Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter M - Page 63

Molar (a.) Having power to grind; grinding; as, the molar teeth; also, of or pertaining to the molar teeth.

Molar (n.) Any one of the teeth back of the incisors and canines. The molar which replace the deciduous or milk teeth are designated as premolars, and those which are not preceded by deciduous teeth are sometimes called true molars. See Tooth.

Molary (a.) Same as 2d Molar.

Molasse (n.) A soft Tertiary sandstone; -- applied to a rock occurring in Switzerland. See Chart of Geology.

Molasses (n.) The thick, brown or dark colored, viscid, uncrystallizable sirup which drains from sugar, in the process of manufacture; any thick, viscid, sweet sirup made from vegetable juice or sap, as of the sorghum or maple. See Treacle.

Mold (n.) A spot; a blemish; a mole.

Mold (v.) Alt. of Mould

Mould (v.) Crumbling, soft, friable earth; esp., earth containing the remains or constituents of organic matter, and suited to the growth of plants; soil.

Mould (v.) Earthy material; the matter of which anything is formed; composing substance; material.

Molded (imp. & p. p.) of Mould

Moulded () of Mould

Molding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Mould

Moulding () of Mould

Mold (v. t.) Alt. of Mould

Mould (v. t.) To cover with mold or soil.

Mold (n.) Alt. of Mould

Mould (n.) A growth of minute fungi of various kinds, esp. those of the great groups Hyphomycetes, and Physomycetes, forming on damp or decaying organic matter.

Mold (v. t.) Alt. of Mould

Mould (v. t.) To cause to become moldy; to cause mold to grow upon.

Mold (v. i.) Alt. of Mould

Mould (v. i.) To become moldy; to be covered or filled, in whole or in part, with a mold.

Mold (n.) Alt. of Mould

Mould (n.) The matrix, or cavity, in which anything is shaped, and from which it takes its form; also, the body or mass containing the cavity; as, a sand mold; a jelly mold.

Mould (n.) That on which, or in accordance with which, anything is modeled or formed; anything which serves to regulate the size, form, etc., as the pattern or templet used by a shipbuilder, carpenter, or mason.

Mould (n.) Cast; form; shape; character.

Mould (n.) A group of moldings; as, the arch mold of a porch or doorway; the pier mold of a Gothic pier, meaning the whole profile, section, or combination of parts.

Mould (n.) A fontanel.

Mould (n.) A frame with a wire cloth bottom, on which the pump is drained to form a sheet, in making paper by hand.

Mold (v. t.) Alt. of Mould

Mould (v. t.) To form into a particular shape; to shape; to model; to fashion.

Mould (v. t.) To ornament by molding or carving the material of; as, a molded window jamb.

Mould (v. t.) To knead; as, to mold dough or bread.

Mould (v. t.) To form a mold of, as in sand, in which a casting may be made.

Moldable (a.) Alt. of Mouldable

Mouldable (a.) Capable of being molded or formed.

Moldboard (n.) Alt. of Mouldboard

Mouldboard (n.) A curved plate of iron (originally of wood) back of the share of a plow, which turns over the earth in plowing.

Mouldboard (n.) A follow board.

Molder (n.) Alt. of Moulder

Moulder (n.) One who, or that which, molds or forms into shape; specifically (Founding), one skilled in the art of making molds for castings.

Moldered (imp. & p. p.) of Moulder

Mouldered () of Moulder

Moldering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Moulder

Mouldering () of Moulder

Molder (v. i.) Alt. of Moulder

Moulder (v. i.) To crumble into small particles; to turn to dust by natural decay; to lose form, or waste away, by a gradual separation of the component particles, without the presence of water; to crumble away.

Molder (v. t.) Alt. of Moulder

Moulder (v. t.) To turn to dust; to cause to crumble; to cause to waste away.

Moldery (a.) Alt. of Mouldery

Mouldery (a.) Covered or filled with mold; consisting of, or resembling, mold.

Moldiness (n.) Alt. of Mouldiness

Mouldiness (n.) The state of being moldy.

Molding (n.) Alt. of Moulding

Moulding (n.) The act or process of shaping in or on a mold, or of making molds; the art or occupation of a molder.

