amora | (noun) one of a group of rabbis (active AD 250-500) who discussed the Mishnaic law in the law schools of Palestine and Mesopotamia where they explained and applied earlier teachings and whose discussions are recorded in the Talmud; they emphasized the study of Torah and the importance of personal action and the fulfillment of the commandments | - |
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amoralism | (noun) the doctrine that moral distinctions are invalid | - |
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amoralist | (noun) someone who adheres to the doctrine that ordinary moral distinctions are invalid | - |
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amorality | (noun) the quality of being amoral | - |
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amorally | (adverb) without regard for morality | Synonyms: immorally |
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atmoradiograph | (noun) a device which measures the frequency of occurrence of atmospherics. | - |
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balmoral | (noun) a sturdy laced walking shoe | - |
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commemorate | (verb) call to remembrance; keep alive the memory of someone or something, as in a ceremony | Synonyms: remember |
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(verb) be or provide a memorial to a person or an event | Synonyms: immortalise, immortalize, memorialise, memorialize |
(verb) celebrate by some ceremony or observation | Synonyms: mark |
commemorating | (adjective) intended as a commemoration | Synonyms: commemorative |
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commemoration | (noun) a recognition of meritorious service | Synonyms: memorial, remembrance |
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(noun) a ceremony to honor the memory of someone or something | Synonyms: memorialisation, memorialization |
commemorative | (adjective) intended as a commemoration | Synonyms: commemorating |
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(noun) an object (such as a coin or postage stamp) made to mark an event or honor a person | - |
cormorant | (noun) large voracious dark-colored long-necked seabird with a distensible pouch for holding fish; used in Asia to catch fish | Synonyms: Phalacrocorax carbo |
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demoralisation | (noun) destroying the moral basis for a doctrine or policy | Synonyms: demoralization |
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(noun) depression resulting from an undermining of your morale | Synonyms: demoralization |
(noun) a state of disorder and confusion | Synonyms: demoralization |
demoralise | (verb) lower someone's spirits; make downhearted | Synonyms: cast down, deject, demoralize, depress, dismay, dispirit, get down |
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(verb) corrupt morally or by intemperance or sensuality | Synonyms: corrupt, debase, debauch, demoralize, deprave, misdirect, pervert, profane, subvert, vitiate |
demoralised | (adjective) made less hopeful or enthusiastic | Synonyms: demoralized, discouraged, disheartened |
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demoralising | (adjective) destructive of morale and self-reliance | Synonyms: demoralizing, disheartening, dispiriting |
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demoralization | (noun) destroying the moral basis for a doctrine or policy | Synonyms: demoralisation |
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(noun) depression resulting from an undermining of your morale | Synonyms: demoralisation |
(noun) a state of disorder and confusion | Synonyms: demoralisation |
demoralize | (verb) confuse or put into disorder | - |
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(verb) lower someone's spirits; make downhearted | Synonyms: cast down, deject, demoralise, depress, dismay, dispirit, get down |
(verb) corrupt morally or by intemperance or sensuality | Synonyms: corrupt, debase, debauch, demoralise, deprave, misdirect, pervert, profane, subvert, vitiate |
demoralized | (adjective) made less hopeful or enthusiastic | Synonyms: demoralised, discouraged, disheartened |
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demoralizing | (adjective) destructive of morale and self-reliance | Synonyms: demoralising, disheartening, dispiriting |
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femoral | (adjective) of or relating to or near the femur or thigh | - |
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humoral | (adjective) of or relating to bodily fluids | - |
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immoral | (adjective) deliberately violating accepted principles of right and wrong | - |
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(adjective) not adhering to ethical or moral principles | Synonyms: base |
immorality | (noun) morally objectionable behavior | Synonyms: evil, iniquity, wickedness |
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(noun) the quality of not being in accord with standards of right or good conduct | - |
immorally | (adverb) without regard for morality | Synonyms: amorally |
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inamorata | (noun) a woman with whom you are in love or have an intimate relationship | - |
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inamorato | (noun) a man with whom you are in love or have an intimate relationship | - |
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memorabilia | (noun) a record of things worth remembering | - |
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memorability | (noun) the quality of being worth remembering | - |
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memorable | (adjective) worth remembering | - |
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memorably | (adverb) in a memorable manner | Synonyms: unforgettably |
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memoranda | (noun) a written proposal or reminder | Synonyms: memo, memorandum |
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memorandum | (noun) a written proposal or reminder | Synonyms: memo, memoranda |
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moraceous | (adjective) of or pertaining to or characteristic of plants of the family Moraceae | - |
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moraine | (noun) accumulated earth and stones deposited by a glacier | - |
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moral | (adjective) concerned with principles of right and wrong or conforming to standards of behavior and character based on those principles | - |
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(adjective) psychological rather than physical or tangible in effect | - |
(noun) the significance of a story or event | Synonyms: lesson |
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 |
moralise | (verb) improve the morals of | Synonyms: moralize |
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(verb) speak as if delivering a sermon; express moral judgements | Synonyms: moralize, preachify, sermonise, sermonize |
(verb) interpret the moral meaning of | Synonyms: moralize |
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 |
moralistic | (adjective) narrowly and conventionally moral | - |
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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 |
moralize | (verb) improve the morals of | Synonyms: moralise |
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(verb) speak as if delivering a sermon; express moral judgements | Synonyms: moralise, preachify, sermonise, sermonize |
(verb) interpret the moral meaning of | Synonyms: moralise |
moralizing | (noun) indulgence in moral pronouncements; the exposition (often superficially) of a particular moral code | Synonyms: moralisation, moralization |
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morally | (adverb) in a moral manner | Synonyms: virtuously |
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(adverb) with respect to moral principles | - |
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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remora | (noun) marine fishes with a flattened elongated body and a sucking disk on the head for attaching to large fish or moving objects | Synonyms: suckerfish, sucking fish |
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unmemorable | (adjective) not worth remembering | - |
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unmemorably | (adverb) in an unmemorable manner | - |
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