Reverse Dictionary: MONEYA – MOO

MONEY-BOX – nouns
– CASKET † a money-box or ‘chest’ …1832
– PIRLIE a money-box …1889 Sc.
– SAVE-ALL a money-box to receive small savings or contributions …1837
– THRIFT-BOX a money or savings box …1777 Eng. dial.
– THRIFT-POT a money or savings box …1862 Eng. dial.
– THRIP-BOX a money-box for saving …1865 Eng. dial.
 
MONEY-DEALER, MONEY-LENDER – nouns
– BANK †  1. the shop, office, or place of business of a money-dealer …1474
†  2. the table or counter of a money-changer or dealer in money …1567
money-dealer, money-lender – person
– BANKER 1. † a person whose business is lending money at interest; a money-lender …1526
2. † orig. a money-changer; then, one who dealt in bills of exchange, giving drafts and making remittances …1534
– BILL-SWEATER a money-lender …1835 Sc. 
​- CASHIER †  a money-dealer …1643
– IKE (derogatory & offensive) a Jewish money-lender …1864 sl.
– IKEY, IKY (derogatory & offensive) a Jewish money-lender …1864 sl.
– IKEY-MO a Jewish receiver, money-lender, pawnbroker, or peddler …E19 sl.
– LAND-SHARK a moneylender; a usurer …M19 sl.
– MAHAJUN a money-lender, a usurer …1858
– MONEY-BANKER † a money-dealer; a person who deals in money by exchange, banking, lending, etc. …1677
– MONEY BROKER a person who deals in money by exchange, banking, lending, etc.; spec. a broker who acts as intermediary between lenders and borrowers in the money market …1616
– MONEY CHANGER a person who changes money from one form to another, esp. as a profession; one who deals in money …c1400
– MONEY-DEALER a person who deals in money by exchange, banking, lending, etc. …1785
– MONEYER 1. a money changer; a money-lender …a1400 arch.
2. † a money-dealer, a banker, a capitalist …1706
– MONEY-JOBBER † a dealer in money or coin …1692
– MONEY-LENDER a person whose business is lending money at interest …1598
– MONEY-MAKER † a person who makes coins, a minter; also, a person who deals in money; a money-changer …1297
– MONEY-MASTER † a person who possesses large funds for doing business; a banker, a money-lender …1577
– MONEY MERCHANT a trader in money; a money-dealer or money-lender …1595
– MONEY-MONGER (derogatory) a person who deals in money; esp. a money-lender; a usurer …1571 arch.
– MONEY-NIFFERER a money-changer …1862 Sc.
– MONEY SCRIVENER * a person whose business it was to raise loans on security, invest money for interest etc., on behalf of clients; a money-broker, a money-lender, a usurer …1677
– MONEY SHARK an avaricious money-dealer; a usurer; an extortioner …1844 orig. US
– MONEY TRADER a money-lender; a currency trader …1711
– SARAF a banker or money-changer in the East …1598
– SCREW a money-lender …1932 Amer. dial.
– SHYLOCK (derogatory & offensive) a hard-hearted money-lender …1786 sl.
– XARAFFE † a ‘saraf’; a banker or money-changer in the East …1628
– XXXX a pimpy young man in a white shirt, who deals with foreign money exchanges …Bk1998 NZ sl. 
 
MONEY ORDER – nouns
– PAPER any form of money order, IOU, promissory note or financial document other than actual cash …L18 sl.
– PAPERS any form of money order, IOU, promissory note or financial document other than actual cash …L18 sl.
 
MONGOLIA – person
– MOGUL a Mongol or Mongolian; spec. any member or follower of the Mogul dynasty; also, a follower of Genghis Khan in the 13th century …1598
– MOGULIAN †* a Mongol or Mongolian; spec. any member or follower of the Mogul dynasty …1672
– MONGOL a member of any of a number of closely related Asiatic peoples now chiefly inhabiting Mongolia; a Mongolian …1613
– MONGOLIAN a native or inhabitant of Mongolia …1757
– MONGOLIST a student of or expert in Mongolian history, etc. …1940
– MONKEY a Chinese person; a Mongolian; any East Asian person …1900 Aust. & US sl.
– MONKEY MAN a Chinese person; a Mongolian; any East Asian person …1910 Aust. sl.
– YELLOW a Mongolian …1834 sl. 
 
MONITOR – person
– OBSERVATOR † one who keeps watch over or looks after something; a monitor …1611
monitor – verbs 
– BABY-SIT to monitor the workings of a machine, esp. in circumstances where a malfunction is thought unlikely …1976 Amer. sl.
 
