The right Word

moat/mote moat: A wide, deep trench usually filled with water surrounding a town, castle, or house (he swam the moat hoping to gain access to the castle without being seen) mote: A small speck, especially of dust (he had a mote of dust in his eye) mode/mowed mode: A method or way of expressing (the music was written in the mode of Mozart); a camera setting (to take the shot of the man running, he set the digital camera in action mode); a style or fashion (she was dressed in the mode of the 1930s for the fancy dress ball) mowed: Past tense of the verb “to mow” (I mowed the lawn yesterday) mood/mooed mood: A particular frame of mind (he was in a foul mood, muttering to himself and being thoroughly irritable) mooed: The past tense of the verb “to moo” (as soon as the cow mooed, we knew it was time to milk her) mooed/mood (see mood/mooed) moose/mousse moose: A large deer with antlers, a sloping back, and a growth of skin hanging from the neck (the moose is found in northern Eurasia and northern North America) mousse: A dessert of whipped cream, beaten eggs, and gelatin in various flavors (strawberry mousse is my favorite dessert); a substance used for setting or styling hair (many boys use mousse to make their hair stiff and stand upright) morning/mourning morning: The beginning of the day; the time between dawn and noon (it was a beautiful sunny morning so we decided to go for a picnic; we made a decision to work only in the morning hours and each afternoon go swimming) mourning: Grieving, lamenting (we are all mourning the loss of our brother, who was killed in an accident) mote/moat (see moat/mote) mourning/morning (see morning/mourning) mousse/moose (see moose/mousse) mowed/mode (see mode/mowed) mown/moan (see moan/mown) mule/mewl (see mewl/mule)