English words: mopey to more money than brains

300 English words, part 126 of 159 of the words starting with M, A to Z. 38 have a page of their own.

English words mopey to more money than brains

mopey adjective /ˈməʊpɪ/: Given to moping; in a depressed condition, low in spirits; lackadaisical.
mophandle noun: The handle of a mop.
mophato noun: In Tswana culture, people in the same age group considered as a "regiment".
mophead noun: Alternative spelling of mop head.
mopheaded adjective: Alternative spelling of mop-headed
mopholder noun: A device for holding a sponge or mophead with a long handle and often with an attached wringer for squeezing excess water from the mop or sponge.
mophrodite noun: Hermaphrodite.
mopidamol noun: A phosphodiesterase inhibitor with antitumor activity, derived from dipyridamole.
mopidralazine noun: An antihypertensive drug.
mopily adverb: In a mopy way.
mopiness noun: The quality of being mopey.
moping noun, verb: The act of one who mopes.
mopingly adverb: While moping; sulkily.
mopish adjective: Given to moping.
mopishly adverb: In a mopish manner.
mopishness noun: The quality of being mopish.
Mopla noun: Alternative form of Mappila.
Moplah noun: Alternative form of Mappila.
moplike adjective: Resembling or characteristic of a mop, or the loose, dangling, fibrous mass at the end.
mopoke noun /ˈməʊpəʊk/: A morepork.
Mopologist noun: An apologist for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormons).
MOPP noun /mɒp/: Acronym of Mustargen (chlormethine), oncovin, procarbazine, prednisone (“a chemotherapy regimen for treatment of Hodgkin's lymphoma”).
moppable adjective: Suitable for mopping.
mopped adjective, verb: Haired.
mopper noun /ˈmɒpə/: One who mops (uses a mop).
mopper-up noun: One who "mops up"; the fixer of a problematic situation.
moppet noun: A child. Often used lovingly or in an affectionate way.
moppetry noun: Childhood.
mopping noun, verb: The process of cleaning with a mop.
moppy adjective: disordered, tousled
moprolol noun: A particular beta-adrenergic receptor antagonist.
mops noun, verb: A pug dog.
mopsey noun: Alternative form of mopsy.
mopsical adjective: melancholy; moping
mopstick noun: The long handle of a mop.
Mopsuestia proper noun: an ancient city in Cilicia on the Pyramus River (now Ceyhan River) located east of ancient Antiochia in Cilicia (present-day Adana, southern Turkey)
mopsy noun /ˈmɒpsi/: Synonym of moppet.
Mopti proper noun: A city in central Mali.
moptop noun: Synonym of Beatle cut.
mopungite noun: A tetragonal-dipyramidal mineral containing antimony, hydrogen, oxygen, and sodium.
mopup noun: Alternative form of mop-up.
mopus noun /ˈməʊpəs/: A dull, spiritless, idle person.
mopwater noun: Alternative spelling of mop water.
mopy adjective, noun, verb /ˈmɒpi/: Alternative spelling of mopey.
MOQ noun: Initialism of minimum order quantity.
moqaddem noun: Alternative form of muqaddam.
moqueca noun: A Brazilian stew from the state of Bahia, based on fish, onions, garlic, tomatoes, and cilantro.
Moquegua proper noun: A city, department, and district of Peru.
moquette noun /mɒˈkɛt/: A kind of fabric with a thick pile used for carpeting or to upholster seating, etc.
Moqui noun /ˈmoʊ.ki/: Hopi
Moqui marble noun /ˈməʊ.ki ˈmɑɹbəl/: Any of a group of iron oxide concretions, shaped like small balls, found in the Navajo Sandstone Formation in Utah.
Moquin proper noun: A surname.
