Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter M - Page 62
Modiolar (a.) Shaped like a bushel measure.
Modioli (n. pl. ) of Modiolus.
Modiolus (n.) (Anat.) The central column in the osseous cochlea of the ear.
Modiolus (n.) The central conical bony pillar of the cochlea.
Modish (a.) According to the mode, or customary manner; conformed to the fashion; fashionable; hence, conventional; as, a modish dress; a modish feast. -- Dryden. "Modish forms of address." -- Barrow. -- Mod"ish*ly, adv. -- Mod"ish*ness, n.
Modish (a.) In the current fashion or style [syn: latest, a la mode(p), in style(p), in vogue(p), modish].
Modist (n.) One who follows the fashion.
Modiste (n.) One, esp. a woman, who makes, or deals in, articles of fashion, esp. of the fashionable dress of ladies; a dress-maker or milliner.
Modiste (n.) Someone who makes and sells hats [syn: hatmaker, hatter, milliner, modiste].
Modiste (n.) Someone who makes or mends dresses [syn: dressmaker, modiste, needlewoman, seamstress, sempstress].
Modii (n. pl. ) of Modius.
Modius (n.) [L.] (Rom. Antiq.) A dry measure, containing about a peck.
Modocs (n. pl.) (Ethnol.) A tribe of warlike Indians formerly inhabiting Northern California. They are nearly extinct.
Modular (a.) Of or pertaining to mode, modulation, module, or modius; as, modular arrangement; modular accent; modular measure.
Modular (a.) Constructed with standardized units or dimensions allowing flexibility and variety in use; "modular furniture"; "modular homes."
Modulated (imp. & p. p.) of Modulate.
Modulating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Modulate.
Modulate (v. t.) To form, as sound, to a certain key, or to a certain portion.
Modulate (v. t.) To vary or inflect in a natural, customary, or musical manner; as, the organs of speech modulate the voice in reading or speaking.
Could any person so modulate her voice as to deceive so many? -- Broome.
Modulate (v. t.) (Electronics) To alter the amplitude, frequency, phase, or intensity of (the carrier wave of a radio signal) at intervals, so as to represent information to be conveyed by the signal; -- a technique used to convey information by means of radio waves transmitted by one electronic device and received by another.
Modulate (v. i.) (Mus.) To pass from one key into another.
Modulate (v.)
Change the key of, in music; "modulate the melody."
Modulate (v.) Vary the pitch of one's speech [syn:
tone, inflect, modulate].
Modulate (v.) Fix or adjust the time, amount, degree, or rate of; "regulate the temperature"; "modulate the pitch" [syn: regulate, modulate].
Modulate (v.) Adjust the pitch, tone, or volume of.
Modulate (v.) Vary the frequency, amplitude, phase, or other characteristic of (electromagnetic waves).
Modulation (n.) The act of modulating, or the state of being modulated; as, the modulation of the voice.
Modulation (n.) Sound modulated; melody. [R.] -- Thomson.
Modulation (n.) (Mus.) A change of key, whether transient, or until the music becomes established in the new key; a shifting of the tonality of a piece, so that the harmonies all center upon a new keynote or tonic; the art of transition out of the original key into one nearly related, and so on, it may be, by successive changes, into a key quite remote. There are also sudden and unprepared modulations.
Modulation (n.) (Electronics) The alteration of hte amplitude, intensity, frequency, or phase (of the carrier wave of a radio signal) at intervals, so as to represent information to be transmitted.
Modulation (n.) A musical passage moving from one key to another [syn: transition, modulation].
Modulation (n.) (Electronics) The transmission of a signal by using it to vary a carrier wave; changing the carrier's amplitude or frequency or phase.
Modulation (n.) Rise and fall of the voice pitch [syn: intonation, modulation, pitch contour].
Modulation (n.) A manner of speaking in which the loudness or pitch or tone of the voice is modified [syn: modulation, inflection].
Modulation (n.) The act of modifying or adjusting according to due measure and proportion (as with regard to artistic effect).
Modulator (n.) [L.] One who, or that which, modulates. -- Denham.
Module (n.) A model or measure.
Module (n.) The size of some one part, as the diameter of semi-diameter of the base of a shaft, taken as a unit of measure by which the proportions of the other parts of the composition are regulated. Generally, for columns, the semi-diameter is taken, and divided into a certain number of parts, called minutes (see Minute), though often the diameter is taken, and any dimension is said to be so many modules and minutes in height, breadth, or projection.
Module (n.) To model; also, to modulate.
Moduli (n. pl. ) of Modulus.
