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Mughouse (mŭghous), n. An alehouse; a pothouse. Tickel.
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Mugiency (?), n. A bellowing. [Obs.]
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Mugient (?), a. [L. mugiens, p. pr. of mugire to bellow.] Lowing; bellowing. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.
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Mugil (?), prop. n. [L., a sort of fish.] (Zoöl.) A genus of fishes including the gray mullets. See .
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Mugilidae prop. n. A natural family of fish including the gray mullets.
Syn. -- family Mugilidae.
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Mugiloidea prop. n. A suborder of fishes distinguished by abdominal pelvic fins, including the families Mugilidae; Atherinidae; and Sphyraenidae.
Syn. -- suborder Mugiloidea.
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Mugiloid (?), a. (Zoöl.) Like or pertaining to the genus Mugil, or family Mugilidæ.
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Mugweed (?), n. (Bot.) A slender European weed (Galium Cruciata); -- called also crossweed.
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Mugwort (?), n. [AS. mucgwyrt. Cf. .] (Bot.) A somewhat aromatic composite weed (Artemisia vulgaris), at one time used medicinally; -- called also motherwort.
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mugwump (?), n. [Cf. Algonquin mugquomp a chief.] 1. A bolter from the Republican party in the national election of 1884; an Independent. [Political Cant, U.S.]
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2. A person who is undecided about an issue, especially a political one; a person who takes a neutral stance on an issue; a fence-sitter.
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{ Mugwumpery (?), Mugwumpism (?), } n. The acts and views of the mugwumps. [Political Cant, U.S.]
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{ Muhammadan (?), Muhammedan (?), } a. & n. Mohammedan.
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Muhammadanism (?), n. Mohammedanism.
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Muharram n. the first month of the Islamic calendar.
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muishond n. A southern African weasel.
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mujik n. A Russian peasant (especially prior to 1917).
Syn. -- muzhik, moujik, muzjik.
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Mulada (?), n. A moor. [Scot.] Lockhart.
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Mulada (?), n. [Sp. Amer., fr. Sp. mulo, mula, a mule.] A drove of mules. [Southwest. U.S.]
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Mulatto (?), n.; pl. Mulattoes (#). [Sp. & Pg. mulato, masc., mulata, fem., of a mixed breed, fr. mulo mule, L. mulus. See .] The offspring of a negress by a white man, or of a white woman by a negro, -- usually of a brownish yellow complexion.
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Mulattress, n. A female mulatto. G. W. Gable.
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Mulberry (?), n.; pl. Mulberries (#). [OE. moolbery, murberie, AS. murberie, where the first part is fr. L. morum mulberry; cf. Gr. �, �. Cf. , .] 1. (Bot.) The berry or fruit of any tree of the genus Morus; also, the tree itself. See .
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2. A dark pure color, like the hue of a black mulberry.
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Coloq. Mulberry mass . (Biol.) See . -- Coloq. Paper mulberry , a tree (Broussonetia papyrifera), related to the true mulberry, used in Polynesia for making tapa cloth by macerating and pounding the inner bark, and in China and Japan for the manufacture of paper. It is seen as a shade tree in America.
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Mulberry-faced (-fāst), a. Having a face of a mulberry color, or blotched as if with mulberry stains.
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Mulch (?), n. [Cf. mull dirt, also Prov. G. mulsch, molsch, rotten, soft, mellow, as fruit.] Half-rotten straw, or any similar light, porous, organic substance strewn on the ground, as over the roots of plants, to protect from heat, drought, etc., and to hinder weed growth and preserve moisture.
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Mulch, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Mulched (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Mulching.] To cover or dress with mulch.
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Mulct (?), n. [L. mulcta, multa.] 1. A fine or penalty, esp. a pecuniary punishment or penalty.
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2. A blemish or defect. [Obs.]
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Syn. -- Amercement; forfeit; forfeiture; penalty.
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Mulct, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Mulcted; p. pr. & vb. n. Mulcting.] [L. mulctare, multare.] 1. To punish for an offense or misdemeanor by imposing a fine or forfeiture, esp. a pecuniary fine; to fine.
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2. Hence, to deprive of; to withhold by way of punishment or discipline. [Obs.]
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{ Mulctary (?), Mulctuary (?), } a. Imposing a pecuniary penalty; consisting of, or paid as, a fine.
