AbstractPhil/geometric-vocab-english-full-a-to-z huggingface dataset:
multitude: a great number of persons collected together; a numerous collection of persons; a crowd; an assembly.-a great number of persons or things, regarded collectively; as, the book will be read by a multitude of people; the multitude of stars; a multitude of cares.-the state of being many; numerousness.
multitudinous: consisting of a multitude; manifold in number or condition; as, multitudinous waves.-of or pertaining to a multitude.
multivalence: quality, state, or degree, of a multivalent element, atom, or radical.
multivalent: having a valence greater than one, as silicon.-having more than one degree of valence, as sulphur.
multivalve: any mollusk which has a shell composed of more than two pieces.-alt. of multivalvular
multivalvular: having many valves.-many-valved; having more than two valves; -- said of certain shells, as the chitons.
multivocal: signifying many different things; of manifold meaning; equivocal.-a multivocal word.
multum: an extract of quassia licorice, fraudulently used by brewers in order to economize malt and hops.
mum: silent; not speaking.-be silent! hush!-silence.-a sort of strong beer, originally made in brunswick, germany.
mum-chance: a game of hazard played with cards in silence.-a silent, stupid person.-silent and idle.
mumble: to speak with the lips partly closed, so as to render the sounds inarticulate and imperfect; to utter words in a grumbling indistinct manner, indicating discontent or displeasure; to mutter.-to chew something gently with closed lips.-to utter with a low, inarticulate voice.-to chew or bite gently, as one without teeth.-to suppress, or utter imperfectly.
mummer: one who mumms, or makes diversion in disguise; a masker; a buffon.
mummery: masking; frolic in disguise; buffoonery.-farcical show; hypocritical disguise and parade or ceremonies.
mummichog: any one of several species of small american cyprinodont fishes of the genus fundulus, and of allied genera; the killifishes; -- called also minnow.
mummified: converted into a mummy or a mummylike substance; having the appearance of a mummy; withered.-of mummify
mummiform: having some resemblance to a mummy; -- in zoology, said of the pupae of certain insects.
mummify: to embalm and dry as a mummy; to make into, or like, a mummy.
mummy: a dead body embalmed and dried after the manner of the ancient egyptians; also, a body preserved, by any means, in a dry state, from the process of putrefaction.-dried flesh of a mummy.-a gummy liquor that exudes from embalmed flesh when heated; -- formerly supposed to have magical and medicinal properties.-a brown color obtained from bitumen. see mummy brown (below).-a sort of wax used in grafting, etc.-one whose affections and energies are withered.-to embalm; to mummify.
mump: to move the lips with the mouth closed; to mumble, as in sulkiness.-to talk imperfectly, brokenly, or feebly; to chatter unintelligibly.-to cheat; to deceive; to play the beggar.-to be sullen or sulky.-to utter imperfectly, brokenly, or feebly.-to work over with the mouth; to mumble; as, to mump food.-to deprive of (something) by cheating; to impose upon.
mumps: sullenness; silent displeasure; the sulks.-a specific infectious febrile disorder characterized by a nonsuppurative inflammation of the parotid glands; epidemic or infectious parotitis.
munch: to chew with a grinding, crunching sound, as a beast chews provender; to chew deliberately or in large mouthfuls.
munchausenism: an extravagant fiction embodying an account of some marvelous exploit or adventure.
mundane: of or pertaining to the world; worldly; earthly; terrestrial; as, the mundane sphere.
mundic: iron pyrites, or arsenical pyrites; -- so called by the cornish miners.
mundificant: serving to cleanse and heal.-a mundificant ointment or plaster.
mundil: a turban ornamented with an imitation of gold or silver embroidery.
mung: green gram, a kind of pulse (phaseolus mungo), grown for food in british india.
mungo: a fibrous material obtained by deviling rags or the remnants of woolen goods.
municipal: of or pertaining to a city or a corporation having the right of administering local government; as, municipal rights; municipal officers.-of or pertaining to a state, kingdom, or nation.
munificence: means of defense; fortification.-the quality or state of being munificent; a giving or bestowing with extraordinary liberality; generous bounty; lavish generosity.
munificent: very liberal in giving or bestowing; lavish; as, a munificent benefactor.
