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Mitres
- noun - a liturgical headdress worn by bishops on formal occasions
- joint that forms a corner; usually both sides are bevelled at a 45-degree angle to form a 90-degree corner
- the surface of a beveled end of a piece where a miter joint is made; "he covered the miter with glue before making the joint"
Mitten
- noun - glove that encases the thumb separately and the other four fingers together
Motets
- noun - an unaccompanied choral composition with sacred lyrics; intended to be sung as part of a church service; originated in the 13th century
Mother
- noun - a condition that is the inspiration for an activity or situation; "necessity is the mother of invention"
- a stringy slimy substance consisting of yeast cells and bacteria; forms during fermentation and is added to cider or wine to produce vinegar
- a term of address for a mother superior
- a term of address for an elderly woman
- a woman who has given birth to a child (also used as a term of address to your mother); "the mother of three children"
- care for like a mother; "She fusses over her husband"
- make children; "Abraham begot Isaac"; "Men often father children but don't recognize them"
Motifs
- noun - a design or figure that consists of recurring shapes or colors, as in architecture or decoration
- a device in literature where the connection between an object and an idea is developed or recurring throughout a literary work
- a theme that is repeated or elaborated in a piece of music
- a unifying idea that is a recurrent element in literary or artistic work; "it was the usual `boy gets girl' theme"
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"