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Princeton University - WordNet - a lexical database for the English language Category: General Date & country: 27/01/2008, USA Words: 85192

mud-beplastered
adjective covered with or as if with mud; `mud-beplastered arguments`

mud-brick
adjective of or incorporating mud bricks

mudder
noun a racehorse that runs well on a muddy racetrack

mudguard
splash guard noun a curved piece above the wheel of a bicycle or motorcycle to protect the rider from water or mud thrown up by the wheels

mudhif
noun a reed hut in the marshlands of Iraq; rare since the marshes were drained

mudra
noun ritual hand movement in Hindu religious dancing

mudskipper
mudspringer noun found in tropical coastal regions of Africa and Asia; able to move on land on strong pectoral fins

mudslide
noun a landslide of mud

Muenster
noun semisoft pale-yellow cheese

muesli
noun mixture of untoasted dry cereals and fruits

muezzin
muazzin noun the Muslim official of a mosque who summons the faithful to prayer from a minaret five times a day

muff
noun a warm tubular covering for the hands

muffin
gem noun a sweet quick bread baked in a cup-shaped pan

muffin man
noun formerly an itinerant peddler of muffins

muffle
noun a kiln with an inner chamber for firing things at a low temperature

muffled
adjective wrapped up especially for protection or secrecy; `children muffled almost to the eyebrows`

muffler
noun a scarf worn around the neck

mufti
noun civilian dress worn by a person who is entitled to wear a military uniform

mug
noun with handle and usually cylindrical

mug file
mug book noun a file of mug shots (pictures of criminals that are kept on file by the police)

mug shot
mugshot noun a photograph of someone`s face (especially one made for police records)

mug`s game
noun a futile or unprofitable endeavor

muggee
noun a victim of a mugging; `the law seems to give more protection to the mugger than to the muggee`

mugger
noun a robber who takes property by threatening or performing violence on the person who is robbed (usually on the street)

mugginess
noun a state of warm humidity

mugging
noun assault with intent to rob

muggy
steamy adjective hot or warm and humid; `muggy weather`; `the steamy tropics`; `sticky weather`

Mugil
genus Mugil noun type genus of the Mugilidae: mullets

Mugilidae
family Mugilidae noun grey mullets

Mugiloidea
suborder Mugiloidea noun fishes distinguished by abdominal pelvic fins: families Mugilidae; Atherinidae; Sphyraenidae

mugwort
noun any of several weedy composite plants of the genus Artemisia

Mugwump
noun someone who bolted from the Republican Party during the U.S. presidential election of 1884

mugwump
noun a neutral or uncommitted person (especially in politics)

Muhammad
noun leader of Black Muslims who campaigned for independence for Black Americans (1897-1975)

Muhammadan
Mohammedan adjective of or relating to the Arabian prophet Muhammad or to the religion he founded

Muharram
Moharram noun the first month of the Islamic calendar

Muhlenbergia
genus Muhlenbergia noun a genus of grasses of the family Gramineae grown in America and Asia

muishond
noun southern African weasel

Mujahedeen Khalq
noun Iranian guerillas based in Iraq

Mujahedeen Kompak
noun a militant Islamic militia that was formed in 2004 by hardliners who split from Jemaah Islamiyah

mujahid
noun a Muslim engaged in what he considers to be a jihad

mujahidin
mujahedin noun a military force of Muslim guerilla warriors engaged in a jihad; `some call the mujahidin international warriors but others just call them terrorists`

Mujahidin-e Khalq Organization
MKO noun a terrorist organization formed in the 1960s by children of Iranian merchants; sought to counter the Shah of Iran`s pro-Western policies of modernization and opposition to communism; following a philosophy that mixes Marxism and Islam it now attacks the Islamic fundamentalists who deposed the Shah

mujtihad
noun an Islamic scholar who engages in ijtihad, the effort to derive rules of divine law from Muslim sacred texts

Mukalla
Al-Mukalla noun a port in southern Yemen on the Gulf of Aden east of Aden

mukataa
noun an Arabic word for headquarters or administrative center; `Arafat was holed up in the mukataa of his West Bank compound`

