Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter M - Page 83
Muncher (n.) One who munches.
Muncher (n.) A chewer who makes a munching noise.
Mund (n.) See Mun.
Mundane (a.) Of or pertaining to the world; worldly; earthly; terrestrial; as, the mundane sphere ; mundane concerns. -- Mun"dane*ly, adv.
The defilement of mundane passions. -- I. Taylor.
Mundane (a.) Commonplace; ordinary; banal.
Mundane (a.) Found in the ordinary course of events; "a placid everyday scene"; "it was a routine day"; "there's nothing quite like a real...train conductor to add color to a quotidian commute"- Anita Diamant [syn: everyday, mundane, quotidian, routine, unremarkable, workaday].
Mundane (a.) Concerned with the world or worldly matters; "mundane affairs"; "he developed an immense terrestrial practicality" [syn: mundane, terrestrial].
Mundane (a.) Belonging to this earth or world; not ideal or heavenly; "not a fairy palace; yet a mundane wonder of unimagined kind"; "so terrene a being as himself" [syn: mundane, terrene].
Mundanity (n.) Worldliness. [Obs.]
Mundanity (n.) The quality or character of being intellectually sophisticated and worldly through cultivation or experience or disillusionment [syn: sophistication, worldliness, mundaneness, mundanity] [ant: naiveness, naivete, naivety].
Mundanity (n.) The quality of being commonplace and ordinary [syn: ordinariness, mundaneness, mundanity] [ant: extraordinariness].
Mundation (n.) The act of cleansing. [Obs.]
Mundatory (a.) Cleansing; having power to cleanse. [Obs.]
Mundic (n.) Iron pyrites, or arsenical pyrites; -- so called by the Cornish miners.
Mundificant (a.) Serving to cleanse and heal.
Mundificant (n.) A mundificant ointment or plaster.
Mundification (n.) The act or operation of cleansing.
Mundificative (a.) Cleansing.
Mundificative (n.) A detergent medicine or preparation.
Mundify (v. t.) To cleanse. [Obs.]
Mundil (n.) A turban ornamented with an imitation of gold or silver embroidery.
Mundivagant (a.) Wandering over the world. [R.]
Mundungus (n.) A stinking tobacco.
Munerary (a.) Having the nature of a gift. [Obs.]
Munerate (v. t.) To remunerate.
Muneration (n.) Remuneration. [Obs.]
Mung (n.) (Bot.) Green gram, a kind of legume (pulse) ({Vigna radiata syn. Phaseolus aureus, syn. Phaseolus Mungo), grown for food in British India; called also gram, mung bean, Chinese mung bean, and green-seeded mung bean. It is an erect, bushy annual producing edible green or yellow seeds, and edible pods and young sprouts. -- Balfour (Cyc. of India).
Munga (n.) (Zool.) See Bonnet monkey, under Bonnet.
Mungcorn (n.) Same as Mangcorn.
Mungo (n.) A material of short fiber and inferior quality obtained by deviling woolen rags or the remnants of woolen goods, specif. those of felted, milled, or hard-spun woolen cloth, as distinguished from shoddy, or the deviled product of loose-textured woolen goods or worsted, -- a distinction often disregarded.
Note: Mungo properly signifies the disintegrated rags of woolen cloth, as distinguished from those of worsted, which form shoddy. The distinction is very commonly disregarded. -- Beck (Draper's Dict.). Mungoose
Compare: Ichneumon
Ichneumon (n.) (Zool.) Any carnivorous mammal of the genus Herpestes, and family Viverrid[ae]. Numerous species are found in Asia and Africa. The Egyptian species ({Herpestes ichneumon), which ranges to Spain and Palestine, is noted for destroying the eggs and young of the crocodile as well as various snakes and lizards, and hence was considered sacred by the ancient Egyptians. The common species of India ({Herpestes griseus), known as the mongoose, has similar habits and is often domesticated. It is noted for killing the cobra.
