| Mordacious | a. [ L. mordax, -acis, fr. mordere, morsum, to bite. See Morsel. ] Biting; given to biting; hence, figuratively, sarcastic; severe; scathing. -- Mor*da"cious*ly, adv. [1913 Webster] |
| Mordacity | n. [ L. mordacitas: cf. F. mordacité. See Mordacious. ] The quality of being mordacious; biting severity, or sarcastic quality. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Mordant | v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Mordanted; p. pr. & vb. n. Mordanting. ] To subject to the action of, or imbue with, a mordant; as, to mordant goods for dyeing. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Mordant | a. [ F., p. pr. of mordere to bite; L. mordere. See Morsel. ] 1. Biting; caustic; sarcastic; keen; severe. [ 1913 Webster ] 2. (Dyeing & Calico Printing) Serving to fix colors. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Mordant | n. [ F., originally, biting. ] 1. Any corroding substance used in etching. [ 1913 Webster ] 2. (Dyeing & Calico Printing) Any substance, as alum or copperas, which, having a twofold attraction for organic fibers and coloring matter, serves as a bond of union, and thus gives fixity to, or bites in, the dyes. [ 1913 Webster ] 3. (Gilding) Any sticky matter by which the gold leaf is made to adhere. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Mordantly | adv. In the manner of a mordant. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Mordente | ‖n. [ It. ] (Mus.) An embellishment resembling a trill. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Mordicancy | n. A biting quality; corrosiveness. [ R. ] Evelyn. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Mordicant | a. [ L. mordicans, p. pr. of mordicare to bite, fr. mordere: cf. F. mordicant. ] Biting; acrid; as, the mordicant quality of a body. [ R. ] Boyle. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Mordication | n. [ L. mordicatio. ] The act of biting or corroding; corrosion. [ R. ] Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| アケボノヒメオオトカゲ | [akebonohimeootokage] (n) northern ridge-tailed monitor (Varanus primordius, species of carnivorous monitor lizard native to the Northern Territory of Australia); blunt-spined goanna [Add to Longdo] |
| ゴーヤー;ゴーヤ | [go-ya-; go-ya] (n) (See 苦瓜) (Okinawan name for) bitter melon (Momordica charantia) [Add to Longdo] |
| モルデント | [morudento] (n) mordent (ger [Add to Longdo] |
| 金輪 | [こんりん, konrin] (n) (1) { Buddh } gold wheel (highest of the three layered wheels that support the earth above the primordial void); (2) (abbr) { Buddh } (See 金輪王) gold wheel-turning sage king [Add to Longdo] |
| 苦瓜 | [ニガウリ;にがうり, nigauri ; nigauri] (n) (See 蔓茘枝) bitter melon (Momordica charantia) [Add to Longdo] |
| 胡瓜魚 | [きゅうりうお;キュウリウオ, kyuuriuo ; kyuuriuo] (n) (uk) rainbow smelt (Osmerus mordax dentex) [Add to Longdo] |
| 太虚;大虚 | [たいきょ, taikyo] (n) (1) the sky; the universe; (2) (See 気・き) taixu (the great vacuity, in Chinese philosophy, the primordial substance that gives rise to qi) [Add to Longdo] |
| 大和言葉 | [やまとことば, yamatokotoba] (n) ancient or primordial Japanese language [Add to Longdo] |
| 媒染 | [ばいせん, baisen] (n, vs) color fixing; colour fixing; mordantizing [Add to Longdo] |
| 媒染剤 | [ばいせんざい, baisenzai] (n) mordant [Add to Longdo] |
