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Webster’s Dictionary (1828)



362 words match “DUNG”

MOLLUSCUM n.
thick matter; -- so called from the resemblance of the tumors to some molluscous animals. Dunglison.
MORO n.
A small abscess or tumor having a resemblance to a mulberry. Dunglison.
MUCK n.
Dung in a moist state; manure. Bacon.
MUCK RAKE n.
A rake for scraping up muck or dung. See Muckrake, v. i., below.
MUCKMIDDEN n.
A dunghill. [Scot.]
MUCKWORM n.
A larva or grub that lives in muck or manure; -- applied to the larvæ of the tumbledung and allied beetles.
MUCOCELE n.
ges, or dropsy of the lachrymal sac, dependent upon catarrhal inflammation of the latter. Dunglison.
MUCOID a.
Resembling mucus. Dunglison. Mucoid degeneration, a form of degeneration in which the tissues are transformed into a semisolid substance resembling mucus. Quain.
MUCOPURULENT a.
Having the character or appearance of both mucus and pus. Dunglison.
MUSICOMANIA n.
n which the passion for music becomes so strong as to derange the intellectual faculties. Dunglison.
MUTE n.
The dung of birds. Hudibras.
MUTING n.
Dung of birds.
MYODYNAMOMETER n.
instrument for measuring the muscular strength of man or of other animals; a dynamometer. Dunglison.
NAEVOID a.
Resembling a nævus or nævi; as, nævoid elephantiasis. Dunglison.
NECROSED a.
Affected by necrosis; dead; as, a necrosed bone. Dunglison.
NEPHROLITHIC a.
of or pertaining to gravel, or renal calculi. Dunglison.
NERVIMOTION n.
ed in the sensory organs by external agents and transmitted to the muscles by the nerves. Dunglison.
NERVIMOTOR n.
Any agent capable of causing nervimotion. Dunglison.
NEURALGIA n.
therefore to be seated in the nerve. It seems to be independent of any structural lesion. Dunglison.
NEUROGRAPHY n.
A description of the nerves. Dunglison.
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