| Words | Parts of Speech | Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
|---|---|---|
| mucedin | noun | A yellowish white, amorphous, nitrogenous substance found in wheat, rye, etc., and resembling gluten; — formerly called also mucin. |
| mucific | adjective | Inducing or stimulating the secretion of mucus; blennogenous., Secreting mucus. |
| mucigen | noun | A substance which is formed in mucous epithelial cells, and gives rise to mucin. |
| muconic | adjective | Of, pertaining to, or designating, an organic acid, obtained indirectly from mucic acid, and somewhat resembling itaconic acid. |
| mucusin | noun | Mucin. |
| mudarin | noun | A brown, amorphous, bitter substance having a strong emetic action, extracted from the root of the mudar. |
| muddily | adverb | In a muddy manner; turbidly; without mixture; cloudily; obscurely; confusedly. |
| muddled | imp. & past participle | of Muddle |
| muddler | noun | One who, or that which, muddles. |
| muddied | imp. & past participle | of Muddy |
| mudfish | noun | The European loach., The bowfin., The South American lipedosiren, and the allied African species (Protopterus annectens). See Lipedosiren., The mud minnow. |
| mudhole | noun | A hole, or hollow place, containing mud, as in a road., A hole near the bottom, through which the sediment is withdrawn. |
| mudsill | noun | The lowest sill of a structure, usually embedded in the soil; the lowest timber of a house; also, that sill or timber of a bridge which is laid at the bottom of the water. See Sill. |
| mudwall | noun | The European bee-eater. See Bee-eater. |
| mudwort | noun | A small herbaceous plant growing on muddy shores (Limosella aquatica). |
| muezzin | noun | A Mohammedan crier of the hour of prayer. |
| muffing | present participle & vb. noun | of Muff |
| muffish | adjective | Stupid; awkward. |
| muffled | imp. & past participle | of Muffle |
| muffler | noun | Anything used in muffling; esp., a scarf for protecting the head and neck in cold weather; a tippet., A cushion for terminating or softening a note made by a stringed instrument with a keyboard., A kind of mitten or boxing glove, esp. when stuffed., One who muffles. |
| muggard | adjective | Sullen; displeased. |
| muggish | adjective | See Muggy. |
| mugient | adjective | Lowing; bellowing. |
| mugweed | noun | A slender European weed (Galium Cruciata); — called also crossweed. |
| mugwort | noun | A somewhat aromatic composite weed (Artemisia vulgaris), at one time used medicinally; — called also motherwort. |
| mugwump | noun | A bolter from the Republican party in the national election of 1884; an Independent. |
| mulatto | noun | The offspring of a negress by a white man, or of a white woman by a negro, — usually of a brownish yellow complexion. |
| mulched | imp. & past participle | of Mulch |
| mulcted | imp. & past participle | of Mulct |
| mulling | present participle & vb. noun | of Mull |
| mullein | noun | Any plant of the genus Verbascum. They are tall herbs having coarse leaves, and large flowers in dense spikes. The common species, with densely woolly leaves, is Verbascum Thapsus. |
| mullion | noun | A slender bar or pier which forms the division between the lights of windows, screens, etc., An upright member of a framing. See Stile., To furnish with mullions; to divide by mullions. |
| mullock | noun | Rubbish; refuse; dirt. |
| mulliod | adjective | Like or pertaining to the genus Mullus, which includes the surmullet, or red mullet. |
| multure | noun | The toll for grinding grain., A grist or grinding; the grain ground. |
| mumbled | imp. & past participle | of Mumble |
| mumbler | noun | One who mumbles. |
| mumming | present participle & vb. noun | of Mumm |
| mummery | noun | Masking; frolic in disguise; buffoonery., Farcical show; hypocritical disguise and parade or ceremonies. |
| mummify | verb t. | To embalm and dry as a mummy; to make into, or like, a mummy. |
| mummies | plural | of Mummy |
| mummied | imp. & past participle | of Mummy |
| mumping | present participle & vb. noun | of Mump |
| mumpish | adjective | Sullen, sulky. |
| munched | imp. & past participle | of Munch |
| muncher | noun | One who munches. |
| mundane | adjective | Of or pertaining to the world; worldly; earthly; terrestrial; as, the mundane sphere. |
| mundify | verb t. | To cleanse. |
| mungoos | noun | See Mongoose. |
