<B>mortuary, </B>noun, pl. <B>-aries,</B> adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>noun </I> <B>1. </B>a building or room where dead bodies are kept until burial or cremation. <DD><B> 2. </B><B>=morgue.</B> <DD><B> 3. </B>a gift to the priest of a parish from the estate of a dead parishioner. <DD><I>adj. </I> <B>1. </B>of death, burial, or mourning. <BR> <I>Ex. a mortuary service or chapel.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>(Figurative.) sad; gloomy; funereal. <BR> <I>Ex. The cities are drab, but the countryside is mortuary (Harper's).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="mortuaryscience">
<B>mortuary science,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> the methods and techniques used in embalming corpses. </DL>
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<B>morula, </B>noun, pl. <B>-lae.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> the spherical mass of blastomeres forming the embryo of many animals, just after the segmentation of the ovum and before the formation of a blastula. </DL>
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<B>morular, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> of or having to do with a morula. </DL>
<A NAME="morulation">
<B>morulation, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the formation of a morula. </DL>
<A NAME="mos">
<B>mos.,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> months. </DL>
<A NAME="mos">
<B>MOS</B> (no periods),<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>(U.S.) an army military occupational specialty (designated in the service record of a soldier by a serial number or numbers). <DD><B> 2. </B>metal oxide semiconductor (used in integrated circuits). </DL>
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<B>mosaic, </B>noun, adjective, verb, <B>-icked,</B> <B>-icking.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><I>noun </I> <B>1. </B>decoration made of small pieces of stone, glass, or wood of different colors, inlaid to form a picture or design. <BR> <I>Ex. Most of the mosaic with its dozens of pictures had chipped out of the floor of the ancient temple.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>such a picture or design. Mosaics are used in the floors, walls, or ceilings of buildings, for tabletops, etc. <DD><B> 3. </B>the art or process of making such a picture or design. <DD><B> 4. </B>(Figurative.) anything like a mosaic. <BR> <I>Ex. His music is a mosaic of folk melodies.</I> <DD><B> 5. </B>a group of aerial photographs put together to form a continuous photograph of an area. <DD><B> 6. </B>mosaic disease. <DD><I>adj. </I> formed by, having to do with, or resembling a mosaic. <DD><I>v.t. </I> <B>1. </B>to combine, as in mosaic. <DD><B> 2. </B>to form like mosaic. <DD><B> 3. </B>to decorate with or as if with mosaics. <BR> <I>Ex. ... brilliantly mosaicked piles of folded Persian rugs (Atlantic).</I> adv. <B>mosaically.</B> </DL>
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<B>Mosaic, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> of or having to do with Moses or the Mosaic law. </DL>
<A NAME="mosaical">
<B>Mosaical, </B>adjective. <B>=Mosaic.</B></DL>
<A NAME="mosaicdisease">
<B>mosaic disease,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> any one of various virus diseases of tobacco and other plants in which the leaves become spotted or mottled. </DL>
<A NAME="mosaicgold">
<B>mosaic gold,</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a yellow compound, stannic sulfide, used in gilding. <DD><B> 2. </B><B>=ormolu.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="mosaicism">
<B>mosaicism, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Biology.) the presence of different or antagonistic genetic characteristics in adjacent cells of the body, chiefly due to faulty cell division. </DL>
<A NAME="mosaicist">
<B>mosaicist, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a maker or seller of mosaics. </DL>
<A NAME="mosaiclaw">
<B>Mosaic law,</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>the ancient law of the Israelites, ascribed to Moses and contained chiefly in the Pentateuch or the Torah. <DD><B> 2. </B>the part of the Bible where these laws are stated; Pentateuch. </DL>
<A NAME="mosaicvision">
<B>mosaic vision,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> the manner of vision of compound eyes, as of insects, in which the visual impression is composed of the individual facets. </DL>
<A NAME="mosasaur">
<B>mosasaur, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a prehistoric marine lizard which reached forty feet in length. </DL>
<A NAME="mosasaurus">
<B>mosasaurus, </B>noun, pl. <B>-sauri.</B> <B>=mosasaur.</B></DL>
<A NAME="moschate">
<B>moschate, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> smelling like musk; musky. </DL>
<A NAME="moschatel">
<B>moschatel, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> an inconspicuous perennial plant of uncertain classification but related to the honeysuckle, having greenish or yellowish flowers with a musky smell. </DL>
<B>Moselle</B> or <B>moselle, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a white wine, usually light and dry, produced along the Moselle river in Germany. Also, (German) <B>Mosel.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="moses">
<B>Moses, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>the great leader and lawgiver of the Israelites, who led them out of Egypt and through the desert to within sight of the Promised Land, and received the Ten Commandments from God on Mount Sinai. The last four books of the Pentateuch tell the life and achievements of Moses. <DD><B> 2. </B>a person like Moses; great leader or lawgiver. </DL>
<A NAME="mosesbasket">
<B>Moses basket,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (British.) a bassinet. </DL>
<A NAME="mosey">