MONK – person
– ABBEY-LOON an idler; a vagabond; orig. a lazy monk or hanger-on to a religious house …1509 sl.
– ABBEY-LUBBER orig. (prior to the Reformation), a lazy monk or hanger-on to a religious house; a lazy loiterer who might work, but would not, preferring to depend on the charity of religious houses …1509
– ABBEY MAN a member of a monastery – a monk …c1550
– BALDICOOT a monk: on account of his somber raiment and shaven crown …Bk1885
– BERNARDINE a monk of the Benedictine or Cistercian order …1676
– BETHLEHEMITE † one of an order of monks existing in England in the 13th century; they wore a five-rayed star upon the breast, in memory of the star which announced the Nativity of Christ at Bethlehem …Bk1721
– BETHLEMITE † one of an order of monks existing in England in the 13th century; they wore a five-rayed star upon the breast, in memory of the star which announced the Nativity of Christ at Bethlehem …Bk1721
– BLACK MONK a monk of the order of St. Benedict, so called from the colour of the habit worn; also, a Black or Augustinian Canon …1297
– GYROVAGUE * a monk who was in the habit of wandering from monastery to monastery …1801
– MONACH * a monk …c1550 hist.
– MONASTIC a member of a monastic order; a monk …1632
– MONK-CHILD † a boy who is being brought up to be a monk …c1205
– PALMER a pilgrim who had returned from the Holy Land, in sign of which he carried a palm branch or palm leaf; also, an itinerant monk who travelled from shrine to shrine, under a perpetual vow of poverty; often used simply as an equivalent of ‘pilgrim’ …a1300
– TALAPOIN a Buddhist monk or priest …1586
monk – person, other
– MONK-MONGER † (derogatory) a supporter of monks or monasticism …1655
 
MONKEY – nouns
– JACKANAPES a tame ape or monkey …1526 arch.
– MARMOSET † any small monkey …1398
– MONK a monkey …1841 sl.
– OLD FOLKS in the circus and carnivals: monkeys …1981 US sl.
– PUG † a monkey; an ape; a nickname for a monkey …L16 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
– PUGGY a monkey …1821
– SIMIAN an ape or monkey …1880
monkey – person
– APE-BEARER † one who carries a monkey about for exhibition; a strolling buffoon …a1616
– APE-KEEPER † one who carries a monkey about for exhibition; a strolling buffoon …1600
 
MONOCLE – see EYEGLASSES
 
MONOPOLY – person
– MONOPOLE †* a monopolist …1648
– MONOPOLER † a monopolist …1589
– MONOPOLIAN † a person who possesses a trading monopoly, or who favours or advocates one; a monopolist …1601
– MONOPOLIER † a monopolist …1589
– MONOPOLIST a person who possesses a trading monopoly, or who favours or advocates one …1601
– MONOPOLITAN † a person who possesses a trading monopoly, or who favours or advocates one; a monopolist …1607
– MONOPOLITANIAN † a person who possesses a trading monopoly, or who favours or advocates one; a monopolist …1627
– MONOPOLITE † a person who possesses a trading monopoly, or who favours or advocates one; a monopolist …1599
– MONOPOLIZER a person who has or operates a monopoly, or who advocates monopolies; a person who dominates or claims exclusive rights to someone or something …1629
– MONOPSONIST the single buyer or consumer in a monopsony (a market condition in which a single buyer dominates or controls trade in a commodity, product, or service) …1933
 
MONOTONOUS – adjectives
– SADING tiring, monotonous …Bk1904 Eng. dial.
– SAMELY similar, without variety, unvaried, monotonous …1799
– SAMEY monotonous, no different …1929 UK sl.
– VEGETABLE uneventful, featureless, monotonous, dull …1854
monotonous – person
– JOE JOB a menial or monotonous task; an unstimulating, low-paid job with few prospects …1948 colloq., chiefly Can.
– MONOTONIST * (chiefly derogatory) a person who speaks monotonously, or who is monotonous in some way; a person who desires or advocates monotony or uniformity; one who persists in talking or writing on one theme or in one strain …1748
– VEGETABLE a dull, boring person who leads an inactive, undemanding, and monotonous life …Bk1988 sl.
monotonous – verbs 
– RAME to drone on in a monotonous fashion, to prate …1839 Sc.
– TASTE OF THE KEG to be stale, to seem monotonous …1923 Amer. dial.
 
