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ed or constricted, at regular intervals, so as to resemble a string of beads; as, a moniliform root; a moniliform antenna. See Illust. of Antenna.

Resembling a mountain in form.

Resembling mucus; having the character or appearance of mucus.

Having many forms, shapes, or appearances. A plastic and multiform unit. Hare.

The quality of being multiform; diversity of forms; variety of appearances in the same thing. Purchas.

Multiform. [Obs.]

Having some resemblance to a mummy; -- in zoölogy, said of the pupæ of certain insects.

Resembling courses of bricks or stones in squareness and regular arrangement; as, a muriform variety of cellular tissue.

Having the form of a brush.

Having the form or structure of flies of the genus Musca, or family Muscidæ.

Resembling myrtle or myrtle berries; having the form of a myrtle leaf.

Turnip-shaped; large and round in the upper part, and very slender below.

Formed like the nose.

Having the shape of a nose.

Shaped like the hull of a ship.

Same as Chlorpicrin.

A nitro derivative of methane, analogous to chloroform, obtained as a colorless oily or crystalline substance, CH.(NO2)3, quite explosive, and having well-defined acid properties.

Not conforming; declining conformity; especially, not conforming to the established church of a country.

One who does not conform to an established church; especially, one who does not conform to the established church of England; a dissenter.

Neglect or failure of conformity; especially, in England, the neglect or refusal to unite with the established church in its rites and modes of worship.