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- Moly - n. - A fabulous herb of occult power, having a black root and white blossoms, said by Homer to have been given by Hermes to Ulysses to counteract the spells of Circe.
- Moly - n. - A kind of garlic (Allium Moly) with large yellow flowers; -- called also golden garlic.
- Molybdate - n. - A salt of molybdic acid.
- Molybdena - n. - See Molybdenite.
- Molybdenite - n. - A mineral occurring in soft, lead-gray, foliated masses or scales, resembling graphite; sulphide of molybdenum.
- Molybdenous - a. - See Molybdous.
- Molybdenum - n. - A rare element of the chromium group, occurring in nature in the minerals molybdenite and wulfenite, and when reduced obtained as a hard, silver-white, difficulty fusible metal. Symbol Mo. Atomic weight 95.9.
- Molybdic - a. - Of, pertaining to, or containing, molybdenum; specif., designating those compounds in which the element has a higher valence, as contrasted with molybdous compounds; as, molybdic oxide.
- Molybdite - n. - Molybdic ocher.
- Molybdous - a. - Of, pertaining to, or containing, molybdenum; specif., designating those compounds in which molybdenum has a lower valence as contrasted with molybdic compounds.