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Mountain rescue in England and Wales Mountain Rescue services in England and Wales operate under the umbrella association of the MREW - Mountain Rescue England and Wales (formerly called Mountain Rescue Council of England & Wales). Mountain Rescue England & Wales
Mountain Rock Music Festival Mountain Rock Music Festivals held on a farm near Pahiatua, were widely celebrated Kiwi music events in New Zealand during the 1990s. Te Ara comment: "There are regular jazz, folk, ethnic and country music awards and festivals, some of which have been in existence for decades.
Mountain Safety Research Mountain Safety Research, or MSR, is an American corporation located in Seattle, Washington, and owned by Cascade Designs. It was founded in 1969 by Larry Penberthy because he was not pleased with the safety and reliability of outdoor equipment.
Mountain Short-horned Lizard The mountain short-horned lizard, also called Hernandez's short-horned lizard or the greater short-horned lizard, (Phrynosoma hernadesi) is a diurnal species of phrynosomatid lizard. It is an insectivore, feeding mostly on ants, though will also eat young snakes.
Mountain Skies Observatory Mountain Skies Observatory is a privately owned astronomical observatory located in Lyman, Wyoming, USA. It is one of the largest observatories in the region and is used frequently by the Bridger Valley Astronomical Society.
Mountain Soul Mountain Soul, the eleventh album by Patty Loveless, found her returning to real roots music after the less than successful experiment at pop music on Strong Heart. Also unlike her previous real country albums, this was an acoustic-based all-bluegrass effort.
Mountain State University Mountain State University, despite the name, is an independent not-for-profit university based in Beckley, West Virginia. It was founded in 1933 as Beckley College, a junior college, and continued as such until 1991, when it achieved four-year status and was renamed The College of West Virginia.
Mountain States Legal Foundation The Mountain States Legal Foundation is a public interest law firm founded in 1976. The organization works through litigation and advocacy to further the cause of individual liberties, especially in the realm of economic and property rights.
Mountain States Telephone & Telegraph The Mountain States Telephone & Telegraph Company provided local telephone service in the Rocky Mountain region of the United States. After the 1984 divestiture of AT&T, MST&T was left under management by U S West.
Mountain Time Zone The Mountain Time Zone of North America keeps time by subtracting seven hours from Coordinated Universal Time (UTC-7) during the short days of autumn, winter and spring, and by subtracting six hours during the Daylight Saving days of spring, summer, and early autumn (UTC-6). The clock time in this zone is based on the mean solar time of the 105th degree meridian west of the Greenwich Observatory.
Mountain Valley Conference The Mountain Valley Conference is a New Jersey high school sports association under the jurisdiction of the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association (NJSIAA). The conference consists of sixteen public and parochials high schools covering Union County and Essex County in northern New Jersey.
Mountain View Alliance The Mountain View Alliance (MVA) is a consortium of consortia announced in June 2005 and intended to enable the adoption of commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) solutions through coordination of Marketing activities. The MVA is the creator and sponsor of the MVA Comms Ecosystem Conference.
Mountain View College (Philippines) Mountain View College is an institution for higher learning located at Valencia City, Bukidnon, Philippines. Established in 1953, it is an educational institution affiliated with the Seventh-day Adventist Church.
Mountain View College (Texas) Mountain View College is a community college that is part of the Dallas County Community College District that is located in the Oak Cliff area of Dallas, Texas (USA). The school opened its doors in 1970 and currently features an enrollment of about 10,000 credit students and another 9,000 continuing education students.
Mountain View Corridor The Mountain View Corridor is a planned freeway that will run along the west bench of Salt Lake County and into northwest Utah County. It will start just west of Salt Lake City International Airport, diverging from Interstate 80, and end in Lindon, Utah, connecting to Interstate 15; running north-south at 5600 West for most of its 40 mile plus extent before curving eastward into I-15.
Mountain View High School (Mountain View, California) Mountain View High School (MVHS or just MV), one of two Mountain View-Los Altos Union High School District public high schools, is located in Mountain View, California. The school sent 92% of its of graduates to post-secondary schools in the graduating class of 2005.
Mountain View High School (Utah) Mountain View High School (abbreviated to MVHS) is a high school located in Orem, Utah and part of Utah County's Alpine School District. The school first opened its doors in the 1980-81 school year as a full four-year high school.
Mountain View, Ontario Canadian Forces Detachment (CFD) Mountainview is located in Prince Edward County on the north shore of Lake Ontario. The former fighter base is home to the Central Region Gliding School (CRGS) of the Royal Canadian Air Cadets.
Mountain Waters Scenic Byway The Mountain Waters Scenic Byway is a two-lane highway in North Carolina, which travles through the Nantahala National Forest in Macon and Swain County, North Carolina counties and has been designated by the U.S.
Mountain Weasel The Mountain Weasel, also known as the Pale Weasel, is a species of weasel that lives in mountainous parts of Asia from Kazakhstan, Tibet and the Himalayas through to Mongolia, northeastern China, southern Siberia and Korea.
Mountain West Conference The Mountain West Conference (or MWC), the youngest of the college athletic conferences affiliated with the NCAA’s Division I-A, officially began operations in July 1999. Geographically, the MWC covers a broad expanse of the western United States, with member institutions located in California, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, Texas, Utah, and Wyoming.
Mountain Wheatear The Mountain Wheatear or Mountain Chat, Oenanthe monticola, is a small insectivorous passerine bird that was formerly classed as a member of the thrush family Turdidae, but is now more generally considered to be an Old World flycatcher, Muscicapidae.
Mountain Winterberry Mountain Winterberry (Ilex montana) or Mountain Holly is a species of holly native to the United States, ranging along the Appalachian Mountains from southeast Massachusetts to northeast Alabama and northern Georgia.
Mountain-mahogany Mountain-mahogany (Cercocarpus) is a small genus of five or six species of deciduous shrubs or small trees in the rose family (Rosaceae), native to the western United States and northern Mexico, where they grow in semi-desert climates, often at high altitudes. They typically reach 3–6 m tall, but exceptionally up to 13 m tall.
Mountaineer Field at Milan Puskar Stadium Milan Puskar Stadium, in Morgantown, West Virginia, is the football stadium for West Virginia University. The facility's complete name is Mountaineer Field at Milan Puskar Stadium, although fans more commonly refer to it by its original name of Mountaineer Field.
Mountaineering Council of Scotland The Mountaineering Council of Scotland (or MCofS) is a national representative body in Scotland that exists to protect the freedoms and promote the interests of climbers, hillwalkers and mountaineers, including ski-mountaineers. Its headquarters are in Perth.
