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   maladjusted
         adj 1: poorly adjusted to demands and stresses of daily living;
                  "a maladjusted child" [ant: {adjusted}]
         2: emotionally unstable and having difficulty coping with
            personal relationships [syn: {disturbed}, {maladjusted}]
         3: not well adjusted; "a maladjusted carburetor"

English Dictionary: maltese cross	by the DICT Development Group
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maladjustive adj poorly adjusted
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maladjustment n the condition of being unable to adapt properly to your environment with resulting emotional instability
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maledict adj under a curse Synonym(s): accursed, accurst, maledict v wish harm upon; invoke evil upon; "The bad witch cursed the child" Synonym(s): curse, beshrew, damn, bedamn, anathemize, anathemise, imprecate, maledict Antonym(s): bless
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malediction n the act of calling down a curse that invokes evil (and usually serves as an insult); "he suffered the imprecations of the mob" Synonym(s): imprecation, malediction
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Mallotus n capelins Synonym(s): Mallotus, genus Mallotus
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malt sugar n a white crystalline sugar formed during the digestion of starches Synonym(s): maltose, malt sugar
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malt whiskey n whiskey distilled in Scotland; especially whiskey made from malted barley in a pot still Synonym(s): Scotch, Scotch whiskey, Scotch whisky, malt whiskey, malt whisky, Scotch malt whiskey, Scotch malt whisky
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malt whisky n whiskey distilled in Scotland; especially whiskey made from malted barley in a pot still Synonym(s): Scotch, Scotch whiskey, Scotch whisky, malt whiskey, malt whisky, Scotch malt whiskey, Scotch malt whisky
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Maltese adj of or relating to the island or republic of Malta or its inhabitants; "Maltese customs officers" n a native or inhabitant of Malta the national language of the Republic of Malta; a Semitic language derived from Arabic but with many loan words from Italian, Spanish, and Norman-French Synonym(s): Maltese, Maltese language, Malti a term applied indiscriminately in the United States to any short-haired bluish-grey cat Synonym(s): Maltese, Maltese cat breed of toy dogs having a long straight silky white coat Synonym(s): Maltese dog, Maltese terrier, Maltese
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Maltese cat n a term applied indiscriminately in the United States to any short-haired bluish-grey cat Synonym(s): Maltese, Maltese cat
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maltese cross n Eurasian garden perennial having scarlet flowers in dense terminal heads Synonym(s): scarlet lychnis, maltese cross, Lychins chalcedonica a cross with triangular or arrow-shaped arms and the points toward the center
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Maltese dog n breed of toy dogs having a long straight silky white coat Synonym(s): Maltese dog, Maltese terrier, Maltese
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Maltese language n the national language of the Republic of Malta; a Semitic language derived from Arabic but with many loan words from Italian, Spanish, and Norman-French Synonym(s): Maltese, Maltese language, Malti
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Maltese lira n the basic unit of money on Malta; equal to 100 cents [syn: lira, Maltese lira]
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Maltese monetary unit n monetary unit on Malta
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Maltese terrier n breed of toy dogs having a long straight silky white coat Synonym(s): Maltese dog, Maltese terrier, Maltese
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Malthus n an English economist who argued that increases in population would outgrow increases in the means of subsistence (1766-1834) Synonym(s): Malthus, Thomas Malthus, Thomas Robert Malthus
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Malthusian adj of or relating to Thomas Malthus or to Malthusianism; "Malthusian theories" n a believer in Malthusian theory
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Malthusian theory n Malthus' theory that population increase would outpace increases in the means of subsistence Synonym(s): Malthusianism, Malthusian theory
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Malthusianism n Malthus' theory that population increase would outpace increases in the means of subsistence Synonym(s): Malthusianism, Malthusian theory
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maltose n a white crystalline sugar formed during the digestion of starches Synonym(s): maltose, malt sugar
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maltster n a maker of malt Synonym(s): maltster, maltman
