Myomorpha (n. pl.) An extensive group of rodents which includes the rats, mice, jerboas, and many allied forms.
Myopathia (n.) Any affection of the muscles or muscular system.
Myopathic (a.) Of or pertaining to myopathia.
Myopathy (n.) Same as Myopathia.
Myope (n.) A person having myopy; a myops.
Myophan (n.) A contractile striated layer found in the bodies and stems of certain Infusoria.
Myopia (n.) Nearsightedness; shortsightedness; a condition of the eye in which the rays from distant object are brought to a focus before they reach the retina, and hence form an indistinct image; while the rays from very near objects are normally converged so as to produce a distinct image. It is corrected by the use of a concave lens.
Myopic (a.) Pertaining to, or affected with, or characterized by, myopia; nearsighted.
Myips (n.) See Myope.
Myopsis (n.) The appearance of muscae volitantes. See Muscae volitantes, under Musca.
Myopy (n.) Myopia.
Myosin (n.) An albuminous body present in dead muscle, being formed in the process of coagulation which takes place in rigor mortis; the clot formed in the coagulation of muscle plasma. See Muscle plasma, under Plasma.
Myosis (n.) Long-continued contraction of the pupil of the eye.
Myositic (a.) Myotic.
Myositis (n.) Inflammation of the muscles.
Myosotis (n.) A genus of plants. See Mouse-ear.
Myotic (a.) Producing myosis, or contraction of the pupil of the eye, as opium, calabar bean, etc.
Myotic (n.) A myotic agent.
Myotome (n.) A muscular segment; one of the zones into which the muscles of the trunk, especially in fishes, are divided; a myocomma.
Myotome (n.) One of the embryonic muscular segments arising from the protovertebrae; also, one of the protovertebrae themselves.
Myotome (n.) The muscular system of one metamere of an articulate.
Myotomic (a.) Of or pertaining to a myotome or myotomes.
Myotomy (n.) The dissection, or that part of anatomy which treats of the dissection, of muscles.
Myrcia (n.) A large genus of tropical American trees and shrubs, nearly related to the true myrtles (Myrtus), from which they differ in having very few seeds in each berry.
Myria- () A prefix, esp. in the metric system, indicating ten thousand, ten thousand times; as, myriameter.
Myriacanthous (a.) Having numerous spines, as certain fishes.
Myriad (n.) The number of ten thousand; ten thousand persons or things.
Myriad (n.) An immense number; a very great many; an indefinitely large number.
Myriad (a.) Consisting of a very great, but indefinite, number; as, myriad stars.
Myriagram (n.) Alt. of Myriagramme
Myriagramme (n.) A metric weight, consisting of ten thousand grams or ten kilograms. It is equal to 22.046 lbs. avoirdupois.
Myrialiter (n.) Alt. of Myrialitre
Myrialitre (n.) A metric measure of capacity, containing ten thousand liters. It is equal to 2641.7 wine gallons.
Myriameter (n.) Alt. of Myriametre
Myriametre (n.) A metric measure of length, containing ten thousand meters. It is equal to 6.2137 miles.
Myriapod (n.) One of the Myriapoda.
Myriapoda (n. pl.) A class, or subclass, of arthropods, related to the hexapod insects, from which they differ in having the body made up of numerous similar segments, nearly all of which bear true jointed legs. They have one pair of antennae, three pairs of mouth organs, and numerous trachaae, similar to those of true insects. The larvae, when first hatched, often have but three pairs of legs. See Centiped, Galleyworm, Milliped.
Myriarch (n.) A captain or commander of ten thousand men.
Myriare (n.) A measure of surface in the metric system containing ten thousand ares, or one million square meters. It is equal to about 247.1 acres.
Myrica (n.) A widely dispersed genus of shrubs and trees, usually with aromatic foliage. It includes the bayberry or wax myrtle, the sweet gale, and the North American sweet fern, so called.
Myricin (n.) A silky, crystalline, waxy substance, forming the less soluble part of beeswax, and regarded as a palmitate of a higher alcohol of the paraffin series; -- called also myricyl alcohol.
Myricyl (n.) A hypothetical radical regarded as the essential residue of myricin; -- called also melissyl.
Myriological (a.) Of or relating to a myriologue.
Myriologist (n.) One who composes or sings a myriologue.
Myriologue (n.) An extemporaneous funeral song, composed and sung by a woman on the death of a friend.
Myriophyllous (a.) Having an indefinitely great or countless number of leaves.
Myriopoda (n. pl.) See Myriapoda.
Myriorama (n.) A picture made up of several smaller pictures, drawn upon separate pieces in such a manner as to admit of combination in many different ways, thus producing a great variety of scenes or landscapes.
Myrioscope (n.) A form of kaleidoscope.
Myristate (n.) A salt of myristic acid.
Myristic (a.) Pertaining to, or derived from, the nutmeg (Myristica). Specifically, designating an acid found in nutmeg oil and otoba fat, and extracted as a white crystalline waxy substance.
Myristin (n.) The myristate of glycerin, -- found as a vegetable fat in nutmeg butter, etc.
Myristone (n.) The ketone of myristic acid, obtained as a white crystalline substance.
Myrmicine (a.) Of or pertaining to Myrmica, a genus of ants including the small house ant (M. molesta), and many others.
