<B>monthly, </B>adjective, adverb, noun, pl. <B>-lies.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><I>adj. </I> <B>1. </B>of a month; for a month. <BR> <I>Ex. a monthly report, a monthly salary.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>lasting a month. <BR> <I>Ex. a monthly supply.</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>done, happening, or payable once a month or every month. <BR> <I>Ex. a monthly meeting, a monthly examination, monthly bills.</I> <DD><B> 4. </B><B>=menstrual.</B> <DD><I>adv. </I> once a month; every month; month by month. <BR> <I>Ex. Some magazines come monthly.</I> <DD><I>noun </I> a magazine or other periodical published once a month. <BR><I>expr. <B>monthlies,</B> </I><B>=menses.</B> <BR> <I>Ex. The issue is not at the usual time of the monthlies (James G. Murphy).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="monthsmind">
<B>month's mind,</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>the commemoration of a dead person by a Requiem, a month after death. <DD><B> 2. </B>(British Dialect.) a mind; inclination; fancy. <BR> <I>Ex. Clinker has a month's mind to play the fool ... with Mrs. Winifred Jenkins (Tobias Smollett).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="monticule">
<B>monticule, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a small hill; mound. <DD><B> 2. </B>a minor cone of a volcano. </DL>
<A NAME="montmorillonite">
<B>montmorillonite, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> one of a group of mineral clays, a silicate of aluminum and certain other elements, used because of its absorbent structure for various industrial purposes and for safely disposing of radioactive waste materials. </DL>
<A NAME="montrealer">
<B>Montrealer, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a native or inhabitant of Montreal, Canada. </DL>
<A NAME="montuno">
<B>montuno, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a loose, long-sleeved, embroidered shirt made of coarse white cotton worn over short, fringed trousers by men in Panama. </DL>
<A NAME="monument">
<B>monument, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>an object or structure set up to keep a person or an event from being forgotten. A monument may be a building, pillar, arch, statue, tomb, or stone. <DD><B> 2. </B>anything that keeps alive the memory of a person, civilization, period, or event. (SYN) memorial. <DD><B> 3. </B>a permanent or prominent instance or example. <BR> <I>Ex. The Hoover Dam is a monument of engineering. The professor's researches were monuments of learning.</I> <DD><B> 4. </B>(U.S. Law.) any permanent object, natural or artificial, serving to mark a boundary. <DD><B> 5. </B>any area or site officially designated by a government as having special historical or natural significance. <DD><B> 6. </B>something written or done by a person, regarded as his memorial after death. <BR> <I>Ex. Except some unpublished despatches ... and a few detached sayings, he has left no monument behind him (William E. H. Lecky).</I> <DD><B> 7. </B>(Obsolete.) a sepulcher; tomb. <BR> <I>Ex. Her body sleeps in Capel's monument (Shakespeare).</I> <DD><B> 8. </B>(Obsolete.) an effigy. </DL>
<A NAME="monumental">
<B>monumental, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>of or having to do with a monument or monuments. <BR> <I>Ex. monumental decorations.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>serving as a monument or memorial. <BR> <I>Ex. a monumental chapel. He hath given her his monumental ring (Shakespeare).</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>like a monument; having great size. <BR> <I>Ex. a monumental mountain peak.</I> <DD><B> 4. </B>weighty and lasting; historically prominent and significant; important. <BR> <I>Ex. a monumental decision. The Constitution of the United States is a monumental document. A great encyclopedia is a monumental production.</I> (SYN) impressive, notable. <DD><B> 5. </B>very great; colossal. <BR> <I>Ex. monumental ignorance.</I> <DD><B> 6. </B>(of a statue or portrait) larger than life-size. adv. <B>monumentally.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="monumentalism">
<B>monumentalism, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> monumental style or construction. </DL>
<A NAME="monumentalist">
<B>monumentalist, </B>noun, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>noun </I> a painter, writer, or other artist who works on a grand or monumental scale. <DD><I>adj. </I> of or having to do with a monumentalist or monumentalism. <BR> <I>Ex. monumentalist sculpture.</I> </DL>
<A NAME="monumentality">
<B>monumentality, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the state or quality of being monumental. </DL>
<A NAME="monumentalize">
<B>monumentalize, </B>transitive verb, <B>-ized,</B> <B>-izing.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> to establish a lasting memorial or record of. noun <B>monumentalization.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="monzonite">
