(medicine, biology) A border of an anatomical part, such as the edge of the cornea.
limous
limous
adj
muddy; slimy; thick
linums
litmus
litmus
noun
(uncountable) A dyestuff extracted from certain lichens, that changes color when exposed to pH levels greater than or less than certain critical levels.
A simple test of acidity in a liquid using litmus, usually in the form of litmus paper.
A simple test of any attribute; a litmus test.
locums
lumbus
lumens
mabuse
maccus
macusi
magnus
mahsur
mallus
mampus
mampus
adj
(Singapore, informal) finished, wiped out, kaput.
noun
(British dialect, Dorset) A large number.
manaus
mancus
mancus
noun
(historical) A gold coin used in medieval Europe.
(historical) An equivalent unit of monetary account.
manius
mansur
maquis
maquis
noun
(botany) Dense Mediterranean coastal scrub.
(historical) The French resistance movement during World War II, or other similar movements elsewhere.
marcus
marius
markus
maryus
masdeu
maseru
maseru
Proper noun
The capital of Lesotho.
mashru
masque
masque
noun
(historical, in 16th- and 17th-century England and Europe) A dramatic performance, often performed at court as a royal entertainment, consisting of dancing, dialogue, pantomime and song.
A facial mask.
A masquerade.
Archaic form of mask.
Words and music written for a masque.
masury
matsue
matsue
Proper noun
The capital city of Shimane prefecture, Japan.
maugis
maunds
maunds
noun
plural of maund
maurus
mauser
mauves
mauves
noun
plural of mauve
meatus
meatus
noun
(anatomy) A tubular opening or passage leading to the interior of the body.
(anatomy) Ellipsis of acoustic meatus., the passage leading into the ear.
Hyponyms: acoustic meatus, urinary meatus
mecums
medeus
medius
medius
noun
(anatomy) The middle finger; the third digit, or that which corresponds to it.
medusa
medusa
noun
A jellyfish; specifically (zoology), a non-polyp form of individual cnidarians, consisting of a gelatinous umbrella-shaped bell and trailing tentacles.
mergus
metius
meuser
miaous
miaous
noun
plural of miaou
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of miaou
miauls
miauls
noun
plural of miaul
milvus
mingus
miscue
miscue
noun
(sports) In a cue sport, an error in hitting the ball with the cue.
(theater) The act of missing one's cue or of responding to a cue intended for another actor.
A miss of the object one intended to hit.
verb
(theater) To give an incorrect cue.
(transitive) to mishit, strike incorrectly.
miscut
miscut
adj
Cut incorrectly.
noun
(philately) Incorrect separation of postage stamps; a postage stamp resulted from such an error.
verb
To cut incorrectly.
misput
misput
verb
(transitive, rare) To put badly or wrongly.
(transitive, rare, US, dialect) To put out; to inconvenience or disturb.
misrun
missus
missus
noun
(colloquial) Term of address for a woman.
(colloquial) Wife or girlfriend.
misura
misuse
misuse
noun
An incorrect, improper or unlawful use of something.
verb
(obsolete, transitive) To abuse verbally, to insult.
(transitive) To abuse or mistreat (something or someone).
(transitive) To rape (a woman); later more generally, to sexually abuse (someone).
(transitive) To use (something) incorrectly.
miurus
miurus
noun
(poetry) A dactylic hexameter with short penultimate syllable.
mixups
mixups
noun
plural of mixup
mobius
modius
modius
noun
(historical) A Roman dry measure of about a peck or 9 litres.
(historical) A bushel-shaped headdress worn by certain deities in classical art.
(historical) Various medieval units of dry and liquid volume.
moeurs
moeurs
noun
Alternative form of mores, a set of moral norms or customs derived from generally accepted practices.
moguls
moguls
noun
plural of mogul
mohurs
mohurs
noun
plural of mohur
moodus
moosup
mopsus
morbus
morbus
noun
(medicine, formal) A disease.
mosque
mosque
noun
(Islam) A place of worship for Muslims, often having at least one minaret; a masjid.
moulds
moulds
noun
plural of mould
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of mould
moults
moults
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of moult
mounds
mounds
noun
plural of mound
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of mound
mounts
mounts
noun
plural of mount
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of mount
mourns
mourns
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of mourn
moused
moused
verb
simple past tense and past participle of mouse
mousee
mouser
mouser
noun
(chiefly Scotland, US) A moustache.
A cat that catches mice, kept specifically for the purpose. [from 15th c.]
mouses
mouses
noun
(computing, rare, originally prescribed, now sometimes proscribed) plural of mouse (computer peripheral)
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of mouse
mousey
mousey
adj
Alternative spelling of mousy
mousie
mousie
noun
(diminutive or childish) A mouse.
(fishing) A rat-tailed maggot used as bait.
mousle
mousle
verb
(transitive, obsolete) To sport with roughly; to rumple.
mousme
mousse
mousse
noun
A savory dish, of meat or seafood, containing gelatin.
A stable emulsion of water and oil that is created by wave action churning the water where an oil spill occurs.
A styling cream used for hair.
