Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter M - Page 84
Murlins (n.) (Bot.) A seaweed. See Baddrelocks.
Compare: Badderlocks
Badderlocks (n.) (Bot.) A large black seaweed ({Alaria esculenta) sometimes eaten in Europe; -- also called murlins, honeyware, and henware.
Murmur (n.) 輕柔持續的聲音，沙沙聲，潺潺聲 [C]；【醫】（心臟的）雜音 [C] [U] A low, confused, and indistinct sound, like that of running water.
Murmur (n.) A complaint half suppressed, or uttered in a low, muttering voice. -- Chaucer.
Some discontents there are, some idle murmurs. -- Dryden.
Murmured (imp. & p. p.) of Murmur.
Murmuring (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Murmur.
Murmur (v. i.) 發出輕柔持續的聲音；私語，小聲說話 To make a low continued noise, like the hum of bees, a stream of water, distant waves, or the wind in a forest.
They murmured as doth a swarm of bees. -- Chaucer.
Murmur (v. i.) To utter complaints in a low, half-articulated voice; to feel or express dissatisfaction or discontent; to grumble; -- often with at or against. "His disciples murmured at it." -- John vi. 61.
And all the children of Israel murmured against Moses and against Aaron. -- Num. xiv. 2.
Neither murmur ye, as some of them also murmured. -- 1 Cor. x. 10.
Murmur (v. t.) 低聲說 To utter or give forth in low or indistinct words or sounds; as, to murmur tales. -- Shak.
The people murmured such things concerning him. -- John vii. 32.
Murmur (n.) A low continuous indistinct sound; often accompanied by movement of the lips without the production of articulate speech [syn: mutter, muttering, murmur, murmuring, murmuration, mussitation]
Murmur (n.) A schwa that is incidental to the pronunciation of a consonant [syn: murmur vowel, murmur].
Murmur (n.) An abnormal sound of the heart; sometimes a sign of abnormal function of the heart valves [syn: heart murmur, cardiac murmur, murmur].
Murmur (n.) A complaint uttered in a low and indistinct tone [syn: grumble, grumbling, murmur, murmuring, mutter, muttering].
Murmur (v.) Speak softly or indistinctly; "She murmured softly to the baby in her arms."
Murmur (v.) Make complaining remarks or noises under one's breath; "she grumbles when she feels overworked" [syn: murmur, mutter, grumble, croak, gnarl].
Murmuration (n.) The act of murmuring; a murmur. [Obs.] -- Skelton.
Murmuration (n.) A low continuous indistinct sound; often accompanied by movement of the lips without the production of articulate speech [syn: mutter, muttering, murmur, murmuring, murmuration, mussitation].
Murmurer (n.) One who murmurs.
Murmurer (n.) A person who speaks softly and indistinctly [syn: mutterer, mumbler, murmurer].
Murmuring (a. & n.) (n.) 潺潺的聲音；喃喃的聲音；抱怨的聲音 [U] (a.) 抱怨的；發出潺潺之聲的；murmur 的動詞現在分詞、動名詞 Uttering murmurs; making low sounds; complaining. -- Mur"mur*ing*ly, adv.
Murmuring (a.) Making a low continuous indistinct sound; "like murmuring waves"; "susurrant voices" [syn: murmuring, susurrant, whispering].
Murmuring (n.) A low continuous indistinct sound; often accompanied by movement of the lips without the production of articulate speech [syn: mutter, muttering, murmur, murmuring, murmuration, mussitation].
Murmuring (n.) A complaint uttered in a low and indistinct tone [syn: grumble, grumbling, murmur, murmuring, mutter, muttering].
Murmuring, () Of the Hebrews in the wilderness, called forth the displeasure of God, which was only averted by the earnest prayer of Moses (Num. 11:33, 34; 12; 14:27, 30, 31; 16:3; 21:4-6; Ps. 106:25). Forbidden by Paul (1 Cor. 10:10).
Murmurous (a.) 竊竊私語的；小聲說的；小聲的；輕微騷動的 Attended with murmurs; exciting murmurs or complaint; murmuring. [Archaic or Poetic]
The lime, a summer home of murmurous wings. -- Tennyson.
Murmurous (a.) Characterized by soft sounds; "a murmurous brook"; "a soughing wind in the pines"; "a slow sad susurrous rustle like the wind fingering the pines" -- R.P.Warren [syn: murmurous, rustling, soughing, susurrous].
Murnival (n.) In the game of gleek, four cards of the same value, as four aces or four kings; hence, four of anything. [Obs.] [Written also mournival.]
Murphy (n.) 【口】馬鈴薯 A potato. [Humorous] -- Thackeray.
