Mormonite (n.) A Mormon.
Mormonite (a.) Mormon.
Morn (n.) The first part of the day; the morning; -- used chiefly in poetry.
Morne (a.) Of or pertaining to the morn; morning.
Morne (n.) A ring fitted upon the head of a lance to prevent wounding an adversary in tilting.
Morne (a.) Without teeth, tongue, or claws; -- said of a lion represented heraldically.
Morne (n.) The first or early part of the day, variously understood as the earliest hours of light, the time near sunrise; the time from midnight to noon, from rising to noon, etc.
Morne (n.) The first or early part; as, the morning of life.
Morne (n.) The goddess Aurora.
Morning (a.) Pertaining to the first part or early part of the day; being in the early part of the day; as, morning dew; morning light; morning service.
Morning-glory (n.) A climbing plant (Ipomoea purpurea) having handsome, funnel-shaped flowers, usually red, pink, purple, white, or variegated, sometimes pale blue. See Dextrorsal.
Morningtide (n.) Morning time.
Mornward (adv.) Towards the morn.
Moro (n.) A small abscess or tumor having a resemblance to a mulberry.
Moroccan (a.) Of or pertaining to Morocco, or its inhabitants.
Morocco (n.) A fine kind of leather, prepared commonly from goatskin (though an inferior kind is made of sheepskin), and tanned with sumac and dyed of various colors; -- said to have been first made by the Moors.
Morology (n.) Foolish talk; nonsense; folly.
Morone (n.) Maroon; the color of an unripe black mulberry.
Morosaurus (n.) An extinct genus of large herbivorous dinosaurs, found in Jurassic strata in America.
Morose (a.) Of a sour temper; sullen and austere; ill-humored; severe.
Morose (a.) Lascivious; brooding over evil thoughts.
Morosely (adv.) Sourly; with sullen austerity.
Moroseness (n.) Sourness of temper; sulenness.
Morosis (n.) Idiocy; fatuity; stupidity.
Morosity (n.) Moroseness.
Moroshop (n.) A philosophical or learned fool.
Morosous (a.) Morose.
Moroxite (n.) A variety of apatite of a greenish blue color.
Moroxylate (n.) A morate.
Moroxylic (a.) Of, pertaining to, or derived from, the mulberry; moric.
Morphean (a.) Of or relating to Morpheus, to dreams, or to sleep.
Morpheus (n.) The god of dreams.
Morphew (n.) A scurfy eruption.
Morphew (v. t.) To cover with a morphew.
Morphia (n.) Morphine.
Morphine (n.) A bitter white crystalline alkaloid found in opium, possessing strong narcotic properties, and much used as an anodyne; -- called also morphia, and morphina.
Morphinism (n.) A morbid condition produced by the excessive or prolonged use of morphine.
Morpho (n.) Any one of numerous species of large, handsome, tropical American butterflies, of the genus Morpho. They are noted for the very brilliant metallic luster and bright colors (often blue) of the upper surface of the wings. The lower surface is usually brown or gray, with eyelike spots.
Morphogeny (n.) History of the evolution of forms; that part of ontogeny that deals with the germ history of forms; -- distinguished from physiogeny.
Morphologic (a.) Alt. of Morphological
Morphological (a.) Of, pertaining to, or according to, the principles of morphology.
Morphologist (n.) One who is versed in the science of morphology.
Morphology (n.) That branch of biology which deals with the structure of animals and plants, treating of the forms of organs and describing their varieties, homologies, and metamorphoses. See Tectology, and Promorphology.
Morphon (n.) A morphological individual, characterized by definiteness of form bion, a physiological individual. See Tectology.
Morphonomy (n.) The laws of organic formation.
Morphophyly (n.) The tribal history of forms; that part of phylogeny which treats of the tribal history of forms, in distinction from the tribal history of functions.
Morphosis (n.) The order or mode of development of an organ or part.
Morphotic (a.) Connected with, or becoming an integral part of, a living unit or of the morphological framework; as, morphotic, or tissue, proteids.
-morphous () A combining form denoting form, shape; as, isomorphous.
Morpion (n.) A louse.
Morrice (n.) Same as 1st Morris.