Mountainfilm in Telluride Mountainfilm in Telluride (MTF) is America’s premier festival of mountain, adventure, cultural and environmental film and video, held annually over Memorial Day weekend in the box canyon town of Telluride, Colorado. Begun in 1979, Mountainfilm is the oldest film festival celebrating the genre of mountain film in the United States.
MountainLair The MountainLair, or Mountainlair, commonly called "the Lair" by students, is the three floor student union building at West Virginia University. The building offers many services to students including an information desk, lounges, a United States Post Office, movie theater, bowling alley, pool hall, video game arcade, and a sit-down restaurant known as "Hatfields.
Mountainous Republic of the Northern Caucasus The Mountainous Republic of the Northern Caucasus (MRNC; also incorrectly referred to as the Mountaineer's Republic of the Northern Caucasus) (1917-1920) was a short-lived state situated in the Northern Caucasus, now forming the republics of Chechenya, Ingushetia and Dagestan of the Russian Federation. The total land area of the MRNC was about 70,000 km2, with a population of about 1 million.
Mountains Christian Academy Mountains Christian Academy (MCA) was a small private school attached to a church community in Blackheath, New South Wales, Australia known as the Covenant Evangelical Church. This church was founded by Howard Carter (Evangelist) in the mid-1980's, and the school was started to educate the children of the church.
Mountains of Alberta Most of Alberta's mountains are found on the estern slopes of the Canadian Rockies, in the south-western part of the province of Alberta. Other elevated spots can be found in the Caribou Mountains and the Cypress Hills.
Mountains of Ararat The Mountains of Ararat is the place named in the Book of Genesis where Noah's ark came to rest after the great flood (Genesis 8:4). Abrahamic tradition associates the mountains of Ararat with Mount Ararat in Turkey located 750 miles (1200 kilometers) northeast of Jerusalem.
Mountains of Central Asia The Mountains of Central Asia is a biodiversity hotspot designated by Conservation International which covers several montane and alpine ecoregions of Central Asia, including those of the Pamir and Tian Shan ranges, and extending across portions of Afghanistan, China, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan.
Mountains of Mourne Mountains of Mourne or Mourne Mountains (Irish: Na Beanna Boirche) are a granite mountain range located in County Down in the south-east of Northern Ireland, the granite are among the best known of the mountains on the island of Ireland. The surrounding area is an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty and is proposed as the first National Park in Northern Ireland.
Mountains of Pomeroy Mountains of Pomeroy are a small range of hills that run west of the town of Pomeroy in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland. The area around the mountain range is scenic, with a variety of moorland, forestry and rural farming.
Mountains of Southwest China The Mountains of Southwest China is a biodiversity hotspot designated by Conservation International which includes several temperate coniferous forests in southwestern China, which lie in the river valleys on the southeastern corner of the Tibetan plateau, between the alpine scrublands and steppes of the Tibetan Plateau and the temperate broadleaf and mixed and subtropical moist broadleaf forests of central and southeastern China and northern Myanmar. The hotspot lies mostly in China, in the provinces of Tibet, Sichuan, Qinghai, and Gansu, and extending into the northwestern Myanmar.
Mountains of the Faroe Islands The Faroe Islands are notable for having the highest sea cliffs in Europe, and some of the highest in the world otherwise. The lowest point is at sea level, and the highest is at Slættaratindur, which is 882 metres above sea level.
Mountains of the Moon (Africa) The term Mountains of the Moon or Montes Lunae referred to a mountain range in central Africa that was long believed to be the source of the White Nile, but whose actual location was – and remains – uncertain. (Nyungwe Forest Park, Rwanda - )
Mountains of the Moon (film) Mountains of the Moon is a 1990 film depicting the journey of Richard Francis Burton and John Hanning Speke in their expedition to central Africa which culminated in the discovery of the source of the Nile River. The expedition led to a bitter rivalry between the two men.
Mountains-to-Sea Trail The Mountains-to-Sea Trail (MST) is a long-distance trail that runs across North Carolina from the Great Smoky Mountains to the Outer Banks. The trail's western endpoint is at Clingman's Dome, where it connects to the Appalachian Trail in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park.
Mountainside Lutheran Church (Auckland) Mountainside Lutheran Church is a Lutheran Church based in Auckland, New Zealand. It was commemorated on May 27, 2000 replacing a smaller Our Saviour Lutheran Church and also merging with another Auckland based sister Lutheran congregation, St Johns Lutheran Church (Mt Eden, Auckland) to form one single congregation for the whole of Auckland.
Mountaintop removal mining Mountaintop removal mining (MTR) is a relatively new form of coal mining that involves the mass restructuring of earth in order to reach minerals as deep as 1,000 feet below the surface. MTR requires that the targeted land be clear-cut and then leveled by use of explosives.
Mountainview Christian Reformed Church Mountainview Christian Reformed Church is the largest church in Grimsby, Ontario, and the largest Christian Reformed Church in Canada. The church began as an offshoot of the Fruitland Christian Reformed Church.
Mountbatten Mountbatten is the family name adopted by two branches of the Battenberg family due to rising anti-German sentiment among the British public during World War I. On 14 July 1917, Prince Louis of Battenberg ("Prince Louis I") assumed the surname Mountbatten (a literal translation of the German Battenberg) for himself and his descendants, and was created Marquess of Milford Haven.
Mountbatten Internship Program Mountbatten Internship Program was started in 1984 as a cultural exchange program. The programs original aim was to provide US nationals the opportunity to work and study in London for a year and British nationals the same opportunity in the city of New York.
Mountbatten-Windsor Under an ambiguously-worded Order-in-Council issued in 1960, the name Mountbatten-Windsor is the personal surname of some of the descendants of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh. It differs from the official name of the British Royal Family or Royal House, which remains Windsor.
Mounted police Mounted police are police who patrol on horseback. They continue to serve in remote areas and in metropolitan areas where their day-to-day function may be largely picturesque or ceremonial, but they are also employed in crowd control.
Mounth The Mounth is the range of hills on the southern edge of Strathdee in northeast Scotland. The name is a corruption of the Scottish Gaelic monadh which in turn is akin to the Welsh mynydd, and may be of Pictish origin.
Mountjoy Blount Mountjoy Blount, 1st Earl of Newport (c. 1597 – February 12, 1666), the illegitimate son of Charles Blount, 1st Earl of Devonshire, inherited a large property by his father's will, and was a favourite with James I.
Mountjoy Castle Mountjoy Castle is situated near the village of Mountjoy, in Magheralamfield townland in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland, on a hill overlooking Lough Neagh. It was built by Lord Mountjoy in 1602 and partly burned in 1643.
Mountstuart Elphinstone Mountstuart Elphinstone (October 6, 1779 – November 20, 1859) was a Scottish statesman and historian, associated with the British government of India. He later became the Governor of Bombay and is credited with the opening of several educational institutions catering to education to the local Indian population.
Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts is a prestigious drama school situated in the Wood Green area of North London. Famous for its musical theatre graduates, it also runs a full-time three-year course for non-MT actors, a post-graduate one-year qualification in both disciplines, a technical theatre course and a course for directors.
Moura, Queensland The town of Moura is located in Central Queensland, Australia. It is situated approximately 70 kilometres west of Biloela on the Dawson Highway, and 180 kilometres west of the port city of Gladstone, and is administered by the Banana Shire Council.
Mourning Noise Mourning Noise is an American hardcore punk act hailing from Lodi, New Jersey. In action around the time of the Misfits, these horror ghouls were strongly influenced by the Misfits as the drummer Steve Zing used to live very close to Jerry Only and Doyle's house and Steve went to high school with Doyle.
Mourning Online Mourning Online (formerly called Realms of Torment), is a fantasy MMORPG currently being developed in Romania. In many previews of the game, Mourning claims that players will be able to bear children and pass on their abilities to their children, entertaining player vs.
Mourning Tide Gold Coast rockers Mourning Tide began in 2000, as four friends with the same vision: to be the most entertaining and unique band in the emerging hardcore/metal scene. Touring hard and partying harder has earned them a strong local following on the East Coast.
Mouros According to Asturian mythology, the Mouros are a race of supernatural beings which inhabited the lands of Asturias since the beginning of time. For unknown reasons they were forced to take refuge under the earth, and now they are usually seen by people in the sorroundings of castros and long barrows.
Mourousis family The Mourousis or Moruzi are a family which was first mentioned in the Empire of Trebizond. Its origins have been lost, but the two prevalent theories are that they were either a local family originating in a village which has a related name or else one that arrived with the Venetians during the Fourth Crusade (since there are records of a Venetian family with a similar name a generation earlier).
Mourt's Relation The book Mourt's Relation (or full title "Mourt's Relation: A Journal of the Pilgrims in Plymouth") was written primarily by Edward Winslow, although William Bradford appears to have written most of the first section. Written between November 1620 and November 1621, it describes in detail what happened from the landing of the Mayflower Pilgrims inside the fishhook tip of Cape Cod (became Provincetown Harbor), through their exploring and eventual settling of Plymouth Colony; the book describes their relations with the surrounding native Indians, up to the First Thanksgiving and the arrival of the ship Fortune in November 1621.
Mousauwal Compound The Mousauwal Compound was the headquarters of an unaligned military leader in Afghanistan, named Samoud Khan. Several of the detainees held in extrajudicial detention in the Guantanamo Bay detainment camps, in Cuba.
Mousaylaha The Citadel of Mousaylaha (Mousaylaha Castle) is located in Batroun, northern Lebanon. This fortress was built by Emir Fakhreddine El-Thani (Prince Fakhreddine the Second) in the 17th century to guard the route from Tripoli to Beirut.
Mouse (computing) A mouse (plural mice or mouses) is a computer pointing device; it is designed to detect two-dimensional motion relative to its supporting surface and consists of a small case, to be held under one of the user's hands, and one or more buttons. It sometimes features other elements, such as "wheels", which allow the user to perform various system-dependent operations, or extra buttons or features can add more control or dimensional input.
Mouse and the Traps Mouse and the Traps is the name of a relatively prolific garage rock band from Tyler, Texas that released 13 singles and one LP between 1965 and 1969. The leader of the band, nicknamed "Mouse", has vocal stylings that are highly similar to the nasal voice of Bob Dylan; his real name is Ronnie Weiss.
Mouse Blood Mouse Blood was intended to be Theatre of Ice's final offering as brothers Brent and John Johnson moved to Utah, Eric moved to Georgia, and Mark moved to Connecticut to attend different universities. Labeled as "A limited edition sampling of the works of Theatre of Ice as chosen by friends who hate the band" it included songs from their first three albums as well as a few new releases.
Mouse Davis Darrel "Mouse" Davis (born September 6, 1932 in Palouse, WA) is an assistant coach at the University of Hawaii under June Jones. Previously, he has been head coach of the USFL's Denver Gold, the WLAF's New York/New Jersey Knights, the Arena Football League's Detroit Fury and Portland State University.
Mouse gesture In computing, a mouse gesture is a way of combining computer mouse movements and clicks which the software recognizes as a specific command. Mouse gestures can provide quick access to common functions of a program.
Mouse Guard Mouse Guard is currently being published as an All Ages serialized six-issue bi-monthly comic book series from Archaia Studios Press throughout 2006. The comic is noted to stand-out on the shelves due to its odd size, being a perfect square (8" x 8") as opposed to the standard comic size (6½" x 10").
Mouse in Manhattan Mouse in Manhattan is a Tom & Jerry animated short released in American theaters on 7th July 1945. In it, Jerry decides to take a vacation from a sleeping Tom by taking a trip to New York City to see the bright lights.
Mouse Menace Mouse Menace is a Warner Brothers Looney Tunes theatrical cartoon short released in 1946 and directed by Art Davis and written by George Hill. It was Art Davis's first cartoon as director after taking over Bob Clampett's unit.
Mouse racing Mouse racing is an activity in which live rodents are coaxed to travel through a miniature racecourse at fast speeds. The races generally take place at taverns, fairs, or fund-raising events and are popular in several countries.
Mouse Soup Mouse Soup is a 1977 picture book by noted illustrator Arnold Lobel. Beginning with the simple sentence "A mouse sat under a tree", the book goes on to tell the story of a mouse who has to trick Weasel from turning Mouse into Mouse Soup.
Mouse Systems Mouse Systems Corporation, formerly Rodent Associates, was founded in 1982 by Steve Kirsch, inventor of the optical mouse. In addition to being a vehicle for Kirsch's invention, the company was responsible for bringing the mouse to the IBM PC for the first time.
Mouse Trap (board game) Mouse Trap (originally titled Mouse Trap Game) is a board game first published by Ideal in 1963 for two or more players. Players travel as mice from one end of the board to the other, moving in a turn based manner guided by a six sided die, supplied with the game.
Mouse Trouble Mouse Trouble was a one-reel animated cartoon featuring Tom and Jerry, and was released in theatres on November 23 1944 by Metro-Goldwyn Mayer. It was produced by Fred Quimby and directed by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera, with music by Scott Bradley (the music is actually based on the popular jazz song "All God's Chldren Got Rhythm").
Mousebird The mousebirds are a small group of near passerine birds which have no clear affinities to other groups, and are therefore given order status. This group is confined to sub-Saharan Africa, and is the only bird order confined entirely to that continent.