An airy pudding served chilled, particularly chocolate mousse.
verb
To apply mousse (styling cream).
mouths
mouths
noun
plural of mouth
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of mouth
muches
mucins
mucins
noun
plural of mucin
mucksy
mucksy
adj
Alternative form of muxy
mucors
mucosa
mucosa
noun
(anatomy) mucous membrane
mucose
mucose
adj
Alternative form of mucous
mucous
mucous
adj
Having the qualities of mucus
Pertaining to mucus
mudras
mudras
noun
plural of mudra
muesli
muesli
noun
A breakfast dish based on uncooked rolled oats and fruit.
muftis
muftis
noun
plural of mufti
mujiks
mujiks
noun
plural of mujik
mulcts
mulcts
noun
plural of mulct
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of mulct
muleys
muleys
noun
plural of muley
mulish
mulish
adj
Characteristic of a mule; stubborn, obstinate, or intractable
mulism
mulius
mullas
mullas
noun
plural of mulla
mungos
mungos
noun
Alternative form of mongoose
plural of mungo
munsee
munsee
noun
(India) a clerk
munsey
munshi
munshi
noun
(South Asia) A clerk or secretary.
(South Asia) A language teacher, especially one teaching Hindustani or Persian.
munsif
munsif
noun
(historical) Synonym of amin (“arbitrator in the pargana”)
munson
munson
Proper noun
A village in Alberta, Canada.
murals
murals
noun
plural of mural
murids
murids
noun
plural of murid
murols
murras
murras
noun
plural of murra
murres
murres
noun
plural of murre
musang
musang
noun
The Asian palm civet (Paradoxurus hermaphroditus), of South and Southeast Asia up to the Wallace Line.
musard
musard
noun
(literary) A dreamer; an absent-minded person.
muscae
muscae
noun
plural of musca
muscat
muscat
noun
A white grape variety; used as table grapes and for making raisins and sweet wine.
The muscatel wine made from these grapes.
The vine bearing this fruit.
muscid
muscid
adj
Pertaining to or related to the Muscidae family of insects.
noun
Any fly of the family Muscidae of insects.
muscle
muscle
noun
(countable) An organ composed of muscle tissue.
(uncountable) A contractile form of tissue which animals use to effect movement.
(uncountable, figurative) Hired strongmen or bodyguards.
(uncountable, figurative) Strength, force.
(uncountable, usually in the plural) A well-developed physique, in which the muscles are enlarged from exercise.
verb
To use force to make progress, especially physical force.
muscly
muscly
adj
(figuratively) Strong, powerful
thewy, muscled
muscot
muscow
musers
musers
noun
plural of muser
musery
museum
museum
noun
A building or institution dedicated to the acquisition, conservation, study, exhibition, and educational interpretation of objects having scientific, historical, cultural or artistic value.
mushaa
mushed
mushed
adj
(UK, dialect) worn out; exhausted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of mush
musher
musher
noun
One who operates a dogsled, traditionally using the verbal command “mush”.
One who races in a dogsled in a race.
One who travels by dogsled.
mushes
mushes
noun
plural of mush
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of mush
mushla
mushro
mushru
mushru
noun
A satin fabric with cotton backing, often patterned.
musial
musica
musico
musics
musics
noun
plural of music
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of music
musily
musing
musing
adj
Absorbed in thought; contemplative
noun
thought, meditation, contemplation
verb
present participle of muse
musion
musion
noun
In heraldry, a wild or domestic cat
musive
musive
adj
Relating to mosaic art.
musjid
musjid
noun
Archaic form of masjid (“Islamic mosque”).
muskat
muskat
noun
Obsolete form of musk cat.
musked
musked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of musk
muskeg
muskeg
noun
(Canada) A terrain composed of peat bog with tussocky meadow and woody vegetation including spruce.
musket
musket
noun
(falconry) A male Eurasian sparrowhawk (Accipiter nisus).
A kind of firearm formerly carried by the infantry of an army, 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; ultimately superseded by the rifle.
muskie
muskie
noun
(informal) muskellunge; a large freshwater gamefish of the pike family.
muskit
muskit
noun
Eye dialect spelling of musket.
muskox
muskox
noun
Alternative spelling of musk ox
muslem
muslim
muslin
muslin
noun
(US) Fabric made of cotton, flax (linen), hemp, or silk, finely or coarsely woven.
(US) Woven cotton or linen fabrics, especially when used for items other than garments.
(countable) A dressmaker's pattern made from inexpensive cloth for fitting.
(textile) Any of several varieties of thin cotton cloth.
Any of a wide variety of tightly-woven thin fabrics, especially those used for bedlinen.
Any of several different moths, especially the muslin moth, Diaphora mendica.
Woman as sex object; prostitute, as in a bit of muslin.
musmon
musmon
noun
A kind of sheep, the mouflon.
musnud
musnud
noun
(India) A raised seat with embroidery and pillows for the back and elbow. This forms the seat of honor, as in the zenana, where it is the seat of the lady of the house, and privileged visitors are invited to share it as a mark of respect and favor. It is also the ceremonial seat or throne of a rajah.
musrol
musrol
noun
Alternative form of musrole
mussal
mussed
mussed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of muss
mussel
mussel
noun
A freshwater mussel, usually edible, of the order Unionida in subclass Palaeoheterodonta.
A saltwater mussel, usually edible, of the order Mytilida in subclass Pteriomorphia.
Any of certain other bivalves of somewhat similar appearance, such as the zebra mussel and quagga mussel of the family Dreissenidae in subclass Heterodonta.
musser
musses
musses
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of muss