Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter M - Page 81

Mullingong (n.) See Duck mole, under Duck.

Mullion (n.) A slender bar or pier which forms the division between the lights of windows, screens, etc.

Mullion (n.) An upright member of a framing. See Stile.

Mullion (v. t.) To furnish with mullions; to divide by mullions.

Mullock (n.) Rubbish; refuse; dirt.

Mulliod (a.) Like or pertaining to the genus Mullus, which includes the surmullet, or red mullet.

Mulmul (n.) A fine, soft muslin; mull.

Mulse (n.) Wine boiled and mingled with honey.

Mult- () See Multi-.

Multangular (a.) Having many angles.

Multanimous (a.) Many-minded; many-sided.

Multarticulate (a.) Having many articulations or joints.

Multeity (n.) Multiplicity.

Multi- () Alt. of Mult-

Mult- () A prefix signifying much or many; several; more than one; as, multiaxial, multocular.

Multiaxial (a.) Having more than one axis; developing in more than a single line or plain; -- opposed to monoaxial.

Multicapsular (a.) Having many, or several, capsules.

Multicarinate (a.) Many-keeled.

Multicavous (a.) Having many cavities.

Multicellular (a.) Consisting of, or having, many cells or more than one cell.

Multicentral (a.) Having many, or several, centers; as, a multicentral cell.

Multicipital (a.) Having many heads or many stems from one crown or root.

Multicolor (a.) Having many, or several, colors.

Multicostate (a.) Having numerous ribs, or costae, as the leaf of a plant, or as certain shells and corals.

Multicuspid (a.) Multicuspidate; -- said of teeth.

Multicuspidate (a.) Having many cusps or points.

Multidentate (a.) Having many teeth, or toothlike processes.

Multidigitate (a.) Having many fingers, or fingerlike processes.

Multifaced (a.) Having many faces.

Multifarious (a.) Having multiplicity; having great diversity or variety; of various kinds; diversified; made up of many differing parts; manifold.

Multifarious (a.) Having parts, as leaves, arranged in many vertical rows.

Multifariously (adv.) With great multiplicity and diversity; with variety of modes and relations.

Multifariousness (n.) Multiplied diversity.

Multifariousness (n.) The fault of improperly uniting in one bill distinct and independent matters, and thereby confounding them.

Multiferous (a.) Bearing or producing much or many.

Multifid (a.) Having many segments; cleft into several parts by linear sinuses; as, a multifid leaf or corolla.

Multiflorous (a.) Having many flowers.

Multiflue (a.) Having many flues; as, a multiflue boiler. See Boiler.

Multifoil (n.) An ornamental foliation consisting of more than five divisions or foils.

Multifoil (a.) Having more than five divisions or foils.

Multifold (a.) Many times doubled; manifold; numerous.

Multiform (a.) Having many forms, shapes, or appearances.

Multiformity (n.) The quality of being multiform; diversity of forms; variety of appearances in the same thing.

Multiformous (a.) Multiform.

Multigenerous (a.) Having many kinds.

Multigranulate (a.) Having, or consisting of, many grains.

Multijugate (a.) Having many pairs of leaflets.

Multijugous (a.) Consisting of many parts.

Multijugous (a.) Same as Multijugate.

Multilateral (a.) Having many sides; many-sided.

Multilineal (a.) Having many lines.

Multilobar (a.) Consisting of, or having, many lobes.

Multilocular (a.) Having many or several cells or compartments; as, a multilocular shell or capsule.

Multiloquence (n.) Quality of being multiloquent; use of many words; talkativeness.

Multiloquent (a.) Alt. of Multiloquous

Multiloquous (a.) Speaking much; very talkative; loquacious.

Multiloquy (n.) Excess of words or talk.

Multinodate (a.) Having many knots or nodes.

Multinodous (a.) Same as Multinodate.

Multinomial (n. & a.) Same as Polynomial.

Multinominal (a.) Alt. of Multinominous

Multinominous (a.) Having many names or terms.

Multinuclear (a.) Containing many nuclei; as, multinuclear cells.

Multinucleate (a.) Alt. of Multinucleated

Multinucleated (a.) Multinuclear.

Multiparous (a.) Producing many, or more than one, at a birth.

Multipartite (a.) Divided into many parts; having several parts.

Multiped (n.) An insect having many feet, as a myriapod.

Multiped (a.) Having many feet.

Multiple (a.) Containing more than once, or more than one; consisting of more than one; manifold; repeated many times; having several, or many, parts.

Multiple (n.) A quantity containing another quantity a number of times without a remainder.

Multiplex (a.) Manifold; multiple.

Multipliable (a.) Capable of being multiplied.

Multiplicable (a.) Capable of being multiplied; multipliable.

Multiplicand (n.) The number which is to be multiplied by another number called the multiplier. See Note under Multiplication.

Multiplicate (a.) Consisting of many, or of more than one; multiple; multifold.

Multiplication (n.) The act or process of multiplying, or of increasing in number; the state of being multiplied; as, the multiplication of the human species by natural generation.

Multiplication (n.) The process of repeating, or adding to itself, any given number or quantity a certain number of times; commonly, the process of ascertaining by a briefer computation the result of such repeated additions; also, the rule by which the operation is performed; -- the reverse of division.

Multiplication (n.) An increase above the normal number of parts, especially of petals; augmentation.

Multiplication (n.) The art of increasing gold or silver by magic, -- attributed formerly to the alchemists.

Multiplicative (a.) Tending to multiply; having the power to multiply, or incease numbers.

Multiplicatively (adv.) So as to multiply.

Multiplicator (n.) The number by which another number is multiplied; a multiplier.

Multiplicious (a.) Manifold.

Multiplicity (n.) The quality of being multiple, manifold, or various; a state of being many; a multitude; as, a multiplicity of thoughts or objects.

Multiplier (n.) One who, or that which, multiplies or increases number.

Multiplier (n.) The number by which another number is multiplied. See the Note under Multiplication.

Multiplier (n.) An instrument for multiplying or increasing by repetition or accumulation the intensity of a force or action, as heat or electricity. It is particularly used to render such a force or action appreciable or measurable when feeble. See Thermomultiplier.

Multiplied (imp. & p. p.) of Multiply

Multiplying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Multiply

Multiply (v. t.) To increase in number; to make more numerous; to add quantity to.

Multiply (v. t.) To add (any given number or quantity) to itself a certain number of times; to find the product of by multiplication; thus 7 multiplied by 8 produces the number 56; to multiply two numbers. See the Note under Multiplication.

Multiply (v. t.) To increase (the amount of gold or silver) by the arts of alchemy.

Multiply (v. i.) To become greater in number; to become numerous.

Multiply (v. i.) To increase in extent and influence; to spread.

Multiply (v. i.) To increase amount of gold or silver by the arts of alchemy.

Multipolar (a.) Having many poles; -- applied especially to those ganglionic nerve cells which have several radiating processes.

Multipotent (a.) Having manifold power, or power to do many things.

Multipresence (n.) The state or power of being multipresent.

Multipresent (a.) Being, or having the power to be, present in two or more places at once.

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