An insect which feeds on mucus, or the sap of plants, as certain Diptera, of the tribe Mucivora.
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Dung in a moist state; manure.
To excavate and remove muck{5}. Often used with out, as, to muck out a round.
The broken material at the face of a tunnel being bored, after being crushed by blasting.
A rake for scraping up muck or dung. See Muckrake, v. i., below.
A handkerchief.
To scrape together, as money, by mean labor or shifts.
An excavating machine designed to remove particulate material from within a confined area, as in a tunnel or mine.
A miser; a niggard.
The quality of being mucky.
Much.
A dunghill.
To seek for, expose, or charge, especially habitually, corruption, real or alleged, on the part of public men and corporations.
A person who habitually muckrakes.
Somewhat mucky; soft, sticky, and dirty; muxy.
A larva or grub that lives in muck or manure; -- applied to the larvae of the tumbledung and allied beetles.
Filthy with muck; miry; as, a mucky road.
An enlargement or protrusion of the mucous membrane of the lachrymal passages, or dropsy of the lachrymal sac, dependent upon catarrhal inflammation of the latter.
One of a class of mucinlike substances yielding on decomposition a reducing carbohydrate together with some form of proteinaceous matter.
A salt of muconic acid.
Of, pertaining to, or designating, an organic acid (C6H6O4, 2-4-hexadienedoic acid), obtained indirectly from mucic acid, and somewhat resembling itaconic acid. Various other means of synthesis have been reported.
Having the character or appearance of both mucus and pus.
A genus of minute fungi. The plants consist of slender threads with terminal globular sporangia; mold.
An order of mostly saprophytic fungi.
The mucus-secreting membrane lining all body cavities or passages that communicate with the exterior; called also mucous membrane.
The quality or state of being mucous or slimy; mucousness.
Of, pertaining to, or resembling, mucus; slimy, ropy, or stringy, and lubricous; as, a mucous substance.
The quality or state of being mucous; sliminess.
A minute abrupt point, as of a leaf; any small, sharp point or process, terminating a larger part or organ.
Ending abruptly in a sharp point; abruptly tipped with a short and sharp point; as, a mucronate leaf.
Having, or tipped with, a small point or points.
Slimy; moist, and moderately viscous.
A viscid fluid secreted by mucous membranes, which it serves to moisten and protect. It covers the lining membranes of all the cavities which open externally, such as those of the mouth, nose, lungs, intestinal canal, urinary passages, etc.
Mucin.
To bury in mud.
A large catfish (Pylodictus olivaris, formerly Leptops olivaris) of the central U. S. having a flattened head and projecting jaw.
A crab of the genus Panop/us (also written Panopeus).
A wasp of the family Sphegidae (Sphecidae) which builds a nest of mud and stores insects and spiders in it; a digger-wasp.
Either one of two asclepiadaceous shrubs (Calotropis gigantea, and Calotropis procera), which furnish a strong and valuable fiber. The acrid milky juice is used medicinally.
A brown, amorphous, bitter substance having a strong emetic action, extracted from the root of the mudar.
a racehorse that exhibits a better than usual performance when the racetrack is wet or muddy.
In a muddy manner; turbidly; without mixture; cloudily; obscurely; confusedly.
The condition or quality of being muddy; turbidness; foulness caused by mud, dirt, or sediment; as, the muddiness of a stream.
A state of being turbid or confused; hence, intellectual cloudiness or dullness.
A stupid person; a blunderer.
One who, or that which, muddles.
To soil with mud; to dirty; to render turbid.
Dull; stupid.
Dull-spirited.
The European loach. The bowfin (Amia calva). The South American lipedosiren, and the allied African species (Protopterus annectens). See Lipedosiren. The mud minnow, a fish of the genus Umbra or family Umbridae.
A hole, or hollow place, containing mud, as in a road.
Same as Moodir.
The lowest sill of a structure, usually embedded in the soil; the lowest timber of a house; also, that sill or timber of a bridge which is laid at the bottom of the water. See Sill.
A woodcock.
The European bee-eater. See Bee-eater.
