Vocabulary : Mushroom to Musicalness
Mushroom : An edible fungus (Agaricus campestris), having a white stalk which bears a convex or oven flattish expanded portion called the pileus. This is whitish and silky or somewhat scaly above, and bears on the under side radiating gills which are at first flesh-colored, but gradually become brown. The plant grows in rich pastures and is proverbial for rapidity of growth and shortness of duration. It has a pleasant smell, and is largely used as food. It is also cultivated from spawn. ;; Any large fungus, especially one of the genus Agaricus; a toadstool. Several species are edible; but many are very poisonous. ;; One who rises suddenly from a low condition in life; an upstart. ;; Of or pertaining to mushrooms; as, mushroom catchup. ;; Resembling mushrooms in rapidity of growth and shortness of duration; short-lived; ephemerial; as, mushroom cities.Mushroom-headed : Having a cylindrical body with a convex head of larger diameter; having a head like that of a mushroom.
Mushy : Soft like mush; figuratively, good-naturedly weak and effusive; weakly sentimental.
Music : The science and the art of tones, or musical sounds, i. e., sounds of higher or lower pitch, begotten of uniform and synchronous vibrations, as of a string at various degrees of tension; the science of harmonical tones which treats of the principles of harmony, or the properties, dependences, and relations of tones to each other; the art of combining tones in a manner to please the ear. ;; Melody; a rhythmical and otherwise agreeable succession of tones. ;; Harmony; an accordant combination of simultaneous tones. ;; The written and printed notation of a musical composition; the score. ;; Love of music; capacity of enjoying music. ;; A more or less musical sound made by many of the lower animals. See Stridulation.
Music drama : An opera in which the text and action are not interrupted by set arias, duets, etc., the music being determined throughout by dramatic appropriateness; musical drama of this character, in general. It involves the use of a kind of melodious declamation, the development of leitmotif, great orchestral elaboration, and a fusion of poetry, music, action, and scene into an organic whole. The term is applied esp. to the later works of Wagner: "Tristan und Isolde," "Die Meistersinger," "Rheingold," "Walkure," "Siegfried," "Gotterdammerung," and "Parsifal."
