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Mousepadnouna small portable pad that provides traction for the ball of a computer mouseverifiedMay 18, 2026
Mousernouna cat proficient at mousingverifiedMay 18, 2026
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 vacatedverifiedMay 18, 2026
Moussakanouncasserole of eggplant and ground lamb with onion and tomatoes bound with white sauce and beaten eggsverifiedMay 18, 2026
Mousseline De SolenounMWEa gauze-like fabric of silk or rayonverifiedMay 18, 2026
Moustachenounan unshaved growth of hair on the upper lipverifiedMay 18, 2026
Moustache CupnounMWEa drinking cup with a bar inside the rim to keep a man's mustache out of the drinkverifiedMay 18, 2026
Moustachionouna large bushy moustache (with hair growing sometimes down the sides of the mouth)verifiedMay 18, 2026
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 cavityverifiedMay 18, 2026
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 cavityverifiedMay 18, 2026
Mouth HolenounMWEa hole (as in a ski mask) for the mouthverifiedMay 18, 2026
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 holeverifiedMay 18, 2026
Mouth-To-Mouth ResuscitationnounMWEan emergency procedure consisting of external cardiac massage and artificial respirationverifiedMay 18, 2026
Mouthbreedernounany of various fishes that carry their eggs and their young in their mouthsverifiedMay 18, 2026
Mouthfulnounthe quantity that can be held in the mouthverifiedMay 18, 2026
Mouthpartnounany part of the mouth of an insect or other arthropod especially one adapted to a specific way of feedingverifiedMay 18, 2026
Mouthpiecenounthe tube of a pipe or cigarette holder that a smoker holds in the mouthverifiedMay 18, 2026
Mouthwashnouna medicated solution used for gargling and rinsing the mouthverifiedMay 18, 2026
Moutonnounmeat from a mature domestic sheepverifiedMay 18, 2026
Movabilitynounthe quality of being movableverifiedMay 18, 2026
Movable BarriernounMWEa barrier that can be moved to allow passageverifiedMay 18, 2026
Movable FeastnounMWEan experience that can be enjoyed and borrowed from for the rest of one's lifeverifiedMay 18, 2026
Movablenessnounthe quality of being movableverifiedMay 18, 2026
Moveable FeastnounMWEa religious holiday that falls on different dates in different yearsverifiedMay 18, 2026
Movementnounan optical illusion of motion produced by viewing a rapid succession of still pictures of a moving objectverifiedMay 18, 2026
Movernouna company that moves the possessions of a family or business from one site to anotherverifiedMay 18, 2026
Mover and ShakernounMWEa person who wields power and influenceverifiedMay 18, 2026
Movienouna form of entertainment that enacts a story by sound and a sequence of images giving the illusion of continuous movementverifiedMay 18, 2026
Movie ActornounMWEan actor who plays a role in a filmverifiedMay 18, 2026
Movie CameranounMWEa camera that takes a sequence of photographs that can give the illusion of motion when viewed in rapid successionverifiedMay 18, 2026
Movie FilmnounMWEphotographic film several hundred feet long and wound on a spoolverifiedMay 18, 2026
Movie HousenounMWEa theater where films are shownverifiedMay 18, 2026
Movie IndustrynounMWEthe entertainment industries involved in producing and distributing moviesverifiedMay 18, 2026
Movie MakernounMWEa producer of motion picturesverifiedMay 18, 2026
Movie ProjectornounMWEprojects successive frames from a reel of film to create moving picturesverifiedMay 18, 2026
Movie StarnounMWEa star who plays leading roles in the cinemaverifiedMay 18, 2026
Movie TheaternounMWEa theater where films are shownverifiedMay 18, 2026
Movie TheatrenounMWEa theater where films are shownverifiedMay 18, 2026
Moviegoernounsomeone who goes to see moviesverifiedMay 18, 2026
Moviemakingnounthe production of moviesverifiedMay 18, 2026
Moving CompanynounMWEa company that moves the possessions of a family or business from one site to anotherverifiedMay 18, 2026
Moving ExpensenounMWEthe cost of moving your residence from one location to anotherverifiedMay 18, 2026
Moving innounMWEthe act of occupying or taking possession of a buildingverifiedMay 18, 2026
Moving PicturenounMWEa form of entertainment that enacts a story by sound and a sequence of images giving the illusion of continuous movementverifiedMay 18, 2026
Moving RidgenounMWEone of a series of ridges that moves across the surface of a liquid (especially across a large body of water)verifiedMay 18, 2026
Moving StaircasenounMWEa stairway whose steps move continuously on a circulating beltverifiedMay 18, 2026
Moving StairwaynounMWEa stairway whose steps move continuously on a circulating beltverifiedMay 18, 2026
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.ControlMay 9, 2026
Moving VannounMWEa van used for moving home or office furnitureverifiedMay 18, 2026