A small herbaceous plant growing on muddy shores (Limosella aquatica).
To mew; to molt.
Of, pertaining to, or discovered by, Johannes M/ller; as, Mullerian duct; Muellerian tumor; M/llerian capsule.
A mixture of untoasted dry cereals, nuts, and fruits, eaten mostly as a breakfast cereal; -- of Swiss origin.
A Muslim crier of the hour of prayer; the Moslem official of a mosque who summons the faithful to prayer from a minaret five times a day.
To handle awkwardly; to fumble; to fail to hold, as a ball, in catching it.
A small muff worn over the wrist.
A light, spongy, cylindrical cake, used for breakfast and tea.
A dish for keeping muffins hot.
Stupid; awkward.
Anything with which another thing, as an oar or drum, is muffled; also, a boxing glove; a muff.
same as muted; as, muffled drums; the muffled noises of the street.
Anything used in muffling; esp., a scarf for protecting the head and neck in cold weather; a tippet.
See Mouflon.
An official expounder of Muslim law.
Ordinary civilian dress when worn by persons who serve in a uniformed service, such as the military or police. It originally was used in reference to British naval or military officers, and originated with the British service in India.
A kind of ceramic or metal drinking cup, with a handle, -- usually cylindrical and without a lip.
To take property from (a person) in a public place by threatening or committing violence on the person who is robbed; to rob, especially to rob by use of a weapon such as a knife or gun.
the quantity that can be held in a mug.
Sullen; displeased.
A thief who takes property by threatening (or performing) violence on the person who is robbed; a person who commits a mugging; one who mugs. See mug, v. t.
The small entrails of a calf or a hog.
The condition or quality of being muggy.
A robbery; a taking of property by threatening (or performing) violence on the person who is robbed. See mug, v.
In certain games, to score against, or take an advantage over (an opponent), as for an error, announcing the act by saying /muggins./
See Muggy.
One of an extinct sect, named after Ludovic Muggleton, an English journeyman tailor, who (about 1657) claimed to be inspired.
The common crocodile (Crocodilus palustris) of India, the East Indies, etc. It becomes twelve feet or more long.
Moist; damp; moldy; as, muggy straw.
An alehouse; a pothouse.
A bellowing.
Lowing; bellowing.
A genus of fishes including the gray mullets. See Mullet.
A natural family of fish including the gray mullets.
Like or pertaining to the genus Mugil, or family Mugilidae.
A suborder of fishes distinguished by abdominal pelvic fins, including the families Mugilidae; Atherinidae; and Sphyraenidae.
A slender European weed (Galium Cruciata); -- called also crossweed.
A somewhat aromatic composite weed (Artemisia vulgaris), at one time used medicinally; -- called also motherwort.
A bolter from the Republican party in the national election of 1884; an Independent.
The acts and views of the mugwumps.
Mohammedanism; Islam.
A Muslim.
The first month of the Islamic calendar.
The first month of the Mohammedan year.
A southern African weasel.
A Russian peasant (especially prior to 1917).
A drove of mules.
The offspring of a negress by a white man, or of a white woman by a negro, -- usually of a brownish yellow complexion.
A female mulatto.
The berry or fruit of any tree of the genus Morus; also, the tree itself. See Morus.
Having a face of a mulberry color, or blotched as if with mulberry stains.
To cover or dress with mulch.
To punish for an offense or misdemeanor by imposing a fine or forfeiture, esp. a pecuniary fine; to fine.
Imposing a pecuniary penalty; consisting of, or paid as, a fine.
A hybrid animal; specifically, one generated between an ass and a mare. Sometimes the term is applied to the offspring of a horse and a she-ass, but that hybrid is more properly termed a hinny. See Hinny.
See Mule, 4.
One who drives mules.
A fern of the genus Hemionitis.
See Mulley.
The state of being a woman or of possessing full womanly powers; womanhood; -- correlate of virility.
A woman.
In the manner or condition of a mulier; in wedlock; legitimately.
Fond of woman.
A fondness for women.
Condition of being a mulier; position of one born in lawful wedlock.
Like a mule; sullen; stubborn.
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