Ichneumon (n.) (Zool.) Any hymenopterous insect of the family Ichneumonid[ae], of which several thousand species are known, belonging to numerous genera.
Note: The female deposits her eggs upon, or in, the bodies of other insects, such as caterpillars, plant lice, etc. The larva lives upon the internal tissues of the insect in which it is parasitic, and finally kills it. Hence, many of the species are beneficial to agriculture by destroying noxious insects.
Ichneumon fly. See Ichneumon, 2.
Mungoose (n.) Alt. of Mungoos.
Mongoose, Mongoos (n.; pl. Mongooses) (Zool.) A species of ichneumon ({Herpestes griseus), native of India. Applied also to other allied species, as the African banded mongoose ({Crossarchus fasciatus). [Written also mungoose, mungoos, mungous.]
Mongoose, Mongoos (n.; pl. Mongooses) [Tamil manegos.] A Madagascan lemur ({Lemur mongos).
Mungoos (n.) (Zool.) See Mongoose.
Mungrel (n. & a.) See Mongrel.
Municipal (a.) 市的；市政的；市立的，市辦的；自治都市的；地方自治的；內政的 Of or pertaining to a city or a corporation having the right of administering local government; as, municipal rights; municipal officers.
Municipal (a.) Of or pertaining to a state, kingdom, or nation.
Municipal law is properly defined to be a rule of civil conduct prescribed by the supreme power in a state. -- Blackstone.
Municipalism (n.) Municipal condition.
Municipalities (n. pl. ) of Municipality.
Municipalities of Belgium (n.) 比利時自治市 Belgium comprises 589 municipalities (Dutch: gemeenten; French: communes; German: Gemeinden) grouped into five provinces in each of two regions and into a third region, the Brussels-Capital Region, comprising 19 municipalities that do not belong to a province. In most cases, the municipalities are the smallest administrative subdivisions of Belgium, but in municipalities with more than 100,000 inhabitants, on the initiative of the local council, sub-municipal administrative entities with elected councils may be created. As such, only Antwerp, having over 500,000 inhabitants, became subdivided into nine districts (Dutch: districten). The Belgian arrondissements (also in French as well as in Dutch), an administrative level between province (or the capital region) and municipality, or the lowest judicial level, are in English sometimes called districts as well.
Municipality (n.) [C] 自治市；市政當局，全市民 [G] A municipal district; a borough, city, or incorporated town or village.
// The municipality has/ have closed the swimming pool.
Municipality (n.) An urban district having corporate status and powers of self-government.
Municipality (n.) People living in a town or city having local self-government.
Municipality (n.) The body of officers, taken collectively, belonging to a city, who are appointed to manage its affairs and defend its interests.
Municipality (n.) [ C ] 市，自治市；市政府，市政當局 A city or town with its own local government, or the local government itself.
// The municipality provides services such as water and rubbish collection.
Municipality (n.) An urban district having corporate status and powers of self-government.
Municipality (n.) People living in a town or city having local self-government.
Municipally (adv.) 市政上，市制上 In a municipal relation or condition.
Munific (a.) Munificent; liberal.
Munificate (v. t.) To enrich.
Munificence (n.) Means of defense; fortification.
Munificence (n.) The quality or state of being munificent; a giving or bestowing with extraordinary liberality; generous bounty; lavish generosity.
Munificent (a.) Very liberal in giving or bestowing; lavish; as, a munificent benefactor.
Munify (v. t. & i.) To prepare for defense; to fortify.
Muniment (n.) 防衛，保護，不動產所有權狀 The act of supporting or defending.
Muniment (n.) That which supports or defends; stronghold; place or means of defense; munition; assistance.
Muniment (n.) A record; the evidences or writings whereby a man is enabled to defend the title to his estate; title deeds and papers.
Munite (v. t.) To fortify; to strengthen.
Munition (n.) 軍需品，軍火 [P] Fortification; stronghold.
