Marasmus :: Marasmus (n.) A wasting of flesh without fever or apparent disease; a kind of consumption; atrophy; phthisis.

Minimus :: Minimus (n.) A being of the smallest size.

Minimus :: Minimus (n.) The little finger; the fifth digit, or that corresponding to it, in either the manus or pes..

Mittimus :: Mittimus (n.) A precept or warrant granted by a justice for committing to prison a party charged with crime; a warrant of commitment to prison.

Mittimus :: Mittimus (n.) A writ for removing records from one court to another.

Momus :: Momus (n.) The god of mockery and censure.

Mus :: Mus (n.) A genus of small rodents, including the common mouse and rat..

Musa :: Musa (n.) A genus of perennial, herbaceous, endogenous plants of great size, including the banana (Musa sapientum), the plantain (M. paradisiaca of Linnaeus, but probably not a distinct species), the Abyssinian (M. Ensete), the Philippine Island (M. textilis, which yields Manila hemp), and about eighteen other species. See Illust. of Banana and Plantain..

Musaceous :: Musaceous (a.) Of, pertaining to, or resembling, plants of the genus Musa..

Musae :: Musae (pl. ) of Mus.

Musal :: Musal (a.) Of or pertaining to the Muses, or to Poetry..

Musang :: Musang (n.) A small animal of Java (Paradoxirus fasciatus), allied to the civets. It swallows, but does not digest, large quantities of ripe coffee berries, thus serving to disseminate the coffee plant; hence it is called also coffee rat..

Musar :: Musar (n.) An itinerant player on the musette, an instrument formerly common in Europe..

Musard :: Musard (v. i.) A dreamer; an absent-minded person.

Musca :: Musca (n.) A genus of dipterous insects, including the common house fly, and numerous allied species..

Musca :: Musca (n.) A small constellation situated between the Southern Cross and the Pole.

Muscadel :: Muscadel (n.) See Muscatel, n..

Muscadine :: Muscadine (n.) A name given to several very different kinds of grapes, but in America used chiefly for the scuppernong, or southern fox grape, which is said to be the parent stock of the Catawba. See Grapevine..

Muscadine :: Muscadine (n.) A fragrant and delicious pear.

Muscadine :: Muscadine (n.) See Muscardin.

Muscae :: Muscae (pl. ) of Musc.

Muscales :: Muscales (n. pl.) An old name for mosses in the widest sense, including the true mosses and also hepaticae and sphagna..

Muscallonge :: Muscallonge (n.) See Muskellunge.

Muscardin :: Muscardin (n.) The common European dormouse; -- so named from its odor.

Muscardine :: Muscardine (n.) A disease which is very destructive to silkworms, and which sometimes extends to other insects. It is attended by the development of a fungus (provisionally called Botrytis bassiana). Also, the fungus itself..

Muscariform :: Muscariform (a.) Having the form of a brush.

Muscarin :: Muscarin (n.) A solid crystalline substance, C5H13NO2, found in the toadstool (Agaricus muscarius), and in putrid fish. It is a typical ptomaine, and a violent poison..

Muscat :: Muscat (n.) A name given to several varieties of Old World grapes, differing in color, size, etc., but all having a somewhat musky flavor. The muscat of Alexandria is a large oval grape of a pale amber color..

Muscatel :: Muscatel (a.) Of, pertaining to, or designating, or derived from, a muscat grapes or similar grapes; a muscatel grapes; muscatel wine, etc..

Muscatel :: Muscatel (n.) A common name for several varieties of rich sweet wine, made in Italy, Spain, and France..

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