Modulus (n.) A quantity or coefficient, or constant, which expresses the measure of some specified force, property, or quality, as of elasticity, strength, efficiency, etc.; a parameter.
Modi (n. pl. ) of Modus.
Modus (n.) The arrangement of, or mode of expressing, the terms of a contract or conveyance.
Modus (n.) A qualification involving the idea of variation or departure from some general rule or form, in the way of either restriction or enlargement, according to the circumstances of the case, as in the will of a donor, an agreement between parties, and the like.
Modus (n.) A fixed compensation or equivalent given instead of payment of tithes in kind, expressed in full by the phrase modus decimandi.
Mody (a.) Fashionable.
Moe (n.) A wry face or mouth; a mow.
Moe (v. i.) To make faces; to mow.
Moe (a., adv., & n.) More. See Mo.
Moebles (n. pl.) Movables; furniture; -- also used in the singular (moeble).
Moelline (n.) An unguent for the hair.
Moellon (n.) Rubble masonry.
Moesogothic (a.) Belonging to the Moesogoths, a branch of the Goths who settled in Moesia.
Moesogothic (n.) The language of the Moesogoths; -- also called Gothic.
Moeve (v. t. & i.) To move.
Moff (n.) A thin silk stuff made in Caucasia.
Mogadishu (n.) 摩加迪休（阿拉伯語：مقديشو，羅馬轉寫：Maqadīshū；索馬利亞語：Muqdisho；英語：Mogadishu，意指「國王的寶座」），當地人也常以舊名哈馬（Xamar，早期拼音為Hamar） 稱呼之，中國古稱木骨都束，是一位於東部非洲偏北的印度洋岸海港城市，也是索馬利亞第一大城市。摩加迪休原本應是非洲東岸名列前幾名的大城與索馬利亞的首 都，但因長年的內戰與軍閥割據而陷入無政府狀態，無法實際施行首都應有的行政中心功能，索馬利亞因此另以拜多亞作為臨時首都。Mogadishu (/ˌmɔːɡəˈdiːʃuː/;[2][3] Somali: Muqdisho Somali pronunciation: [mʉqdɪʃɔ];[stress and tone?] Arabic: مقديشو IPA: [maqadiːʃuː]),[stress?] known locally as Xamar or Hamar, is the capital and most populous city of Somalia. Located in the coastal Banaadir region on the Indian Ocean, the city has served as an important port for millennia.[4] As of 2017, it has a population of 2,425,000 residents.[1]
Tradition and old records assert that southern Somalia, including the Mogadishu area, was historically inhabited by hunter-gatherers. These were later joined by Cushitic-speaking agro-pastoralists, who would go on to establish local aristocracies. During its medieval Golden Age, Mogadishu was ruled by the Muzaffar dynasty, a vassal of the Ajuran Sultanate. It subsequently fell under the control of an assortment of local Sultanates and polities, most notably the Sultanate of the Geledi. The city later became the capital of Italian Somaliland (1889–1936) in the colonial period. After the Somali Republic became independent in 1960, Mogadishu became known and promoted as the White Pearl of the Indian Ocean. After the ousting of the Siad Barre regime in 1991 and the ensuing Somali Civil War, various militias fought for control of the city, later to be replaced by the Islamic Courts Union in the mid-2000s. The ICU thereafter splintered into more radical groups, notably al-Shabaab, which fought the Transitional Federal Government (2004–2012) and its African Union Mission to Somalia allies. With a change in administration in late 2010, government troops and their military partners had succeeded in forcing out Al-Shabaab by August 2011. Mogadishu has subsequently experienced a period of intense reconstruction.
As Somalia's capital city, many important national institutions are based in Mogadishu. It is the seat of the Federal Government of Somalia established in August 2012, with the Somalia Federal Parliament serving as the government's legislative branch. Thabit Abdi Mohammed has been the Mayor of Mogadishu since April 2017. Villa Somalia is the official residential palace and principal workplace of the President of Somalia, Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed. In May 2012, the First Somali Bank was established in the capital, which organized Mogadishu's first ever Technology, Entertainment, Design (TEDx) conference. The establishment of a local construction yard has also galvanized the city's real-estate sector. Arba'a Rukun Mosque is one of the oldest Islamic places of worship in the capital, built circa 667 (1268/9 AD). The Mosque of Islamic Solidarity in Mogadishu is the largest masjid in the Horn region. Mogadishu Cathedral was built in 1928 by the colonial authorities in Italian Somaliland in a Norman Gothic style, and served as the traditional seat of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Mogadiscio. The National Museum of Somalia is based in Mogadishu and holds many culturally important artefacts. The National Library of Somalia is undergoing a $1 million Somali federal government funded renovation, including a new library complex.
