MUCILAGINOUSNESS
MUCILAG'INOUSNESS, noun Sliminess; the state of being mucilaginous.
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American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.
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MUCITE
MU'CITE, noun A combination of a substance with mucous acid.
MUCK
MUCK, noun [Latin mucus.]1. Dung in a moist state, or a mass of dung and putrefied vegetable matter.With fattening muck besmear the roots.2. Something mean, vile or filthy.To ru...
MUCKENDER
MUCK'ENDER, noun A pocket handkerchief. [Not used.]
MUCKER
MUCK'ER, verb transitive [from muck.] To scrape together money by mean labor or shifts. [Not used in America.]
MUCKERER
MUCK'ERER, noun A miser; a niggard. [Not used.]
MUCKHEAP
MUCK'HEAPMUCK'HILL, noun A dunghill.
MUCKHILL
MUCK'HILL, n. A dunghill.
MUCKINESS
MUCK'INESS, noun Filthiness; nastiness.
MUCKLE
MUCK'LE, adjective Much.
MUCKSWEAT
MUCK'SWEAT, noun Profuse sweat.
MUCKWORM
MUCK'WORM, noun A worm that lives in muck.1. A miser; one who scrapes together money by mean labor and devices.
MUCKY
MUCK'Y, adjective Filthy; nasty.
MUCOSO-SACCHARINE
MUCOSO-SAC'CHARINE, adjective Partaking of the qualities of mucilage and sugar.
MUCOUS
MU'COUS, adjective [See Mucus.] Pertaining to mucus or resembling it; slimy, ropy and lubricous; as a mucous substance.1. Secreting a slimy substance; as the mucous membrane.The...
MUCOUSNESS
MU'COUSNESS, noun The state of being mucous; sliminess.
MUCRONATE
MU'CRONATEMU'CRONATED, adjective [Latin mucronatus, from mucro, a point.]Narrowed to a point; terminating in a point.
MUCRONATED
MU'CRONATED, a. [L. mucronatus, from mucro, a point.]Narrowed to a point; terminating in a point.
MUCULENT
MU'CULENT, adjective [Latin muculentus.] Slimy; moist and moderately viscous.
MUCUS
MU'CUS, noun [Latin See Mucilage and Muck.]1. A viscid fluid secreted by the mucous membrane, which it serves to moisten and defend. It covers the lining membranes of all the ca...
MUD
MUD, noun [Latin madeo.] Moist and soft earth of any kind, such as is found in marshes and swamps, at the bottom or rivers and ponds, or in highways after rain.MUD, verb transit...
MUDDILY
MUD'DILY, adverb [from muddyl] Turbidly; with foul mixture.Lucilius--writ loosely and muddily
MUDDINESS
MUD'DINESS, noun Turbidness; foulness caused by mud, dirt or sediment; as the muddiness of a stream.
MUDDLE
MUD'DLE, verb transitive [from mud.] To make foul, turbid or muddy, as water.He did ill to muddle the water.1. To intoxicate partially; to cloud or stupefy, particularly with li...
MUDDLED
MUD'DLED, participle passive Made turbid; half drunk; stupefied.
MUDDLING
MUD'DLING, participle present tense Making foul with dirt or dregs; making half drunk; stupefying.
MUDDY
MUD'DY, adjective [from mud.] Foul with dirt or fine earthy particles; turbid, as water or other fluids; as a muddy stream. Water running on fine clay always appears muddy1. Con...