Words |
Parts of Speech |
Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
muadlinism |
noun |
A maudlin state. |
mucigenous |
adjective |
Connected with the formation of mucin; resembling mucin. |
muciparous |
adjective |
Secreting, or producing, mucus or mucin. |
muckmidden |
noun |
A dunghill. |
mucousness |
noun |
The quality or state of being mucous; sliminess. |
mucronated |
adjective |
Ending abruptly in a sharp point; abruptly tipped with a short and sharp point; as, a mucronate leaf. |
muddlehead |
noun |
A stupid person. |
mugwumpery |
noun |
Alt. of Mugwumpism |
mugwumpism |
noun |
The acts and views of the mugwumps. |
muhammadan |
adjective & noun |
Alt. of Muhammedan |
muhammedan |
adjective & noun |
Mohammedan. |
mulattress |
noun |
A female mulatto. |
mulberries |
plural |
of Mulberry |
mule-jenny |
noun |
See Mule, 4. |
muliebrity |
noun |
The state of being a woman or of possessing full womanly powers; womanhood; — correlate of virility., Hence: Effeminancy; softness. |
mulligrubs |
noun |
A griping of the intestines; colic., Hence, sullenness; the sulks. |
mullingong |
noun |
See Duck mole, under Duck. |
multiaxial |
adjective |
Having more than one axis; developing in more than a single line or plain; — opposed to monoaxial. |
multicolor |
adjective |
Having many, or several, colors. |
multifaced |
adjective |
Having many faces. |
multilobar |
adjective |
Consisting of, or having, many lobes. |
multiloquy |
noun |
Excess of words or talk. |
multiplier |
noun |
One who, or that which, multiplies or increases number., The number by which another number is multiplied. See the Note under Multiplication., An instrument for multiplying or increasing by repetition or accumulation the intensity of a force or action, as heat or electricity. It is particularly used to render such a force or action appreciable or measurable when feeble. See Thermomultiplier. |
multiplied |
imp. & past participle |
of Multiply |
multipolar |
adjective |
Having many poles; — applied especially to those ganglionic nerve cells which have several radiating processes. |
multivalve |
noun |
Any mollusk which has a shell composed of more than two pieces., Alt. of Multivalvular |
multivious |
adjective & adverb |
Having many ways or roads; by many ways. |
multivocal |
adjective |
Signifying many different things; of manifold meaning; equivocal., A multivocal word. |
multocular |
adjective |
Having many eyes, or more than two. |
mumblenews |
noun |
A talebearer. |
mum-chance |
noun |
A game of hazard played with cards in silence., A silent, stupid person., Silent and idle. |
mummifying |
present participle & vb. noun |
of Mummify |
muneration |
noun |
Remuneration. |
munificate |
verb t. |
To enrich. |
munificent |
adjective |
Very liberal in giving or bestowing; lavish; as, a munificent benefactor. |
murderment |
noun |
Murder. |
muriculate |
adjective |
Minutely muricate. |
muscardine |
noun |
A disease which is very destructive to silkworms, and which sometimes extends to other insects. It is attended by the development of a fungus (provisionally called Botrytis bassiana). Also, the fungus itself. |
muscularly |
adverb |
In a muscular manner. |
mussulmans |
plural |
of Mussulman |
mustachios |
plural |
of Mustacho |
mustachoed |
adjective |
Having mustachios. |
mutability |
noun |
The quality of being mutable, or subject to change or alteration, either in form, state, or essential character; susceptibility of change; changeableness; inconstancy; variation. |
mutilating |
present participle & vb. noun |
of Mutilate |
mutilation |
noun |
The act of mutilating, or the state of being mutilated; deprivation of a limb or of an essential part. |