Munition (n.) Whatever materials are used in war for defense or for annoying an enemy; ammunition; also, stores and provisions; military stores of all kinds.
Munition (v. t.) 供給軍需品 Supply with weapons.
Munity (n.) Freedom; security; immunity.
Munjeet (n.) See Indian madder, under Madder.
Munjistin (n.) An orange-red coloring substance resembling alizarin, found in the root of an East Indian species of madder (Rubia munjista).
Munnion (n.) See Mullion.
Muntin (n.) Alt. of Munting.
Munting (n.) Same as Mullion; -- especially used in joiner's work.
Muntjac (n.) Any one of several species of small Asiatic deer of the genus Cervulus, esp. C. muntjac, which occurs both in India and on the East Indian Islands.
Muntz metal () See under Metal.
Muraena (n.) A genus of large eels of the family Miraenidae. They differ from the common eel in lacking pectoral fins and in having the dorsal and anal fins continuous. The murry (Muraena Helenae) of Southern Europe was the muraena of the Romans. It is highly valued as a food fish.
Muraenoid (a.) Alt. of Murenoid.
Murenoid (a.) Like or pertaining to the genus Muraena, or family Muraenidae.
Murage (n.) A tax or toll paid for building or repairing the walls of a fortified town.
Mural (a.) Of or pertaining to a wall; being on, or in, a wall; growing on, or against, a wall; as, a mural quadrant.
Mural (a.) Resembling a wall; perpendicular or steep; as, a mural precipice.
Mural (n.) [ C ] 壁畫 A large picture that has been painted on the wall of a room or building.
Murder (n.) The offense of killing a human being with malice prepense or aforethought, express or implied; intentional and unlawful homicide.
Murdered (imp. & p. p.) of Murder.
Murdering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Murder.
Murder (n.) To kill with premediated malice; to kill (a human being) willfully, deliberately, and unlawfully. See Murder, n.
Murder (n.) To destroy; to put an end to.
Murder (n.) To mutilate, spoil, or deform, as if with malice or cruelty; to mangle; as, to murder the king's English.
Murder (n.) [ C or U ] (B1) 謀殺，兇殺 The crime of intentionally killing a person.
// Two sisters have been charged with (= officially accused of) murder.
// There were three murders in the town last year.
// The three were convicted of (= proved guilty of) murder.
// A murder weapon (= a weapon used to commit a murder)
Compare: Manslaughter
Manslaughter (n.) [ U ] 過失殺人，誤殺；無行為能力者所犯的殺人罪行 The crime of killing a person when the killer did not intend to do it or cannot be responsible for his or her actions.
// She was sentenced to five years' imprisonment for manslaughter.
// He denies murder but admits manslaughter on the grounds of diminished responsibility.
Compare: Suicide
Suicide (n.) (Death) (B2) [ C or U ] 自殺；自殺者 The act of killing yourself intentionally, or a person who has done this.
// To attempt/ commit suicide.
// The suicide rate among men between the ages of 16 and 25 has risen alarmingly.
// Many suicides occur in prisons.
Suicide (n.) (Defeat) [ U ] 自殺性的行為；自取滅亡的行為 Any act that has the effect of causing your own defeat.
// [ + to infinitive ] As a leader he knows that it is political suicide to appear indecisive.
Idiom:
Be murder (Informal) 很困難 To be very difficult to do.
// It's murder finding a parking space in town.
Murder (v.) [ T ] (B1) 謀殺，殺害 To commit the crime of intentionally killing a person.
// Her husband was murdered by gunmen as she watched.
// In the last year, terrorists have murdered several local journalists.
Murder (v.) [ T ] (Informal) （表示非常生氣）決不會原諒 If you say you will or could murder someone, you mean you are very angry with them.
// If he's late again, I'll murder him!
Idiom: Could murder sth
Could murder sth (UK informal) 現在就想吃（或喝） If you say you could murder a type of food or drink, it means you would like very much to have it now.
