Mohorovicic discontinuity : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

   marabou stork
         n 1: large African black-and-white carrion-eating stork; its
               downy underwing feathers are used to trim garments [syn:
               {marabou}, {marabout}, {marabou stork}, {Leptoptilus
               crumeniferus}]

English Dictionary: Mohorovicic discontinuity	by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
mariposa n any of several plants of the genus Calochortus having tulip-shaped flowers with 3 sepals and 3 petals; southwestern United States and Mexico Synonym(s): mariposa, mariposa tulip, mariposa lily
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
mariposa lily n any of several plants of the genus Calochortus having tulip-shaped flowers with 3 sepals and 3 petals; southwestern United States and Mexico Synonym(s): mariposa, mariposa tulip, mariposa lily
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
mariposa tulip n any of several plants of the genus Calochortus having tulip-shaped flowers with 3 sepals and 3 petals; southwestern United States and Mexico Synonym(s): mariposa, mariposa tulip, mariposa lily
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Mariposan n a Penutian language spoken by the Yokuts in the San Joaquin Valley Synonym(s): Mariposan, Yokuts
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Mary Baker Eddy n founder of Christian Science in 1866 (1821-1910) [syn: Eddy, Mary Baker Eddy, Mary Morse Baker Eddy]
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Mary Pickford n United States film actress (born in Canada) who starred in silent films (1893-1979) Synonym(s): Pickford, Mary Pickford, Gladys Smith
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Merops n type genus of the Meropidae Synonym(s): Merops, genus Merops
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Mohorovicic n Yugoslav geophysicist for whom the Mohorovicic discontinuity was named (1857-1936) Synonym(s): Mohorovicic, Andrija Mohorovicic
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Mohorovicic discontinuity n the boundary between the Earth's crust and the underlying mantle; "the Mohorovicic discontinuity averages 5 miles down under oceans and 20 miles down under continents" Synonym(s): Mohorovicic discontinuity, Moho
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Morpheus n the Roman god of sleep and dreams
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
morphogenesis n differentiation and growth of the structure of an organism (or a part of an organism)
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Murphy's Law n humorous axiom stating that anything that can go wrong will go wrong Synonym(s): Murphy's Law, Sod's Law
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Wallaroo \Wal`la*roo"\, n. (Zo[94]l.) Any one of several species of kangaroos of the genus {Macropus}, especially {M. robustus}, sometimes called the {great wallaroo}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Stork \Stork\, n. [AS. storc; akin to G. storch, OHG. storah, Icel. storkr, Dan. & Sw. stork, and perhaps to Gr. [?] a vulture.] (Zo[94]l.) Any one of several species of large wading birds of the family {Ciconid[91]}, having long legs and a long, pointed bill. They are found both in the Old World and in America, and belong to {Ciconia} and several allied genera. The European white stork ({Ciconia alba}) is the best known. It commonly makes its nests on the top of a building, a chimney, a church spire, or a pillar. The black stork ({C. nigra}) is native of Asia, Africa, and Europe. {Black-necked stork}, the East Indian jabiru. {Hair-crested stork}, the smaller adjutant of India ({Leptoptilos Javanica}). {Giant stork}, the adjutant. {Marabou stork}. See {Marabou}. -- Saddle-billed stork, the African jabiru. See {Jabiru}. {Stork's bill} (Bot.), any plant of the genus {Pelargonium}; -- so called in allusion to the beaklike prolongation of the axis of the receptacle of its flower. See {Pelargonium}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Mariposa lily \Ma`ri*po"sa lil`y\ [Sp. mariposa a butterfly + E. lily. So called from the gay apperance of the blossoms.] (Bot.) One of a genus ({Calochortus}) of tuliplike bulbous herbs with large, and often gaycolored, blossoms. Called also {butterfly lily}. Most of them are natives of California.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Mirific \Mirif"ic\, Mirifical \Mirif"ic*al\, a. [L. mirificus; mirus wonderful + -ficare (in comp.) to make. See {-fy}.] Working wonders; wonderful.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Mirific \Mirif"ic\, Mirifical \Mirif"ic*al\, a. [L. mirificus; mirus wonderful + -ficare (in comp.) to make. See {-fy}.] Working wonders; wonderful.