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military position |
Noun
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a point occupied by troops for tactical reasons |
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mine field |
Noun
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a tract of land containing explosive mines |
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market town |
Noun
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a (usually small) town where a public market is held at stated times |
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mainland China |
Noun
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a communist nation that covers a vast territory in eastern Asia |
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Motown |
Noun
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style of music that combines rhythm and blues, pop, or gospel rhythms and modern ballad harmony |
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Motown |
Noun
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style of music that combines rhythm and blues, pop, or gospel rhythms and modern ballad harmony |
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motivator |
Noun
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a positive motivational influence |
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moral force |
Noun
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an efficient incentive |
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mania |
Noun
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an irrational but irresistible motive for a belief or action |
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mania |
Noun
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a mood disorder |
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monomania |
Noun
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a mania restricted to one thing or idea |
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morals |
Noun
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motivation based on ideas of right and wrong |
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moral sense |
Noun
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motivation deriving logically from ethical or moral principles that govern a person's thoughts and actions |
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mental energy |
Noun
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an actuating force or factor |
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maar |
Noun
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a flat-bottomed volcanic crater that was formed by an explosion |
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mackerel sky |
Noun
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a sky filled with rows of cirrocumulus or small altocumulus clouds |
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magnetic dipole |
Noun
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a dipole with opposing magnetic poles |
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magnetic monopole |
Noun
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a hypothetical particle with a single magnetic pole instead of the usual two |
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mainland |
Noun
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the main land mass of a country or continent |
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maria |
Noun
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a dark region of considerable extent on the surface of the moon |
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mare clausum |
Noun
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(closed sea) a navigable body of water under the jurisdiction of a single nation |
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mare liberum |
Noun
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(free sea) a navigable body of water to which all nations have equal access |
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mare nostrum |
Noun
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(our sea) the Mediterranean to the ancient Romans |
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mare's tail |
Noun
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a long narrow flowing cirrus cloud |
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marsh |
Noun
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low-lying wet land with grassy vegetation |
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minor planet |
Noun
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any of numerous small celestial bodies that move around the sun |
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mire |
Noun
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a soft wet area of low-lying land that sinks underfoot |
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mire |
Noun
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a difficulty or embarrassment that is hard to extricate yourself from |
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mire |
Noun
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deep soft mud in water or slush |
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mire |
Verb
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soil with mud, muck, or mire |
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mire |
Verb
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be unable to move further |
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mire |
Verb
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cause to get stuck as if in a mire |
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mire |
Verb
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entrap |
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major planet |
Noun
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(astronomy) any of the nine large celestial bodies in the solar system that revolve around the sun and shine by reflected light |
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morass |
Noun
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a soft wet area of low-lying land that sinks underfoot |
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molehill |
Noun
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a mound of earth made by moles while burrowing |
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monocline |
Noun
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a geological formation in which all strata are inclined in the same direction |
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moon |
Noun
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any natural satellite of a planet |
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moon |
Noun
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the natural satellite of the Earth |
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moon |
Noun
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any object resembling a moon |
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moon |
Noun
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the period between successive new moons (29.531 days) |
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moon |
Verb
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expose one's buttocks to |
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moon |
Verb
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be idle in a listless or dreamy way |
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moon |
Verb
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have dreamlike musings or fantasies while awake |
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moor |
Noun
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open land usually with peaty soil covered with heather and bracken and moss |
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moor |
Verb
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secure with cables or ropes |
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moor |
Verb
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come into or dock at a wharf |
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moor |
Verb
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secure in or as if in a berth or dock |
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marshland |
Noun
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low-lying wet land with grassy vegetation |
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moorland |
Noun
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open land usually with peaty soil covered with heather and bracken and moss |