| Mo The symbol for the element molybdenum. |
| MO abbr. 1. mail order 2. medical officer 3. also Mo. Missouri 4. modus operandi 5. money order |
Mo
the chemical symbol for
(Chemistry / Elements & Compounds) molybdenum
MO
abbreviation for
1. (Placename) Missouri
2. (Medicine) Medical Officer
3. modus operandi
mo1
n Informal
1. Chiefly Brit short for moment (sense 1) (esp in the phrase half a mo)
2. (Clothing, Personal Arts & Crafts / Hairdressing & Grooming) Chiefly Austral short for moustache [1]
mo2
(Electronics & Computer Science / Computer Science)
the Internet domain name for Macau
| Mo The symbol for molybdenum. |
ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
| Noun | 1. |  mo - an indefinitely short time; "wait just a moment"; "in a mo"; "it only takes a minute"; "in just a bit"time - an indefinite period (usually marked by specific attributes or activities); "he waited a long time"; "the time of year for planting"; "he was a great actor in his time" instant, jiffy, New York minute, split second, trice, twinkling, wink, blink of an eye, heartbeat, flash - a very short time (as the time it takes the eye to blink or the heart to beat); "if I had the chance I'd do it in a flash" Britain, Great Britain, U.K., UK, United Kingdom, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland - a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; `Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom |
| 2. |  Mo - a polyvalent metallic element that resembles chromium and tungsten in its properties; used to strengthen and harden steelmetal, metallic element - any of several chemical elements that are usually shiny solids that conduct heat or electricity and can be formed into sheets etc. molybdenite - a mineral resembling graphite that is valued as the chief source of molybdenum and its compounds | |
| 3. |  MO - a midwestern state in central United States; a border state during the American Civil War, Missouri was admitted to the Confederacy without actually seceding from the Unionmiddle west, Midwest, midwestern United States - the north central region of the United States (sometimes called the heartland or the breadbasket of America) U.S.A., United States, United States of America, US, USA, America, the States, U.S. - North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean; achieved independence in 1776 Confederacy, Confederate States, Confederate States of America, Dixie, Dixieland, South - the southern states that seceded from the United States in 1861 Cape Girardeau - a town in southeast Missouri Columbia - a university town in central Missouri Hannibal - a town in northeast Missouri on the Mississippi River; boyhood home of Mark Twain Independence - a city in western Missouri; the beginning of the Santa Fe Trail capital of Missouri, Jefferson City - capital of the state of Missouri; located in central Missouri on the Missouri river Kansas City - a city in western Missouri situated at the confluence of the Kansas River and the Missouri River; adjacent to Kansas City, Kansas Poplar Bluff - a town in southeast Missouri St. Joseph, Saint Joseph - a town in northwest Missouri on the Missouri River; in the 19th century it became the eastern terminus of the pony express Gateway to the West, St. Louis, Saint Louis - the largest city in Missouri; a busy river port on the Mississippi River near its confluence with the Missouri River; was an important staging area for wagon trains westward in the 19th century Sedalia - a town in east central Missouri Springfield - a city of southwestern Missouri Osage River, Osage - a river in Missouri that is a tributary of the Missouri River Saint Francis River, St. Francis River, Saint Francis, St. Francis - a tributary of the Mississippi River that rises in Missouri and flows southeastward through Arkansas White River, White - a tributary of the Mississippi River that flows southeastward through northern Arkansas and southern Missouri |
Translations
mo ABBR =month → m.
MO [ˌɛmˈəʊ]
n abbr
(=medical officer)
(US) (=modus operandi) → mode m opératoire
abbr
(US) (=Missouri)
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