MOR noun, phrase /ɛm əʊ ˈɑː(ɹ)/: A mid-ocean ridge: a submarine volcanic mountain range.
mora noun /ˈmɔːɹə/: A delay in bringing a claim.
mora knife noun: A kind of small sheath knife.
morabba noun: Alternative form of murabba.
morabine adjective: Belonging to the subfamily Morabinae of grasshoppers.
morabitino noun: An old Portuguese gold coin worth 15 soldos.
Morabito proper noun: A surname from Italian.
morabukea noun: The wood of the tree Mora gonggrijpii.
moraceous adjective: Of, pertaining to, or resembling the mulberry plants in the family Moraceae.
morache noun: A Native American musical instrument consisting of a notched stick usually played by rubbing another stick or bone over it.
moracin noun: Any of a group of organic compounds found in Morus species.
Morad proper noun: A surname from Arabic.
morada noun: a religious meeting hall associated with the Penitente Brotherhood of New Mexico
Moradabad proper noun: A city, district, and division of Uttar Pradesh, India.
Moradi proper noun: A surname from Persian.
Morado proper noun: A surname.
moraesite noun: A beryllium-phosphorus mineral.
morafe noun: A member of an ancestral subgroup among the Batswana peoples.
Moraga proper noun /məˈɹɑɡə/: A town in Contra Costa County, California, United States, known as a college town.
Moragan noun /məˈɹɑɡən/: A native or inhabitant of Moraga, California.
morah noun: A stool or footstool.
morai noun /ˈmɒɹaɪ/: Alternative form of marae.
moraic adjective /mɔːˈɹeɪ.ɪk/: Of, pertaining to, or consisting of a mora or morae (a unit of syllable weight in poetry and linguistics).
Morain proper noun: A surname from French.
morainal adjective: Of or pertaining to a moraine.
moraine noun /məˈɹeɪn/: An accumulation of rocks and debris carried and deposited by a glacier.
morainic adjective: Pertaining to a moraine.
morainic delta noun: Synonym of kame delta
moral adjective, noun, verb /ˈmɒɹəl/: Of or relating to principles of right and wrong in behaviour, especially conforming to principles of rectitude.
moral agency noun: The ability to make moral choices based on one's internal sense of morality.
moral agent noun: A being who is capable of exercising moral agency.
moral arithmetic noun: Synonym of felicific calculus.
moral authority noun: Of a person, institution, or written work, the quality or characteristic of being respected for having good character or knowledge, especially as a source...
moral bankruptcy noun: The state or condition of being morally bankrupt; unethicality.
moral certainty noun: A conviction so justifiable that one is morally entitled to act on it.
moral circle noun: The range of beings considered by an individual or culture to merit moral consideration.
moral code noun: A written, formal, and consistent set of rules prescribing righteous behavior, accepted by a person or by a group of people.
moral compass noun /ˌmɒɹəl ˈkʌmpəs/: An inner sense that distinguishes right from wrong, functioning as a guide for morally appropriate behavior.
moral distress noun: A form of emotional or psychological distress that occurs when a person knows the ethically appropriate action to take but is prevented from acting due to...
moral diversity noun: A disparity of moral inclinations (the object that is discriminated in moralism).
moral duty noun: Synonym of moral obligation.
moral event horizon noun: A pivotal moment in a story when a character commits an act so heinous that it renders them irredeemably evil in the eyes of the audience and other characters.
moral fiber noun: Alternative spelling of moral fibre.
moral fibre noun: The inner strength to do what one believes to be right; often an ability to make difficult decisions.
moral futurism noun: The moral stance of accepting that moral system that is probably going to be dominant in the future.
moral hazard noun: The prospect that a party insulated from risk may behave differently from the way it would behave if it were fully exposed to the risk.
moral high ground noun /ˌmɔɹəl ˈhaɪ ɡɹaʊnd/: A position or point of view which is ethically superior or more reputable, in comparison to others which are under consideration.
moral imperative noun: A practice, policy, or state of affairs which is required and justified by the fact that it is morally right.
moral injury noun: Harm to an individual's moral conscience and values, resulting from an act of perceived moral transgression on the part of themselves or others, and...
moral low ground noun /ˌmɔɹəl ˈloʊ ɡɹaʊnd/: A position or point of view which is unethical or less reputable, in comparison to others which are under consideration.
