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   Malayalam
         n 1: a Dravidian language (closely related to Tamil) that is
               spoken in southwestern India

English Dictionary: Melolontha by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Melolontha
n
  1. a genus of Melolonthidae [syn: Melolontha, {genus Melolontha}]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Melolontha melolontha
n
  1. any of various large European beetles destructive to vegetation as both larvae and adult
    Synonym(s): cockchafer, May bug, May beetle, Melolontha melolontha
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
melolonthid beetle
n
  1. any of various beetles of the family (or subfamily) Melolonthidae
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Melolonthidae
n
  1. considered a separate family in some classification systems
    Synonym(s): Melolonthidae, subfamily Melolonthidae
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Mola lanceolata
n
  1. caudal fin has a central projection [syn: sharptail mola, Mola lanceolata]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Malayalam \Ma"la*ya"lam\, n.
      The name given to one the cultivated Dravidian languages,
      closely related to the Tamil. --Yule.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   May \May\, n. [F. Mai, L. Maius; so named in honor of the
      goddess Maia (Gr. [?]), daughter of Atlas and mother of
      Mercury by Jupiter.]
      1. The fifth month of the year, containing thirty-one days.
            --Chaucer.
  
      2. The early part or springtime of life.
  
                     His May of youth, and bloom of lustihood. --Shak.
  
      3. (Bot.) The flowers of the hawthorn; -- so called from
            their time of blossoming; also, the hawthorn.
  
                     The palm and may make country houses gay. --Nash.
  
                     Plumes that micked the may.               --Tennyson.
  
      4. The merrymaking of May Day. --Tennyson.
  
      {Italian may} (Bot.), a shrubby species of {Spir[91]a} ({S.
            hypericifolia}) with many clusters of small white flowers
            along the slender branches.
  
      {May apple} (Bot.), the fruit of an American plant
            ({Podophyllum peltatum}). Also, the plant itself
            (popularly called {mandrake}), which has two lobed leaves,
            and bears a single egg-shaped fruit at the forking. The
            root and leaves, used in medicine, are powerfully drastic.
           
  
      {May beetle}, {May bug} (Zo[94]l.), any one of numerous
            species of large lamellicorn beetles that appear in the
            winged state in May. They belong to {Melolontha}, and
            allied genera. Called also {June beetle}.
  
      {May Day}, the first day of May; -- celebrated in the rustic
            parts of England by the crowning of a May queen with a
            garland, and by dancing about a May pole.
  
      {May dew}, the morning dew of the first day of May, to which
            magical properties were attributed.
  
      {May flower} (Bot.), a plant that flowers in May; also, its
            blossom. See {Mayflower}, in the vocabulary.
  
      {May fly} (Zo[94]l.), any species of {Ephemera}, and allied
            genera; -- so called because the mature flies of many
            species appear in May. See {Ephemeral fly}, under
            {Ephemeral}.
  
      {May game}, any May-day sport.
  
      {May lady}, the queen or lady of May, in old May games.
  
      {May lily} (Bot.), the lily of the valley ({Convallaria
            majalis}).
  
      {May pole}. See {Maypole} in the Vocabulary.
  
      {May queen}, a girl or young woman crowned queen in the
            sports of May Day.
  
      {May thorn}, the hawthorn.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Melolonthidian \Mel`o*lon*thid"i*an\, n. [Gr. [?] the
      cockchafer.] (Zo[94]l.)
      A beetle of the genus {Melolontha}, and allied genera. See
      {May beetle}, under {May}.

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Mililani, HI
      Zip code(s): 96789

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Mililani Town, HI (CDP, FIPS 51050)
      Location: 21.44897 N, 158.01816 W
      Population (1990): 29359 (8900 housing units)
      Area: 10.1 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water)

From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]:
   milliLampson /mil'*-lamp`sn/ n.   A unit of talking speed,
   abbreviated mL.   Most people run about 200 milliLampsons.   The
   eponymous Butler Lampson (a CS theorist and systems implementor
   highly regarded among hackers) goes at 1000.   A few people speak
   faster.   This unit is sometimes used to compare the (sometimes
   widely disparate) rates at which people can generate ideas and
   actually emit them in speech.   For example, noted computer architect
   C. Gordon Bell (designer of the PDP-11) is said, with some awe, to
   think at about 1200 mL but only talk at about 300; he is frequently
   reduced to fragments of sentences as his mouth tries to keep up with
   his speeding brain.
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   millihelen
  
      The amount of beauty required to launch one ship.
  
      (2002-03-19)
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   milliLampson
  
      /mil'*-lamp"sn/ A unit of talking speed, abbreviated mL.   Most
      people run about 200 milliLampsons.   The eponymous Butler
      Lampson (a CS theorist and systems implementor highly regarded
      among hackers) goes at 1000.   A few people speak faster.   This
      unit is sometimes used to compare the (sometimes widely
      disparate) rates at which people can generate ideas and
      actually emit them in speech.   For example, noted computer
      architect C. Gordon Bell (designer of the {PDP-11}) is said,
      with some awe, to think at about 1200 mL but only talk at
      about 300; he is frequently reduced to fragments of sentences
      as his mouth tries to keep up with his speeding brain.
  
      [{Jargon File}]
  
  
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