6-letter words containing mu
- mu car — a self-propelled railroad car, generally used in commuting service, equipped so that a train of such cars can be operated from any one of them.
- mu ehr — cloud ear.
- mu-law — The North America standard for nonuniform quantising logarithmic compression.
- mucate — a salt of mucic acid
- muches — great in quantity, measure, or degree: too much cake.
- muchly — (colloquial) very much, very.
- mucins — Plural form of mucin.
- mucked — Simple past tense and past participle of muck.
- mucker — Slang. a vulgar, illbred person.
- muckle — mickle.
- mucluc — a soft boot worn by Eskimos, often lined with fur and usually made of sealskin or reindeer skin.
- mucoid — Biochemistry. any of a group of substances resembling the mucins, occurring in connective tissue, cysts, etc.
- mucosa — mucous membrane.
- mucous — pertaining to, consisting of, or resembling mucus.
- mucros — Plural form of mucro.
- mudbug — A freshwater crayfish.
- mudcap — to blast (a rock) with an explosive attached to it with a capping of clay.
- mudcat — flathead catfish.
- mudded — wet, soft earth or earthy matter, as on the ground after rain, at the bottom of a pond, or along the banks of a river; mire.
- mudder — a racehorse able to perform well on a wet, muddy track.
- muddie — (games) Synonym mudhead. More common in Great Britain, possibly because system administrators there like to mutter "bloody muddies" when annoyed at the species.
- muddle — to mix up in a confused or bungling manner; jumble.
- muddly — Muddled; confused; unclear.
- mudeye — the larva of the dragonfly, commonly used as a fishing bait
- mudfat — (of animals) very fat.
- mudhen — any of various birds that frequent marshes or similar places, esp the coots, rails, etc
- mudras — Plural form of mudra.
- muesli — a breakfast cereal similar to granola, usually consisting of rolled oats and dried fruit.
- muffed — a thick, tubular case for the hands, covered with fur or other material, used by women and girls for warmth and as a handbag.
- muffin — an individual cup-shaped quick bread made with wheat flour, cornmeal, or the like, and baked in a pan (muffin pan) containing a series of cuplike forms.
- muffle — to wrap with something to deaden or prevent sound: to muffle drums.
- muftis — Plural form of mufti.
- mug up — If you mug up a subject or mug up on it, you study it quickly, so that you can remember the main facts about it.
- mugabe — Robert (Gabriel) born 1924, Zimbabwean political leader: prime minister 1980–87; president since 1987.
- mugful — As much as a mug will contain.
- mugged — a drinking cup, usually cylindrical in shape, having a handle, and often of a heavy substance, as earthenware.
- muggee — a person who is attacked by a mugger; the victim of a mugging.
- muggen — (UK dialectal, Northern England) Made of earthenware in contradistinction to china, metal, wood, etc.
- mugger — A person who attacks and robs another in a public place.
- muggle — A person who is not conversant with a particular activity or skill.
- mughal — any of the Mongol conquerors of India who established an empire that lasted from 1526 to 1857, but held only nominal power after 1803. See also Great Mogul.
- mugham — A folk musical composition of Azerbaijan in a complex form that weds classical poetry and musical improvisation.
- mujiks — Plural form of mujik.
- mukden — a former name of Shenyang.
- mukluk — a soft boot worn by Eskimos, often lined with fur and usually made of sealskin or reindeer skin.
- muktar — Alt form mukhtar.
- muktuk — the blubber and skin of a whale when eaten as a food, raw or cooked.
- mulchy — Resembling or characteristic of mulch.
- mulcts — Plural form of mulct.
- muleta — a red cloth similar to but smaller than a capa and manipulated by a stick set into one of the three holes in or near the center, for use by a matador in guiding the course of the bull's attack in the stage of the fight preparatory to the kill.