Moral Majoritarian noun: A member of the Moral Majority.
moral minimum noun: A standard or principle upheld as indispensable for moral conduct, whether within a particular context or in general.
moral objectivism noun: The position that certain acts are objectively right or wrong, independent of human opinion.
moral obligation noun: A duty which one owes and ought to perform on the basis of considerations of right and wrong, but which he is not legally bound to fulfill, as a duty to be...
moral of the story noun: The key lesson or message that an incident, situation or other happening conveys; a general takeaway point.
moral order noun: A body of unwritten social mores and conventions which serve to maintain societal order.
moral outbidding noun: The operation of a purity spiral.
moral panic noun: A semi-spontaneous or media-generated mass movement based on the perception that an individual, group, community, or culture is dangerously deviant and...
moral philosophy noun: Ethics.
moral police noun, verb: Vigilantes or groups that try to enforce their moral laws on others.
moral policing noun, verb: the act of enforcing one's own perceived moral standards on others.
moral realism noun: The metaphysical belief that morality exists objectively, so that at least some actions, thoughts and behavior are morally good or morally bad.
moral relativism noun: Any of several philosophical positions concerned with the differences in moral judgments across different people and cultures.
moral science noun: The systematic, scientific study of human nature and relationships.
moral sense noun: Synonym of moral compass.
moral suasion noun: Persuasion brought to bear by appeals to someone's moral sense or ethics.
moral support noun: Assistance given to a person or cause, that is psychological rather than physical.
moral system noun: A consistent set of moral axioms or principles.
moral turpitude noun: depravity
moral universe noun: The moral nature of the universe as a whole in relation to human life, or a specific moral code.
moral victory noun: An apparent defeat that is in some important sense a real victory.
morale noun /məˈɹɑːl/: The mental and emotional state of a person or group, especially their level of confidence, enthusiasm, and loyalty with regard to a function or task.
morale-booster noun: something morale-boosting
morale-boosting adjective: That lifts the morale (of an individual or a group).
morale patch noun: Any humorous or unofficial patch worn by military personnel to identify their unit or team or to provide esprit de corps.
Moralez proper noun: A surname.
moralisation noun: UK standard spelling of moralization.
moralise verb: Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of moralize.
moraliser noun: Alternative form of moralizer.
moralising noun, verb: Alternative form of moralizing.
moralisingly adverb: Alternative form of moralizingly.
moralism noun /ˈmɒɹəlɪzm/: The act or practice of moralizing (making moral reflections or judging the morality of others).
moralist noun: One who bases all decisions on perceived morals, especially one who enforces them with censorship.
moralistic adjective: Characteristic of or relating to a narrow-minded concern with the morals of others; self-righteous
moralistic therapeutic deism noun: A diffuse and nonspecific conception of theism and morality, not necessarily anchored in any established religious doctrine, identified as prevalent among...
moralistically adverb: In a moralistic manner.
moralistics noun: The study of morals.
morality noun /məˈɹælɪti/: Recognition of the distinction between good and evil or between right and wrong; respect for and obedience to the rules of right conduct; the mental...
morality play noun: a type of allegorical drama towards the end of the Middle Ages that demonstrates a moral theme such as a character's inner struggle to attain moral...
morality police noun: A police force tasked with enforcing a specific moral code, especially a religious one.
morality tale noun: A story that illustrates a moral about right and wrong
moralization noun /ˌmɒ.ɹə.laɪˈzeɪ.ʃən/: The act of moralizing.
moralize verb /ˈmɒ.ɹə.laɪz/: To make moral reflections (on, upon, about or over something); to regard acts and events as involving a moral.
moralizer noun /ˈmɒ.ɹə.laɪ.zə(ɹ)/: One who moralizes.
moralizing noun, verb: The behaviour of one who moralizes.
moralizingly adverb: In a moralizing fashion.
moraller noun: A moralizer.
moralless adjective: Without morals; immoral, corrupt.
morally adverb /ˈmɔɹəli/: In terms of morals or ethics.
morally bankrupt adjective: Having no morals, unethical.
moralness noun: Quality of being moral.
moralphobia noun /mɔːɹəl ˈfəʊbi.ə/: An irrational fear of doing something that could be perceived by others as wrong
morama bean noun: Alternative spelling of marama bean (Tylosema esculentum)
moran noun: An unmarried Maasai or Samburu warrior.
