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Moorish architecture
Moorish architecture, also called Andalusi architecture, is the building style of Islamic North Africa and Muslim Spain, predominant from the 8th to the 15th century.
Morganza Spillway
The Morganza Spillway is a flood-control structure in Pointe Coupee Parish, Louisiana, diverting Mississippi floodwater into the Atchafalaya Basin; it was opened only in 1973 and 2011.
Morgenstern–Price method
The Morgenstern–Price method is a limit equilibrium method of slices for slope stability analysis, introduced in Géotechnique in 1965, that satisfies both force and moment equilibrium for slip surfaces of any shape.
Morning-glory spillway
A morning-glory spillway, also called a glory hole or bell-mouth spillway, is a funnel-shaped dam spillway where water flows over a circular weir lip, down a shaft, and through a tunnel.
Morris Canal
The Morris Canal was a 19th-century anthracite-coal canal across northern New Jersey, running from Phillipsburg on the Delaware River to Jersey City, and remembered for its inclined planes.
Mortar (masonry)
Mortar is a paste of sand, a binder such as lime or Portland cement, and water, used in masonry to bond brick, stone, and block and seal the joints between them.
Mortgage Matchup Center
Mortgage Matchup Center, formerly Footprint Center and America West Arena, is a city-owned downtown Phoenix arena opened in 1992 and home to the NBA's Phoenix Suns and WNBA's Phoenix Mercury.
Mortise lock
A mortise lock, also called a sashlock, is a door lock whose lock body is fitted into a pocket cut into the door edge, common on commercial doors.
Moscow Canal
The Moscow Canal is a 128 km shipping canal in Russia connecting the Moskva River in Moscow with the Volga River near Dubna, opened in 1937.
Moscow International Business Center (Московский международный деловой центр)
Moscow International Business Center, also known as Moscow-City, is a commercial skyscraper district on the Moskva River in central Moscow, conceived in 1992 and containing Europe's tallest building, the 374-meter Federation Tower.
Moscow water supply system
The Moscow water supply system, run by Mosvodokanal, delivers drinking water to Moscow from the Moskva and Volga rivers, beginning with the Mytishchi pipeline of 1804.
MOSE
MOSE (Modulo Sperimentale Elettromeccanico) is a system of 78 mobile flood barriers at the Venice Lagoon's three inlets, protecting Venice from tides up to 3 meters since October 2020.
Moshe Safdie (משה ספדיה)
Moshe Safdie (משה ספדיה), born in Haifa in 1938, is an Israeli-Canadian-American architect best known for Habitat 67, Marina Bay Sands in Singapore, and the Yad Vashem museum in Jerusalem.
Most SNP
Most SNP, the New Bridge or Bridge of the Slovak National Uprising, is a road bridge across the Danube in Bratislava, Slovakia, opened in 1972.
Mosul Dam (سد الموصل)
Mosul Dam, formerly known as Saddam Dam, is the largest dam in Iraq, on the Tigris River about 60 km northwest of Mosul, and is known for its unstable gypsum foundation.
Mota-Engil
Mota-Engil is a Portuguese construction and infrastructure group headquartered in Porto. Founded in 1946, it works in engineering, concessions, waste management, and mining services across 21 countries.
Motel
A motel, short for motor hotel, is roadside lodging for motorists: a low-rise building of attached rooms whose doors open directly to outside parking, with no lobby.
Motel 6
Motel 6, also called Motel Six, is an American budget motel chain founded in 1962, known for its original $6 nightly rate and its slogan "We'll leave the light on for you."
Mott MacDonald
Mott MacDonald is an employee-owned engineering and development consultancy headquartered in London, with about 20,000 employees, known for the Elizabeth line and Thames Tideway Tunnel.
Motte-and-bailey castle
A motte-and-bailey castle is an early castle with an earthen mound (motte) bearing a wooden tower and an adjoining courtyard (bailey), dominant in England after 1066.
Mount Amel Castles
Mount Amel Castles (قلاع جبل عامل) is a group of five fortified castles in Jabal Amel, southern Lebanon, inscribed on the World Heritage List in 2026.
Mount Bold Reservoir
Mount Bold Reservoir is South Australia's largest reservoir, a 46.4-gigalitre storage on the Onkaparinga River about 45 minutes south of Adelaide, built between 1932 and 1938.
Mount Stewart
Mount Stewart is a nineteenth-century country house near Greyabbey, County Down, Northern Ireland, with celebrated gardens created by Edith, Marchioness of Londonderry, and owned by the National Trust.
Mount Vernon
Mount Vernon is the Virginia plantation on the Potomac River where George and Martha Washington lived from 1759 until Washington's death in 1799, now a museum.
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 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.
Moveable bridge
A moveable bridge, also called an opening bridge or drawbridge, has a span that opens to let waterway traffic pass, most often as a bascule, swing, or vertical lift.
Mratinje Dam
Mratinje Dam is a 220 m high concrete arch dam on the Piva River in northwestern Montenegro, built between 1969 and 1976 to impound Piva Lake.
Mughal architecture
Mughal architecture, also called Moghul architecture, is the Indo-Islamic building style of the Mughal Empire, flourishing from about 1556 to 1658, best known for the Taj Mahal.
Muktinath (मुक्तिनाथ)
Muktinath (मुक्तिनाथ) is a temple complex in Mustang district, Nepal, sacred to both Hindus and Buddhists, with 108 ritual water spouts and a burning natural gas flame.