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Consisting of matter. [Obs.] Bacon.

Having a dull surface; unburnished; as, matted gold leaf or gilding. Matted glass, glass ornamented with figures on a dull ground.

Of a mean spirit; base; groveling. -- Mean"-spir`it*ed*ness, n.

Having (such) meat; -- used chiefly in composition; as, thick- meated.

Furnished with a medulla or marrow, or with a medullary sheath; as, a medullated nerve fiber.

By merit; deservedly.

Impregnated with, or containing, methyl alcohol or wood spirit; as, methylated spirits.

Ill disposed. [Obs.]

Improperly appreciated.

Formed unnaturally or illegitimately; deformed. Spenser. Milton.

Having but one cilium.

Filled with motes, or fine floating dust; as, the air. "Moted sunbeams." Tennyson.

Seated or serving on horseback or similarly; as, mounted police; mounted infantry.

Having the basal joints of the legs converted into jaws.

Ending abruptly in a sharp point; abruptly tipped with a short and sharp point; as, a mucronate leaf. -- Mu"cro*nate*ly, adv.

Multinuclear.

Combined or impregnated with muriatic or hydrochloric acid.

Formed with sharp points; full of sharp points or of pickles; covered, or roughened, as a surface, with sharp points or excrescences.

Seeing distinctly at short distances only; shortsighted. -- Near"sight`ed*ness, n.

Clouded with indistinct color markings, as an animal.