See Mosquito.

The nose band of a horse's bridle.

A term of endearment.

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.

A speaking in a low tone; mumbling.

A variety of pyroxene, from the Mussa Alp in Piedmont; diopside.

A Muslim; a Moslem.

Of, pertaining to, or like, the Muslims (Mussulmans), or their customs: Islamic.

Islamic.

Islam.

In the manner of Moslems.

Disarranged; rumpled.

To make musty; to become musty.

A small tufted monkey.

That part of the beard which grows on the upper lip; hair left growing above the mouth.

A mustache.

Having a mustache or mustachios.

See Army organization, above.

A close-grained, heavy wood of a brownish color, brought from Brazil, and used in turning, for making the handles of tools, and the like.

The half-wild horse of the plains in Mexico, California, etc. It is small, hardy, and easily sustained.

The name of several cruciferous plants of the genus Brassica (formerly Sinapis), as white mustard (Brassica alba), black mustard (Brassica Nigra), wild mustard or charlock (Brassica Sinapistrum).

See Mestee.

The type genus of the family Mustelidae: minks and weasels.

A member of the Mustelidae, fissiped fur-bearing carnivorous mammals.

A natural family of fissiped fur-bearing carnivorous mammals including the weasels; polecats; ferrets; minks; fishers; otters; badgers; skunks; wolverines; and martens.

Like or pertaining to the family Mustelidae, or the weasels and martens.

A genus of sharks including certain of the smooth dogfishes.

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.

Being in a condition of dangerous frenzy, usually connected with sexual excitement; -- said of adult male elephants which become so at irregular intervals, typicaly due to increased testosterone levels. The condition of frenzy. An elephant in must.

In a musty state.

The quality or state of being musty.

Having the rank, pungent, offensive odor and taste which substances of organic origin acquire during warm, moist weather; foul or sour and fetid; moldy; as, musty corn; musty books.

The quality of being mutable, or subject to change or alteration, either in form, state, or essential character; susceptibility of change; changeableness; inconstancy; variation.

Capable of alteration; subject to change; changeable in form, qualities, or nature.

The quality of being mutable.

Changeably.

See Mytacism.

A process for checking the fermentation of the must of grapes.

A chemical compound or other external influence (such as ionizing radiation) which causes mutations{3}.

the causing of a mutation or the occurrence of a mutation{3}.

the degree or measure of the ability to cause mutation{3}; -- said of mutagens.

A thing which is to be changed; something which must be altered; -- used chiefly in the plural.

Change; alteration, either in form or qualities.

Of or pertaining to or marked by genetic mutation{3}.

The close linen or muslin cap of an old woman.

A liquid measure equal to four gills, or an imperial pint.

One who does not speak, whether from physical inability, unwillingness, or other cause. One who, from deafness, either congenital or from early life, is unable to use articulate language; a deaf-mute. A person employed by undertakers at a funeral. A person whose part in a play does not require him to speak. Among the Turks, an officer or attendant who is selected for his place because he can not speak.

See Moot-hill.

same as quiet; as, the muted atmosphere of a church. Opposite of noisy.

Without uttering words or sounds; in a mute manner; silently.

The quality or state of being mute; speechlessness.

In Turkey prior to the revolution, an administrative authority of any of certain sanjaks. They were appointed directly by the Sultan.

In Turkey, a sanjak whose head is a mutessarif.

Without a point or pointed process; blunt.

To cut off or remove a limb or essential part of; to maim; to cripple; to disfigure; to hack; as, to mutilate the body, a statue, etc.

badly injured, perhaps with amputation or permanent disfigurement; as, mutilated victims of the rocket attack.

The act of mutilating, or the state of being mutilated; deprivation of a limb or of an essential part.

One who mutilates.

Mutilated; defective; imperfect.

To mutiny.

Dung of birds.

Disposed to mutiny; in a state of mutiny; characterized by mutiny; seditious; insubordinate.

To rise against, or refuse to obey, lawful authority in military or naval service; to excite, or to be guilty of, mutiny or mutinous conduct; to revolt against one's superior officer, or any rightful authority.

The condition, state, or habit of being mute, or without speech.

