music of the spheres |
music that early mathematicians, such as Pythagoras, thought was produced by the movements of the heavenly bodies, but which was inaudible on earth. |
musicology |
the scholarly study of music theory and history. |
music room |
in a school, a classroom where music is taught and where instruments may be kept. |
music stand |
a vertically adjustable rack for holding sheets of music for a performer or conductor. |
musing |
absorbed in thought or meditation. [2 definitions] |
musique concrète |
(French) tape-recorded sounds that are arranged in various combinations, sequences, and rhythmic patterns to create an artistic work. |
musk |
a strong-smelling secretion produced in a glandular sac underneath the skin of the male musk deer's abdomen. [3 definitions] |
musk deer |
a small, hornless Asian deer, the male of which secretes musk. |
muskeg |
a swamp or bog in which there are many layers of decaying matter, often covered with sphagnum moss. |
muskellunge |
a very large North American freshwater game fish of the pike family. |
musket |
a heavy, large-calibre gun with a long barrel, carried on the shoulder and loaded through the muzzle, used from the sixteenth century until the eighteenth. |
musketeer |
formerly, a soldier armed with a musket. |
musketry |
the technique of firing small arms and concentrating such fire on specified military targets. [2 definitions] |
muskmelon |
any of a variety of edible melons, usu. round or oblong in shape, with juicy flesh ranging from almost white to light orange or green in color. |
Muskogean |
a family of Indian languages of the southeastern United States. |
musk ox |
a large arctic ox with long coarse hair, curved horns, and musk glands. |
muskrat |
a large North American rodent that lives in and near water and has a long, scaly tail, webbed hind feet, and a musky odor. [2 definitions] |
musk rose |
a rose of the Mediterranean region, bearing white, musk-scented flowers. |
musk turtle |
any of a family of small aquatic turtles having a heavy, musky scent. |
musky1 |
smelling of or resembling musk. |
musky2 |
a muskellunge. |