| mould | <microbiology> A filamentous fungus. (09 Oct 1997) |
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| mouldboard | 1. A curved plate of iron (originally of wood) back of the share of a plow, which turns over the earth in plowing. 2. A follow board. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| moulding | Used in making a mold or moldings; used in shaping anything according to a pattern. Molding, or Moulding, board. See Follow board, under Follow, A board on which bread or pastry is kneaded and shaped. Molding, or Moulding, machine. A kind of sand containing clay, used in making molds. 1. The act or process of shaping in or on a mold, or of making molds; the art or occupation of a molder. 2. Anything cast in a mold, or which appears to be so, as grooved or ornamental bars of wood or metal. 3. A plane, or curved, narrow surface, either sunk or projecting, used for decoration by means of the lights and shades upon its surface. Moldings vary greatly in pattern, and are generally used in groups, the different members of each group projecting or retreating, one beyond another. See Cable, 3, and Crenelated molding, under Crenelate. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| mouldwarp | <zoology> See Mole the animal. Origin: OE. Moldwerp: AS. Molde soil + weorpan to throw up; cf. OD. Molworp, G. Maulwurf, Icel. Moldvarpa, Dan. Muldvarp. See Mold soil, Warp, and cf. Mole the animal. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| mouldy | Overgrown with, or containing, mold; as, moldy cheese or bread. Origin: Moldier or Mouldier; Moldiest or Mouldiest] [From Mold the growth of fungi. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| cellular slime mould | See: Acrasidae. (18 Nov 1997) |
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| water mould | <microbiology> A common term for a fungus in the division Oomycota. (09 Oct 1997) |
| slime mould | <biology, microbiology> Two distinct groups of fungi, the cellular slime moulds or Acrasidae that include Dictyostelium and the acellular slime moulds or Myxomycetes that include Physarum. These nonphototrophic eukaryotic microorganisms lack cell walls, which aggregate to form fruiting structures (cellular slime moulds) or simply masses of protoplasm (acellular slime moulds). (09 Oct 1997) |