Skip to content A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z mortalin A mitochondrial-resident protein that exhibits different staining patterns in normal and immortal cells. mortalism The belief that the soul is mortal like the body. mortalist Someone who believes that the soul is mortal like the body. mortality The state of being susceptible to death. mortalization The process, or the result of mortalizing mortalize To make mortal. mortalled Very drunk. mortally Fatally; in such a way as to cause death. mortalness The quality of being mortal; mortality. mortar A mixture of lime or cement, sand and water used for bonding building blocks. Mortara A town and comune in Lombardy, Italy. mortarboard A rectangular board, with a handle, on which mortar or plaster is carried: a hawk. mortarium A kind of mortar used by ancient Romans for grinding. mortarless Without mortar. mortarlike Resembling or characteristic of mortar. mortarman A man who operates a mortar (weapon). mortary Resembling or characteristic of mortar. Mortdale A suburb of Sydney in the Georges River council area, New South Wales, Australia. Morte A surname Mortehoe A village and civil parish in North Devon district, Devon, England (OS grid ref SS4545). Morten A male given name from Danish or Norwegian. Mortensen A surname from Danish or Norwegian. Mortenson A surname from Danish or Norwegian. mortgage A legal agreement in which a borrower pledges real property as collateral for a loan used to purchase or refinance that property. mortgageability The quality of being mortgageable. mortgageable That can be mortgaged. mortgagee One who provides a loan secured upon the borrowers' property: the lender in a mortgage agreement. mortgageless Without a mortgage. mortgager One who uses property they own as security for a loan: the borrower in a mortgage agreement. mortgaging The act by which something is mortgaged. Morthen A hamlet in the Metropolitan Borough of Rotherham, South Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SK4789). morthouse A specialised secure building usually located in a churchyard where bodies were temporarily interred before a formal funeral took place. mortichnium The trail or trace left by a dying animal, especially as preserved in a fossil. mortician An undertaker or funeral director; especially, one who is also the embalmer or cremator. mortido The energy of the death instinct. mortier A cap of state worn by legal functionaries in France. mortierellaceous Of or relating to the Mortierellaceae. mortiferous Causing spiritual death. mortiferously In a mortiferous manner. mortiferousness The quality of being mortiferous. mortificate To mortify. mortificated Mortified (acutely embarrassed). mortification The act of mortifying. mortified Acutely embarrassed. mortifiedly In a mortified manner. mortifiedness The state of being mortified; humiliation; mortification mortifier One who, or that which, mortifies mortify To discipline (one's body, appetites etc.) by suppressing desires; to practise abstinence on. mortifying Causing mortification; extremely embarrassing. mortifyingly In a mortifying manner; so as to cause great embarrassment. Mortimer A British surname from Old French. Mortimore A surname. mortise A hole that is made to receive a tenon so as to form a joint. mortised Having or using a mortise. mortiser A person or a machine that cuts mortises. Mortlake A suburban area of the borough of Richmond upon Thames, London, England (OS grid ref TQ2075). Mortleman A surname. mortling An animal, such as a sheep, that has died of disease or privation. Mortlock A surname. Mortlockese A Trukic language of Micronesia. mortmain The perpetual, inalienable possession of lands by a corporation or non-personal entity such as a church. mortmainer One who holds possession by mortmain. morto Very embarrassed or embarrassing. mortocracy Rule or government based on death in some way. Morton A western suburb of Carlisle, Cumbria (OS grid ref NY3854). Mortonian Of or relating to Samuel George Morton (1799–1851), American physician and natural scientist. mortpay The crime of taking pay for the service of dead soldiers, or for services not actually rendered by soldiers. mortrew A dish of meat and other ingredients, cooked together mortsafe An iron frame constructed over a grave as a protection against resurrectionists mortuarian A mortuary worker. mortuary Of or relating to death or a funeral; funereal. mortuusequusphobia An irrational fear of tomato ketchup or tomato-based sauces. Morty A diminutive of the male given names Mortimer and Morton. Moru An ethnic group of South Sudan, mostly living in Western Equatoria. Morua A surname. morubixaba A chief of the Tupi people. morula A spherical mass of blastomeres that forms following the splitting of a zygote; it becomes the blastula morular Relating to a morula. morulation The cleavage or segmentation of a zygote into a morula. moruloid Resembling a morula (or mulberry) Morundah A locality in the Federation council area and the Narrandera council