Morando proper noun: A surname.
Morane proper noun: The uninhabited, southernmost atoll of the Tuamotu archipelago, French Polynesia.
moranhood noun: The state or period of being a moran.
Morano proper noun: A surname from Italian.
moranoline noun: 1-deoxynojirimycin.
Morant proper noun: A surname.
Morant hutch noun: A portable floorless hutch for outdoor rabbits, regularly moved around so that the rabbits can graze and defecate in different areas from day to day.
Morante proper noun: A surname.
morantel noun: An anthelminthic drug.
Morar proper noun: A small village near Mallaig, Highland council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NM6793).
morass noun /məˈɹæs/: A tract of soft, wet ground; a marsh; a fen.
morass-ore noun: bog iron ore
morass-weed noun: Synonym of hornwort (“Ceratophyllum”)
morassy adjective: Characteristic of a morass; marshy; miry.
morat noun: An ancient drink resembling mead, made with mulberries.
morate noun: A salt of moric acid.
Morath proper noun: A surname from German.
moration noun: A delay.
moratorial adjective: Relating to a moratorium.
moratorium noun /ˌmɒ.ɹəˈtɔː.ɹɪ.əm/: An authorization to a debtor, permitting temporary suspension of payments.
moratory adjective: Pertaining to delay of payment or fulfilment of an obligation.
Moratuwa proper noun: Negombo, suburb of Colombo and a city in Sri Lanka
Morava proper noun: A left tributary of the Danube in Central Europe, flowing through Moravia in the Czech Republic on the border with Slovakia and then along the border of...
Moravec proper noun: A surname from Czech.
Moravia proper noun /mɔˈɹeɪvi.ə/: A historic region in the eastern Czech Republic.
Moravian adjective, noun: Of, or pertaining to, Moravia or its people or culture.
Moravian star noun: A (usually illuminated) star, made of a geometric solid such as a rhombicuboctahedron to which a large number of pyramidal points are attached, a popular...
Moravianism noun: A word derived from Moravian.
Moravianize verb: To convert or adapt to the Moravian Church.
Moravianness noun: The quality of being Moravian.
Moravid noun: Alternative form of Almoravid.
Moravo- prefix: Moravia; Moravian
Morawa proper noun: A town and local government area in the Mid West region, Western Australia, Australia; in full, Shire of Morawa.
Morawski proper noun: A surname from Polish [in turn originating as an ethnonym].
moraxella noun /ˌmɔː.ɹakˈsɛl.ə/: Any of several short rod-shaped Gram-negative bacteria of the genus Moraxella (under family Moraxellaceae) which includes the causative agent (Moraxella...
moray noun /ˈmɒ.ɹeɪ/: Any of the large cosmopolitan carnivorous eels of the family Muraenidae.
moray eel noun: Any of various brightly colored marine eels of the family Muraenidae, of warm coastal waters.
Morayshire proper noun: Synonym of Moray: a historical county of Scotland.
Morayvian adjective, noun: of or pertaining to Moray in Scotland
Morazan proper noun: A department of El Salvador.
morazone noun: A nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug.
