Webster's Dictionary 1913

5482

Muckle

Muc″kle (?), a. [See Mickle.] Much.

5483

Muckmidden

Muck″mid′den (?), n. A dunghill.

5484

Muckrake

Muck″rake′ (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p.-raked (?); p. pr. & vb. n.-raking (?).] To seek for, expose, or charge, esp. habitually, corruption, real or alleged, on the part of public m...

5485

Mucksy

Muck″sy (?), a. Somewhat mucky; soft, sticky, and dirty; muxy. R. D. Blackmore.

5486

Muckworm

Muck″worm′ (?), n. 1. (Zoöl.) A larva or grub that lives in muck or manure; — applied to the larvæ of the tumbledung and allied beetles.2. One who scrapes together money by mean...

5487

Mucky

Muck″y (?), a. 1. Filthy with muck; miry; as, a mucky road. “Mucky filth.” Spenser.2. Vile, in a moral sense; sordid. Spenser.Mucky money and false felicity. Latimer.

5488

Mucocele

Mu″co‐cele (?), n. [Mucus + Gr. κήλη tumor.] (Med.) An enlargement or protrusion of the mucous membrane of the lachrymal passages, or dropsy of the lachrymal sac, dependent upon...

5489

Mucoid

Mu″coid (?), a. [Mucus + -oid.] Resembling mucus. Dunglison.Mucoid degeneration, a form of degeneration in which the tissues are transformed into a semisolid substance resemblin...

5490

Mucoid (2)

Mu″coid (?), n. [Mucin + -oid.] (Physiol. Chem.) One of a class of mucinlike substances yielding on decomposition a reducing carbohydrate together with some form of proteid matter.

5491

Muconate

Mu″co‐nate (?), n.(Chem.) A salt of muconic acid.

5492

Muconic

Mu‐con″ic (?), a. [Mucic + itaconic.] (Chem.) Of, pertaining to, or designating, an organic acid, obtained indirectly from mucic acid, and somewhat resembling itaconic acid.

5493

Mucopurulent

Mu′co‐pu″ru‐lent (?), a. [Mucus + purulent.] (Med.) Having the character or appearance of both mucus and pus. Dunglison.

5494

Mucor

‖Mu″cor (?), n. [L., fr. mucere to be moldy or musty.] (Bot.) A genus of minute fungi. The plants consist of slender threads with terminal globular sporangia; mold.

5495

Mucosity

Mu‐cos″i‐ty (?), n. The quality or state of being mucous or slimy; mucousness.

5496

Mucous

Mu″cous (?), a. [L. mucosus, fr. mucus mucus.] 1. Of, pertaining to, or resembling, mucus; slimy, ropy, or stringy, and lubricous; as, a mucous substance.2. Secreting a slimy or...

5497

Mucousness

Mu″cous‐ness, n. The quality or state of being mucous; sliminess.

5498

Mucro

‖Mu″cro (?), n.(Bot. & Zoöl.) A minute abrupt point, as of a leaf; any small, sharp point or process, terminating a larger part or organ.

5499

Mucronate

{ Mu″cro‐nate (?), Mu″cro‐na′ted (?), } a. [L. mucronatus, fr. mucro a sharp point: cf. F. mucroné.] Ending abruptly in a sharp point; abruptly tipped with a short and sharp poi...

5500

Mucronulate

Mu‐cron″u‐late (?), a. Having, or tipped with, a small point or points.

5501

Muculent

Mu″cu‐lent (?), a. [L. muculentus, fr. mucus.] Slimy; moist, and moderately viscous.

5502

Mucus

Mu″cus (mū″kŭs), n. [L. mucus, muccus; cf. mucere to be moldy or musty, Gr. μύξα mucus, and Skr. muc to release. Cf. Match for striking fire, Moist, Mucilage.] 1. (Physiol.) A v...

5503

Mucusin

Mu″cus‐in (?), n.(Physiol. Chem.) Mucin.

5504

Mud

Mud (?), n. [Akin to LG. mudde, D. modder, G. moder mold, OSw. modd mud, Sw. modder mother, Dan. mudder mud. Cf. Mother a scum on liquors.] Earth and water mixed so as to be sof...

5505

Mud (2)

Mud, v. t. 1. To bury in mud. Shak.2. To make muddy or turbid. Shak.

5506

Mudar

‖Mu″dar (?), n. [Hind. madār.] (Bot.) Either one of two asclepiadaceous shrubs (Calotropis gigantea, and C. procera), which furnish a strong and valuable fiber. The acrid milky ...

5507

Mudarin

Mu″da‐rin (?), n.(Chem.) A brown, amorphous, bitter substance having a strong emetic action, extracted from the root of the mudar.

5508

Muddily

Mud″di‐ly (?), adv. In a muddy manner; turbidly; without mixture; cloudily; obscurely; confusedly.