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 |
(verb) become moldy; spoil due to humidity | Synonyms: mildew, mold |
(verb) shape or influence; give direction to | Synonyms: determine, influence, mold, regulate, shape |
(verb) fit tightly, follow the contours of | Synonyms: mold |
(verb) form by pouring (e.g., wax or hot metal) into a cast or mold | Synonyms: cast, mold |
(verb) make something, usually for a specific function | Synonyms: forge, form, mold, shape, work |
(verb) form in clay, wax, etc | Synonyms: model, mold |
mouldboard | (noun) wedge formed by the curved part of a steel plow blade that turns the furrow | Synonyms: moldboard |
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moulder | (verb) break down | Synonyms: decompose, molder, rot |
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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 |
mouldy | (adjective) covered with or smelling of mold | Synonyms: moldy, musty |
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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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(verb) cast off hair, skin, horn, or feathers | Synonyms: exuviate, molt, shed, slough |
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 |
(verb) form into a rounded elevation | - |
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 |
(verb) go up or advance | Synonyms: climb, rise, wax |
(verb) fix onto a backing, setting, or support | - |
(verb) attach to a support | - |
(verb) copulate with | Synonyms: ride |
(verb) put up or launch | - |
(verb) prepare and supply with the necessary equipment for execution or performance | Synonyms: put on |
(verb) go upward with gradual or continuous progress | Synonyms: climb, climb up, go up |
(verb) get up on the back of | Synonyms: bestride, climb on, get on, hop on, jump on, mount up |
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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(verb) climb mountains for pleasure as a sport | - |
mountaineering | (noun) the activity of climbing a mountain | Synonyms: mountain climbing |
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mountainous | (adjective) like a mountain in size and impressiveness | - |
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(adjective) having hills and crags | Synonyms: cragged, craggy, hilly |
(adjective) containing many mountains | - |
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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mounted | (adjective) decorated with applied ornamentation; often used in combination | - |
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(adjective) assembled for use; especially by being attached to a support | - |
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 |
mourn | (verb) feel sadness | - |
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(verb) observe the customs of mourning after the death of a loved one | - |
mourner | (noun) a person who is feeling grief (as grieving over someone who has died) | Synonyms: griever, lamenter, sorrower |
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mournful | (adjective) filled with or evoking sadness | Synonyms: doleful |
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(adjective) expressing sorrow | Synonyms: plaintive |
mournfully | (adverb) in a mournful manner | - |
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mournfulness | (noun) a state of gloomy sorrow | Synonyms: ruthfulness, sorrowfulness |
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mourning | (adjective) sorrowful through loss or deprivation | Synonyms: bereaved, bereft, grief-stricken, grieving, sorrowing |
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(noun) the passionate and demonstrative activity of expressing grief | Synonyms: lamentation |
(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 |
(verb) manipulate the mouse of a computer | - |
(verb) to go stealthily or furtively | Synonyms: creep, pussyfoot, sneak |
mouselike | (adjective) of something having a drab pale brown color resembling a mouse | Synonyms: mouse-colored, mousey, mousy |
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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 | - |
mousey | (adjective) infested with mice | Synonyms: mousy |
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(adjective) of something having a drab pale brown color resembling a mouse | Synonyms: mouse-colored, mouselike, mousy |
(adjective) quiet and timid and ineffectual | Synonyms: mousy |
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 | - |
(verb) apply a styling gel to | Synonyms: gel |
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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mousy | (adjective) infested with mice | Synonyms: mousey |
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(adjective) of something having a drab pale brown color resembling a mouse | Synonyms: mouse-colored, mouselike, mousey |
(adjective) quiet and timid and ineffectual | Synonyms: mousey |
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 |
(verb) express in speech | Synonyms: speak, talk, utter, verbalise, verbalize |
(verb) articulate silently; form words with the lips only | - |
(verb) touch with the mouth | - |
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 | - |
mouthless | (adjective) having no mouth or mouthlike opening | Synonyms: astomatous |
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mouthlike | (adjective) of an opening that resembles a mouth | - |
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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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