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- English Word Mutuary Definition One who borrows personal chattels which are to be consumed by him, and which he is to return or repay in kind.
- English Word Mutuation Definition The act of borrowing or exchanging.
- English Word Mutule Definition A projecting block worked under the corona of the Doric corice, in the same situation as the modillion of the Corinthian and Composite orders. See Illust. of Gutta.
- English Word Mux Definition Dirt; filth; muck.
- English Word Mux Definition To mix in an unitidy and offensive way; to make a mess of.
- English Word Muxy Definition Soft; sticky, and dirty.
- English Word Muzarab Definition One of a denomination of Christians formerly living under the government of the Moors in Spain, and having a liturgy and ritual of their own.
- English Word Muzarabic Definition Of or pertaining to Muzarabs; as, the Muzarabic liturgy.
- English Word Muzziness Definition The state or quality of being muzzy.
- English Word Muzzle Definition The projecting mouth and nose of a quadruped, as of a horse; a snout.
- English Word Muzzle Definition The mouth of a thing; the end for entrance or discharge; as, the muzzle of a gun.
- English Word Muzzle Definition A fastening or covering (as a band or cage) for the mouth of an animal, to prevent eating or vicious biting.
- English Word Muzzle Definition To bind the mouth of; to fasten the mouth of, so as to prevent biting or eating; hence, figuratively, to bind; to sheathe; to restrain from speech or action.
- English Word Muzzle Definition To fondle with the closed mouth.
- English Word Muzzle Definition To bring the mouth or muzzle near.
- English Word Muzzle-loader Definition A firearm which receives its charge through the muzzle, as distinguished from one which is loaded at the breech.
- English Word Muzzle-loading Definition Receiving its charge through the muzzle; as, a muzzle-loading rifle.
- English Word Muzzled Definition of Muzzle
- English Word Muzzling Definition of Muzzle
- English Word Muzzy Definition Absent-minded; dazed; muddled; stupid.
- English Word My Definition Of or belonging to me; -- used always attributively; as, my body; my book; -- mine is used in the predicate; as, the book is mine. See Mine.
- English Word Mya Definition A genus of bivalve mollusks, including the common long, or soft-shelled, clam.
- English Word Myalgia Definition Pain in the muscles; muscular rheumatism or neuralgia.
- English Word Myall wood Definition A durable, fragrant, and dark-colored Australian wood, used by the natives for spears. It is obtained from the small tree Acacia homolophylla.
- English Word Myaria Definition A division of bivalve mollusks of which the common clam (Mya) is the type.
- English Word Mycelium Definition The white threads or filamentous growth from which a mushroom or fungus is developed; the so-called mushroom spawn.
- English Word Myceloid Definition Resembling mycelium.
- English Word Mycetes Definition A genus of South American monkeys, including the howlers. See Howler, 2, and Illust.
- English Word Mycetoid Definition Resembling a fungus.
- English Word Mycoderma Definition One of the forms in which bacteria group themselves; a more or less thick layer of motionless but living bacteria, formed by the bacteria uniting on the surface of the fluid in which they are developed. This production differs from the zooloea stage of bacteria by not having the intermediary mucous substance.