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mummianoun(historical) An embalmed corpse wrapped in linen; a mummy.
mummyhoodnoun(informal) Motherhood.
mummifiernounA person performing mummification.
mummynoun(countable) An embalmed human or non-human animal corpse wrapped in linen bandages for burial, especially as practised by the ancient Egyptians and some Native American tribes.
mumienounObsolete form of mummy (“embalmed corpse”). [(countable) An embalmed human or non-human animal corpse wrapped in linen bandages for burial, especially as practised by the ancient Egyptians and some Native American tribes.]
mummydomnounThe realm or sphere of mummies (mummified bodies).
mummerynoun(figuratively) A ridiculous or ostentatious ceremony, formerly especially of a religious nature; extravagant or hypocritical performance.
mommerynounArchaic form of mummery. [(literally, chiefly archaic) Mumming; disguising oneself to perform as a mummer, or to take part in some other festivities or performance.]
mummiyanounA type of bitumen used in mummification.
mummeringnounSynonym of mumming (“pantomime”).
musæumnounArchaic spelling of museum. [A building or institution dedicated to the acquisition, conservation, study, exhibition, and educational interpretation of objects having scientific, historical, cultural or artistic value.]
mummy portraitnounA kind of naturalistic painted portrait on wooden boards attached to mummies from the Coptic period.
macerationnounThe act or process of macerating.
mnemonizationnounThe act or process of mnemonizing.
mummy brownnounThe colour of this pigment, a variable brown intermediate between raw umber and burnt umber.
mummy makeovernounPlastic surgery performed on a post-partum woman in order to counteract the outward signs of pregnancy, as sagging breasts, stomach, etc.
mummy warnounUsed other than figuratively or idiomatically: see mummy, war.
moldingnounThe act or process of shaping in or on a mold, or of making molds; the art or occupation of a molder.
musealisationnounAlternative form of musealization. [The process of making something suitable for exhibition in a museum; conversion to the status of a museum exhibit.]
murinizationnounThe process, or the result of murinizing

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