Mousehold Heath Mousehold Heath is an area of heathland and woodland which lies in north east Norwich, England. It is now mostly covered by broad-leaf semi-natural woodland, although some areas of heath remain and are actively managed.
Mousehole Mousehole (pronounced /"Mauzl"; in Cornish Porthynys) is a fishing village near Newlyn in Cornwall, United Kingdom, reputed to have one of the most beautiful harbours in the country. Mousehole is currently within the parish boundaries of the town of Penzance.
Mousehole (drilling) The mousehole is the storage area on a drilling rig where the next joint of drilling pipe is held until needed. This hole is in the floor of the rig, bored into the earth for a short ways, and usually lined with a metal casing.
Mousehole Wild Bird Hospital and Sanctuary Mousehole Wild Bird Hospital and Sanctuary is a wildlife hospital based near Mousehole, Cornwall, UK. The hospital was founded in 1928 by Dorothy and Phyllis Yglesias and became famous following the Torrey Canyon disaster.
Mouseland The Story of Mouseland was a story told first by Clare Gillis, and later by Tommy Douglas, leader of the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation, later reformed as the New Democratic Party of Canada, a democratic socialist party. It was a political fable for the flaws in the way in which the Canadian population voted, which tended to be for parties that did not represent their interests.
Mouseover Mouseover is the term used to indicate the text that appears next to your mouse pointer when you hold a computer mouse over any screen object that is an active link, or over some other GUI element or widget that is capable of performing an action, such as an icon or command button. The mouseover is becoming increasingly popular as a way of "jazzing up" navigation menus on a website.
Mousetrapping Mousetrapping is a technique used by some websites (usually pornographic websites) to keep visitors from leaving their website, either by launching an endless series of pop-up ads—known colloquially as a circle jerk—or by re-launching their website in a window that cannot be closed (sometimes this window runs like a stand-alone application, and the taskbar and the browser's menu become inaccessible). Many websites that do this also employ browser hijackers to reset the user's default homepage.
Moussa Arafat Major General Moussa Arafat al-Qidwi (born Jaffa Jan 23 1940/41 — died Gaza City September 7, 2005) was a cousin of late Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat. Some reports describe him as Yasser Arafat's nephew.
Moussa Yahaya Moussa Yahaya (born January 4, 1975) is a Nigerien football striker who, since 2001 was playing for Legia Warsaw in the Polish First League. His previous clubs include GKS Katowice, Albacete Balompié and GD Chaves.
Moussaka Moussaka -pronouced mu-sa-kά (; ; ; South Slavic: ĐĽŃŃака/​musaka; ; musaqqaa) is a traditional aubergine (eggplant)-based dish in the Balkans and the Middle East, but most closely associated with Greece and Turkey. The word moussaka is from the Arabic musaqqaĘża "chilled"but came into English via Greek.
Moussata Moussata or Mousata (Greek: ΜουĎĎάτα) is a village located 14 km ESE of Argostoli and about 26 km W of Poros in the municipality of Livathos which includes Ikossimia on the island of Kefalonia. Moussata is linked with the road linking Poros and Argostoli.
Mousse Mousse is a form of creamy dessert typically made from egg and cream usually with other flavors such as chocolate or fruit. The ingredients are beaten separately and then folded together carefully to produce a light and fluffy yet extremely rich confection.
Moussier's Redstart The Moussier's Redstart (Phoenicurus moussieri) is a small passerine bird that was formerly classed as a member of the thrush family (Turdidae), but is now more generally considered to be an Old World flycatcher (Muscicapidae).
Moussoro Moussoro is a town in Chad, lying 300km north east of N'Djamena on the road to Faya. An important transportation centre, it lies in a dry river bed and as a result has more vegetation than is usual in the area.
Moustafa Mousharafa Ali Mostafa Musharrfah (Arabic: على مصطŮى مشرŮŘ©) ia an Egyptian scientist and the first dean of the Faculty of Sciences at Cairo University, and the first Egyptian to obtain a D.Sc degree from England.
Moustache A moustache (sometimes spelt mustache in the United States) is facial hair usually grown on the upper lip and below the nose. Often the term implies that the wearer grows only the upper lip hair and chooses to shave the hair on his chin and cheeks, whereas growth of all facial hair would constitute a beard.
Moustapha Akkad Moustapha Akkad (Arabic: مصطŮى العقاد) (July 1 1930 – November 11, 2005) was a Syrian-American film producer and director, best known for producing the series of Halloween films and directing Mohammad, Messenger of God and Lion of the Desert.
Mousterpiece Theater Mousterpiece Theater was an American television show that ran on the Disney Channel that was made in the mid-1980s and was rerun into the 1990s. It was a parody of the PBS show Masterpiece Theatre, except instead of showing dramatic works, it featured classic Disney cartoons.
Moustiers-Sainte-Marie Moustiers-Sainte-Marie, or simply Moustiers, is a charming, romantic village and commune in the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence département of southern France, a part of the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur région. It lies at the western entrance to the Gorges du Verdon.
Mousumi Bhowmik Mousumi Bhowmik (Bangla: মৌসŕ§ŕ¦®ŕ§€ ŕ¦ŕ§Śŕ¦®ŕ¦żŕ¦•) (first name also credited as Moushumi, last name often credited as Bhoumik or Voumik) is an Indian Bengali singer and songwriter. Her songs are usually considered to belong to the "adhunik" ("modern" song) type.
Moutere Rugby Football Club The Moutere Rugby Football Club (Blenheim, Marlborough, New Zealand) was founded in 1906 and has been the most successful rugby union club in the Marlborough province. It is based at Awarua Park in Spring Creek, about eight kilometres north of Blenheim.
Mouth (song) "Mouth" is a pop song written by Merril Bainbridge, and produced by Siew for Bainbridge's debut album The Garden (1995). It was released as the album's first single in the end of 1994 in Australia and the third quarter of 1996 around the world (see 1996 in music).
Mouth prop A mouth prop is a wedge-shaped implement used in dentistry for dentists working with children and patients who have difficulty keeping their mouths open wide and steady during a procedure. It has a rubber like texture and is typically made from Thermoplastic Vulcanizate (TPV) material.
Mouth ulcer A mouth ulcer (from Latin ulcus) is the name for the appearance of an open sore inside the mouth caused by a break in the mucous membrane or the epithelium on the lips or surrounding the mouth. The types of mouth ulcers are diverse, with a multitude of associated causes including: physical or chemical trauma, infection from microorganisms or viruses, medical conditions or medications, cancerous and sometimes nonspecific processes.
Mouthbrooder Mouthbrooding, also known as oral incubation and buccal incubation, is the care given by some groups of animals to their offspring by holding them in the mouth of the parent for extended periods of time. Although mouthbrooding is performed by a variety of different animals, most notably Darwin's frog, fishes are by far the most diverse mouthbrooders.