<B>monzonite, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> an igneous rock composed of nearly equal amounts of plagioclase and orthoclase, plus other minerals, intermediate in composition between syenite and diorite. </DL>
<A NAME="monzonitic">
<B>monzonitic, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> of or consisting of monzonite. </DL>
<A NAME="moo">
<B>moo, </B>noun, pl. <B>moos,</B> verb, <B>mooed,</B> <B>mooing.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><I>noun </I> the sound made by a cow; a lowing. <DD><I>v.i. </I> to make the sound of a cow; low. <BR> <I>Ex. The cow mooed in the barn.</I> </DL>
<A NAME="mooch">
<B>mooch,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (Slang.) <DD><I>v.t. </I> <B>1. </B>to get from another by begging or sponging; beg. <BR> <I>Ex. He mooches a couple of cigarettes off me every day.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>to pilfer; steal. <DD><I>v.i. </I> <B>1. </B>to sponge or beg shamelessly. <DD><B> 2. </B>to sneak; skulk; rove about. <BR> <I>Ex. They sort of mooched after me, and I tells a policeman (Lord Dunsany).</I> <DD> Also, <B>mouch.</B> noun <B>moocher.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="mood">
<B>mood</B> (1), noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>state of mind or feelings. <BR> <I>Ex. Are you in the mood to listen to music? I am in the mood to play now; I don't want to study.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>(Obsolete.) bad temper; anger. <BR><I>expr. <B>moods,</B> </I>fits of depression, irritation, or bad temper. <BR> <I>Ex. Then turn'd Sir Torre, and being in his moods left them (Tennyson).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="mood">
<B>mood</B> (2), noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>the form of a verb or verb phrase which shows whether the act or state it expresses is thought of as a fact, condition, command, or a wish; mode. In "I am hungry," <I>am</I> is in the indicative mood. In "I demand that she answer," <I>answer</I> is in the subjunctive mood. In "Open the window," <I>open</I> is in the imperative mood. <BR> <I>Ex. In English, modern grammar experts usually limit the term mood to the indicative, subjunctive, and imperative forms (Paul Roberts).</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>(Logic.) <B>=mode.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="mooddrug">
<B>mood drug,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a drug, such as a stimulant or tranquilizer, that affects one's state of mind. </DL>
<A NAME="moodily">
<B>moodily, </B>adverb.<DL COMPACT><DD> in a moody manner. </DL>
<B>mooding, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the process of roughly shaping metal with a hammer, as in making a spoon or the blade of a knife. </DL>
<A NAME="moodmusic">
<B>mood music,</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>music used to evoke or sustain a particular mood, as in connection with passages in a play or other dramatic presentation. <DD><B> 2. </B>unobtrusive instrumental music played to provide a pleasant atmosphere for eating, drinking, or talking, as in a restaurant; wallpaper music. </DL>
<A NAME="moods">
<B>moods, </B>noun pl.<DL COMPACT><DD> See under <B>mood</B> (1). </DL>
<A NAME="moodstone">
<B>mood stone,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> an artificial gem that is supposed to change color to reflect the mood of the wearer, made of quartz incorporating liquid crystals. </DL>
<A NAME="moodswing">
<B>mood swing,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a change, often occurring suddenly, in a person's state of mind, especially as a symptom of a nervous disorder or as a reaction to a drug or medication. <BR> <I>Ex. Psychic derangements may appear when corticosteroids are used, ranging from euphoria, insomnia, mood swings, personality changes, and severe depression (Upjohn Drug Extract).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="moody">
<B>moody, </B>adjective, <B>moodier,</B> <B>moodiest.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>likely to have changes of mood. <BR> <I>Ex. It is difficult to predict his reaction because he is so moody.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>often having gloomy moods. <BR> <I>Ex. a dour, moody person. She has been moody ever since she lost her job.</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>sunk in sadness; gloomy; sullen. <BR> <I>Ex. The little girl sat in moody silence.</I> (SYN) melancholy, sad. <DD><B> 4. </B>expressive of a mood, especially a bad mood. <BR> <I>Ex. a moody remark.</I> </DL>
<A NAME="moogsynthesizer">
<B>Moog synthesizer,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> an electronic keyboard instrument for generating a large variety of sounds. </DL>
<B>moola</B> or <B>moolah, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (U.S. Slang.) money. <BR> <I>Ex. She is going back to stuffing our moola in the mattress (Atlantic).</I> </DL>