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Mirificent \Mirif"icent\, a. Wonderful. [Obs.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Moor \Moor\, n. [OE. mor, AS. m[d3]r moor, morass; akin to D. moer moor, G. moor, and prob. to Goth. marei sea, E. mere. See {Mere} a lake.] 1. An extensive waste covered with patches of heath, and having a poor, light soil, but sometimes marshy, and abounding in peat; a heath. In her girlish age she kept sheep on the moor. --Carew. 2. A game preserve consisting of moorland. {Moor buzzard} (Zo[94]l.), the marsh harrier. [Prov. Eng.] {Moor coal} (Geol.), a friable variety of lignite. {Moor cock} (Zo[94]l.), the male of the moor fowl or red grouse of Europe. {Moor coot}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Gallinule}. {Moor fowl}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) The European ptarmigan, or red grouse ({Lagopus Scoticus}). (b) The European heath grouse. See under {Heath}. {Moor game}. (Zo[94]l.) Same as {Moor fowl} (above). {Moor grass} (Bot.), a tufted perennial grass ({Sesleria c[91]rulea}), found in mountain pastures of Europe. {Moor hawk} (Zo[94]l.), the marsh harrier. {Moor hen}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) The female of the moor fowl. (b) A gallinule, esp. the European species. See {Gallinule}. (c) An Australian rail ({Tribonyx ventralis}). {Moor monkey} (Zo[94]l.), the black macaque of Borneo ({Macacus maurus}). {Moor titling} (Zo[94]l.), the European stonechat ({Pratinocola rubicola}).
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Marsh \Marsh\, n. [OE. mersch, AS. mersc, fr. mere lake. See {Mere} pool, and cf. {Marish}, {Morass}.] A tract of soft wet land, commonly covered partially or wholly with water; a fen; a swamp; a morass. [Written also {marish}.] {Marsh asphodel} (Bot.), a plant ({Nartheeium ossifragum}) with linear equitant leaves, and a raceme of small white flowers; -- called also {bog asphodel}. {Marsh cinquefoil} (Bot.), a plant ({Potentilla palustris}) having purple flowers, and found growing in marshy places; marsh five-finger. {Marsh elder}. (Bot.) (a) The guelder-rose or cranberry tree ({Viburnum Opulus}). (b) In the United States, a composite shrub growing in salt marshes ({Iva frutescens}). {Marsh five-finger}. (Bot.) See {Marsh cinquefoil} (above). {Marsh gas}. (Chem.) See under {Gas}. {Marsh grass} (Bot.), a genus ({Spartina}) of coarse grasses growing in marshes; -- called also {cord grass}. The tall {S. cynosuroides} is not good for hay unless cut very young. The low {S. juncea} is a common component of salt hay. {Marsh harrier} (Zo[94]l.), a European hawk or harrier ({Circus [91]ruginosus}); -- called also {marsh hawk}, {moor hawk}, {moor buzzard}, {puttock}. {Marsh hawk}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) A hawk or harrier ({Circus cyaneus}), native of both America and Europe. The adults are bluish slate above, with a white rump. Called also {hen harrier}, and {mouse hawk}. (b) The marsh harrier. {Marsh hen} (Zo[94]l.), a rail; esp., {Rallus elegans} of fresh-water marshes, and {R. longirostris} of salt-water marshes. {Marsh mallow} (Bot.), a plant of the genus {Alth[91]a} ( {A. officinalis}) common in marshes near the seashore, and whose root is much used in medicine as a demulcent. {Marsh marigold}. (Bot.) See in the Vocabulary. {Marsh pennywort} (Bot.), any plant of the umbelliferous genus {Hydrocotyle}; low herbs with roundish leaves, growing in wet places; -- called also {water pennywort}. {Marsh quail} (Zo[94]l.), the meadow lark. {Marsh rosemary} (Bot.), a plant of the genus {Statice} ({S. Limonium}), common in salt marshes. Its root is powerfully astringent, and is sometimes used in medicine. Called also {sea lavender}. {Marsh samphire} (Bot.), a plant ({Salicornia herbacea}) found along seacoasts. See {Glasswort}. {Marsh St. John's-wort} (Bot.), an American herb ({Elodes Virginica}) with small opposite leaves and flesh-colored flowers. {Marsh tea}. (Bot.). Same as {Labrador tea}. {Marsh trefoil}. (Bot.) Same as {Buckbean}. {Marsh wren} (Zo[94]l.), any species of small American wrens of the genus {Cistothorus}, and allied genera. They chiefly inhabit salt marshes.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Moor \Moor\, n. [OE. mor, AS. m[d3]r moor, morass; akin to D. moer moor, G. moor, and prob. to Goth. marei sea, E. mere. See {Mere} a lake.] 1. An extensive waste covered with patches of heath, and having a poor, light soil, but sometimes marshy, and abounding in peat; a heath. In her girlish age she kept sheep on the moor. --Carew. 