muniment: the act of supporting or defending.-that which supports or defends; stronghold; place or means of defense; munition; assistance.-a record; the evidences or writings whereby a man is enabled to defend the title to his estate; title deeds and papers.
munition: fortification; stronghold.-whatever materials are used in war for defense or for annoying an enemy; ammunition; also, stores and provisions; military stores of all kinds.
munjistin: an orange-red coloring substance resembling alizarin, found in the root of an east indian species of madder (rubia munjista).
muntjac: any one of several species of small asiatic deer of the genus cervulus, esp. c. muntjac, which occurs both in india and on the east indian islands.
muraena: a genus of large eels of the family miraenidae. they differ from the common eel in lacking pectoral fins and in having the dorsal and anal fins continuous. the murry (muraena helenae) of southern europe was the muraena of the romans. it is highly valued as a food fish.
murage: a tax or toll paid for building or repairing the walls of a fortified town.
mural: of or pertaining to a wall; being on, or in, a wall; growing on, or against, a wall; as, a mural quadrant.-resembling a wall; perpendicular or steep; as, a mural precipice.
murder: the offense of killing a human being with malice prepense or aforethought, express or implied; intentional and unlawful homicide.-to kill with premediated malice; to kill (a human being) willfully, deliberately, and unlawfully. see murder, n.-to destroy; to put an end to.-to mutilate, spoil, or deform, as if with malice or cruelty; to mangle; as, to murder the king's english.
murderer: one guilty of murder; a person who, in possession of his reason, unlawfully kills a human being with premeditated malice.-a small cannon, formerly used for clearing a ship's decks of boarders; -- called also murdering piece.
murderous: of or pertaining to murder; characterized by, or causing, murder or bloodshed; having the purpose or quality of murder; bloody; sanguinary; as, the murderous king; murderous rapine; murderous intent; a murderous assault.
mure: a wall.-to inclose in walls; to wall; to immure; to shut up.
murenoid: like or pertaining to the genus muraena, or family muraenidae.
murex: a genus of marine gastropods, having rough, and frequently spinose, shells, which are often highly colored inside; the rock shells. they abound in tropical seas.
murexan: a complex nitrogenous substance obtained from murexide, alloxantin, and other ureids, as a white, or yellowish, crystalline which turns red on exposure to the air; -- called also uramil, dialuramide, and formerly purpuric acid.
murexide: a crystalline nitrogenous substance having a splendid dichroism, being green by reflected light and garnet-red by transmitted light. it was formerly used in dyeing calico, and was obtained in a large quantities from guano. formerly called also ammonium purpurate.
murexoin: a complex nitrogenous compound obtained as a scarlet crystalline substance, and regarded as related to murexide.
muriate: a salt of muriatic hydrochloric acid; a chloride; as, muriate of ammonia.
muriated: put in brine.-combined or impregnated with muriatic or hydrochloric acid.-prepared with chloride of silver through the agency of common salt.
muriatic: of, pertaining to, or obtained from, sea salt, or from chlorine, one of the constituents of sea salt; hydrochloric.
muricated: formed with sharp points; full of sharp points or of pickles; covered, or roughened, as a surface, with sharp points or excrescences.
muricoid: like, or pertaining to, the genus murex, or family muricidae.
muriform: resembling courses of bricks or stones in squareness and regular arrangement; as, a muriform variety of cellular tissue.
murine: pertaining to a family of rodents (muridae), of which the mouse is the type.-one of a tribe of rodents, of which the mouse is the type.
murk: dark; murky.-darkness; mirk.-the refuse of fruit, after the juice has been expressed; marc.
murmur: a low, confused, and indistinct sound, like that of running water.-a complaint half suppressed, or uttered in a low, muttering voice.-to make a low continued noise, like the hum of bees, a stream of water, distant waves, or the wind in a forest.-to utter complaints in a low, half-articulated voice; to feel or express dissatisfaction or discontent; to grumble; -- often with at or against.-to utter or give forth in low or indistinct words or sounds; as, to murmur tales.
murmuring: of murmur-uttering murmurs; making low sounds; complaining.
murmurous: attended with murmurs; exciting murmurs or complaint; murmuring.
murnival: in the game of gleek, four cards of the same value, as four aces or four kings; hence, four of anything.
