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English words: moondog to mopery with intent to gawk

300 English words, part 125 of 159 of the words starting with M, A to Z. 37 have a page of their own.

English words moondog to mopery with intent to gawk

  1. moondog noun: Alternative form of moon dog.
  2. moondown noun: Synonym of moonset.
  3. moondrome noun: A lunodrome.
  4. moondust noun: The fine regolith found on the surface of the Moon.
  5. mooned adjective, verb: Of or resembling the moon; symbolized by the moon.
  6. Moonee proper noun: A locality in the Central Coast council area and the Lake Macquarie council area, eastern New South Wales, Australia.
  7. mooner noun: One who abstractedly wanders or gazes about.
  8. moonery noun: The conduct of one who moons.
  9. moonet noun: A little moon; a moonlet.
  10. moonette noun: Synonym of moonmoon.
  11. mooney adjective, noun: Alternative form of moony.
  12. mooneye noun: A primitive ray-finned fish of the family Hiodontidae.
  13. Mooneyham proper noun: A surname.
  14. moonface noun: Alternative form of moon-face.
  15. moonfaced adjective: Alternative spelling of moon-faced.
  16. moonfall noun: Arrival on the Moon, or a moon, by spacecraft.
  17. moonfish noun: Any member of the species Mene maculata (razor moonfish), sole accepted, extant species of family Menidae, of tropical coastal waters of the Indo-Pacific area;
  18. moonflask noun /ˈmuːnflæsk/: A discoid drinking vessel.
  19. moonflight noun: Space flight to a moon.
  20. moonflower noun /ˈmuːnflaʊə/: An ox-eye daisy (Leucanthemum vulgare).
  21. moonful adjective, noun: Marked by the presence of the moon.
  22. moong noun /mʊŋ/: Alternative spelling of mung.
  23. moong bean noun: Alternative spelling of mung bean.
  24. moonga noun: Alternative form of muga (“type of silk”).
  25. moongate noun: A circular passageway found in Chinese, Japanese, and Bermudian architecture.
  26. moongazer noun: A person who observes the Moon; a lunar astronomer.
  27. moongazing noun: Observing the Moon in the sky.
  28. moonglade noun: The bright reflection of moonlight on a body of water.
  29. moonglow noun: moonlight
  30. moongod noun: Alternative form of moon god
  31. moonhood noun: The state or quality of being a moon.
  32. moonias noun: A white man.
  33. moonie noun: A member of the Unification Church; a follower of its founder Sun Myung Moon.
  34. moonily adverb: In a moony manner.
  35. mooniness noun: Quality of being moony.
  36. mooning noun, verb: The act of showing one's buttocks.
  37. moonish adjective: Like or resembling the moon.
  38. moonishly adverb: In a moonish manner.
  39. Moonite noun: An inhabitant of the Moon.
  40. moonito noun: Synonym of moonmoon.
  41. moonj noun: Alternative form of munja (“type of grass”).
  42. moonja noun: Alternative form of munja (“type of grass”).
  43. moonjah noun: Alternative form of munja (“type of grass”).
  44. moonless adjective: During which no phase of the Moon is visible to provide light, whether because of cloud cover or because of a new moon.
  45. moonlessly adverb: In a moonless way; without a moon or the Moon.
  46. moonlessness noun: The quality of being moonless; absence of a (visible) moon.
  47. moonlet noun: a very small body orbiting a planet, often as part of a planetary ring system.
  48. moonlight noun, verb /ˈmuːnlaɪt/: The light reflected from the Moon, which seems to emanate from it.
  49. moonlight-and-magnolia adjective: Of or relating to romanticized historical portrayals of the American South, often depicting slavery in a positive light.
  50. moonlight and roses noun: A very pleasant, sentimental, or romantic situation or atmosphere.
  51. moonlight blue noun: A grayish shade of blue.
  52. moonlight flit noun /ˌmuːnlaɪt ˈflɪt/: An act of secretly leaving premises without paying the rent, supposedly at night by the light of the Moon; hence, any act of escaping at night.
  53. moonlight requisition noun, verb: Unauthorized taking of materiel; theft of supplies for use in one's own unit.