2. A game preserve consisting of moorland. {Moor buzzard} (Zo[94]l.), the marsh harrier. [Prov. Eng.] {Moor coal} (Geol.), a friable variety of lignite. {Moor cock} (Zo[94]l.), the male of the moor fowl or red grouse of Europe. {Moor coot}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Gallinule}. {Moor fowl}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) The European ptarmigan, or red grouse ({Lagopus Scoticus}). (b) The European heath grouse. See under {Heath}. {Moor game}. (Zo[94]l.) Same as {Moor fowl} (above). {Moor grass} (Bot.), a tufted perennial grass ({Sesleria c[91]rulea}), found in mountain pastures of Europe. {Moor hawk} (Zo[94]l.), the marsh harrier. {Moor hen}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) The female of the moor fowl. (b) A gallinule, esp. the European species. See {Gallinule}. (c) An Australian rail ({Tribonyx ventralis}). {Moor monkey} (Zo[94]l.), the black macaque of Borneo ({Macacus maurus}). {Moor titling} (Zo[94]l.), the European stonechat ({Pratinocola rubicola}).
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Marsh \Marsh\, n. [OE. mersch, AS. mersc, fr. mere lake. See {Mere} pool, and cf. {Marish}, {Morass}.] A tract of soft wet land, commonly covered partially or wholly with water; a fen; a swamp; a morass. [Written also {marish}.] {Marsh asphodel} (Bot.), a plant ({Nartheeium ossifragum}) with linear equitant leaves, and a raceme of small white flowers; -- called also {bog asphodel}. {Marsh cinquefoil} (Bot.), a plant ({Potentilla palustris}) having purple flowers, and found growing in marshy places; marsh five-finger. {Marsh elder}. (Bot.) (a) The guelder-rose or cranberry tree ({Viburnum Opulus}). (b) In the United States, a composite shrub growing in salt marshes ({Iva frutescens}). {Marsh five-finger}. (Bot.) See {Marsh cinquefoil} (above). {Marsh gas}. (Chem.) See under {Gas}. {Marsh grass} (Bot.), a genus ({Spartina}) of coarse grasses growing in marshes; -- called also {cord grass}. The tall {S. cynosuroides} is not good for hay unless cut very young. The low {S. juncea} is a common component of salt hay. {Marsh harrier} (Zo[94]l.), a European hawk or harrier ({Circus [91]ruginosus}); -- called also {marsh hawk}, {moor hawk}, {moor buzzard}, {puttock}. {Marsh hawk}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) A hawk or harrier ({Circus cyaneus}), native of both America and Europe. The adults are bluish slate above, with a white rump. Called also {hen harrier}, and {mouse hawk}. (b) The marsh harrier. {Marsh hen} (Zo[94]l.), a rail; esp., {Rallus elegans} of fresh-water marshes, and {R. longirostris} of salt-water marshes. {Marsh mallow} (Bot.), a plant of the genus {Alth[91]a} ( {A. officinalis}) common in marshes near the seashore, and whose root is much used in medicine as a demulcent. {Marsh marigold}. (Bot.) See in the Vocabulary. {Marsh pennywort} (Bot.), any plant of the umbelliferous genus {Hydrocotyle}; low herbs with roundish leaves, growing in wet places; -- called also {water pennywort}. {Marsh quail} (Zo[94]l.), the meadow lark. {Marsh rosemary} (Bot.), a plant of the genus {Statice} ({S. Limonium}), common in salt marshes. Its root is powerfully astringent, and is sometimes used in medicine. Called also {sea lavender}. {Marsh samphire} (Bot.), a plant ({Salicornia herbacea}) found along seacoasts. See {Glasswort}. {Marsh St. John's-wort} (Bot.), an American herb ({Elodes Virginica}) with small opposite leaves and flesh-colored flowers. {Marsh tea}. (Bot.). Same as {Labrador tea}. {Marsh trefoil}. (Bot.) Same as {Buckbean}. {Marsh wren} (Zo[94]l.), any species of small American wrens of the genus {Cistothorus}, and allied genera. They chiefly inhabit salt marshes.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Morbose \Mor*bose"\, a. [L. morbosus, fr. morbus disease.] Proceeding from disease; morbid; unhealthy. Morbose tumors and excrescences of plants. --Ray.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Morbosity \Morbos"ity\, n. [L. morbositas.] A diseased state; unhealthiness. [R.] --Sir T. Browne.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Morpheus \Mor"pheus\, n. [L., fr. Gr. [?] prop., the fashioner or molder, because of the shapes he calls up before the sleeper, fr. [?] form, shape.] (Class. Myth.) The god of dreams.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Morphogeny \Morphog"eny\, n. [form + root of [?] to be born.] (Biol.) History of the evolution of forms; that part of ontogeny that deals with the germ history of forms; -- distinguished from physiogeny. --Haeckel.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
-morphous \-mor"phous\ [Gr. [?] form.] A combining form denoting form, shape; as, isomorphous.
