MULTISONOUS
MULTIS'ONOUS, adjective [Latin multus, many, and sonus, sound.]Having many sounds, or sounding much.
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MULTISYLLABLE
MULTISYL'LABLE, noun A word of many syllables; a polysyllable. [The latter is mostly used.]
MULTITUDE
MUL'TITUDE, noun [Latin multitudo, form multus, many.]1. The state of being many; a great number.2. A number collectively; the sum of many.3. A great number, indefinitely.It is ...
MULTITUDINOUS
MULTITU'DINOUS, adjective Consisting of a multitude or great number.1. Having the appearance of a multitude; as the multitudinous sea.2. Manifold; as the multitudinous tongue.
MULTIVAGANT
MULTIV'AGANTMULTIV'AGOUS, adjective [Latin multivagus.] Wandering much. [Not used.]
MULTIVAGOUS
MULTIV'AGOUS, a. [L. multivagus.] Wandering much. [Not used.]
MULTIVALVE
MUL'TIVALVE, noun [Latin multus, many, and valvoe, valves, folding doors.] An animal which has a shell of many valves.MUL'TIVALVE
MULTIVALVULAR
MULTIVALV'ULAR, adjective Having many valves.
MULTIVERSANT
MULTIV'ERSANT, adjective [Latin multus, many, and verto, to form.]Protean; turning into many shapes; assuming many forms.
MULTIVIOUS
MULTIV'IOUS, adjective [Latin multus, many, and via, way.]Having many ways or roads. [Little used.]
MULTOCULAR
MULTOC'ULAR, adjective [Latin multus, many, and oculus, eye.]Having many eyes, or more eyes than two.
MULTURE
MUL'TURE, noun [Latin molitura, a grinding. See Mill.]1. In Scots law, the toll or emolument given to the proprietor of a mill for grinding corn.2. A grist or grinding.
MUM
MUM, adjective [See Mumble, Mumm, and Mummery.]1. Silent; not speaking.The citizens are mum; say not a word.2. As an exclamation or command, be silent; hush.MUM the, and no more...
MUMBLE
MUM'BLE, verb intransitive1. To mutter; to speak with the lips or other organs partly closed, so as to render the sounds inarticulate and imperfect; to utter words with a grumbl...
MUMBLED
MUM'BLED, participle passive Uttered with a low inarticulate voice; chewed softly or with a low muttering sound.
MUMBLER
MUM'BLER, noun One that speaks with a low inarticulate voice.
MUMBLING
MUM'BLING, participle present tense Uttering with a low inarticulate voice; chewing softly or with a grumbling sound.
MUMBLINGLY
MUM'BLINGLY, adverb With a low inarticulate utterance. [Mumble and mutter are not always synonymous; mutter often expresses peevishness, which mumble does not.]
MUMM
MUMM, verb transitive [Gr. Momus, the deity of sport and ridicule, a buffoon.]To mask; to sport or make diversion in a mask or disguise.
MUMMER
MUM'MER, noun One who masks himself and makes diversion in disguise; originally, one who made sport by gestures without speaking.Jugglers and dancers, anticks, mummers.MUM'MERY,...
MUMMERY
MUM'MERY, noun An entertainment or frolick in masks; a farcical entertainment in which masked persons play antic tricks.
MUMMIFY
MUM'MIFY, verb transitive [infra.] To make into a mummy.
MUMMY
MUM'MY, noun1. A dead human body embalmed and dried after the Egyptian manner; a name perhaps given to it from the substance used in preserving it. There are two kinds of mummie...
MUMMY-CHOG
MUM'MY-CHOG, noun A small fish of the carp kind.
MUMP
MUMP, verb transitive1. To nibble; to bite quick; to chew with continued motion; as a mumping squirrel.2. To talk loud and quick.3. To go begging.4. To deceive; to cheat.
MUMPER
MUMP'ER, noun A beggar.
MUMPING
MUMP'ING, noun Begging tricks; foolish tricks; mockery.