Enjoyable and time-consuming, as usual. There are so many different kinds of everything.
⚛ Units of the Week
Miskal: an Oriental unit of weight
Modulus: a number that produces the same remainder when divided into each of two numbers
Mohur: a former gold coin of India
Moidore: a former gold coin of Portugal
Molality: the number of moles of solute per 1,000 grams of solvent
Molarity: the number of moles of solute per liter of solution
Mole: the quantity of a compound that has a weight equal to the compound's molecular weight
Molecule: the smallest physical unit of an element
Mora: a unit of metrical time in prosody
Morgan: a unit of distance between genes
Morgen: a Dutch unit of land area
Morpheme: a linguistic unit
Mote: a small particle
Multiple: the product of a quantity by an integer
Multiton: weighing many tons
Muon: a subatomic particle
Muonium: an electron and a positive muon bound together
!!! Unexpected Words of the Week
Misology: a hatred of debate or reasoning
Mispoint: to point improperly (because pointing out someone’s mispointing is important)
Missense: a form of genetic mutation (OED: “Of, relating to, or designating a genetic mutation that alters a codon to code for a different amino acid, resulting in an amino acid substitution in the protein product of the gene; (also) designating such a codon.”)
Mofette: a noxious emanation from a fissure in the earth (first used in 1770 by W. Hamilton, who apparently was observing Mt. Vesuvius)
Mog: to move away (not to be conflated with moggy: a cat)
Moil: to work hard (OED: 1) turmoil 2) a variety of apple 3) a hornless cow 4) steel tool for cutting rock 5) glass left on the blowing-iron after the glassware has been cut or knocked off 6) to wet, moisten. Basically, if you’re going to use a word, use this one and it will most likely cover what you need it to cover)
Moke: a donkey (OED: also a mesh of a net and a mist or fog)
Momism: an excessive dependence on mothers (OED: also maternal domination and the practice of fault-finding, from the Middle French mome, a carping critic)
Momser: a bastard
Monandry: the condition of having one husband at a time
Monecian: having both male and female sex organs in the same individual (usually refers to plants)
Monogyny: the condition of having one wife at a time
Monteith: a large punch bowl
Mothery: slimy (OED: probably from Latin mater, meaning the lees or the dregs. The entire etymology is fraught with speculation)
Motile: one whose mental imagery consists chiefly of inner feelings of action (I’m trying to determine if I am motile. I’m not even sure what it even means, so probably not)
Mouille: pronounced with the front of the tongue against the palate (is this an onomonopoeia?)
Moxie: spirit or courage
Muktuk: whale skin used for food
Murphy: a potato
♡ Favorite Words of the Week
Mislight: to lead astray by its light
Mistral: a cold, dry wind
Mizzle: to rain in fine droplets
Mizzly: characterized by a fine rain
Moonlet: a small satellite
Mopery: an act of dawdling
Motte: a small growth of trees on a prairie
Mow: to cut down standing herbage (I love this dignified definition)
Muchness: the quality of being great
Mucidity: the state of being mucid (musty)
Miskal: an Oriental unit of weight
Modulus: a number that produces the same remainder when divided into each of two numbers
Mohur: a former gold coin of India
Moidore: a former gold coin of Portugal
Molality: the number of moles of solute per 1,000 grams of solvent
Molarity: the number of moles of solute per liter of solution
Mole: the quantity of a compound that has a weight equal to the compound's molecular weight
Molecule: the smallest physical unit of an element
Mora: a unit of metrical time in prosody
Morgan: a unit of distance between genes
Morgen: a Dutch unit of land area
Morpheme: a linguistic unit
Mote: a small particle
Multiple: the product of a quantity by an integer
Multiton: weighing many tons
Muon: a subatomic particle
Muonium: an electron and a positive muon bound together
!!! Unexpected Words of the Week
Misology: a hatred of debate or reasoning
Mispoint: to point improperly (because pointing out someone’s mispointing is important)
Missense: a form of genetic mutation (OED: “Of, relating to, or designating a genetic mutation that alters a codon to code for a different amino acid, resulting in an amino acid substitution in the protein product of the gene; (also) designating such a codon.”)
Mofette: a noxious emanation from a fissure in the earth (first used in 1770 by W. Hamilton, who apparently was observing Mt. Vesuvius)
Mog: to move away (not to be conflated with moggy: a cat)
Moil: to work hard (OED: 1) turmoil 2) a variety of apple 3) a hornless cow 4) steel tool for cutting rock 5) glass left on the blowing-iron after the glassware has been cut or knocked off 6) to wet, moisten. Basically, if you’re going to use a word, use this one and it will most likely cover what you need it to cover)
Moke: a donkey (OED: also a mesh of a net and a mist or fog)
Momism: an excessive dependence on mothers (OED: also maternal domination and the practice of fault-finding, from the Middle French mome, a carping critic)
Momser: a bastard
Monandry: the condition of having one husband at a time
Monecian: having both male and female sex organs in the same individual (usually refers to plants)
Monogyny: the condition of having one wife at a time
Monteith: a large punch bowl
Mothery: slimy (OED: probably from Latin mater, meaning the lees or the dregs. The entire etymology is fraught with speculation)
Motile: one whose mental imagery consists chiefly of inner feelings of action (I’m trying to determine if I am motile. I’m not even sure what it even means, so probably not)
Mouille: pronounced with the front of the tongue against the palate (is this an onomonopoeia?)
Moxie: spirit or courage
Muktuk: whale skin used for food
Murphy: a potato
♡ Favorite Words of the Week
Mislight: to lead astray by its light
Mistral: a cold, dry wind
Mizzle: to rain in fine droplets
Mizzly: characterized by a fine rain
Moonlet: a small satellite
Mopery: an act of dawdling
Motte: a small growth of trees on a prairie
Mow: to cut down standing herbage (I love this dignified definition)
Muchness: the quality of being great
Mucidity: the state of being mucid (musty)
(Pages 351–364)
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