moraine | (noun) accumulated earth and stones deposited by a glacier | - |
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moral | (noun) the significance of a story or event | Synonyms: lesson |
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morale | (noun) the spirit of a group that makes the members want the group to succeed | Synonyms: esprit de corps, team spirit |
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(noun) a state of individual psychological well-being based upon a sense of confidence and usefulness and purpose | - |
moralisation | (noun) the act of making moral (or more moral) | Synonyms: moralization |
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(noun) indulgence in moral pronouncements; the exposition (often superficially) of a particular moral code | Synonyms: moralization, moralizing |
moralism | (noun) judgments about another person's morality | - |
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(noun) a moral maxim | - |
moralist | (noun) a philosopher who specializes in morals and moral problems | - |
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(noun) someone who demands exact conformity to rules and forms | Synonyms: disciplinarian, martinet |
morality | (noun) concern with the distinction between good and evil or right and wrong; right or good conduct | - |
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(noun) motivation based on ideas of right and wrong | Synonyms: ethical motive, ethics, morals |
moralization | (noun) the act of making moral (or more moral) | Synonyms: moralisation |
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(noun) indulgence in moral pronouncements; the exposition (often superficially) of a particular moral code | Synonyms: moralisation, moralizing |
moralizing | (noun) indulgence in moral pronouncements; the exposition (often superficially) of a particular moral code | Synonyms: moralisation, moralization |
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morals | (noun) motivation based on ideas of right and wrong | Synonyms: ethical motive, ethics, morality |
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morangoska | (noun) a Portuguese variation of Caipirinha made using strawberries instead of lime. | - |
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morass | (noun) a soft wet area of low-lying land that sinks underfoot | Synonyms: mire, quag, quagmire, slack |
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moratorium | (noun) suspension of an ongoing activity | - |
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(noun) a legally authorized postponement before some obligation must be discharged | - |
moray | (noun) family of brightly colored voracious eels of warm coastal waters; generally nonaggressive to humans but larger species are dangerous if provoked | Synonyms: moray eel |
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morbidity | (noun) the quality of being unhealthful and generally bad for you | Synonyms: morbidness, unwholesomeness |
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(noun) an abnormally gloomy or unhealthy state of mind | Synonyms: morbidness |
(noun) the relative incidence of a particular disease | - |
morbidness | (noun) the quality of being unhealthful and generally bad for you | Synonyms: morbidity, unwholesomeness |
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(noun) an abnormally gloomy or unhealthy state of mind | Synonyms: morbidity |
morbilli | (noun) an acute and highly contagious viral disease marked by distinct red spots followed by a rash; occurs primarily in children | Synonyms: measles, rubeola |
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morceau | (noun) a short literary or musical composition | - |
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mordacity | (noun) a disposition to biting | - |
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mordant | (noun) a substance used to treat leather or other materials before dyeing; aids in dyeing process | - |
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moreen | (noun) a heavy fabric of wool (or wool and cotton) used mostly in upholstery or for curtains | - |
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morel | (noun) any of various edible mushrooms of the genus Morchella having a brownish spongelike cap | - |
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morello | (noun) cultivated sour cherry with dark-colored skin and juice | - |
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(noun) any of several cultivated sour cherry trees bearing fruit with dark skin and juice | Synonyms: Prunus cerasus austera |
mores | (noun) (sociology) the conventions that embody the fundamental values of a group | - |
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morganite | (noun) a kind of pink beryl used as a gemstone | - |
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morgen | (noun) a South African unit of measure equal to about 2 acres | - |
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morgue | (noun) a building (or room) where dead bodies are kept before burial or cremation | Synonyms: dead room, mortuary |
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morion | (noun) a metal helmet worn by common soldiers in the 16th century | Synonyms: cabasset |
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morn | (noun) the time period between dawn and noon | Synonyms: forenoon, morning, morning time |
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mornight | (noun) both morning and night, used when greeting someone | - |
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morning | (noun) a conventional expression of greeting or farewell, used to wish someone a good morning | Synonyms: good morning |
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(noun) the earliest period | Synonyms: dawn |
(noun) the time period between dawn and noon | Synonyms: forenoon, morn, morning time |
(noun) the first light of day | Synonyms: aurora, break of day, break of the day, cockcrow, dawn, dawning, daybreak, dayspring, first light, sunrise, sunup |
morocco | (noun) a soft pebble-grained leather made from goatskin; used for shoes and book bindings etc. | - |