Morrice (a.) Dancing the morrice; dancing.
Morricer (n.) A morris dancer.
Morrimal (n. & a.) See Mormal.
Morris (n.) A Moorish dance, usually performed by a single dancer, who accompanies the dance with castanets.
Morris (n.) A dance formerly common in England, often performed in pagenats, processions, and May games. The dancers, grotesquely dressed and ornamented, took the parts of Robin Hood, Maidmarian, and other fictious characters.
Morris (n.) An old game played with counters, or men, which are placed angles of a figure drawn on a board or on the ground; also, the board or ground on which the game is played.
Morris (n.) A marine fish having a very slender, flat, transparent body. It is now generally believed to be the young of the conger eel or some allied fish.
Morris-pike (n.) A Moorish pike.
Morrot (n.) See Marrot.
Morrow (n.) Morning.
Morrow (n.) The next following day; the day subsequent to any day specified or understood.
Morrow (n.) The day following the present; to-morrow.
Morse (n.) The walrus. See Walrus.
Morse (n.) A clasp for fastening garments in front.
Morse alphabet () A telegraphic alphabet in very general use, inventing by Samuel F.B.Morse, the inventor of Morse's telegraph. The letters are represented by dots and dashes impressed or printed on paper, as, .- (A), - . . . (B), -.. (D), . (E), .. (O), . . . (R), -- (T), etc., or by sounds, flashes of light, etc., with greater or less intervals between them.
Morsel (n.) A little bite or bit of food.
Morsel (n.) A small quantity; a little piece; a fragment.
Morsing horn () A horn or flask for holding powder, as for priming.
Morsitation (n.) The act of biting or gnawing.
Morsure (n.) The act of biting.
Mort (n.) A great quantity or number.
Mort (n.) A woman; a female.
Mort (n.) A salmon in its third year.
Mort (n.) Death; esp., the death of game in the chase.
Mort (n.) A note or series of notes sounded on a horn at the death of game.
Mort (n.) The skin of a sheep or lamb that has died of disease.
Mortal (a.) Subject to death; destined to die; as, man is mortal.
Mortal (a.) Destructive to life; causing or occasioning death; terminating life; exposing to or deserving death; deadly; as, a mortal wound; a mortal sin.
Mortal (a.) Fatally vulnerable; vital.
Mortal (a.) Of or pertaining to the time of death.
Mortal (a.) Affecting as if with power to kill; deathly.
Mortal (a.) Human; belonging to man, who is mortal; as, mortal wit or knowledge; mortal power.
Mortal (a.) Very painful or tedious; wearisome; as, a sermon lasting two mortal hours.
Mortal (n.) A being subject to death; a human being; man.
Mortality (n.) The condition or quality of being mortal; subjection to death or to the necessity of dying.
Mortality (n.) Human life; the life of a mortal being.
Mortality (n.) Those who are, or that which is, mortal; the human cace; humanity; human nature.
Mortality (n.) Death; destruction.
Mortality (n.) The whole sum or number of deaths in a given time or a given community; also, the proportion of deaths to population, or to a specific number of the population; death rate; as, a time of great, or low, mortality; the mortality among the settlers was alarming.
Mortalized (imp. & p. p.) of Mortalize
Mortalizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Mortalize
Mortalize (v. t.) To make mortal.
Mortally (adv.) In a mortal manner; so as to cause death; as, mortally wounded.
Mortally (adv.) In the manner of a mortal or of mortal beings.
Mortally (adv.) In an extreme degree; to the point of dying or causing death; desperately; as, mortally jealous.
Mortalness (n.) Quality of being mortal; mortality.
Mortar (n.) A strong vessel, commonly in form of an inverted bell, in which substances are pounded or rubbed with a pestle.
Mortar (n.) A short piece of ordnance, used for throwing bombs, carcasses, shells, etc., at high angles of elevation, as 45Á, and even higher; -- so named from its resemblance in shape to the utensil above described.
Mortar (n.) A building material made by mixing lime, cement, or plaster of Paris, with sand, water, and sometimes other materials; -- used in masonry for joining stones, bricks, etc., also for plastering, and in other ways.