  54. moonlight school noun: A night school for illiterate adults in the early 20th century, originally in Kentucky and later in other US states.
  55. moonlight tower noun: A high tower fitted with arclights, formerly common in 19th-century cities with electricity, as a means of illuminating public spaces.
  56. moonlighted adjective, verb: Illuminated by moonlight.
  57. moonlighter noun: A person who moonlights, working a second job on the side.
  58. moonlighting noun, verb: The act of, or a period of, working on the side (at a secondary job), often in the evening or during the night, either openly or secretly.
  59. moonlighty adjective: Resembling or characteristic of moonlight.
  60. moonlike adjective: Resembling the Moon, or a moon
  61. moonling noun: A simpleton; a lunatic.
  62. moonlit adjective /ˈmuːnˌlɪt/: Lit by moonlight.
  63. moonlitten adjective: moonlit
  64. moonly adjective: Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of the Moon; lunar; moonlike.
  65. moonman noun: Alternative letter-case form of moonman.
  66. moonmilk noun: A white, creamy limestone precipitate found in caves.
  67. moonmoon noun /ˈmuːnmuːn/: A moon that orbits a larger moon.
  68. moonnaut noun: Someone trained to live and work on a moon; an explorer of a moon
  69. moonpath noun: The elongated reflection of the moon on the water.
  70. moonphase noun: Synonym of lunar phase.
  71. moonpool noun /ˈmuːnpuːl/: Alternative form of moon pool.
  72. moonport noun: A spaceport located on a moon.
  73. moonproof adjective: Preventing the passage of moonlight.
  74. moonquake noun: A seismic event occurring on the moon; the lunar equivalent of an earthquake.
  75. moonraker noun /ˈmuːn.ɹeɪ.kə/: Someone from Wiltshire.
  76. moonraking noun: The smuggling of alcohol.
  77. moonrat noun /ˈmuːnɹæt/: A gymnure, especially the greater gymnure, Echinosorex gymnura.
  78. moonrise noun /ˈmunˌɹaɪz/: The time of day or night when the moon begins to rise over the horizon.
  79. moonrock noun: Alternative form of moon rock.
  80. moonroof noun: A sunroof that has a clear glass panel, rather than being opaque, so that light can enter the vehicle even when the roof is closed.
  81. moonrun noun, verb: A dance move (or something similar or analogous) in which one slides backwards while appearing as if one was running forwards.
  82. moonrune noun: Alternative form of moon rune.
  83. moonrunner noun: A person who illicitly distributes moonshine.
  84. moonsail noun: A moonraker (sail).
  85. moonsault noun /ˈmuːnsɔːlt/: An attack where the wrestler faces away from the supine opponent and executes a backflip landing on the opponent in a splash/press position but facing...
  86. moonscape noun: A view of an area of the Moon.
  87. moonscreen noun: A skin cream to be applied at night, for protection against moonlight.
  88. moonseed noun: A twining plant of the genera Menispermum or Cocculus, in the family Menispermaceae.
  89. moonset noun: The setting of the moon below the horizon.
  90. moonshine noun, verb /ˈmuːnʃaɪn/: The light of the moon.
  91. moonshine pudding noun: A pudding made with bread and butter, currants, cream, and eggs.
  92. moonshiner noun: Someone who makes or distributes moonshine (illicit alcohol).
  93. moonshiner's turn noun: A rapid illegal U-turn performed by putting the car in neutral and applying the hand brake, thereby producing a controlled skid, with the car still moving...
  94. moonshiney adjective: Alternative form of moonshiny.
  95. moonshining noun, verb: Illicit production and distribution of liquor.
  96. moonshiny adjective: Moonlit; lit by moonlight.
  97. moonship noun: A spaceship designed for travelling to the Moon.
  98. moonshot noun: Alternative spelling of moon shot.
  99. moonsick adjective: Insane or emotionally deranged, either temporarily or permanently.
  100. moonsickle noun /ˈmuːnˌsɪkl̩/: A thin crescent of the moon.
  101. moonsickness noun: The state or condition of being moonsick.
  102. moonside adjective: On the Moon or a moon.
