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.

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.

To heat, sweeten, and enrich with spices; as, to mull wine.

To think about; to consider; to ruminate about; as, mull it over and decide in the morning.

An East Indian curry soup.

See Mollah.

Same as Mollah.

A die, cut in intaglio, for stamping an ornament in relief, as upon metal.

Any plant of the genus Verbascum. They are tall herbs having coarse leaves, and large flowers in dense spikes. The common species, with densely woolly leaves, is Verbascum Thapsus.

See Mullein.

A stone or thick lump of glass, or kind of pestle, flat at the bottom, used for grinding pigments or drugs, etc., upon a slab of similar material.

Small pinchers for curling the hair.

A stew made typically of meat, vegetables, and any conveniently available ingredients; also, an Irish version of burgoo.

See Mullagatawny.

A griping of the intestines; colic.

See Duck mole, under Duck.

To furnish with mullions; to divide by mullions.

Rubbish; refuse; dirt.

Like or pertaining to the genus Mullus, which includes the surmullet, or red mullet.

A fine, soft muslin; mull.

Wine boiled and mingled with honey.

Having many angles.

Many-minded; many-sided.

Having many articulations or joints.

Multiplicity.

Having more than one axis; developing in more than a single line or plain; -- opposed to monoaxial.

Having many, or several, capsules.

Many-keeled.

Having many cavities.

Consisting of, or having, many cells or more than one cell.

Having many, or several, centers; as, a multicentral cell.

Having many heads or many stems from one crown or root.

Having many, or several, colors.

Having numerous ribs, or costae, as the leaf of a plant, or as certain shells and corals.

Multicuspidate; -- said of teeth.

Having many cusps or points.

Having many teeth, or toothlike processes.

Having many fingers, or fingerlike processes.

Having many faces.

Having multiplicity; having great diversity or variety; of various kinds; diversified; made up of many differing parts; manifold.

With great multiplicity and diversity; with variety of modes and relations.

Multiplied diversity.

Bearing or producing much or many.

Having many segments; cleft into several parts by linear sinuses; as, a multifid leaf or corolla.

Having many flowers.

Having many flues; as, a multiflue boiler. See Boiler.

Having more than five divisions or foils.

Many times doubled; manifold; numerous.

Having many forms, shapes, or appearances.

The quality of being multiform; diversity of forms; variety of appearances in the same thing.

Multiform.

Having many kinds.

Having, or consisting of, many grains.

A combined rotary type-setting and printing machine for office use. The type is transferred semi-automatically by means of keys from a type-supply drum to a printing drum. The printing may be done by means of an inked ribbon to print /typewritten/ letters, or directly from inked type or a stereotype plate, as in a printing press.

Having many pairs of leaflets.

Consisting of many parts.