English words starting with m - page 411

Meanings of Murras:

noun

A substance (perhaps fluorspar) of which precious vases and other vessels were made.

Meanings of Murray:

noun

A curry (= a spicy meal), usually from an indian restaurant

Usage examples:

That's the place where you'd go for the best ruby murray in town.

Meanings of Murraya:

noun

A small genus of trees and shrubs (family rutaceae) native to asia and australia and cultivated elsewhere, chiefly for their fragrant flowers or foliage; (also murraya) a tree or shrub of this genus, especially orange jasmine or mock orange, murraya paniculata, and the curry leaf tree, m. koenigii.

Meanings of Murre:

noun

A guillemot (seabird) with a white breast.

Usage examples:

One would imagine this place to be a paradise of alcids of all types, guillemots, dovekies, puffins…

Meanings of Murrelet:

noun

A small north pacific auk (seabird), typically having a grey back and white underparts.

Usage examples:

West of the crest of the cascade range, the area is habitat for bald eagles, marbled murrelets, spo…

Meanings of Murrelets:

noun

A small north pacific auk (seabird), typically having a grey back and white underparts.

Usage examples:

West of the crest of the cascade range, the area is habitat for bald eagles, marbled murrelets, spo…

Meanings of Murres:

noun

A guillemot (seabird) with a white breast.

Usage examples:

One would imagine this place to be a paradise of alcids of all types, guillemots, dovekies, puffins…

Meanings of Murrey:

noun

A deep purple-red cloth.

Usage examples:

The saddlecloth was of murrey, worked with silver thread

Meanings of Murrhine:

adjective

Of or relating to murra; made of or resembling murra.

noun

A murrhine vase or cup.

Meanings of Murrine:

adjective

Of or relating to murra; made of or resembling murra.

noun

A murrhine vase or cup.

Meanings of Murrnong:

noun

The plant microseris scapigera (family asteraceae (compositae)), having a yellow flower resembling a dandelion; the edible tuberous root of this plant.

Meanings of Murrs:

verb

Of a cat: to purr.

Meanings of Murshid:

noun

In sufism: a spiritual guide who initiates into a mystical order a postulant wishing to follow the sufi path to god.

Meanings of Murther:

verb

Old form of murder (noun).

Meanings of Murthered:

verb

Old form of murder (verb).

Usage examples:

His poor ghost has been seen on the battlements coming from this very chamber, where he was murthered

Meanings of Murthering:

verb

Old form of murder (verb).

Usage examples:

His poor ghost has been seen on the battlements coming from this very chamber, where he was murthered

Meanings of Murthers:

verb

Old form of murder (noun).

Meanings of Murumuru:

noun

An amazonian palm, astrocaryum murumuru, having multiple stems covered with black spines, and seeds which are a source of oil.

Meanings of Murut:

noun

A member of a dayak people of borneo, originally inhabiting hill country in the interior of sabah (north borneo) and sarawak, although now more widely dispersed.

adjective

Of, relating to, or designating the muruts or their language.

Meanings of Murva:

noun

Either of two sansevierias, sansevieria roxburghiana and s. zeylanica, grown in south asia for the strong white fibre present in their leaves. also: the fibre produced by either of these plants (more fully "moorva fibre").

Meanings of Mus:

noun

The twelfth letter of the greek alphabet ( μ, μ ), transliterated as ‘m’.

Meanings of Musaceous:

adjective

Of, relating to, or designating the family (formerly order) musaceae of monocotyledonous plants, which includes bananas and tropical plantains; (more generally) of or relating to bananas.

Meanings of Musang:

noun

A palm civet of the asian genus paradoxurus; especially the toddy cat, p. hermaphroditus.

Meanings of Musca:

proper noun

A small southern constellation (the fly), lying in the milky way between the southern cross and the south celestial pole.

adjective

Used with preceding greek letter or numeral to designate a star in the constellation musca.

Usage examples:

The star beta muscae

Meanings of Muscadel:

noun

A muscat grape, especially as grown for drying to make raisins.

Usage examples:

It is a blend of riesling, pinot blanc, pinot gris, muscatel and gewürztraminer.