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Word Meanings - MULE - Book Publishers vocabulary database

A hybrid animal; specifically, one generated between an ass and a mare, sometimes a horse and a she-ass. See Hinny. Note: Mules are much used as draught animals. They are hardy, and proverbial for stubbornness.

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  • MIXEDLY
    In a mixed or mingled manner.
  • HYBRIDIST
    One who hybridizes.
  • MONGREL
    Not of a pure breed. 2. Of mixed kinds; as, mongrel language.
  • HYBRIDITY
    Hybridism.
  • HYBRIDOUS
    See HYBRID
  • HYBRID
    Produced from the mixture of two species; as, plants of hybrid nature.
  • HYBRIDIZER
    One who hybridizes.
  • MIXTLY
    With mixture; in a mixed manner; mixedly. Bacon.
  • IMPURE
    Not purified according to the ceremonial law of Moses; unclean. (more info) 1. Not pure; not clean; dirty; foul; filthy; containing something which is unclean or unwholesome; mixed or impregnated extraneous substances; adulterated; as, impure water
  • MIXER
    One who, or that which, mixes.
  • HYBRIDIZATION
    The act of hybridizing, or the state of being hybridized.
  • HYBRIDIZE
    To render hybrid; to produce by mixture of stocks.
  • IMPURELY
    In an impure manner.
  • MIX
    mieshate, W. mysgu, Gael. measg, L. miscere, mixtum, Gr. miçra mixed. The English word has been influenced by L. miscere, mixtum (cf. Mixture), and even the AS. miscan may have been borrowed fr. L. 1. To cause a promiscuous interpenetration of
  • MIXEN
    A compost heap; a dunghill. Chaucer. Tennyson.
  • MIXTION
    1. Mixture. 2. A kind of cement made of mastic, amber, etc., used as a mordant for gold leaf.
  • MIXTURE
    A kind of liquid medicine made up of many ingredients; esp., as opposed to solution, a liquid preparation in which the solid ingredients are not completely dissolved. (more info) 1. The act of mixing, or the state of being mixed; as, made by a
  • MONGRELIZE
    To cause to be mongrel; to cross breeds, so as to produce mongrels.
  • MIXOGAMOUS
    Pairing with several males; -- said of certain fishes of which several males accompany each female during spawning.
  • MIXABLE
    Capable of being mixed.
  • BORDEAUX MIXTURE
    A fungicidal mixture composed of blue vitriol, lime, and water. The formula in common use is: blue vitriol, 6 lbs.; lime, 4 lbs.; water, 35 -- 50 gallons.
  • PERMIX
    To mix; to mingle.
  • PERMIXTION
    See PERMISSION
  • IMMIX
    To mix; to mingle. Amongst her tears immixing prayers meek. Spenser.
  • COMMIX
    To mix or mingle together; to blend. The commixed impressions of all the colors do stir up and beget a sensation of white. Sir I. Newton. To commix With winds that sailors rail at. Shak.
  • INTERMIXTURE
    1. A mass formed by mixture; a mass of ingredients mixed. Boyle. 2. Admixture; an additional ingredient. In this height of impiety there wanted not an intermixture of levity and folly. Bacon.
  • INTERMIXEDLY
    In a mixed manner.
  • IMMIXTURE
    Freedom from mixture; purity. W. Montagu.
  • INTERMIX
    To mix together; to intermingle. In yonder spring of roses, intermixed With myrtle, find what to redress till noon. Milton.
  • ADMIXTION
    A mingling of different things; admixture. Glanvill.

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