| moril | <botany> An edible fungus. Same as 1st Morel. Origin: F. Morille; cf. OHG. Morhila, G. Morchel, OHG. Morha carrot. See More a root. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| morin | <chemistry> A yellow crystalline substance of acid properties extracted from fustic (Maclura tinctoria, formerly called Morus tinctoria). Synonym: moric acid. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| morinda | <botany> A genus of rubiaceous trees and shrubs, mostly East Indian, many species of which yield valuable red and yellow dyes. The wood is hard and beautiful, and used for gunstocks. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| morindin | <chemistry> A yellow dyestuff extracted from the root bark of an East Indian plant (Morinda citrifolia). Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| morinel | <zoology> The dotterel. Origin: Cf. F. Morinelle. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| moringa | <botany> A genus of trees of Southern India and Northern Africa. One species (Moringa pterygosperma) is the horse-radish tree, and its seeds, as well as those of M. Aptera, are known in commerce as ben or ben nuts, and yield the oil called oil of ben. Origin: Malayam murunggi. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| moringic | <chemistry> Designating an organic acid obtained from oil of ben. See Moringa. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| morintannic | <chemistry> Pertaining to, or designating, a variety of tannic acid extracted from fustic (Maclura, formerly Morus, tinctoria) as a yellow crystalline substance. Synonym: maclurin. Origin: NL. Morus fustic + E. Tannic. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| morion | <chemical> A dark variety of smoky quartz. Origin: G. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| morioplasty | <surgery> The restoration of lost parts of the body. Origin: Gr. Piece (dim. Of a part + -plasty. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| Morison's pouch | Synonym: hepatorenal recess. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Morison, James | <person> British surgeon, 1853-1939. See: Morison's pouch. (05 Mar 2000) |
| morkin | A beast that has died of disease or by mischance. Origin: Akin to Sw. Murken putrefied, Icel. Morkinn putrid. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| mormon | One of a sect in the United States, followers of Joseph Smith, who professed to have found an addition to the Bible, engraved on golden plates, called the Book of Mormon, first published in 1830. The Mormons believe in polygamy, and their hierarchy of apostles, etc, has control of civil and religious matters. The Mormons call their religious organization The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Its head claims to receive revelations of God's will, and to have certain supernatural powers. <ornithology> A genus of sea birds, having a large, thick bill; the puffin. The mandrill. Origin: NL, fr. Gr. Monster, bugbear. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| Morner's test | For cysteine, which gives a brilliant purple colour with sodium nitroprusside; for tyrosine, which gives a green colour on boiling with sulfuric acid containing formaldehyde. (05 Mar 2000) |