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moron | (noun) a person of subnormal intelligence | Synonyms: changeling, cretin, half-wit, idiot, imbecile, retard |
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moronity | (noun) mild mental retardation | Synonyms: mental deficiency |
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moroseness | (noun) a sullen moody resentful disposition | Synonyms: sourness, sulkiness, sullenness |
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(noun) a gloomy ill-tempered feeling | Synonyms: glumness, sullenness |
morosoph | (noun) a learned fool | - |
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morphallaxis | (noun) regeneration on a reduced scale of a body part; observed especially in invertebrates such as certain lobsters | - |
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morphea | (noun) localized scleroderma | - |
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morpheme | (noun) minimal meaningful language unit; it cannot be divided into smaller meaningful units | - |
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morphia | (noun) an alkaloid narcotic drug extracted from opium; a powerful, habit-forming narcotic used to relieve pain | Synonyms: morphine |
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morphine | (noun) an alkaloid narcotic drug extracted from opium; a powerful, habit-forming narcotic used to relieve pain | Synonyms: morphia |
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morphogenesis | (noun) differentiation and growth of the structure of an organism (or a part of an organism) | - |
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morphology | (noun) the branch of biology that deals with the structure of animals and plants | - |
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(noun) studies of the rules for forming admissible words | - |
(noun) the admissible arrangement of sounds in words | Synonyms: sound structure, syllable structure, word structure |
(noun) the branch of geology that studies the characteristics and configuration and evolution of rocks and land forms | Synonyms: geomorphology |
morphophoneme | (noun) (linguistics) the phonemes (or strings of phonemes) that constitute the various allomorphs of a morpheme | - |
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morphophonemics | (noun) the study of the phonological realization of the allomorphs of the morphemes of a language | - |
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morphophysiology | (noun) the study of anatomy in its relation to function | Synonyms: functional anatomy, physiological anatomy |
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morrow | (noun) the next day | - |
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morsel | (noun) a small amount of solid food; a mouthful | Synonyms: bit, bite |
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(noun) a small quantity of anything | - |
mortal | (noun) a human being; person, singular, assertive existential pronoun; pronoun, person, singular; quantifier: assertive existential | Synonyms: individual, person, somebody, someone, soul |
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mortality | (noun) the quality or state of being mortal | - |
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(noun) the ratio of deaths in an area to the population of that area; expressed per 1000 per year | Synonyms: death rate, deathrate, fatality rate, mortality rate |
mortar | (noun) a muzzle-loading high-angle gun with a short barrel that fires shells at high elevations for a short range | Synonyms: howitzer, trench mortar |
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(noun) a bowl-shaped vessel in which substances can be ground and mixed with a pestle | - |
(noun) used as a bond in masonry or for covering a wall | - |
mortarboard | (noun) an academic cap with a flat square with a tassel on top | - |
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(noun) a square board with a handle underneath; used by masons to hold or carry mortar | Synonyms: hawk |
mortgage | (noun) a conditional conveyance of property as security for the repayment of a loan | - |
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mortgagee | (noun) the person who accepts a mortgage | Synonyms: mortgage holder |
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mortgager | (noun) the person who gives a mortgage in return for money to be repaid | Synonyms: mortgagor |
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mortgagor | (noun) the person who gives a mortgage in return for money to be repaid | Synonyms: mortgager |
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mortice | (noun) a square hole made to receive a tenon and so to form a joint | Synonyms: mortise |
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mortician | (noun) one whose business is the management of funerals | Synonyms: funeral director, funeral undertaker, undertaker |
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mortification | (noun) (Christianity) the act of mortifying the lusts of the flesh by self-denial and privation (especially by bodily pain or discomfort inflicted on yourself) | - |
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(noun) an instance in which you are caused to lose your prestige or self-respect | Synonyms: humiliation |
(noun) strong feelings of embarrassment | Synonyms: chagrin, humiliation |
(noun) the localized death of living cells (as from infection or the interruption of blood supply) | Synonyms: gangrene, necrosis, sphacelus |
mortise | (noun) a square hole made to receive a tenon and so to form a joint | Synonyms: mortice |
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mortmain | (noun) the oppressive influence of past events or decisions | Synonyms: dead hand, dead hand of the past |
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(noun) real property held inalienably (as by an ecclesiastical corporation) | Synonyms: dead hand |
mortuary | (noun) a building (or room) where dead bodies are kept before burial or cremation | Synonyms: dead room, morgue |
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morula | (noun) a solid mass of blastomeres that forms when the zygote splits; develops into the blastula | - |
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