| mungrel | noun & adjective | See Mongrel. |
| munific | adjective | Munificent; liberal. |
| munjeet | noun | See Indian madder, under Madder. |
| munnion | noun | See Mullion. |
| munting | noun | Same as Mullion; — especially used in joiner’s work. |
| muntjac | noun | Any one of several species of small Asiatic deer of the genus Cervulus, esp. C. muntjac, which occurs both in India and on the East Indian Islands. |
| muraena | noun | A genus of large eels of the family Miraenidae. They differ from the common eel in lacking pectoral fins and in having the dorsal and anal fins continuous. The murry (Muraena Helenae) of Southern Europe was the muraena of the Romans. It is highly valued as a food fish. |
| murices | plural | of Murex |
| murexan | noun | A complex nitrogenous substance obtained from murexide, alloxantin, and other ureids, as a white, or yellowish, crystalline which turns red on exposure to the air; — called also uramil, dialuramide, and formerly purpuric acid. |
| muriate | noun | A salt of muriatic hydrochloric acid; a chloride; as, muriate of ammonia. |
| murkily | adverb | Darkly; gloomily. |
| murlins | noun | A seaweed. See Baddrelocks. |
| murrain | noun | An infectious and fatal disease among cattle., Having, or afflicted with, murrain. |
| murrion | adjective | Infected with or killed by murrain., A morion. See Morion. |
| murther | noun & verb | Murder, n. & v. |
| muscled | adjective | Furnished with muscles; having muscles; as, things well muscled. |
| muscoid | adjective | Mosslike; resembling moss., A term formerly applied to any mosslike flowerless plant, with a distinct stem, and often with leaves, but without any vascular system. |
| muscule | noun | A long movable shed used by besiegers in ancient times in attacking the walls of a fortified town. |
| museful | adjective | Meditative; thoughtfully silent. |
| musette | noun | A small bagpipe formerly in use, having a soft and sweet tone., An air adapted to this instrument; also, a kind of rustic dance. |
| musical | adjective | Of or pertaining to music; having the qualities of music; or the power of producing music; devoted to music; melodious; harmonious; as, musical proportion; a musical voice; musical instruments; a musical sentence; musical persons., Music., A social entertainment of which music is the leading feature; a musical party. |
| musimon | noun | See Mouflon. |
| musketo | noun | See Mosquito. |
| muskrat | noun | A North American aquatic fur-bearing rodent (Fiber zibethicus). It resembles a rat in color and having a long scaly tail, but the tail is compressed, the bind feet are webbed, and the ears are concealed in the fur. It has scent glands which secrete a substance having a strong odor of musk. Called also musquash, musk beaver, and ondatra., The musk shrew., The desman. |
| musquaw | noun | The American black bear. See Bear. |
| musquet | noun | See Musket. |
| musrole | noun | Alt. of Musrol |
| mussing | present participle & vb. noun | of Muss |
| mussite | noun | A variety of pyroxene, from the Mussa Alp in Piedmont; diopside. |
| mustang | noun | The half-wild horse of the plains in Mexico, California, etc. It is small, hardy, and easily sustained. |
| mustard | noun | The name of several cruciferous plants of the genus Brassica (formerly Sinapis), as white mustard (B. alba), black mustard (B. Nigra), wild mustard or charlock (B. Sinapistrum)., A powder or a paste made from the seeds of black or white mustard, used as a condiment and a rubefacient. Taken internally it is stimulant and diuretic, and in large doses is emetic. |
| mustily | adjective | In a musty state. |
| mutable | adjective | Capable of alteration; subject to change; changeable in form, qualities, or nature., Changeable; inconstant; unsettled; unstable; fickle. |
| mutably | adverb | Changeably. |
| mutanda | plural | of Mutandum |
| muchkin | noun | A liquid measure equal to four gills, or an imperial pint. |
| muttony | adjective | Like mutton; having a flavor of mutton. |
| mutuary | noun | One who borrows personal chattels which are to be consumed by him, and which he is to return or repay in kind. |
| muzarab | noun | One of a denomination of Christians formerly living under the government of the Moors in Spain, and having a liturgy and ritual of their own. |
| muzzled | imp. & past participle | of Muzzle |