murrain: an infectious and fatal disease among cattle.-having, or afflicted with, murrain.
murrayin: a glucoside found in the flowers of a plant (murraya exotica) of south asia, and extracted as a white amorphous slightly bitter substance.
murre: any one of several species of sea birds of the genus uria, or catarractes; a guillemot.
murrelet: one of several species of sea birds of the genera synthliboramphus and brachyramphus, inhabiting the north pacific. they are closely related to the murres.
murrhine: made of the stone or material called by the romans murrha; -- applied to certain costly vases of great beauty and delicacy used by the luxurious in rome as wine cups; as, murrhine vases, cups, vessels.
murza: one of the hereditary nobility among the tatars, esp. one of the second class.
musa: a genus of perennial, herbaceous, endogenous plants of great size, including the banana (musa sapientum), the plantain (m. paradisiaca of linnaeus, but probably not a distinct species), the abyssinian (m. ensete), the philippine island (m. textilis, which yields manila hemp), and about eighteen other species. see illust. of banana and plantain.
musang: a small animal of java (paradoxirus fasciatus), allied to the civets. it swallows, but does not digest, large quantities of ripe coffee berries, thus serving to disseminate the coffee plant; hence it is called also coffee rat.
musca: a genus of dipterous insects, including the common house fly, and numerous allied species.-a small constellation situated between the southern cross and the pole.
muscadine: a name given to several very different kinds of grapes, but in america used chiefly for the scuppernong, or southern fox grape, which is said to be the parent stock of the catawba. see grapevine.-a fragrant and delicious pear.-see muscardin.
muscales: an old name for mosses in the widest sense, including the true mosses and also hepaticae and sphagna.
muscardine: a disease which is very destructive to silkworms, and which sometimes extends to other insects. it is attended by the development of a fungus (provisionally called botrytis bassiana). also, the fungus itself.
muscarin: a solid crystalline substance, c5h13no2, found in the toadstool (agaricus muscarius), and in putrid fish. it is a typical ptomaine, and a violent poison.
muscat: a name given to several varieties of old world grapes, differing in color, size, etc., but all having a somewhat musky flavor. the muscat of alexandria is a large oval grape of a pale amber color.
muscatel: of, pertaining to, or designating, or derived from, a muscat grapes or similar grapes; a muscatel grapes; muscatel wine, etc.-a common name for several varieties of rich sweet wine, made in italy, spain, and france.-finest raisins, dried on the vine; "sun raisins."
muschelkalk: a kind of shell limestone, whose strata form the middle one of the three divisions of the triassic formation in germany. see chart, under geology.
musci: an order or subclass of cryptogamous plants; the mosses. see moss, and cryptogamia.
muscicapine: of or pertaining to the muscicapidae, a family of birds that includes the true flycatchers.
musciform: having the form or structure of flies of the genus musca, or family muscidae.-having the appearance or form of a moss.
muscle: an organ which, by its contraction, produces motion.-the contractile tissue of which muscles are largely made up.-muscular strength or development; as, to show one's muscle by lifting a heavy weight.-see mussel.
muscoid: mosslike; resembling moss.-a term formerly applied to any mosslike flowerless plant, with a distinct stem, and often with leaves, but without any vascular system.
muscovado: pertaining to, or of the nature of, unrefined or raw sugar, obtained from the juice of the sugar cane by evaporating and draining off the molasses. muscovado sugar contains impurities which render it dark colored and moist.-unrefined or raw sugar.
muscovite: a native or inhabitant of muscovy or ancient russia; hence, a russian.-common potash mica. see mica.
muscovy duck: a duck (cairina moschata), larger than the common duck, often raised in poultry yards. called also musk duck. it is native of tropical america, from mexico to southern brazil.
muscular: of or pertaining to a muscle, or to a system of muscles; consisting of, or constituting, a muscle or muscles; as, muscular fiber.-performed by, or dependent on, a muscle or the muscles.-well furnished with muscles; having well-developed muscles; brawny; hence, strong; powerful; vigorous; as, a muscular body or arm.
muscule: a long movable shed used by besiegers in ancient times in attacking the walls of a fortified town.
musculocutaneous: pertaining both to muscles and skin; as, the musculocutaneous nerve.
