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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(verb) cover with mulch | - |
mulct | (noun) money extracted as a penalty | Synonyms: amercement, fine |
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(verb) impose a fine on | Synonyms: fine |
(verb) deprive of by deceit | Synonyms: bunco, con, defraud, diddle, goldbrick, hornswoggle, nobble, rook, scam, short-change, swindle, victimize |
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 |
mulish | (adjective) unreasonably rigid in the face of argument or entreaty or attack | Synonyms: hardheaded |
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mulishly | (adverb) in a stubborn unregenerate manner | Synonyms: cussedly, obdurately, obstinately, pig-headedly, stubbornly |
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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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(verb) reflect deeply on a subject | Synonyms: chew over, contemplate, excogitate, meditate, mull over, muse, ponder, reflect, ruminate, speculate, think over |
(verb) heat with sugar and spices to make a hot drink | - |
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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mullioned | (adjective) of windows; divided by vertical bars or piers usually of stone | - |
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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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multicellular | (adjective) consisting of many cells | - |
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multicollinearity | (noun) a case of multiple regression in which the predictor variables are themselves highly correlated | - |
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multicolor | (adjective) having sections or patches colored differently and usually brightly | Synonyms: calico, motley, multi-color, multi-colored, multi-colour, multi-coloured, multicolored, multicolour, multicoloured, painted, particolored, particoloured, piebald, pied, varicolored, varicoloured |
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multicolored | (adjective) having sections or patches colored differently and usually brightly | Synonyms: calico, motley, multi-color, multi-colored, multi-colour, multi-coloured, multicolor, multicolour, multicoloured, painted, particolored, particoloured, piebald, pied, varicolored, varicoloured |
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multicolour | (adjective) having sections or patches colored differently and usually brightly | Synonyms: calico, motley, multi-color, multi-colored, multi-colour, multi-coloured, multicolor, multicolored, multicoloured, painted, particolored, particoloured, piebald, pied, varicolored, varicoloured |
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multicoloured | (adjective) having sections or patches colored differently and usually brightly | Synonyms: calico, motley, multi-color, multi-colored, multi-colour, multi-coloured, multicolor, multicolored, multicolour, painted, particolored, particoloured, piebald, pied, varicolored, varicoloured |
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multicultural | (adjective) of or relating to or including several cultures | - |
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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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multidimensional | (adjective) having or involving or marked by several dimensions or aspects | - |
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multidimensionality | (noun) The property of having many aspects or facets. | - |
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multiethnic | (adjective) involving several ethnic groups | Synonyms: multi-ethnic |
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multifaceted | (adjective) having many aspects or qualities | Synonyms: many-sided, miscellaneous, multifarious |
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multifactorial | (adjective) involving or depending on several factors or causes (especially pertaining to a condition or disease resulting from the interaction of many genes) | - |
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multifarious | (adjective) having many aspects or qualities | Synonyms: many-sided, miscellaneous, multifaceted |
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multifariously | (adverb) in diverse ways | Synonyms: diversely, variously |
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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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multiform | (adjective) occurring in or having many forms or shapes or appearances | - |
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multifunctionality | (noun) The condition of having multiple functions. | - |
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multilane | (adjective) (of roads and highways) having two or more lanes for traffic | - |
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multilateral | (adjective) having many parts or sides | Synonyms: many-sided |
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multilaterally | (adverb) in a multilateral manner;so as to affect many parties or governments | - |
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multilevel | (adjective) of a building having more than one level | - |
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multilingual | (adjective) using or knowing more than one language | - |
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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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multinational | (adjective) involving or operating in several nations or nationalities | Synonyms: transnational |
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multinomial | (adjective) having the character of a polynomial | Synonyms: polynomial |
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(noun) a mathematical function that is the sum of a number of terms | Synonyms: polynomial |
multinucleate | (adjective) having two or more nuclei | - |
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multiparous | (adjective) producing more than one offspring at a time | - |
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multipartite | (adjective) involving more than two parties | - |
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multiphase | (adjective) of an electrical system that uses or generates two or more alternating voltages of the same frequency but differing in phase angle | Synonyms: polyphase |
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multiple | (adjective) having or involving or consisting of more than one part or entity or individual | - |
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(noun) the product of a quantity by an integer | - |
multiplex | (adjective) having many parts or aspects | - |
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(adjective) many and varied; having many features or forms | Synonyms: manifold |
(noun) a movie theater that has several different auditoriums in the same building | - |
(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 | - |
multiplicative | (adjective) tending or having the power to multiply or increase in number or quantity or degree | - |
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multiplicatively | (adverb) in a multiplicative manner | - |
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multiplicity | (noun) a large number | Synonyms: numerosity, numerousness |
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(noun) the property of being multiple | - |
multiplied | (adjective) greatly increased as by multiplication | - |
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multiplier | (noun) the number by which a multiplicand is multiplied | Synonyms: multiplier factor |
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multiply | (adverb) in several ways; in a multiple manner | - |
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(verb) have young (animals) or reproduce (organisms) | Synonyms: breed |
(verb) have offspring or produce more individuals of a given animal or plant | Synonyms: procreate, reproduce |
(verb) combine or increase by multiplication | Synonyms: manifold |
(verb) make multiple copies of | Synonyms: manifold |
(verb) combine by multiplication | - |
multipotent | (adjective) able to many things | - |
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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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multipurpose | (adjective) having multiple uses | - |
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multiracial | (adjective) made up of or involving or acting on behalf of various races | - |
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multistage | (noun) occurring in more than one stage | - |
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multistorey | (adjective) having more than one story | Synonyms: multistoried, multistory |
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multistoried | (adjective) having more than one story | Synonyms: multistorey, multistory |
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multistory | (adjective) having more than one story | Synonyms: multistorey, multistoried |
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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 |
multitudinous | (adjective) too numerous to be counted | Synonyms: countless, infinite, innumerable, innumerous, myriad, numberless, uncounted, unnumberable, unnumbered, unnumerable |
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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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multivalent | (adjective) used of the association of three or more homologous chromosomes during the first division of meiosis | - |
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(adjective) having more than one valence, or having a valence of 3 or higher | Synonyms: polyvalent |
(adjective) having many values, meanings, or appeals | Synonyms: multi-valued |
multivariate | (adjective) pertaining to any procedure involving two or more variables | - |
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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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