Webster's Dictionary 1913

5617

Mulloid

Mul″loid (mŭl″loid), a. [NL. Mullus, generic name (fr. L. mullus surmullet) + -oid.] (Zoöl.) Like or pertaining to the genus Mullus, which includes the surmullet, or red mullet.

5618

Mulmul

Mul″mul (?), n. A fine, soft muslin; mull.

5619

Mulse

Mulse (mŭls), n. [L. mulsum (sc. vinum), fr. mulsus mixed with honey, honey-sweet, p. p. of mulcere to sweeten, soften.] Wine boiled and mingled with honey.

5620

Mult-

Mult–. See Multi-.

5621

Multangular

Mul‐tan″gu‐lar (?), a. [L. multangulus; multus much, many + angulus angle: cf. F. multangulaire.] Having many angles. — Mul‐tan″gu‐lar‐ly, adv. — Mul‐tan″gu‐lar‐ness, n.

5622

Multanimous

Mul‐tan″i‐mous (?), a. [Mult- + L. animus mind.] Many-minded; many-sided.The multanimous nature of the poet. J. R. Lowell.

5623

Multarticulate

Mul′tar‐tic″u‐late (?), a. [Mult- + articulate.] Having many articulations or joints.

5624

Multeity

Mul‐te″i‐ty (?), n. [L. multus much, many.] Multiplicity. Coleridge.

5625

Multi-

{ Mul″ti– (?), Mult– (?) }. [L. multus much.] A prefix signifying much or many; several; more than one; as, multiaxial, multocular.

5626

Multiaxial

Mul′ti‐ax″i‐al (?), a. [Multi- + axial.] (Biol.) Having more than one axis; developing in more than a single line or plain; — opposed to monoaxial.

5627

Multicapsular

Mul′ti‐cap″su‐lar (?), a. [Multi- + capsular: cf. F. multicapsulaire.] (Bot.) Having many, or several, capsules.

5628

Multicarinate

Mul′ti‐car″i‐nate (?), a. [Multi- + carinate.] (Zoöl.) Many-keeled.

5629

Multicavous

Mul′ti‐ca″vous (?), a. [L. multicavus; multus much, many + cavum, cavus, a cavity, hole, fr. cavus hollow.] Having many cavities.

5630

Multicellular

Mul′ti‐cel″lu‐lar (?), a. Consisting of, or having, many cells or more than one cell.

5631

Multicentral

Mul′ti‐cen″tral (?), a. [Multi- + central.] Having many, or several, centers; as, a multicentral cell.Multicentral development(Biol.), growth, or development, from several cente...

5632

Multicipital

Mul′ti‐cip″i‐tal (?), a. [Multi- + L. caput head.] (Bot.) Having many heads or many stems from one crown or root. Gray.

5633

Multicolor

Mul″ti‐col′or (?), a. [See Multi-, and Color.] Having many, or several, colors.

5634

Multicostate

Mul′ti‐cos″tate (?), a. [Multi- + costate.] Having numerous ribs, or costæ, as the leaf of a plant, or as certain shells and corals.

5635

Multicuspid

Mul′ti‐cus″pid (?), a. [See Multi-, and Cuspid.] Multicuspidate; — said of teeth.

5636

Multicuspidate

Mul′ti‐cus″pi‐date (?), a. [Multi- + cuspidate.] Having many cusps or points.

5637

Multidentate

Mul′ti‐den″tate (?), a. [Multi- + dentate.] Having many teeth, or toothlike processes.

5638

Multidigitate

Mul′ti‐dig″i‐tate (?), a. [Multi- + digitate.] Having many fingers, or fingerlike processes.

5639

Multifaced

Mul″ti‐faced′ (?), a. [Multi- + face.] Having many faces.

5640

Multifarious

Mul′ti‐fa″ri‐ous (?), a. [L. multifarius; multus much, many. Cf. Bifarious.] 1. Having multiplicity; having great diversity or variety; of various kinds; diversified; made up of...

5641

Multifariously

Mul′ti‐fa″ri‐ous‐ly, adv. With great multiplicity and diversity; with variety of modes and relations.

5642

Multifariousness

Mul′ti‐fa″ri‐ous‐ness, n. 1. Multiplied diversity.2. (Law) The fault of improperly uniting in one bill distinct and independent matters, and thereby confounding them. Burrill.

5643

Multiferous

Mul‐tif″er‐ous (?), a. [L. multifer; multus much, many + ferre to bear.] Bearing or producing much or many.