Words |
Parts of Speech |
Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
mucinogen |
noun |
Same as Mucigen. |
muckender |
noun |
A handkerchief. |
muckiness |
noun |
The quality of being mucky. |
mucronate |
adjective |
Alt. of Mucronated |
muddiness |
noun |
The condition or quality of being muddy; turbidness; foulness caused by mud, dirt, or sediment; as, the muddiness of a stream., Obscurity or confusion, as in treatment of a subject; intellectual dullness. |
mudsucker |
noun |
A woodcock. |
muffineer |
noun |
A dish for keeping muffins hot. |
mugginess |
noun |
The condition or quality of being muggy. |
mulattoes |
plural |
of Mulatto |
mulctuary |
adjective |
Imposing a pecuniary penalty; consisting of, or paid as, a fine. |
mulierose |
adjective |
Fond of woman. |
mullerian |
adjective |
Of, pertaining to, or discovered by, Johannes Muller. |
multiflue |
adjective |
Having many flues; as, a multiflue boiler. See Boiler. |
multifoil |
noun |
An ornamental foliation consisting of more than five divisions or foils., Having more than five divisions or foils. |
multifold |
adjective |
Many times doubled; manifold; numerous. |
multiform |
adjective |
Having many forms, shapes, or appearances. |
multiplex |
adjective |
Manifold; multiple. |
multisect |
adjective |
Divided into many similar segments; — said of an insect or myriapod. |
multitude |
noun |
A great number of persons collected together; a numerous collection of persons; a crowd; an assembly., A great number of persons or things, regarded collectively; as, the book will be read by a multitude of people; the multitude of stars; a multitude of cares., The state of being many; numerousness. |
mummeries |
plural |
of Mummery |
mummichog |
noun |
Any one of several species of small American cyprinodont fishes of the genus Fundulus, and of allied genera; the killifishes; — called also minnow. |
mummified |
adjective |
Converted into a mummy or a mummylike substance; having the appearance of a mummy; withered., of Mummify |
mummiform |
adjective |
Having some resemblance to a mummy; — in zoology, said of the pupae of certain insects. |
mummychog |
noun |
See Mummichog. |
mundanity |
noun |
Worldliness. |
mundation |
noun |
The act of cleansing. |
mundatory |
adjective |
Cleansing; having power to cleanse. |
mundungus |
noun |
A stinking tobacco. |
munnerary |
adjective |
Having the nature of a gift. |
munnerate |
verb t. |
To remunerate. |
municipal |
adjective |
Of or pertaining to a city or a corporation having the right of administering local government; as, municipal rights; municipal officers., Of or pertaining to a state, kingdom, or nation. |
munjistin |
noun |
An orange-red coloring substance resembling alizarin, found in the root of an East Indian species of madder (Rubia munjista). |
muraenoid |
adjective |
Alt. of Murenoid |
murdering |
present participle & vb. noun |
of Murder |
murderess |
noun |
A woman who commits murder. |
murderous |
adjective |
Of or pertaining to murder; characterized by, or causing, murder or bloodshed; having the purpose or quality of murder; bloody; sanguinary; as, the murderous king; murderous rapine; murderous intent; a murderous assault. |
muricated |
adjective |
Formed with sharp points; full of sharp points or of pickles; covered, or roughened, as a surface, with sharp points or excrescences. |
murkiness |
noun |
The state of being murky. |
murmuring |
present participle & vb. noun |
of Murmur, Uttering murmurs; making low sounds; complaining. |
murmurous |
adjective |
Attended with murmurs; exciting murmurs or complaint; murmuring. |
murtherer |
noun |
A murderer. |
musaceous |
adjective |
Of, pertaining to, or resembling, plants of the genus Musa. |
muscadine |
noun |
A name given to several very different kinds of grapes, but in America used chiefly for the scuppernong, or southern fox grape, which is said to be the parent stock of the Catawba. See Grapevine., A fragrant and delicious pear., See Muscardin. |
muscardin |
noun |
The common European dormouse; — so named from its odor. |
musciform |
adjective |
Having the form or structure of flies of the genus Musca, or family Muscidae., Having the appearance or form of a moss. |
muscogees |
noun pl. |
See Muskogees. |
muscology |
noun |
Bryology. |
muscosity |
noun |
Mossiness. |
muscovado |
adjective |
Pertaining to, or of the nature of, unrefined or raw sugar, obtained from the juice of the sugar cane by evaporating and draining off the molasses. Muscovado sugar contains impurities which render it dark colored and moist., Unrefined or raw sugar. |
muscovite |
noun |
A native or inhabitant of Muscovy or ancient Russia; hence, a Russian., Common potash mica. See Mica. |
musculous |
adjective |
Muscular. |
musically |
adverb |
In a musical manner. |
musketeer |
noun |
A soldier armed with a musket. |
musketoon |
noun |
A short musket., One who is armed with such a musket. |
muskiness |
noun |
The quality or state of being musky; the scent of musk. |
muskmelon |
noun |
The fruit of a cucubritaceous plant (Cicumis Melo), having a peculiar aromatic flavor, and cultivated in many varieties, the principal sorts being the cantaloupe, of oval form and yellowish flesh, and the smaller nutmeg melon with greenish flesh. See Illust. of Melon. |
muskogees |
noun pl. |
A powerful tribe of North American Indians that formerly occupied the region of Georgia, Florida, and Alabama. They constituted a large part of the Creek confederacy. |
musomania |
noun |
See Musicomania. |
mussulman |
noun |
A Mohammedan; a Moslem. |
mustaches |
plural |
of Mustache |
musteline |
adjective |
Like or pertaining to the family Mustelidae, or the weasels and martens. |
mustering |
present participle & vb. noun |
of Muster |
mustiness |
noun |
The quality or state of being musty. |
mute-hill |
noun |
See Moot-hill. |
mutilated |
imp. & past participle |
of Mutilate |
mutilator |
noun |
One who mutilates. |
mutinying |
present participle & vb. noun |
of Mutiny |
muttering |
present participle & vb. noun |
of Mutter |
mutualism |
noun |
The doctrine of mutual dependence as the condition of individual and social welfare. |
mutuality |
noun |
The quality of correlation; reciprocation; interchange; interaction; interdependence., Reciprocity of consideration. |
mutuation |
noun |
The act of borrowing or exchanging. |
muzarabic |
adjective |
Of or pertaining to Muzarabs; as, the Muzarabic liturgy. |
muzziness |
noun |
The state or quality of being muzzy. |