Mountain Rock Music Festival Mountain Rock Music Festivals held on a farm near Pahiatua, were widely celebrated Kiwi music events in New Zealand during the 1990s. Te Ara comment: "There are regular jazz, folk, ethnic and country music awards and festivals, some of which have been in existence for decades.
Mountain Safety Research Mountain Safety Research, or MSR, is an American corporation located in Seattle, Washington, and owned by Cascade Designs. It was founded in 1969 by Larry Penberthy because he was not pleased with the safety and reliability of outdoor equipment.
Mountain Short-horned Lizard The mountain short-horned lizard, also called Hernandez's short-horned lizard or the greater short-horned lizard, (Phrynosoma hernadesi) is a diurnal species of phrynosomatid lizard. It is an insectivore, feeding mostly on ants, though will also eat young snakes.
Mountain Skies Observatory Mountain Skies Observatory is a privately owned astronomical observatory located in Lyman, Wyoming, USA. It is one of the largest observatories in the region and is used frequently by the Bridger Valley Astronomical Society.
Mountain Soul Mountain Soul, the eleventh album by Patty Loveless, found her returning to real roots music after the less than successful experiment at pop music on Strong Heart. Also unlike her previous real country albums, this was an acoustic-based all-bluegrass effort.
Mountain State University Mountain State University, despite the name, is an independent not-for-profit university based in Beckley, West Virginia. It was founded in 1933 as Beckley College, a junior college, and continued as such until 1991, when it achieved four-year status and was renamed The College of West Virginia.
Mountain States Legal Foundation The Mountain States Legal Foundation is a public interest law firm founded in 1976. The organization works through litigation and advocacy to further the cause of individual liberties, especially in the realm of economic and property rights.
Mountain States Telephone & Telegraph The Mountain States Telephone & Telegraph Company provided local telephone service in the Rocky Mountain region of the United States. After the 1984 divestiture of AT&T, MST&T was left under management by U S West.
Mountain Time Zone The Mountain Time Zone of North America keeps time by subtracting seven hours from Coordinated Universal Time (UTC-7) during the short days of autumn, winter and spring, and by subtracting six hours during the Daylight Saving days of spring, summer, and early autumn (UTC-6). The clock time in this zone is based on the mean solar time of the 105th degree meridian west of the Greenwich Observatory.
Mountain Valley Conference The Mountain Valley Conference is a New Jersey high school sports association under the jurisdiction of the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association (NJSIAA). The conference consists of sixteen public and parochials high schools covering Union County and Essex County in northern New Jersey.
Mountain View Alliance The Mountain View Alliance (MVA) is a consortium of consortia announced in June 2005 and intended to enable the adoption of commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) solutions through coordination of Marketing activities. The MVA is the creator and sponsor of the MVA Comms Ecosystem Conference.
Mountain View College (Philippines) Mountain View College is an institution for higher learning located at Valencia City, Bukidnon, Philippines. Established in 1953, it is an educational institution affiliated with the Seventh-day Adventist Church.
Mountain View College (Texas) Mountain View College is a community college that is part of the Dallas County Community College District that is located in the Oak Cliff area of Dallas, Texas (USA). The school opened its doors in 1970 and currently features an enrollment of about 10,000 credit students and another 9,000 continuing education students.
Mountain View Corridor The Mountain View Corridor is a planned freeway that will run along the west bench of Salt Lake County and into northwest Utah County. It will start just west of Salt Lake City International Airport, diverging from Interstate 80, and end in Lindon, Utah, connecting to Interstate 15; running north-south at 5600 West for most of its 40 mile plus extent before curving eastward into I-15.
Mountain View High School (Mountain View, California) Mountain View High School (MVHS or just MV), one of two Mountain View-Los Altos Union High School District public high schools, is located in Mountain View, California. The school sent 92% of its of graduates to post-secondary schools in the graduating class of 2005.
Mountain View High School (Utah) Mountain View High School (abbreviated to MVHS) is a high school located in Orem, Utah and part of Utah County's Alpine School District. The school first opened its doors in the 1980-81 school year as a full four-year high school.
Mountain View, Ontario Canadian Forces Detachment (CFD) Mountainview is located in Prince Edward County on the north shore of Lake Ontario. The former fighter base is home to the Central Region Gliding School (CRGS) of the Royal Canadian Air Cadets.
Mountain Waters Scenic Byway The Mountain Waters Scenic Byway is a two-lane highway in North Carolina, which travles through the Nantahala National Forest in Macon and Swain County, North Carolina counties and has been designated by the U.S.
Mountain Weasel The Mountain Weasel, also known as the Pale Weasel, is a species of weasel that lives in mountainous parts of Asia from Kazakhstan, Tibet and the Himalayas through to Mongolia, northeastern China, southern Siberia and Korea.
Mountain West Conference The Mountain West Conference (or MWC), the youngest of the college athletic conferences affiliated with the NCAA’s Division I-A, officially began operations in July 1999. Geographically, the MWC covers a broad expanse of the western United States, with member institutions located in California, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, Texas, Utah, and Wyoming.
Mountain Wheatear The Mountain Wheatear or Mountain Chat, Oenanthe monticola, is a small insectivorous passerine bird that was formerly classed as a member of the thrush family Turdidae, but is now more generally considered to be an Old World flycatcher, Muscicapidae.
Mountain Winterberry Mountain Winterberry (Ilex montana) or Mountain Holly is a species of holly native to the United States, ranging along the Appalachian Mountains from southeast Massachusetts to northeast Alabama and northern Georgia.
Mountain-mahogany Mountain-mahogany (Cercocarpus) is a small genus of five or six species of deciduous shrubs or small trees in the rose family (Rosaceae), native to the western United States and northern Mexico, where they grow in semi-desert climates, often at high altitudes. They typically reach 3–6 m tall, but exceptionally up to 13 m tall.
Mountaineer Field at Milan Puskar Stadium Milan Puskar Stadium, in Morgantown, West Virginia, is the football stadium for West Virginia University. The facility's complete name is Mountaineer Field at Milan Puskar Stadium, although fans more commonly refer to it by its original name of Mountaineer Field.
Mountaineering Council of Scotland The Mountaineering Council of Scotland (or MCofS) is a national representative body in Scotland that exists to protect the freedoms and promote the interests of climbers, hillwalkers and mountaineers, including ski-mountaineers. Its headquarters are in Perth.
Mountainfilm in Telluride Mountainfilm in Telluride (MTF) is America’s premier festival of mountain, adventure, cultural and environmental film and video, held annually over Memorial Day weekend in the box canyon town of Telluride, Colorado. Begun in 1979, Mountainfilm is the oldest film festival celebrating the genre of mountain film in the United States.