  103. moonsif noun: Alternative form of munsif.
  104. moonsiff noun: Alternative form of munsif.
  105. moonsighting noun: Sighting the Moon (generally in an Islamic context, where the visibility of the Moon affects the timing of religious events).
  106. moonsnail noun: Alternative form of moon snail.
  107. moonstomp noun: A ska dance with stamping motions.
  108. moonstone noun /ˈmunˌstoʊn/: A translucent gemstone, an orthoclase feldspar, that has a pearly lustre.
  109. moonstricken adjective: Synonym of moonstruck (“of a person: Crazy or insane, supposedly due to the influence of the Moon; showing irrational behaviour, especially of a romantic or...
  110. moonstruck adjective /ˈmuːnstɹʌk/: Of a person: perverted or insane, originally supposedly due to the influence of the Moon; compare lunatic.
  111. moontime noun: The time of menstruation.
  112. Moontype noun: Alternative form of Moon type.
  113. moonup noun: Synonym of moonrise.
  114. moonwake noun: The reflection of moonlight on a body of water.
  115. moonwalk noun, verb /ˈmuːnwɔːk/: An exploration of the Moon's surface on foot by an astronaut.
  116. moonwalker noun: One who moonwalks; an astronaut who has walked on the Moon.
  117. moonward adjective, adverb: Toward the moon.
  118. moonwashed adjective: bathed in moonlight
  119. moonwatcher noun: Synonym of moongazer.
  120. moonwatching noun: observation of the Moon
  121. moonwise adverb: Anticlockwise.
  122. moonwort noun /ˈmuːnwəːt/: A small fern, Botrychium lunaria (lesser moonwort); later, any member of the genus.
  123. moony adjective, noun /ˈmuni/: Resembling the Moon.
  124. moop noun, verb: To keep company, closely associate with.
  125. moor noun, verb /mʊə/: An extensive waste covered with patches of heath, and having a poor, light (and usually acidic) soil, but sometimes marshy, and abounding in peat; a heath....
  126. moor blackbird noun: Synonym of ring ouzel.
  127. moor buzzard noun: A bird, the marsh harrier.
  128. moor-evil noun: Dysentery of livestock.
  129. moor grass noun: Either of the two herbaceous perennial grasses of the genus Molinia, native to damp moorland in Eurasia and northern Africa.
  130. moor-ill noun: Dysentery of livestock.
  131. moor macaque noun: Macaca maura, a macaque, endemic to Sulawesi, with brown to black body fur, a pale rump patch, and pink bare skin on the rump.
  132. moor master noun: Alternative form of moormaster.
  133. moor up verb: To cast anchor or become fastened.
  134. moora noun: Alternative form of moorah.
  135. Moorabbin proper noun: A suburb in south-east Melbourne in the City of Kingston, Victoria, Australia.
  136. moorable adjective: That can be moored.
  137. Moorabool proper noun: The Moorabool River, a river in Victoria, Australia, a tributary of the Barwon River (Victoria).
  138. moorage noun: The act of mooring.
  139. moorah noun: A measure used in the sale of paddy.
  140. mooram noun: Alternative form of murram.
  141. moorball noun: A freshwater alga (Aegagropila linnaei) which forms a ball-shaped mass.
  142. moorband noun: moorpan
  143. moorberry noun: cranberry (Vaccinium spp,)
  144. moorbird noun: The red grouse.
  145. moorburn noun: The controlled burning of moorland vegetation to encourage new growth (either heather or grassland) for the management of moorland game and wildlife or for...
  146. moorburning noun: Synonym of moorburn.
  147. moorchat noun: Only used in Congo moorchat
  148. moorcock noun: A male red grouse.
  149. Moorcroft proper noun: A surname.
  150. Moore proper noun /mʊə/: Many toponymic place names, or parts of place names, derived from moor.
  151. Moore graph noun: A regular graph of degree d and diameter k whose number of vertices equals the upper bound 1+d∑ᵢ₌₀ᵏ⁻¹(d-1)ⁱ.