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Fines, or some known mulctuary punishments.
Sir W. Temple.
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Mule (mūl), n. [F., a she-mule, L. mula, fem. of mulus; cf. Gr. myklos, mychlos. Cf. AS. mūl, fr. L. mulus. Cf. .] 1. (Zoöl.) 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 .
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☞ Mules are much used as draught animals. They are hardy, and proverbial for stubbornness.
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2. (Bot.) A plant or vegetable produced by impregnating the pistil of one species with the pollen or fecundating dust of another; -- called also hybrid.
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3. A very stubborn person.
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4. A machine, used in factories, for spinning cotton, wool, etc., into yarn or thread and winding it into cops; -- called also jenny and mule-jenny.
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5. A slipper that has no fitting around the heel.
Syn. -- mules, scuff, scuffs.
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Coloq. Mule armadillo (Zoöl.), a long-eared armadillo (Tatusia hybrida), native of Buenos Ayres; -- called also mulita. See Illust. under . -- Coloq. Mule deer (Zoöl.), a large deer (Cervus macrotis syn. Cariacus macrotis) of the Western United States. The name refers to its long ears. -- Coloq. Mule pulley (Mach.), an idle pulley for guiding a belt which transmits motion between shafts that are not parallel. -- Coloq. Mule twist , cotton yarn in cops, as spun on a mule; -- in distinction from yarn spun on a throstle frame.
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Mule-jenny (?), n. See , 4.
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Mule killer. Any of several arthropods erroneously supposed to kill live stock, in the southern United States, by stinging or by being swallowed; as: (a) A whip scorpion. [Florida] (b) A walking-stick insect. [Texas] (c) A mantis. (d) A wheel bug.
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Muleteer (?), n. [F. muletier, fr. mulet a mule, dim. fr. L. mulus.] One who drives mules.
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Mulewort (?), n. (Bot.) A fern of the genus Hemionitis.
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Muley (?), n. (Sawmills) A stiff, long saw, guided at the ends but not stretched in a gate.
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Coloq. Muley axle (Railroad), a car axle without collars at the outer ends of the journals. Forney.
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Muley (?), n. See .
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Muliebrity (mūlĭĕbrĭt�), n. [L. muliebritas, fr. muliebris belonging to a woman, fr. mulier a woman.] 1. The state of being a woman or of possessing full womanly powers; womanhood; -- correlate of virility.
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2. Hence: Effeminancy; softness.
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Mulier (?), n. [L., a woman.] 1. A woman.
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2. (Law) (a) Lawful issue born in wedlock, in distinction from an elder brother born of the same parents before their marriage; a lawful son. (b) (Civ. Law) A woman; a wife; a mother. Blount. Cowell.
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Mulierly, adv. In the manner or condition of a mulier; in wedlock; legitimately. [Obs.]
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Mulierose (?), a. [L. mulierosus.] Fond of woman. [R.] Charles Reade.
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Mulierosity (?), n. [L. mulierositas.] A fondness for women. [R.] Dr. H. More.
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Mulierty (?), n. (Law) Condition of being a mulier; position of one born in lawful wedlock.
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Mulish (mūlĭsh), a. Like a mule; sullen; stubborn. -- Mulishly, adv. -- Mulishness, n.
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Mull (mŭl), n. [Perh. contr. fr. mossul. See .] A thin, soft kind of muslin.
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Mull, n. [Icel. mūli a snout, muzzle, projecting crag; or cf. Ir. & Gael. meall a heap of earth, a mound, a hill or eminence, W. moel. Cf. .] 1. A promontory; as, the Mull of Cantyre. [Scot.]
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2. A snuffbox made of the small end of a horn.
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Mull, n. [Prob. akin to mold. √108. See .] Dirt; rubbish. [Obs.] Gower.
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Mull, v. t. [OE. mullen. See 2d .] To powder; to pulverize. [Prov. Eng.]
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Mull, v. i. To work (over) mentally; to cogitate; to ruminate; -- usually with over; as, to mull over a thought or a problem. [Colloq. U.S.]
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Mull, n. An inferior kind of madder prepared from the smaller roots or the peelings and refuse of the larger.
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Mull, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Mulled (mŭld); p. pr. & vb. n. Mulling.] [From mulled, for mold, taken as a p. p.; OE. mold-ale funeral ale or banquet. See soil.] 1. To heat, sweeten, and enrich with spices; as, to mull wine.
