| modulus |
in mathematics, the absolute value of a complex number, computed by adding the squares of each element, then finding the square root of the resulting sum. [2 definitions] |
| modus operandi |
a method of accomplishing something; way of working. |
| modus vivendi |
method of living; way of getting along. [2 definitions] |
| Mogadishu |
the seaport capital of Somalia. |
| mogul |
(cap.) a Mongol or Mongolian, esp. one of the sixteenth-century conquerors of India or their descendants. [2 definitions] |
| mohair |
the long soft silky hair or fleece of the Angora goat. [2 definitions] |
| Mohammed |
variant of Muhammad. |
| Mohammedan |
variant of Muhammadan. |
| Mohammedanism |
variant of Muhammadanism. |
| Mohandas Gandhi |
Indian spiritual and political leader and reformer, also known by the title Mahatma ("Great Soul") (b.1869--d.1948). |
| Mohave |
a member of a North American Indian tribe formerly living in the Colorado River valley of Arizona and California. [2 definitions] |
| Mohawk |
a river that flows eastward from central New York State. [3 definitions] |
| Mohegan |
a member of a North American Indian tribe formerly living in the Thames River area of Connecticut. |
| mohel |
(Hebrew) in Judaism, one who performs the circumcision of a male child. |
| Mohican |
variant of Mahican. |
| Moho |
see "Mohorovicic discontinuity." |
| Mohole |
a hole that penetrates the earth's crust and the area beneath the Mohorovicic discontinuity, used for geological study. |
| Mohorovicic discontinuity |
the irregular jointure of the earth's crust with the layer of mantle rock beneath it, positioned nearly twenty-two miles beneath the continental land masses and from three to six miles beneath the ocean floor. |
| Mohs scale |
a scale that designates the comparative hardness of minerals. |
| moiety |
one of two equal or nearly equal parts or portions; half. [3 definitions] |
| moil |
to work hard; labor; drudge. [4 definitions] |