  152. Moore machine noun: A finite-state machine whose output values are determined solely by its current state.
  153. Moore neighborhood noun: A neighborhood on a 2D square lattice consisting of a cell and its eight orthogonal and diagonal neighbors.
  154. Moore neighbourhood noun: Alternative form of Moore neighborhood.
  155. Moorean adjective: Of or relating to G. E. Moore (1873–1958), English philosopher, one of the founders of the analytic tradition in philosophy.
  156. Moorean viviparous tree snail noun: Partula mirabilis, a species of snail that is extinct in the wild.
  157. Moorebank proper noun: A suburb of Sydney in the Liverpool council area, New South Wales, Australia.
  158. mooree noun: A kind of cotton cloth from India.
  159. Moorefield proper noun: A small town in Independence County, Arkansas, United States.
  160. Moorehead proper noun: A surname.
  161. Moorehouse proper noun: A surname.
  162. mooreite noun: A monoclinic-prismatic mineral containing hydrogen, magnesium, manganese, oxygen, sulfur, and zinc.
  163. Mooreland proper noun: A town in Blue River Township, Henry County, Indiana, United States, from the surname Moore + land.
  164. moorer noun: The person who moors a vessel
  165. Moores proper noun: A surname from Irish.
  166. Mooress noun: A female Moor; a Moorish woman.
  167. Moorestown proper noun: An unincorporated community in Norwich Township, Missaukee County, Michigan.
  168. Mooreville proper noun: A locality in Burnie council area, north western Tasmania, Australia.
  169. Moorfield proper noun: A surname from Old English.
  170. Moorfields proper noun: A suburb of Bristol, England, east of the city centre (OS grid ref ST6173).
  171. moorfowl noun: The red grouse.
  172. Moorgate proper noun: An urban area, a railway station and street in the City of London, Greater London, named after a former gate in London's wall (OS grid ref TQ3281).
  173. Moorhead proper noun /ˈmɔːrhɛd/: A surname.
  174. moorhen noun /ˈmʊəɹˌhɛn/: Any of various medium-sized water birds of the genus Gallinula, of the rail family, that feed in open water margins.
  175. Moorhouse proper noun: A small village in Burgh by Sands parish, City of Carlisle district, Cumbria, England (OS grid ref NY3356).
  176. moorhouseite noun: A monoclinic-prismatic pink mineral containing cobalt, hydrogen, manganese, nickel, oxygen, and sulfur.
  177. moori noun: Puffed rice.
  178. moorill noun: A disease of cattle, with hemoglobinuria.
  179. mooring noun, verb: A place to moor a vessel.
  180. mooring buoy noun: a buoy at which a boat or ship can moor (tie up), usually in a harbour, but also in coastal waters for large ships.
  181. mooring line noun: A line or cable used to secure marine vessels to docks or buoys during the mooring process.
  182. mooring post noun: A bollard, or similar fixed post that a vessel may be moored to
  183. mooring ring noun: A ring of metal attached to a dock to which boats may be attached by a rope.
  184. mooringpost noun: Alternative form of mooring post.
  185. moorish adjective /ˈmʊə.ɹɪʃ/: Of or pertaining to the Moors or their culture.
  186. Moorish arch noun: Synonym of horseshoe arch.
  187. Moorish idol noun: A fish of the species Zanclus cornutus, a colorful marina tropical fish often kept in aquaria.
  188. Moorish Scientist noun: An adherent of the Moorish Science Temple of America, a religion founded in the early 20th century by Timothy Drew on the claim that African Americans...
  189. moorishly adverb: In a Moorish manner.
  190. Moorishness noun: Quality of being Moorish.
  191. moorit noun: A shade of reddish brown, typically applied to a breed of Shetland sheep or the wool that comes from it.
  192. moorland noun: Open land that has an acidic peaty soil and is mostly covered with heather or bracken.
  193. moorlander noun: An inhabitant of the moorlands.
  194. moorlog noun: Peat, especially that composed of decaying wood (brushwood, tree trunks, etc), obtained from below the surface of the waters of a bog.
  195. moorman noun: A Moor.
  196. moormaster noun: The superintendent overseeing mining operation operations in the upland moors.
