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   Mahler
         n 1: Austrian composer and conductor (1860-1911) [syn: {Mahler},
               {Gustav Mahler}]

English Dictionary: Malory by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Mailer
n
  1. United States writer (born in 1923) [syn: Mailer, {Norman Mailer}]
  2. a person who mails something
  3. an advertisement that is sent by mail
  4. a container for something to be mailed
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
malar
n
  1. the arch of bone beneath the eye that forms the prominence of the cheek
    Synonym(s): cheekbone, zygomatic bone, zygomatic, malar, malar bone, jugal bone, os zygomaticum
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
malaria
n
  1. an infective disease caused by sporozoan parasites that are transmitted through the bite of an infected Anopheles mosquito; marked by paroxysms of chills and fever
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Malory
n
  1. English writer who published a translation of romances about King Arthur taken from French and other sources (died in 1471)
    Synonym(s): Malory, Thomas Malory, Sir Thomas Malory
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
mauler
n
  1. a fighter who batters the opponent; "Jack Dempsey was called a mauler"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
miler
n
  1. (used only in combinations) the length of something in miles; "the race was a 30-miler"
  2. a runner in a one-mile race
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
miliaria
n
  1. obstruction of the sweat ducts during high heat and humidity
    Synonym(s): prickly heat, heat rash, miliaria
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Miller
n
  1. United States bandleader of a popular big band (1909-1944)
    Synonym(s): Miller, Glenn Miller, Alton Glenn Miller
  2. United States novelist whose novels were originally banned as pornographic (1891-1980)
    Synonym(s): Miller, Henry Miller, Henry Valentine Miller
  3. United States playwright (1915-2005)
    Synonym(s): Miller, Arthur Miller
  4. someone who works in a mill (especially a grain mill)
  5. machine tool in which metal that is secured to a carriage is fed against rotating cutters that shape it
    Synonym(s): miller, milling machine
  6. any of various moths that have powdery wings
    Synonym(s): moth miller, miller
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
molar
adj
  1. of or pertaining to the grinding teeth in the back of a mammal's mouth; "molar teeth"
  2. designating a solution containing one mole of solute per liter of solution
  3. containing one mole of a substance; "molar weight"
  4. pertaining to large units of behavior; "such molar problems of personality as the ego functions"--R.R. Hunt
    Antonym(s): molecular(a)
n
  1. grinding tooth with a broad crown; located behind the premolars
    Synonym(s): molar, grinder
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Moliere
n
  1. French author of sophisticated comedies (1622-1673) [syn: Moliere, Jean-Baptiste Poquelin]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Muller
n
  1. Swiss chemist who synthesized DDT and discovered its use as an insecticide (1899-1965)
    Synonym(s): Muller, Paul Hermann Muller
  2. Swiss physicist who studied superconductivity (born in 1927)
    Synonym(s): Muller, Karl Alex Muller
  3. German physiologist and anatomist (1801-1858)
    Synonym(s): Muller, Johannes Peter Muller
  4. German mathematician and astronomer (1436-1476)
    Synonym(s): Muller, Johann Muller, Regiomontanus
  5. British philologist (born in Germany) who specialized in Sanskrit (1823-1900)
    Synonym(s): Muller, Max Muller, Friedrich Max Muller
  6. United States geneticist who studied the effects of X-rays on genes (1890-1967)
    Synonym(s): Muller, Hermann Joseph Muller
  7. a reflective thinker characterized by quiet contemplation
    Synonym(s): muser, muller, ponderer, ruminator
  8. a 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 stone
    Synonym(s): pestle, muller, pounder
  9. a vessel in which wine is mulled
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Mylar
n
  1. a thin polyester film
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Malar \Ma"lar\, a. [L. mala the cheek: cf. F. malaire.] (Anat.)
      Of or pertaining to the region of the cheek bone, or to the
      malar bone; jugal.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Malar \Ma"lar\, n. (Anat.)
      The cheek bone, which forms a part of the lower edge of the
      orbit.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Malaria \Ma*la"ri*a\, n. [It., contr. fr. malaaria bad air. See
      {Malice}, and Air.]
      1. Air infected with some noxious substance capable of
            engendering disease; esp., an unhealthy exhalation from
            certain soils, as marshy or wet lands, producing fevers;
            miasma.
  
      Note: The morbific agent in malaria is supposed by some to be
               a vegetable microbe or its spores, and by others to be
               a very minute animal blood parasite (an infusorian).
  
      2. (Med.) A morbid condition produced by exhalations from
            decaying vegetable matter in contact with moisture, giving
            rise to fever and ague and many other symptoms
            characterized by their tendency to recur at definite and
            usually uniform intervals.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Mealy \Meal"y\, a. [Compar. {Mealier}; superl. {Mealiest}.]
      1. Having the qualities of meal; resembling meal; soft, dry,
            and friable; easily reduced to a condition resembling
            meal; as, a mealy potato.
  
