(totally random)
biting
- mordant — biting and caustic or [see "dyeing"]
- mordacious — given to biting (as in literally [chomp] and/or being caustic, scathing, etc.)
dyeing and dying
- mordant — substance used to set dyes or stains on fabric or the act of setting that dye
- moribund — approaching death / being inactive
- mort — the sound played while hunting to indicate the animal has been killed (whoso list to hunt? not I)
- mortician, mortality, etc.
naming
- Mortimer — great name for a turtle or firstborn son (in my interpretation it means something like “sea death” but my roots could be wrong)
- Mordecai — a pretty great name too
joining
- mortise (and tenon) — a type of joint in woodworking (see twotreatises.org/525)
- mortar — cementitious material used in masonry; (and pestle) used to crush/grind
trilling
- mordent — (in music), quickly alternating between close notes