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  • English Word Musculophrenic Definition Pertaining to the muscles and the diaphragm; as, the musculophrenic artery.
  • English Word Musculosity Definition The quality or state of being musculous; muscularity.
  • English Word Musculospiral Definition Of or pertaining to the muscles, and taking a spiral course; -- applied esp. to a large nerve of the arm.
  • English Word Musculous Definition Muscular.
  • English Word Muse Definition A gap or hole in a hedge, hence, wall, or the like, through which a wild animal is accustomed to pass; a muset.
  • English Word Muse Definition One of the nine goddesses who presided over song and the different kinds of poetry, and also the arts and sciences; -- often used in the plural.
  • English Word Muse Definition A particular power and practice of poetry.
  • English Word Muse Definition A poet; a bard.
  • English Word Muse Definition To think closely; to study in silence; to meditate.
  • English Word Muse Definition To be absent in mind; to be so occupied in study or contemplation as not to observe passing scenes or things present; to be in a brown study.
  • English Word Muse Definition To wonder.
  • English Word Muse Definition To think on; to meditate on.
  • English Word Muse Definition To wonder at.
  • English Word Muse Definition Contemplation which abstracts the mind from passing scenes; absorbing thought; hence, absence of mind; a brown study.
  • English Word Muse Definition Wonder, or admiration.
  • English Word Mused Definition of Muse
  • English Word Museful Definition Meditative; thoughtfully silent.
  • English Word Museless Definition Unregardful of the Muses; disregarding the power of poetry; unpoetical.
  • English Word Muser Definition One who muses.
  • English Word Muset Definition A small hole or gap through which a wild animal passes; a muse.
  • English Word Musette Definition A small bagpipe formerly in use, having a soft and sweet tone.
  • English Word Musette Definition An air adapted to this instrument; also, a kind of rustic dance.
  • English Word Museum Definition A repository or a collection of natural, scientific, or literary curiosities, or of works of art.
  • English Word Mush Definition Meal (esp. Indian meal) boiled in water; hasty pudding; supawn.
  • English Word Mush Definition To notch, cut, or indent, as cloth, with a stamp.
  • English Word Mushroom Definition An edible fungus (Agaricus campestris), having a white stalk which bears a convex or oven flattish expanded portion called the pileus. This is whitish and silky or somewhat scaly above, and bears on the under side radiating gills which are at first flesh-colored, but gradually become brown. The plant grows in rich pastures and is proverbial for rapidity of growth and shortness of duration. It has a pleasant smell, and is largely used as food. It is also cultivated from spawn.
  • English Word Mushroom Definition Any large fungus, especially one of the genus Agaricus; a toadstool. Several species are edible; but many are very poisonous.
  • English Word Mushroom Definition One who rises suddenly from a low condition in life; an upstart.
  • English Word Mushroom Definition Of or pertaining to mushrooms; as, mushroom catchup.
  • English Word Mushroom Definition Resembling mushrooms in rapidity of growth and shortness of duration; short-lived; ephemerial; as, mushroom cities.