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   main road
         n 1: a major road for any form of motor transport [syn:
               {highway}, {main road}]

English Dictionary: Monarda didyma by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
main rotor
n
  1. rotor consisting of large rotating airfoils on a single- rotor helicopter that produce the lift to support the helicopter in the air
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main yard
n
  1. yard for a square mainsail
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mannered
adj
  1. having unnatural mannerisms; "brief, mannered and unlifelike idiom"
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manroot
n
  1. tropical American prostrate or climbing herbaceous perennial having an enormous starchy root; sometimes held to be source of the sweet potato
    Synonym(s): wild potato vine, wild sweet potato vine, man-of-the-earth, manroot, scammonyroot, Ipomoea panurata, Ipomoea fastigiata
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
memory device
n
  1. a device that preserves information for retrieval [syn: memory device, storage device]
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memory trace
n
  1. a postulated biochemical change (presumably in neural tissue) that represents a memory
    Synonym(s): engram, memory trace
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Menuridae
n
  1. lyrebirds
    Synonym(s): Menuridae, family Menuridae
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minaret
n
  1. slender tower with balconies
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minor diatonic scale
n
  1. a diatonic scale with notes separated by whole tones except for the 2nd and 3rd and 5th and 6th
    Synonym(s): minor scale, minor diatonic scale
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minor term
n
  1. the term in a syllogism that is the subject of the conclusion
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minor tranquilizer
n
  1. a tranquilizer used to relieve anxiety and reduce tension and irritability
    Synonym(s): minor tranquilizer, minor tranquillizer, minor tranquilliser, antianxiety drug, anxiolytic, anxiolytic drug
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
minor tranquilliser
n
  1. a tranquilizer used to relieve anxiety and reduce tension and irritability
    Synonym(s): minor tranquilizer, minor tranquillizer, minor tranquilliser, antianxiety drug, anxiolytic, anxiolytic drug
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
minor tranquillizer
n
  1. a tranquilizer used to relieve anxiety and reduce tension and irritability
    Synonym(s): minor tranquilizer, minor tranquillizer, minor tranquilliser, antianxiety drug, anxiolytic, anxiolytic drug
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minority
n
  1. a group of people who differ racially or politically from a larger group of which it is a part
  2. being or relating to the smaller in number of two parts; "when the vote was taken they were in the minority"; "he held a minority position"
    Antonym(s): bulk, majority
  3. any age prior to the legal age
    Synonym(s): minority, nonage
    Antonym(s): legal age, majority
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
minority leader
n
  1. leader of the minority party in a legislature
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Minuartia
n
  1. mostly perennial herbs of northern hemisphere often with mat-forming habit; most often placed in genus Arenaria: sandworts
    Synonym(s): Minuartia, genus Minuartia
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Momordica
n
  1. Old World tropical vine [syn: Momordica, {genus Momordica}]
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Momordica balsamina
n
  1. a tropical Old World flowering vine with red or orange warty fruit
    Synonym(s): balsam apple, Momordica balsamina
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Momordica charantia
n
  1. tropical Old World vine with yellow-orange fruit [syn: balsam pear, Momordica charantia]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
monarda
n
  1. any of various aromatic herbs of the genus Monarda [syn: monarda, wild bergamot]
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Monarda citriodora
n
  1. an annual horsemint of central and western United States and northern Mexico
    Synonym(s): lemon mint, horsemint, Monarda citriodora
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Monarda clinopodia
n
  1. perennial herb of North America (New York to Illinois and mountains of Alaska) having aromatic leaves and clusters of yellowish-pink balls
    Synonym(s): basil balm, Monarda clinopodia
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Monarda didyma
n
  1. perennial aromatic herb of eastern North America having variously colored tubular flowers in dense showy heads
    Synonym(s): bee balm, beebalm, bergamot mint, oswego tea, Monarda didyma
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Monarda fistulosa
n
  1. perennial herb of North America [syn: bee balm, beebalm, Monarda fistulosa]
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Monarda pectinata
n
  1. annual of southern United States [syn: {plains lemon monarda}, Monarda pectinata]
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Monarda punctata
n
  1. tall erect perennial or annual having lanceolate leaves and heads of purple-spotted creamy flowers; many subspecies grown from eastern to southwestern United States and in Mexico
    Synonym(s): horsemint, Monarda punctata
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Monardella
n
  1. a genus of fragrant herbs of the family Labiatae in the western United States
    Synonym(s): Monardella, genus Monardella
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Monardella lanceolata
n
  1. fragrant California annual herb having lanceolate leaves and clusters of rose-purple flowers
    Synonym(s): mustang mint, Monardella lanceolata
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
money order
n
  1. a written order for the payment of a sum to a named individual; obtainable and payable at a post office
    Synonym(s): money order, postal order
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
moneywort
n
  1. a loosestrife vine [syn: moneywort, creeping Jenny, creeping Charlie, Lysimachia nummularia]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Monroe Doctrine
n
  1. an American foreign policy opposing interference in the western hemisphere from outside powers
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moonwort
n
  1. of America and Eurasia and Australia [syn: moonwort, common moonwort, Botrychium lunaria]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Main yard \Main" yard`\ (Naut.)
      The yard on which the mainsail is extended, supported by the
      mainmast.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Mannered \Man"nered\, a.
      1. Having a certain way, esp. a polite way, of carrying and
            conducting one's self.
  
