Webster's Dictionary 1913

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Moros

Mo″ros (?), n. pl.; sing.Moro (�). [Sp., pl. of Moro Moor.] (Ethnol.) The Mohammedan tribes of the southern Philippine Islands, said to have formerly migrated from Borneo. Some ...

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Morosaurus

‖Mo′ro‐sau″rus (?), n. [NL., from Gr. μω̑ροσ stupid + σαȗροσ lizard.] (Paleon.) An extinct genus of large herbivorous dinosaurs, found in Jurassic strata in America.

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Morose

Mo‐rose″ (mō̍‐rōs″), a. [L. morosus, prop., excessively addicted to any particular way or habit, fr. mos, moris, manner, habit, way of life: cf. F. morose.] 1. Of a sour temper;...

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Morosely

Mo‐rose″ly (?), adv. Sourly; with sullen austerity.

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Moroseness

Mo‐rose″ness, n. Sourness of temper; sulenness.Learn good humor, never to oppose without just reason; abate some degrees of pride and moroseness. I. Watts.☞ Moroseness is not pr...

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Morosis

‖Mo‐ro″sis (mō̍‐rō″sĭs), n. [NL., fr. Gr. μώρωσισ, fr. μω̑ροσ silly, foolish.] (Med.) Idiocy; fatuity; stupidity.

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Morosity

Mo‐ros″i‐ty (?), n. [L. morositas: cf. F. morosité.] Moroseness. Jer. Taylor.

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Morosoph

Mo″ro‐soph (?), n. [Gr. μο̑ροσ foolish + σοφόσ wise.] A philosophical or learned fool.

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Morosous

Mo‐ro″sous (?), a. Morose. Sheldon.

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Moroxite

Mo‐rox″ite (?), n.(Min.) A variety of apatite of a greenish blue color.

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Moroxylate

Mo‐rox″y‐late (?), n.(Chem.) A morate.

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Moroxylic

Mor′ox‐yl″ic (?), a. [L. morus a mulberry tree + Gr. � wood.] (Chem.) Of, pertaining to, or derived from, the mulberry; moric.

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Morphean

Mor″phe‐an (?), a. Of or relating to Morpheus, to dreams, or to sleep. Keats.

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Morpheus

Mor″pheus (môr″fūs or môr″fē̍‐ŭs), n. [L., fr. Gr. Μορφεύσ prop., the fashioner or molder, because of the shapes he calls up before the sleeper, fr. μορφή form, shape.] (Class. ...

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Morphew

Mor″phew (?), n. [F. morpheé, LL. morphea; cf. It. morfea.] A scurfy eruption. Drayton.

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Morphew (2)

Mor″phew, v. t. To cover with a morphew.

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Morphia

Mor″phi‐a (?), n.(Chem.) Morphine.

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Morphine

Mor″phine (?), n. [From Morpheus: cf. F. morphine.] (Chem.) A bitter white crystalline alkaloid found in opium, possessing strong narcotic properties, and much used as an anodyn...

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Morphinism

Mor″phin‐ism (?), n.(Med.) A morbid condition produced by the excessive or prolonged use of morphine.

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Morpho

‖Mor″pho (?), n.(Zoöl.) Any one of numerous species of large, handsome, tropical American butterflies, of the genus Morpho. They are noted for the very brilliant metallic luster...

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Morphogeny

Mor‐phog″e‐ny (?), n. [form + root of γίγνεσθαι to be born.] (Biol.) History of the evolution of forms; that part of ontogeny that deals with the germ history of forms; — distin...

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Morphologic

{ Mor′pho‐log″ic (?), Mor′pho‐log″ic‐al (?), } a. [Cf. F. morphologique.] (Biol.) Of, pertaining to, or according to, the principles of morphology. — Mor′pho‐log″ic‐al‐ly, adv.

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Morphologist

Mor‐phol″o‐gist (?), n.(Biol.) One who is versed in the science of morphology.

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Morphology

Mor‐phol″o‐gy (?), n. [Gr. μορφή form + -logy: cf. F. morphologie.] (Biol.) That branch of biology which deals with the structure of animals and plants, treating of the forms of...

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Morphon

Mor″phon (?), n.(Biol.) A morphological individual, characterized by definiteness of form, in distinction from bion, a physiological individual. See Tectology. Haeckel.☞ Of morp...

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Morphonomy

Mor‐phon″o‐my (?), n. [Gr. μορφή form + � a law.] (Biol.) The laws of organic formation.

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Morphophyly

Mor″pho‐phy′ly (?), n. [Gr. μορφή form + � a clan.] (Biol.) The tribal history of forms; that part of phylogeny which treats of the tribal history of forms, in distinction from ...