MULE
MULE, noun [Latin mulus.]1. A quadruped of a mongrel breed, usually generated between an ass and a mare, sometimes between a horse and a she-ass. But the name is applied to any ...
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MULE-WORT
MU'LE-WORT, noun A plant of the genus Hemionitis.
MULETEER
MULETEE'R, noun A mule-driver.
MULIEBRITY
MULIEB'RITY, noun [from Latin muliebris, from mulier, a woman.]Womanhood; the state of being a woman; a state in females corresponding to virility in man; also, effeminacy; soft...
MULIER
MU'LIER, noun [Latin] In law, lawful issue born in wedlock though begotten before.
MULISH
MU'LISH, adjective Like a mule; sullen; stubborn.
MULL
MULL, verb transitive [Latin mollio, to soften.]1. To soften; or to heat, sweeten and enrich with spices; as, to mull wine.Drink new cider, mull'd with ginger warm.2. To dispiri...
MULLEN
MUL'LEN, noun [Latin mollis, soft.] A plant of the genus Verbascum.
MULLER
MUL'LER, noun [Latin molaris, from mola, a mill-stone.]1. A stone held in the hand with which colors and other matters are ground on another stone; used by painters and apotheca...
MULLET
MUL'LET, noun [Latin mullus.] A fish of the genus Mugil. The lips are membranaceous; the inferior one carinated inwards; it has no teeth, and the body is of a whitish color. Thi...
MULLIGRUBS
MUL'LIGRUBS, noun A twisting of the intestines; sullenness. [A low word.]
MULLION
MUL'LION, noun A division in a window frame; a bar.MUL'LION, verb transitive To shape into divisions.
MULLOCK
MUL'LOCK, noun Rubbish.
MULSE
MULSE, noun [Latin mulsus.] Wine boiled and mingled with honey.
MULTANGULAR
MULTAN'GULAR, adjective [Latin multus, many, and angulus, angle; Basque, mola, a multitude; multsa, much.]Having many angles; polygonal.
MULTANGULARLY
MULTAN'GULARLY, adverb With many angles or corners.
MULTICAPSULER
MULTICAP'SULER, adjective [Latin multus, many, and capsula, a chest.]In botany, having many capsules.
MULTICAVOUS
MULTICA'VOUS, adjective [Latin multus, many, and cavus, hollow.]Having many holes or cavities.
MULTIFARIOUS
MULTIFA'RIOUS, adjective [Latin multifarius.] Having great multiplicity; having great diversity or variety; as multifarious artifice.
MULTIFARIOUSLY
MULTIFA'RIOUSLY, adverb With great multiplicity and diversity; with great variety of modes and relations.
MULTIFARIOUSNESS
MULTIFA'RIOUSNESS, noun Multiplied diversity.
MULTIFID
MUL'TIFID, adjective [Latin multifidus, multus, many, and findo, to divide.]Having many divisions; many-cleft; divided into several parts by linear sinuses and straight margins;...
MULTIFLOROUS
MULTIF'LOROUS, adjective [Latin multus, many, and flos, flower.]Many-flowered; having many flowers.
MULTIFORM
MUL'TIFORM, adjective [Latin multiformis; multus, many, and forma, form.]Having many forms, shapes or appearances; as the multiform operations of the air-pump.
MULTIFORMITY
MULTIFORM'ITY, noun Diversity of forms; variety of shapes or appearances in the same thing.
MULTIGENEROUS
MULTIGEN'EROUS, adjective [Latin multigenus; multus, many, and genus, kind.]Having many kinds.
MULTIJUGOUS
MULTIJU'GOUS, adjective [Latin multus, many, and jugum, a yoke, a pair.]Consisting of many pairs.