MONSTER – nouns
– BELUE †* a great beast, a monster; a sea-monster, a whale …1474
– BILCH a monster …Bk1898 Sc.
– BILF a term of contempt for a pursy person; a monster …Bk1911 Sc. 
– BOOGERBOO a ghost or imaginary monster, a hobgoblin; the devil …1966 Amer. dial.
– BOOGIEBOO a ghost or imaginary monster, a hobgoblin; the devil …1966 Amer. dial.
– BOWSE a huge, misshapen, hairy monster, used to frighten children …Bk1911 Sc.
– BOWSIE a huge, misshapen, hairy monster, used to frighten children …Bk1911 Sc.
– BUGABO a ghost or imaginary monster, a hobgoblin; the devil …1899 Amer. dial.
– BUGABOO a ghost or imaginary monster, a hobgoblin; the devil …1787 Amer. dial.
– BUGGYBOO a ghost or imaginary monster, a hobgoblin; the devil …1966 Amer. dial.
– CATAWAMPUS an imaginary monster; a hobgoblin ..1843 Amer. dial.
– CATTYWAMPUS an imaginary monster; a hobgoblin ..1941 Amer. dial.
– DANCHY an imaginary animal or monster used to frighten children …1969 Amer. dial.
– GLAWACKUS an imaginary monster …1939 Amer. dial.
– GODAPHRO an imaginary monster …1939 Amer. logging usage
– GOGMAGOG a monster, a frightful apparition …B1900 sl.
– GOWROW a fabulous monster …1935 Amer. dial.
– KRAKEN a mythical sea-monster of enormous size, said to have been seen at times off the coast of Norway …1755
– LAMIA a fabulous monster supposed to have the body of woman and to prey upon human beings and suck the blood of children; also, a witch, a she-demon …1382
– LEEDS DEVIL an imaginary monster; a hobgoblin …1939 Amer. dial.
– LEEDS’S GHOST an imaginary monster; a hobgoblin …1945 Amer. dial.
– MAHOUND † a monster; a hideous creature …c1400
– MOONCALF † a congenitally formed animal; a monster …1565 obs. exc. Amer. dial.
– ONBEAST a monster; a ravenous animal, a frightening bird or animal …1768 Sc.
– SWAMP WAMPUS an imaginary animal monster; a hobgoblin …1965 Amer. dial.
– TADY-WAMPUS an imaginary animal monster; a hobgoblin …1965 Amer. dial.
– UNBEAST † a wild beast; a monster; a ravenous or vile animal …a1300 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
– WAMPUS an imaginary animal or monster; a hobgoblin …1878 Amer. dial.
– WAMPUS CAT an imaginary animal or monster; a hobgoblin …1913 Amer. dial.
– WAMPUS KITTY an imaginary animal or monster; a hobgoblin …1954 Amer. dial.
– WHIFFENPOOF an imaginary animal or monster; an animal that cannot be named …1932 Amer. dial.
– WHIFFENPUFF an imaginary animal or monster; an animal that cannot be named …1922 Amer. dial.
– WHISTLING WAMPUS an imaginary animal monster; a hobgoblin …1950 Amer. dial.
– WHOMPUS an imaginary animal monster; a hobgoblin …1965 Amer. dial.
– WHOMPUS CAT an imaginary animal monster; a hobgoblin …1965 Amer. dial.
– WIFFENPOOF an imaginary animal or monster; an animal that cannot be named …1939 Amer. dial.
– WOMPUS an imaginary animal or monster; a hobgoblin …1878 Amer. dial.
 
MONSTROSITY – nouns
– ABSTROCITY an abstract monstrosity …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– EYESORE something highly unpleasant to look at; an ugly thing; a monstrosity; later, a building or structure regarded as spoiling the appearance of its surrounding environment …1530
– IMMANITY † hugeness; monstrosity, enormity …1604
– MONSTRUOSITY * monstrosity ..1402
 
MONSTROUS – adjectives
– AWFUL frightful, very ugly, monstrous …a1834 sl.
– BESTIOUS †* beast-like, monstrous …1470
– BYSEN † monstrous, shocking, conspicuously bad or disgraceful …c1375
– BYSENING † ill-boding, portentous; monstrous; frightful …c1375
– CYCLOPEAN, CYCLOPIAN monstrous, gigantic, huge; single, or large and round, like the one eye of a Cyclops …1641
– CYCLOPIC monstrous, gigantic, huge; single, or large and round, like the one eye of a Cyclops …1633
– FLAMING excessively noticeable, flagrant, monstrous; conspicuous …1738 sl.
– GARGANTUAN † enormous, monstrous …1596
– GASTROUS † monstrous …1865 Sc.
– GOGMAGOGICAL monstrous, gigantic …Bk1922
– IMMANE 1. monstrous in character; inhumanly cruel or savage …1602 arch.
2. monstrous in size or strength; huge, vast, enormous, tremendous …1615 arch.
– LEVIATHAN huge, monstrous …1624
– MONSTRATIOUS monstrous …1836 Amer. dial.
– MONSTRIFICABLE monstrous, very large …Bk1737
– MONSTROPOLOUS monstrous …1937 Amer. dial.
– MONSTRUOUS * monstrous …c1425
– PRODIGIOUS wonderfully large; very great in size, quantity, or extent; monstrous, immense, huge, enormous …1601
– STRAMMING monstrous, big …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– TARGING large, monstrous …Ireland and Eng. dial.
monstrous – nouns
– BYSEN † something monstrous or portentous; a shocking sight; a sorry spectacle; a disgraceful thing …a1525
– BYSYM † something monstrous or portentous; a shocking sight, a sorry spectacle, a disgraceful thing …1568 Sc.
– WILLIPUS-WALLIPUS † a steamroller or other large machine; any monstrous thing …1885 Amer. dial.
monstrous – person 
– BEHEMOTH a huge or monstrous person …Bk2014
– WARLOCK † a savage or monstrous creature (hostile to men); applied to giants, cannibals, mythical beasts, etc. …a1000
monstrous – verbs
– BEMONSTER to make monstrous …1608
 
MONSTROUSLY – adverbs
– EGREGIOUSLY grossly, monstrously, shamefully …a1555
– IMMANELY hugely, monstrously, inhumanly …1612 arch.
 
