Word Finder - mods

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An unconventionally modern style of fashionable dress originating in England in the 1960s, characterized by ankle-length black trenchcoats and sunglasses.

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A 1960s British person who dressed in such a style and was interested in modernism and the modern music of the time; the opposite of a rocker.

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A modification.

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An end user-created package containing modifications to the look or behaviour of a video game.

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A moderator, for example on a discussion forum.

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A module (file containing a tracker music sequence).

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A moderately difficult route.

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(in the plural, Oxford University) Moderations: university examinations generally taken in the first year.

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To modify (an object) from its original condition, typically for the purposes of individualizing and/or enhancing the performance of the object.

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His friends were particularly impressed with the way he modded his Ruckus.

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• trick
• trick out

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To moderate; to silence or punish (a rule-breaking user) on a forum, especially when done by a moderator.

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Don't break the rules or you'll be modded.

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A festival of Scottish Gaelic song, arts and culture, akin to the Welsh eisteddfod.

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One of several ancient Greek scales.

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One of several common scales in modern Western music, one of which corresponds to the modern major scale and one to the natural minor scale.

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A particular means of accomplishing something.

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What was the mode of entry?

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A particular state of being, or frame of mind.

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After a series of early setbacks, her political campaign is in crisis mode.

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The most frequently occurring value in a distribution

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A state of a system that is represented by an eigenfunction of that system.

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One of various related sets of rules for processing data; more generally, any state of the system associated with certain behaviours.

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In insert mode, characters typed are directly inserted into the buffer.

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A series of settings on a device used for a specific purpose.

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airplane mode; night mode

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A variation in gameplay, such as a difficulty level.

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(grammar) A verb form that depends on how its containing clause relates to the speaker’s or writer’s wish, intent, or assertion about reality.

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• grammatical mood
• mood

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That which exists only as a quality of substance.

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In lace-making, a small decorative piece inserted into a pattern.

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The openwork between the solid parts of a pattern.

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A woman's mantle with a hood.

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Style or fashion; popular trend.

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Her wardrobe is always in mode.

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The base with respect to which a congruence is computed.

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The absolute value of a complex number.

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A coefficient that expresses how much of a certain property is possessed by a certain substance.

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An operator placed between two numbers, to get the remainder of the division of those numbers.