MORB noun /mɔːb/: Acronym of mid-ocean ridge basalt.
morbid adjective /ˈmɔː.bɪd/: Of, relating to, or afflicted by disease.
morbid obesity noun: The condition of being morbidly obese.
morbid owlet noun: Chytolita morbidalis, a small grey moth of Eastern North America.
morbidezza noun /ˌmɔː(ɹ)bɪˈdɛtsə/: Softness, smoothness; also in a negative sense, weakness, effeminacy.
morbidity noun: The quality of being unhealthful or diseased, sometimes including the cause.
morbidize verb: To make morbid.
morbidly adverb /ˈmɔrbɪdli/: In a morbid manner, or to a morbid degree.
morbidly obese adjective: Obese to an extent that is life-threatening.
morbidness noun: The property of being morbid.
morbidostat noun: A device used to measure resistance of bacteria to drugs
Morbier noun: A French semisoft cow's-milk cheese, traditionally in two layers (from morning and evening milk).
morbiferous adjective: morbific; causing disease
morbific adjective /mɔːˈbɪf.ɪk/: That causes disease; sickening, pathogenic.
morbifical adjective: Alternative form of morbific.
morbifically adverb: In a morbific way.
Morbihan proper noun /ˈmɔː(ɹ)bi.ən/: A department of Brittany, France. Capital: Vannes.
morbilli noun: measles, rubeola
morbilliform adjective: Resembling the erythematous, maculopapular rash of measles.
morbillion number /ˌmɔː(ɹ)ˈbɪliən/: An imprecise but very large amount.
morbilliviral adjective: Of or pertaining to morbillivirus.
morbillivirus noun: Any of the genus Morbillivirus of viruses.
morbillous adjective: Resembling or relating to measles.
morbimortality noun: morbidity and mortality
morbose adjective: Proceeding from disease; morbid; unhealthy.
morbosity noun: A diseased state; unhealthiness.
morbs noun: Physical or mental illness or infirmity.
morbus noun /ˈmɔːbəs/: A disease.
morbus coxarius noun: Synonym of coxarthrosis.
morbus cyclometricus noun: A fascination with finding a way to square the circle (an impossible task in geometry).
morbus Dupuytren noun: Dupuytren's contracture
morceau noun /ˈmɔː(ɹ)səʊ/: A small bit; a morsel or snippet.
morceau de réception noun: A reception piece; a work submitted by an artist to an academy for approval as part of the requirements for admission to membership.
morcellate verb: To break into small pieces, prior to removal
morcellation noun: The breaking into small pieces prior to removal.
morcellator noun: An instrument used in morcellation
morcellement noun: Synonym of morcellation.
morcha noun: A gathering of like-minded people protesting for a cause.
morchal noun: A fan or flywhisk made from peacock feathers.
morchang noun: Alternative form of morsing.
morchellaceous adjective: Of or relating to the Morchellaceae.
morchelloid adjective: Relating to or resembling morels of the genus Morchella.
morching noun: Alternative form of morsing (“musical instrument”).
morcilla noun: A Spanish blood sausage, sometimes with rice and onions as ingredients.
morclofone noun: A particular kind of drug that is used to suppress coughing.
Morcom proper noun: A township in Saint Louis County, Minnesota, United States, named after Elisha Morcom.
mordaciid noun: Any member of the family Mordaciidae of lampreys or the generally equivalent subfamily Mordaciinae of family Petromyzontidae.
mordacious adjective: Biting, causing a physical bite or sting; corrosive
mordaciously adverb: In a mordacious manner.
mordacity noun: The quality of being mordacious; biting severity, or sarcastic quality.
mordancy noun: The state or quality of being mordant.
mordant adjective, noun, verb /ˈmɔːdn̩t/: Having or showing a sharp or critical quality.
mordant dye noun: Adjective dye.
mordanting noun, verb: The use of mordant to fix a dye to a fiber.
mordantly adverb /ˈmɔːd(ə)ntli/: In a mordant manner; incisively, sharply.
Mordaunt proper noun: A surname.
Mordecai proper noun /ˈmɔː(ɹ)dəkaɪ̯/: One of the main personalities in the Book of Esther. He adopted and raised his cousin Esther and foiled a plot to assassinate the king.
