Word origins

• multisciousHaving much or varied knowledge.
• multisectDivided into many similar segments; said of an insect or myriapod
• multisonousHaving many sounds.
• multitocousGiving birth to multiple young at one time; synonym of multiparous and polytocous.
• multitudinalMultitudinous; very numerous.
• multitudinarymultitudinous
• multitudinismThe principle that the interests of the people generally are more important than those of individuals
• multitudinistRelating to multitudinism
• multivariousMany and various
• multiversantTurning into many shapes; assuming many forms; protean.
• multum in parvoMuch in little; a lot in a small space.
• mundationThe act of cleaning.
• mundatorySynonym of purificator (“napkin used during Holy Communion”).
• mundificantServing to cleanse and heal.
• mundivagantWandering across the world; globetrotting.
• muneraryOf or pertaining to gifts; having the nature of a gift.
• munerateTo remunerate.
• municipiumAn ancient Roman town or city.
• muniteTo fortify, strengthen.
• mural crownA crown or headpiece representing city walls or towers, used as a military decoration in Ancient Rome and later as a heraldic symbol in Europe.
• muramicOf or pertaining to muramic acid or its derivatives
• muricatecovered with short rough points or studs
• muricideMouse-killing (especially in rats).
• muricoidResembling or relating to the genus Murex or family Muricidae.
• muridebromine
• muriformResembling a wall.
• muropeptideAny peptidoglycan associated with a cell wall.
• murrhineMade of murra; applied to certain valuable vases of great beauty and delicacy used by the luxurious in Rome as wine cups.
• murusA wall, in the context of Ancient Rome. "Ubi vero moveri et adpropinquare muris viderunt, nova atque inusitata specie commoti legatos ad Caesarem de pace miserunt,.." Julius Caesar, Bellum Gallicum II
• MusaeusA male given name, notably borne by
• MusagetesEpithet of Apollo
• muscarineAn extremely poisonous alkaloid, obtained from fly agaric, that disrupts the action of acetylcholine neurotransmitter.
• muscicideAny substance that kills flies.
• musciformHaving the appearance or form of a moss.
• muscifugeSomething which repels or kills flies, typically a plant; a fly repellent. Also spelled "muscafuge" (1844) by Henry Stephens, who claimed to have coined it.
• muscoidAny fly in the superfamily Muscoidea.
• muscologySynonym of bryology.
• muscositymossiness
• musculinsyntonin
• musculospiralOf or pertaining to the radial nerve (also called the musculospiral nerve)
• musculus papillarisSynonym of papillary muscle.
• musimonSynonym of mouflon (“wild sheep”).
• musionA wild or domestic cat.
• musiveRelating to mosaic art.
• musmonA kind of sheep, the mouflon.
• musophobiaThe fear of mice (and rats).
• mussitationSpeech conducted in a hushed manner, akin to a murmur or a whisper.
• mustelineLike or relating to the family Mustelidae, or the weasels and martens.
• muta-Relating to mutation.
• mutandumThat which is to be changed.
• mutilousmutilated, defective, or imperfect
• mutoscopeAn early motion-picture device, involving viewing a series of photographs taken in quick succession giving the illusion of movement, seen by one person at a time through a peephole.
• mutuaryOne who borrows personal chattels which are to be consumed by him, and which he is to return or repay in kind
• mutuationAn act of borrowing or exchanging.
• mutuleAny of the rectangular blocks under the soffit of the cornice of the Greek Doric temple, which are studded with guttae.
• myringaSynonym of eardrum.
• myrobalanA plum-like fruit from various trees of the genus Terminalia, formerly used in medicine and now in the dyeing industry; also, the tree itself.
• myrrhamyrrh
• myrtetumA myrtle grove.
• mystagogueA person who prepares an initiate for entry into a mystery cult, or who teaches mystical doctrines.
• mystagogusA mystagogue.
• mystesAn ancient Roman priest of the secret rites of divine worship.
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• NaevianOf or relating to the Latin poet Gnaeus Naevius.
• NamnetesAn ancient Celtic tribe.
• nano-In the International System of Units and other metric systems of units, multiplying the unit to which it is attached by 10⁻⁹ (short scale billionth or long scale milliardth). Symbol: n
• nanocormiaA form of dwarfism characterized by a very short trunk
• napellusThe monkshood or wolfsbane (Aconitum napellus).
• napiformShaped like a turnip; spherical at the top, but with a tapering bottom.
• narcissineNarcissistic, loving oneself excessively.
• nardusThe ointment nard.
• nariformShaped like a nose
• narisa nostril
• narrableCapable of being narrated or told.
• narratrixA female narrator.
• nascencyA state of incipiency; a quality of nascence.
• nasusA horn-like elongated rostrum on the head of soldier termites of the subfamily Nasutiterminae, capable of producing and spraying noxious secretions for defense.
• nasuteHaving a long snout.
• natalitialPertaining to a birthday.
• natantFloating or swimming (in water).
• natatorswimmer
• natatoryof, or relating to, swimming
• natiolectA national standard variety of a language spoken in more than one region.
• nauclerusA shipmaster, a shipowner, a skipper
• naufragateTo wreck (something).
• naumachiaThe recreation of a sea battle staged for entertainment.
• NaupactusA town in Greece located in the southeastern part of the Aetolia-Acarnania prefecture.
• nauseantA substance that induces nausea.
• nauseateTo cause nausea in.
• navarchThe commander of a fleet.
• naviformShaped like a boat.
• navigatrixA female navigator.
• neanimorphicAppearing younger than one's actual age.
• NearchusA certain officer of Alexander the Great.
• nebrisThe skin of a fawn, as worn by Dionysus, and as worn in his honor by his male followers and female followers (maenads) and other votaries in Ancient Greece. It has also been shown as a panther or fox skin in different contexts.
• nebuleA decorative wavy or curly pattern; moulding of an undulating or wavy form.
• nebulizeTo convert liquid into a fine spray of aerosols, by using a nebulizer; to atomize
• necessariumSynonym of reredorter: a monastery's latrine, outhouse, or lavatory, typically located behind the dormitory.
• necessarsNecessaries.