MONTANA – person
– MONTANAN a native or inhabitant of Montana …1870
– MONTANIAN * a native or inhabitant of Montana …1869
 
MONTENEGRO – person
– MONTENEGRAN a native or inhabitant of Montenegro, a country in south-eastern Europe on the eastern coast of the Adriatic sea …1857
– MONTENEGRIAN a native or inhabitant of Montenegro, a country in south-eastern Europe on the eastern coast of the Adriatic sea …1769
– MONTENEGRIN a native or inhabitant of Montenegro, a country in south-eastern Europe on the eastern coast of the Adriatic sea …1779
 
MONTH – adjectives
– BIMESTRIAL lasting two months …1846
– DECIMESTRIAL * consisting of ten months …1842
– SEMESTRIAL lasting for six months; taking place every six months …1701
– TRIMENSUAL * happening every three months …1891
– TRIMESTRIAL occurring every three months; consisting of tree months …1693
– ULTIMO of last month …1616
month – adverbs 
– ULTIMO † on the last of a month …1582
month – nouns 
– BACKBEAT OF THE TREY THIRTY the third day of the month …1980s US Black/Harlem sl.
– BUTT a fraction of a year, month, or week …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– CALENDAR one month …20C teen & high school sl.
– EGYPTIAN DAYS † the two days in each month which were believed to be unlucky …1398
– LIDE † the month of March …c1000 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
– MO a month …1910s US sl.
– MONE a month …Bk1855
– MONTHLING something a month old; something that lives only one month …1804
– MOONSHINE a month …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– RAITH a quarter of a year; three months …a1300 Sc.
 
MONUMENT – nouns
– MARK † the stone or other monument set up or standing as a memorial, or as a guide …c1000
– MONYMENT † a monument …a1325
 
MOOD – adjectives
– CHIPPERY in a good or pleasant mood …1967 Amer. dial.
– CHIRP in good spirits; cheerful, lively; in a good or pleasant mood …1824 Amer. dial.
– CHIRPED UP in a good or pleasant mood …1966 Amer. dial.
– CHIRPY in good spirits; cheerful, lively; in a good or pleasant mood …1838 Amer. dial.
– EVIL in a bad mood …1930s sl.
– IN THE VEIN in a fit or suitable mood for something …1593
– JAM UP in a good or pleasant mood …1966 Amer. dial.
– ON THE FANG in a good mood, in good fettle …1795 Sc.
– ON THE RAG in a bad mood …1967 Amer. sl.
mood – nouns 
– AFFECT † the way in which one is affected or disposed; mental state, mood, feeling, desire, intention …c1374
– BIN mood, humour …1809 Sc.
– BRUTZ a depressed, gloomy, or moody state of mind …1970 Amer. dial.
– EDGAR BRITTS a bad mood, anxiety, fear …1983 Aust. rhyming sl. for ‘the shits’
– EDGARS a bad mood, anxiety, fear …1983 Aust. rhyming sl. for ‘the shits’ (Edgar Britts)
– EEMIR mood, humour …1910 Sc.
– FUNK a black mood; a state of depression …L18 sl.
– HUMP a fit of sulks; a bad mood, depression …1873 UK sl.
– LAG a humour, mood, temper; a state of excitement or high spirits …1899 Sc.
– MEAD mood, disposition; bearing, courage …1724 Sc.
– MEED mood, disposition; bearing, courage …1724 Sc.
– MEID mood, disposition; bearing, courage …1724 Sc.
– MONK-ON a gloomy, introspective mood …2003 Antarctica usage
– QUILL the humour, mood, or vein for anything …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– SAD-ON a bad mood …1989 Royal Navy sl.
– SHIT a foul mood …1973 Aust. sl.
– TID a humour, mood, or fancy to do something …a1774 Sc.
– TIFT condition, order; condition of mind, mood, humour …1717 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
– U.M.S. a sudden unpredictable change (Ugly Mood Swing) …1980s US college sl.
– VAP a bad mood …20C W. Indies & UK Black sl.
– VIAND mood, disposition; temper …Bk1905 Sc.
– YARN humour, mood …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
mood – person
– A-BOX someone in an unpleasant mood …1990s US campus sl.
– CREAM PUFF a person in a bad mood, or ‘huff’ …Brit. rhyming sl.
mood – verbs 
– BE ALL ON THE GRUMBLES to be in a bad mood …M19 sl.
– FLIP to experience an extreme mood, from extreme enthusiasm to a complete breakdown …1950s Amer. sl.
– HANG THE FIDDLE BEHIND THE DOOR to leave one’s good humour behind one …1841 Eng. dial.
– RAG OUT to be in a bad mood …1980s US & Can sl.
 
MOODINESS – nouns
– MILL DAYS days of moodiness, gloominess, and grouchiness …1946 Amer. dial.
 