      2. Overspread with something that resembles meal; as, the
            mealy wings of an insect. --Shak.
  
      {Mealy bug} (Zo[94]l.), a scale insect ({Coccus adonidum},
            and related species), covered with a white powderlike
            substance. It is a common pest in hothouses.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Mellow \Mel"low\, a. [Compar. {Mellower}; superl. {Mellowest}.]
      [OE. melwe; cf. AS. mearu soft, D. murw, Prov. G. mollig
      soft, D. malsch, and E. meal flour.]
      1. Soft or tender by reason of ripeness; having a tender
            pulp; as, a mellow apple.
  
      2. Hence:
            (a) Easily worked or penetrated; not hard or rigid; as, a
                  mellow soil. [bd]Mellow glebe.[b8] --Drayton
            (b) Not coarse, rough, or harsh; subdued; soft; rich;
                  delicate; -- said of sound, color, flavor, style, etc.
                  [bd]The mellow horn.[b8] --Wordsworth. [bd]The
                  mellow-tasted Burgundy.[b8] --Thomson.
  
                           The tender flush whose mellow stain imbues
                           Heaven with all freaks of light.   --Percival.
  
      3. Well matured; softened by years; genial; jovial.
  
                     May health return to mellow age.         --Wordsworth.
  
                     As merry and mellow an old bachelor as ever followed
                     a hound.                                             --W. Irving.
  
      4. Warmed by liquor; slightly intoxicated. --Addison.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Mewler \Mewl"er\, n.
      One that mewls.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Miliary \Mil"ia*ry\ (?; 277), a. [L. miliarius, fr. milium
      millet: cf. F. miliaire.]
      1. Like millet seeds; as, a miliary eruption.
  
      2. (Med.) Accompanied with an eruption like millet seeds; as,
            a miliary fever.
  
      3. (Zo[94]l.) Small and numerous; as, the miliary tubercles
            of Echini.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Miliary \Mil"ia*ry\, n. (Zo[94]l.)
      One of the small tubercles of Echini.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Miller \Mill"er\ (m[icr]l"[etil]r), n.
      1. One who keeps or attends a flour mill or gristmill.
  
      2. A milling machine.
  
      3. (Zo[94]l.)
            (a) A moth or lepidopterous insect; -- so called because
                  the wings appear as if covered with white dust or
                  powder, like a miller's clothes. Called also {moth
                  miller}.
            (b) The eagle ray.
            (c) The hen harrier. [Prov. Eng.]
  
      {Miller's thumb}. (Zo[94]l.)
            (a) A small fresh-water fish of the genus {Uranidea}
                  (formerly {Cottus}), as the European species ({U.
                  gobio}), and the American ({U. gracilis}); -- called
                  also {bullhead}.
            (b) A small bird, as the gold-crest, chiff-chaff, and
                  long-tailed tit. [Prov. Eng.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Ray \Ray\, n. [F. raie, L. raia. Cf. {Roach}.] (Zo[94]l.)
      (a) Any one of numerous elasmobranch fishes of the order
            Rai[91], including the skates, torpedoes, sawfishes, etc.
      (b) In a restricted sense, any of the broad, flat,
            narrow-tailed species, as the skates and sting rays. See
            {Skate}.
  
      {Bishop ray}, a yellow-spotted, long-tailed eagle ray
            ({Stoasodon n[85]rinari}) of the Southern United States
            and the West Indies.
  
      {Butterfly ray}, a short-tailed American sting ray
            ({Pteroplatea Maclura}), having very broad pectoral fins.
           
  
      {Devil ray}. See {Sea Devil}.
  
      {Eagle ray}, any large ray of the family {Myliobatid[91]}, or
            {[92]tobatid[91]}. The common European species
            ({Myliobatis aquila}) is called also {whip ray}, and
            {miller}.
  
      {Electric ray}, or {Cramp ray}, a torpedo.
  
      {Starry ray}, a common European skate ({Raia radiata}).
  
      {Sting ray}, any one of numerous species of rays of the
            family {Trygonid[91]} having one or more large, sharp,
            barbed dorsal spines on the whiplike tail. Called also
            {stingaree}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Miller \Mill"er\ (m[icr]l"[etil]r), n.
      1. One who keeps or attends a flour mill or gristmill.
  
      2. A milling machine.
  
      3. (Zo[94]l.)
            (a) A moth or lepidopterous insect; -- so called because
                  the wings appear as if covered with white dust or
                  powder, like a miller's clothes. Called also {moth
                  miller}.
            (b) The eagle ray.
            (c) The hen harrier. [Prov. Eng.]
  
