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Mud TurtlenounMWEbottom-dwelling freshwater turtle inhabiting muddy rivers of North America and Central Americaverified
Muddinessnouna mental state characterized by a lack of clear and orderly thought and behaviorverified
Mudguardnouna curved piece above the wheel of a bicycle or motorcycle to protect the rider from water or mud thrown up by the wheelsverified
Mudslingernounone who spreads real or alleged scandal about another (usually for political advantage)verified
Muezzinnounthe Muslim official of a mosque who summons the faithful to prayer from a minaret five times a dayverified
Mufflernouna device that decreases the amplitude of electronic, mechanical, acoustical, or aerodynamic oscillationsverified
Mug BooknounMWEa file of mug shots (pictures of criminals that are kept on file by the police)verified
Muggernouna robber who takes property by threatening or performing violence on the person who is robbed (usually on the street)verified
Mugho PinenounMWElow shrubby pine of central Europe with short bright green needles in bunches of twoverified
Mugo PinenounMWElow shrubby pine of central Europe with short bright green needles in bunches of twoverified
Mujtihadnounan Islamic scholar who engages in ijtihad, the effort to derive rules of divine law from Muslim sacred textsverified
Mulberrynounsweet usually dark purple blackberry-like fruit of any of several mulberry trees of the genus Morusverified
Mulberry FignounMWEthick-branched wide-spreading tree of Africa and adjacent southwestern Asia often buttressed with branches rising from near the groundverified
Mulberry TreenounMWEany of several trees of the genus Morus having edible fruit that resembles the blackberryverified
Mule FatnounMWECalifornia shrub with slender leafy shoots that are important browse for mule deerverified
Mule's EarsnounMWEbalsamic-resinous herb with clumps of lanceolate leaves and stout leafy stems ending in large deep yellow flowers on long stalksverified
Mulleinnounany of various plants of the genus Verbascum having large usually woolly leaves and terminal spikes of yellow or white or purplish flowersverified
Mullein PinknounMWEan old cottage garden plant of southeastern Europe widely cultivated for its attractive white woolly foliage and showy crimson flowersverified
Mullernouna heavy tool of stone or iron (usually with a flat base and a handle) that is used to grind and mix material (as grain or drugs or pigments) against a slab of stoneverified
Mullionnouna nonstructural vertical strip between the casements or panes of a window (or the panels of a screen)verified
Multi-Billionairenouna very rich person whose material wealth is valued at many billions of dollarsverified
Multi-factor authenticationnounMWEThe process of using two or more factors to achieve authentication. Factors include something you know (e.g., password or personal identification number); something you have (e.g., cryptographic identification device or token); and something you are (e.g., biometric).Control
Multi-HomednounYou are "multi-homed" if your network is directly connected to two or more ISP's.Network
Multi-Hop ProblemnounMWEThe security risks resulting from a mobile software agent visiting several platforms.Vulnerability
Multi-ReleasablenounA characteristic of an information domain where access control mechanisms enforce policy-based release of information to authorized users within the information domain.RequirementRegulatedCUI
Multicollinearitynouna case of multiple regression in which the predictor variables are themselves highly correlatedverified
Multiculturalismnounthe doctrine that several different cultures (rather than one national culture) can coexist peacefully and equitably in a single countryverified
Multidimensional LanguagenounMWEa programming language whose expressions are assembled in more than one dimensionverified
Multifocal IolnounMWEa type of lens implant that contains several rings with a common center and adjusts for near or far visionverified
Multifocal Lens ImplantnounMWEa type of lens implant that contains several rings with a common center and adjusts for near or far visionverified
Multilateral netting settlement systemnounMWEMultilateral netting is an arrangement among three or more parties to net their obligations. In these settlement systems transfers are irrevocable but are only final after the completion of end-of-day-settlement.SystemRegulated
Multilevel DevicenounMWEEquipment trusted to properly maintain and separate data of different security domains.SystemRegulatedCUI
Multilevel ModenounMWEMode of operation wherein all the following statements are satisfied concerning the users who have direct or indirect access to the system, its peripherals, remote terminals, or remote hosts: 1) some users do not have a valid security clearance for all the information processed in the information system; 2) all users have the proper security clearance and appropriate formal access approval for that information to which they have access; and 3) all users have a valid need-to-know only for information to which they have access.ProcessRegulatedCUI
Multilevel SecuritynounMWEConcept of processing information with different classifications and categories that simultaneously permits access by users with different security clearances and denies access to users who lack authorization.CapabilityRegulatedCUI
Multimedianountransmission that combine media of communication (text and graphics and sound etc.)verified
Multimedia SystemnounMWEtransmission that combine media of communication (text and graphics and sound etc.)verified
Multiple CorrelationnounMWEa statistical technique that predicts values of one variable on the basis of two or more other variablesverified
Multiple Correlation CoefficientnounMWEan estimate of the combined influence of two or more variables on the observed (dependent) variableverified
Multiple FruitnounMWEfruit consisting of many individual small fruits or drupes derived from separate ovaries within a common receptacle: e.g. blackberryverified
Multiple PersonalitynounMWEa relatively rare dissociative disorder in which the usual integrity of the personality breaks down and two or more independent personalities emergeverified
Multiple RegressionnounMWEa statistical technique that predicts values of one variable on the basis of two or more other variablesverified
Multiple SclerosisnounMWEa chronic progressive nervous disorder involving loss of myelin sheath around certain nerve fibersverified