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   M. J. Schleiden
         n 1: German physiologist and histologist who in 1838 formulated
               the cell theory (1804-1881) [syn: {Schleiden}, {Matthias
               Schleiden}, {M. J. Schleiden}]

English Dictionary: maculate by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
machilid
n
  1. wingless insect living in dark moist places as under dead tree trunks; they make erratic leaps when disturbed
    Synonym(s): jumping bristletail, machilid
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Machilidae
n
  1. jumping bristletails [syn: Machilidae, {family Machilidae}]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Macleod
n
  1. Scottish physiologist who directed the research by F. G. Banting and C. H. Best that led to the discovery of insulin (1876-1935)
    Synonym(s): Macleod, John Macleod, John James Rickard Macleod
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
maculate
adj
  1. morally blemished; stained or impure [syn: defiled, maculate]
  2. spotted or blotched
v
  1. make dirty or spotty, as by exposure to air; also used metaphorically; "The silver was tarnished by the long exposure to the air"; "Her reputation was sullied after the affair with a married man"
    Synonym(s): tarnish, stain, maculate, sully, defile
  2. spot, stain, or pollute; "The townspeople defiled the river by emptying raw sewage into it"
    Synonym(s): foul, befoul, defile, maculate
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
maculation
n
  1. a small contrasting part of something; "a bald spot"; "a leopard's spots"; "a patch of clouds"; "patches of thin ice"; "a fleck of red"
    Synonym(s): spot, speckle, dapple, patch, fleck, maculation
  2. the act of spotting or staining something
    Synonym(s): staining, spotting, maculation
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
maquiladora
n
  1. an assembly plant in Mexico (near the United States border); parts are shipped into Mexico and the finished product is shipped back across the border
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
mass culture
n
  1. the culture that is widely disseminated via the mass media
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maxillodental
adj
  1. of or relating to the upper jaw and its associated teeth
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
megalith
n
  1. memorial consisting of a very large stone forming part of a prehistoric structure (especially in western Europe)
    Synonym(s): megalith, megalithic structure
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
megalithic
adj
  1. of or relating to megaliths or the people who erected megaliths; "megalithic monuments like Stonehenge"
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megalithic structure
n
  1. memorial consisting of a very large stone forming part of a prehistoric structure (especially in western Europe)
    Synonym(s): megalith, megalithic structure
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
mesolithic
adj
  1. of or relating to a middle period of the Stone Age (following the paleolithic)
n
  1. middle part of the Stone Age beginning about 15,000 years ago
    Synonym(s): Mesolithic Age, Mesolithic, Epipaleolithic
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Mesolithic Age
n
  1. middle part of the Stone Age beginning about 15,000 years ago
    Synonym(s): Mesolithic Age, Mesolithic, Epipaleolithic
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
mexiletine
n
  1. antiarrhythmic drug (trade name Mexitil) used to treat ventricular arrhythmias
    Synonym(s): mexiletine, Mexitil
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Michel de Notredame
n
  1. French astrologer who wrote cryptic predictions whose interpretations are still being debated (1503-1566)
    Synonym(s): Nostradamus, Michel de Notredame
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Miguel de Cervantes
n
  1. Spanish writer best remembered for `Don Quixote' which satirizes chivalry and influenced the development of the novel form (1547-1616)
    Synonym(s): Cervantes, Miguel de Cervantes, Cervantes Saavedra, Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra
n
  1. Spanish writer best remembered for `Don Quixote' which satirizes chivalry and influenced the development of the novel form (1547-1616)
    Synonym(s): Cervantes, Miguel de Cervantes, Cervantes Saavedra, Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
mislaid
adj
  1. lost temporarily; as especially put in an unaccustomed or forgotten place; "the mislaid hat turned up eventually"; "misplaced tickets"
    Synonym(s): mislaid, misplaced
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
mislead
v
  1. lead someone in the wrong direction or give someone wrong directions; "The pedestrian misdirected the out-of-town driver"
    Synonym(s): mislead, misdirect, misguide, lead astray
  2. give false or misleading information to
    Synonym(s): misinform, mislead
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
misleader
n
  1. someone who leads astray (often deliberately)
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
misleading
adj
  1. designed to deceive or mislead either deliberately or inadvertently; "the deceptive calm in the eye of the storm"; "deliberately deceptive packaging"; "a misleading similarity"; "statistics can be presented in ways that are misleading"; "shoddy business practices"
    Synonym(s): deceptive, misleading, shoddy
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
misleadingly
adv
  1. in a misleading way; "the exam looked deceptively easy"
    Synonym(s): deceptively, deceivingly, misleadingly
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
missel thrush
n
  1. large European thrush that feeds on mistletoe berries [syn: missel thrush, mistle thrush, mistletoe thrush, Turdus viscivorus]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
missile defence system
n
  1. naval weaponry providing a defense system [syn: {missile defense system}, missile defence system]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
missile defense system
n
  1. naval weaponry providing a defense system [syn: {missile defense system}, missile defence system]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Mugilidae
n
  1. grey mullets
    Synonym(s): Mugilidae, family Mugilidae
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Mugiloidea
n
  1. fishes distinguished by abdominal pelvic fins: families Mugilidae; Atherinidae; Sphyraenidae
    Synonym(s): Mugiloidea, suborder Mugiloidea
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
muscle tone
n
  1. normal tonicity of the muscles; "exercise improves muscle tone"
    Synonym(s): muscular tonus, muscle tone
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
musculature
n
  1. the muscular system of an organism [syn: {muscular structure}, musculature, muscle system]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Turkey \Tur"key\, n.; pl. {Turkeys}. [So called because it was
      formerly erroneously believed that it came originally from
      Turkey: cf. F. Turquie Turkey. See {Turk}.] (Zo[94]l.)
      Any large American gallinaceous bird belonging to the genus
      {Meleagris}, especially the North American wild turkey
      ({Meleagris gallopavo}), and the domestic turkey, which was
      probably derived from the Mexican wild turkey, but had been
      domesticated by the Indians long before the discovery of
      America.
  