musculophrenic: pertaining to the muscles and the diaphragm; as, the musculophrenic artery.
musculospiral: of or pertaining to the muscles, and taking a spiral course; -- applied esp. to a large nerve of the arm.
muse: a gap or hole in a hedge, hence, wall, or the like, through which a wild animal is accustomed to pass; a muset.-one of the nine goddesses who presided over song and the different kinds of poetry, and also the arts and sciences; -- often used in the plural.-a particular power and practice of poetry.-a poet; a bard.-to think closely; to study in silence; to meditate.-to be absent in mind; to be so occupied in study or contemplation as not to observe passing scenes or things present; to be in a brown study.-to wonder.-to think on; to meditate on.-to wonder at.-contemplation which abstracts the mind from passing scenes; absorbing thought; hence, absence of mind; a brown study.-wonder, or admiration.
museless: unregardful of the muses; disregarding the power of poetry; unpoetical.
musette: a small bagpipe formerly in use, having a soft and sweet tone.-an air adapted to this instrument; also, a kind of rustic dance.
museum: a repository or a collection of natural, scientific, or literary curiosities, or of works of art.
mush: meal (esp. indian meal) boiled in water; hasty pudding; supawn.-to notch, cut, or indent, as cloth, with a stamp.
mushroom: an edible fungus (agaricus campestris), having a white stalk which bears a convex or oven flattish expanded portion called the pileus. this is whitish and silky or somewhat scaly above, and bears on the under side radiating gills which are at first flesh-colored, but gradually become brown. the plant grows in rich pastures and is proverbial for rapidity of growth and shortness of duration. it has a pleasant smell, and is largely used as food. it is also cultivated from spawn.-any large fungus, especially one of the genus agaricus; a toadstool. several species are edible; but many are very poisonous.-one who rises suddenly from a low condition in life; an upstart.-of or pertaining to mushrooms; as, mushroom catchup.-resembling mushrooms in rapidity of growth and shortness of duration; short-lived; ephemerial; as, mushroom cities.
mushroom-headed: having a cylindrical body with a convex head of larger diameter; having a head like that of a mushroom.
mushy: soft like mush; figuratively, good-naturedly weak and effusive; weakly sentimental.
music: the science and the art of tones, or musical sounds, i. e., sounds of higher or lower pitch, begotten of uniform and synchronous vibrations, as of a string at various degrees of tension; the science of harmonical tones which treats of the principles of harmony, or the properties, dependences, and relations of tones to each other; the art of combining tones in a manner to please the ear.-melody; a rhythmical and otherwise agreeable succession of tones.-harmony; an accordant combination of simultaneous tones.-the written and printed notation of a musical composition; the score.-love of music; capacity of enjoying music.-a more or less musical sound made by many of the lower animals. see stridulation.
musical: of or pertaining to music; having the qualities of music; or the power of producing music; devoted to music; melodious; harmonious; as, musical proportion; a musical voice; musical instruments; a musical sentence; musical persons.-music.-a social entertainment of which music is the leading feature; a musical party.
musician: one skilled in the art or science of music; esp., a skilled singer, or performer on a musical instrument.
musicomania: a kind of monomania in which the passion for music becomes so strong as to derange the intellectual faculties.
musk: a substance of a reddish brown color, and when fresh of the consistence of honey, obtained from a bag being behind the navel of the male musk deer. it has a slightly bitter taste, but is specially remarkable for its powerful and enduring odor. it is used in medicine as a stimulant antispasmodic. the term is also applied to secretions of various other animals, having a similar odor.-the musk deer. see musk deer (below).-the perfume emitted by musk, or any perfume somewhat similar.-the musk plant (mimulus moschatus).-a plant of the genus erodium (e. moschatum); -- called also musky heron's-bill.-a plant of the genus muscari; grape hyacinth.-to perfume with musk.
muskellunge: a large american pike (esox nobilitor) found in the great lakes, and other northern lakes, and in the st. lawrence river. it is valued as a food fish.
musket: the male of the sparrow hawk.-a species of firearm formerly carried by the infantry of an army. it was originally fired by means of a match, or matchlock, for which several mechanical appliances (including the flintlock, and finally the percussion lock) were successively substituted. this arm has been generally superseded by the rifle.
