Merriam-Webster's Dictionary and Thesaurus - Merriam-Webster [897]
[3] bite, mouthful, nibble, taste, tidbit; also snack; appetizer, hors d'oeuvre; bit, chew, crumb, dab, driblet, hint, lick, nubbin, nugget, pinch, scrap, shred, smidgen, speck, spot, sprinkling, suspicion, touch, trace; dash, drop; gulp, swallow, swig
1mortal adjective 1 a : causing death : FATAL
b : leading to eternal punishment <~ sin>
2 : subject to death <~ man>
3 : implacably hostile <~ foe>
4 : very great : EXTREME <~ fear>
5 : HUMAN <~ limitations>
6 : of, relating to, or connected with death
— mor·tal·i·ty noun
Synonyms
[1a, 6] baleful, deadly, deathly, fatal, fell, lethal, murderous, pestilent, vital—more at DEADLY
2mortal noun : a human being
mor·tal·ly adverb 1 : in a deadly or fatal manner <~ wounded>
2 : to an extreme degree <~ afraid>
Synonyms
awful, deadly, extremely, greatly, highly, hugely, very—more at VERY
1mortar noun 1 : a strong bowl in which substances are pounded or crushed with a pestle
2 : a short-barreled cannon used to fire shells at high angles
2mortar noun : a building material (as a mixture of lime and cement with sand and water) that is spread between bricks or stones to bind them together as it hardens
— mortar verb
mor·tar·board noun 1 : a square board for holding mortar
2 : an academic cap with a flat square top
mort·gage noun [ORIGIN: ME morgage, fr. AF mortgage, fr. mort dead + gage pledge]
: a transfer of rights to a piece of property usu. as security for the payment of a loan or debt that becomes void when the debt is paid
— mortgage verb
— mort·gag·ee noun
— mort·gag·or noun
mor·ti·cian noun [ORIGIN: L mort-, mors death + E -ician (as in physician)]
: UNDERTAKER
mor·ti·fi·ca·tion noun : a sense of humiliation and shame caused by something that wounds one's pride or self-respect
Synonyms
abashment, confusion, discomfiture, embarrassment, fluster—more at EMBARRASSMENT
mor·ti·fy verb -fied; -fy·ing 1 : to subdue (as the body) esp. by abstinence or self-inflicted pain
2 : to subject to severe and vexing embarrassment
3 : to become necrotic or gangrenous
Synonyms
abash, confound, confuse, discomfit, disconcert, discountenance, embarrass, faze, fluster, rattle—more at EMBARRASS
mor·tise also mor·tice noun : a hole cut in a piece of wood into which another piece fits to form a joint
mor·tu·ary noun, plural -ar·ies : a place in which dead bodies are kept until burial
mos abbreviation months
mo·sa·ic noun : a surface decoration made by inlaying small pieces (as of colored glass or stone) to form figures or patterns; also : a design made in mosaic
— mosaic adjective
mo·sey verb mo·seyed; mo·sey·ing : SAUNTER
mosh verb : to engage in rough uninhibited dancing near the stage at a rock concert
mosh pit noun : an area in front of a stage where rough dancing takes place at a rock concert
Mos·lem variant of MUSLIM
mosque noun : a building used for public worship by Muslims
mos·qui·to noun, plural -toes also -tos : any of a family of dipteran flies the female of which sucks the blood of animals
mosquito net noun : a net or screen for keeping out mosquitoes
moss noun : any of a class of green plants that lack flowers but have small leafy stems and often grow in clumps
— mossy adjective
moss·back noun : an extremely conservative person : FOGY
1most adjective 1 : greatest in quantity, extent, or degree 2 : the majority of <~ people> Synonyms consummate, maximum, nth, paramount, supreme, top, ultimate, utmost—more at ULTIMATE 2most adverb 1 : to the greatest or highest degree <~ beautiful>