(a.) Having the characteristics of a moor or heath.
(a.) Of or pertaining to Morocco or the Moors; in the style of the Moors.
Example Sentences:
(1) Glossy hair with waves and curls: this evokes allusions to Moorish Spain and Mexico.
(2) • The tangled, narrow street plans seen in many southern Spanish towns date back to Moorish times.
(3) It is easy to understand Alastair Campbell's verdict on the unmanly spectacle of the governor's departure on the lease-expired colony of Hong Kong, an event which matches the taking leave of Granada by Boabdil, the last Moorish king of Spain, for dramatic bathos.
(4) A battery of seven lectins and several conventional mucin histochemical techniques were used to identify the epithelial mucins of the gallbladder of ten species: man, rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus, mammalia), hamster (Mesocricetus auratus, mammalia), chicken (Gallus gallus, bird), sparrow (Passer domesticus, bird), moorish gecko (Tarentola mauritanica, reptilia), ladder snake (Elaphe scalaris, reptilia), lake frog (Rana perezi, amphibia), natterjack toad (Bufo calamita, amphibia) and gilthead sea bream (Sparus auratus, fish).
(5) Photograph: Graeme Robertson for the Guardian They had money to spend, and Chaplin fondly recalled the impact of their £40 outlay on the top floor flat, their couch and two armchairs, Moorish screen backlit with a yellow bulb and tasteful pastel of a female nude, “a combination of a Moorish cigarette shop and a French whorehouse.
(6) Our first day takes us into Italy's Piedmont region over the 2,868m Monte Moro pass, named after the Moors who invaded the Saas valley in 939AD, and left a legacy of Moorish place names (and, say locals, noses).
(7) Nearest airport: Lisbon (30km) What to do Explore the fairytale ramparts and towers of Sintra's Pena and National palaces and its Moorish castle, or soar through the treetops on a series of ziplines at Sintra Canopy ( parquesdesintra.pt ).
(8) Inside, neat lines of stone pillars rise to soft Moorish arches, creating beautiful walkways.
(9) Add in private palaces, Moorish patios, Roman columns here and there, and a golden tower.
(10) Mosaic paths wind over terraces leading to beautiful rooms decorated with Moorish woodwork and featuring traditional platform beds.
(11) Moorish architecture is defined by slender columns, horseshoe arches, serene courtyards and geometric patterns.
(12) A double clone of Trypanosoma platydactyli Catouillard, 1909, derived from a single trypomastigote from the blood of the Moorish gecko, Tarentola mauritanica, was grown in vitro.
(13) Some say the tradition of blacking up among morris (believed to derive from Moorish) dancers is racist, a charge vehemently denied by its adherents.
(14) Much of their savings have been made through basic energy efficiency improvements, such as installing cavity wall insulation where possible, Thermafleece natural wool insulation and replacing the aging night storage heaters that came with the property with a carbon neutral wood pellet boiler and solar collectors, says Moorish.
(15) While Paul found creative inspiration in his Moorish surroundings, for Jane, cut off from her American roots, Morocco became a cultural wasteland.
Moreish
Definition:
Example Sentences:
(1) At 53 he is wirily slim, mid-height and moreishly good-looking.
(2) Ibrahimovic remains elite European football’s own dazzling kung-fu colossus, a player whose famously moreish highlights reel is backed by the hard yards of goals scored, 12 league titles won at six different clubs and an underrated appetite for the physical battle.
(3) Sharing its front door is its upmarket sibling, Topolobampo , and right next door there is Xoco – pronounced Shoco – a casual joint specialising in cheaper grilled sandwiches and soups and in, the mornings, shamelessly moreish churros, deep-fried pastries dredged in sugar and cinnamon.
(4) The Seoul sliders are as moreish as meaty Maltesers.
(5) "Users told us there were terrible comedowns with mephedrone, but it was rather moreish," Measham said.
(6) Still, even if the thought of anything Kardashian-related brings you out in hives, Kim Kardashian: Hollywood is a surprisingly-moreish snapshot of one way games – yes, proper games!
(7) This is one of the places urban Greeks come to in July and August and their presence may account for the quality of the food: the cheese and spinach spiral-shaped pies are overrated, but the ouzeri scene is lively, turning out moreish mezzes of chard, octopus, peppers and garlic-laced yoghurt, while cosmopolitan restaurants like the Garden and Alexander serve delicious mains of grilled fish, prawns in bacon or lamb roasted with the famed plums.
(8) Here, as everywhere, drinks are served with monkey nuts and tremoços – incredibly moreish lupin beans that you bite to squeeze out of their skins.
(9) Dense and light all at once, while also being deliciously moist and very moreish.
(10) • Every Sunday from 8am, Plaza de Cascorro Cooking Point Born-again chef Eduardo (he used to work in marketing) reveals the secrets of making great paella and moreish tapas staples such as garlic shrimp and chorizo with cider in four-hour classes fuelled by sangria, and shares cooking tips gleaned from his grandma.
(11) Still, this is slick, easy to use and quite moreish once you get into it.
(12) If you’ve loved other Kairosoft games, you’ll love this – they're famously moreish.
(13) Like most home cooking there is nothing here so bad that it needs to be sent back to the kitchen, but there's nothing that's particularly moreish either.