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meal ticket n a source of income or livelihood coupon redeemable at a restaurant and entitling the holder to a meal Synonym(s): meal ticket, luncheon voucher
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melodic adj containing or constituting or characterized by pleasing melody; "the melodious song of a meadowlark" Synonym(s): melodious, melodic, musical Antonym(s): unmelodic, unmelodious, unmusical of or relating to melody; "melodic harmony"
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melodic line n a succession of notes forming a distinctive sequence; "she was humming an air from Beethoven" Synonym(s): tune, melody, air, strain, melodic line, line, melodic phrase
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melodic phrase n a succession of notes forming a distinctive sequence; "she was humming an air from Beethoven" Synonym(s): tune, melody, air, strain, melodic line, line, melodic phrase
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melodic theme n (music) melodic subject of a musical composition; "the theme is announced in the first measures"; "the accompanist picked up the idea and elaborated it" Synonym(s): theme, melodic theme, musical theme, idea
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melodically adv with respect to melody; "melodically interesting themes"
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melodious adj having a musical sound; especially a pleasing tune [syn: tuneful, melodious] Antonym(s): tuneless, unmelodious, untuneful containing or constituting or characterized by pleasing melody; "the melodious song of a meadowlark" Synonym(s): melodious, melodic, musical Antonym(s): unmelodic, unmelodious, unmusical
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melodiously adv in a melodious manner; "she sang melodiously" [syn: melodiously, tunefully] Antonym(s): unmelodiously
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melodiousness n the property of having a melody [syn: melodiousness, tunefulness]
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melodise v supply a melody for Synonym(s): melodize, melodise
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melodize v supply a melody for Synonym(s): melodize, melodise
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mild silver protein n antiseptic consisting of a compound of protein and silver (trade name Argyrol) Synonym(s): mild silver protein, Argyrol
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mild steel n steel with less than 0.15% carbon [syn: mild steel, {low- carbon steel}, soft-cast steel]
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mild-tasting adj having a mild taste
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millidegree n a unit of temperature equal to one-thousandth of a degree
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mulled cider n sweet cider heated with spices and citrus fruit
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Mulloidichthys n a genus of Mullidae [syn: Mulloidichthys, {genus Mulloidichthys}]
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Mulloidichthys martinicus n schooling goatfish; greyish with yellow stripe [syn: yellow goatfish, Mulloidichthys martinicus]
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multi-color adj having sections or patches colored differently and usually brightly; "a jester dressed in motley"; "the painted desert"; "a particolored dress"; "a piebald horse"; "pied daisies" Synonym(s): motley, calico, multicolor, multi-color, multicolour, multi- colour, multicolored, multi-colored, multicoloured, multi-coloured, painted, particolored, particoloured, piebald, pied, varicolored, varicoloured
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multi-colored adj having sections or patches colored differently and usually brightly; "a jester dressed in motley"; "the painted desert"; "a particolored dress"; "a piebald horse"; "pied daisies" Synonym(s): motley, calico, multicolor, multi-color, multicolour, multi- colour, multicolored, multi-colored, multicoloured, multi-coloured, painted, particolored, particoloured, piebald, pied, varicolored, varicoloured
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multi-colour adj having sections or patches colored differently and usually brightly; "a jester dressed in motley"; "the painted desert"; "a particolored dress"; "a piebald horse"; "pied daisies" Synonym(s): motley, calico, multicolor, multi-color, multicolour, multi- colour, multicolored, multi-colored, multicoloured, multi-coloured, painted, particolored, particoloured, piebald, pied, varicolored, varicoloured
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multi-coloured adj having sections or patches colored differently and usually brightly; "a jester dressed in motley"; "the painted desert"; "a particolored dress"; "a piebald horse"; "pied daisies" Synonym(s): motley, calico, multicolor, multi-color, multicolour, multi- colour, multicolored, multi-colored, multicoloured, multi-coloured, painted, particolored, particoloured, piebald, pied, varicolored, varicoloured