MOODY – adjectives
– ARSEY moody …1997 UK sl.
– ARSY moody …1997 UK sl.
– BROODISH brooding, moody, sullen …1981 Amer. dial.
– BRUTZING depressed, moody, gloomy …1970 Amer. dial.
– EEMERSOME moody, changeable; generally applied to a person of jolly disposition …1949 Sc.
– IN A SHIT in a bad mood …Bk1999 Aust. sl.
– IN A SHITTY in a bad mood …Bk1999 Aust. sl.
– ORNERY moody and uncooperative …1862 sl., now chiefly US
– SIDY † surly, moody, pettish…1674 Eng. dial.
 
MOON – adjectives
– CYNTHIAN of the Moon …1632
– DECRESCENT of the moon: waning …1610
– LUNATIC † influenced by the moon …c1430
– MOONISH † resembling or characteristic of the moon; influenced by the moon; acting as if under the moon’s influence;  changeable, fickle, flighty, whimsical, capricious, variable …c1407 obs. or arch.
– NOVILUNAR * pertaining to the new moon …1686
– PENNY-FULL † of the moon: round like a penny, ‘full’ …c1470
– PLENILUNARY pertaining to the full moon …1646
– SILENT † of the moon: not shining …a1646
– SUBLUNARY subject to the moon’s influence …1613
– WANAL †* of the moon: waning …1693
– WANE † incomplete; not fully formed or properly shaped; of the moon: not full …1456
moon – nouns
– BOWET the moon …Bk1911 Sc.
– BREAK-BACK the harvest moon; so called by harvest labourers because of the additional work it entails …Bk1911 Sc.
– CYNTHIA a poetic name for the Moon personified as a goddess …1645
– DARK the moonless period of the month …Bk1900 Eng. dial.
– DARK MOON the interval between the old moon and the new moon …1859 Amer. dial.
– DARK OF THE MOON 
– DARK OF THE MOON 1. the time near new moon when there is no moonlight …1655
2. the period of the waning moon, esp. the last quarter …1871 Amer. dial.
3. the latter of its period when it is growing fuller …1949 Amer. dial.
– DARKS the nights when the moon does not appear …1888 Eng. dial.
– DECREASE † the wane of the moon …1626
– DECREMENT the wane of the moon …1610
– DECRESCENT the waning moon …1616
– DOWN SIDE OF THE MOON the time when the moon is waning or decreasing …1984 Amer. dial.
– FAULD a ring or halo around the moon, as a presage of stormy weather …1824 Sc.
– GOING OF THE MOON the waning of the moon …1970 Amer. dial.
– LADY-MOON a new moon …1878 Eng. dial.
– LIGHT OF THE MOON the period of the waxing moon …1935 Amer. dial.
– MACFARLANE’S LANTERN the moon …1927 Sc.
– MICHAELMAS MOON the harvest moon …1721 Sc.
– MOON-BALL the moon …1941 Amer. dial.
– MOONDOWN the setting of the moon; the time when the moon sets …1797 Amer. dial.
– MOONSET the moment when the moon disappears below the horizon
– NEW OF THE MOON the time of the new moon …1939 Amer. dial.
– NOVILUNE †* the new moon …1619
– OLD † the wane of the moon …c1420
– OLD OF THE MOON the period of the waning moon …1904 Amer. dial.
– OLIVER the moon …1753 criminals’ sl.
– OLIVER’S NIGHT-CAP the hour the moon goes down …1848 US criminals’ sl.
– PADDY’S LANTERN the moon …1933 sl.
– PANSELENE † the full moon …1706
– PARISH-LAMP the moon …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– PARISH-LANTERN the moon …1809 Eng. dial.
– SCARROW a faint light or reflection of light, of the moon, from a wall, etc. …1789 Sc.
– SHRINKING MOON the period of the waning moon …1970 Amer. dial.
– SHRINK OF THE MOON the time when the moon is waning or decreasing …1984 Amer. dial.
– SICKLE-MOON the crescent moon …1875
– SILVER SPOON the moon …1992 UK rhyming sl.
– THROUGH-LIGHT a full moon; light all night …1808 Eng. dial.
– UNDERGROUND MOON the moon when it makes a change between the hours of 12 and 1 o’clock; the claim is made that foul weather is sure to accompany …1905 Amer. dial.
– WADDLE † the wane of the moon …1678 Eng. dial.
– WASTE OF THE MOON the time when the moon is waning or decreasing …1899 Amer. dial.
– WET MOON a crescent moon (usually new) sometimes believed to prognosticate wet weather (on the basis of its orientation, that is, whether the horns appear able to ‘hold water’) …1856 Amer. dial.
– WOODEN SPOON the moon …Brit. rhyming sl.
moon – person
– MOONWALKER one who walks on the moon …1969
moon – verbs
– BATE of the moon: to wane …1885 Eng. dial.
– BLOW of the moon: to go down …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– DARK † of the sun or moon: to suffer eclipse …c1340
– HAG of the moon: to wane …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– MANK of the moon: to pale, to fade …1933 Sc.
– MANKIE of the moon: to pale, to fade …1933 Sc.
– SCOFF OFF of the moon: to keep bad weather away …1939 Amer. dial.
– TAG of the moon: to wane …1825 Sc.
– TEEN of the moon: to wane, to change …B1900 Eng. dial.
– TINE of the moon: to wane …1865 Eng. dial.
– WADE of the sun or moon: to wade through clouds or mist …a1400-50 chiefly Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
– WANZE † to decrease, to grow less; of the moon: to wane …c1200
– WASTE of the moon: to wane …1864 Amer. dial.
– WELK † of the moon: to wane, to lose brightness …B1900
moon – phrases 
– MOON IS IN THE HALLIOR, THE the moon is in her last quarter, is much in the wane …1815 Sc.
– OLIVER BLABS † the moon shines bright …1841 criminals’ sl.
– OLIVER DON’T WIDDLE the moon does not shine …1782 criminals’ sl.
– OLIVER IS IN TOWN the nights are moonlit …1812 criminals’ sl.
– OLIVER IS SLEEPY TONIGHT the moon does not shine …1857 criminals’ sl.
– OLIVER IS UP the moon has risen …1812 criminals’ sl.
– OLIVER PUTS HIS BLACK NIGHT-CAP ON the moon hides behind clouds …1834 cant
– OLIVER SHOWS the moon shines …1753 criminals’ sl.
– OLIVER SNEAKS the moon is under a cloud …1797 criminals’ sl.
– OLIVER WHIDDLES the moon shines …1781 criminals’ sl.
 