Murphy (n.) An edible tuber native to South America; a staple food of Ireland [syn: potato, white potato, Irish potato, murphy, spud, tater].
Murphy, MO -- U.S. Census Designated Place in Missouri
Population (2000): 9048
Housing Units (2000): 3613
Land area (2000): 3.965039 sq. miles (10.269404 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.046730 sq. miles (0.121030 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 4.011769 sq. miles (10.390434 sq. km)
FIPS code: 50834
Located within: Missouri (MO), FIPS 29
Location: 38.492954 N, 90.486544 W
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Murphy, NC -- U.S. town in North Carolina
Population (2000): 1568
Housing Units (2000): 819
Land area (2000): 2.280041 sq. miles (5.905278 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.217232 sq. miles (0.562628 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 2.497273 sq. miles (6.467906 sq. km)
FIPS code: 45660
Located within: North Carolina (NC), FIPS 37
Location: 35.089848 N, 84.029924 W
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Murphy, OK -- U.S. Census Designated Place in Oklahoma
Population (2000): 231
Housing Units (2000): 110
Land area (2000): 4.329513 sq. miles (11.213386 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 4.329513 sq. miles (11.213386 sq. km)
FIPS code: 49950
Located within: Oklahoma (OK), FIPS 40
Location: 36.130608 N, 95.247526 W
ZIP Codes (1990):
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Murphy, TX -- U.S. city in Texas
Population (2000): 3099
Housing Units (2000): 1126
Land area (2000): 5.254811 sq. miles (13.609898 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 5.254811 sq. miles (13.609898 sq. km)
FIPS code: 50100
Located within: Texas (TX), FIPS 48
Location: 33.010233 N, 96.606959 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 75094
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Headwords:
Murphy, TX
Murphy
Murr (n.) A catarrh. [Obs.] -- Gascoigne.
Murrain (n.) (Far.) An infectious and fatal disease among cattle. -- Bacon.
A murrain on you, may you be afflicted with a pestilent disease. -- Shak.
Murrain (n.) Any disease of domestic animals that resembles a plague.
Murrain, () Heb. deber, "destruction," a "great mortality", the fifth plague that fell upon the Egyptians (Ex. 9:3). It was some distemper that resulted in the sudden and widespread death of the cattle. It was confined to the cattle of the Egyptians that were in the field (9:6).
Murrain (a.) Having, or afflicted with, murrain.
Murray-Darling basin (proper n.) 墨累-達令流域 A large geographical area in the interior of southeastern Australia, spanning most of the states of New South Wales, Victoria, and the Australian Capital Territory, and parts of the states of Queensland (lower third) and South Australia (southeastern corner).
Murrayin (n.) (Chem.) A glucoside found in the flowers of a plant ({Murraya exotica) of South Asia, and extracted as a white amorphous slightly bitter substance.
Murre (n.) (Zool.) Any one of several species of sea birds of the genus Uria, or Catarractes; a guillemot.
Note: The murres are allied to the auks, and are abundant on the northern coasts of Europe and America. They often breed in large communities on the projecting ledges of precipituous cliffs, laying one or two large eggs on the bare rocks.
Murre (n.) Black-and-white diving bird of northern seas.
Murrelet (n.) (Zool.) One of several species of sea birds of the genera Synthliboramphus and Brachyramphus, inhabiting the North Pacific. They are closely related to the murres.
Murrey (n.) A dark red color.
Murrey (a.) Of a dark red color. -- Bacon.
Murrhine (a.) Made of the stone or material called by the Romans murrha; -- applied to certain costly vases of great beauty and delicacy used by the luxurious in Rome as wine cups; as, murrhine vases, cups, vessels.
Murrhine glass, Glassware made in imitation of murrhine vases and cups.
Murrion (a.) Infected with or killed by murrain. [Obs.] -- Shak.
Murrion (n.) A morion. See Morion.
Murry (n.) (Zool.) See Muraena.
Murth (n.) Plenty; abundance. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.]
Murther (n. & v.) Murder, n. & v. [Obs. or Prov.] "The treason of the murthering." -- Chaucer.
Murtherer (n.) A murderer. [Obs. or Prov.]
Murza (n.) One of the hereditary nobility among the Tatars, esp. one of the second class.
Note: This word must not be confounded with the Persian Mirza, though perhaps of the same origin.
Mures (n. pl. ) of Mus.
Mus (n.) (Zool.) A genus of small rodents, including the common mouse and rat.
Musae (n. pl. ) of Musa.
Musa (n.) (Bot.) A genus of perennial, herbaceous, endogenous plants of great size, including the banana ({Musa sapientum), the plantain (M. paradisiaca of Linnaeus, but probably not a distinct species), the Abyssinian ({Musa Ensete), the Philippine Island ({Musa textilis, which yields Manila hemp), and about eighteen other species. See Illust. of Banana and Plantain.