                     Give her princely training, that she may be Mannered
                     as she is born.                                 --Shak.
  
      2. Affected with mannerism; marked by excess of some
            characteristic peculiarity.
  
                     His style is in some degree mannered and confined.
                                                                              --Hazlitt.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Manred \Man"red\, Manrent \Man"rent`\, n.
      Homage or service rendered to a superior, as to a lord;
      vassalage. [Obs. or Scots Law] --Jamieson.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Manure \Ma*nure"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Manured}; p. pr. & vb.
      n. {Manuring}.] [Contr, from OF. manuvrer, manovrer, to work
      with the hand, to cultivate by manual labor, F. man[?]uvker.
      See {Manual}, {Ure}, {Opera}, and cf. {Inure}.]
      1. To cultivate by manual labor; to till; hence, to develop
            by culture. [Obs.]
  
                     To whom we gave the strand for to manure. --Surrey.
  
                     Manure thyself then; to thyself be improved; And
                     with vain, outward things be no more moved. --Donne.
  
      2. To apply manure to; to enrich, as land, by the application
            of a fertilizing substance.
  
                     The blood of English shall manure the ground.
                                                                              --Shak.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Memorate \Mem"o*rate\, v. t. [L. memoratus, p. p. of memorare.
      See {Memorable}.]
      To commemorate. [Obs.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Memorative \Mem"o*ra*tive\, a. [Cf. F. m[82]moratif.]
      Commemorative. [Obs.] --Hammond.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   d8Memoria \[d8]Me*mo"ri*a\, n. [L.]
      Memory.
  
      {Memoria technica}, technical memory; a contrivance for
            aiding the memory.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Minaret \Min"a*ret\, n. [Sp. minarete, Ar. man[be]rat lamp,
      lantern, lighthouse, turret, fr. n[be]r to shine.] (Arch.)
      A slender, lofty tower attached to a mosque and surrounded by
      one or more projecting balconies, from which the summon to
      prayer is cried by the muezzin.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Miniard \Min"iard\, a.
      Migniard. [Obs.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Miniardize \Min"iard*ize\, v. t.
      To render delicate or dainty. [Obs.] --Howell.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   See {Major}.
  
      {Minor term of a syllogism} (Logic), the subject of the
            conclusion.

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   Third \Third\, n.
      1. The quotient of a unit divided by three; one of three
            equal parts into which anything is divided.
  
      2. The sixtieth part of a second of time.
  
      3. (Mus.) The third tone of the scale; the mediant.
  
      4. pl. (Law) The third part of the estate of a deceased
            husband, which, by some local laws, the widow is entitled
            to enjoy during her life.
  
      {Major third} (Mus.), an interval of two tones.
  
      {Minor third} (Mus.), an interval of a tone and a half.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Minorate \Mi"nor*ate\, v. t. [L. minoratus; p. p. of minorare to
      diminish, fr. minor, a. See 1st {Minor}.]
      To diminish. [R.] --Sir T. Browne.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Minoration \Mi`nor*a"tion\, n. [L. minoratio: cf. F.
      minoration.]
      A diminution. [R.] --Sir T. Browne.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Minorite \Mi"nor*ite\, n. [L. minor less. Cf. 2d {Minor}, 3.]
      A Franciscan friar.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Minority \Mi*nor"i*ty\, n.; pl. {Minorities}. [Cf. F.
      minorit[82]. See {Minor}, a. & n.]
      1. The state of being a minor, or under age.
  
