<B>moussaka, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a Greek baked dish consisting of layers of ground meat with eggplant or zucchini between them, olive oil, and a topping of cheese and dough. </DL>
<A NAME="mousse">
<B>mousse, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a fancy food made with whipped cream, either frozen or stiffened with gelatin. <BR> <I>Ex. chocolate mousse, tomato mousse.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>a meat or fish puree lightened with gelatin or whipped cream or both. </DL>
<A NAME="mousseline">
<B>mousseline, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>fine muslin. <BR> <I>Ex. As simple as the jackets are the evening coats of ... beige wool mousseline (New York Times).</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>a very thin glass used for fine wineglasses. </DL>
<A NAME="mousselinedelaine">
<B>mousseline de laine,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a thin woolen fabric, often have a printed pattern; delaine. </DL>
<A NAME="mousselinedesoie">
<B>mousseline de soie,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a thin, sheer, silk fabric, slightly stiffened. </DL>
<A NAME="moustache">
<B>moustache, </B>noun. <B>=mustache.</B></DL>
<A NAME="moustachio">
<B>moustachio, </B>noun, pl. <B>-chios.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (Especially British.) a mustache. </DL>
<A NAME="mousterian">
<B>Mousterian</B> or <B>Moustierian, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> designating or having to do with a period of paleolithic culture marking the highest point of the Neanderthal race. <BR> <I>Ex. Prior to the Mousterian flints, there had been no evolution of flint-making (Ogburn and Nimkoff).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="mousy">
<B>mousy, </B>adjective, <B>mousier,</B> <B>mousiest.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>resembling or suggesting a mouse in color, odor, or behavior. <BR> <I>Ex. a mousy little man afraid to stand up for his rights. She had mousy hair. In one bottle ... he found no poison, but testified he identified the mousy odor of conine (Baltimore Sun).</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>as quiet as a mouse. <BR> <I>Ex. A man ought not to remain mousy (Sporting Magazine).</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>overrun with mice. <BR> <I>Ex. ... the roomy and mousy old closet beside the fireplace (Mary E. Braddon).</I> <DD> Also, <B>mousey.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="mouth">
<B>mouth, </B>noun, pl. <B>mouths,</B> verb.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>noun </I> <B>1. </B>the opening through which a person or an animal takes in food; space containing the tongue and teeth. <BR> <I>Ex. Several teeth were missing from the old man's mouth.</I> <DD><B> 2a. </B>an opening suggesting a mouth. <BR> <I>Ex. the mouth of a cave, the mouth of a well, the mouth of a bottle.</I> (SYN) entrance, inlet. <DD><B> b. </B>an opening out of which something shoots forth. <BR> <I>Ex. the mouth of a cannon, the mouth of a volcano.</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>a part of a river or the like where its waters are emptied into the sea, another river, or some other body of water. <BR> <I>Ex. the mouth of the Ohio River.</I> (SYN) estuary. <DD><B> 4. </B>a grimace. <BR> <I>Ex. The foolish boy made mouths at us.</I> <DD><B> 5. </B>the mouth as the structure for chewing, tasting, and, sometimes, swallowing. <DD><B> 6. </B>a person or an animal requiring food and support. <BR> <I>Ex. He has seven mouths to feed in his family. The Lord never sends a mouth into the world without providing meat for it (John Galt).</I> <DD><B> 7a. </B>the mouth as the source of spoken words. <BR> <I>Ex. And all ... wondered at the gracious words which proceeded out of his mouth (Luke 4:22). I was but the mouth of the rest, and spoke what they have dictated to me (Samuel Pepys).</I> <DD><B> b. </B>utterance of words; speech. <BR> <I>Ex. to get news by mouth, to give mouth to one's thoughts.</I> <DD><B> c. </B>a cry or bay of an animal. <BR> <I>Ex. My hounds are ... match'd in mouth like bells (Shakespeare).</I> <DD><B> 8. </B>the fork between the open jaws of a vise, scissors, pincers, or the like. <DD><B> 9. </B>(Music.) <DD><B> a. </B>the opening of an organ flue pipe by means of which the sound is produced. <DD><B> b. </B>an opening across which one blows, as in a flute. <DD><I>v.t. </I> <B>1. </B>to utter (words) in an affected or pompous way. <BR> <I>Ex. I dislike actors who mouth their speeches. She mouthed her words in speaking; her voice was deep, its inflections very pompous (Charlotte Bronte).</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>to rub, press, or mumble with the mouth or lips. <BR> <I>Ex. Psyche ... hugg'd ... and in her hunger mouth'd and mumbled it [a baby] (Tennyson).</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>to put or take into the mouth; seize with the mouth or jaws. <DD><B> 4. </B>to accustom (a horse) to the bit and bridle. <DD><I>v.i. </I> <B>1. </B>to speak oratorically. <BR> <I>Ex. Stop mouthing and listen to what I have to say.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>to make grimaces. (SYN) mow. <BR><I>expr. <B>down in the mouth,</B> </I>(Informal.) in low spirits; discouraged. <BR> <I>Ex. "I'm not sure," the young man said, looking a bit down in the mouth (New Yorker).</I> <BR><I>expr. <B>foam at the mouth,</B> </I>to be vehemently angry or enraged. <BR> <I>Ex. He ... foamed at the mouth, and was speechless (Shakespeare).</I> <BR><I>expr. <B>from the horse's mouth.</B> </I>See under <B>horse.</B> <BR><I>expr. <B>laugh on the other side</B> (or <B>wrong side</B>) <B>of one's mouth,</B> </I>(Informal.) to be annoyed; be made sorry. <BR> <I>Ex. You'll mayhap be making such a slip yourself someday; you'll laugh o' the other side of your mouth then (George Eliot).</I> <BR><I>expr. <B>make one's mouth water,</B> </I>to arouse one's appetite or desire. <BR> <I>Ex. The display of exotic foods made his mouth water.</I> <BR><I>expr. <B>shoot off one's mouth,</B> or <B>shoot one's mouth off,</B> </I>(U.S. Slang.) to talk freely and indiscreetly. <BR> <I>Ex. Don't you know better than to shoot your mouth off like that? (George W. Cable).</I> adj. <B>mouthlike.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="mouthbreeder">
