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Mousetrapnouna play in American football by which a defensive player is allowed to cross the line of scrimmage and then blocked off as the runner goes through the place the lineman vacatedverified
Moussakanouncasserole of eggplant and ground lamb with onion and tomatoes bound with white sauce and beaten eggsverified
Moustache CupnounMWEa drinking cup with a bar inside the rim to keep a man's mustache out of the drinkverified
Moustachionouna large bushy moustache (with hair growing sometimes down the sides of the mouth)verified
Mouth BownounMWEa small lyre-shaped musical instrument that is placed between the teeth and played by twanging a wire tongue while changing the shape of the mouth cavityverified
Mouth HarpnounMWEa small lyre-shaped musical instrument that is placed between the teeth and played by twanging a wire tongue while changing the shape of the mouth cavityverified
Mouth OrgannounMWEa small rectangular free-reed instrument having a row of free reeds set back in air holes and played by blowing into the desired holeverified
Mouth-To-Mouth ResuscitationnounMWEan emergency procedure consisting of external cardiac massage and artificial respirationverified
Mouthpartnounany part of the mouth of an insect or other arthropod especially one adapted to a specific way of feedingverified
Movable FeastnounMWEan experience that can be enjoyed and borrowed from for the rest of one's lifeverified
Movementnounan optical illusion of motion produced by viewing a rapid succession of still pictures of a moving objectverified
Movernouna company that moves the possessions of a family or business from one site to anotherverified
Movienouna form of entertainment that enacts a story by sound and a sequence of images giving the illusion of continuous movementverified
Movie CameranounMWEa camera that takes a sequence of photographs that can give the illusion of motion when viewed in rapid successionverified
Movie IndustrynounMWEthe entertainment industries involved in producing and distributing moviesverified
Movie ProjectornounMWEprojects successive frames from a reel of film to create moving picturesverified
Moving CompanynounMWEa company that moves the possessions of a family or business from one site to anotherverified
Moving PicturenounMWEa form of entertainment that enacts a story by sound and a sequence of images giving the illusion of continuous movementverified
Moving RidgenounMWEone of a series of ridges that moves across the surface of a liquid (especially across a large body of water)verified
moving target defensenounMWEThe presentation of a dynamic attack surface, increasing an adversary's work factor necessary to probe, attack, or maintain presence in a cyber target.Control
Moving-Coil GalvanometernounMWEa galvanometer that is operated by the force exerted by an electric current flowing in a movable coil suspended in a magnetic fieldverified
Moving-Picture ShownounMWEa form of entertainment that enacts a story by sound and a sequence of images giving the illusion of continuous movementverified
Moxie PlumnounMWEslow-growing procumbent evergreen shrublet of northern North America and Japan having white flowers and numerous white fleshy rough and hairy seedsverified
Msasanounsmall shrubby African tree having compound leaves and racemes of small fragrant green flowersverified
Muadhdhinnounthe Muslim official of a mosque who summons the faithful to prayer from a minaret five times a dayverified
Muazzinnounthe Muslim official of a mosque who summons the faithful to prayer from a minaret five times a dayverified
Muckrakernounone who spreads real or alleged scandal about another (usually for political advantage)verified
Mucocutaneous LeishmaniasisnounMWEa form of leishmaniasis endemic in Mexico and Central American and South Americaverified
Mucocutaneous Lymph Node SyndromenounMWEan acute disease of young children characterized by a rash and swollen lymph nodes and feververified
Mucopolysaccharidosisnounany of a group of genetic disorders involving a defect in the metabolism of mucopolysaccharides resulting in greater than normal levels of mucopolysaccharides in tissuesverified
Mucosanounmucus-secreting membrane lining all body cavities or passages that communicate with the exteriorverified
Mucous MembranenounMWEmucus-secreting membrane lining all body cavities or passages that communicate with the exteriorverified
Mud DaubernounMWEwasp that constructs mud cells on a solid base in which females place eggs laid in paralyzed insect larvaeverified
Mud PlantainnounMWEgrassy-leaved North American aquatic plant with yellow star-shaped blossomsverified
Mud PuppynounMWElarval salamander of mountain lakes of Mexico that usually lives without metamorphosingverified