Musa (n.) Type genus of the Musaceae: bananas [syn: Musa, genus Musa].
Musaceous (a.) Of, pertaining to, or resembling, plants of the genus Musa.
Musal (a.) Of or pertaining to the Muses, or to Poetry. [R.]
Musang (n.) (Zool.) A small animal of Java ({Paradoxirus fasciatus), allied to the civets. It swallows, but does not digest, large quantities of ripe coffee berries, thus serving to disseminate the coffee plant; hence it is called also coffee rat.
Musar (n.) An itinerant player on the musette, an instrument formerly common in Europe.
Musard (v. i.) A dreamer; an absent-minded person. [Obs.] -- Rom. of R.
Muscae (n. pl. ) of Musca.
Musca (n.) (Zool.) A genus of dipterous insects, including the common house fly, and numerous allied species.
Note: Formerly, a large part of the Diptera were included under the genus Musca.
Musca (n.) (Astron.) A small constellation situated between the Southern Cross and the Pole.
Muscae volitantes. [L., flying flies.] (Med.) Specks or filaments apparently seen moving or gliding about in the field of vision. Their appearance is often a symptom of disease of the eye, or of disorder of the nervous system. Muscadel
Musca (n.) A small constellation in the polar region of the southern hemisphere near the Southern Cross and Chamaeleon.
Musca (n.) Type genus of the Muscidae: houseflies [syn: Musca, genus Musca].
Muscadel (n.) See Muscatel, n.
Muscadine (n.) A name given to several very different kinds of grapes, but in America used chiefly for the scuppernong, or southern fox grape, which is said to be the parent stock of the Catawba. See Grapevine.
Muscadine (n.) A fragrant and delicious pear.
Muscadine (n.) See Muscardin.
Muscales (n. pl.) An old name for mosses in the widest sense, including the true mosses and also hepaticae and sphagna.
Muscallonge (n.) See Muskellunge.
Muscardin (n.) The common European dormouse; -- so named from its odor.
Muscardine (n.) A disease which is very destructive to silkworms, and which sometimes extends to other insects. It is attended by the development of a fungus (provisionally called Botrytis bassiana). Also, the fungus itself.
Muscariform (a.) Having the form of a brush.
Muscarin (n.) A solid crystalline substance, C5H13NO2, found in the toadstool (Agaricus muscarius), and in putrid fish. It is a typical ptomaine, and a violent poison.
Muscatel (a.) Of, pertaining to, or designating, or derived from, a muscat grapes or similar grapes; a muscatel grapes; muscatel wine, etc.
Muscatel (n.) A common name for several varieties of rich sweet wine, made in Italy, Spain, and France.
Muscatel (n.) Finest raisins, dried on the vine; "sun raisins."
Muschelkalk (n.) A kind of shell limestone, whose strata form the middle one of the three divisions of the Triassic formation in Germany. See Chart, under Geology.
Musci (n. pl.) An order or subclass of cryptogamous plants; the mosses. See Moss, and Cryptogamia.
Muscicapine (a.) Of or pertaining to the Muscicapidae, a family of birds that includes the true flycatchers.
Muscid (n.) Any fly of the genus Musca, or family Muscidae.
Musciform (a.) Having the form or structure of flies of the genus Musca, or family Muscidae.
Musciform (a.) Having the appearance or form of a moss.
Muscle (n.) An organ which, by its contraction, produces motion.
Muscle (n.) The contractile tissue of which muscles are largely made up.
Muscle (n.) Muscular strength or development; as, to show one's muscle by lifting a heavy weight.
Muscle (n.) See Mussel.
Muscled (a.) Furnished with muscles; having muscles; as, things well muscled.
Muscling (n.) Exhibition or representation of the muscles.
Muscogees (n. pl.) See Muskogees.
Muscoid (a.) Mosslike; resembling moss.
Muscoid (n.) A term formerly applied to any mosslike flowerless plant, with a distinct stem, and often with leaves, but without any vascular system.
Muscology (n.) Bryology.
Muscosity (n.) Mossiness.
Muscovado (a.) Pertaining to, or of the nature of, unrefined or raw sugar, obtained from the juice of the sugar cane by evaporating and draining off the molasses. Muscovado sugar contains impurities which render it dark colored and moist.
Muscovado (n.) Unrefined or raw sugar.
Muscovite (n.) A native or inhabitant of Muscovy or ancient Russia; hence, a Russian.
Muscovite (n.) Common potash mica. See Mica.
Muscovy duck () A duck (Cairina moschata), larger than the common duck, often raised in poultry yards. Called also musk duck. It is native of tropical America, from Mexico to Southern Brazil.