Mogadishu is home to a number of scholastic and media institutions. As part of the municipality's urban renewal program, 100 schools across the capital are scheduled to be refurbished and reopened. The Somali National University (SNU) was established in the 1950s, and professors from the university later founded the non-governmental Mogadishu University (MU). Benadir University (BU) was established in 2002 with the intention of training doctors. Various national sporting bodies have their headquarters in Mogadishu, including the Somali Football Federation and the Somali Olympic Committee. Mogadishu Stadium was constructed in 1978 during the Siad Barre administration, with the assistance of Chinese engineers. It hosts football matches with teams from the Somali First Division and the Somalia Cup. Additionally, the Port of Mogadishu serves as a major national seaport and is the largest harbour in Somalia. Mogadishu International Airport, the capital's main airport, is the hub of the national carrier Somali Airlines.
Moggan (n.) A closely fitting knit sleeve; also, a legging of knitted material.
Moggy (n.) [ C ] (Also Moggie) (UK informal) （尤指普通或邋遢的）貓 A cat, especially one that is ordinary or has an untidy appearance.
Mogul (n.) A person of the Mongolian race.
Mogul (n.) A heavy locomotive for freight traffic, having three pairs of connected driving wheels and a two-wheeled truck.
Moha (n.) A kind of millet (Setaria Italica); German millet.
Mohair (n.) The long silky hair or wool of the Angora goat of Asia Minor; also, a fabric made from this material, or an imitation of such fabric.
Mohammedan (a.) 回教的，伊斯蘭教的 Of or pertaining to Mohammed, or the religion and institutions founded by Mohammed; in the latter sense, synonymous with {Islamic}, the term preferred by Moslems. [Written also {Mahometan}, {Mahomedan}, {Muhammadan}, etc.]
Mohammedan (n.) 回教教徒，伊斯蘭教教徒 A follower of Mohammed, the founder of Islam (also called Islamism or Mohammedanism); an adherent of Islam; one who professes Mohammedanism or Islamism; a Muslim; a Moslem; a Musselman; -- this term is used mostly by non-Moslems, and some Moslems find it offensive. [Written also {Muhammadan}, {Mahometan}, {Mahomedan}, etc.]
Mohammedan (a.) Of or relating to the Arabian prophet Muhammad or to the religion he founded [syn: {Muhammadan}, {Mohammedan}].
Mohammedan (n.) A follower of Mohammed [syn: {Mohammedan}, {Muhammedan}, {Muhammadan}].
Mohammedan (n.) [ C ] (Old-fashioned) 穆斯林教徒（曾經是常用的英語單詞，但穆斯林認為此詞有冒犯性，因為此詞似乎暗示他們崇拜穆罕默德多於崇拜阿拉真主） A Muslim. This word was previously often used in English, but Muslims consider it offensive because it suggests that they worship Mohammed rather than Allah.
Mohammedanism (n.) Alt. of Mohammedism.
Mohammedism (n.) The religion, or doctrines and precepts, of Mohammed, contained in the Koran; Islamism.
Mohammedanism, Mohammedism (n.) 伊斯蘭教，穆罕默德創立的宗教，其追隨者穆斯林認為他是真正的先知，信仰唯一的真神 -- 阿拉，真主，但承認耶穌基督是先知，只是較次於穆罕默德。
The religion, or doctrines and precepts, of Mohammed, contained in the Koran; Islamism; Islam. The term {Islam} is preferred by most Moslems, and some find the term Mohammedanism to be offensive, as they worship Allah, not Mohammed. Mohammedanize
Mohammedanism (n.) The monotheistic religious system of Muslims founded in Arabia in the 7th century and based on the teachings of Muhammad as laid down in the Koran; "Islam is a complete way of life, not a Sunday religion"; "the term Muhammadanism is offensive to Muslims who believe that Allah, not Muhammad, founded their religion" [syn: {Islam}, {Islamism}, {Mohammedanism}, {Muhammadanism}, {Muslimism}].
Mohammedanize (v. t.) Alt. of Mohammedize.
Mohammedize (v. t.) To make conformable to the principles, or customs and rites, of Mohammedanism.
Mohawk (n.) One of a tribe of Indians who formed part of the Five Nations. They formerly inhabited the valley of the Mohawk River.
Mohawk (n.) One of certain ruffians who infested the streets of London in the time of Addison, and took the name from the Mohawk Indians.
Mohicans (n. pl.) A tribe of Lenni-Lenape Indians who formerly inhabited Western Connecticut and Eastern New York.
