multivalent |
having a chemical valence of three or more. |
multivitamin |
containing or composed of several vitamins. [2 definitions] |
multivolume |
combined form of volume. |
multiwall |
combined form of wall. |
multiwarhead |
combined form of warhead. |
multiwavelength |
combined form of wavelength. |
multiyear |
combined form of year. |
mum1 |
not speaking or telling; silent. [2 definitions] |
mum2 |
to act as a mummer on stage or in a street carnival. |
mum3 |
(informal) a chrysanthemum. |
mum4 |
(informal, chiefly British) mother. |
mumble |
to speak low and indistinctly; mutter. [3 definitions] |
mumbletypeg |
a children's game in which the players toss a knife in various prescribed ways, trying to stick the blade in the ground, with the loser having to withdraw a peg from the ground with his or her teeth. |
mumbo jumbo |
language or ritual activity that is unintelligible, meaningless, or confusing; hocus-pocus. |
mummer |
a masked and often costumed participant in a street carnival or parade. [2 definitions] |
mummery |
an empty, pretentious, or hypocritical display or ceremony. |
mummification |
the process of transforming (a dead body) into a mummy by embalming and drying. |
mummify |
to transform (a dead body) into a mummy by embalming and drying. [3 definitions] |
mummy |
a corpse preserved by embalming, esp. one embalmed and wrapped by or in the manner of the ancient Egyptians. |
mumps |
(used with a sing. or pl. verb) an infectious disease, usu. affecting children, that causes inflammation of the salivary glands and sometimes of the reproductive organs. |
mum's the word |
keep this a secret. |