      2. State of being less or small. [Obs.] --Sir T. Browne.
  
      3. The smaller number; -- opposed to {majority}; as, the
            minority must be ruled by the majority.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Minority \Mi*nor"i*ty\, n.; pl. {Minorities}. [Cf. F.
      minorit[82]. See {Minor}, a. & n.]
      1. The state of being a minor, or under age.
  
      2. State of being less or small. [Obs.] --Sir T. Browne.
  
      3. The smaller number; -- opposed to {majority}; as, the
            minority must be ruled by the majority.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Balsam \Bal"sam\, n. [L. balsamum the balsam tree or its resin,
      Gr. [?]. See {Balm}, n.]
      1. A resin containing more or less of an essential or
            volatile oil.
  
      Note: The balsams are aromatic resinous substances, flowing
               spontaneously or by incision from certain plants. A
               great variety of substances pass under this name, but
               the term is now usually restricted to resins which, in
               addition to a volatile oil, contain benzoic and
               cinnamic acid. Among the true balsams are the balm of
               Gilead, and the balsams of copaiba, Peru, and Tolu.
               There are also many pharmaceutical preparations and
               resinous substances, possessed of a balsamic smell, to
               which the name balsam has been given.
  
      2. (Bot.)
            (a) A species of tree ({Abies balsamea}).
            (b) An annual garden plant ({Impatiens balsamina}) with
                  beautiful flowers; balsamine.
  
      3. Anything that heals, soothes, or restores.
  
                     Was not the people's blessing a balsam to thy blood?
                                                                              --Tennyson.
  
      {Balsam apple} (Bot.), an East Indian plant ({Momordica
            balsamina}), of the gourd family, with red or
            orange-yellow cucumber-shaped fruit of the size of a
            walnut, used as a vulnerary, and in liniments and
            poultices.
  
      {Balsam fir} (Bot.), the American coniferous tree, {Abies
            balsamea}, from which the useful Canada balsam is derived.
           
  
      {Balsam of copaiba}. See {Copaiba}.
  
      {Balsam of Mecca}, balm of Gilead.
  
      {Balsam of Peru}, a reddish brown, syrupy balsam, obtained
            from a Central American tree ({Myroxylon Pereir[91]} and
            used as a stomachic and expectorant, and in the treatment
            of ulcers, etc. It was long supposed to be a product of
            Peru.
  
      {Balsam of Tolu}, a reddish or yellowish brown semisolid or
            solid balsam, obtained from a South American tree
            ({Myroxylon toluiferum}). It is highly fragrant, and is
            used as a stomachic and expectorant.
  
      {Balsam tree}, any tree from which balsam is obtained, esp.
            the {Abies balsamea}.
  
      {Canada balsam}, {Balsam of fir}, Canada turpentine, a
            yellowish, viscid liquid, which, by time and exposure,
            becomes a transparent solid mass. It is obtained from the
            balm of Gilead (or balsam) fir ({Abies balsamea}) by
            breaking the vesicles upon the trunk and branches. See
            {Balm}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Elaterium \El`a*te"ri*um\, n. [L., fr. Gr. [?], neut. of [?]
      driving. See 2d {Elater}.]
      A cathartic substance obtained, in the form of yellowish or
      greenish cakes, as the dried residue of the juice of the wild
      or squirting cucumber ({Ecballium agreste}, formerly called
      {Momordica Elaterium}).

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Oswego tea \Os*we"go tea"\ (Bot.)
      An American aromatic herb ({Monarda didyma}), with showy,
      bright red, labiate flowers.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Bergamot \Ber"ga*mot\ (b[etil]r"g[adot]*m[ocr]t), n. [F.
      bergamote, fr. It. bergamotta; prob. a corruption of Turk.
      beg arm[umac]di a lord's pear.]
      1. (Bot.)
            (a) A tree of the Orange family ({Citrus bergamia}),
                  having a roundish or pear-shaped fruit, from the rind
                  of which an essential oil of delicious odor is
                  extracted, much prized as a perfume. Also, the fruit.
            (b) A variety of mint ({Mentha aquatica, var. glabrata}).
  
