1) Body 2) Cadaver 3) Corpse 4) Egyptian artefact type 5) Egyptian cadaver of old 6) Egyptian under wraps 7) Embalmed body 8) Fictional mummy 9) French word used in English 10) Halloween fright figure 11) Horror film monster 12) Horror-film stock character 13) Horror-film villain 14) Karloff role 15) Mother
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1) Corpse
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- informal terms for a mother
- a body embalmed and dried and wrapped for burial (as in ancient Egypt)
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A mummy is a deceased human or animal whose skin and organs have been preserved by either intentional or accidental exposure to chemicals, extreme cold, very low humidity, or lack of air, so that the recovered body does not decay further if kept in cool and dry conditions. Some authorities restrict the use of the term to bodies deliberately embalm...
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A dried, shrivelled fruit colonized by a fungus.
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• (n.) A brown color obtained from bitumen. See Mummy brown (below). • (n.) One whose affections and energies are withered. • (n.) A dead body embalmed and dried after the manner of the ancient Egyptians; also, a body preserved, by any means, in a dry state, from the process of putrefaction. • (n.) A sort of wax used in grafting...
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body embalmed or treated for burial with preservatives after the manner of the ancient Egyptians. The process varied from age to age in Egypt, but ... [8 related articles]
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Origin: F. Momie; cf. Sp. & Pg. Momia, It. Mummia; all fr. Per. Mmiya, fr. Mm wax. ... 1. A dead body embalmed and dried after the manner of the ancient Egyptians; also, a body preserved, by any means, in a dry state, from the process of putrefaction. ... 2. Dried flesh of a mummy. ... 3. A gummy liquor that exudes from embalmed flesh when heat...
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A dried, diseased fruit.
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Mum'my (mŭm'mȳ)
noun ;
plural Mummies . [ French
momie ; confer Spanish & Portuguese
momia , Italian
mummia ; all from Persian
mūmiyā , from
mūm wax.]
1. A dead body embalmed and dried after the manner of the...
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Mum'my transitive verb [
imperfect & past participle Mummied ;
present participle & verbal noun Mummying .] To embalm; to mummify.
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A mummy is any dead body, human or animal, that has been naturally or artificially preserved. Natural mummification can occur through freezing, drying, or preservation in bogs or oil seeps. Artificial mummification may be achieved by embalming (for example, the mummies of ancient Egypt) or by freeze-drying.
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Egyptian brown) The most macabre of artist's colours. In the 16th century mummified bodies were imported to England from Egypt, generally being taken from the mass graves near the Pyramids. At first they were used for making internal medicines and then tried out as a pigment. The dry powdered mummy is a warm dark brown in colour and has a faint odo...
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n] - a body embalmed and dried and wrapped for burial (as in ancient Egypt)
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[Othello] (75) fluid drained from embalmed bodies.
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From the Persian word; 'moumiya'. A preserved corpse by either natural or artificial means. Mummification involved thoroughly drying the body to remove the source of decay.
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noun a body embalmed and dried and wrapped for burial (as in ancient Egypt)
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Any dead body, human or animal, that has been naturally or artificially preserved. Natural mummification can occur through freezing (for example, mammoths in glacial ice from 25,000 years ago), drying, or preservation in bogs or oil seeps. Artificial mummification may be achieved by embalming (for example, the mummies of ancient Egypt) or by freeze...
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a body that has undergone mummification.
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