muskmelon: the fruit of a cucubritaceous plant (cicumis melo), having a peculiar aromatic flavor, and cultivated in many varieties, the principal sorts being the cantaloupe, of oval form and yellowish flesh, and the smaller nutmeg melon with greenish flesh.  see illust. of melon.
muskogees: a powerful tribe of north american indians that formerly occupied the region of georgia, florida, and alabama. they constituted a large part of the creek confederacy.
muskrat: a north american aquatic fur-bearing rodent (fiber zibethicus). it resembles a rat in color and having a long scaly tail, but the tail is compressed, the bind feet are webbed, and the ears are concealed in the fur. it has scent glands which secrete a substance having a strong odor of musk. called also musquash, musk beaver, and ondatra.-the musk shrew.-the desman.
muskwood: the wood of a west indian tree of the mahogany family (moschoxylum swartzii).-the wood of an australian tree (eurybia argophylla).
muslin: a thin cotton, white, dyed, or printed. the name is also applied to coarser and heavier cotton goods; as, shirting and sheeting muslins.
muss: a scramble, as when small objects are thrown down, to be taken by those who can seize them; a confused struggle.-a state of confusion or disorder; -- prob. variant of mess, but influenced by muss, a scramble.-to disarrange, as clothing; to rumple.-a term of endearment.
mussel: any one of many species of marine bivalve shells of the genus mytilus, and related genera, of the family mytidae. the common mussel (mytilus edulis; see illust. under byssus), and the larger, or horse, mussel (modiola modiolus), inhabiting the shores both of europe and america, are edible. the former is extensively used as food in europe.-any one of numerous species of unio, and related fresh-water genera; -- called also river mussel. see naiad, and unio.
mussite: a variety of pyroxene, from the mussa alp in piedmont; diopside.
mussulmanic: of, pertaining to, or like, the mussulmans, or their customs: mohammedan.
must: to be obliged; to be necessitated; -- expressing either physical or moral necessity; as, a man must eat for nourishment; we must submit to the laws.-to be morally required; to be necessary or essential to a certain quality, character, end, or result; as, he must reconsider the matter; he must have been insane.-the expressed juice of the grape, or other fruit, before fermentation.-mustiness.-to make musty; to become musty.
mustache: that part of the beard which grows on the upper lip; hair left growing above the mouth.-a west african monkey (cercopithecus cephus). it has yellow whiskers, and a triangular blue mark on the nose.-any conspicuous stripe of color on the side of the head, beneath the eye of a bird.
mustaiba: a close-grained, neavy wood of a brownish color, brought from brazil, and used in turning, for making the handles of tools, and the like.
mustang: the half-wild horse of the plains in mexico, california, etc. it is small, hardy, and easily sustained.
mustard: the name of several cruciferous plants of the genus brassica (formerly sinapis), as white mustard (b. alba), black mustard (b. nigra), wild mustard or charlock (b. sinapistrum).-a powder or a paste made from the seeds of black or white mustard, used as a condiment and a rubefacient. taken internally it is stimulant and diuretic, and in large doses is emetic.
musteline: like or pertaining to the family mustelidae, or the weasels and martens.
muster: something shown for imitation; a pattern.-a show; a display.-an assembling or review of troops, as for parade, verification of numbers, inspection, exercise, or introduction into service.-the sum total of an army when assembled for review and inspection; the whole number of effective men in an army.-any assemblage or display; a gathering.-to collect and display; to assemble, as troops for parade, inspection, exercise, or the like.-hence: to summon together; to enroll in service; to get together.-to be gathered together for parade, inspection, exercise, or the like; to come together as parts of a force or body; as, his supporters mustered in force.
musty: having the rank, pungent, offencive odor and taste which substances of organic origin acquire during warm, moist weather; foul or sour and fetid; moldy; as, musty corn; musty books.-spoiled by age; rank; stale.-dull; heavy; spiritless.
mutability: the quality of being mutable, or subject to change or alteration, either in form, state, or essential character; susceptibility of change; changeableness; inconstancy; variation.
mutable: capable of alteration; subject to change; changeable in form, qualities, or nature.-changeable; inconstant; unsettled; unstable; fickle.
mutandum: a thing which is to be changed; something which must be altered; -- used chiefly in the plural.