5 letter word starting with mus

Words Parts of Speech Meaning/Definition/Similar Words
musae plural of Musa
musal adjective Of or pertaining to the Muses, or to Poetry.
musar noun An itinerant player on the musette, an instrument formerly common in Europe.
musca noun A genus of dipterous insects, including the common house fly, and numerous allied species., A small constellation situated between the Southern Cross and the Pole.
musci noun pl. An order or subclass of cryptogamous plants; the mosses. See Moss, and Cryptogamia.
mused imp. & past participle of Muse
muser noun One who muses.
muset noun A small hole or gap through which a wild animal passes; a muse.
mushy adjective Soft like mush; figuratively, good-naturedly weak and effusive; weakly sentimental.
music noun The science and the art of tones, or musical sounds, i. e., sounds of higher or lower pitch, begotten of uniform and synchronous vibrations, as of a string at various degrees of tension; the science of harmonical tones which treats of the principles of harmony, or the properties, dependences, and relations of tones to each other; the art of combining tones in a manner to please the ear., Melody; a rhythmical and otherwise agreeable succession of tones., Harmony; an accordant combination of simultaneous tones., The written and printed notation of a musical composition; the score., Love of music; capacity of enjoying music., A more or less musical sound made by many of the lower animals. See Stridulation.
musit noun See Muset.
musky adjective Having an odor of musk, or somewhat the like.
mussy adjective Disarranged; rumpled.
musty noun Having the rank, pungent, offencive odor and taste which substances of organic origin acquire during warm, moist weather; foul or sour and fetid; moldy; as, musty corn; musty books., Spoiled by age; rank; stale., Dull; heavy; spiritless.