The lifeguard told the mother to make her young son stop urinating in the pool.
"Everyone knows," - the mother lectured him, "that from time to time, young children will urinate in a pool."
"Oh really?" said the lifeguard, "from the diving board!?!?"
n. Member of the church of jesus christ of latter-day saints. mormonism n. [mormon, name of the supposed author of the book on which mormonism is founded]
MORNAY
n. Cheese-flavoured white sauce. [origin uncertain]
MOROSE
adj. Sullen, gloomy. morosely adv. Moroseness n. [latin mos mor- manner]
MORRIS
dance n. Traditional english dance in fancy costume, with ribbons and bells. morris dancer n. Morris dancing n. [morys, var. Of moorish: related to *moor]
MORROW
n. (usu. Prec. By the) literary the following day. [related to *morn]
MORSEL
n. Mouthful; small piece (esp. Of food). [latin morsus bite]
MORTAL
sin n. Sin that deprives the soul of divine grace.
- —adj. - subject to death.
- causing death; fatal.
- (of combat) fought to the death.
- associated with death (mortal agony).
- (of an enemy) implacable.
- (of pain, fear, an affront, etc.) Intense, very serious.
- colloq. Long and tedious (for two mortal hours).
- colloq. Conceivable, imaginable (every mortal thing; of no mortal use). —n. Human being. mortally adv. [latin mors mort- death]
MORTAR
—n. - mixture of lime or cement, sand, and water, for bonding bricks or stones.
- short large-bore cannon for firing shells at high angles.
- vessel in which ingredients are pounded with a pestle. —v. - plaster or join with mortar.
- bombard with mortar shells. [latin mortarium]
MOSAIC
adj. Of moses. [french from moses in the old testament]
- law n. The laws attributed to moses and listed in the pentateuch.
- n. - a picture or pattern produced by arranging small variously coloured pieces of glass or stone etc. B this as an art form.
- diversified thing.
- (attrib.) Of or like a mosaic. [greek: ultimately related to *muse2]
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