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multi-seeded adj having many seeds Synonym(s): multi-seeded, several-seeded
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multi-stemmed adj having many stems
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multicellular adj consisting of many cells; "multicellular organisms"
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multichannel recorder n a recorder with two or more channels; makes continuous records of two or more signals simultaneously
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multicollinearity n a case of multiple regression in which the predictor variables are themselves highly correlated
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multicolor adj having sections or patches colored differently and usually brightly; "a jester dressed in motley"; "the painted desert"; "a particolored dress"; "a piebald horse"; "pied daisies" Synonym(s): motley, calico, multicolor, multi-color, multicolour, multi- colour, multicolored, multi-colored, multicoloured, multi-coloured, painted, particolored, particoloured, piebald, pied, varicolored, varicoloured
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multicolored adj having sections or patches colored differently and usually brightly; "a jester dressed in motley"; "the painted desert"; "a particolored dress"; "a piebald horse"; "pied daisies" Synonym(s): motley, calico, multicolor, multi-color, multicolour, multi- colour, multicolored, multi-colored, multicoloured, multi-coloured, painted, particolored, particoloured, piebald, pied, varicolored, varicoloured
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multicolour adj having sections or patches colored differently and usually brightly; "a jester dressed in motley"; "the painted desert"; "a particolored dress"; "a piebald horse"; "pied daisies" Synonym(s): motley, calico, multicolor, multi-color, multicolour, multi- colour, multicolored, multi-colored, multicoloured, multi-coloured, painted, particolored, particoloured, piebald, pied, varicolored, varicoloured
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multicoloured adj having sections or patches colored differently and usually brightly; "a jester dressed in motley"; "the painted desert"; "a particolored dress"; "a piebald horse"; "pied daisies" Synonym(s): motley, calico, multicolor, multi-color, multicolour, multi- colour, multicolored, multi-colored, multicoloured, multi-coloured, painted, particolored, particoloured, piebald, pied, varicolored, varicoloured
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multicultural adj of or relating to or including several cultures; "a multicultural event"
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multiculturalism n the doctrine that several different cultures (rather than one national culture) can coexist peacefully and equitably in a single country Antonym(s): nationalism
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multistage n occurring in more than one stage
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multistage rocket n a rocket having two or more rocket engines (each with its own fuel) that are fired in succession and jettisoned when the fuel is exhausted Synonym(s): multistage rocket, step rocket
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multistorey adj having more than one story [syn: multistory, multistorey, multistoried]
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multistoried adj having more than one story [syn: multistory, multistorey, multistoried]
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multistory adj having more than one story [syn: multistory, multistorey, multistoried]
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myelitis n inflammation of the spinal cord
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Malady \Mal"a*dy\, n.; pl. {Maladies}. [F. maladie, fr. malade ill, sick, OF. also, malabde, fr. L. male habitus, i. e., ill-kept, not in good condition. See {Malice}, and {Habit}.] 1. Any disease of the human body; a distemper, disorder, or indisposition, proceeding from impaired, defective, or morbid organic functions; especially, a lingering or deep-seated disorder. The maladies of the body may prove medicines to the mind. --Buckminster. 2. A moral or mental defect or disorder. Love's a malady without a cure. --Dryden. Syn: Disorder; distemper; sickness; ailment; disease; illness. See {Disease}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Maladjustment \Mal`ad*just"ment\, n. [Mal- + adjustment.] A bad adjustment.
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Fulmar \Ful"mar\ (f[ucr]lm[aum]r), n. [Icel. f[umac]lm[amac]r. See {foul}, and {Man} a gull.] (Zo[94]l.) One of several species of sea birds, of the family {procellariid[91]}, allied to the albatrosses and petrels. Among the well-known species are the arctic fulmar ({Fulmarus glacialis}) (called also {fulmar petrel}, {malduck}, and {mollemock}), and the giant fulmar ({Ossifraga gigantea}).