      {Miller's thumb}. (Zo[94]l.)
            (a) A small fresh-water fish of the genus {Uranidea}
                  (formerly {Cottus}), as the European species ({U.
                  gobio}), and the American ({U. gracilis}); -- called
                  also {bullhead}.
            (b) A small bird, as the gold-crest, chiff-chaff, and
                  long-tailed tit. [Prov. Eng.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Ray \Ray\, n. [F. raie, L. raia. Cf. {Roach}.] (Zo[94]l.)
      (a) Any one of numerous elasmobranch fishes of the order
            Rai[91], including the skates, torpedoes, sawfishes, etc.
      (b) In a restricted sense, any of the broad, flat,
            narrow-tailed species, as the skates and sting rays. See
            {Skate}.
  
      {Bishop ray}, a yellow-spotted, long-tailed eagle ray
            ({Stoasodon n[85]rinari}) of the Southern United States
            and the West Indies.
  
      {Butterfly ray}, a short-tailed American sting ray
            ({Pteroplatea Maclura}), having very broad pectoral fins.
           
  
      {Devil ray}. See {Sea Devil}.
  
      {Eagle ray}, any large ray of the family {Myliobatid[91]}, or
            {[92]tobatid[91]}. The common European species
            ({Myliobatis aquila}) is called also {whip ray}, and
            {miller}.
  
      {Electric ray}, or {Cramp ray}, a torpedo.
  
      {Starry ray}, a common European skate ({Raia radiata}).
  
      {Sting ray}, any one of numerous species of rays of the
            family {Trygonid[91]} having one or more large, sharp,
            barbed dorsal spines on the whiplike tail. Called also
            {stingaree}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Milliary \Mil"li*a*ry\, n.; pl. {Milliaries}. [L. milliarium.
      See {Milliary}, a.]
      A milestone.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Milliary \Mil"li*a*ry\, a. [L. milliarius containing a thousand,
      fr. mille thousand: cf. F. milliaire milliary. See {Mile}.]
      Of or pertaining to a mile, or to distance by miles; denoting
      a mile or miles.
  
               A milliary column, from which they used to compute the
               distance of all the cities and places of note.
                                                                              --Evelyn.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Millrea \Mill"rea`\, Millree \Mill"ree`\, Millreis \Mill"reis`\,
      n.
      See {Milreis}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Millrea \Mill"rea`\, Millree \Mill"ree`\, Millreis \Mill"reis`\,
      n.
      See {Milreis}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Molar \Mo"lar\, a. [L. moles mass.] (Mech.)
      Of or pertaining to a mass of matter; -- said of the
      properties or motions of masses, as distinguished from those
      of molecules or atoms. --Carpenter.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Molar \Mo"lar\, a. [L. molaris, fr. mola mill, fr. molere to
      grind in a mill. See {Mill} the machine.]
      Having power to grind; grinding; as, the molar teeth; also,
      of or pertaining to the molar teeth. --Bacon.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Molar \Mo"lar\, n. (Anat.)
      Any one of the teeth back of the incisors and canines. The
      molar which replace the deciduous or milk teeth are
      designated as {premolars}, and those which are not preceded
      by deciduous teeth are sometimes called {true molars}. See
      {Tooth}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Molary \Mo"la*ry\, a.
      Same as 2d {Molar}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Mullar \Mul"lar\, n.
      A die, cut in intaglio, for stamping an ornament in relief,
      as upon metal.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Muller \Mull"er\, n.
      1. One who, or that which, mulls.
  
      2. A vessel in which wine, etc., is mulled over a fire.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Muller \Mull"er\, n. [OE. mullen to pulverize, bruise; cf. Icel.
      mylja; prob. akin to E. mold soil. See {Mold} soil, and cf.
      {Mull} dirt.]
      A stone or thick lump of glass, or kind of pestle, flat at
      the bottom, used for grinding pigments or drugs, etc., upon a
      slab of similar material.

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Mallory, NY
      Zip code(s): 13103
   Mallory, WV (CDP, FIPS 50860)
      Location: 37.73479 N, 81.81886 W
      Population (1990): 1126 (429 housing units)
      Area: 19.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Miller, MO (city, FIPS 48242)
      Location: 37.21531 N, 93.84032 W
      Population (1990): 753 (365 housing units)
      Area: 2.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 65707
   Miller, NE (village, FIPS 32130)
      Location: 40.92699 N, 99.39054 W
      Population (1990): 130 (66 housing units)
      Area: 1.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 68858
   Miller, SD (city, FIPS 42460)
      Location: 44.51995 N, 98.98766 W
      Population (1990): 1678 (877 housing units)
      Area: 2.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 57362

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Millry, AL (town, FIPS 48832)
      Location: 31.62587 N, 88.31667 W
      Population (1990): 781 (317 housing units)
      Area: 20.0 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 36558

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Milroy, IN
      Zip code(s): 46156
   Milroy, MN (city, FIPS 42362)
      Location: 44.41738 N, 95.55403 W
      Population (1990): 297 (132 housing units)
      Area: 0.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 56263
   Milroy, PA (CDP, FIPS 50000)
      Location: 40.71484 N, 77.58689 W
      Population (1990): 1456 (600 housing units)
      Area: 1.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 17063

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   Mellor
  
      {Schlaer-Mellor}
  
  
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