mortify
— Verb
– English
～ hold within limits and control; "subdue one's appetites"; "mortify the flesh"
mortify
— Verb
– English
～ undergo necrosis; "the tissue around the wound necrosed"
mortifying
— Adjective
– English
～ causing awareness of your shortcomings; "golf is a humbling game"
mortifying
— Adjective
– English
～ causing to feel shame or chagrin or vexation; "the embarrassing moment when she found her petticoat down around her ankles"; "it was mortifying to know he had heard every word"
mortimer
— Noun
– English
～ English nobleman who deposed Edward II and was executed by Edward III (1287-1330)
mortise joint
— Noun
– English
～ a joint made by inserting tenon on one piece into mortise holes in the other
mortise joint
— Noun
– English
～ a gliding joint between the distal ends of the tibia and fibula and the proximal end of the talus
mortise
— Noun
– English
～ a square hole made to receive a tenon and so to form a joint
mortise
— Verb
– English
～ cut a hole for a tenon in
mortise
— Verb
– English
～ join by a tenon and mortise
mortmain
— Noun
– English
～ real property held inalienably (as by an ecclesiastical corporation)
mortmain
— Noun
– English
～ the oppressive influence of past events or decisions
Morton
— Noun
– English
～ United States jazz musician who moved from ragtime to New Orleans jazz (1885-1941)
mortuary
— Noun
– English
～ a building (or room) where dead bodies are kept before burial or cremation
mortuary
— Adjective
– English
～ of or relating to a funeral
mortuary
— Adjective
– English
～ of or relating to or characteristic of death
morula
— Noun
– English
～ a solid mass of blastomeres that forms when the zygote splits; develops into the blastula
Morus
— Noun
– English
～ type genus of the Moraceae: mulberries
Morus alba
— Noun
– English
～ Asiatic mulberry with white to pale red fruit; leaves used to feed silkworms
mosaic culture
— Noun
– English
～ a highly diverse culture; "the city's mosaic culture results in great diversity in the arts"