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Motile
- adjective - (of spores or microorganisms) capable of movement
- one whose prevailing mental imagery takes the form of inner feelings of action
Motion
- noun - a change of position that does not entail a change of location; "the reflex motion of his eyebrows revealed his surprise"; "movement is a sign of life"; "an impatient move of his hand"; "gastrointestinal motility"
- a formal proposal for action made to a deliberative assembly for discussion and vote; "he made a motion to adjourn"; "she called for the question"
- a natural event that involves a change in the position or location of something
- a state of change; "they were in a state of steady motion"
- an optical illusion of motion produced by viewing a rapid succession of still pictures of a moving object; "the cinema relies on apparent motion"; "the succession of flashing lights gave an illusion of movement"
- show, express or direct through movement; "He gestured his desire to leave"
- the act of changing location from one place to another; "police controlled the motion of the crowd"; "the movement of people from the farms to the citie
Motive
- adjective - a design or figure that consists of recurring shapes or colors, as in architecture or decoration
- a theme that is repeated or elaborated in a piece of music
- causing or able to cause motion; "a motive force"; "motive power"; "motor energy"
- impelling to action; "it may well be that ethical language has primarily a motivative function"- Arthur Pap; "motive pleas"; "motivating arguments"
- the psychological feature that arouses an organism to action toward a desired goal; the reason for the action; that which gives purpose and direction to behavior; "we did not understand his motivation"; "he acted with the best of motives"
Motley
- adjective - a collection containing a variety of sorts of things; "a great assortment of cars was on display"; "he had a variety of disorders"; "a veritable smorgasbord of religions"
- a garment made of motley (especially a court jester's costume)
- a multicolored woolen fabric woven of mixed threads in 14th to 17th century England
- consisting of a haphazard assortment of different kinds; "an arrangement of assorted spring flowers"; "assorted sizes"; "miscellaneous accessories"; "a mixed program of baroque and contemporary music"; "a motley crew"; "sundry sciences commonly known as social"- I.A.Richards
- having sections or patches colored differently and usually brightly; "a jester dressed in motley"; "the painted desert"; "a particolored dress"; "a piebald horse"; "pied daisies"
- make motley; color with different colors
- make something more diverse and varied; "Vary the menu"
Motmot
- noun - tropical American bird resembling a blue jay and having greenish and bluish plumage
Motors
- noun - a nonspecific agent that imparts motion; "happiness is the aim of all men and the motor of all action"
- machine that converts other forms of energy into mechanical energy and so imparts motion
- travel or be transported in a vehicle; "We drove to the university every morning"; "They motored to London for the theater"
Motown
- noun - the largest city in Michigan and a major Great Lakes port; center of the United States automobile industry; located in southeastern Michigan on the Detroit river across from Windsor
Motrin
- noun - a nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory and analgesic medicine (trade names Advil and Motrin and Nuprin) used to relieve the pain of arthritis and as an antipyretic; "daily use of ibuprofen can irritate the stomach"
Motser
- unknown - a large sum of money, esp. a gambling win