A simple form of moving-picture machine in which the series of views, exhibiting the successive phases of a scene, are printed on paper and mounted around the periphery of a wheel. The rotation of the wheel brings them rapidly into sight, one after another, and the blended effect gives a semblance of motion.

An dog that is of inferior quality or of mixed breed.

Repressed or obscure utterance.

One who mutters.

With a low voice and indistinct articulation; in a muttering manner.

A sheep.

A fish (Lutjanus analis) similar to and often marketed as /red snapper/.

A stupid or foolish person; a dolt; a numbskull; a blockhead; -- disparaging and offensive. These words are used to express a low opinion of someone's intelligence.

Like mutton; having a flavor of mutton.

Reciprocally acting or related; reciprocally receiving and giving; reciprocally given and received; reciprocal; interchanged; as, a mutual love, advantage, assistance, aversion, etc.

a state-chartered savings bank owned by its depositors and managed by a board of trustees. Abbreviated MSB.

The doctrine of mutual dependence as the condition of individual and social welfare.

One practising or advocating the doctrine of mutualism.

The quality of correlation; reciprocation; interchange; interaction; interdependence.

In a mutual manner.

One who borrows personal chattels which are to be consumed by him, and which he is to return or repay in kind.

The act of borrowing or exchanging.

A projecting block worked under the corona of the Doric corice, in the same situation as the modillion of the Corinthian and Composite orders. See Illust. of Gutta.

To mix in an untidy and offensive way; to make a mess of.

Soft; sticky, and dirty.

One of a denomination of Christians formerly living under the government of the Moors in Spain, and having a liturgy and ritual of their own.

Of or pertaining to Muzarabs; as, the Muzarabic liturgy.

A Russian peasant (especially prior to 1917).

The state or quality of being muzzy.

To bring the mouth or muzzle near.

A firearm which receives its charge through the muzzle, as distinguished from one which is loaded at the breech.

Receiving its charge through the muzzle; as, a muzzle-loading rifle.

Absent-minded; dazed; muddled; stupid.

most valuable player; the player judged to be the most important to the sport, also the name of the award given to that player.

The symbol for the maxwell, a cgs unit of magnetic flux.

Of or belonging to me; -- used always attributively; as, my body; my book; -- mine is used in the predicate; as, the book is mine. See Mine.

A genus of bivalve mollusks, including the common long, or soft-shelled, clam.

An order of clams.

A natural family of soft-shell clams.

A genus of birds including the solitaires, thrushes noted for their beautiful songs.

Pain in the muscles; muscular rheumatism or neuralgia.

A division of bivalve mollusks of which the common clam (Mya) is the type.

The white threads or filamentous growth from which a mushroom or fungus is developed; the so-called mushroom spawn.

Resembling mycelium.

A genus of South American monkeys, including the howlers. See Howler, 2, and Illust.

The Myxomycetes; -- so called by those who regard them as a class of animals.

A group of rod-shaped bacteria, some saprophytic or causing diseases.

Any of various rod-shaped bacteria, some saprophytic or causing diseases.

One of the forms in which bacteria group themselves; a more or less thick layer of motionless but living bacteria, formed by the bacteria uniting on the surface of the fluid in which they are developed. This production differs from the zoogloea stage of bacteria by not having the intermediary mucous substance.

Of or relating to mycology, or the fungi.

One who is versed in, or who studies, mycology.

That branch of botanical science which relates to the mushrooms and other fungi.

Pertaining to, or designating, a complex nitrogenous acid of the alloxan group, obtained as a honey-yellow powder. Its solutions have a gelatinous consistency.

The protoplasmic matter of which bacteria are composed.

A variety of sugar, isomeric with sucrose and obtained from certain lichens and fungi. Called also trehalose.

The chain of micrococci formed by the division of the micrococci in multiplication.

A genus of birds including certain of the wood ibises, including the endangered Mycteria americana; it is sometimes assigned to a subfamily Mycteriinae.

A toxic alkaloid (ptomaine) obtained from putrid flesh and from herring brines. As a poison it is said to execute profuse diarrhoea, vomiting, and intestinal inflammation.

A poisonous amido acid, C6H13NO2, separated by Brieger from decaying horseflesh. In physiological action, it is similar to curare.

The teledu.

A long-continued or excessive dilatation of the pupil of the eye.