MOON (expose the buttocks) – verbs
– GAUCHO to moon; to expose the buttocks, usually in the window of a car, as an insult to someone …M20 US sl.
– HANG A B.A. to hang a ‘bare ass’; to moon; to expose the buttocks for shock or insult …1970 US sl.
 
MOONING – nouns
– B.A. an act of exposing one’s buttocks, esp. from the window of an automobile, as an obscene prank; mooning (Bare Ass) …1970 US college sl.
 
MOONLIGHT – nouns
– MOONGLADE the diffused and lengthened reflection of moonlight on water …1859 Amer. dial.
 
MOONRISE – nouns
– MOON-UP moonrise …1907 Amer. dial.
 
MOONSHINE – nouns  (also see WHISKY)
– A-BOMB JUICE illicitly distilled alcohol; moonshine …1940s US Black sl.
– ALCHY alcohol; often applied specifically to illicit liquor or to whisky …1844 sl., orig. & chiefly US
– ALKIE alcohol; often applied specifically to illicit liquor or to whisky …1844 sl., orig. & chiefly US
– ALKY alcohol; often applied specifically to illicit liquor or to whisky …1844 sl., orig. & chiefly US
– ALKY-COOKER. an illegal still …1930s US sl.
– BARREL-WASH illicitly distilled liquor …1980s Can. sl.
– BATHTUB HOOCH illicitly distilled alcohol, esp. in the Prohibition era …1930s US sl.
– BATHTUB SLOP illicitly distilled alcohol, esp. in the Prohibition era …1930s US sl.
– BLACKJACK illegal liquor; moonshine; illegally made whisky …1968 Amer. dial.
– BLOCKADE illicit liquor; moonshine; whisky …1867 Amer. dial.
– BLOCKADE JUICE illicit liquor; moonshine …1965 Amer. dial.
– BLUE GUM home-made whisky; moonshine …1972 Amer. dial.
– BOTTLED-IN-THE-BARN moonshine; home-made, bootleg whisky …1940 Amer. dial.
– BRIERPATCH illegally made whisky …1967 Amer. dial.
– BRUSH-ARBOR WHISKEY cheap but potent moonshine …1953 Amer. dial.
– BUMBLEBEE STEW strong whisky, moonshine …1956 Amer. dial.
– BUMBLEBEE WHISKY strong whisky, moonshine …1867 Amer. dial.
– BUMBLINGS adulterated moonshine whisky …1913 Amer. dial.
– BUSHWHACK illegal made whisky; moonshine …1970 Amer. dial.
– BUSH WHISKY illegal made whisky; moonshine …1955 Amer. dial.
– BUSTHEAD whisky, esp. illegally made or bad whisky; moonshine …1857 Amer. dial.
– BUSTSKULL whisky, esp. illegally made or bad whisky; moonshine …1942 Amer. dial.
– CAT whisky, esp. moonshine …1965 Amer. dial.
– CHICKEN COCK bootleg bourbon …1920s US Black sl.
– DEHORN bootleg alcohol; any kind of liquor …1926 Amer. dial.
– EYEWATER liquor, esp. illegal whisky …1940 Amer. dial.
– FIELD WHISKEY common moonshine, not aged or coloured …1953 Amer. dial.
– FOXHEAD illicitly distilled whisky …20C US sl.
– GRAY CLOUD moonshine liquor …1956 Amer. dial.
– GRAY MULE homemade liquor; illegally made whisky …1965 Amer. dial.
– GROUNDHOG LIQUOR homemade liquor or moonshine …1883 Amer. dial.
– GROUNDHOG WHISKY homemade liquor or moonshine …1883 Amer. dial.
– HEADACHE WHISKEY moonshine …1968 Amer. dial.
– HEAD-BUSTER whisky, esp. illegally made or bad whisky …1966 Amer. dial.
– HEAD-SPLITTER whisky, esp. illegally made or bad whisky …1966 Amer. dial.
– HOOCH poor-quality drink; chiefly applied to illicitly distilled whisky or other spirits …1897 sl., orig. & chiefly Amer.
– HOOTCH poor-quality drink; chiefly applied to illicitly distilled whisky or other spirits …1897 sl., orig. & chiefly Amer.
– JACK illegally distilled liquor, based on various fruits and vegetables and usually specified as such, as ‘tater jack’ (potatoes) …M19 US sl.
– JACKASS strong homemade or illicit alcoholic spirits, esp. brandy or whisky …1921 US sl.
– JAR a moonshiner term for whisky containers, be they made of glass, tin, plastic, or ceramic …1974 Amer. dial.
– MINNESOTA THIRTEEN an illegal corn whisky made in prohibition days, supposedly named after the brand of corn used …1966 Amer. dial.