Moho (n.) A gallinule (Notornis Mantelli) formerly inhabiting New Zealand, but now supposed to be extinct. It was incapable of flight. See Notornis.
Mohock (n.) See Mohawk.
Moholi (n.) See Maholi.
Mohr (n.) A West African gazelle (Gazella mohr), having horns on which are eleven or twelve very prominent rings. It is one of the species which produce bezoar.
Mohur (n.) A British Indian gold coin, of the value of fifteen silver rupees, or $7.21.
Mohurrum (n.) Alt. of Muharram.
Muharram (n.) The first month of the Mohammedan year. --Whitworth.
Muharram (n.) A festival of the Shiah sect of the Mohammedans held during the first ten days of the month Mohurrum.
Moider (v. i.) To toil. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.]
Moidore (n.) A gold coin of Portugal, valued at about 27s. sterling.
Moieties (n. pl. ) of Moiety.
Moiety (a.) One of two equal parts; a half; as, a moiety of an estate, of goods, or of profits; the moiety of a jury, or of a nation. -- Shak.
The more beautiful moiety of his majesty's subject. -- Addison.
Moiety (a.) An indefinite part; a small part. -- Shak.
Compare: Residue
Residue (n.) That which remains after a part is taken, separated, removed, or designated; remnant; remainder.
The residue of them will I deliver to the sword. -- Jer. xv. 9.
If church power had then prevailed over its victims, not a residue of English liberty would have been saved. -- I. Taylor.
Residue (n.) (Law) That part of a testeator's estate wwhich is not disposed of in his will by particular and special legacies and devises, and which remains after payment of debts and legacies.
Residue (n.) (Chem.) That which remains of a molecule after the removal of a portion of its constituents; hence, an atom or group regarded as a portion of a molecule; a moiety or group; -- used as nearly equivalent to radical, but in a more general sense.
Note: The term radical is sometimes restricted to groups containing carbon, the term residue and moiety being applied to the others.
Residue (n.) (Theory of Numbers) Any positive or negative number that differs from a given number by a multiple of a given modulus; thus, if 7 is the modulus, and 9 the given number, the numbers -5, 2, 16, 23, etc., are residues.
Syn: Rest; remainder; remnant; balance; residuum; remains; leavings; relics.
Moiety (n.) One of two (approximately) equal parts [syn: moiety, mediety].
Moiety (n.) One of two basic subdivisions of a tribe.
MOIETY. () BThe half of anything; as, if a testator bequeath one moiety of his estate to A, and the other to B, each shall take an equal part. Joint tenants are said to hold by moieties. Lit. 125; 3 M. G. & S. 274, 283
Moiled (imp. & p. p.) of Moil.
Moiling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Moil.
Moil (v. t.) To daub; to make dirty; to soil; to defile.
Thou . . . doest thy mind in dirty pleasures moil. -- Spenser.
Moil (v. i.) To soil one's self with severe labor; to work with painful effort; to labor; to toil; to drudge.
Moil not too much under ground. -- Bacon.
Now he must moil and drudge for one he loathes. -- Dryden.
Moil (n.) A spot; a defilement.
The moil of death upon them. -- Mrs. Browning.
Moil (v.) Work hard; "She was digging away at her math homework"; "Lexicographers drudge all day long" [syn: labor, labour, toil, fag, travail, grind, drudge, dig, moil].
Moil (v.) Be agitated; "the sea was churning in the storm" [syn: churn, boil, moil, roil].
Moil (v.) Moisten or soil; "Her tears moiled the letter."
Moile (n.) A kind of high shoe anciently worn. [Written also moyle.]
Moineau (n.) [F.] (Fort.) A small flat bastion, raised in the middle of an overlong curtain.
Moira (n.) (Greek Myth.) The deity who assigns to every man his lot.
Moire (n.) Originally, a fine textile fabric made of the hair of an Asiatic goat; afterwards, any textile fabric to which a watered appearance is given in the process of calendering.
Moire (n.) A watered, clouded, or frosted appearance produced upon either textile fabrics or metallic surfaces ; moi`r['e].
Moir'e (n.) A watered, clouded, or frosted appearance on textile fabrics or metallic surfaces.
Moir'e (n.) Erroneously, moire, the fabric.
Moir'e (n.) A wavy pattern of lines produced by the superposition of two patterns having closely spaced, often curved, lines, so that the lines of the two patterns intersect at an acute angle. When the superposing patterns are moved relative to the observer or relative to each other, a shimmering effect is produced in which the apparent pattern changes, often producing a pleasing artistic effect. The effect may be seen, for example, when the superposed folds of a sheer fabric, such as a window curtain, are observed with transmitted light.
