Skip to main content
Search Section
Skip alphabetical navigation menu.

Browse Alphabetically

  • English Word Modernizer Definition One who modernizes.
  • English Word Modernizing Definition of Modernize
  • English Word Modernly Definition In modern times.
  • English Word Modernness Definition The quality or state of being modern; recentness; novelty.
  • English Word Modest Definition Restraining within due limits of propriety; not forward, bold, boastful, or presumptious; rather retiring than pushing one's self forward; not obstructive; as, a modest youth; a modest man.
  • English Word Modest Definition Observing the proprieties of the sex; not unwomanly in act or bearing; free from undue familiarity, indecency, or lewdness; decent in speech and demeanor; -- said of a woman.
  • English Word Modest Definition Evincing modestly in the actor, author, or speaker; not showing presumption; not excessive or extreme; moderate; as, a modest request; modest joy.
  • English Word Modestly Definition In a modest manner.
  • English Word Modesty Definition The quality or state of being modest; that lowly temper which accompanies a moderate estimate of one's own worth and importance; absence of self-assertion, arrogance, and presumption; humility respecting one's own merit.
  • English Word Modesty Definition Natural delicacy or shame regarding personal charms and the sexual relation; purity of thought and manners; due regard for propriety in speech or action.
  • English Word Modi Definition of Modus
  • English Word Modicity Definition Moderateness; smallness; meanness.
  • English Word Modicum Definition A little; a small quantity; a measured simply.
  • English Word Modifiability Definition Capability of being modified; state or quality of being modifiable.
  • English Word Modifiable Definition Capable of being modified; liable to modification.
  • English Word Modificable Definition Modifiable.
  • English Word Modificate Definition To qualify.
  • English Word Modification Definition The act of modifying, or the state of being modified; a modified form or condition; state as modified; a change; as, the modification of an opinion, or of a machine; the various modifications of light.
  • English Word Modificative Definition That which modifies or qualifies, as a word or clause.
  • English Word Modificatory Definition Tending or serving to modify; modifying.
  • English Word Modified Definition of Modify
  • English Word Modifier Definition One who, or that which, modifies.
  • English Word Modify Definition To change somewhat the form or qualities of; to alter somewhat; as, to modify a contrivance adapted to some mechanical purpose; to modify the terms of a contract.
  • English Word Modify Definition To limit or reduce in extent or degree; to moderate; to qualify; to lower.
  • English Word Modifying Definition of Modify
  • English Word Modii Definition of Modius
  • English Word Modillion Definition The enriched block or horizontal bracket generally found under the cornice of the Corinthian and Composite entablature, and sometimes, less ornamented, in the Ionic and other orders; -- so called because of its arrangement at regulated distances.
  • English Word Modiolar Definition Shaped like a bushel measure.
  • English Word Modioli Definition of Modiolus
  • English Word Modiolus Definition The central column in the osseous cochlea of the ear.