossip, gossiper, gossipmonger, newsmonger, rumormonger |
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seamount | (noun) an underwater mountain rising above the ocean floor | - |
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shrewmouse | (noun) small mouselike mammal with a long snout; related to moles | Synonyms: shrew |
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smallmouth | (noun) a variety of black bass; the angle of the jaw falls below the eye | Synonyms: Micropterus dolomieu, smallmouth bass, smallmouth black bass, smallmouthed bass, smallmouthed black bass |
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smoulder | (noun) a fire that burns with thick smoke but no flame | Synonyms: smolder |
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surmounter | (noun) someone who overcomes and establishes ascendancy and control by force or persuasion | Synonyms: overcomer, subduer |
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synonymousness | (noun) the semantic relation that holds between two words that can (in a given context) express the same meaning | Synonyms: synonymity, synonymy |
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tinamou | (noun) heavy-bodied small-winged South American game bird resembling a gallinaceous bird but related to the ratite birds | Synonyms: partridge |
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titmouse | (noun) small insectivorous birds | Synonyms: tit |
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tumour | (noun) an abnormal new mass of tissue that serves no purpose | Synonyms: neoplasm, tumor |
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venomousness | (noun) The property of being poisonous or envenomed; or of having a venom-producing gland. | - |
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vermouth | (noun) any of several white wines flavored with aromatic herbs; used as aperitifs or in mixed drinks | - |
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wrymouth | (noun) eellike Atlantic bottom fish with large almost vertical mouth | Synonyms: Cryptacanthodes maculatus, ghostfish |
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