– MISSISSIPPI MULE whisky, esp. illegally made whisky …1967 Amer. dial.
– MONKEY-SWILL strong or inferior liquor; moonshine …1929 Amer. sl.
– MOON illicitly distilled liquor; whisky; moonshine …1928 US sl.
– MOONEY illegally made whisky …1929 Amer. dial.
– MOONSHINE privately and illegally distilled alcohol …1782 UK
– MOUNTAIN DEW illicitly distilled alcohol, contraband whisky …1850 Amer. dial.
– OLD HORNEY strong, illegally manufactured whisky …1999 US sl.
– OLD HORSEY corn liquor, moonshine …1985 Amer. dial.
– OYSTERS illicitly distilled liquor …1903 Amer. sl.
– PACKENHAM cheap or illegally made liquor; moonshine …1929 Amer. dial.
– PACKINGHAM cheap or illegally made liquor; moonshine …1929 Amer. dial.
– PANTHER BREATH strong, illegally manufactured whisky …1999 US sl.
– PANTHER JUICE alcohol; esp. applied to spirits distilled illicitly or locally; whisky; moonshine …1929 sl.
– PANTHER PISS alcohol; esp. applied to spirits distilled illicitly or locally; whisky; moonshine …1929 sl.
– PANTHER-PIZEN strong or inferior liquor; moonshine …1942 Amer. sl.
– PANTHER’S BREATH illegally made liquor; moonshine …1965 Amer. dial.
– PANTHER’S PISS alcohol; esp. applied to spirits distilled illicitly or locally …1929 sl.
– PANTHER SWEAT alcohol; esp. applied to spirits distilled illicitly or locally; whisky; moonshine …1929 sl.
– PANTHER-WATER strong or inferior liquor; moonshine …1940 Amer. sl.
– PICK-HANDLE homemade whisky; moonshine …1968 Amer. dial.
– PINE-TOP cheap or illicit whisky …1858 US sl.
– POND beer; illegally made liquor; moonshine …1966 Amer. dial.
– POND WATER beer; illegally made liquor; moonshine …1950 Amer. dial.
– POPSKULL poor-quality drink; illicitly distilled whisky …1867 Amer. sl.
– QUARE STUFF, THE illicitly distilled whisky …1960 Irish sl.
– RATGUT whisky, esp. illegally made whisky …1965 Amer. dial.
– RATTLESNAKE JUICE poor-quality or illicit whisky …1965 Amer. dial.
– RATTLESNAKE OIL poor-quality or illicit whisky …1965 Amer. dial.
– RATTLESNAKE WHISKY poor-quality or illicit whisky …1867 Amer. dial.
– RAT-TRACK WHISKEY strong or inferior liquor; moonshine …1929 Amer. sl.
– SCREECH homemade liquor; rot-gut whisky; cheap, inferior liquor; fortified wine …1902 US sl.
– SHINE illegally made whisky …1923 Amer. dial.
– SHINNY whisky, esp. when illegally made or of poor quality …1927 Amer. dial.
– SKULL liquor, esp. illegal whisky of inferior quality …1965 Amer. dial.
– SKULL BUST liquor, esp. illegal whisky of inferior quality …c1970 Amer. dial.
– SKULL BUSTER liquor, esp. illegal whisky of inferior quality …1965 Amer. dial.
– SKULL CRACKER liquor, esp. illegal whisky of inferior quality …1985 Amer. dial.
– SKULL VARNISH liquor, esp. illegal whisky of inferior quality …1952 Amer. dial.
– SMOKE illicit or inferior whisky …1904 US sl.
– SNEAKY PETE inferior liquor, often homebrewed; moonshine; any potent, potentially fatal, alcoholic concoction, favoured by those whose need outweighs their ability to pay …1947 US sl.
– STUMP-LIKKER home-brewed whisky; moonshine …M20 US sl.
– TANGLEFOOT inferior or illicit whisky …1859 Amer. dial.
– TANGLEFOOT WHISKY inferior or illicit whisky …1859 Amer. dial.
– TEEDUM BARREL a container in which an old-time moonshiner kept his private drinking liquor …1972 Amer. dial.
– TIGER JUICE strong or inferior liquor; whisky, esp. illegally made whisky; moonshine …1950 Amer. dial.
– TIGER MILK strong or inferior liquor; whisky, esp. illegally made whisky; moonshine …1928 Amer. dial.
– TIGER PISS strong or inferior liquor; whisky, esp. illegally made whisky; moonshine …1968 Amer. dial.
– TIGER’S MILK strong or inferior liquor; whisky, esp. illegally made whisky; moonshine …1879 Amer. dial.