      Note: The Mexican wild turkey is now considered a variety of
               the northern species (var. Mexicana). Its tall feathers
               and coverts are tipped with white instead of brownish
               chestnut, and its flesh is white. The Central American,
               or ocellated, turkey ({M. ocellata}) is more elegantly
               colored than the common species. See under {Ocellated}.
               The Australian, or native, turkey is a bustard
               ({Choriotis australis}). See under {Native}.
  
      {Turkey beard} (Bot.), a name of certain American perennial
            liliaceous herbs of the genus {Xerophyllum}. They have a
            dense tuft of hard, narrowly linear radical leaves, and a
            long raceme of small whitish flowers. Also called
            {turkey's beard}.
  
      {Turkey berry} (Bot.), a West Indian name for the fruit of
            certain kinds of nightshade ({Solanum mammosum}, and {S.
            torvum}).
  
      {Turkey bird} (Zo[94]l.), the wryneck. So called because it
            erects and ruffles the feathers of its neck when
            disturbed. [Prov. Eng.]
  
      {Turkey buzzard} (Zo[94]l.), a black or nearly black buzzard
            ({Cathartes aura}), abundant in the Southern United
            States. It is so called because its naked and warty head
            and neck resemble those of a turkey. Its is noted for its
            high and graceful flight. Called also {turkey vulture}.
  
      {Turkey cock} (Zo[94]l.), a male turkey.
  
      {Turkey hen} (Zo[94]l.), a female turkey.
  
      {Turkey pout} (Zo[94]l.), a young turkey. [R.]
  
      {Turkey vulture} (Zo[94]l.), the turkey buzzard.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Macled \Ma"cled\, a.
      1. (Min.)
            (a) Marked like macle (chiastolite).
            (b) Having a twin structure. See {Twin}, a.
  
      2. See {Mascled}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Maculate \Mac"u*late\, v. t. [L. maculatus, p. p. of maculare to
      spot. See {Macula}, and cf. {Macule}, v.]
      To spot; to stain; to blur.
  
               Maculate the honor of their people.         --Sir T.
                                                                              Elyot.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Maculate \Mac"u*late\, a. [L. maculatus, p. p.]
      Marked with spots or macul[91]; blotched; hence, defiled;
      impure; as, most maculate thoughts. --Shak.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Maculated \Mac"u*la`ted\, a.
      Having spots or blotches; maculate.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Maculation \Mac"u*la"tion\, n. [L. maculatio.]
      The act of spotting; a spot; a blemish. --Shak.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Maculatory \Mac"u*la*to*ry\, a.
      Causing a spot or stain. --T. Adams.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Maculature \Mac"u*la*ture\, n.
      Blotting paper. [Obs.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Mascled \Mas"cled\ (-k'ld), a.
      Composed of, or covered with, lozenge-shaped scales; having
      lozenge-shaped divisions.
  