Muscovy glass () Mica; muscovite. See Mica.
Muscular (a.) Of or pertaining to a muscle, or to a system of muscles; consisting of, or constituting, a muscle or muscles; as, muscular fiber.
Great muscular strength, accompanied by much awkwardness. -- Macaulay.
Muscular (a.) Performed by, or dependent on, a muscle or the muscles. "The muscular motion." -- Arbuthnot.
Muscular (a.) Well furnished with muscles; having well-developed muscles; brawny; hence, strong; powerful; vigorous; as, a muscular body or arm.
Muscular Christian, One who believes in a part of religious duty to maintain a healthful and vigorous physical state. -- T. Hughes.
Muscular Christianity. (a) The practice and opinion of those Christians who believe that it is a part of religious duty to maintain a vigorous condition of the body, and who therefore approve of athletic sports and exercises as conductive to good health, good morals, and right feelings in religious matters. -- T. Hughes.
Muscular Christianity. (b) An active, robust, and cheerful Christian life, as opposed to a meditative and gloomy one. -- C. Kingsley.
Muscular excitability (Physiol.), That property in virtue of which a muscle shortens, when it is stimulated; irritability; contractility.
Muscular sense (Physiol.), Muscular sensibility; the sense by which we obtain knowledge of the condition of our muscles and to what extent they are contracted, also of the position of the various parts of our bodies and the resistance offering by external objects.
Muscular (a.) Of or relating to or consisting of muscle; "muscular contraction."
Muscular (a.) Having a robust muscular body-build characterized by predominance of structures (bone and muscle and connective tissue) developed from the embryonic mesodermal layer [syn: mesomorphic, muscular] [ant: ectomorphic, endomorphic, pyknic].
Muscular (a.) Having or suggesting great physical power or force; "the muscular and passionate Fifth Symphony."
Muscular (a.) (Of a person) Possessing physical strength and weight; rugged and powerful; "a hefty athlete"; "a muscular boxer"; "powerful arms" [syn: brawny, hefty, muscular, powerful, sinewy].
Muscularity (n.) The state or quality of being muscular. -- Grew.
Muscularity (n.) The physiological state of having or consisting of muscle.
Muscularity (n.) Possessing muscular strength [syn: brawn, brawniness, muscle, muscularity, sinew, heftiness].
Muscularity (n.) An imaginative lively style (especially style of writing); "his writing conveys great energy"; "a remarkable muscularity of style" [syn: energy, muscularity, vigor, vigour, vim].
Muscularize (v. t.) To make muscular. -- Lowell.
Muscularly (adv.) In a muscular manner.
Musculation (n.) (Anat.) Musculature.
Musculature (n.) (Anat.) The muscular system of an animal, or of any of its parts; musculation.
Musculature (n.) The muscular system of an organism [syn: muscular structure, musculature, muscle system].
Muscule (n.) (Mil.) A long movable shed used by besiegers in ancient times in attacking the walls of a fortified town.
Musculin (n.) (Physiol. Chem.) See Syntonin.
Compare: Syntonin
Syntonin (n.) (Physiol. Chem.) A proteid substance (acid albumin) formed from the albuminous matter of muscle by the action of dilute acids; -- formerly called musculin. See Acid albumin, under Albumin.
Musculocutaneous (a.) (Anat.) Pertaining both to muscles and skin; as, the musculocutaneous nerve.
Musculophrenic (a.) Pertaining to the muscles and the diaphragm; as, the musculophrenic artery.
Musculosity (n.) The quality or state of being musculous; muscularity. [Obs.]
Musculospiral (a.) (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the muscles, and taking a spiral course; -- applied esp. to a large nerve of the arm.
Musculous (a.) Muscular. [Obs.] -- Jonhson.
Muse (n.) A gap or hole in a hedge, hence, wall, or the like, through which a wild animal is accustomed to pass; a muset.
Find a hare without a muse. -- Old Prov.
Muse (n.) (Class. Myth.) One of the nine goddesses who presided over song and the different kinds of poetry, and also the arts and sciences; -- often used in the plural. At one time certain other goddesses were considered as muses.
Granville commands; your aid, O Muses, bring: What Muse for Granville can refuse to sing? -- Pope.
Note: The names of the Muses and the arts they presided over were: Calliope (Epic poetry), Clio (History), Erato (Lyric poetry), Euterpe (music), Melpomene (Tragedy), Polymnia or Polyhymnia (religious music), Terpsichore (dance), Thalia (comedy), and Urania (astronomy).
Muse (n.) A particular power and practice of poetry ; the inspirational genius of a poet. -- Shak.
Muse (n.) A poet; a bard. [R.] -- Milton.
Mused (imp. & p. p.) of Muse.
Musing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Muse.