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Mariposa, CA (CDP, FIPS 45932) Location: 37.48853 N, 119.96653 W Population (1990): 1152 (677 housing units) Area: 8.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 95338
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Mariposa County, CA (county, FIPS 43) Location: 37.57819 N, 119.90960 W Population (1990): 14302 (7700 housing units) Area: 3758.6 sq km (land), 30.2 sq km (water)
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Maurepas, LA Zip code(s): 70449
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Morovis zona, PR (urbana, FIPS 55097) Location: 18.32682 N, 66.40520 W Population (1990): 2355 (768 housing units) Area: 1.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Murphys, CA (CDP, FIPS 50034) Location: 38.15195 N, 120.46089 W Population (1990): 1517 (785 housing units) Area: 12.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 95247
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Murphysboro, IL (city, FIPS 51453) Location: 37.76806 N, 89.33723 W Population (1990): 9176 (4114 housing units) Area: 12.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 62966
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]:
Murphy's Law prov. The correct, _original_ Murphy's Law reads: "If there are two or more ways to do something, and one of those ways can result in a catastrophe, then someone will do it." This is a principle of defensive design, cited here because it is usually given in mutant forms less descriptive of the challenges of design for {luser}s. For example, you don't make a two-pin plug symmetrical and then label it `THIS WAY UP'; if it matters which way it is plugged in, then you make the design asymmetrical (see also the anecdote under {magic smoke}). Edward A. Murphy, Jr. was one of the engineers on the rocket-sled experiments that were done by the U.S. Air Force in 1949 to test human acceleration tolerances (USAF project MX981). One experiment involved a set of 16 accelerometers mounted to different parts of the subject's body. There were two ways each sensor could be glued to its mount, and somebody methodically installed all 16 the wrong way around. Murphy then made the original form of his pronouncement, which the test subject (Major John Paul Stapp) quoted at a news conference a few days later. Within months `Murphy's Law' had spread to various technical cultures connected to aerospace engineering. Before too many years had gone by variants had passed into the popular imagination, changing as they went. Most of these are variants on "Anything that can go wrong, will"; this is correctly referred to as {Finagle's Law}. The memetic drift apparent in these mutants clearly demonstrates Murphy's Law acting on itself!
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
MIRFAC {Mathematics in Recognizable Form Automatically Compiled}
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
Murphy's Law (Or "Sod's Law") The correct, original Murphy's Law reads: "If there are two or more ways to do something, and one of those ways can result in a catastrophe, then someone will do it." This is a principle of defensive design, cited here because it is usually given in mutant forms less descriptive of the challenges of design for {lusers}. For example, you don't make a two-pin plug symmetrical and then label it "THIS WAY UP"; if it matters which way it is plugged in, then you make the design asymmetrical (see also the anecdote under {magic smoke}). Edward A. Murphy, Jr. was one of the engineers on the rocket-sled experiments that were done by the US Air Force in 1949 to test human acceleration tolerances (USAF project MX981). One experiment involved a set of 16 accelerometers mounted to different parts of the subject's body. There were two ways each sensor could be glued to its mount, and somebody methodically installed all 16 the wrong way around. Murphy then made the original form of his pronouncement, which the test subject (Major John Paul Stapp) quoted at a news conference a few days later. Within months "Murphy's Law' had spread to various technical cultures connected to aerospace engineering. Before too many years had gone by variants had passed into the popular imagination, changing as they went. Most of these are variants on "Anything that can go wrong, will"; this is sometimes referred to as {Finagle's Law}. The memetic drift apparent in these mutants clearly demonstrates Murphy's Law acting on itself! [{Jargon File}] (1998-02-14)