| ATOM | • atom n. (Chemistry, physics) The smallest possible amount of matter which still retains its identity as a chemical… • atom n. (History of science) A hypothetical particle posited by Greek philosophers as an ultimate and indivisible… • atom n. (Now generally regarded figuratively) The smallest, indivisible constituent part or unit of something. |
| MOAT | • moat n. A deep, wide defensive ditch, normally filled with water, surrounding a fortified habitation. • moat n. (Business, figurative) An aspect of a business which makes it more "defensible" from competitors, because… • moat n. A circular lowland between a resurgent dome and the walls of the caldera surrounding it. |
| MOIT | • MOIT n. (dialect) a foreign particle in wool. |
| MOLT | • molt v. US standard spelling of moult. • molt n. US standard spelling of moult. • molt v. (Rare) simple past tense of melt. |
| MOOT | • moot adj. (Current in UK, rare in the US) Subject to discussion (originally at a moot); arguable, debatable, unsolved… • moot adj. (North America, chiefly law) Being an exercise of thought; academic. • moot adj. (North America) Having no practical consequence or relevance. |
| MORT | • mort n. Death; especially, the death of game in hunting. • mort n. A note sounded on a horn at the death of a deer. • mort n. (UK, Scotland, dialect) The skin of a sheep or lamb that has died of disease. |
| MOST | • most det. Superlative degree of much. • most det. Superlative degree of many: the comparatively largest number of (construed with the definite article). • most det. Superlative degree of many: the majority of; more than half of (construed without the definite article). |
| MOTE | • mote n. A small particle; a speck. • mote v. (Archaic) May or might. • mote v. (Obsolete) Must. |
| MOTH | • moth n. A usually nocturnal insect of the order Lepidoptera, distinguished from butterflies by feather-like antennae. • moth n. (Figurative) Anything that gradually and silently eats, consumes, or wastes any other thing. • moth v. (Intransitive) To hunt for moths. |
| MOTI | • MOTI n. (Hindi) in India, a fat woman or girl. |
| MOTS | • mots n. Plural of mot. • MOTs n. Plural of MOT. • MOT n. (French) a witty saying. |
| MOTT | • mott n. (US, chiefly Texas) A copse or small grove of trees, especially live oak or elm. • mott n. Alternative spelling of mot (“woman”). • Mott prop.n. A surname. |
| MOTU | • motu n. A reef islet formed by broken coral and sand, surrounding an atoll. • Motu prop.n. An Oceanic language of Papua New Guinea. • MOTU n. (Maori) a small reef island. |
| OMIT | • omit v. (Transitive) To leave out or exclude. • omit v. (Intransitive) To fail to perform. • omit v. (Transitive, law, of text) To delete or remove; to strike. |
| TOMB | • tomb n. A small building (or "vault") for the remains of the dead, with walls, a roof, and (if it is to be used… • tomb n. A pit in which the dead body of a human being is deposited; a grave. • tomb n. One who keeps secrets. |
| TOME | • tome n. One in a series of volumes. • tome n. A large or scholarly book. • Tome prop.n. A surname. |
| TOMO | • tomo- pref. Sections; cutting. • TOMO n. (Maori) a shaft formed by the action of water on volcanic or limestone rock. |
| TOMS | • toms n. Plural of tom. • Toms prop.n. Plural of Tom. • Toms prop.n. A surname originating as a patronymic, derived from Tom. |
| TOOM | • toom adj. (Rare or dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) Empty; bare. • toom n. (Chiefly Scottish) A piece of waste ground where rubbish is deposited. • toom v. (Rare or dialectal) To empty; teem. |