      {Mascled armor}, armor composed of small lozenge-shaped
            scales of metal fastened on a foundation of leather or
            quilted cloth.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Mascled \Mas"cled\ (-k'ld), a.
      Composed of, or covered with, lozenge-shaped scales; having
      lozenge-shaped divisions.
  
      {Mascled armor}, armor composed of small lozenge-shaped
            scales of metal fastened on a foundation of leather or
            quilted cloth.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Masculate \Mas"cu*late\, v. t. [L. masculus male, masculine.]
      To make strong. [Obs.] --Cockeram.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Maxilloturbinal \Max*il`lo*tur`bi*nal\, a. [Maxilla + turbinal.]
      (Anat.)
      Pertaining to the maxillary and turbinal regions of the
      skull. -- n. The maxillo-turbinal, or inferior turbinate,
      bone.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Measled \Mea"sled\, a. [See 2d {Measles}.]
      Infected or spotted with measles, as pork. --
      {Mea"sled*ness}, n.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Measled \Mea"sled\, a. [See 2d {Measles}.]
      Infected or spotted with measles, as pork. --
      {Mea"sled*ness}, n.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Megalethoscope \Meg`a*leth"o*scope\, n. [Mega- + alethoscope.]
      An optical apparatus in which pictures are viewed through a
      large lens with stereoptical effects. It is often combined
      with the stereoscope.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Megalith \Meg"a*lith\, n. [Mega- + -lith; cf. F. m[82]galithe.]
      A large stone; especially, a large stone used in ancient
      building. -- {Meg`a*lith"ic}, a.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Megalith \Meg"a*lith\, n. [Mega- + -lith; cf. F. m[82]galithe.]
      A large stone; especially, a large stone used in ancient
      building. -- {Meg`a*lith"ic}, a.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Mesolite \Mes"o*lite\ (?; 277), n. [Meso- + -lite.] (Min.)
      A zeolitic mineral, grayish white or yellowish, occuring in
      delicate groups of crystals, also fibrous massive. It is a
      hydrous silicate of alumina, lime, and soda.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Miquelet \Miq"ue*let\, n. [Sp. miquelete.] (Mil.)
      An irregular or partisan soldier; a bandit.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Misallied \Mis`al*lied"\, a.
      Wrongly allied or associated.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Misallotment \Mis`al*lot"ment\, n.
      A wrong allotment.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Misalter \Mis*al"ter\, v. t.
      To alter wrongly; esp., to alter for the worse. --Bp. Hall.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Mislay \Mis*lay"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Mislaid}; p. pr. & vb.
      n. {Mislaying}.]
      1. To lay in a wrong place; to ascribe to a wrong source.
  
                     The fault is generally mislaid upon nature. --Locke.
  
      2. To lay in a place not recollected; to lose.
  
                     The . . . charter, indeed, was unfortunately
                     mislaid: and the prayer of their petition was to
                     obtain one of like import in its stead. --Hallam.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Mislead \Mis*lead"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Misled}; p. pr. & vb.
      n. {Misleading}.] [AS. misl[?]dan. See {Mis-}, and {Lead} to
      conduct.]
      To lead into a wrong way or path; to lead astray; to guide
      into error; to cause to mistake; to deceive.
  
               Trust not servants who mislead or misinform you.
                                                                              --Bacon.
  
               To give due light To the mislead and lonely traveler.
                                                                              --Milton.
  
      Syn: To delude; deceive. See {Deceive}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Misleader \Mis*lead"er\, n.
      One who leads into error.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Misleading \Mis*lead"ing\, a.
      Leading astray; delusive.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Mislead \Mis*lead"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Misled}; p. pr. & vb.
      n. {Misleading}.] [AS. misl[?]dan. See {Mis-}, and {Lead} to
      conduct.]
      To lead into a wrong way or path; to lead astray; to guide
      into error; to cause to mistake; to deceive.
  
               Trust not servants who mislead or misinform you.
                                                                              --Bacon.
  
               To give due light To the mislead and lonely traveler.
                                                                              --Milton.
  