      2. The essence or perfume made from the fruit.
  
      3. A variety of pear. --Johnson.
  
      4. A variety of snuff perfumed with bergamot.
  
                     The better hand . . . gives the nose its bergamot.
                                                                              --Cowper.
  
      5. A coarse tapestry, manufactured from flock of cotton or
            hemp, mixed with ox's or goat's hair; -- said to have been
            invented at Bergamo, Italy. Encyc. Brit.
  
      {Wild bergamot} (Bot.), an American herb of the Mint family
            ({Monarda fistulosa}).

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
  
  
      Note:
  
      {Corn mint} is {Mentha arvensis}.
  
      {Horsemint} is {M. sylvestris}, and in the United States
            {Monarda punctata}, which differs from the true mints in
            several respects.
  
      {Mountain mint} is any species of the related genus
            {Pycnanthemum}, common in North America.
  
      {Peppermint} is {M. piperita}.
  
      {Spearmint} is {M. viridis}.
  
      {Water mint} is {M. aquatica}.
  
      {Mint camphor}. (Chem.) See {Menthol}.
  
      {Mint julep}. See {Julep}.
  
      {Mint sauce}, a sauce flavored with spearmint, for meats.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Horsemint \Horse"mint`\, n. (Bot.)
      (a) A coarse American plant of the Mint family ({Monarda
            punctata}).
      (b) In England, the wild mint ({Mentha sylvestris}).

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
  
  
      {Money bill} (Legislation), a bill for raising revenue.
  
      {Money broker}, a broker who deals in different kinds of
            money; one who buys and sells bills of exchange; -- called
            also {money changer}.
  
      {Money cowrie} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of
            {Cypr[91]a} (esp. {C. moneta}) formerly much used as money
            by savage tribes. See {Cowrie}.
  
      {Money of account}, a denomination of value used in keeping
            accounts, for which there may, or may not, be an
            equivalent coin; e. g., the mill is a money of account in
            the United States, but not a coin.
  
      {Money order}, an order for the payment of money;
            specifically, a government order for the payment of money,
            issued at one post office as payable at another; -- called
            also {postal money order}.

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      9. A body of persons having some common honorary distinction
            or rule of obligation; esp., a body of religious persons
            or aggregate of convents living under a common rule; as,
            the Order of the Bath; the Franciscan order.
  
                     Find a barefoot brother out, One of our order, to
                     associate me.                                    --Shak.
  
                     The venerable order of the Knights Templars. --Sir
                                                                              W. Scott.
  
      10. An ecclesiastical grade or rank, as of deacon, priest, or
            bishop; the office of the Christian ministry; -- often
            used in the plural; as, to take orders, or to take holy
            orders, that is, to enter some grade of the ministry.
  
      11. (Arch.) The disposition of a column and its component
            parts, and of the entablature resting upon it, in
            classical architecture; hence (as the column and
            entablature are the characteristic features of classical
            architecture) a style or manner of architectural
            designing.
  
      Note: The Greeks used three different orders, easy to
               distinguish, Doric, Ionic, and Corinthian. The Romans
               added the Tuscan, and changed the Doric so that it is
               hardly recognizable, and also used a modified
               Corinthian called Composite. The Renaissance writers on
               architecture recognized five orders as orthodox or
               classical, -- Doric (the Roman sort), Ionic, Tuscan,
               Corinthian, and Composite. See Illust. of {Capital}.
  
      12. (Nat. Hist.) An assemblage of genera having certain
            important characters in common; as, the Carnivora and
            Insectivora are orders of Mammalia.
  
      Note: The Linn[91]an artificial orders of plants rested
               mainly on identity in the numer of pistils, or
               agreement in some one character. Natural orders are
               groups of genera agreeing in the fundamental plan of
               their flowers and fruit. A natural order is usually (in
               botany) equivalent to a family, and may include several
               tribes.
  
      13. (Rhet.) The placing of words and members in a sentence in
            such a manner as to contribute to force and beauty or
            clearness of expression.
  
      14. (Math.) Rank; degree; thus, the order of a curve or
            surface is the same as the degree of its equation.
  
      {Artificial order} [or] {system}. See {Artificial
            classification}, under {Artificial}, and Note to def. 12
            above.
  
      {Close order} (Mil.), the arrangement of the ranks with a
            distance of about half a pace between them; with a
            distance of about three yards the ranks are in {open
            order}.
  
