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English Word Dictionary

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misspeak

verb · pronounce a word incorrectly

Example: She mispronounces many Latinate words

mistakenly

adverb · in a mistaken manner

Example: he mistakenly believed it

mistily

adverb · in a vague way

Example: he looked vaguely familiar

mistreat

verb · treat badly

Example: This boss abuses his workers

mistrustfully

adverb · with distrust

Example: she looked at him distrustfully

mixable

adjective · (chemistry, physics) capable of being mixed

mobilize

verb · cause to move around

Example: circulate a rumor

mobius

noun · German mathematician responsible for the Mobius strip (1790-1868)

mockingly

adverb · in a disrespectful and mocking manner

Example: `Sorry,' she repeated derisively

moderately

adverb · to a moderately sufficient extent or degree

Example: pretty big

modern-day

adjective · characteristic of the present

Example: contemporary trends in design

modernize

verb · make repairs, renovations, revisions or adjustments to

Example: You should overhaul your car engine

modestly

adverb · with modesty; in a modest manner

Example: the dissertation was entitled, modestly, `Remarks about a play by Shakespeare'

modify

verb · cause to change; make different; cause a transformation

Example: The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city

modishly

adverb · in a stylish manner

Example: He was smartly dressed

modular

adjective · constructed with standardized units or dimensions allowing flexibility and variety in use

Example: modular furniture

moirai

noun · any of the three Greek goddesses of fate or destiny; identified with the Roman Parcae and similar to the Norse Norns

moisten

verb · make moist

Example: The dew moistened the meadows

mole rat

noun · burrowing scaly-tailed rat of India and Ceylon

molto

adverb · much

Example: allegro molto

momentarily

adverb · at any moment

Example: she will be with you momently

momently

adverb · at any moment

Example: she will be with you momently

mona

noun · an island to the northwest of Wales

monarda clinopodia

noun · perennial herb of North America (New York to Illinois and mountains of Alaska) having aromatic leaves and clusters of yellowish-pink balls

monatomic

adjective · of or relating to an element consisting of a single atom

Example: helium and argon are monatomic gases

monaurally

adverb · in a monaural manner

Example: the stimuli were presented monaurally

monday

noun · the second day of the week; the first working day

monetise

verb · give legal value to or establish as the legal tender of a country

Example: They monetized the lira

monetize

verb · give legal value to or establish as the legal tender of a country

Example: They monetized the lira

mongrel

noun · an inferior dog or one of mixed breed

mongrelize

verb · cause to become a mongrel

Example: mongrelized dogs

monied

adjective · based on or arising from the possession of money or wealth

Example: moneyed interests

monilia disease

noun · an infection caused by fungi of the genus Monilia or Candida (especially Candida albicans)

mono

adjective · designating sound transmission or recording or reproduction over a single channel

monochromic

adjective · having or appearing to have only one color

monodic

adjective · having a single vocal part

monoecious

adjective · having male and female reproductive organs in the same plant or animal

monophonic

adjective · designating sound transmission or recording or reproduction over a single channel

monopolize

verb · have or exploit a monopoly of

Example: OPEC wants to monopolize oil

monotonic

adjective · sounded or spoken in a tone unvarying in pitch

Example: the owl's faint monotonous hooting

monotonously

adverb · in a monotonous manner

Example: the history of the play throughout the latter part of the eighteenth century is monotonously uneventful

month by month

adverb · for an indefinite number of months

Example: month by month, the betrayal gnawed at his heart

monumentalize

verb · record or memorialize lastingly with a monument

moonily

adverb · in a dreamy manner

Example: `She would look beautiful in the new dress,' Tommy said dreamily

moonlike

adjective · resembling the moon in shape

moony

adjective · dreamy in mood or nature

Example: a woolgathering moment

moral hazard

noun · (economics) the lack of any incentive to guard against a risk when you are protected against it (as by insurance)

Example: insurance companies are exposed to a moral hazard if the insured party is not honest

moralization

noun · the act of making moral (or more moral)

Example: for years she worked toward the moralization of English literature

morally

adverb · with respect to moral principles

Example: morally unjustified

mordaciously

adverb · in a mordacious manner

Example: she taunted him mordaciously

more and more

adverb · advancing in amount or intensity

Example: she became increasingly depressed

more or less

adverb · (of quantities) imprecise but fairly close to correct

Example: lasted approximately an hour

more than

adjective · (comparative of `much' used with mass nouns) a quantifier meaning greater in size or amount or extent or degree

Example: more land

moreover

adverb · in addition

Example: computer chess games are getting cheaper all the time; furthermore, their quality is improving