<B>mouthbreeder, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> any one of various small fishes that hold their eggs and their hatched young in their mouths. </DL>
<A NAME="mouthbrush">
<B>mouth brush,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> the long hairs around the jaws of mosquito larvae which they use to sweep food into the mouth. </DL>
<A NAME="mouthed">
<B>mouthed, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> having a mouth or mouths. <BR> <I>Ex. a mouthed shell (Keats).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="mouthed">
<B>-mouthed,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (combining form.) having a ______ mouth. <BR> <I>Ex. Open-mouthed = having an open mouth.</I> </DL>
<A NAME="mouther">
<B>mouther, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a person who mouths; long-winded talker. </DL>
<A NAME="mouthful">
<B>mouthful, </B>noun, pl. <B>-fuls.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>the amount the mouth can easily hold. <BR> <I>Ex. The hikers stopped for a few mouthfuls of water and were soon on the trail again.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>what is taken into the mouth at one time. <BR> <I>Ex. His cheeks bulged with a huge mouthful of cake.</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>a small amount. <BR> <I>Ex. I wanted only a mouthful of soup, not a whole bowl.</I> <DD><B> 4. </B>(Informal.) a word or phrase that is very long or difficult to pronounce. <DD><B> 5. </B>(Slang.) a statement notable for its truth or appropriateness. <BR> <I>Ex. You said a mouthful.</I> </DL>
<A NAME="mouthily">
<B>mouthily, </B>adverb.<DL COMPACT><DD> in a mouthy manner. </DL>
<B>mouthing, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> something which is uttered in a pompously oratorical style or with great distinctness of articulation, but often not with sincerity. <BR> <I>Ex. The pious mouthings of people like Mr. Sass are more exasperating than the rantings of ignorant fanatics (Atlantic).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="mouthless">
<B>mouthless, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> having no mouth or opening. </DL>
<B>mouthparts, </B>noun pl.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Biology.) the parts of the mouth, as of insects and crustaceans. The labrum, labium, mandible, and maxilla are mouthparts. </DL>
<A NAME="mouthpiece">
<B>mouthpiece, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>the part of a musical instrument, such as a pipe, horn, or the like, or of a telephone or a tobacco pipe, that is placed in or against a person's mouth. <DD><B> 2a. </B>the part of a bit or harness of a horse that is held in the mouth. <DD><B> b. </B>a rubber guard held in the mouth by a boxer to prevent chipped teeth or cut lips resulting from head blows. <BR> <I>Ex. I got to feel my right crashing on his jaw, see his mouthpiece flying off with the blood and the sweat (New York Times).</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>a piece placed at or forming the opening of something. <BR> <I>Ex. the mouthpiece of a tube or a water pipe.</I> <DD><B> 4. </B>a person, newspaper, or other medium that speaks for others; spokesman. <BR> <I>Ex. They fancied him the mouthpiece of Heaven's messages of wisdom, and rebuke, and love (Hawthorne).</I> <DD><B> 5. </B>(Slang.) a lawyer, especially a criminal lawyer. </DL>
<A NAME="mouthtomouth">
<B>mouth-to-mouth, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> of or designating a method of artificial respiration in which air is breathed directly into the victim's mouth and nose to inflate the lungs, with intervals to allow the lungs to empty. <BR> <I>Ex. Christopher, 2, appeared lifeless, but firemen restored his breathing by mouth-to-mouth resuscitation (New York Times).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="mouthwash">
<B>mouthwash, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a mildly antiseptic liquid to cleanse the mouth and teeth. </DL>
<A NAME="mouthwatering">
<B>mouth-watering, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> causing the mouth to water; appetizing; tempting. <BR> <I>Ex. ... items laid out in a mouth-watering display of U.S. consumer goods (Time).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="mouthy">
<B>mouthy, </B>adjective, <B>mouthier,</B> <B>mouthiest.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> loud-mouthed; using many words to say little; ranting; bombastic. <BR> <I>Ex. He ... was prone to be mouthy and magniloquent (Washington Irving).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="mouton">
<B>mouton</B> (1), noun, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>noun </I> Also, <B>mouton lamb.</B> a fur made from a sheep's pelt by shearing it to medium length, processing, and dyeing it, commonly to resemble that of beaver. <BR> <I>Ex. The floor of the Directeur is covered with light-blue mouton (New Yorker).</I> <DD><I>adj. </I> made of mouton. <BR> <I>Ex. a mouton collar, a mouton coat.</I> </DL>
<A NAME="mouton">
<B>mouton</B> (2), noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> gold coins bearing the figure of a lamb (Angus Dei), used in France in the 1300's and 1400's, including coins struck by Edward III and Henry V of England for their French dominions. </DL>
