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

musical note
noun a notation representing the pitch and duration of a musical sound; `the singer held the note too long`

musical organization
musical organisation noun an organization of musicians who perform together

musical passage
noun a short section of a musical composition

musical perception
noun the auditory perception of musical sounds

musical performance
noun the act of performing music

musical phrase
noun a short musical passage

musical soiree
soiree musicale noun a soiree assembled for the purpose of listening to music

musical time
noun (music) the beat of musical rhythm

musicality
musicalness noun the property of sounding like music

musician
noun artist who composes or conducts music as a profession

musician
noun someone who plays a musical instrument (as a profession)

musicianship
noun artistry in performing music

musicogenic epilepsy
noun reflex epilepsy induced by music

musicological
adjective of or relating to musicology

musicologically
adverb with respect to musicology

musicologist
noun a student of musicology

musicology
noun the scholarly and scientific study of music

musingly
adverb in a reflective manner; ``It`s funny about that bar,` he said musingly`

musk
noun the scent of a greasy glandular secretion from the male musk deer

musk clover
muskus grass noun low annual European herb naturalized in America; similar to alfilaria

musk deer
Moschus moschiferus noun small heavy-limbed upland deer of central Asia; male secretes valued musk

musk kangaroo
Hypsiprymnodon moschatus noun small kangaroo of northeastern Australia

musk mallow
Malva moschata noun erect Old World perennial with faintly musk-scented foliage and white or pink flowers; adventive in United States

musk ox
musk sheep noun large shaggy-coated bovid mammal of Canada and Greenland; intermediate in size and anatomy between an ox and a sheep

musk rose
Rosa moschata noun rose native to Mediterranean region having curved or climbing branches and loose clusters of musky-scented flowers

musk thistle
nodding thistle noun Eurasian perennial naturalized in eastern North America having very spiny white cottony foliage and nodding musky crimson flower heads; valuable source of nectar

musk turtle
stinkpot noun small freshwater turtle having a strong musky odor

musk-scented
musky-scented adjective smelling of musk

muskellunge
Esox masquinongy noun large (60 to 80 pounds) sport fish of North America

musket
noun a muzzle-loading shoulder gun with a long barrel; formerly used by infantrymen

musket ball
noun a solid projectile that is shot by a musket; `they had to carry a ramrod as well as powder and ball`

musketeer
noun a foot soldier armed with a musket

musketry
noun the technique of using small arms (especially in battle)

Muskhogean
Muskhogean language noun a family of North American Indian languages spoken in the southeastern United States

muskiness
noun having the olfactory properties of musk

muskmelon
sweet melon noun the fruit of a muskmelon vine; any of several sweet melons related to cucumbers

Muskogee
noun the Muskhogean language spoken by the Muskogee

muskrat
musquash noun beaver-like aquatic rodent of North America with dark glossy brown fur

muskwood
Olearia argophylla noun musk-scented shrub or tree of southern and southeastern Australia having creamy-yellow flower heads

musky
adjective resembling the smell of musk

Muslim
Moslem adjective of or relating to or supporting Islamism; `Islamic art`

Muslimah
noun a Muslim woman

muslin
noun plain-woven cotton fabric

musnud
noun a seat with a cushion that is used as a throne by Indian princes

Musophaga
genus Musophaga noun type genus of the Musophagidae

Musophagidae
family Musophagidae noun touracos

musophobia
noun a morbid fear of mice

mussel
noun marine or freshwater bivalve mollusk that lives attached to rocks etc.

