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. |