Syn: moire pattern.
Moir'e (n.) (Printing) An interference pattern produced by the dots of a color printing process.
Moire antique, A superior kind of thick moire.
Moir'e (a.) Watered; having a watered or clouded appearance; -- as of silk or metals.
Moir'e (v. t.) [imp. & p. p. Moir['e]ed; p. pr. & vb. n. Moir['e]eing.] Also Moire, To give a watered or clouded appearance to (a surface).
Moire (a.) (Of silk fabric) having a wavelike pattern [syn: moire, watered].
Moire (n.) Silk fabric with a wavy surface pattern [syn: moire, watered-silk].
Moire metallique () [F.] A crystalline or frosted appearance produced by some acids on tin plate; also, the tin plate thus treated.
Moist (v. t.) To moisten. [Obs.] -- Shak.
Moist (a.) Moderately wet; damp; humid; not dry; as, a moist atmosphere or air. "Moist eyes." -- Shak.
Moist (a.) Fresh, or new. [Obs.] "Shoes full moist and new." "A draught of moist and corny ale." -- Chaucer.
Moist (a.) Slightly wet; "clothes damp with perspiration"; "a moist breeze"; "eyes moist with tears" [syn: damp, dampish, moist].
Moistened (imp. & p. p.) of Moisten.
Moistening (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Moisten.
Moisten (v. t.) To make damp; to wet in a small degree.
Moisten (v. t.) To soften by making moist; to make tender.
It moistened not his executioner's heart with any pity. -- Fuller.
Moisten (v.) Make moist; "The dew moistened the meadows" [syn: moisten, wash, dampen].
Moisten (v.) Moisten with fine drops; "drizzle the meat with melted butter" [syn: drizzle, moisten].
Moistener (n.) One who, or that which, moistens. -- Johnson.
Moistener (n.) A device that dampens or moistens something; "he used a dampener to moisten the shirts before he ironed them" [syn: dampener, moistener].
Moistful (a.) Full of moisture. [R.]
Moistless (a.) Without moisture; dry. [R.]
Moistness (n.) The quality or state of being moist.
Moistness (n.) A slight wetness [syn: damp, dampness, moistness].
Moisture (n.) 濕氣，潮氣；水分 [U] A moderate degree of wetness. -- Bacon.
Moisture (n.) That which moistens or makes damp or wet; exuding fluid; liquid in small quantity.
All my body's moisture Scarce serves to quench my furnace-burning heat. -- Shak.
Moisture (n.) Wetness caused by water; "drops of wet gleamed on the window" [syn: {moisture}, {wet}].
Moisture content (n.) 含水量（又稱水分含量，含濕量）是指某材料中水 的多少，該材料可能是指土壤、岩石、陶瓷亦或水果、木頭等等。含水量在諸多科技領域中均有廣泛應用，它一般用比值來表示，其大小可以從零（完全乾燥）到與 該材料的孔隙度相同（即含水量達到飽和狀態）。含水量通常有體積含水量和重量含水量兩種表示方式。
Water content or moisture content is the quantity of water contained in a material, such as soil (called soil moisture), rock, ceramics, crops, or wood. Water content is used in a wide range of scientific and technical areas, and is expressed as a ratio, which can range from 0 (completely dry) to the value of the materials' porosity at saturation. It can be given on a volumetric or mass (gravimetric) basis.
Moistureless (a.) 沒有濕氣的 Without moisture.
Moisty (a.) Moist. [Obs.]
Moither (v. t.) To perplex; to confuse. [Prov. Eng.] -- Lamb.
Moither (v. i.) To toil; to labor. [Prov. Eng.]
Mokadour (n.) A handkerchief. [Obs.]
Moke (n.) A stupid person; a dolt.
Moke (n.) A donkey. [Cant] --Thackeray.
Moke (n.) A negro. [U. S.]
Moke (n.) (Theat. Slang) [More fully musical moke.] A performer, as
a minstrel, who plays on several instruments.
Moke (n.) A mesh of a net, or of anything resembling a net. --Halliwell.
Moke (n.) British informal for donkey.
Moky (a.) Misty; dark; murky; muggy. [Obs.]
Mola (n.) (Zool.) See Sunfish, 1.
Mola (n.) Among the largest bony fish; pelagic fish having an oval compressed body with high dorsal and anal fins and caudal fin reduced to a rudder-like lobe; worldwide in warm waters [syn: ocean sunfish, sunfish, mola, headfish].
Molar (a.) (Mech.) Of or pertaining to a mass of matter; -- said of the properties or motions of masses, as distinguished from those of molecules or atoms.