area, southern New South Wales, Australia. Morunglav A commune of Olt County, Romania. Moruroa An atoll forming part of the Tuamotu Archipelago in French Polynesia in the southern Pacific Ocean. morusin A phytochemical found in the root bark of the mulberry. Morute A subculture style that blends morbid and cute themes, combining soft, hyper-feminine imagery with dark, unsettling elements. moruti A teacher or preacher. Moruya A town in the Eurobodalla council area, south eastern New South Wales, Australia. Morval A civil parish and hamlet in east Cornwall, England (OS grid ref SX2656). Morvant A surname. Morven A female given name from Scottish Gaelic. morvenite A variety of harmotome. Morvern A peninsula and district in Highland council area, Scotland, bounded by Loch Linnhe, Sound of Mull and Loch Sunart. Morville A village and civil parish west of Bridgnorth, Shropshire, England (OS grid ref SO6694). Morwell A town in the City of Latrobe, central eastern Victoria, Australia. Morwellham A hamlet in Gulworthy parish, West Devon district, Devon, England (OS grid ref SX4469). Morwenna A female given name of Celtic origin. Morwenstow A civil parish and hamlet in north Cornwall, England, the northernmost civil parish in Cornwall (OS grid ref SS2015). morwong Any of various perciform fishes comprising or formerly comprising family Cheilodactylidae. Morwood A surname. moryah Expressing skepticism or disbelief. mos Without a synchronous audio track. Mosaddegh A transliteration of the Persian surname مصدق. mosaic A piece of artwork created by placing colored pieces (usually tiles, either regular or irregular in shape) in a pattern so as to create a picture. mosaical Mosaic. mosaically In the manner of a mosaic; taking a mosaic-like form. mosaicism The condition in which more than one genetically distinct population of cells coexist within one individual. mosaicist a person who designs or builds mosaics mosaicity A measure of the long-range disorder of a crystal. mosaicization The bringing together of various elements in a mosaic. mosaicked Composed of a mosaic. mosaicking A process in which a mosaic (of images) is constructed. mosaiclike Resembling a mosaic, particularly in composition mosaicplasty The harvesting and transplanting of many small cylindrical osteochondral plugs from the less weight-bearing periphery of the patellofemoral area and inserting them into drilled tunnels in the defective section of cartilage mosaicry The art of making mosaics. mosaiculture The art of forming mosaics of growing plants on frameworks into sculptures Mosaism Attachment to the system or doctrines of Moses. mosaist Relating to Mosaism or Moses. Mosambique Dated spelling of Mozambique Mosammat A title used before the names of women in some South Asian countries, roughly equivalent to Missus or Miss. mosandrite A rare sorosilicate mineral consisting of sodium, calcium, zirconium, titanium and cerium. mosapramine A particular antipsychotic drug. mosapride A gastrokinetic drug used to treat acid reflux, irritable bowel syndrome, and functional dyspepsia. Mosarwa San, Bushman mosasaur A large extinct marine reptile in the family †Mosasauridae, dominant marine predator of the Cretaceous. Mosasaurs are considered to belong to Squamata, the same group that includes lizards and snakes. mosasaurid Any member of the Mosasauroidea, an extinct superfamily of Late Cretaceous lizards including the mosasaurs and aigialosaurs. mosasaurine Any extinct squamate mosasaur of subfamily Mosasaurinae mosasauroid Any extinct aquatic reptile of the superfamily Mosasauroidea, variously interpreted as related to or belonging to the lizards or the snakes. mosbolletjie Dough leavened with the must of grapes used for making rusks. Mosby A surname. Mosca A surname. moscatilin Synonym of dendrophenol. moscato A white grape variety used to make light, sweet white wine. moschate Exuding a musk-like odour. moschatel A plant of species Adoxa moschatellina, with distinctively configured pale green flowers and a musky smell, of boreal circumpolar distribution. moschatine A particular steroid glycoside. moschelite A tetragonal-ditetragonal dipyramidal mineral containing iodine and mercury. Moschella A surname. moschellandsbergite A very rare mineral made of a natural alloy of silver and mercury, having the chemical formula Ag₂Hg₃, found in low-temperature hydrothermal ore deposits. Moschetti A surname from Italian. moschid Any member of the family Moschidae, several species of musk deer in genus Moschus. Moschidis A surname. moschiferous secreting musk moschine Of or pertaining to genus Moschus or family Moscidae, including the musk deer. moschorhinid Any therapsid in the family Moschorhinidae, a synonym of the Akidnognathidae. Mosco A surname Moscoso A surname from Spanish [in turn from Galician]. Moscovian A subdivision of the Carboniferous period. moscovium The chemical element with atomic number 115. Moscow A federal city, a federal subject, the capital and largest city of Russia. Moscowesque resembling Moscow.