// I could murder a cup of tea!
Murderer (n.) One guilty of murder; a person who, in possession of his reason, unlawfully kills a human being with premeditated malice.
Murderer (n.) A small cannon, formerly used for clearing a ship's decks of boarders; -- called also murdering piece.
Murderer (n.) [ C ] (old-fashioned female murderess,) (B1) 殺人犯，兇手 Someone who illegally and intentionally kills another person.
// A convicted murderer was executed in North Carolina yesterday.
// A mass murderer (= someone who has killed a large number of people illegally)
Murderess (n.) A woman who commits murder.
Murderment (n.) Murder.
Murderous (a.) Of or pertaining to murder; characterized by, or causing, murder or bloodshed; having the purpose or quality of murder; bloody; sanguinary; as, the murderous king; murderous rapine; murderous intent; a murderous assault.
Murderous (a.) 殺人的；兇惡的，兇殘的 Extremely dangerous and likely to commit murder.
// He was a murderous gangster.
// She gave me a look of murderous hatred.
Murderous (a.) (Informal) 令人非常難受的 Extremely unpleasant.
// The traffic was murderous today.
Murdress (n.) A battlement in ancient fortifications with interstices for firing through.
Mure (n.) A wall.
Mured (imp. & p. p.) of Mure.
Mure (n.) To inclose in walls; to wall; to immure; to shut up.
Murenger (n.) One who had charge of the wall of a town, or its repairs.
Murices (n. pl. ) of Murex.
Murex (n.) A genus of marine gastropods, having rough, and frequently spinose, shells, which are often highly colored inside; the rock shells. They abound in tropical seas.
Murexan (n.) A complex nitrogenous substance obtained from murexide, alloxantin, and other ureids, as a white, or yellowish, crystalline which turns red on exposure to the air; -- called also uramil, dialuramide, and formerly purpuric acid.
Murexide (n.) A crystalline nitrogenous substance having a splendid dichroism, being green by reflected light and garnet-red by transmitted light. It was formerly used in dyeing calico, and was obtained in a large quantities from guano. Formerly called also ammonium purpurate.
Murexoin (n.) A complex nitrogenous compound obtained as a scarlet crystalline substance, and regarded as related to murexide.
Muriate (n.) A salt of muriatic hydrochloric acid; a chloride; as, muriate of ammonia.
Muriated (a.) Put in brine.
Muriated (a.) Combined or impregnated with muriatic or hydrochloric acid.
Muriated (a.) Prepared with chloride of silver through the agency of common salt.
Muriatic (a.) Of, pertaining to, or obtained from, sea salt, or from chlorine, one of the constituents of sea salt; hydrochloric.
Muriatiferous (a.) Producing muriatic substances or salt.
Muricate (a.) Alt. of Muricated.
Muricated (a.) Formed with sharp points; full of sharp points or of pickles; covered, or roughened, as a surface, with sharp points or excrescences.
Muricoid (a.) Like, or pertaining to, the genus Murex, or family Muricidae.
Muriculate (a.) Minutely muricate.
Muride (n.) Bromine; -- formerly so called from its being obtained from sea water.
Muriform (a.) Resembling courses of bricks or stones in squareness and regular arrangement; as, a muriform variety of cellular tissue.
Murine (a.) Pertaining to a family of rodents (Muridae), of which the mouse is the type.
Murine (n.) One of a tribe of rodents, of which the mouse is the type.
Muringer (n.) See Murenger.
Murk (a.) Dark; murky.
Murk (n.) Darkness; mirk.
Murk (n.) The refuse of fruit, after the juice has been expressed; marc.
Murkily (adv.) Darkly; gloomily.
Murkiness (n.) The state of being murky.
Murky (a.) Dark; gloomy. "The murkiest den." -- Shak.
A murky deep lowering o'er our heads. -- Addison.