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Moussaka
Moussaka (μουσακάς, musakka) is an eggplant and minced-meat baked dish of the eastern Mediterranean; the Greek béchamel-topped layered version was created by chef Nikolaos Tselementes around 1910, while Turkish, Egyptian, and Balkan variants differ widely.
Mousse T.
Mousse T. (Mustafa Gündoğdu, b. 1966, Hagen) is a Hanover-based Turkish-German house producer behind "Horny '98" and Tom Jones's "Sex Bomb," co-founder of Peppermint Jam, Grammy-nominated remixer.
Moustache
Moustache (mustache): hair grown on a man's upper lip. Grows about 0.4 mm/day; determined by genetics, hormones, age. Peaked under Louis-Napoléon Bonaparte, declined after WWII, revived since 2010 among under-30s.
Moustafa T. Chahine
Moustafa T. Chahine (1935–2011) was a Lebanese-born atmospheric physicist at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory who developed the Relaxation Method for satellite sounding and founded the AIRS mission.
Moustapha Akkad (مصطفى العقاد)
Moustapha Akkad (مصطفى العقاد), also spelled Mustafa, Syrian-American director and producer (1930–2005): made The Message (1976) and Lion of the Desert (1981), produced the first eight Halloween films, died in the 2005 Amman bombings.
Mousterian
Mousterian: Middle Paleolithic flint flake-tool industry of Europe, North Africa, and the Near East, named after Le Moustier, Dordogne; associated mainly with Neanderthals, defined by Levallois flaking, side scrapers, points, and Bordes's facies.
Moutaz Al-Khayyat
Moutaz Al-Khayyat is a Qatari entrepreneur and Chairman of Power International Holding, the Doha conglomerate he founded with his brothers Ramez and Mohammad in 2011.
Mouth
Mouth: the opening into the oral cavity and start of the digestive tract, present in all animals. Forms from ectoderm plus endoderm; human stomodeum opens when the oropharyngeal membrane ruptures in week five.
Mouth assessment
Mouth assessment (oral examination, COE): systematic inspection and palpation of lips, mucosa, gingiva, tongue, floor of mouth, palate, teeth, and TMJ; detects mucosal lesions, systemic disease signs, and oral cancer, with biopsy for definitive diagnosis.
Mouth breathing
Mouth breathing: habitual breathing through the mouth instead of the nose, caused by nasal obstruction (deviated septum, adenoids, polyps, congestion). Affects up to 30% of people; in children it can alter facial development, sleep, and behavior.
Mouth Protectors
A mouth protector, commonly called an athletic mouthguard or gum shield, is a removable appliance worn over the teeth to cushion impacts and prevent dental injuries in sports.
Mouth Rehabilitation
Mouth rehabilitation, also called oral or full mouth rehabilitation, is a dental procedure restoring all damaged or decayed teeth with restorative, non-cosmetic materials to improve oral health.
Mouth ulcer
Mouth ulcer, also called canker sore or recurrent aphthous stomatitis (RAS), a painful break in the oral mucosa; most common oral mucosal disease, peaking at ages 10–19, healing in 10–14 days, treated with topical corticosteroids; ulcers over 3 weeks warrant cancer referral.
Mouthwash
Mouthwash (mouthrinse) is a liquid oral hygiene product; cosmetic types mask breath while therapeutic types with chlorhexidine, essential oils, CPC, or fluoride reduce plaque, gingivitis, and decay.
Mouthwashing (video game)
Mouthwashing is a 2024 first-person psychological horror game by Swedish studio Wrong Organ, published by Critical Reflex for PC on September 26, 2024. Set on the crashed freighter Tulpar, it tells a nonlinear story of a stranded crew and has sold over 800,000 copies.
Moutier-Grandval Bible
The Moutier-Grandval Bible is a ninth-century Carolingian single-volume Latin Bible written at the abbey of Saint-Martin in Tours, known for its four full-page miniatures and held in the British Library since 1836.
Mouvement Démocratique de la Rénovation Malgache
The Mouvement Démocratique de la Rénovation Malgache (MDRM), a Malagasy party founded in Paris in 1946, won Madagascar's elections before its leaders were arrested and it was dissolved after the 1947 insurrection.
Mouvement National Congolais
The Mouvement National Congolais (MNC), or Congolese National Movement, was a nationalist party in the Belgian Congo, founded in Léopoldville in 1958 and led by Patrice Lumumba, who won the 1960 elections.
Mouvement pour la Libération Nationale des Comores
The Mouvement pour la Libération Nationale des Comores, abbreviated MOLINACO, was the first nationalist movement for Comorian independence from France, founded in 1962 by Comorian expatriates in Tanzania.
Mouza Chak, Chandpara Mound
Mouza Chak, Chandpara Mound, an archaeological mound in Murshidabad district, West Bengal, is protected by India as the Nil Kuthi Mound, a monument of national importance under the Archaeological Survey of India.
Mouza Emporion
Mouza Emporion, also Muza, an ancient Red Sea trading port in Yemen cited by Pliny, the Periplus of the Erythraean Sea, and Ptolemy; a lawful emporion 12,000 stades from Berenike, site unidentified, succeeded by Mokha.
Mouzi Lihuolun
Mouzi Lihuolun (牟子理惑论, "Master Mou's Disposing of Doubts") is an early Chinese defense of Buddhism, attributed to a scholar of Cangwu and dated to the late Eastern Han or Three Kingdoms period.
MOVA (traffic signal control)
MOVA (Microprocessor Optimised Vehicle Actuation) is a traffic-responsive signal control system for isolated junctions, developed in the United Kingdom in the 1980s and installed at over 3,000 UK sites.
Movable bridge operation and maintenance
Movable bridge operation and maintenance covers the drive trains, controls, operator training, traffic control, and inspections that keep the 831 movable bridges in the 2014 US inventory safe.
Movable cellular automaton
The movable cellular automaton (MCA) method is a particle-based numerical technique for simulating the deformation and fracture of materials, developed in Tomsk in the late 1990s.
Movable railway bridge
A movable railway bridge is a rail bridge whose span swings, rotates, or lifts so boats can pass below, the main types being swing, bascule, and vertical lift.
Movable type
Movable type is a printing system of individual cast characters, invented in China by Bi Sheng in the eleventh century and industrialized in Europe by Gutenberg around 1439.
Movado
Movado is a Swiss watchmaker founded in 1881 in La Chaux-de-Fonds, best known for the Museum Watch, a numeral-free dial with a single dot at 12 o'clock.
Movandi
Movandi Corporation is an American semiconductor company founded in 2016 in Irvine, California, by Maryam and Reza Rofougaran, developing millimeter-wave chipsets and beamforming silicon for 5G networks.
MOVE (Philadelphia organization)
MOVE is a Philadelphia organization founded in 1972 by John Africa (Vincent Leaphart), blending Black nationalism and anarcho-primitivism. Known for the 1978 Powelton shootout and the 1985 police bombing of its Osage Avenue house that killed 11.