| MORDANT | • mordant adj. Having or showing a sharp or critical quality. • mordant adj. Serving to fix a dye to a fibre. • mordant n. Any substance used to facilitate the fixing of a dye to a fibre; usually a metallic compound which reacts… |
| MORDENT | • mordent n. (Music) An ornament consisting of a single alternation between a given pitch and the one immediately below it. • MORDENT n. (German) a rapidly alternating a tone with one halftone lower; a reverse trill. |
| MORDANCY | • mordancy n. The state or quality of being mordant. • MORDANCY n. the quality of being mordant. |
| MORDANTS | • mordants n. Plural of mordant. • MORDANT v. to impregnate or treat with a substance that combines with and fixes a dyestuff. |
| MORDENTS | • mordents n. Plural of mordent. • MORDENT n. (German) a rapidly alternating a tone with one halftone lower; a reverse trill. |
| MORDACITY | • mordacity n. The quality of being mordacious; biting severity, or sarcastic quality. • MORDACITY n. the quality of being mordacious, biting. |
| MORDANTED | • mordanted v. Simple past tense and past participle of mordant. • MORDANT v. to impregnate or treat with a substance that combines with and fixes a dyestuff. |
| MORDANTLY | • mordantly adv. In a mordant manner; incisively, sharply. • MORDANT adv. biting. |
| MORDACIOUS | • mordacious adj. Biting, causing a physical bite or sting; corrosive. • mordacious adj. Sharp or caustic in style or tone. • mordacious adj. Prone to biting, aggressive (Of an animal etc.). |
| MORDANCIES | • mordancies n. Plural of mordancy. • MORDANCY n. the quality of being mordant. |
| MORDANTING | • mordanting v. Present participle of mordant. • mordanting n. The use of mordant to fix a dye to a fibre. • MORDANT v. to impregnate or treat with a substance that combines with and fixes a dyestuff. |
| MORDACITIES | • mordacities n. Plural of mordacity. • MORDACITY n. the quality of being mordacious, biting. |
| MORDACIOUSLY | • mordaciously adv. In a mordacious manner. • MORDACIOUS adv. given to biting; biting in quality. |
| MORDACIOUSNESS | • MORDACIOUS n. given to biting; biting in quality. |