      Syn: To delude; deceive. See {Deceive}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Misled \Mis*led"\,
      imp. & p. p. of {Mislead}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Misle \Mi"sle\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Misled}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Misling}.] [Prop. mistle, fr. mist. Cf. {Mistle}, {Mizzle}.]
      To rain in very fine drops, like a thick mist; to mizzle.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Mislead \Mis*lead"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Misled}; p. pr. & vb.
      n. {Misleading}.] [AS. misl[?]dan. See {Mis-}, and {Lead} to
      conduct.]
      To lead into a wrong way or path; to lead astray; to guide
      into error; to cause to mistake; to deceive.
  
               Trust not servants who mislead or misinform you.
                                                                              --Bacon.
  
               To give due light To the mislead and lonely traveler.
                                                                              --Milton.
  
      Syn: To delude; deceive. See {Deceive}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Mistletoe \Mis"tle*toe\, n. [AS. mistelt[be]n; mistel mistletoe
      + t[be]n twig. AS. mistel is akin of D., G., Dan. & Sw.
      mistel, OHG. mistil, Icel. mistilteinn; and AS. t[be]n to D.
      teen, OHG. zein, Icel. teinn, Goth. tains. Cf. {Missel}.]
      (Bot.)
      A parasitic evergreen plant of Europe (Viscum album), bearing
      a glutinous fruit. When found upon the oak, where it is rare,
      it was an object of superstitious regard among the Druids. A
      bird lime is prepared from its fruit. [Written also
      {misletoe}, {misseltoe}, and {mistleto}.] --Lindley. Loudon.
  
      Note: The mistletoe of the United States is {Phoradendron
               flavescens}, having broader leaves than the European
               kind. In different regions various similar plants are
               called by this name.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Misletoe \Mis"le*toe\, n.
      See {Mistletoe}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Mistletoe \Mis"tle*toe\, n. [AS. mistelt[be]n; mistel mistletoe
      + t[be]n twig. AS. mistel is akin of D., G., Dan. & Sw.
      mistel, OHG. mistil, Icel. mistilteinn; and AS. t[be]n to D.
      teen, OHG. zein, Icel. teinn, Goth. tains. Cf. {Missel}.]
      (Bot.)
      A parasitic evergreen plant of Europe (Viscum album), bearing
      a glutinous fruit. When found upon the oak, where it is rare,
      it was an object of superstitious regard among the Druids. A
      bird lime is prepared from its fruit. [Written also
      {misletoe}, {misseltoe}, and {mistleto}.] --Lindley. Loudon.
  
      Note: The mistletoe of the United States is {Phoradendron
               flavescens}, having broader leaves than the European
               kind. In different regions various similar plants are
               called by this name.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Misletoe \Mis"le*toe\, n.
      See {Mistletoe}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Mislodge \Mis*lodge"\, v. t.
      To lodge amiss. [Obs.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Missel \Mis"sel\, n.
      Mistletoe. [Obs.]
  
      {Missel bird}, {Missel thrush} (Zo[94]l.), a large European
            thrush ({Turdus viscivorus}) which feeds on the berries of
            the mistletoe; -- called also {mistletoe thrush} and
            missel.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Misseldine \Mis"sel*dine\, n. [See {Mistletoe}.] [Written also
      {misselden}.]
      The mistletoe. [Obs.] --Baret.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Misseldine \Mis"sel*dine\, n. [See {Mistletoe}.] [Written also
      {misselden}.]
      The mistletoe. [Obs.] --Baret.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Misseltoe \Mis"sel*toe\, n.
      See {Mistletoe}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Mistletoe \Mis"tle*toe\, n. [AS. mistelt[be]n; mistel mistletoe
      + t[be]n twig. AS. mistel is akin of D., G., Dan. & Sw.
      mistel, OHG. mistil, Icel. mistilteinn; and AS. t[be]n to D.
      teen, OHG. zein, Icel. teinn, Goth. tains. Cf. {Missel}.]
      (Bot.)
      A parasitic evergreen plant of Europe (Viscum album), bearing
      a glutinous fruit. When found upon the oak, where it is rare,
      it was an object of superstitious regard among the Druids. A
      bird lime is prepared from its fruit. [Written also
      {misletoe}, {misseltoe}, and {mistleto}.] --Lindley. Loudon.
  
