noun. A very small particle; a speck.

auxiliary verb. May; might.

May; might: chiefly in the subjunctive: as, so mote it be.

Must. See must.

An obsolete form of moot.

noun. Motion.

noun. Boiled grains of maize, a dish much eaten in Peru and Bolivia.

To ride in a motor vehicle; engage in the sport of motoring.

noun. A small particle, as of dust visible in a ray of sunlight; anything very small.

noun. A stain; a blemish.

noun. An imperfection in wool.

noun. The stalk of a plant.

noun. A match or squib with which, before the introduction of the safety-fuse, it was customary to ignite the charge in blasting.

noun. An obsolete form of moat.

noun. In cotton-spinning, a piece of broken cotton-seed, cotton-leaf, etc.

noun. A small particle, as of floating dust; anything proverbially small; a speck.

noun. The flourish sounded on a horn by a huntsman. See mot, n., 3, and mort.

verb. See 1st mot.

noun. A meeting of persons for discussion.

noun. A body of persons who meet for discussion, esp. about the management of affairs.

noun. A place of meeting for discussion.

noun. the bell rung to summon to a mote.

noun. A small particle; a speck.

noun. A tiny computer for remote sensing. Also known as smartdust.

verb. May or might.

verb. Must.

noun. (nontechnical usage) a tiny piece of anything

"We are still trying to use our moral rectitude, but that mote is pretty obvious at present, and the values are, to be honest, quite empty."

floater  

material  stuff  

chylomicron  flyspeck  grain  grinding  identification particle  

Capote  Choate  Vote  afloat  bloat  

flet  mite  silke  speck  

ace  acropolis  air  atom  bastion  

mort  mot  

moted  motely  motes  moting