Mulatto
noun an offspring of a Black and a White parent

mulberry
noun sweet usually dark purple blackberry-like fruit of any of several mulberry trees of the genus Morus

mulch
noun a protective covering of rotting vegetable matter spread to reduce evaporation and soil erosion

mule
scuff noun a slipper that has no fitting around the heel

mule deer
burro deer noun long-eared deer of western North America with two-pronged antlers

mule fat
Baccharis viminea noun California shrub with slender leafy shoots that are important browse for mule deer

mule`s ears
Wyethia amplexicaulis noun balsamic-resinous herb with clumps of lanceolate leaves and stout leafy stems ending in large deep yellow flowers on long stalks; northwestern United States

muleteer
mule skinner noun a worker who drives mules

Mull
noun an island in western Scotland in the Inner Hebrides

Mullah
Mollah noun a Muslim trained in the doctrine and law of Islam; the head of a mosque

mulled cider
noun sweet cider heated with spices and citrus fruit

mulled wine
noun wine heated with sugar and spices and often citrus fruit

mullein
flannel leaf noun any of various plants of the genus Verbascum having large usually woolly leaves and terminal spikes of yellow or white or purplish flowers

mullein pink
rose campion noun an old cottage garden plant of southeastern Europe widely cultivated for its attractive white woolly foliage and showy crimson flowers

Muller
Hermann Joseph Muller noun United States geneticist who studied the effects of X-rays on genes (1890-1967)

Muller
Regiomontanus noun German mathematician and astronomer (1436-1476)

mullet
grey mullet noun highly valued lean flesh of marine or freshwater mullet

mullet
gray mullet noun freshwater or coastal food fishes a spindle-shaped body; found worldwide

mullet-like
adjective resembling a mullet

Mullidae
family Mullidae noun goatfishes or red mullets

mulligan stew
mulligan noun Irish version of burgoo

mulligatawny
noun a soup of eastern India that is flavored with curry; prepared with a meat or chicken base

mullion
noun a nonstructural vertical strip between the casements or panes of a window (or the panels of a screen)

mullioned
adjective of windows; divided by vertical bars or piers usually of stone; `mullioned windows`

Mulloidichthys
genus Mulloidichthys noun a genus of Mullidae

mulloway
jewfish 2 Sciaena antarctica noun large important food fish of Australia; almost indistinguishable from the maigre

Mullus
genus Mullus noun type genus of the Mullidae: goatfishes

multi-billionaire
noun a very rich person whose material wealth is valued at many billions of dollars

multi-seeded
several-seeded adjective having many seeds

multi-stemmed
adjective having many stems

multibank holding company
noun a bank holding company owning several banks

multicellular
adjective consisting of many cells; `multicellular organisms`

multichannel recorder
noun a recorder with two or more channels; makes continuous records of two or more signals simultaneously

multicollinearity
noun a case of multiple regression in which the predictor variables are themselves highly correlated

multicultural
adjective of or relating to or including several cultures; `a multicultural event`

multiculturalism
noun the doctrine that several different cultures (rather than one national culture) can coexist peacefully and equitably in a single country

multidimensional
adjective having or involving or marked by several dimensions or aspects; `multidimensional problems`; `a multidimensional proposition`; `a multidimensional personality`

multidimensional language
noun a programming language whose expressions are assembled in more than one dimension

multiengine airplane
multiengine plane noun a plane with two or more engines

multiethnic
multi-ethnic adjective involving several ethnic groups

multifactorial
adjective involving or depending on several factors or causes (especially pertaining to a condition or disease resulting from the interaction of many genes)

multiflora
multiflora rose noun vigorously growing rose having clusters of numerous small flowers; used for hedges and as grafting stock

multiform
adjective occurring in or having many forms or shapes or appearances; `the multiform universe of nature and man`- John Dewey

multilane
adjective (of roads and highways) having two or more lanes for traffic

multilateral
adjective having many parts or sides

multilevel
adjective of a building having more than one level

multilingual
adjective using or knowing more than one language; `a multilingual translator`; `a multilingual nation`

multimedia
multimedia system noun transmission that combine media of communication (text and graphics and sound etc.)

multinational
transnational adjective involving or operating in several nations or nationalities; `multinational corporations`; `transnational terrorist networks`

multinucleate
adjective having two or more nuclei

multiparous
adjective producing more than one offspring at a time

multipartite
adjective involving more than two parties

multiphase
polyphase adjective of an electrical system that uses or generates two or more alternating voltages of the same frequency but differing in phase angle

multiple
adjective having or involving or consisting of more than one part or entity or individual; `multiple birth`; `multiple ownership`; `made multiple copies of the speech`; `his multiple achievements in public life`; `her multiple personalities`; `a pineapple is a multiple fruit`