      Note: The mistletoe of the United States is {Phoradendron
               flavescens}, having broader leaves than the European
               kind. In different regions various similar plants are
               called by this name.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Misseltoe \Mis"sel*toe\, n.
      See {Mistletoe}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Mistletoe \Mis"tle*toe\, n. [AS. mistelt[be]n; mistel mistletoe
      + t[be]n twig. AS. mistel is akin of D., G., Dan. & Sw.
      mistel, OHG. mistil, Icel. mistilteinn; and AS. t[be]n to D.
      teen, OHG. zein, Icel. teinn, Goth. tains. Cf. {Missel}.]
      (Bot.)
      A parasitic evergreen plant of Europe (Viscum album), bearing
      a glutinous fruit. When found upon the oak, where it is rare,
      it was an object of superstitious regard among the Druids. A
      bird lime is prepared from its fruit. [Written also
      {misletoe}, {misseltoe}, and {mistleto}.] --Lindley. Loudon.
  
      Note: The mistletoe of the United States is {Phoradendron
               flavescens}, having broader leaves than the European
               kind. In different regions various similar plants are
               called by this name.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Mixolydian mode \Mix`o*lyd"i*an mode`\ [Gr. [?] a mixing + E.
      Lydian.] (Mus.)
      The seventh ecclesiastical mode, whose scale commences on G.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Mizzle \Miz"zle\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Mizzled}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Mizzling}.] [See {Misle}, and cf. {Mistle}.]
      1. To rain in very fine drops.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Lead \Lead\ (l[ecr]d), n. [OE. led, leed, lead, AS. le[a0]d;
      akin to D. lood, MHG. l[omac]t, G. loth plummet, sounding
      lead, small weight, Sw. & Dan. lod. [root]123]
      1. (Chem.) One of the elements, a heavy, pliable, inelastic
            metal, having a bright, bluish color, but easily
            tarnished. It is both malleable and ductile, though with
            little tenacity, and is used for tubes, sheets, bullets,
            etc. Its specific gravity is 11.37. It is easily fusible,
            forms alloys with other metals, and is an ingredient of
            solder and type metal. Atomic weight, 206.4. Symbol Pb (L.
            Plumbum). It is chiefly obtained from the mineral galena,
            lead sulphide.
  
      2. An article made of lead or an alloy of lead; as:
            (a) A plummet or mass of lead, used in sounding at sea.
            (b) (Print.) A thin strip of type metal, used to separate
                  lines of type in printing.
            (c) Sheets or plates of lead used as a covering for roofs;
                  hence, pl., a roof covered with lead sheets or terne
                  plates.
  
                           I would have the tower two stories, and goodly
                           leads upon the top.                     --Bacon
  
      3. A small cylinder of black lead or plumbago, used in
            pencils.
  
      {Black lead}, graphite or plumbago; -- so called from its
            leadlike appearance and streak. [Colloq.]
  
      {Coasting lead}, a sounding lead intermediate in weight
            between a hand lead and deep-sea lead.
  
      {Deep-sea lead}, the heaviest of sounding leads, used in
            water exceeding a hundred fathoms in depth. --Ham. Nav.
            Encyc.
  
      {Hand lead}, a small lead use for sounding in shallow water.
           
  
      {Krems lead}, {Kremnitz lead} [so called from Krems or
            Kremnitz, in Austria], a pure variety of white lead,
            formed into tablets, and called also {Krems, [or]
            Kremnitz, white}, and {Vienna white}.
  
      {Lead arming}, tallow put in the hollow of a sounding lead.
            See {To arm the lead} (below).
  
      {Lead colic}. See under {Colic}.
  
      {Lead color}, a deep bluish gray color, like tarnished lead.
           
  
      {Lead glance}. (Min.) Same as {Galena}.
  
      {Lead line}
            (a) (Med.) A dark line along the gums produced by a
                  deposit of metallic lead, due to lead poisoning.
            (b) (Naut.) A sounding line.
  
      {Lead mill}, a leaden polishing wheel, used by lapidaries.
  
      {Lead ocher} (Min.), a massive sulphur-yellow oxide of lead.
            Same as {Massicot}.
  
      {Lead pencil}, a pencil of which the marking material is
            graphite (black lead).
  
      {Lead plant} (Bot.), a low leguminous plant, genus {Amorpha}
            ({A. canescens}), found in the Northwestern United States,
            where its presence is supposed to indicate lead ore.
            --Gray.
  
      {Lead tree}.
            (a) (Bot.) A West Indian name for the tropical, leguminous
                  tree, {Leuc[91]na glauca}; -- probably so called from
                  the glaucous color of the foliage.
            (b) (Chem.) Lead crystallized in arborescent forms from a
                  solution of some lead salt, as by suspending a strip
                  of zinc in lead acetate.
  
