<B>multiculturalism, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the quality or state of being multicultural. </DL>
<A NAME="multiculturalist">
<B>multiculturalist, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a person who studies or advocates the study of the different cultures that contribute to a society. <BR> <I>Ex. Thanks to the proddings and scholarship of the multiculturalists, histories of the U.S. have grown remarkably more inclusive (Time).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="multidentate">
<B>multidentate, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> having many teeth or toothlike processes. </DL>
<A NAME="multidimensional">
<B>multidimensional, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> having many dimensions or aspects. <BR> <I>Ex. (Figurative.) Intellectual resources are multidimensional (Science News Letter).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="multidimensionality">
<B>multidimensionality, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> multidimensional quality or character. <BR> <I>Ex. ... anew multidimensionality of art, music, and the spoken word (Saturday Review).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="multidirectional">
<B>multidirectional, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> having more than one direction; moving in several directions. <BR> <I>Ex. (Figurative.) There is still a multidirectional market with the buying interest rotating between new issues and groups (Wall Street Journal).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="multidisciplinary">
<B>multidisciplinary, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> involving many branches of learning. <BR> <I>Ex. a multidisciplinary research program.</I> </DL>
<A NAME="multiengine">
<B>multiengine, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> (of an aircraft or rocket) having a number of engines. </DL>
<A NAME="multiethnic">
<B>multi-ethnic, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> intended for or involving different groups. <BR> <I>Ex. ... to develop what educators and publishers call "multi-ethnic textbooks"--that is, classroom literature that depicts blacks and other minorities in a different and more equal perspective (New York Times).</I> </DL>
<B>multifactor, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> involving many factors or elements. <BR> <I>Ex. ... highly complex multifactor investigations (New Scientist).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="multifactorial">
<B>multifactorial, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>involving many factors. <DD><B> 2. </B>(Genetics.) of, having to do with, or caused by multiple factors. </DL>
<A NAME="multifamily">
<B>multifamily, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> used by or intended for many families. </DL>
<A NAME="multifarious">
<B>multifarious, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>having many different parts, elements, or forms; having great variety. <BR> <I>Ex. ... the machinery of high politics--the incessant and multifarious business of a great State (Lytton Strachey).</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>many and varied. (SYN) manifold, diverse. <DD><B> 3. </B>(Botany, Zoology.) arranged in many rows. adv. <B>multifariously.</B> noun <B>multifariousness.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="multifid">
<B>multifid, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> divided into many lobes or segments. <BR> <I>Ex. a multifid leaf.</I> </DL>
<A NAME="multifidous">
<B>multifidous, </B>adjective. =multifid.</DL>
<A NAME="multifil">
<B>multifil, </B>noun. =multifilament.</DL>
<A NAME="multifilament">
<B>multifilament, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> yarn made up of many fine filaments. </DL>
<A NAME="multiflorarose">
<B>multiflora rose,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a climbing or trailing rose of Japan and Korea, having stout prickles and fragrant clusters of small flowers. </DL>
<A NAME="multiflorous">
<B>multiflorous, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> bearing many flowers. </DL>
<B>multifoliate, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Botany.) having many leaves or leaflets. </DL>
<A NAME="multifont">
<B>multifont, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> having to do with a computer's ability to read many different fonts or type faces. <BR> <I>Ex. a multifont reading system, multifont character recognition.</I> </DL>
<A NAME="multiform">
<B>multiform, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> having many different shapes, forms, or kinds. <BR> <I>Ex. It includes a model, drawings, and photographs of the multiform playhouse which the Questors Theatre ... hopes to build (London Times).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="multiformity">
<B>multiformity, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the character or condition of being multiform. </DL>
<A NAME="multifuel">
<B>multifuel, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> capable of running without adjustments on various types of fuels, such as gasoline, kerosene, or diesel oil. <BR> <I>Ex. a multifuel engine.</I> </DL>
<A NAME="multigerm">
<B>multigerm, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> being or containing a seed cluster which develops into several plants. <BR> <I>Ex. Conventional sugar beet seed is of the multigerm variety.</I> </DL>