MountainLair The MountainLair, or Mountainlair, commonly called "the Lair" by students, is the three floor student union building at West Virginia University. The building offers many services to students including an information desk, lounges, a United States Post Office, movie theater, bowling alley, pool hall, video game arcade, and a sit-down restaurant known as "Hatfields.
Mountainous Republic of the Northern Caucasus The Mountainous Republic of the Northern Caucasus (MRNC; also incorrectly referred to as the Mountaineer's Republic of the Northern Caucasus) (1917-1920) was a short-lived state situated in the Northern Caucasus, now forming the republics of Chechenya, Ingushetia and Dagestan of the Russian Federation. The total land area of the MRNC was about 70,000 km2, with a population of about 1 million.
Mountains Christian Academy Mountains Christian Academy (MCA) was a small private school attached to a church community in Blackheath, New South Wales, Australia known as the Covenant Evangelical Church. This church was founded by Howard Carter (Evangelist) in the mid-1980's, and the school was started to educate the children of the church.
Mountains of Alberta Most of Alberta's mountains are found on the estern slopes of the Canadian Rockies, in the south-western part of the province of Alberta. Other elevated spots can be found in the Caribou Mountains and the Cypress Hills.
Mountains of Ararat The Mountains of Ararat is the place named in the Book of Genesis where Noah's ark came to rest after the great flood (Genesis 8:4). Abrahamic tradition associates the mountains of Ararat with Mount Ararat in Turkey located 750 miles (1200 kilometers) northeast of Jerusalem.
Mountains of Central Asia The Mountains of Central Asia is a biodiversity hotspot designated by Conservation International which covers several montane and alpine ecoregions of Central Asia, including those of the Pamir and Tian Shan ranges, and extending across portions of Afghanistan, China, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan.
Mountains of Mourne Mountains of Mourne or Mourne Mountains (Irish: Na Beanna Boirche) are a granite mountain range located in County Down in the south-east of Northern Ireland, the granite are among the best known of the mountains on the island of Ireland. The surrounding area is an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty and is proposed as the first National Park in Northern Ireland.
Mountains of Pomeroy Mountains of Pomeroy are a small range of hills that run west of the town of Pomeroy in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland. The area around the mountain range is scenic, with a variety of moorland, forestry and rural farming.
Mountains of Southwest China The Mountains of Southwest China is a biodiversity hotspot designated by Conservation International which includes several temperate coniferous forests in southwestern China, which lie in the river valleys on the southeastern corner of the Tibetan plateau, between the alpine scrublands and steppes of the Tibetan Plateau and the temperate broadleaf and mixed and subtropical moist broadleaf forests of central and southeastern China and northern Myanmar. The hotspot lies mostly in China, in the provinces of Tibet, Sichuan, Qinghai, and Gansu, and extending into the northwestern Myanmar.
Mountains of the Faroe Islands The Faroe Islands are notable for having the highest sea cliffs in Europe, and some of the highest in the world otherwise. The lowest point is at sea level, and the highest is at Slættaratindur, which is 882 metres above sea level.
Mountains of the Moon (Africa) The term Mountains of the Moon or Montes Lunae referred to a mountain range in central Africa that was long believed to be the source of the White Nile, but whose actual location was – and remains – uncertain. (Nyungwe Forest Park, Rwanda - )
Mountains of the Moon (film) Mountains of the Moon is a 1990 film depicting the journey of Richard Francis Burton and John Hanning Speke in their expedition to central Africa which culminated in the discovery of the source of the Nile River. The expedition led to a bitter rivalry between the two men.
Mountains-to-Sea Trail The Mountains-to-Sea Trail (MST) is a long-distance trail that runs across North Carolina from the Great Smoky Mountains to the Outer Banks. The trail's western endpoint is at Clingman's Dome, where it connects to the Appalachian Trail in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park.
Mountainside Lutheran Church (Auckland) Mountainside Lutheran Church is a Lutheran Church based in Auckland, New Zealand. It was commemorated on May 27, 2000 replacing a smaller Our Saviour Lutheran Church and also merging with another Auckland based sister Lutheran congregation, St Johns Lutheran Church (Mt Eden, Auckland) to form one single congregation for the whole of Auckland.
Mountaintop removal mining Mountaintop removal mining (MTR) is a relatively new form of coal mining that involves the mass restructuring of earth in order to reach minerals as deep as 1,000 feet below the surface. MTR requires that the targeted land be clear-cut and then leveled by use of explosives.
Mountainview Christian Reformed Church Mountainview Christian Reformed Church is the largest church in Grimsby, Ontario, and the largest Christian Reformed Church in Canada. The church began as an offshoot of the Fruitland Christian Reformed Church.
Mountbatten Mountbatten is the family name adopted by two branches of the Battenberg family due to rising anti-German sentiment among the British public during World War I. On 14 July 1917, Prince Louis of Battenberg ("Prince Louis I") assumed the surname Mountbatten (a literal translation of the German Battenberg) for himself and his descendants, and was created Marquess of Milford Haven.
Mountbatten Internship Program Mountbatten Internship Program was started in 1984 as a cultural exchange program. The programs original aim was to provide US nationals the opportunity to work and study in London for a year and British nationals the same opportunity in the city of New York.
Mountbatten-Windsor Under an ambiguously-worded Order-in-Council issued in 1960, the name Mountbatten-Windsor is the personal surname of some of the descendants of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh. It differs from the official name of the British Royal Family or Royal House, which remains Windsor.
Mounted police Mounted police are police who patrol on horseback. They continue to serve in remote areas and in metropolitan areas where their day-to-day function may be largely picturesque or ceremonial, but they are also employed in crowd control.
Mounth The Mounth is the range of hills on the southern edge of Strathdee in northeast Scotland. The name is a corruption of the Scottish Gaelic monadh which in turn is akin to the Welsh mynydd, and may be of Pictish origin.
Mountjoy Blount Mountjoy Blount, 1st Earl of Newport (c. 1597 – February 12, 1666), the illegitimate son of Charles Blount, 1st Earl of Devonshire, inherited a large property by his father's will, and was a favourite with James I.
Mountjoy Castle Mountjoy Castle is situated near the village of Mountjoy, in Magheralamfield townland in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland, on a hill overlooking Lough Neagh. It was built by Lord Mountjoy in 1602 and partly burned in 1643.
Mountstuart Elphinstone Mountstuart Elphinstone (October 6, 1779 – November 20, 1859) was a Scottish statesman and historian, associated with the British government of India. He later became the Governor of Bombay and is credited with the opening of several educational institutions catering to education to the local Indian population.
Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts is a prestigious drama school situated in the Wood Green area of North London. Famous for its musical theatre graduates, it also runs a full-time three-year course for non-MT actors, a post-graduate one-year qualification in both disciplines, a technical theatre course and a course for directors.
Moura, Queensland The town of Moura is located in Central Queensland, Australia. It is situated approximately 70 kilometres west of Biloela on the Dawson Highway, and 180 kilometres west of the port city of Gladstone, and is administered by the Banana Shire Council.
Mourning Noise Mourning Noise is an American hardcore punk act hailing from Lodi, New Jersey. In action around the time of the Misfits, these horror ghouls were strongly influenced by the Misfits as the drummer Steve Zing used to live very close to Jerry Only and Doyle's house and Steve went to high school with Doyle.
Mourning Online Mourning Online (formerly called Realms of Torment), is a fantasy MMORPG currently being developed in Romania. In many previews of the game, Mourning claims that players will be able to bear children and pass on their abilities to their children, entertaining player vs.
Mourning Tide Gold Coast rockers Mourning Tide began in 2000, as four friends with the same vision: to be the most entertaining and unique band in the emerging hardcore/metal scene. Touring hard and partying harder has earned them a strong local following on the East Coast.
Mouros According to Asturian mythology, the Mouros are a race of supernatural beings which inhabited the lands of Asturias since the beginning of time. For unknown reasons they were forced to take refuge under the earth, and now they are usually seen by people in the sorroundings of castros and long barrows.
Mourousis family The Mourousis or Moruzi are a family which was first mentioned in the Empire of Trebizond. Its origins have been lost, but the two prevalent theories are that they were either a local family originating in a village which has a related name or else one that arrived with the Venetians during the Fourth Crusade (since there are records of a Venetian family with a similar name a generation earlier).
Mourt's Relation The book Mourt's Relation (or full title "Mourt's Relation: A Journal of the Pilgrims in Plymouth") was written primarily by Edward Winslow, although William Bradford appears to have written most of the first section. Written between November 1620 and November 1621, it describes in detail what happened from the landing of the Mayflower Pilgrims inside the fishhook tip of Cape Cod (became Provincetown Harbor), through their exploring and eventual settling of Plymouth Colony; the book describes their relations with the surrounding native Indians, up to the First Thanksgiving and the arrival of the ship Fortune in November 1621.
Mousauwal Compound The Mousauwal Compound was the headquarters of an unaligned military leader in Afghanistan, named Samoud Khan. Several of the detainees held in extrajudicial detention in the Guantanamo Bay detainment camps, in Cuba.
Mousaylaha The Citadel of Mousaylaha (Mousaylaha Castle) is located in Batroun, northern Lebanon. This fortress was built by Emir Fakhreddine El-Thani (Prince Fakhreddine the Second) in the 17th century to guard the route from Tripoli to Beirut.
Mouse (computing) A mouse (plural mice or mouses) is a computer pointing device; it is designed to detect two-dimensional motion relative to its supporting surface and consists of a small case, to be held under one of the user's hands, and one or more buttons. It sometimes features other elements, such as "wheels", which allow the user to perform various system-dependent operations, or extra buttons or features can add more control or dimensional input.
Mouse and the Traps Mouse and the Traps is the name of a relatively prolific garage rock band from Tyler, Texas that released 13 singles and one LP between 1965 and 1969. The leader of the band, nicknamed "Mouse", has vocal stylings that are highly similar to the nasal voice of Bob Dylan; his real name is Ronnie Weiss.
Mouse Blood Mouse Blood was intended to be Theatre of Ice's final offering as brothers Brent and John Johnson moved to Utah, Eric moved to Georgia, and Mark moved to Connecticut to attend different universities. Labeled as "A limited edition sampling of the works of Theatre of Ice as chosen by friends who hate the band" it included songs from their first three albums as well as a few new releases.
Mouse Davis Darrel "Mouse" Davis (born September 6, 1932 in Palouse, WA) is an assistant coach at the University of Hawaii under June Jones. Previously, he has been head coach of the USFL's Denver Gold, the WLAF's New York/New Jersey Knights, the Arena Football League's Detroit Fury and Portland State University.
Mouse gesture In computing, a mouse gesture is a way of combining computer mouse movements and clicks which the software recognizes as a specific command. Mouse gestures can provide quick access to common functions of a program.
Mouse Guard Mouse Guard is currently being published as an All Ages serialized six-issue bi-monthly comic book series from Archaia Studios Press throughout 2006. The comic is noted to stand-out on the shelves due to its odd size, being a perfect square (8" x 8") as opposed to the standard comic size (6½" x 10").
Mouse in Manhattan Mouse in Manhattan is a Tom & Jerry animated short released in American theaters on 7th July 1945. In it, Jerry decides to take a vacation from a sleeping Tom by taking a trip to New York City to see the bright lights.
Mouse Menace Mouse Menace is a Warner Brothers Looney Tunes theatrical cartoon short released in 1946 and directed by Art Davis and written by George Hill. It was Art Davis's first cartoon as director after taking over Bob Clampett's unit.
Mouse racing Mouse racing is an activity in which live rodents are coaxed to travel through a miniature racecourse at fast speeds. The races generally take place at taverns, fairs, or fund-raising events and are popular in several countries.
Mouse Soup Mouse Soup is a 1977 picture book by noted illustrator Arnold Lobel. Beginning with the simple sentence "A mouse sat under a tree", the book goes on to tell the story of a mouse who has to trick Weasel from turning Mouse into Mouse Soup.
Mouse Systems Mouse Systems Corporation, formerly Rodent Associates, was founded in 1982 by Steve Kirsch, inventor of the optical mouse. In addition to being a vehicle for Kirsch's invention, the company was responsible for bringing the mouse to the IBM PC for the first time.
Mouse Trap (board game) Mouse Trap (originally titled Mouse Trap Game) is a board game first published by Ideal in 1963 for two or more players. Players travel as mice from one end of the board to the other, moving in a turn based manner guided by a six sided die, supplied with the game.
Mouse Trouble Mouse Trouble was a one-reel animated cartoon featuring Tom and Jerry, and was released in theatres on November 23 1944 by Metro-Goldwyn Mayer. It was produced by Fred Quimby and directed by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera, with music by Scott Bradley (the music is actually based on the popular jazz song "All God's Chldren Got Rhythm").
Mousebird The mousebirds are a small group of near passerine birds which have no clear affinities to other groups, and are therefore given order status. This group is confined to sub-Saharan Africa, and is the only bird order confined entirely to that continent.
Mousehold Heath Mousehold Heath is an area of heathland and woodland which lies in north east Norwich, England. It is now mostly covered by broad-leaf semi-natural woodland, although some areas of heath remain and are actively managed.
