Mommy vs. Mummy

A mother.

The dead body of a human or animal that has been embalmed and prepared for burial, as according to the practices of the ancient Egyptians.

Mother.

A withered, shrunken, or well-preserved body that resembles an embalmed body.

To treat someone like a mother would; to mother someone.

Mother.

Characteristic of a mother; motherly.

(countable) An embalmed human or animal corpse wrapped in linen bandages for burial, especially as practised by the ancient Egyptians and some Native American tribes.

Informal terms for a mother

A reanimated embalmed human corpse, as a stock character in horror films.

Any naturally preserved human or animal body.

A brown pigment originally prepared from the ground-up remains of Egyptian animal or human mummies mixed with bitumen, etc.

A pulp.

A substance used in medicine, prepared from mummified flesh.

A sort of wax used in grafting.

Mother.

To mummify.

A dead body embalmed and dried after the manner of the ancient Egyptians; also, a body preserved, by any means, in a dry state, from the process of putrefaction.

Dried flesh of a mummy.

A gummy liquor that exudes from embalmed flesh when heated; - formerly supposed to have magical and medicinal properties.

A brown color obtained from bitumen. See Mummy brown (below).

A sort of wax used in grafting, etc.

One whose affections and energies are withered.

To embalm; to mummify.

Informal terms for a mother

A body embalmed and dried and wrapped for burial (as in ancient Egypt)