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. |
munch |
to chew vigorously and often noisily, with a crunching sound. |
munchies |
(informal) food for snacking; snacks. [2 definitions] |
mundane |
of or pertaining to what is common and everyday; ordinary; commonplace. [2 definitions] |
Munich Pact |
an agreement made in 1938 by Great Britain, France, and Italy to allow Germany to annex part of Czechoslovakia. |
municipal |
of or relating to a local government or governmental unit. |
municipality |
an incorporated political unit or its government. |
municipalize |
to bring under the ownership or control of a municipality. [2 definitions] |
munificence |
great generosity or bounty; lavishness. |
munificent |
having or showing great generosity. |
munition |
(usu. pl.) provisions for military undertakings, such as weapons, equipment, and ammunition. [2 definitions] |
muon |
an unstable subatomic particle with a positive or negative charge, having 207 times the mass of an electron. |
mural |
a picture, usu. large in scale, painted on or made a part of a wall or ceiling. [3 definitions] |