mullus | (n) type genus of the Mullidae: goatfishes, Syn. genus Mullus |
mull | (n) a term used in Scottish names of promontories |
mull | (n) an island in western Scotland in the Inner Hebrides |
mull | (v) heat with sugar and spices to make a hot drink |
mullah | (n) a Muslim trained in the doctrine and law of Islam; the head of a mosque, Syn. Mulla, Mollah |
mullah omar | (n) reclusive Afghanistani politician and leader of the Taliban who imposed a strict interpretation of shariah law on Afghanistan (born in 1960), Syn. Mullah Mohammed Omar |
mulled cider | (n) sweet cider heated with spices and citrus fruit |
mulled wine | (n) wine heated with sugar and spices and often citrus fruit |
mullein | (n) any of various plants of the genus Verbascum having large usually woolly leaves and terminal spikes of yellow or white or purplish flowers, Syn. flannel leaf, velvet plant |
mullein pink | (n) an old cottage garden plant of southeastern Europe widely cultivated for its attractive white woolly foliage and showy crimson flowers, Syn. gardener's delight, dusty miller, rose campion, Lychnis coronaria |
muller | (n) Swiss chemist who synthesized DDT and discovered its use as an insecticide (1899-1965), Syn. Paul Hermann Muller |
mull | (n) a term used in Scottish names of promontories |
mull | (n) an island in western Scotland in the Inner Hebrides |
mull | (v) heat with sugar and spices to make a hot drink |
mullah | (n) a Muslim trained in the doctrine and law of Islam; the head of a mosque, Syn. Mulla, Mollah |
mullah omar | (n) reclusive Afghanistani politician and leader of the Taliban who imposed a strict interpretation of shariah law on Afghanistan (born in 1960), Syn. Mullah Mohammed Omar |
mulled cider | (n) sweet cider heated with spices and citrus fruit |
mulled wine | (n) wine heated with sugar and spices and often citrus fruit |
mullein | (n) any of various plants of the genus Verbascum having large usually woolly leaves and terminal spikes of yellow or white or purplish flowers, Syn. flannel leaf, velvet plant |
mullein pink | (n) an old cottage garden plant of southeastern Europe widely cultivated for its attractive white woolly foliage and showy crimson flowers, Syn. gardener's delight, dusty miller, rose campion, Lychnis coronaria |
muller | (n) Swiss chemist who synthesized DDT and discovered its use as an insecticide (1899-1965), Syn. Paul Hermann Muller |
Mull | v. t. [ OE. mullen. See 2d Muller. ] To powder; to pulverize. [ Prov. Eng. ] [ 1913 Webster ] |
Mull | n. [ Icel. mūli a snout, muzzle, projecting crag; or cf. Ir. & Gael. meall a heap of earth, a mound, a hill or eminence, W. moel. Cf. Mouth. ] 1. A promontory; as, the Mull of Cantyre. [ Scot. ] [ 1913 Webster ] 2. A snuffbox made of the small end of a horn. [ 1913 Webster ] |
Mull | n. [ Perh. contr. fr. mossul. See Muslin. ] A thin, soft kind of muslin. [ 1913 Webster ] |
Mull | v. i. To work (over) mentally; to cogitate; to ruminate; -- usually with over; as, to mull over a thought or a problem. [ Colloq. U.S. ] [ 1913 Webster ] |
Mull | n. An inferior kind of madder prepared from the smaller roots or the peelings and refuse of the larger. [ 1913 Webster ] |
Mull | n. [ Prob. akin to mold. √108. See Mold. ] Dirt; rubbish. [ Obs. ] Gower. [ 1913 Webster ] |
Mull | v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Mulled p. pr. & vb. n. Mulling. ] [ From mulled, for mold, taken as a p. p.; OE. mold-ale funeral ale or banquet. See Mold soil. ] 1. To heat, sweeten, and enrich with spices; as, to mull wine. [ 1913 Webster ] New cider, mulled with ginger warm. Gay. [ 1913 Webster ] 2. To dispirit or deaden; to dull or blunt. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ] |
Mullagatawny | n. [ Tamil milagu-tannīr pepper water. ] An East Indian curry soup. [ 1913 Webster ] |
Mullah | n. Same as Mollah. [ 1913 Webster ] Variants: Mulla |
Mullah | n. See Mollah. [ 1913 Webster ] |