Nouns

mortgagor

noun

the person who gives a mortgage in return for money to be re...

mortmain

noun

the oppressive influence of past events or decisions

morula

noun

a solid mass of blastomeres that forms when the zygote split...

mosaicism

noun

the condition in which an organism has two or more cell popu...

mosquitofish

noun

silvery topminnow with rows of black spots of tropical North...

mossback

noun

an extremely old-fashioned conservative

mossbauer

noun

German physicist (born in 1929)

motet

noun

an unaccompanied choral composition with sacred lyrics; inte...

mothball

noun

a small sphere of camphor or naphthalene used to keep moths...

motherwort

noun

bitter Old World herb of hedgerows and woodland margins havi...

motherwell

noun

United States abstract expressionist painter (1915-1991)

motmot

noun

tropical American bird resembling a blue jay and having gree...

motortruck

noun

an automotive vehicle suitable for hauling

moue

noun

a disdainful grimace

moujik

noun

a Russian peasant (especially prior to 1917)

moukden

noun

a city in northeastern China

moulmein

noun

a port city of southern Myanmar on the Gulf of Martaban

mounter

noun

someone who ascends on foot

mouser

noun

a cat proficient at mousing

moussorgsky

noun

Russian composer of operas and orchestral works (1839-1881)

mouthbreeder

noun

any of various fishes that carry their eggs and their young...

mouthpart

noun

any part of the mouth of an insect or other arthropod especi...

muchness

noun

greatness of quantity or measure or extent

mucilage

noun

cement consisting of a sticky substance that is used as an a...

mucor

noun

any mold of the genus Mucor

mucoviscidosis

noun

the most common hereditary disease; the child's lungs and in...

mudcat

noun

large catfish of central United States having a flattened he...

mudra

noun

ritual hand movement in Hindu religious dancing

mudspringer

noun

found in tropical coastal regions of Africa and Asia; able t...

muenster

noun

semisoft pale-yellow cheese

mugwump

noun

a neutral or uncommitted person (especially in politics)

mujahedeen

noun

a military force of Muslim guerilla warriors engaged in a ji...

mujik

noun

a Russian peasant (especially prior to 1917)

mukden

noun

a city in northeastern China

mulct

noun

money extracted as a penalty

muleteer

noun

a worker who drives mules

mulishness

noun

the trait of being difficult to handle or overcome

mullein

noun

any of various plants of the genus Verbascum having large us...

mulloway

noun

large important food fish of Australia; almost indistinguish...

multifariousness

noun

noticeable heterogeneity

multinomial

noun

a mathematical function that is the sum of a number of terms

multiplicand

noun

the number that is multiplied by the multiplier

multiprogramming

noun

the execution of two or more computer programs by a single c...

multiprocessing

noun

simultaneous processing by two or more processing units

multistage

noun

occurring in more than one stage

multiversity

noun

a university system having several separate campuses and col...

mummer

noun

an actor who communicates entirely by gesture and facial exp...

mummery

noun

meaningless ceremonies and flattery

mummichog

noun

silver-and-black killifish of saltwater marshes along the At...

muntjac

noun

small Asian deer with small antlers and a cry like a bark