Moulding (n.) Anything cast in a mold, or which appears to be so, as grooved or ornamental bars of wood or metal.

Moulding (n.) A plane, or curved, narrow surface, either sunk or projecting, used for decoration by means of the lights and shades upon its surface. Moldings vary greatly in pattern, and are generally used in groups, the different members of each group projecting or retreating, one beyond another. See Cable, n., 3, and Crenelated molding, under Crenelate, v. t.

Molding (p.a.) Alt. of Moulding

Moulding (p.a.) Used in making a mold or moldings; used in shaping anything according to a pattern.

Moldwarp (n.) Alt. of Mouldwarp

Mouldwarp (n.) See Mole the animal.

Moldy (superl.) Alt. of Mouldy

Mouldy (superl.) Overgrown with, or containing, mold; as, moldy cheese or bread.

Mole (n.) A spot; a stain; a mark which discolors or disfigures.

Mole (n.) A spot, mark, or small permanent protuberance on the human body; esp., a spot which is dark-colored, from which commonly issue one or more hairs.

Mole (n.) A mass of fleshy or other more or less solid matter generated in the uterus.

Mole (n.) A mound or massive work formed of masonry or large stones, etc., laid in the sea, often extended either in a right line or an arc of a circle before a port which it serves to defend from the violence of the waves, thus protecting ships in a harbor; also, sometimes, the harbor itself.

Mole (n.) Any insectivore of the family Talpidae. They have minute eyes and ears, soft fur, and very large and strong fore feet.

Mole (n.) A plow of peculiar construction, for forming underground drains.

Moled (imp. & p. p.) of Mole

Moling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Mole

Mole (v. t.) To form holes in, as a mole; to burrow; to excavate; as, to mole the earth.

Mole (v. t.) To clear of molehills.

Molebut (n.) The sunfish (Orthagoriscus, or Mola).

Molecast (n.) A little elevation of earth made by a mole; a molehill.

Molech (n.) The fire god of the Ammonites, to whom human sacrifices were offered; Moloch.

Molecular (a.) Pertaining to, connected with, produced by, or consisting of, molecules; as, molecular forces; molecular groups of atoms, etc.

Molecularity (n.) The state of consisting of molecules; the state or quality of being molecular.

Molecularly (adv.) With molecules; in the manner of molecules.

Molecule (n.) One of the very small invisible particles of which all matter is supposed to consist.

Molecule (n.) The smallest part of any substance which possesses the characteristic properties and qualities of that substance, and which can exist alone in a free state.

Molecule (n.) A group of atoms so united and combined by chemical affinity that they form a complete, integrated whole, being the smallest portion of any particular compound that can exist in a free state; as, a molecule of water consists of two atoms of hydrogen and one of oxygen. Cf. Atom.

Mole-eyed (a.) Having eyes like those of the mole; having imperfect sight.

Molehill (n.) A little hillock of earth thrown up by moles working under ground; hence, a very small hill, or an insignificant obstacle or difficulty.

Molendinaceous (a.) Alt. of Molendinarious

Molendinarious (a.) Resembling the sails of a windmill.

Moleskin (n.) Any fabric having a thick soft shag, like the fur of a mole; esp., a kind of strong twilled fustian.

Molested (imp. & p. p.) of Molest

Molesting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Molest

Molest (v. t.) To trouble; to disturb; to render uneasy; to interfere with; to vex.

Molest (n.) Molestation.

Molestation (n.) The act of molesting, or the state of being molested; disturbance; annoyance.

Molester (n.) One who molests.

Molestful (a.) Troublesome; vexatious.

Molestie (n.) Alt. of Molesty

Molesty (n.) Molestation.

Molewarp (n.) See Moldwarp.

Moliminous (a.) Of great bulk or consequence; very important.

Moline (n.) The crossed iron that supports the upper millstone by resting on the spindle; a millrind.

Molinism (n.) The doctrines of the Molinists, somewhat resembling the tenets of the Arminians.

Molinist (n.) A follower of the opinions of Molina, a Spanish Jesuit (in respect to grace); an opposer of the Jansenists.

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