      {The four Orders}, {The Orders four}, the four orders of
            mendicant friars. See {Friar}. --Chaucer.
  
      {General orders} (Mil.), orders issued which concern the
            whole command, or the troops generally, in distinction
            from special orders.
  
      {Holy orders}.
            (a) (Eccl.) The different grades of the Christian
                  ministry; ordination to the ministry. See def. 10
                  above.
            (b) (R. C. Ch.) A sacrament for the purpose of conferring
                  a special grace on those ordained.
  
      {In order to}, for the purpose of; to the end; as means to.
  
                     The best knowledge is that which is of greatest use
                     in order to our eternal happiness.      --Tillotson.
  
      {Minor orders} (R. C. Ch.), orders beneath the diaconate in
            sacramental dignity, as acolyte, exorcist, reader,
            doorkeeper.
  
      {Money order}. See under {Money}.
  
      {Natural order}. (Bot.) See def. 12, Note.
  
      {Order book}.
            (a) A merchant's book in which orders are entered.
            (b) (Mil.) A book kept at headquarters, in which all
                  orders are recorded for the information of officers
                  and men.
            (c) A book in the House of Commons in which proposed
                  orders must be entered. [Eng.]
  
      {Order in Council}, a royal order issued with and by the
            advice of the Privy Council. [Great Britain]
  
      {Order of battle} (Mil.), the particular disposition given to
            the troops of an army on the field of battle.
  
      {Order of the day}, in legislative bodies, the special
            business appointed for a specified day.
  
      {Order of a differential equation} (Math.), the greatest
            index of differentiation in the equation.
  
      {Sailing orders} (Naut.), the final instructions given to the
            commander of a ship of war before a cruise.
  
      {Sealed orders}, orders sealed, and not to be opened until a
            certain time, or arrival at a certain place, as after a
            ship is at sea.
  
      {Standing order}.
            (a) A continuing regulation for the conduct of
                  parliamentary business.
            (b) (Mil.) An order not subject to change by an officer
                  temporarily in command.
  
      {To give order}, to give command or directions. --Shak.
  
      {To take order for}, to take charge of; to make arrangements
            concerning.
  
                     Whiles I take order for mine own affairs. --Shak.
  
      Syn: Arrangement; management. See {Direction}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Moneywort \Mon"ey*wort`\, n. (Bot.)
      A trailing plant ({Lysimachia Nummularia}), with rounded
      opposite leaves and solitary yellow flowers in their axils.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Monroe doctrine \Mon*roe" doc"trine\
      See under {Doctrine}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Monureid \Mon*u"re*id\, n. [Mon- + ureid.] (Chem.)
      Any one of a series of complex nitrogenous substances
      regarded as derived from one molecule of urea; as, alloxan is
      a monureid. [Written also {monureide}.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Monureid \Mon*u"re*id\, n. [Mon- + ureid.] (Chem.)
      Any one of a series of complex nitrogenous substances
      regarded as derived from one molecule of urea; as, alloxan is
      a monureid. [Written also {monureide}.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Moonwort \Moon"wort`\, n. (Bot.)
            (a) The herb lunary or honesty. See {Honesty}.
            (b) Any fern of the genus {Botrychium}, esp. {B. Lunaria};
                  -- so named from the crescent-shaped segments of its
                  frond.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Honesty \Hon"es*ty\, n. [OE. honeste, oneste, honor, OF.
      honest[82], onest[82] (cf. F. honn[88]tet[82]), L. honestas.
      See {Honest}, a.]
      1. Honor; honorableness; dignity; propriety; suitableness;
            decency. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
  
                     She derives her honesty and achieves her goodness.
                                                                              --Shak.
  
      2. The quality or state of being honest; probity; fairness
            and straightforwardness of conduct, speech, etc.;
            integrity; sincerity; truthfulness; freedom from fraud or
            guile.
  
                     That we may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all
                     godliness and honesty.                        --1 Tim. ii.
                                                                              2.
  
      3. Chastity; modesty. --Chaucer.
  
                     To lay . . . siege to the honesty of this Ford's
                     wife.                                                --Shak.
  
      4. (Bot.) Satin flower; the name of two cruciferous herbs
            having large flat pods, the round shining partitions of
            which are more beautiful than the blossom; -- called also
            {lunary} and {moonwort}. {Lunaria biennis} is common
            honesty; {L. rediva} is perennial honesty.
  