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New cider, mulled with ginger warm.
Gay.
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2. To dispirit or deaden; to dull or blunt. Shak.
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Mulla, Mullah (?), n. Same as .
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Mullagatawny (?), n. [Tamil milagu-tannīr pepper water.] An East Indian curry soup.
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Mullah (?), n. See .
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Mullar (?), n. A die, cut in intaglio, for stamping an ornament in relief, as upon metal.
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Mullein (?), n. [OE. moleyn, AS. molegn.] (Bot.) 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.
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Coloq. Moth mullein . See under . -- Coloq. Mullein foxglove , an American herb (Seymeria macrophylla) with coarse leaves and yellow tubular flowers with a spreading border. -- Coloq. Petty mullein , the cowslip. Dr. Prior.
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Mullen (?), n. (Bot.) See .
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Muller (?), n. 1. One who, or that which, mulls.
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2. A vessel in which wine, etc., is mulled over a fire.
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Muller, n. [OE. mullen to pulverize, bruise; cf. Icel. mylja; prob. akin to E. mold soil. See soil, and cf. dirt.] 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.
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Müllerian (?), a. (Anat.) Of, pertaining to, or discovered by, Johannes Müller.
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Coloq. Müllerian ducts (Anat.), a pair of embryonic ducts which give rise to the genital passages in the female, but disappear in the male. -- Coloq. Müllerian fibers (Anat.), the sustentacular or connective-tissue fibers which form the framework of the retina.
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Mullet (?), n. [OE. molet, mulet, F. mulet, fr. L. mullus.] 1. (Zoöl.) Any one of numerous fishes of the genus Mugil; -- called also gray mullets. They are found on the coasts of both continents, and are highly esteemed as food. Among the most valuable species are Mugil capito of Europe, and Mugil cephalus which occurs both on the European and American coasts.
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2. (Zoöl.) Any species of the genus Mullus, or family Mullidæ; called also red mullet, and surmullet, esp. the plain surmullet (Mullus barbatus), and the striped surmullet (Mullus surmulletus) of Southern Europe. The former is the mullet of the Romans. It is noted for the brilliancy of its colors. See .
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Coloq. French mullet . See (a).
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Mullet, n. [F. molette.] (Her.) A star, usually five pointed and pierced; -- when used as a difference it indicates the third son.
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Mullet, n. [Cf. F. molet a sort of pinchers.] Small pinchers for curling the hair. [Obs.] B. Jonson.
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{ Mulley (?), Moolley }, n. [CF. Gael. maolag a hornless cow, maol bald, hornless, blunt.] 1. A mulley or polled animal. [U. S.]
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2. A cow. [Prov. Eng.; U.S., a child's word.]
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Leave milking and dry up old mulley, thy cow.
Tusser.
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{ Mulley (?), Moolley }, a. Destitute of horns, although belonging to a species of animals most of which have horns; hornless; polled; as, mulley cattle; a mulley (or moolley) cow. [U. S.] [Written also muley.]
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mulligan, mulligan stew n. 1. A stew made typically of meat, vegetables, and any conveniently available ingredients; also, an Irish version of burgoo.
Syn. -- Irish burgoo.
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2. (Golf) In informal and friendly games of golf, a permission to take another stroke without counting the previous stroke against the score, when a stroke was poorly played; a free stroke; as, to take a mulligan.
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Mulligatawny (?), n. See .
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Mulligrubs (?), n. [Cf. Prov. E. mull to squeeze, pull about, mulling numb or dull.] 1. A griping of the intestines; colic. [Slang]
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Whose dog lies sick of the mulligrubs?
Beau. & Fl.
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2. Hence, sullenness; the sulks. [Slang]
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Mullingong (?), n. (Zoöl.) See Duck mole, under . [Written also mollingong.]
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Mullion (?), n. [A corruption of munnion, F. moignon stump of an amputated limb, stump, OF. moing mutilated; cf. Armor. moñ, mouñ, mank, monk, and also L. mancus maimed.] (Arch.) (a) A slender bar or pier which forms the division between the lights of windows, screens, etc. (b) An upright member of a framing. See .
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Mullion, v. t. To furnish with mullions; to divide by mullions.
