Phrase Hound found 22 phrases and 14 compound words that contain morris. The most common are listed below. Open morris in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 22
- Morris columnA cylindrical outdoor sidewalk structure (like a column) used for advertising; an advertising column
- nine men's morrisAn ancient strategic board game for two players, each having nine pieces, and in which forming a row of three of one's own pieces earns the removal of one of the other player's pieces.
- Morris CountyOne of 105 counties in Kansas, United States. County seat: Council Grove. Named after Thomas Morris.
- Morris TownshipA township in Morris County, New Jersey.
- Morris chairA kind of chair with a reclining back and moderately high armrests.
- border morrisA vigorous style of traditional English dance originating from the villages along the border between England and Wales, performed by a team of dancers usually with their faces disguised with black makeup.
- morris danceA traditional English folk dance performed by a team of costumed dancers, often men but also men and women together or women only, who often wield sticks or handkerchiefs.
- morris dancingThe performance of a morris dance.
- morris dancerOne who morris dances.
- Morris the ExplainerSynonym of Irving the Explainer: Any character who serves to provide exposition, such as explaining how an elaborate murder was committed, sparing the writers from having to convey it indirectly.
- morris dancersplural of morris dancer: One who morris dances.
- morris dancesplural of morris dance: A traditional English folk dance performed by a team of costumed dancers, often men but also men and women together or women only, who often wield sticks or handkerchiefs.
- Morris water mazeA circular pool used in experiments, usually on rodents, where the animal is supposed to find an invisible or visible platform that allows it to escape the water.
- Knuth-Morris-Pratt algorithmA linear-time algorithm that searches for occurrences of one text string within another, employing the observation that when a mismatch occurs, the search string itself embodies sufficient information to determine where the next match …
- Morris chairsplural of Morris chair: A kind of chair with a reclining back and moderately high armrests.
- Morris columnsplural of Morris column: A cylindrical outdoor sidewalk structure (like a column) used for advertising; an advertising column
- morris dancedsimple past and past participle of morris dance
- Morris water mazesplural of Morris water maze: A circular pool used in experiments, usually on rodents, where the animal is supposed to find an invisible or visible platform that allows it to escape the water.
- Cotswold morris dancingA form of a traditional morris dance originating in the Cotswold area of England, and performed by sets of six or eight dancers in costume.
- morris-pikeA long pike at the time believed to have been of Moorish origin.
- morris offto leave; to scram.
- morris-pikesplural of morris-pike: A long pike at the time believed to have been of Moorish origin.
Compound words 14
- MorrisonA Scottish surname originating as a patronymic.
- MorristownA community in Kings County, Nova Scotia, Canada.
- MorrisvilleA number of places in the United States:
- MorrisburgA community in South Dundas municipality, eastern Ontario, Canada, named after James Morris.
- MorrisianOf or relating to William Morris (1834–1896), English writer, artist and socialist activist.
- MorrisismThe political ideas of the British socialist and artist William Morris.
- MorrisiteA follower of Joseph Morris, the English-born American leader of a schismatic Mormon movement called Church of the Firstborn that expected an imminent Second Coming.
- MorrisseyA surname.
- Morrisonsplural of Morrison: A Scottish surname originating as a patronymic.
- ClaremorrisA town in County Mayo, Ireland (Irish grid ref M 3475).