      {Mock lead}, a miner's term for blende.
  
      {Red lead}, a scarlet, crystalline, granular powder,
            consisting of minium when pure, but commonly containing
            several of the oxides of lead. It is used as a paint or
            cement and also as an ingredient of flint glass.
  
      {Red lead ore} (Min.), crocoite.
  
      {Sugar of lead}, acetate of lead.
  
      {To arm the lead}, to fill the hollow in the bottom of a
            sounding lead with tallow in order to discover the nature
            of the bottom by the substances adhering. --Ham. Nav.
            Encyc.
  
      {To} {cast, [or] heave}, {the lead}, to cast the sounding
            lead for ascertaining the depth of water.
  
      {White lead}, hydrated carbonate of lead, obtained as a
            white, amorphous powder, and much used as an ingredient of
            white paint.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Mock \Mock\, a.
      Imitating reality, but not real; false; counterfeit; assumed;
      sham.
  
               That superior greatness and mock majesty. --Spectator.
  
      {Mock bishop's weed} (Bot.), a genus of slender umbelliferous
            herbs ({Discopleura}) growing in wet places.
  
      {Mock heroic}, burlesquing the heroic; as, a mock heroic
            poem.
  
      {Mock lead}. See {Blende} (
      a ).
  
      {Mock nightingale} (Zo[94]l.), the European blackcap.
  
      {Mock orange} (Bot.), a genus of American and Asiatic shrubs
            ({Philadelphus}), with showy white flowers in panicled
            cymes. {P. coronarius}, from Asia, has fragrant flowers;
            the American kinds are nearly scentless.
  
      {Mock sun}. See {Parhelion}.
  
      {Mock turtle soup}, a soup made of calf's head, veal, or
            other meat, and condiments, in imitation of green turtle
            soup.
  
      {Mock velvet}, a fabric made in imitation of velvet. See
            {Mockado}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Blende \Blende\, n. [G., fr. blenden to blind, dazzle, deceive,
      fr. blind blind. So called either in allusion to its dazzling
      luster; or (Dana) because, though often resembling galena, it
      yields no lead. Cf. {Sphalerite}.] (Min.)
      (a) A mineral, called also {sphalerite}, and by miners {mock
            lead}, {false galena}, and {black-jack}. It is a zinc
            sulphide, but often contains some iron. Its color is
            usually yellow, brown, or black, and its luster resinous.
      (b) A general term for some minerals, chiefly metallic
            sulphides which have a somewhat brilliant but nonmetallic
            luster.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Lead \Lead\ (l[ecr]d), n. [OE. led, leed, lead, AS. le[a0]d;
      akin to D. lood, MHG. l[omac]t, G. loth plummet, sounding
      lead, small weight, Sw. & Dan. lod. [root]123]
      1. (Chem.) One of the elements, a heavy, pliable, inelastic
            metal, having a bright, bluish color, but easily
            tarnished. It is both malleable and ductile, though with
            little tenacity, and is used for tubes, sheets, bullets,
            etc. Its specific gravity is 11.37. It is easily fusible,
            forms alloys with other metals, and is an ingredient of
            solder and type metal. Atomic weight, 206.4. Symbol Pb (L.
            Plumbum). It is chiefly obtained from the mineral galena,
            lead sulphide.
  
      2. An article made of lead or an alloy of lead; as:
            (a) A plummet or mass of lead, used in sounding at sea.
            (b) (Print.) A thin strip of type metal, used to separate
                  lines of type in printing.
            (c) Sheets or plates of lead used as a covering for roofs;
                  hence, pl., a roof covered with lead sheets or terne
                  plates.
  
                           I would have the tower two stories, and goodly
                           leads upon the top.                     --Bacon
  
      3. A small cylinder of black lead or plumbago, used in
            pencils.
  
      {Black lead}, graphite or plumbago; -- so called from its
            leadlike appearance and streak. [Colloq.]
  
      {Coasting lead}, a sounding lead intermediate in weight
            between a hand lead and deep-sea lead.
  
      {Deep-sea lead}, the heaviest of sounding leads, used in
            water exceeding a hundred fathoms in depth. --Ham. Nav.
            Encyc.
  
      {Hand lead}, a small lead use for sounding in shallow water.
           