<A NAME="multigrade">
<B>multigrade, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> combining the viscous properties of several grades. <BR> <I>Ex. multigrade oil.</I> </DL>
<A NAME="multigraph">
<B>Multigraph, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Trademark.) a machine for printing circulars, letters, or other matter, with type similar to that of a typewriter. </DL>
<A NAME="multigraph">
<B>multigraph, </B>transitive verb.<DL COMPACT><DD> to make copies of by a Multigraph. noun <B>multigrapher.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="multihued">
<B>multihued, </B>adjective. =multicolored.</DL>
<A NAME="multihull">
<B>multihull, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a sailing vessel having two or more hulls joined by a common deck, such as a catamaran. </DL>
<A NAME="multiindustry">
<B>multi-industry, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> involved or operating in many different industries. <BR> <I>Ex. conglomerates--those multipurpose, multi-industry companies that specialize in hodgepodge acquisitions (Times).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="multijet">
<B>multijet, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> (of aircraft) having a number of jet engines. </DL>
<A NAME="multilaminate">
<B>multilaminate, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> having many laminae or layers. </DL>
<A NAME="multilane">
<B>multilane, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> having more than two traffic lanes. <BR> <I>Ex. a multilane highway.</I> </DL>
<A NAME="multilaned">
<B>multilaned, </B>adjective. =multilane.</DL>
<A NAME="multilateral">
<B>multilateral, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>having many sides; many-sided. <DD><B> 2. </B>involving three or more nations. <BR> <I>Ex. a multilateral treaty.</I> adv. <B>multilaterally.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="multilateralism">
<B>multilateralism, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a policy of reciprocity or freedom in trading with many nations (distinguished from <I>bilateralism</I>). <DD><B> 2. </B>belief in or adoption of a multilateral policy, such as the joint control of nuclear weapons by the members of an alliance (distinguished from <I>unilateralism</I>). </DL>
<A NAME="multilateralist">
<B>multilateralist, </B>noun, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>noun </I> an adherent of multilateralism. <DD><I>adj. </I> of or having to do with multilateralism or multilateralists. </DL>
<A NAME="multilayer">
<B>multilayer, </B>adjective, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>adj. </I> <B>1. </B>consisting of several layers. <BR> <I>Ex. a multilayer cake, multilayer wrappers.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>(Photography.) consisting of two or more layers of differently sensitized emulsions for producing differently colored images in each layer. <DD><I>noun </I> (Chemistry.) a layer consisting of several monolayers. </DL>
<A NAME="multilayered">
<B>multilayered, </B>adjective. =multilayer.</DL>
<A NAME="multilevel">
<B>multilevel, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>having two or more planes or levels. <BR> <I>Ex. a multilevel roadway, a multilevel hospital complex.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>having many social or intellectual levels. <BR> <I>Ex. multilevel public services, a multilevel work of art.</I> </DL>
<A NAME="multileveled">
<B>multileveled, </B>adjective. =multilevel.</DL>
<A NAME="multilineal">
<B>multilineal, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> having many lines. </DL>
<A NAME="multilinear">
<B>multilinear, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> having many lines; multilineal. <BR> <I>Ex. a multilinear map, multilinear evolution.</I> </DL>
<A NAME="multilingual">
<B>multilingual, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> knowing or using many languages. <BR> <I>Ex. Another feature is a multilingual index giving English equivalents of mathematical terms in French, German, Russian and Spanish (Scientific American).</I> adv. <B>multilingually.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="multilingualism">
<B>multilingualism, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the knowledge or use of many languages. <BR> <I>Ex. The discovery that multilingualism was cultivated as a way of life among certain South American Indians rendered the familiar concepts of society, tribe, and ethnic group elusive and difficult (Ward H. Goodenough).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="multilith">
<B>Multilith, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Trademark.) a small offset press for printing office letters, circulars, and other matter. </DL>
<A NAME="multilith">
<B>multilith, </B>transitive verb.<DL COMPACT><DD> to make copies of by a Multilith. </DL>
<A NAME="multilobate">
<B>multilobate, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> having many lobes. <BR> <I>Ex. a multilobate leaf.</I> </DL>
<A NAME="multilobed">
<B>multilobed, </B>adjective. =multilobate.</DL>
<A NAME="multilocular">
<B>multilocular, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> having many chambers or cells. </DL>
<A NAME="multiloquence">
<B>multiloquence, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the use of many words; verbosity; loquacity. </DL>
