monte |
a card game played with a deck of forty cards in which a player selects two of four cards and bets that one will be matched by the dealer before the other. |
Montenegro |
a Balkan republic bordered by the Adriatic Sea, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Serbia. |
Monterey Jack |
a mild, soft, pale yellow cheese. |
montero |
a rounded Spanish cap with side flaps, worn by hunters. |
Montessori |
of or pertaining to the philosophy of child-rearing and education developed by Maria Montessori. (See Montessori, Maria.) |
Montessori method |
a system for teaching young children that encourages self-motivated education, the training of the senses, and early development of reading and writing skills. |
Montevideo |
the seaport capital of Uruguay. |
Montezuma II |
the last emperor of the Aztec civilization, who reigned from 1502-1550 (b.1466?--d.1520). |
Montgomery |
the capital of Alabama. |
month |
one of the twelve divisions of the year as specified in the Gregorian calendar, such as January or October. [3 definitions] |
monthly |
relating to a month. [5 definitions] |
Montpelier |
the capital of Vermont. |
Montrachet |
a white wine from the Burgundy area of France. |
monument |
something made or erected in commemoration of an event, achievement, or person. [3 definitions] |
monumental |
massive, imposing, or extremely conspicuous. [3 definitions] |
monumentalize |
to establish a lasting record of; commemorate or memorialize, as by building a monument. |
-mony |
state, condition, or result. |
moo |
to utter the long, low sound made by a cow; low. [2 definitions] |
mooch |
(slang) to get by begging, or by borrowing without intending to repay or return. [5 definitions] |
mood1 |
a temporary mental or emotional state. [3 definitions] |
mood2 |
in grammar, a kind of verb inflection that indicates the way in which the speaker intends an utterance to be understood, whether as a wish or supposition, a demand, or a fact; mode. |