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MONASTICISM n.
The monastic life, system, or condition. Milman.
MONEMBRYONY n.
The condition of an ovule having but a single embryo. -- Mon*em`bry*on"ic, a.
MONKHOOD n. 2 definitions
The character or condition of a monk. Atterbury.
MONOCROTISM n.
That condition of the pulse in which the pulse curve or sphygmogram shows but a single crest, the dicrotic elevation entirely disappearing.
MONOECISM n.
The state or condition of being monoecious.
MONOGYNY n. 2 definitions
The state or condition of being monogynous.
MOORING n. 3 definitions
The place or condition of a ship thus confined. And the tossed bark in moorings swings. Moore. Mooring block (Naut.), a heavy block of cast iron sometimes used as an anchor for mooring vessels.
MORAL a. 10 definitions
le. -- Moral philosophy, the science of duty; the science which treats of the nature and condition of man as a moral being, of the duties which result from his moral relations, and the reasons on which they are founded. -- Moral play, an allegorical play; a morality. [Obs.] -- Moral sense, the power of moral judgment…
MORALE n.
The moral condition, or the condition in other respects, so far as it is affected by, or dependent upon, moral considerations, such as zeal, spirit, hope, and confidence; mental state, as of a body of men, an army, and the like.
MORBID a. 2 definitions
Not sound and healthful; induced by a diseased or abnormal condition; diseased; sickly; as, morbid humors; a morbid constitution; a morbid state of the juices of a plant. "Her sick and morbid heart." Hawthorne.
MORPHINISM n.
A morbid condition produced by the excessive or prolonged use of morphine.
MORTALITY n. 5 definitions
The condition or quality of being mortal; subjection to death or to the necessity of dying. When I saw her die, I then did think on your mortality. Carew.
MORTGAGE n. 4 definitions
A conveyance of property, upon condition, as security for the payment of a debt or the preformance of a duty, and to become void upon payment or performance according to the stipulated terms; also, the written instrument by which the conveyance is made.
MORTIFICATION n. 5 definitions
The act of mortifying, or the condition of being mortified; especially:
MOURNING a. 4 definitions
Employed to express sorrow or grief; worn or used as appropriate to the condition of one bereaved or sorrowing; as, mourning garments; a mourning ring; a mourning pin, and the like. Mourning bride (Bot.), a garden flower (Scabiosa atropurpurea) with dark purple or crimson flowers in flattened heads. -- Mourning dove (…
MOVABLY adv.
In a movable manner or condition.
MUDDINESS n. 2 definitions
The condition or quality of being muddy; turbidness; foulness casued by mud, dirt, or sediment; as, the muddiness of a stream.
MUGGINESS n.
The condition or quality of being muggy.
MULIERLY adv.
In the manner or condition of a mulier; in wedlock; legitimately. [Obs.]
MULIERTY n.
Condition of being a mulier; position of one born in lawful wedlock.
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