mulatto | (noun) an offspring of a black and a white parent | - |
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mulberry | (noun) sweet usually dark purple blackberry-like fruit of any of several mulberry trees of the genus Morus | - |
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(noun) any of several trees of the genus Morus having edible fruit that resembles the blackberry | Synonyms: mulberry tree |
mulch | (noun) a protective covering of rotting vegetable matter spread to reduce evaporation and soil erosion | - |
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mulct | (noun) money extracted as a penalty | Synonyms: amercement, fine |
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mule | (noun) hybrid offspring of a male donkey and a female horse; usually sterile | - |
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(noun) a slipper that has no fitting around the heel | Synonyms: scuff |
muleteer | (noun) a worker who drives mules | Synonyms: mule driver, mule skinner, skinner |
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muliebrity | (noun) the trait of behaving in ways considered typical for women | Synonyms: femininity |
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(noun) the state of being an adult woman | Synonyms: womanhood |
mulishness | (noun) the trait of being difficult to handle or overcome | Synonyms: obstinacy, obstinance, stubbornness |
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mull | (noun) a term used in Scottish names of promontories | - |
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mullein | (noun) any of various plants of the genus Verbascum having large usually woolly leaves and terminal spikes of yellow or white or purplish flowers | Synonyms: flannel leaf, velvet plant |
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muller | (noun) a heavy tool of stone or iron (usually with a flat base and a handle) that is used to grind and mix material (as grain or drugs or pigments) against a slab of stone | Synonyms: pestle, pounder |
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(noun) a vessel in which wine is mulled | - |
(noun) a reflective thinker characterized by quiet contemplation | Synonyms: muser, ponderer, ruminator |
mullet | (noun) bottom dwelling marine warm water fishes with two barbels on the chin | - |
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(noun) freshwater or coastal food fishes a spindle-shaped body; found worldwide | Synonyms: gray mullet, grey mullet |
(noun) highly valued lean flesh of marine or freshwater mullet | Synonyms: gray mullet, grey mullet |
mulligan | (noun) Irish version of burgoo | Synonyms: Irish burgoo, mulligan stew |
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mulligatawny | (noun) a soup of eastern India that is flavored with curry; prepared with a meat or chicken base | - |
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mullion | (noun) a nonstructural vertical strip between the casements or panes of a window (or the panels of a screen) | - |
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mulloway | (noun) large important food fish of Australia; almost indistinguishable from the maigre | Synonyms: jewfish, Sciaena antarctica |
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multicollinearity | (noun) a case of multiple regression in which the predictor variables are themselves highly correlated | - |
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multiculturalism | (noun) the doctrine that several different cultures (rather than one national culture) can coexist peacefully and equitably in a single country | - |
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multidimensionality | (noun) The property of having many aspects or facets. | - |
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multifariousness | (noun) noticeable heterogeneity | Synonyms: diverseness, diversity, variety |
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multiflora | (noun) vigorously growing rose having clusters of numerous small flowers; used for hedges and as grafting stock | Synonyms: baby rose, Japanese rose, multiflora rose, Rosa multiflora |
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multifunctionality | (noun) The condition of having multiple functions. | - |
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multimedia | (noun) transmission that combine media of communication (text and graphics and sound etc.) | Synonyms: multimedia system |
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multinomial | (noun) a mathematical function that is the sum of a number of terms | Synonyms: polynomial |
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multiple | (noun) the product of a quantity by an integer | - |
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multiplex | (noun) a movie theater that has several different auditoriums in the same building | - |
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(noun) communicates two or more signals over a common channel | - |
multiplexer | (noun) a device that can interleave two or more activities | - |
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multiplicand | (noun) the number that is multiplied by the multiplier | - |
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multiplication | (noun) an arithmetic operation that is the inverse of division; the product of two numbers is computed | Synonyms: times |
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(noun) the act of producing offspring or multiplying by such production | Synonyms: generation, propagation |
(noun) a multiplicative increase | - |
multiplicity | (noun) a large number | Synonyms: numerosity, numerousness |
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(noun) the property of being multiple | - |
multiplier | (noun) the number by which a multiplicand is multiplied | Synonyms: multiplier factor |
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multiprocessing | (noun) simultaneous processing by two or more processing units | Synonyms: parallel processing |
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multiprocessor | (noun) a computer that uses two or more processing units under integrated control | - |
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multiprogramming | (noun) the execution of two or more computer programs by a single computer | Synonyms: concurrent execution |
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multistage | (noun) occurring in more than one stage | - |
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multitude | (noun) a large gathering of people | Synonyms: concourse, throng |
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(noun) the common people generally | Synonyms: hoi polloi, mass, masses, people, the great unwashed |
(noun) a large indefinite quantity | Synonyms: battalion, large number, pack, plurality |
multitudinousness | (noun) a very large number (especially of people) | - |
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multivalence | (noun) (chemistry) the state of having a valence greater than two | Synonyms: multivalency, polyvalence, polyvalency |
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multivalency | (noun) (chemistry) the state of having a valence greater than two | Synonyms: multivalence, polyvalence, polyvalency |
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multiversity | (noun) a university system having several separate campuses and colleges and research centers | - |
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multivitamin | (noun) a pill or tablet containing several vitamins | Synonyms: multivitamin pill |
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