moist |
slightly or somewhat wet. [4 definitions] |
moisten |
to make or become slightly wet; dampen. |
moisture |
a small amount of diffused or condensed liquid, esp. water, felt as vapor in the air or as dampness on surfaces. |
Mojave Desert |
a desert region of southern California. |
molar1 |
a large tooth with a broad biting surface, used for grinding food and located in the back of the mouth behind the premolars. [2 definitions] |
molasses |
a thick dark brown syrup produced from sorghum or as a by-product when sugar is refined. |
mold1 |
a hollow form used to give a particular shape to a soft or molten substance that is poured into it and allowed to harden. [10 definitions] |
mold2 |
a surface growth of fungus, often fuzzy or downy, that forms on stale, damp, or decaying matter. [4 definitions] |
molding |
the act or process of shaping or forming something. [3 definitions] |
Moldova |
a country of East Europe bordered by Romania and Ukraine; formerly a republic of the Soviet Union. |
mole2 |
a small permanent spot or blemish on the skin, usu. brown and sometimes slightly raised and hairy. |
mole3 |
any of various small, insect-eating mammals that have very small eyes, soft light brown to dark gray fur, and strong forefeet, and that usu. tunnel or burrow underground. [2 definitions] |
molecule |
a single atom or several atoms bound together electromagnetically, forming the smallest particle that possesses all the characteristic physical and chemical properties of an element or compound. [2 definitions] |
mollusk |
any of a large phylum of mostly marine invertebrates, including snails, clams, squid, and octopuses, that have soft unsegmented bodies usu. covered by a shell. |
molt |
to shed or cast off an outer layer, such as skin, feathers, fur, or horns, as part of a periodic process of renewal. [4 definitions] |
molten |
made liquid, esp. by extreme heat, as metal or rock; melted. [3 definitions] |
mom |
(informal) mother. |
moment |
a very brief, indefinite amount of time. [4 definitions] |
momentary |
lasting only a moment. [2 definitions] |
momentous |
of very great significance or importance. |
momentum |
in physics, a quantity that characterizes the motion of a body, equal to its mass multiplied by its velocity. [2 definitions] |