<B>muzz,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (Slang, Archaic.) <DD><I>v.t. </I> to make muzzy. <DD><I>v.i. </I> <B>1. </B>to study intently. <DD><B> 2. </B>to loiter aimlessly. </DL>
<A NAME="muzzily">
<B>muzzily, </B>adverb.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Informal.) in a muzzy manner; confusedly. <BR> <I>Ex. He would sit at home every night reading ... , brooding muzzily at last over his book (Edmund Wilson).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="muzziness">
<B>muzziness, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Informal.) muzzy or befuddled character or appearance. <BR> <I>Ex. We lament the muzziness which seems inseparable from the process employed (Athenum).</I> </DL>
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<B>muzzle, </B>noun, verb, <B>-zled,</B> <B>-zling.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><I>noun </I> <B>1. </B>the nose, mouth, and jaws of a four-footed animal; snout. <BR> <I>Ex. the muzzle of a dog. The antler'd deer ... thrust his muzzle in the air (Joaquin Miller).</I> <DD><B> 2a. </B>a cover or cage of straps or wires to put over an animal's head and mouth to keep it from biting or eating. <DD><B> b. </B>any one of various contrivances that resemble this, such as the respirator of a gas mask. <DD><B> 3. </B>the open front end of the barrel of a gun. <BR> <I>Ex. Friday ... clapped the muzzle of his piece into his ear, and shot him dead as a stone (Daniel Defoe).</I> <DD><I>v.t. </I> <B>1. </B>to put a muzzle on. <DD><B> 2. </B>(Figurative.) to compel (a person) to keep silent about something. <BR> <I>Ex. Fear that he might betray his friends muzzled him. The government muzzled the newspapers during the rebellion.</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>to sniff at; poke the head into. <BR> <I>Ex. ... a spaniel muzzling the wind (Atlantic).</I> noun <B>muzzler.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="muzzleloader">
<B>muzzleloader, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a muzzleloading gun. </DL>
<A NAME="muzzleloading">
<B>muzzleloading, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> loaded by putting gunpowder or bullets in through the open front end of the barrel and ramming it down. </DL>
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<B>muzzle velocity,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> the velocity that a gun imparts to a projectile, measured as it leaves the muzzle in feet per second. <BR> <I>Ex. They produced an ingenious way of measuring the muzzle velocity of guns for battleships at sea (New Scientist).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="muzzy">
<B>muzzy, </B>adjective, <B>-zier,</B> <B>-ziest.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (Informal.) <DD><B> 1. </B>befuddled; muddled; confused. <BR> <I>Ex. The whole company stared at me with a whimsical, muzzy look, like men whose senses were a little obfuscated by beer (Washington Irving).</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>dull; gloomy; spiritless. </DL>
<A NAME="mv">
<B>mv</B> (no period),<DL COMPACT><DD> millivolt. </DL>
<B>Mv</B> (no period),<DL COMPACT><DD> mendelevium (chemical element). </DL>
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<B>M.V.</B> or <B>M/V</B> (no periods),<DL COMPACT><DD> motor vessel. </DL>
<A NAME="mva">
<B>MVA</B> (no periods),<DL COMPACT><DD> Missouri Valley Authority. </DL>
<A NAME="mvd">
<B>MVD</B> (no periods) or <B>M.V.D.,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the former Soviet Union, an official organization of police for conventional police protection and border police activity. </DL>
<A NAME="mvo">
<B>M.V.O.,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> Member of the Royal Victorian Order. </DL>
<A NAME="mvp">
<B>MVP</B> (no periods),<DL COMPACT><DD> (U.S.) most valuable player. </DL>
<A NAME="mvule">
<B>mvule, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> an African timber tree; iroko. </DL>
<A NAME="mw">
<B>mw</B> (no period),<DL COMPACT><DD> milliwatt. </DL>
<A NAME="mw">
<B>Mw</B> (no period),<DL COMPACT><DD> megawatt. </DL>
<A NAME="mw">
<B>MW</B> (no periods),<DL COMPACT><DD> (British.) megawatt. </DL>
<B>M.W.A.,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> Modern Woodmen of America. </DL>
<A NAME="mwami">
<B>mwami, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the former title of the rulers of Burundi, in central Africa, and of the native rulers of Belgian East Africa. </DL>
<A NAME="mwgm">
<B>M.W.G.M.,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> Most Worthy or Worshipful Grand Master (of a Masonic order). </DL>
<A NAME="mx">
<B>MX, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a large missile with multiple warheads (originally planned to be moved secretly among several launching sites). <BR> <I>Ex. Each huge "MX" (meaning "missile, experimental") and its launching crew would travel through a concrete tunnel a dozen miles or so in length. It would, when launched, burst through the surface at some surprise spot (New York Times).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="my">
<B>my, </B>adjective, interjection.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>adj. </I> a possessive form of <B>I;</B> of me; belonging to me; that I have, hold, or possess. <BR> <I>Ex. in my opinion. I learned my lesson. My house is around the corner.</I> <DD><I>interj. </I> (Informal.) an exclamation of surprise. <BR> <I>Ex. My! How pleasant to see you!</I> </DL>
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<B>my</B> (no periods),<DL COMPACT><DD> million years. <BR> <I>Ex. Previously, evidence for rocks older than about 3400-3500 my, has been sketchy, with an age for a Minnesota gneiss of 3550 my (New Scientist).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="my">