      Syn: Integrity; probity; uprightness; trustiness;
               faithfulness; honor; justice; equity; fairness; candor;
               plain-dealing; veracity; sincerity.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Moonwort \Moon"wort`\, n. (Bot.)
            (a) The herb lunary or honesty. See {Honesty}.
            (b) Any fern of the genus {Botrychium}, esp. {B. Lunaria};
                  -- so named from the crescent-shaped segments of its
                  frond.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Honesty \Hon"es*ty\, n. [OE. honeste, oneste, honor, OF.
      honest[82], onest[82] (cf. F. honn[88]tet[82]), L. honestas.
      See {Honest}, a.]
      1. Honor; honorableness; dignity; propriety; suitableness;
            decency. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
  
                     She derives her honesty and achieves her goodness.
                                                                              --Shak.
  
      2. The quality or state of being honest; probity; fairness
            and straightforwardness of conduct, speech, etc.;
            integrity; sincerity; truthfulness; freedom from fraud or
            guile.
  
                     That we may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all
                     godliness and honesty.                        --1 Tim. ii.
                                                                              2.
  
      3. Chastity; modesty. --Chaucer.
  
                     To lay . . . siege to the honesty of this Ford's
                     wife.                                                --Shak.
  
      4. (Bot.) Satin flower; the name of two cruciferous herbs
            having large flat pods, the round shining partitions of
            which are more beautiful than the blossom; -- called also
            {lunary} and {moonwort}. {Lunaria biennis} is common
            honesty; {L. rediva} is perennial honesty.
  
      Syn: Integrity; probity; uprightness; trustiness;
               faithfulness; honor; justice; equity; fairness; candor;
               plain-dealing; veracity; sincerity.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Muneration \Mu`ner*a"tion\, n. [L. muneratio.]
      Remuneration. [Obs.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Munnerate \Mun"ner*ate\, v. t. [L. muneratus, p. p. of munerare
      to give, bestow, fr. munus a gift.]
      To remunerate.

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Maynard, AR (town, FIPS 44780)
      Location: 36.42185 N, 90.90191 W
      Population (1990): 354 (165 housing units)
      Area: 2.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 72444
   Maynard, IA (city, FIPS 50610)
      Location: 42.77420 N, 91.87691 W
      Population (1990): 513 (237 housing units)
      Area: 2.6 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 50655
   Maynard, MA (CDP, FIPS 39660)
      Location: 42.42565 N, 71.45695 W
      Population (1990): 10325 (4211 housing units)
      Area: 13.6 sq km (land), 0.3 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 01754
   Maynard, MN (city, FIPS 41210)
      Location: 44.90494 N, 95.46715 W
      Population (1990): 419 (182 housing units)
      Area: 1.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 56260

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Maynardville, TN (city, FIPS 46700)
      Location: 36.24690 N, 83.80615 W
      Population (1990): 1298 (544 housing units)
      Area: 14.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 37807

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Menard, TX (city, FIPS 47628)
      Location: 30.91935 N, 99.78410 W
      Population (1990): 1606 (817 housing units)
      Area: 5.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 76859

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Menard County, IL (county, FIPS 129)
      Location: 40.03373 N, 89.79974 W
      Population (1990): 11164 (4650 housing units)
      Area: 814.0 sq km (land), 2.9 sq km (water)
   Menard County, TX (county, FIPS 327)
      Location: 30.89839 N, 99.82256 W
      Population (1990): 2252 (1562 housing units)
      Area: 2336.1 sq km (land), 0.9 sq km (water)

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Monroeton, PA
      Zip code(s): 18832

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   memory address space
  
      1. Any part of a {processor}'s {address space}
      that is occupied by {memory}.
  
      2. The range of addresses seen by a memory device relative to
      the base address at which it is mapped into the processor's
      address space.
  
      (1999-11-01)
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   Memory Type Range Registers
  
      (MTRR) Registers in the {Pentium Pro}
      and {Pentium II} processors that can be used to specify a
      strategy for communication with the external memory and
      {caches} for a number of {physical address} ranges.
  
      Strategies include {write-through}, {write-back}, or
      uncached(?).   Such control is useful where the memory is
      located on a device and is accessed via some kind of device
      bus, e.g. a {PCI} or {AGP} {graphics card}, where caching
      would be of no benefit.
  
      (1999-07-02)
  
  
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