Mousehole Mousehole (pronounced /"Mauzl"; in Cornish Porthynys) is a fishing village near Newlyn in Cornwall, United Kingdom, reputed to have one of the most beautiful harbours in the country. Mousehole is currently within the parish boundaries of the town of Penzance.
Mousehole (drilling) The mousehole is the storage area on a drilling rig where the next joint of drilling pipe is held until needed. This hole is in the floor of the rig, bored into the earth for a short ways, and usually lined with a metal casing.
Mousehole Wild Bird Hospital and Sanctuary Mousehole Wild Bird Hospital and Sanctuary is a wildlife hospital based near Mousehole, Cornwall, UK. The hospital was founded in 1928 by Dorothy and Phyllis Yglesias and became famous following the Torrey Canyon disaster.
Mouseland The Story of Mouseland was a story told first by Clare Gillis, and later by Tommy Douglas, leader of the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation, later reformed as the New Democratic Party of Canada, a democratic socialist party. It was a political fable for the flaws in the way in which the Canadian population voted, which tended to be for parties that did not represent their interests.
Mouseover Mouseover is the term used to indicate the text that appears next to your mouse pointer when you hold a computer mouse over any screen object that is an active link, or over some other GUI element or widget that is capable of performing an action, such as an icon or command button. The mouseover is becoming increasingly popular as a way of "jazzing up" navigation menus on a website.
Mousetrapping Mousetrapping is a technique used by some websites (usually pornographic websites) to keep visitors from leaving their website, either by launching an endless series of pop-up ads—known colloquially as a circle jerk—or by re-launching their website in a window that cannot be closed (sometimes this window runs like a stand-alone application, and the taskbar and the browser's menu become inaccessible). Many websites that do this also employ browser hijackers to reset the user's default homepage.
Moussa Arafat Major General Moussa Arafat al-Qidwi (born Jaffa Jan 23 1940/41 — died Gaza City September 7, 2005) was a cousin of late Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat. Some reports describe him as Yasser Arafat's nephew.
Moussa Yahaya Moussa Yahaya (born January 4, 1975) is a Nigerien football striker who, since 2001 was playing for Legia Warsaw in the Polish First League. His previous clubs include GKS Katowice, Albacete Balompié and GD Chaves.
Moussaka Moussaka -pronouced mu-sa-kά (; ; ; South Slavic: ĐĽŃŃака/​musaka; ; musaqqaa) is a traditional aubergine (eggplant)-based dish in the Balkans and the Middle East, but most closely associated with Greece and Turkey. The word moussaka is from the Arabic musaqqaĘża "chilled"but came into English via Greek.
Moussata Moussata or Mousata (Greek: ΜουĎĎάτα) is a village located 14 km ESE of Argostoli and about 26 km W of Poros in the municipality of Livathos which includes Ikossimia on the island of Kefalonia. Moussata is linked with the road linking Poros and Argostoli.
Mousse Mousse is a form of creamy dessert typically made from egg and cream usually with other flavors such as chocolate or fruit. The ingredients are beaten separately and then folded together carefully to produce a light and fluffy yet extremely rich confection.
Moussier's Redstart The Moussier's Redstart (Phoenicurus moussieri) is a small passerine bird that was formerly classed as a member of the thrush family (Turdidae), but is now more generally considered to be an Old World flycatcher (Muscicapidae).
Moussoro Moussoro is a town in Chad, lying 300km north east of N'Djamena on the road to Faya. An important transportation centre, it lies in a dry river bed and as a result has more vegetation than is usual in the area.
Moustafa Mousharafa Ali Mostafa Musharrfah (Arabic: على مصطŮى مشرŮŘ©) ia an Egyptian scientist and the first dean of the Faculty of Sciences at Cairo University, and the first Egyptian to obtain a D.Sc degree from England.
Moustache A moustache (sometimes spelt mustache in the United States) is facial hair usually grown on the upper lip and below the nose. Often the term implies that the wearer grows only the upper lip hair and chooses to shave the hair on his chin and cheeks, whereas growth of all facial hair would constitute a beard.
Moustapha Akkad Moustapha Akkad (Arabic: مصطŮى العقاد) (July 1 1930 – November 11, 2005) was a Syrian-American film producer and director, best known for producing the series of Halloween films and directing Mohammad, Messenger of God and Lion of the Desert.
Mousterpiece Theater Mousterpiece Theater was an American television show that ran on the Disney Channel that was made in the mid-1980s and was rerun into the 1990s. It was a parody of the PBS show Masterpiece Theatre, except instead of showing dramatic works, it featured classic Disney cartoons.
Moustiers-Sainte-Marie Moustiers-Sainte-Marie, or simply Moustiers, is a charming, romantic village and commune in the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence département of southern France, a part of the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur région. It lies at the western entrance to the Gorges du Verdon.
Mousumi Bhowmik Mousumi Bhowmik (Bangla: মৌসŕ§ŕ¦®ŕ§€ ŕ¦ŕ§Śŕ¦®ŕ¦żŕ¦•) (first name also credited as Moushumi, last name often credited as Bhoumik or Voumik) is an Indian Bengali singer and songwriter. Her songs are usually considered to belong to the "adhunik" ("modern" song) type.
Moutere Rugby Football Club The Moutere Rugby Football Club (Blenheim, Marlborough, New Zealand) was founded in 1906 and has been the most successful rugby union club in the Marlborough province. It is based at Awarua Park in Spring Creek, about eight kilometres north of Blenheim.
Mouth (song) "Mouth" is a pop song written by Merril Bainbridge, and produced by Siew for Bainbridge's debut album The Garden (1995). It was released as the album's first single in the end of 1994 in Australia and the third quarter of 1996 around the world (see 1996 in music).
Mouth prop A mouth prop is a wedge-shaped implement used in dentistry for dentists working with children and patients who have difficulty keeping their mouths open wide and steady during a procedure. It has a rubber like texture and is typically made from Thermoplastic Vulcanizate (TPV) material.
Mouth ulcer A mouth ulcer (from Latin ulcus) is the name for the appearance of an open sore inside the mouth caused by a break in the mucous membrane or the epithelium on the lips or surrounding the mouth. The types of mouth ulcers are diverse, with a multitude of associated causes including: physical or chemical trauma, infection from microorganisms or viruses, medical conditions or medications, cancerous and sometimes nonspecific processes.
Mouthbrooder Mouthbrooding, also known as oral incubation and buccal incubation, is the care given by some groups of animals to their offspring by holding them in the mouth of the parent for extended periods of time. Although mouthbrooding is performed by a variety of different animals, most notably Darwin's frog, fishes are by far the most diverse mouthbrooders.
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