<B>mosey, </B>intransitive verb, <B>-seyed,</B> <B>-seying.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (U.S. Slang.) to move along or away slowly; saunter; amble. <BR> <I>Ex. I'll mosey along now (Mark Twain).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="mosfet">
<B>MOSFET, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a field effect transistor with a MOS (metallic oxide semiconductor) circuit, widely used in microprocessors, computer memories, and other electronic circuits. </DL>
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<B>mosh, </B>intransitive verb.<DL COMPACT><DD> to dance in a violent manner to rock music; slamdance. <BR> <I>Ex. In the front of the stage, a herd of boys and girls ... have commenced "moshing": hurling themselves about ..., slamming into one another and falling down (The Independent).</I> noun <B>moshing.</B> noun <B>mosher.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="moshav">
<B>moshav, </B>noun, pl. <B>-shavim.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> an Israeli cooperative settlement with independent farms of equal size. </DL>
<A NAME="moshpit">
<B>mosh pit,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> the area near a stage where fans engage in moshing. </DL>
<A NAME="moslem">
<B>Moslem, </B>noun, pl. <B>-lems</B> or <B>-lem,</B> adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>noun </I> a follower of Mohammed; believer in Islam, the religion founded by him. <DD><I>adj. </I> of Mohammed, his followers, or Islam, the religion founded by him; Mohammedan. <BR> <I>Ex. The Moslem world today presents a complex pattern (Newsweek).</I> (SYN) Islamic. Also, <B>Muslem,</B> <B>Muslim,</B> <B>Mussulman.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="moslemic">
<B>Moslemic, </B>adjective. <B>=Moslem.</B></DL>
<A NAME="moslemism">
<B>Moslemism, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the practice of the religion of Islam, followed by Moslems; Mohammedanism. </DL>
<A NAME="moslemize">
<B>Moslemize, </B>transitive verb, <B>-ized,</B> <B>-izing.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> to convert to Islam, the religion of Moslems; Islamize. <BR> <I>Ex. The Berbers were Moslemized during the Arab invasions ... in the 700's (Time).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="mosque">
<B>mosque, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a place of public worship for Moslems. <BR> <I>Ex. A Mohammedan mosque is as much a place of rest and refuge as of prayer ... the houseless Arab may take shelter there by night or day (Amelia B. Edwards).</I> <DL COMPACT><DD> Also, <B>masjid,</B> <B>musjid.</B> </DL>
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<A NAME="mosquito">
<B>mosquito, </B>noun, pl. <B>-toes</B> or <B>-tos.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a small, slender insect with two wings. There are various kinds, making up a family of insects. The females have mouthparts that can pierce the skin of human beings and animals and draw blood, causing itching. Certain mosquitoes are carriers of malaria, others of yellow fever, and others of encephalitis. <BR> <I>Ex. Fish are the chief enemies of mosquitoes (Carl L. Hubbs).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="mosquito">
<B>Mosquito, </B>noun, pl. <B>-tos</B> or <B>-to.</B> <B>=Miskito.</B></DL>
<A NAME="mosquitobar">
<B>mosquito bar,</B> <B>=mosquito net.</B></DL>
<A NAME="mosquitoboat">
<B>mosquito boat,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a fast motorboat carrying a gun and torpedoes, now called a PT boat. </DL>
<A NAME="mosquitoey">
<B>mosquitoey, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> of or like a mosquito. </DL>
<A NAME="mosquitofish">
<B>mosquito fish,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a small freshwater fish of the southern United States, that feeds on the larvae of mosquitoes; gambusia. </DL>
<A NAME="mosquitofleet">
<B>mosquito fleet,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a fleet of mosquito boats, used to chase and destroy submarines and do scout and fast patrol duty. </DL>
<B>mosquito net,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a piece of mosquito netting that can be hung on a frame, as over a bed or chair, to keep off mosquitoes. </DL>
<A NAME="mosquitonetting">
<B>mosquito netting,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a coarse cotton fabric with small meshes, used for mosquito nets. </DL>
<A NAME="moss">
<B>moss, </B>noun, verb.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>noun </I> <B>1. </B>very small, soft, green or brown plants that grow close together like a carpet on the ground, on rocks, or on trees. There are various kinds, making up a class of plants. Mosses have small stems and numerous, generally narrow leaves. They are bryophytic plants. <DD><B> 2. </B>a matted mass of such plants growing together. <DD><B> 3. </B>any one of several other plants which grow close together like mosses, such as certain lichens, club mosses, and liverworts. <DD><B> 4. </B>(Scottish.) a bog or swamp, especially a peat bog. <BR> <I>Ex. With anxious eye he wander'd o'er Mountain and meadow, moss and moor (Scott).</I> <DD><I>v.t. </I> to cover with a growth of moss. <BR> <I>Ex. an oak whose boughs were moss'd with age (Shakespeare).</I> adj. <B>mosslike.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="mossad">
<B>Mossad</B> or <B>MOSSAD, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the secret intelligence organization of Israel. <BR> <I>Ex. There ... are four separate wings within the organization of the Mossad--whose full title is Mossad Merkazi Lebitahon Umodiim--the Central Institute for Security and Intelligence (London Times).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="mossagate">
<B>moss agate,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a variety of agate with dark green, brownish, or black markings that resemble a moss. </DL>
