Moment′ousness Moment′um, the quantity of motion in a body, measured by the product of the mass and the velocity of the moving body:- pl. Mōment′ous, of importance: of great consequence.- adv. Mō′mently, for a moment: in a moment: every moment.- adj. Mō′mentary, lasting for a moment: done in a moment: short-lived.- adv. moving cause or force: importance in effect: value, consequence: the smallest portion of time in which a movement can be made: an instant: the precise point of time, the right opportunity: ( math.) an increment or decrement, an infinitesimal change in a varying quantity: ( mech.) the moment of a force about a point is the product of the force and the perpendicular on its line of action from the point.- adj. Molyb′date, a compound of molybdic acid with a base Molybdē′nite, sulphide of molybdenum.- adjs. a rare metal of a silvery-white colour-also Molybdē′na.- ns. ![]() ( Milt.) a magic herb given by Hermes to Odysseus as a counter-charm against the spells of Circe. a metrical foot of three long syllables:- pl. a Phœnician god to which human sacrifices were offered: an exceedingly spiny Australian lizard-also Mō′lech.- v.t. Moll′ycoddle, an effeminate fellow.- Molly Maguire, one of the Ribbonmen of Ireland (1843), who perpetrated outrages by night in women's dress: one of a secret society which terrorised the coal regions of Pennsylvania (1867-77). one of the Mollusca, a large division of invertebrate animals-bivalves or Lamellibranchs, snails or Gasteropods, and cuttlefish or Cephalopods:- pl. Mollipilos′ity, fleecines, fluffiness.- adj. Mollificā′tion, act of mollifying: state of being mollified: mitigation Moll′ifier Moll′ine, a base for ointments used in skin diseases, a soft soap mixed with excess of fat and glycerine.- adj. Moll′ient, serving to soften: assuaging Moll′ifiable.- ns. to make soft or tender: to assuage: to calm or pacify:- pa.p. a meeting and carousal on board one ship of the sailors belonging to several whaling-ships ice-bound in company-an abbreviation of Mallemaroking, a Mohammedan title of respect for a learned or religious person: a judge of Moslem law. a Quietist, or follower of Miguel de Molinos (1640-97). Mō′linist, one who holds the foregoing views. the doctrine of the Spanish Jesuit Luis Molina (1535-1600), that predestination is consequent on God's fore-knowledge of the free determination of man's will, that God gives to all men sufficient grace whereby to live virtuously and merit happiness, its efficaciousness depending on the voluntary co-operation of the will with it.- n. the crossed iron in the upper millstone for receiving the spindle in the lower stone, a millstone rynd: ( her.) a moline cross. of any periodic effort to discharge a natural function.- adj. Molestā′tion, state of being molested: annoyance Molest′er.- adj. ![]() Molendinaceous, mō-len-di-nā′shi-us, adj. ![]() Molecular′ity.- Molecular attraction, attraction acting on the atoms or molecules of a body, as distinguished from attraction of gravitation. Molec′ular, belonging to, or consisting of, molecules.- n. one of the minute particles of which matter is composed: the smallest mass of any substance which retains the properties of that substance.- adj. Fāte, fär mē, hėr mīne mōte mūte mōōn then.
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