Myrmidon (n.) One of a fierce tribe or troop who accompained Achilles, their king, to the Trojan war.
Myrmidon (n.) A soldier or a subordinate civil officer who executes cruel orders of a superior without protest or pity; -- sometimes applied to bailiffs, constables, etc.
Myrmidonian (a.) Consisting of, or like, myrmidons.
Myrmotherine (a.) Feeding upon ants; -- said of certain birds.
Myrobalan (n.) Alt. of Myrobolan
Myrobolan (n.) A dried astringent fruit much resembling a prune. It contains tannin, and was formerly used in medicine, but is now chiefly used in tanning and dyeing. Myrobolans are produced by various species of Terminalia of the East Indies, and of Spondias of South America.
Myronic (a.) Pertaining to, or obtained from, mustard; -- used specifically to designate a glucoside called myronic acid, found in mustard seed.
Myropolist (n.) One who sells unguents or perfumery.
Myrosin (n.) A ferment, resembling diastase, found in mustard seeds.
Myroxylon (n.) A genus of leguminous trees of tropical America, the different species of which yield balsamic products, among which are balsam of Peru, and balsam of Tolu. The species were formerly referred to Myrospermum.
Myrrh (n.) A gum resin, usually of a yellowish brown or amber color, of an aromatic odor, and a bitter, slightly pungent taste. It is valued for its odor and for its medicinal properties. It exudes from the bark of a shrub of Abyssinia and Arabia, the Balsamodendron Myrrha. The myrrh of the Bible is supposed to have been partly the gum above named, and partly the exudation of species of Cistus, or rockrose.
Myrrhic (a.) Of, pertaining to, or obtained from, myrrh.
Myrrhine (a.) Murrhine.
Myrtaceous (a.) Of, pertaining to, or resembling, a large and important natural order of trees and shrubs (Myrtaceae), of which the myrtle is the type. It includes the genera Eucalyptus, Pimenta, Lechythis, and about seventy more.
Myrtiform (a.) Resembling myrtle or myrtle berries; having the form of a myrtle leaf.
Myrtle (n.) A species of the genus Myrtus, especially Myrtus communis. The common myrtle has a shrubby, upright stem, eight or ten feet high. Its branches form a close, full head, thickly covered with ovate or lanceolate evergreen leaves. It has solitary axillary white or rosy flowers, followed by black several-seeded berries. The ancients considered it sacred to Venus. The flowers, leaves, and berries are used variously in perfumery and as a condiment, and the beautifully mottled wood is used in turning.
Ourselves (pl. ) of Myself
Myself (pron.) I or me in person; -- used for emphasis, my own self or person; as I myself will do it; I have done it myself; -- used also instead of me, as the object of the first person of a reflexive verb, without emphasis; as, I will defend myself.
Myselven (pron.) Myself.
Mysis (n.) A genus of small schizopod shrimps found both in fresh and salt water; the opossum shrimps. One species inhabits the Great Lakes of North America, and is largely eaten by the whitefish. The marine species form part of the food of right whales.
Mystacal (a.) Of or pertaining to the upper lip, or mustache.
Mystagogic (a.) Alt. of Mystagogical
Mystagogical (a.) Of or pertaining to interpretation of mysteries or to mystagogue; of the nature of mystagogy.
Mystagogue (n.) interprets mysteries, especially of a religious kind.
Mystagogue (n.) One who keeps and shows church relics.
Mystagogy (n.) The doctrines, principles, or practice of a mystagogue; interpretation of mysteries.
Mysterial (a.) Mysterious.
Mysteriarch (n.) One presiding over mysteries.
Mysterious (a.) Of or pertaining to mystery; containing a mystery; difficult or impossible to understand; obscure not revealed or explained; enigmatical; incomprehensible.
Mysteriously (adv.) In a mysterious manner.
Mysteriousness (n.) The state or quality of being mysterious.
Mysteriousness (n.) Something mysterious; a mystery.
Mysterized (imp. & p. p.) of Mysterize
Mysterizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Mysterize
Mysterize (v. t.) To make mysterious; to make a mystery of.
Mysteries (pl. ) of Mystery
Mystery (a.) A profound secret; something wholly unknown, or something kept cautiously concealed, and therefore exciting curiosity or wonder; something which has not been or can not be explained; hence, specifically, that which is beyond human comprehension.
Mystery (a.) A kind of secret religious celebration, to which none were admitted except those who had been initiated by certain preparatory ceremonies; -- usually plural; as, the Eleusinian mysteries.
Mystery (a.) The consecrated elements in the eucharist.
Mystery (a.) Anything artfully made difficult; an enigma.
Mysteries (pl. ) of Mystery
Mystery (n.) A trade; a handicraft; hence, any business with which one is usually occupied.
Mystery (n.) A dramatic representation of a Scriptural subject, often some event in the life of Christ; a dramatic composition of this character; as, the Chester Mysteries, consisting of dramas acted by various craft associations in that city in the early part of the 14th century.
Mystic (a.) Alt. of Mystical
Mystical (a.) Remote from or beyond human comprehension; baffling human understanding; unknowable; obscure; mysterious.
Mystical (a.) Importing or implying mysticism; involving some secret meaning; allegorical; emblematical; as, a mystic dance; mystic Babylon.