English Dictionary: milliardenschwer | by the DICT Development Group |
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Mallard \Mal"lard\, n. [F. malari,fr. m[83]le male + -art =-ard. See {Male}, a., and {-ard}.] 1. (Zo[94]l.) A drake; the male of {Anas boschas}. 2. (Zo[94]l.) A large wild duck ({Anas boschas}) inhabiting both America and Europe. The domestic duck has descended from this species. Called also {greenhead}. | |
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Mallowwort \Mal"low*wort`\ (m[acr]l"l[osl]*w[ucir]rt), n. (Bot.) Any plant of the order {Malvace[91]}. | |
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Meliorate \Mel"io*rate\ (m[emac]l"y[osl]*r[amac]t), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Meliorated} (-r[amac]`t[ecr]d); p. pr. & vb. n. {Meliorating}.] [L. melioratus, p. p. of meliorare to meliorate, fr. melior better; akin to Gr. ma^llon rather, ma`la very. Cf. {Ameliorate}.] To make better; to improve; to ameliorate; to soften; to make more tolerable. Nature by art we nobly meliorate. --Denham. The pure and bening light of revelation has had a meliorating influence on mankind. --Washington. | |
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Meliorate \Mel"io*rate\, v. i. To grow better. | |
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Meliorate \Mel"io*rate\ (m[emac]l"y[osl]*r[amac]t), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Meliorated} (-r[amac]`t[ecr]d); p. pr. & vb. n. {Meliorating}.] [L. melioratus, p. p. of meliorare to meliorate, fr. melior better; akin to Gr. ma^llon rather, ma`la very. Cf. {Ameliorate}.] To make better; to improve; to ameliorate; to soften; to make more tolerable. Nature by art we nobly meliorate. --Denham. The pure and bening light of revelation has had a meliorating influence on mankind. --Washington. | |
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Meliorater \Mel"io*ra`ter\, n. Same as {Meliorator}. | |
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Meliorate \Mel"io*rate\ (m[emac]l"y[osl]*r[amac]t), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Meliorated} (-r[amac]`t[ecr]d); p. pr. & vb. n. {Meliorating}.] [L. melioratus, p. p. of meliorare to meliorate, fr. melior better; akin to Gr. ma^llon rather, ma`la very. Cf. {Ameliorate}.] To make better; to improve; to ameliorate; to soften; to make more tolerable. Nature by art we nobly meliorate. --Denham. The pure and bening light of revelation has had a meliorating influence on mankind. --Washington. | |
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Melioration \Mel`io*ra"tion\, n. [L. melioratio.] The act or operation of meliorating, or the state of being meliorated; improvement. --Bacon. | |
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Meliorator \Mel"io*ra`tor\, n. One who meliorates. | |
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Meliority \Mel*ior"i*ty\, n. [LL. melioritas, fr. L. melior. See {Meliorate}.] The state or quality of being better; melioration. [Obs.] --Bacon. | |
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Millerite \Mil"ler*ite\, n. [From W. H. Miller, of Cambridge, Eng.] (Min.) A sulphide of nickel, commonly occurring in delicate capillary crystals, also in incrustations of a bronze yellow; -- sometimes called {hair pyrites}. | |
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Millerite \Mil"ler*ite\, n. A believer in the doctrine of William Miller (d. 1849), who taught that the end of the world and the second coming of Christ were at hand. | |
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Milord \Mi*lord"\, n. [F. (also It., Sp., Russ.), fr. E. my lord.] Lit., my lord; hence (as used on the Continent), an English nobleman or gentleman. | |
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Sunfish \Sun"fish`\, n. (Zo[94]l.) (a) A very large oceanic plectognath fish ({Mola mola}, {Mola rotunda}, or {Orthagoriscus mola}) having a broad body and a truncated tail. (b) Any one of numerous species of perch-like North American fresh-water fishes of the family {Centrachid[91]}. They have a broad, compressed body, and strong dorsal spines. Among the common species of the Eastern United States are {Lepomis gibbosus} (called also {bream}, {pondfish}, {pumpkin seed}, and {sunny}), the blue sunfish, or dollardee ({L. pallidus}), and the long-eared sunfish ({L. auritus}). Several of the species are called also {pondfish}. (c) The moonfish, or bluntnosed shiner. (d) The opah. (e) The basking, or liver, shark. (f) Any large jellyfish. | |