Moving-Coil GalvanometernounMWEa galvanometer that is operated by the force exerted by an electric current flowing in a movable coil suspended in a magnetic fieldverifiedMay 18, 2026
Moving-Picture ShownounMWEa form of entertainment that enacts a story by sound and a sequence of images giving the illusion of continuous movementverifiedMay 18, 2026
Mowernoungarden tool for mowing grass on lawnsverifiedMay 18, 2026
Moxienounfortitude and determinationverifiedMay 18, 2026
Moxie PlumnounMWEslow-growing procumbent evergreen shrublet of northern North America and Japan having white flowers and numerous white fleshy rough and hairy seedsverifiedMay 18, 2026
Mozzarellanounmild white Italian cheeseverifiedMay 18, 2026
Mphnounthe ratio of the distance traveled (in miles) to the time spent traveling (in hours)verifiedMay 18, 2026
Mrinounthe use of nuclear magnetic resonance of protons to produce proton density imagesverifiedMay 18, 2026
Mrnanounthe template for protein synthesisverifiedMay 18, 2026
Mrsnouna form of address for a married womanverifiedMay 18, 2026
Mrs.nouna form of address for a married womanverifiedMay 18, 2026
Ms.nouna form of address for a womanverifiedMay 18, 2026
Msasanounsmall shrubby African tree having compound leaves and racemes of small fragrant green flowersverifiedMay 18, 2026
Msecnounone thousandth (10^-3) of a secondverifiedMay 18, 2026
MSGnounwhite crystalline compound used as a food additive to enhance flavorverifiedMay 18, 2026
Munounthe 12th letter of the Greek alphabetverifiedMay 18, 2026
Mu-Mesonnounan elementary particle with a negative charge and a half-life of 2 microsecondverifiedMay 18, 2026
Muadhdhinnounthe Muslim official of a mosque who summons the faithful to prayer from a minaret five times a dayverifiedMay 18, 2026
Muazzinnounthe Muslim official of a mosque who summons the faithful to prayer from a minaret five times a dayverifiedMay 18, 2026
Muchnessnoungreatness of quantity or measure or extentverifiedMay 18, 2026
Mucic AcidnounMWEa solid acid (C6H10O8) found in milk or sugarverifiedMay 18, 2026
Mucilagenouncement consisting of a sticky substance that is used as an adhesiveverifiedMay 18, 2026
Mucinnouna nitrogenous substance found in mucous secretionsverifiedMay 18, 2026
Muckheapnouna heap of dung or refuseverifiedMay 18, 2026
Muckhillnouna heap of dung or refuseverifiedMay 18, 2026
Mucklenoun(often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extentverifiedMay 18, 2026
Muckrakernounone who spreads real or alleged scandal about another (usually for political advantage)verifiedMay 18, 2026
Muckrakingnounthe exposure of scandal, especially about public figuresverifiedMay 18, 2026
Mucocutaneous LeishmaniasisnounMWEa form of leishmaniasis endemic in Mexico and Central American and South AmericaverifiedMay 18, 2026
Mucocutaneous Lymph Node SyndromenounMWEan acute disease of young children characterized by a rash and swollen lymph nodes and feververifiedMay 18, 2026
Mucopolysaccharidenouncomplex polysaccharides containing an amino groupverifiedMay 18, 2026
Mucopolysaccharidosisnounany of a group of genetic disorders involving a defect in the metabolism of mucopolysaccharides resulting in greater than normal levels of mucopolysaccharides in tissuesverifiedMay 18, 2026
Mucornounany mold of the genus MucorverifiedMay 18, 2026
Mucosanounmucus-secreting membrane lining all body cavities or passages that communicate with the exteriorverifiedMay 18, 2026
Mucous MembranenounMWEmucus-secreting membrane lining all body cavities or passages that communicate with the exteriorverifiedMay 18, 2026
Mucous SecretionnounMWEprotective secretion of the mucus membranesverifiedMay 18, 2026
Mucoviscidosisnounthe most common congenital diseaseverifiedMay 18, 2026
Mucunanounany of several erect or climbing woody plants of the genus MucunaverifiedMay 18, 2026
Mucusnounprotective secretion of the mucus membranesverifiedMay 18, 2026
Mud BathnounMWEa bath in warm mud (as for treating rheumatism)verifiedMay 18, 2026
Mud BricknounMWEa brick made from baked mudverifiedMay 18, 2026
Mud DaubernounMWEwasp that constructs mud cells on a solid base in which females place eggs laid in paralyzed insect larvaeverifiedMay 18, 2026
Mud DiggernounMWEa laborer who digs ditchesverifiedMay 18, 2026
Mud FlatnounMWEa tract of low muddy land near an estuaryverifiedMay 18, 2026
Mud HennounMWEa coot found in North AmericaverifiedMay 18, 2026
Mud MidgetnounMWEhaving narrow flat sickle-shaped submerged frondsverifiedMay 18, 2026
Mud PienounMWEa mass of mud that a child has molded into the shape of pieverifiedMay 18, 2026
Mud PlantainnounMWEgrassy-leaved North American aquatic plant with yellow star-shaped blossomsverifiedMay 18, 2026
Mud PuddlenounMWEa puddle of mudverifiedMay 18, 2026
Mud PuppynounMWElarval salamander of mountain lakes of Mexico that usually lives without metamorphosingverifiedMay 18, 2026
Mud StainnounMWEa stain produced by mudverifiedMay 18, 2026