| mortal | (adjective) subject to death | - |
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| (adjective) unrelenting and deadly | - |
| (adjective) involving loss of divine grace or spiritual death | Synonyms: deadly |
| (adjective) causing or capable of causing death | Synonyms: deadly, deathly |
| (noun) a human being; person, singular, assertive existential pronoun; pronoun, person, singular; quantifier: assertive existential | Synonyms: individual, person, somebody, someone, soul |
| 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 |
| mortally | (adverb) in such a manner that death ensues (also in reference to hatred, jealousy, fear, etc.) | - |
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| 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 | - |
| (verb) plaster with mortar | - |
| 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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| (verb) put up as security or collateral | - |
| mortgaged | (adjective) burdened with legal or financial obligations | - |
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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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| (verb) join by a tenon and mortise | Synonyms: mortise |
| (verb) cut a hole for a tenon in | Synonyms: mortise |
| 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 |
| mortified | (adjective) made to feel uncomfortable because of shame or wounded pride | Synonyms: embarrassed, humiliated |
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| (adjective) suffering from tissue death | Synonyms: gangrenous |
| mortify | (verb) undergo necrosis | Synonyms: gangrene, necrose, sphacelate |
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| (verb) cause to feel shame; hurt the pride of | Synonyms: abase, chagrin, humble, humiliate |
| (verb) hold within limits and control | Synonyms: crucify, subdue |
| (verb) practice self-denial of one's body and appetites | - |
| mortifying | (adjective) causing awareness of your shortcomings | Synonyms: demeaning, humbling, humiliating |
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| (adjective) causing to feel shame or chagrin or vexation | Synonyms: embarrassing |
| mortise | (noun) a square hole made to receive a tenon and so to form a joint | Synonyms: mortice |
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| (verb) join by a tenon and mortise | Synonyms: mortice |
| (verb) cut a hole for a tenon in | Synonyms: mortice |
| 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 | (adjective) of or relating to a funeral | - |
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| (adjective) of or relating to or characteristic of death | - |
| (noun) a building (or room) where dead bodies are kept before burial or cremation | Synonyms: dead room, morgue |