Index of English words, starting with "mu"

(1) - Mute (n.) A little utensil made of brass, ivory, or other material, so formed that it can be fixed in an erect position on the bridge of a violin, or similar instrument, in order to deaden or soften the tone.
(2) - Mute (n.) A letter which represents no sound; a silent letter; also, a close articulation; an element of speech formed by a position of the mouth organs which stops the passage of the breath; as, p, b, d, k, t.
(3) - Mute (n.) Among the Turks, an officer or attendant who is selected for his place because he can not speak.
(4) - Mute (n.) A person whose part in a play does not require him to speak.
(5) - Mute (n.) A person employed by undertakers at a funeral.
(6) - Mute (n.) One who, from deafness, either congenital or from early life, is unable to use articulate language; a deaf-mute.
(7) - Mute (n.) One who does not speak, whether from physical inability, unwillingness, or other cause.
(8) - Mute (a.) Not giving a ringing sound when struck; -- said of a metal.
(9) - Mute (a.) Not uttered; unpronounced; silent; also, produced by complete closure of the mouth organs which interrupt the passage of breath; -- said of certain letters. See 5th Mute, 2.
(10) - Mute (a.) Incapable of speaking; dumb.
(11) - Mute (a.) Not speaking; uttering no sound; silent.
(12) - Mute (n.) The dung of birds.
(13) - Mute (v. t. & i.) To eject the contents of the bowels; -- said of birds.
(14) - Mute (v. t.) To cast off; to molt.

(1) - Mutely (adv.) Without uttering words or sounds; in a mute manner; silently.

(1) - Muteness (n.) The quality or state of being mute; speechlessness.

(1) - Mutilate (v. t.) To destroy or remove a material part of, so as to render imperfect; as, to mutilate the orations of Cicero.
(2) - Mutilate (v. t.) To cut off or remove a limb or essential part of; to maim; to cripple; to hack; as, to mutilate the body, a statue, etc.
(3) - Mutilate (n.) A cetacean, or a sirenian.
(4) - Mutilate (a.) Having finlike appendages or flukes instead of legs, as a cetacean.
(5) - Mutilate (a.) Deprived of, or having lost, an important part; mutilated.