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- English Word Mucous Definition Secreting a slimy or mucigenous substance; as, the mucous membrane.
- English Word Mucousness Definition The quality or state of being mucous; sliminess.
- English Word Mucro Definition A minute abrupt point, as of a leaf; any small, sharp point or process, terminating a larger part or organ.
- English Word Mucronate Definition Alt. of Mucronated
- English Word Mucronated Definition Ending abruptly in a sharp point; abruptly tipped with a short and sharp point; as, a mucronate leaf.
- English Word Mucronulate Definition Having, or tipped with, a small point or points.
- English Word Muculent Definition Slimy; moist, and moderately viscous.
- English Word Mucus Definition A viscid fluid secreted by mucous membranes, which it serves to moisten and protect. It covers the lining membranes of all the cavities which open externally, such as those of the mouth, nose, lungs, intestinal canal, urinary passages, etc.
- English Word Mucus Definition Any other animal fluid of a viscid quality, as the synovial fluid, which lubricates the cavities of the joints; -- improperly so used.
- English Word Mucus Definition A gelatinous or slimy substance found in certain algae and other plants.
- English Word Mucusin Definition Mucin.
- English Word Mud Definition Earth and water mixed so as to be soft and adhesive.
- English Word Mud Definition To bury in mud.
- English Word Mud Definition To make muddy or turbid.
- English Word Mudar Definition Either one of two asclepiadaceous shrubs (Calotropis gigantea, and C. procera), which furnish a strong and valuable fiber. The acrid milky juice is used medicinally.
- English Word Mudarin Definition A brown, amorphous, bitter substance having a strong emetic action, extracted from the root of the mudar.
- English Word Muddied Definition of Muddy
- English Word Muddily Definition In a muddy manner; turbidly; without mixture; cloudily; obscurely; confusedly.
- English Word Muddiness Definition The condition or quality of being muddy; turbidness; foulness caused by mud, dirt, or sediment; as, the muddiness of a stream.
- English Word Muddiness Definition Obscurity or confusion, as in treatment of a subject; intellectual dullness.
- English Word Muddle Definition To make turbid, or muddy, as water.
- English Word Muddle Definition To cloud or stupefy; to render stupid with liquor; to intoxicate partially.
- English Word Muddle Definition To waste or misuse, as one does who is stupid or intoxicated.
- English Word Muddle Definition To mix confusedly; to confuse; to make a mess of; as, to muddle matters; also, to perplex; to mystify.
- English Word Muddle Definition To dabble in mud.
- English Word Muddle Definition To think and act in a confused, aimless way.
- English Word Muddle Definition A state of being turbid or confused; hence, intellectual cloudiness or dullness.
- English Word Muddled Definition of Muddle
- English Word Muddlehead Definition A stupid person.
- English Word Muddler Definition One who, or that which, muddles.