Index of English words, starting with "mu"

(1) - Mummification (n.) The act of making a mummy.

(1) - Mummify (v. t.) To embalm and dry as a mummy; to make into, or like, a mummy.

(1) - Mummy (v. t.) To embalm; to mummify.
(2) - Mummy (n.) One whose affections and energies are withered.
(3) - Mummy (n.) A sort of wax used in grafting, etc.
(4) - Mummy (n.) A brown color obtained from bitumen. See Mummy brown (below).
(5) - Mummy (n.) A gummy liquor that exudes from embalmed flesh when heated; -- formerly supposed to have magical and medicinal properties.
(6) - Mummy (n.) Dried flesh of a mummy.
(7) - Mummy (n.) A dead body embalmed and dried after the manner of the ancient Egyptians; also, a body preserved, by any means, in a dry state, from the process of putrefaction.

(1) - Mump (v. t.) To deprive of (something) by cheating; to impose upon.
(2) - Mump (v. t.) To work over with the mouth; to mumble; as, to mump food.
(3) - Mump (v. t.) To utter imperfectly, brokenly, or feebly.
(4) - Mump (v. i.) To be sullen or sulky.
(5) - Mump (v. i.) To cheat; to deceive; to play the beggar.
(6) - Mump (v. i.) To talk imperfectly, brokenly, or feebly; to chatter unintelligibly.
(7) - Mump (v. i.) To move the lips with the mouth closed; to mumble, as in sulkiness.

(1) - Mumper (n.) A beggar; a begging impostor.