  197. moorn noun: morn; morning
  198. Mooroolbark proper noun: An eastern suburb of Melbourne in the Shire of Yarra Ranges, Victoria, Australia.
  199. Mooroopna proper noun: A town in the City of Greater Shepparton, north eastern Victoria, Australia.
  200. moorpan noun: A clayey layer underlying some moors.
  201. Moorpark proper noun: A city in Ventura County, California, United States.
  202. Moorside proper noun: A suburb of the Metropolitan Borough of Oldham, Greater Manchester, England (OS grid ref SD9507).
  203. moorsman noun: Synonym of moorman.
  204. Moorsom proper noun: A surname.
  205. moorstone noun: A type of English granite, found mostly in Cornwall.
  206. moortop noun: The summit of a moor.
  207. Moortown proper noun: A suburb of Ringwood, New Forest district, Hampshire, England (OS grid ref SU1504).
  208. mooruk noun: The dwarf cassowary (Casuarius bennetti) found in New Britain, New Guinea, and Yapen Island. It is noted for its agility. It is smaller and has stouter legs...
  209. moorum noun: Alternative form of murram.
  210. moorva noun: Synonym of marool.
  211. moorwort noun: A plant, the staggerbush.
  212. moory adjective, noun /ˈmʊəɹi/: Resembling a moor; swampy; boggy.
  213. moose noun /muːs/: The largest member of the deer family (Alces americanus, sometimes included in Alces alces), of which the male has very large, palmate antlers.
  214. Moose Cree noun: A certain subgroup of the Cree people.
  215. moose deer noun: an elk
  216. moose elm noun: Synonym of slippery elm (“Ulmus rubra”).
  217. Moose Javian adjective, noun: Of, from or relating to the city of Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, Canada.
  218. moose knuckle noun: The ball joint of the humerus in a moose's skeleton.
  219. moose maple noun: Striped maple, Acer pensylvanicum.
  220. moose milk noun: A Canadian cocktail made with rum and ice cream or similar ingredients.
  221. moose test noun: A test of the stability of a vehicle, which determines the maximum speed it can attain and still be able to steer clear of an obstacle (such as a child or a...
  222. moose yard noun: Alternative form of mooseyard.
  223. mooseberry noun: A pembina or lowbush cranberry (Viburnum edule)
  224. moosebird noun: The gray jay, Perisoreus canadensis.
  225. mooseburger noun: A burger made from moose meat.
  226. moosecall noun, verb: A horn, for example of birchbark, which imitates the bellow of a moose.
  227. moosehair noun: The hair of a moose.
  228. moosehide noun: The hide of a moose
  229. moosehood noun: The state of being a moose.
  230. mooseknuckle noun: The visible bulge in a man's crotch, as a consequence of wearing tight pants
  231. mooseless adjective: Not having any moose.
  232. mooselike adjective: Resembling a moose.
  233. mooseling noun: A small, young, or baby moose.
  234. mooseskin noun: The skin of a moose, or leather made therefrom.
  235. moosette noun: A female moose.
  236. moosewood noun: Striped maple (Acer pensylvanicum)
  237. moosewort noun: A name for Botrychium tunux.
  238. moosey adjective: Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of a moose.
  239. mooseyard noun: A winter feeding-ground formed by moose trampling the snow.
  240. mooseyness noun: The condition of being moosey.
  241. moosh noun, verb: Alternative spelling of mush (“to squish”).
  242. mooshy adjective: Alternative spelling of mushy.
  243. Moosonee noun /ˌmuːsəˈniː/: The Moose Cree people.
  244. moostajir noun: Alternative form of mustajir.
  245. moot adjective, noun, verb /muːt/: Subject to discussion (originally at a moot); arguable, debatable, unsolved or impossible to solve.
  246. moot-axe noun: A specialised axe for cutting tree stumps.
  247. moot court noun: In law school, an activity wherein students compete by making arguments with respect to a hypothetical case, or a case that has already been decided by an...
  248. moot earth noun: Soil taken from between the roots of a tree.
  249. moot hall noun: Alternative form of moot hall.
  250. moot hill noun: Alternative form of moothill.