<B>my-,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (combining form.) the form of <B>myo-</B> before vowels, as in <I>myoma.</I> </DL>
<A NAME="mya">
<B>mya.,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> myriare. </DL>
<A NAME="myalgia">
<B>myalgia, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> muscular pain or rheumatism. </DL>
<A NAME="myalgic">
<B>myalgic, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> of or having to do with myalgia; affected with myalgia. </DL>
<A NAME="myall">
<B>myall, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (in Australia) an aborigine. </DL>
<B>myasthenia gravis,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a disease that causes extreme weakness of the muscles, because of an interruption of nerve impulses traveling to the muscles, and related in some way to the functioning of the thymus gland. </DL>
<A NAME="myasthenic">
<B>myasthenic, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> affected with myasthenia. </DL>
<A NAME="mycelial">
<B>mycelial, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> of or having to do with the mycelium. </DL>
<B>mycelioid, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> of or like mycelium. </DL>
<A NAME="mycelium">
<B>mycelium, </B>noun, pl. <B>-lia.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>the main part of a fungus, consisting of one or more white, interwoven fibers or hyphae, often not visible on the surface. <BR> <I>Ex. The umbrella growth, which most people call a mushroom, is really a stalk that grows up from the mycelium (William F. Hanna).</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>a similar mass of fibers formed by some higher bacteria. </DL>
<B>Mycenaean, </B>adjective, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>adj. </I> of or having to do with Mycenae, a very ancient city in southern Greece, or the civilization, culture, or art that flourished there from about 1500 B.C. to about 1100 B.C.. <BR> <I>Ex. The Late Bronze Age on the Greek mainland ... is often called the Mycenaean period (Norman A. Doenges).</I> <DD><I>noun </I> a native or inhabitant of Mycenae. <BR> <I>Ex. During the 1100's B.C., the Dorians, who lived in northwestern Greece, conquered the Mycenaeans (C. Scott Littleton).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="mycetoma">
<B>mycetoma, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a fungous disease of the hands, feet, legs, and internal tissue, characterized by swelling, and the formation of nodules containing pus. It is most common in tropical areas and usually affects the foot, when it is called Madura foot. </DL>
<A NAME="mycetozoan">
<B>mycetozoan, </B>noun, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>noun </I> any one of a group of primitive organisms, the slime molds, sometimes classified as animals and sometimes as plants; myxomycete. <DD><I>adj. </I> of or designating the mycetozoans. </DL>
<A NAME="mycobacterial">
<B>mycobacterial, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> having to do with or caused by mycobacteria. <BR> <I>Ex. mycobacterial infections.</I> </DL>
<A NAME="mycobacterium">
<B>mycobacterium, </B>noun, pl. <B>-teria.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> any one of a group of aerobic, acid-fast, rod-shaped bacteria. One species causes leprosy; certain other species cause tuberculosis in man, cattle, and fowl. </DL>
<B>mycological, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> of or having to do with mycology. adv. <B>mycologically.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="mycologist">
<B>mycologist, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> an expert in mycology. </DL>
<A NAME="mycology">
<B>mycology, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>the branch of botany that deals with fungi. <DD><B> 2. </B>the fungi of a particular region or country. <DD><B> 3. </B>facts about a particular fungus. </DL>
<A NAME="mycophagous">
<B>mycophagous, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> that feed on fungi. </DL>
<A NAME="mycophagy">
<B>mycophagy, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the practice or habit of eating fungi, especially mushrooms. </DL>
<A NAME="mycophile">
<B>mycophile, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a person who is very fond of mushrooms. <BR> <I>Ex. "My wife and I are devout mycophiles" (New Yorker).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="mycoplasma">
<B>mycoplasma, </B>noun, pl. <B>-mas,</B> <B>-mata.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> any one of a group of Gram-negative, filterable microorganisms that lack rigid cell walls and resemble both viruses and bacteria, including the Eaton agent and the causative agent of pleuropneumonia in cattle; pleuropneumonia-like organism. </DL>
<A NAME="mycorrhiza">
<B>mycorrhiza</B> or <B>mycorhiza, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the symbiotic association of the mycelium of certain fungi with the roots of certain higher plants,living in close relationship with the surface cells. <BR> <I>Ex. It is possible with many, if not all, species of plant which normally form mycorrhizas in natural conditions to grow them in artificial surroundings without their appropriate fungi (New Scientist).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="mycorrhizal">
<B>mycorrhizal</B> or <B>mycorhizal, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> of or having to do with mycorrhiza. </DL>
<A NAME="mycorrhizic">
<B>mycorrhizic</B> or <B>mycorhizic, </B>adjective. <B>=mycorrhizal.</B></DL>