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Mullock (?), n. [From dirt: cf. Scot. mulloch, mulock, crumb. √108.] Rubbish; refuse; dirt. [Obs.]
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All this mullok [was] in a sieve ythrowe.
Chaucer.
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Mulloid (mŭlloid), a. [NL. Mullus, generic name (fr. L. mullus surmullet) + -oid.] (Zoöl.) Like or pertaining to the genus Mullus, which includes the surmullet, or red mullet.
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mull over, v. t. To think about; to consider; to ruminate about; as, mull it over and decide in the morning. [Colloq. U.S.]
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Mulmul (?), n. A fine, soft muslin; mull.
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Mulse (mŭls), n. [L. mulsum (sc. vinum), fr. mulsus mixed with honey, honey-sweet, p. p. of mulcere to sweeten, soften.] Wine boiled and mingled with honey.
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Mult-. See .
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Multangular (?), a. [L. multangulus; multus much, many + angulus angle: cf. F. multangulaire.] Having many angles. -- Multangularly, adv. -- Multangularness, n.
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Multanimous (?), a. [Mult- + L. animus mind.] Many-minded; many-sided.
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The multanimous nature of the poet.
J. R. Lowell.
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Multarticulate (?), a. [Mult- + articulate.] Having many articulations or joints.
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Multeity (?), n. [L. multus much, many.] Multiplicity. [R.] Coleridge.
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{ Multi- (?), Mult- (?) }. [L. multus much.] A prefix signifying much or many; several; more than one; as, multiaxial, multocular.
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Multiaxial (?), a. [Multi- + axial.] (Biol.) Having more than one axis; developing in more than a single line or plain; -- opposed to monoaxial.
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Multicapsular (?), a. [Multi- + capsular: cf. F. multicapsulaire.] (Bot.) Having many, or several, capsules.
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Multicarinate (?), a. [Multi- + carinate.] (Zoöl.) Many-keeled.
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Multicavous (?), a. [L. multicavus; multus much, many + cavum, cavus, a cavity, hole, fr. cavus hollow.] Having many cavities.
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Multicellular (?), a. Consisting of, or having, many cells or more than one cell.
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Multicentral (?), a. [Multi- + central.] Having many, or several, centers; as, a multicentral cell.
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Coloq. Multicentral development (Biol.), growth, or development, from several centers. According as the insubordination to a single center is more or less pronounced, the resultant organism will be more or less irregular in form and may even become discontinuous.
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Multicipital (?), a. [Multi- + L. caput head.] (Bot.) Having many heads or many stems from one crown or root. Gray.
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Multicolor (?), a. [See , and .] Having many, or several, colors.
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Multicostate (?), a. [Multi- + costate.] Having numerous ribs, or costæ, as the leaf of a plant, or as certain shells and corals.
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Multicuspid (?), a. [See Multi-, and Cuspid.] Multicuspidate; -- said of teeth.
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Multicuspidate (?), a. [Multi- + cuspidate.] Having many cusps or points.
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Multidentate (?), a. [Multi- + dentate.] Having many teeth, or toothlike processes.
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Multidigitate (?), a. [Multi- + digitate.] Having many fingers, or fingerlike processes.
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Multifaced (?), a. [Multi- + face.] Having many faces.
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Multifarious (?), a. [L. multifarius; multus much, many. Cf. .] 1. Having multiplicity; having great diversity or variety; of various kinds; diversified; made up of many differing parts; manifold.
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There is a multifarious artifice in the structure of the meanest animal.
Dr. H. More.
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2. (Bot.) Having parts, as leaves, arranged in many vertical rows.
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Multifariously, adv. With great multiplicity and diversity; with variety of modes and relations.
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Multifariousness, n. 1. Multiplied diversity.
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2. (Law) The fault of improperly uniting in one bill distinct and independent matters, and thereby confounding them. Burrill.
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Multiferous (?), a. [L. multifer; multus much, many + ferre to bear.] Bearing or producing much or many. [R.]
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Multifid (?), a. [L. multifidus; multus much, many + findere to split: cf. F. multifide.] (Bot.) Having many segments; cleft into several parts by linear sinuses; as, a multifid leaf or corolla.
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Multiflorous (?), a. [L. multiflorus; multus much, many + flos, floris, flower: cf. F. multiflore.] (Bot.) Having many flowers.
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