| much | (adjective) (quantifier used with mass nouns) great in quantity or degree or extent | - |
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| (noun) a great amount or extent | - |
| (adverb) to a great degree or extent | - |
| (adverb) (degree adverb used before a noun phrase) for all practical purposes but not completely | Synonyms: practically |
| (adverb) incredibly | - |
| (adverb) frequently or in great quantities | Synonyms: a great deal, often |
| muchness | (noun) greatness of quantity or measure or extent | - |
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| muciferous | (adjective) containing or secreting mucus | - |
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| mucilage | (noun) a gelatinous substance secreted by plants | - |
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| (noun) cement consisting of a sticky substance that is used as an adhesive | Synonyms: glue, gum |
| mucilaginous | (adjective) having the sticky properties of an adhesive | Synonyms: gluey, glutinous, gummy, pasty, sticky, viscid, viscous |
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| mucin | (noun) a nitrogenous substance found in mucous secretions; a lubricant that protects body surfaces | - |
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| mucinoid | (adjective) resembling mucin | - |
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| mucinous | (adjective) relating to or containing mucin | - |
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| muck | (noun) any thick, viscous matter | Synonyms: goo, gook, goop, guck, gunk, ooze, slime, sludge |
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| (noun) fecal matter of animals | Synonyms: droppings, dung |
| (verb) remove muck, clear away muck, as in a mine | - |
| (verb) soil with mud, muck, or mire | Synonyms: mire, muck up, mud |
| (verb) spread manure, as for fertilization | Synonyms: manure |
| muckheap | (noun) a heap of dung or refuse | Synonyms: dunghill, midden, muckhill |
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| muckhill | (noun) a heap of dung or refuse | Synonyms: dunghill, midden, muckheap |
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| muckle | (noun) (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent | Synonyms: batch, deal, flock, good deal, great deal, hatful, heap, lot, mass, mess, mickle, mint, mountain, passel, peck, pile, plenty, pot, quite a little, raft, sight, slew, spate, stack, tidy sum, wad |
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| muckrake | (verb) explore and expose misconduct and scandals concerning public figures | - |
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| muckraker | (noun) one who spreads real or alleged scandal about another (usually for political advantage) | Synonyms: mudslinger |
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| muckraking | (noun) the exposure of scandal (especially about public figures) | - |
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| mucky | (adjective) dirty and messy; covered with mud or muck | Synonyms: muddy |
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| (adjective) (of soil) soft and watery | Synonyms: boggy, marshy, miry, muddy, quaggy, sloppy, sloughy, soggy, squashy, swampy, waterlogged |
| mucocutaneous | (adjective) of or relating to the mucous membranes and skin | - |
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| mucoid | (adjective) relating to or resembling mucus | Synonyms: mucoidal |
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| (noun) any of several glycoproteins similar to mucin | - |
| mucoidal | (adjective) relating to or resembling mucus | Synonyms: mucoid |
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| mucopolysaccharide | (noun) complex polysaccharides containing an amino group; occur chiefly as components of connective tissue | - |
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| mucopolysaccharidosis | (noun) any of a group of genetic disorders involving a defect in the metabolism of mucopolysaccharides resulting in greater than normal levels of mucopolysaccharides in tissues | - |
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| mucopurulent | (adjective) containing or composed of mucus and pus | - |
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| mucor | (noun) any mold of the genus Mucor | - |
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| mucosa | (noun) mucus-secreting membrane lining all body cavities or passages that communicate with the exterior | Synonyms: mucous membrane |
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| mucosal | (adjective) of or relating to mucous membranes | - |
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| mucose | (adjective) of or secreting or covered with or resembling mucus | Synonyms: mucous |
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| mucous | (adjective) of or secreting or covered with or resembling mucus | Synonyms: mucose |
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| mucoviscidosis | (noun) the most common hereditary disease; the child's lungs and intestines and pancreas become clogged with thick mucus; caused by defect in a single gene; no cure is known | Synonyms: CF, cystic fibrosis, fibrocystic disease of the pancreas, pancreatic fibrosis |
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| mucuna | (noun) any of several erect or climbing woody plants of the genus Mucuna; widespread in tropics of both hemispheres | - |
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| mucus | (noun) protective secretion of the mucous membranes; in the gut it lubricates the passage of food and protects the epithelial cells; in the nose and throat and lungs it can make it difficult for bacteria to penetrate the body through the epithelium | Synonyms: mucous secretion |
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