Index of English words, starting with "mu"

(1) - Muff (v. t.) To handle awkwardly; to fumble; to fail to hold, as a ball, in catching it.
(2) - Muff (n.) The whitethroat.
(3) - Muff (n.) A failure to hold a ball when once in the hands.
(4) - Muff (n.) A stupid fellow; a poor-spirited person.
(5) - Muff (n.) A blown cylinder of glass which is afterward flattened out to make a sheet.
(6) - Muff (n.) A short hollow cylinder surrounding an object, as a pipe.
(7) - Muff (n.) A soft cover of cylindrical form, usually of fur, worn by women to shield the hands from cold.

(1) - Muffin (n.) A light, spongy, cylindrical cake, used for breakfast and tea.

(1) - Muffineer (n.) A dish for keeping muffins hot.

(1) - Muffish (a.) Stupid; awkward.

(1) - Muffle (v. t.) A pulley block containing several sheaves.
(2) - Muffle (v. t.) A small oven for baking and fixing the colors of painted or printed pottery, without exposing the pottery to the flames of the furnace or kiln.
(3) - Muffle (v. t.) An earthenware compartment or oven, often shaped like a half cylinder, used in furnaces to protect objects heated from the direct action of the fire, as in scorification of ores, cupellation of ore buttons, etc.
(4) - Muffle (v. t.) Anything with which another thing, as an oar or drum, is muffled; also, a boxing glove; a muff.
(5) - Muffle (v. i.) To speak indistinctly, or without clear articulation.
(6) - Muffle (v. t.) To wrap with something that dulls or deadens the sound of; as, to muffle the strings of a drum, or that part of an oar which rests in the rowlock.
(7) - Muffle (v. t.) To prevent seeing, or hearing, or speaking, by wraps bound about the head; to blindfold; to deafen.
(8) - Muffle (v. t.) To wrap up in something that conceals or protects; to wrap, as the face and neck, in thick and disguising folds; hence, to conceal or cover the face of; to envelop; to inclose; -- often with up.
(9) - Muffle (n.) The bare end of the nose between the nostrils; -- used esp. of ruminants.