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{Duck mole}. See under {Duck}. {Golden mole}. See {Chrysochlore}. {Mole cricket} (Zo[94]l.), an orthopterous insect of the genus {Gryllotalpa}, which excavates subterranean galleries, and throws up mounds of earth resembling those of the mole. It is said to do damage by injuring the roots of plants. The common European species ({Gryllotalpa vulgaris}), and the American ({G. borealis}), are the best known. {Mole rat} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of Old World rodents of the genera {Spalax}, {Georychus}, and several allied genera. They are molelike in appearance and habits, and their eyes are small or rudimentary. {Mole shrew} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of short-tailed American shrews of the genus {Blarina}, esp. {B. brevicauda}. {Water mole}, the duck mole. | |
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Slepez \Sle*pez"\, n. [Russ. sliepets'.] (Zo[94]l.) A burrowing rodent ({Spalax typhlus}), native of Russia and Asia Minor. It has the general appearance of a mole, and is destitute of eyes. Called also {mole rat}. | |
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{Duck mole}. See under {Duck}. {Golden mole}. See {Chrysochlore}. {Mole cricket} (Zo[94]l.), an orthopterous insect of the genus {Gryllotalpa}, which excavates subterranean galleries, and throws up mounds of earth resembling those of the mole. It is said to do damage by injuring the roots of plants. The common European species ({Gryllotalpa vulgaris}), and the American ({G. borealis}), are the best known. {Mole rat} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of Old World rodents of the genera {Spalax}, {Georychus}, and several allied genera. They are molelike in appearance and habits, and their eyes are small or rudimentary. {Mole shrew} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of short-tailed American shrews of the genus {Blarina}, esp. {B. brevicauda}. {Water mole}, the duck mole. | |
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Slepez \Sle*pez"\, n. [Russ. sliepets'.] (Zo[94]l.) A burrowing rodent ({Spalax typhlus}), native of Russia and Asia Minor. It has the general appearance of a mole, and is destitute of eyes. Called also {mole rat}. | |
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Mulewort \Mule"wort`\, n. (Bot.) A fern of the genus {Hemionitis}. | |
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Mulierty \Mu"li*er*ty\, n. (Law) Condition of being a mulier; position of one born in lawful wedlock. | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Mallard, IA (city, FIPS 48585) Location: 42.93974 N, 94.68411 W Population (1990): 360 (163 housing units) Area: 1.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 50562 | |
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Melrude, MN Zip code(s): 55766 | |
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Millard, MO (village, FIPS 48134) Location: 40.10713 N, 92.54533 W Population (1990): 71 (33 housing units) Area: 0.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Millard, NE Zip code(s): 68137, 68144 | |
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Millard County, UT (county, FIPS 27) Location: 39.04659 N, 113.10474 W Population (1990): 11333 (4125 housing units) Area: 17067.1 sq km (land), 618.7 sq km (water) | |
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Millerton, IA (city, FIPS 52275) Location: 40.84932 N, 93.30693 W Population (1990): 44 (20 housing units) Area: 0.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 50165 Millerton, NY (village, FIPS 47361) Location: 41.95364 N, 73.51122 W Population (1990): 884 (407 housing units) Area: 1.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 12546 Millerton, OK (town, FIPS 48600) Location: 33.98471 N, 95.01506 W Population (1990): 234 (105 housing units) Area: 5.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Millerton, PA Zip code(s): 16936 |