Nouns

murine

noun

a rodent that is a member of the family Muridae

murmuration

noun

a low continuous indistinct sound; often accompanied by move...

murrain

noun

any disease of domestic animals that resembles a plague

murre

noun

black-and-white diving bird of northern seas

murrumbidgee

noun

a river of southeastern Australia; flows westward into the M...

musca

noun

type genus of the Muscidae: houseflies

muscadet

noun

dry white wine from the Loire valley in France

muscadel

noun

wine from muscat grapes

muscadine

noun

native grape of southeastern United States; origin of many c...

muscatel

noun

sweet aromatic grape used for raisins and wine

muscovy

noun

a Russian principality in the 13th to 16th centuries; Moscow...

musjid

noun

(Islam) a Muslim place of worship

muskellunge

noun

large (60 to 80 pounds) sport fish of North America

musketry

noun

musketeers and their muskets collectively

muskmelon

noun

any of several varieties of vine whose fruit has a netted ri...

muskogean

noun

a family of North American Indian languages spoken in the so...

mussitation

noun

a low continuous indistinct sound; often accompanied by move...

musquash

noun

beaver-like aquatic rodent of North America with dark glossy...

mussorgsky

noun

Russian composer of operas and orchestral works (1839-1881)

mustagh

noun

a mountain range in northern Kashmir; an extension of the Hi...

musteline

noun

fissiped fur-bearing carnivorous mammals

mutableness

noun

the quality of being capable of mutation

mutineer

noun

someone who is openly rebellious and refuses to obey authori...

mutinus

noun

a genus of fungi belonging to the family Phallaceae

mutualism

noun

the relation between two different species of organisms that...

muzzler

noun

someone who muzzles animals

mwanza

noun

a city in northern Tanzania on Lake Victoria

myalgia

noun

pain in a muscle or group of muscles

mycelium

noun

the vegetative part of a fungus consisting of a mass of bran...

mycobacterium

noun

rod-shaped bacteria some saprophytic or causing diseases

mycology

noun

the branch of botany that studies fungi and fungus-caused di...

mycostatin

noun

an antifungal and antibiotic (trade names Mycostatin and Nys...

mycotoxin

noun

a toxin produced by a fungus

mydriatic

noun

a drug that causes the pupil of the eye to dilate; used to a...

mydriasis

noun

reflex pupillary dilation as a muscle pulls the iris outward...

myelencephalon

noun

the posterior part of the hindbrain in developing vertebrate...

myelin

noun

a white fatty substance that forms a medullary sheath around...

myeline

noun

a white fatty substance that forms a medullary sheath around...

myelinization

noun

the development of a myelin sheath around a nerve fiber

myelitis

noun

inflammation of the spinal cord

myeloblast

noun

a precursor of leukocytes that normally occurs only in bone...

myelography

noun

roentgenography of the spinal cord to detect possible lesion...

myeloma

noun

a tumor of the bone marrow (usually malignant) composed of c...

myiasis

noun

infestation of the body by the larvae of flies (usually thro...

mylitta

noun

Babylonian and Assyrian goddess of love and fertility and wa...

mylodon

noun

large (bear-sized) extinct edentate mammal of the Pleistocen...

myocarditis

noun

inflammation of the myocardium (the muscular tissue of the h...

myocardium

noun

the middle muscular layer of the heart wall

myoclonus

noun

a clonic spasm of a muscle or muscle group

myofibril

noun

one of many contractile filaments that make up a striated mu...