mo·ra 
(môrə)
(môrə)n. pl. mo·rae (môrē) or mo·ras
1. The minimal unit of metrical time in quantitative verse, equal to the short syllable.
2. Linguistics A unit of phonological quantity based on both vowel quantity and the occurrence of consonants within a given syllable.
[Latin, pause.]
- on one's hands
- on (one's) head
- on one's head
- on (one's) honor
- on one's honor
- on (one's) last legs
- on one's last legs
- on (one's) mettle
- on one's mettle
- on (one's) own
- on one's own
- on (one's) own account
- on one's own account
- on (one's) own ground
- on one's own ground
- on (one's) own hook
- on one's own hook
- on (one's) own initiative
- on one's own initiative
- on (one's) radar/radar screen
- on one's radar screen
- on one's radar screen
- on (one's) soapbox
- on one's soapbox
- on (one's)/the way