Mordell proper noun: A surname.
mordellid noun: Any in the family Mordellidae of beetles.
Morden proper noun /ˈmɔːdən/: A city within the Rural Municipality of Stanley, Manitoba, Canada.
mordenite noun: An orthorhombic-pyramidal mineral containing aluminum, calcium, hydrogen, oxygen, potassium, silicon, and sodium.
mordent noun /ˈmɔːdn̩t/: An ornament consisting of a single rapid alternation between a given pitch and another pitch either a whole step or half step immediately above or below it.
mordente noun: A mordent (embellishment resembling a trill).
Mordialloc proper noun: A suburb of Melbourne in the City of Kingston, Victoria, Australia
mordicancy noun: A biting quality; corrosiveness.
mordicant adjective /ˈmɔː(ɹ)dɪkənt/: biting; acrid (normally talking about pain)
mordication noun: The act of biting or corroding.
mordicative adjective: Biting or corrosive.
Mordor proper noun /ˈmɔːdɔː(ɹ)/: An area of peril, darkness, or evil, which people fear to visit or explore.
Mordorian adjective, noun: Of, from, relating to, or characteristic of Mordor, the realm of the Dark Lord Sauron in J. R. R. Tolkien’s fictional continent of Middle-earth.
Mordovia proper noun: A republic and federal subject of southwestern Russia. Official name: Republic of Mordovia. Capital: Saransk.
Mordovian adjective, noun: From, of, or pertaining to, Mordovia
Mordoviyan adjective, noun: Alternative form of Mordovian.
Mordred proper noun /ˈmɔɹdɹɪd/: The illegitimate son of King Arthur, who ultimately killed him in battle.
Mordva noun: Synonym of Mordvins.
Mordvian adjective, noun: Alternative form of Mordovian.
Mordvin adjective, noun: Of or relating to Mordovia (Mordvinia) or its people or culture.
Mordvinian adjective, noun: Of or pertaining to Mordvinia (Mordovia).
Mordvinic adjective: Of or pertaining to the Mordvinian people or their languages.
more adjective, adverb, determiner, noun, pronoun, suffix, verb /mɔː/: comparative degree of many: in greater number. (Used for a discrete quantity.)
more and more adverb, determiner: Progressively more.
more at eleven phrase: Used after a statement that is typical or should be obvious.
more betoken phrase: Alternative form of more by token.
more by token phrase: Especially, still more, the more so.
more Catholic than the Pope adjective: Adhering more stringently to Roman Catholic practices and doctrine than is required by church doctrine.
more confusing than a Rubik's Cube phrase: Very confusing or complex.
more cry than wool phrase: Dramatic assertions that are backed by little evidence.
more cushion for the pushin' phrase: Alternative form of cushion for the pushin'.
more dead than alive adjective: Very close to death; in extremely bad condition.
more dollars than sense phrase: Synonym of more money than brains.
more equal adjective: Ostensibly equal, but more privileged in reality.
more grease to your elbow interjection: Synonym of more power to your elbow.
more haste, less speed proverb: When one is in a hurry, one often ends up having less success and completing a task more slowly.
more heat than light noun: More passion or conflict than enlightenment or illumination on a subject.
more honored in the breach phrase: Justifiably violated; endowing greater moral standing to those who disobey. (of a rule, custom, etc.)
more important fish to fry noun: Alternative form of bigger fish to fry.
more is more phrase: Used to suggest that in some cases, less of something is not appropriate or optimal.
more-ish adjective: Alternative form of moreish.
more kicks than ha'pence noun: Synonym of monkey's allowance.
more life in a tramp's vest noun: Used in comparisons to indicate that someone or something is devoid of life or animation.
more like phrase: Used to challenge another's use of a term, replacing it with something the speaker or writer considers more pertinent.
more like it phrase: Better, more desirable.
more money than brains phrase: Wealthy, but lacking the wisdom to spend that wealth wisely.

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.