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2,354 words match “MUS”

MUSSULMAN n.
A Mohammedan; a Moslem.
MUSSULMANIC a.
Of, pertaining to, or like, the Mussulmans, or their customs: Mohammedan.
MUSSULMANISH a.
Mohammedan.
MUSSULMANISM n.
Mohammedanism.
MUSSULMANLY adv.
In the manner of Moslems.
MUSSY a.
Disarranged; rumpled. [Colloq. U.S.]
MUST v. 5 definitions
obliged; to be necessitated; -- expressing either physical or moral necessity; as, a man must eat for nourishment; we must submit to the laws.
MUSTAC n.
A small tufted monkey.
MUSTACHE n. 3 definitions
That part of the beard which grows on the upper lip; hair left growing above the mouth.
MUSTACHO n.
A mustache. Longfellow.
MUSTACHOED a.
Having mustachios.
MUSTAHFIZ n.
See Army organization, above.
MUSTAIBA n.
A close-grained, neavy wood of a brownish color, brought from Brazil, and used in turning, for making the handles of tools, and the like. [Written also mostahiba.] MaElrath.
MUSTANG n.
horse of the plains in Mexico, California, etc. It is small, hardy, and easily sustained. Mustard grape (Bot.), a species of grape (Vitis candicans), native in Arkansas and Texas. The berries are small, light-colored, with an acid skin and a sweet pulp.
MUSTARD n. 2 definitions
The name of several cruciferous plants of the genus Brassica (formerly Sinapis), as white mustard (B. alba), black mustard (B. Nigra), wild mustard or charlock (B. Sinapistrum).
MUSTEE n.
See Mestee.
MUSTELINE a.
Like or pertaining to the family Mustelidæ, or the weasels and martens.
MUSTER n. 8 definitions
verification of numbers, inspection, exercise, or introduction into service. The hurried muster of the soldiers of liberty. Hawthorne. See how in warlike muster they appear, In rhombs, and wedges, and half-moons, and wings. Milton.
MUSTILY a.
In a musty state.
MUSTINESS n.
The quality or state of being musty.
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