  251. moot point noun: An issue that is subject to, or open for, discussion or debate, to which no satisfactory answer is found; originally, one to be definitively determined by...
  252. moot-stow noun: A town or borough that serves as the seat of an assembly or meeting.
  253. moota noun: Alternative form of mootah.
  254. mootable adjective: Capable of being mooted.
  255. mootah noun /ˈmuːtə/: Marijuana.
  256. mootchy noun: Alternative form of moochy (“Indian leatherworker”).
  257. mooted adjective, verb: Made, or proven to be, moot.
  258. mooter noun: A disputer of a mooted case.
  259. moothill noun: A hill or elevated place where a meeting or council took place in Saxon England.
  260. mootie noun: A participant in a moot court competition.
  261. mooting noun, verb: The activity of taking part in a moot court.
  262. mootman noun: One who argued moot trials in the Inns of Court.
  263. mootness noun: The state or condition of being moot.
  264. mootsuddy noun: Alternative form of mutsuddy.
  265. mootusudee noun: Alternative form of mutsuddy.
  266. MOOTW noun: Initialism of Military operations other than war.
  267. mootwa noun: Acronym of military operations other than war.
  268. Mootz proper noun: A surname.
  269. mop noun, verb /mɒp/: An implement for washing floors or similar, made of a piece of cloth, or a collection of thrums, or coarse yarn, fastened to a handle.
  270. mop-and-flop noun: an application procedure in which roofing elements (insulation boards, felt plies, cap sheets, etc.) are initially placed upside down adjacent to their...
  271. mop bucket noun: A bucket, mounted on a wheeled trolley, that allows a wet mop to be wrung without getting the hands dirty.
  272. mop down verb: To mop (something) thoroughly.
  273. mop head noun: The end of a mop, to which the thrums or rags are fastened.
  274. mop-headed adjective: Having a mop head haircut.
  275. mop marriage noun: Synonym of common-law marriage
  276. mop squeezer noun: A maidservant.
  277. mop stick noun: Alternative form of mopstick.
  278. mop the floor with someone verb: Synonym of wipe the floor with someone.
  279. mop-top adjective: Alternative spelling of moptop.
  280. mop-topped adjective: Having a mop-top haircut.
  281. mop up noun, verb: To clean up (liquid) with a mop, rag, sponge, or other cleaning device.
  282. mop up the ice verb: To fall many times during a performance.
  283. mop water noun: The dirty water which is left over after one mops.
  284. mopaliid noun: Any chiton in the family Mopaliidae.
  285. mopane noun /məˈpɑːni/: A tree, Colophospermum mopane, native to southern Africa.
  286. mopani noun: Alternative form of mopane (“tree”).
  287. mopboard noun: A skirting board (to protect a wall from wet mops)
  288. mope noun, verb /məʊp/: To carry oneself in a depressed, lackadaisical manner; to give oneself up to low spirits; to pout, sulk.
  289. mope about verb: To wander or linger aimlessly with a sad or gloomy demeanor, displaying a lack of energy or motivation.
  290. mope around verb: To wander or linger aimlessly with a sad or gloomy demeanor, displaying a lack of energy or motivation.
  291. mope-eyed adjective: short-sighted
  292. moped adjective, noun, verb /ˈməʊ.pɛd/: A lightweight, two-wheeled vehicle equipped with a small motor and pedals, designed to go no faster than some specified speed limit.
  293. mopedist noun: A driver of a moped
  294. mopeful adjective: mopey; inclined to mope.
  295. mopehawk noun: Alternative form of morepork (“the bird”).
  296. moper noun: One who mopes or is inclined to do so.
  297. moperone noun: A typical antipsychotic of the butyrophenone class.
  298. mopery noun /ˈməʊ.p(ə.)ɹi/: An imaginary or trivial legal offense.
  299. mopery with intent to creep noun: Synonym of mopery (“imaginary or trivial legal offense”).
  300. mopery with intent to gawk noun: Synonym of mopery (“imaginary or trivial legal offense”).

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Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0): each word's first meaning. A word with a page of its own links to it; for the rest, this line is PlainSpell's entry. Total under M: 47,683 words, in 159 parts.