  
      {Krems lead}, {Kremnitz lead} [so called from Krems or
            Kremnitz, in Austria], a pure variety of white lead,
            formed into tablets, and called also {Krems, [or]
            Kremnitz, white}, and {Vienna white}.
  
      {Lead arming}, tallow put in the hollow of a sounding lead.
            See {To arm the lead} (below).
  
      {Lead colic}. See under {Colic}.
  
      {Lead color}, a deep bluish gray color, like tarnished lead.
           
  
      {Lead glance}. (Min.) Same as {Galena}.
  
      {Lead line}
            (a) (Med.) A dark line along the gums produced by a
                  deposit of metallic lead, due to lead poisoning.
            (b) (Naut.) A sounding line.
  
      {Lead mill}, a leaden polishing wheel, used by lapidaries.
  
      {Lead ocher} (Min.), a massive sulphur-yellow oxide of lead.
            Same as {Massicot}.
  
      {Lead pencil}, a pencil of which the marking material is
            graphite (black lead).
  
      {Lead plant} (Bot.), a low leguminous plant, genus {Amorpha}
            ({A. canescens}), found in the Northwestern United States,
            where its presence is supposed to indicate lead ore.
            --Gray.
  
      {Lead tree}.
            (a) (Bot.) A West Indian name for the tropical, leguminous
                  tree, {Leuc[91]na glauca}; -- probably so called from
                  the glaucous color of the foliage.
            (b) (Chem.) Lead crystallized in arborescent forms from a
                  solution of some lead salt, as by suspending a strip
                  of zinc in lead acetate.
  
      {Mock lead}, a miner's term for blende.
  
      {Red lead}, a scarlet, crystalline, granular powder,
            consisting of minium when pure, but commonly containing
            several of the oxides of lead. It is used as a paint or
            cement and also as an ingredient of flint glass.
  
      {Red lead ore} (Min.), crocoite.
  
      {Sugar of lead}, acetate of lead.
  
      {To arm the lead}, to fill the hollow in the bottom of a
            sounding lead with tallow in order to discover the nature
            of the bottom by the substances adhering. --Ham. Nav.
            Encyc.
  
      {To} {cast, [or] heave}, {the lead}, to cast the sounding
            lead for ascertaining the depth of water.
  
      {White lead}, hydrated carbonate of lead, obtained as a
            white, amorphous powder, and much used as an ingredient of
            white paint.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Mock \Mock\, a.
      Imitating reality, but not real; false; counterfeit; assumed;
      sham.
  
               That superior greatness and mock majesty. --Spectator.
  
      {Mock bishop's weed} (Bot.), a genus of slender umbelliferous
            herbs ({Discopleura}) growing in wet places.
  
      {Mock heroic}, burlesquing the heroic; as, a mock heroic
            poem.
  
      {Mock lead}. See {Blende} (
      a ).
  
      {Mock nightingale} (Zo[94]l.), the European blackcap.
  
      {Mock orange} (Bot.), a genus of American and Asiatic shrubs
            ({Philadelphus}), with showy white flowers in panicled
            cymes. {P. coronarius}, from Asia, has fragrant flowers;
            the American kinds are nearly scentless.
  
      {Mock sun}. See {Parhelion}.
  
      {Mock turtle soup}, a soup made of calf's head, veal, or
            other meat, and condiments, in imitation of green turtle
            soup.
  
      {Mock velvet}, a fabric made in imitation of velvet. See
            {Mockado}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Blende \Blende\, n. [G., fr. blenden to blind, dazzle, deceive,
      fr. blind blind. So called either in allusion to its dazzling
      luster; or (Dana) because, though often resembling galena, it
      yields no lead. Cf. {Sphalerite}.] (Min.)
      (a) A mineral, called also {sphalerite}, and by miners {mock
            lead}, {false galena}, and {black-jack}. It is a zinc
            sulphide, but often contains some iron. Its color is
            usually yellow, brown, or black, and its luster resinous.
      (b) A general term for some minerals, chiefly metallic
            sulphides which have a somewhat brilliant but nonmetallic
            luster.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Muggletonian \Mug`gle*to"ni*an\, n. (Eccl. Hist.)
      One of an extinct sect, named after Ludovic Muggleton, an
      English journeyman tailor, who (about 1657) claimed to be
      inspired. --Eadie.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Mugiloid \Mu"gi*loid\, a. (Zo[94]l.)
      Like or pertaining to the genus Mugil, or family
      {Mugilid[91]}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Muscled \Mus"cled\, a.
      Furnished with muscles; having muscles; as, things well
      muscled.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Musculation \Mus`cu*la"tion\, n. (Anat.)
      The muscular system of an animal, or of any of its parts.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Musculature \Mus"cu*la*ture\, n. [Cf. F. musculature.] (Anat.)
      Musculation.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Mussel \Mus"sel\, n. [See {Muscle}, 3.]
      1. (Zo[94]l.) Any one of many species of marine bivalve
            shells of the genus {Mytilus}, and related genera, of the
            family {Mytid[91]}. The common mussel ({Mytilus edulis};
            see Illust. under {Byssus}), and the larger, or horse,
            mussel ({Modiola modiolus}), inhabiting the shores both of
            Europe and America, are edible. The former is extensively
            used as food in Europe.
  