Musset
Alfred de Musset noun French poet and writer (1810-1857)

Mussolini
Benito Mussolini noun Italian fascist dictator (1883-1945)

Mussorgsky
Moussorgsky noun Russian composer of operas and orchestral works (1839-1881)

must
noun grape juice before or during fermentation

must(a)
adjective highly recommended; `a book that is must reading`

mustache
moustache noun an unshaved growth of hair on the upper lip; `he looked younger after he shaved off his mustache`

mustache cup
moustache cup noun a drinking cup with a bar inside the rim to keep a man`s mustache out of the drink

mustachio
moustachio noun a large bushy moustache (with hair growing sometimes down the sides of the mouth)

mustachioed
mustached adjective having a moustache

mustang
noun small hardy range horse of the western plains descended from horses brought by the Spanish

mustang mint
Monardella lanceolata noun fragrant California annual herb having lanceolate leaves and clusters of rose-purple flowers

mustard
table mustard noun pungent powder or paste prepared from ground mustard seeds

mustard
leaf mustard noun leaves eaten as cooked greens

mustard gas
mustard agent noun a toxic war gas with sulfide based compounds that raises blisters and attacks the eyes and lungs; there is no known antidote

mustard greens
leaf mustard noun leaves eaten as cooked greens

mustard oil
noun oil obtained from mustard seeds and used in making soap

mustard plaster
sinapism noun a plaster containing powdered black mustard; applied to the skin as a counterirritant or rubefacient

mustard sauce
noun prepared mustard thinned with vinegar and getable oil with sugar and seasonings

mustard seed
noun black or white seeds ground to make mustard pastes or powders

Mustela
genus Mustela noun type genus of the family Mustelidae: minks and weasels

Mustelidae
family Mustelidae noun weasels; polecats; ferrets; minks; fishers; otters; badgers; skunks; wolverines; martens

musteline mammal
mustelid noun fissiped fur-bearing carnivorous mammals

Mustelus
genus Mustelus noun smooth dogfishes

muster
noun a gathering of military personnel for duty; `he was thrown in the brig for missing muster`

muster
verb gather or bring together; `muster the courage to do something`; `she rallied her intellect`; `Summon all your courage`

muster call
noun a call of the names of personnel at a military assembly

muster roll
noun a list of names of officers and men in a military unit or ship`s company

muster up
verb gather or bring together; `muster the courage to do something`; `she rallied her intellect`; `Summon all your courage`

musth
noun an annual phase of heightened sexual excitement in the males of certain large mammals (especially elephants); is associated with discharge from a gland between the eye and ear; `the frenzied elephant was in musth`

mustiness
must noun the quality of smelling or tasting old or stale or mouldy

mutability
mutableness noun the quality of being capable of mutation

mutable
adjective capable of or tending to change in form or quality or nature; `a mutable substance`; `the mutable ways of fortune`; `mutable weather patterns`; `a mutable foreign policy`

mutafacient
adjective capable of inducing mutation (used mainly of intracellular agents)

mutagen
noun any agent (physical or environmental) that can induce a genetic mutation or can increase the rate of mutation

mutagenesis
noun an event capable of causing a mutation

mutagenic
adjective capable of inducing mutation (used mainly of extracellular factors such as X-rays or chemical pollution)

mutant
adjective tending to undergo or resulting from mutation; `a mutant gene`

mutant gene
noun a gene that has changed so that the normal transmission and expression of a trait is affected

mutation
genetic mutation noun (genetics) any event that changes genetic structure; any alteration in the inherited nucleic acid sequence of the genotype of an organism

mutational
adjective of or relating to or resulting from mutation

mutatis mutandis
adverb with the necessary changes having been carried out

mutative
adjective of or pertaining to or marked by genetic mutation

Mutawa`een
Mutawa noun religious police in Saudi Arabia whose duty is to ensure strict adherence to established codes of conduct; offenders may be detained indefinitely; foreigners are not excluded

mutchkin
noun a Scottish unit of liquid measure equal to 0.9 United States pint

mute
tongueless adjective lacking power of speech

mute
adjective unable to speak because of hereditary deafness

mute swan
Cygnus olor noun soundless Eurasian swan; commonly domesticated

mutely
wordlessly adverb without speaking; `he sat mutely next to her`

muteness
noun a refusal to speak when expected; `his silence about my contribution was surprising`

mutilate
verb alter so as to make unrecognizable; `The tourists murdered the French language`

mutilation
noun an injury that deprives you of a limb or other important body part

mutilator
maimer noun a person who mutilates or destroys or disfigures or cripples