– TIGER SPIT strong or inferior liquor; whisky, esp. illegally made whisky; moonshine …1974 Amer. dial.
– TIGER’S SWEAT strong or inferior liquor; whisky, esp. illegally made whisky; moonshine …1985 Amer. dial.
– TIGER SWEAT strong or inferior liquor; whisky, esp. illegally made whisky; moonshine …1932 Amer. dial.
– TRIPPING the transportation of illegal liquor from the still to a buyer …1974 Amer. dial.
– TUSSOCK illegally made whisky; moonshine …1920 Amer. dial.
– TUSSOCK LIQUOR illegally made whisky; moonshine …1940 Amer. dial.
– VARNISH-REMOVER an inferior grade of whisky or home-made whisky …20C US sl.
– WHITE COFFEE illicit alcohol …E20 US criminals’ sl.
– WHITE HORSE whisky, esp. illegally made whisky …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– WHITE LIGHTNING whisky, esp. illegally made whisky; any colourless whisky or alcohol …1904 Amer. dial.
– WHITE LIQUOR whisky, esp. illegally made whisky; any colourless whisky or alcohol …1871 Amer. dial.
– WHITE MULE illicit or inferior whisky; powerful homemade liquor with a kick like a mule …1880 US sl.
– WHITE WHISKY homemade or illicit whisky …1822 US
– WILDCAT illicit liquor …1881 Amer. dial.
– WOLF moonshine liquor …2006 Amer. dial.
– WOLF WHISKEY moonshine liquor …1974 Amer. dial.
moonshine – person
– ALKY-COOKER one who is employed in the illegal distillation of whisky …1930s US sl.
– BLOCKADER one who makes illicit liquor; a moonshiner …1883 Amer. dial.
– MOONSHINER one who makes moonshine; a distiller of illicit liquor …1860 Amer. colloq.
– POCKET PEDDLER a person who carries about bottles of distilled liquor for illicit selling; a smalltime bootlegger …1892 Amer. dial.
– PROHI a federal law enforcement official; used by those in the illegal production of alcohol …1974 US sl.
– RAT one who sells bootleg whisky on the sly …1911 Amer. dial.
– REVENUE an officer engaged in enforcing the laws against illegal distilling …1880 Amer. dial.
– REVENUER an officer engaged in enforcing the laws against illegal distilling …1880 Amer. dial.
– RIDGE RUNNER one who transports or sells illegal liquor …1986 Amer. dial.
– SHINER one who deals in illegally made whisky; a moonshiner …1931 Amer. dial.
– TRIPPER one who transports illegal liquor from a still to a buyer, often in a specially modified car …1974 Amer. dial.
– WILDCATTER one who makes or distributes illicit liquor …1965 Amer. dial.
moonshine – verbs
– BLOCKADE to make illicit liquor …1917 Amer. dial.
moonshine – phrases 
– FIRE IN THE HOLE! used among moonshiners as a warning that law officers are near …1963 Amer. dial.
 
MOOR – person
– MOORMAN * a Moor …1696 arch.
– MOORSHIP †* a mock title of respect given to a Moor; used with a possessive adjective …a1616
– MORESCO a Moor, esp. one in Spain …1587
– MORIAN † a Moor …a1387
– MORIEN † a Moor …a1387
– MORISCAN * a Moor …1794
– MORISCO a Moor; esp. any of the Moors in Spain who were converted to Christianity, or their descendants, who remained in Spain until their expulsion in 1609-14 …a1550
 
MOOR, MOORLAND – nouns
– GAIRY a steep hill or precipice; a moorland, upland; a piece of waste land …1871 Sc.
– GAIRY-FACE a steep hill or precipice; a moorland, upland; a piece of waste land …1871 Sc.
– HACK a wild rocky stretch of moorland or moss …1824 Sc.
– HAG wild, broken ground; rocky moorland; a piece of soft bog in a moor or morass; a marsh … 1662 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
– YAVILL a heath, a moor …1876 Eng. dial.
 
MOOSE – nouns
– NATIVE BEEF moose, deer, when harvested out of season …1979 Amer. dial.
– PADDLE BULL a young male moose, whose unbranched antlers look like table tennis bats …1989 Can. sl.