      2. (Zo[94]l.) Any one of numerous species of {Unio}, and
            related fresh-water genera; -- called also {river mussel}.
            See {Naiad}, and {Unio}.
  
      {Mussel digger} (Zo[94]l.), the grayback whale. See {Gray
            whale}, under {Gray}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Muzzle \Muz"zle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Muzzled}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Muzzling}.] [F. museler.]
      1. To bind the mouth of; to fasten the mouth of, so as to
            prevent biting or eating; hence, figuratively, to bind; to
            sheathe; to restrain from speech or action. [bd]My dagger
            muzzled.[b8] --Shak.
  
                     Thou shalt not muzzle the ox when he treadeth out
                     the corn.                                          --Deut. xxv.
                                                                              4.
  
      2. To fondle with the closed mouth. [Obs.] --L'Estrange.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Myceloid \Myc"e*loid\, a. [Mycelium + -oid.] (Bot.)
      Resembling mycelium.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Myogalid \My*og"a*lid\, n. [Myo- + Gr. [?] a weasel.] (Zo[94]l.)
      One of the {Myogalod[91]}, a family of Insectivora, including
      the desman, and allied species.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Myogalid \My*og"a*lid\, n. [Myo- + Gr. [?] a weasel.] (Zo[94]l.)
      One of the {Myogalod[91]}, a family of Insectivora, including
      the desman, and allied species.

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Maxwelton, WV
      Zip code(s): 24957

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Mc Leod, MT
      Zip code(s): 59052

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Mc Loud, OK
      Zip code(s): 74851

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Mc Louth, KS
      Zip code(s): 66054

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   McCloud, CA (CDP, FIPS 44784)
      Location: 41.25480 N, 122.13521 W
      Population (1990): 1555 (704 housing units)
      Area: 6.3 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water)

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Mccloud, CA
      Zip code(s): 96057

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   McCloud, CA (CDP, FIPS 44784)
      Location: 41.25480 N, 122.13521 W
      Population (1990): 1555 (704 housing units)
      Area: 6.3 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water)

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Mccloud, CA
      Zip code(s): 96057

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Mcleod, ND
      Zip code(s): 58057

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   McLeod County, MN (county, FIPS 85)
      Location: 44.82555 N, 94.27126 W
      Population (1990): 32030 (12391 housing units)
      Area: 1274.1 sq km (land), 35.6 sq km (water)

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   McLoud, OK (town, FIPS 45350)
      Location: 35.41213 N, 97.09810 W
      Population (1990): 2493 (959 housing units)
      Area: 44.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   McLouth, KS (city, FIPS 43900)
      Location: 39.19530 N, 95.20846 W
      Population (1990): 719 (297 housing units)
      Area: 1.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Mickleton, NJ
      Zip code(s): 08056

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Mukilteo, WA (city, FIPS 47735)
      Location: 47.92683 N, 122.30869 W
      Population (1990): 7007 (2817 housing units)
      Area: 7.1 sq km (land), 8.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 98275

From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]:
   missile address n.   See {ICBM address}.
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   missile address
  
      {ICBM address}
  
  

From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
   Makheloth
      assemblies, a station of the Israelites in the desert (Num.
      33:25, 26).
     

From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
   Mikloth
      staves. (1.) An officer under Dodai, in the time of David and
      Solomon (1 Chr. 27:4).
     
         (2.) A Benjamite (1 Chr. 8:32; 9:37, 38).
     

From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:
   Makheloth, assemblies; congregations
  

From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:
   Mikloth, little wants; little voices; looking downward
  
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