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Maledicency \Mal`edi"cency\, n. [L. maledicentia. See {Maledicent}.] Evil speaking. [Obs.] --Atterbury.
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Maledicent \Mal`e*di"cent\, a. [L. maledicens, p. pr. of maledicere to speak ill; male ill + dicere to say, speak. See {Malice}, and {Diction}.] Speaking reproachfully; slanderous. [Obs.] --Sir E. Sandys.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Maledict \Mal"e*dict\, a. [L. maledictus, p. p. of maledicere.] Accursed; abominable. [R.]
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Malediction \Mal`e*dic"tion\, n. [L. maledictio: cf. F. mal[82]diction. See {Maledicent}.] A proclaiming of evil against some one; a cursing; imprecation; a curse or execration; -- opposed to {benediction}. No malediction falls from his tongue. --Longfellow. Syn: Cursing; curse; execration; imprecation; denunciation; anathema. Usage: {Malediction}, {Curse}, {Imprecation}, {Execration}. Malediction is the most general term, denoting bitter reproach, or wishes and predictions of evil. Curse implies the desire or threat of evil, declared upon oath or in the most solemn manner. Imprecation is literally the praying down of evil upon a person. Execration is literally a putting under the ban of excommunication, a curse which excludes from the kingdom of God. In ordinary usage, the last three words describe profane swearing, execration being the strongest.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Kamala \Ka*ma"la\, n. (Bot.) The red dusty hairs of the capsules of an East Indian tree ({Mallotus Philippinensis}) used for dyeing silk. It is violently emetic, and is used in the treatment of tapeworm. [Written also {kameela}.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Mallotus \[d8]Mal*lo"tus\, n. [NL., fr Gr. [?] fleecy.] (Zo[94]l.) A genus of small Arctic fishes. One American species, the capelin ({Mallotus villosus}), is extensively used as bait for cod.
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Capelin \Cape"lin\, n. [Cf. F. capelan, caplan.] (Zo[94]l.) A small marine fish ({Mallotus villosus}) of the family {Salmonid[91]}, very abundant on the coasts of Greenland, Iceland, Newfoundland, and Alaska. It is used as a bait for the cod. [Written also {capelan} and {caplin}.] Note: This fish, which is like a smelt, is called by the Spaniards anchova, and by the Portuguese capelina. --Fisheries of U. S. (1884).
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Malt \Malt\, a. Relating to, containing, or made with, malt. {Malt liquor}, an alcoholic liquor, as beer, ale, porter, etc., prepared by fermenting an infusion of malt. {Malt dust}, fine particles of malt, or of the grain used in making malt; -- used as a fertilizer. [bd] Malt dust consists chiefly of the infant radicle separated from the grain.[b8] --Sir H. Davy. {Malt floor}, a floor for drying malt. {Malt house}, [or] {Malthouse}, a house in which malt is made. {Malt kiln}, a heated chamber for drying malt.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Malt \Malt\, a. Relating to, containing, or made with, malt. {Malt liquor}, an alcoholic liquor, as beer, ale, porter, etc., prepared by fermenting an infusion of malt. {Malt dust}, fine particles of malt, or of the grain used in making malt; -- used as a fertilizer. [bd] Malt dust consists chiefly of the infant radicle separated from the grain.[b8] --Sir H. Davy. {Malt floor}, a floor for drying malt. {Malt house}, [or] {Malthouse}, a house in which malt is made. {Malt kiln}, a heated chamber for drying malt.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Malt \Malt\, a. Relating to, containing, or made with, malt. {Malt liquor}, an alcoholic liquor, as beer, ale, porter, etc., prepared by fermenting an infusion of malt. {Malt dust}, fine particles of malt, or of the grain used in making malt; -- used as a fertilizer. [bd] Malt dust consists chiefly of the infant radicle separated from the grain.[b8] --Sir H. Davy. {Malt floor}, a floor for drying malt. {Malt house}, [or] {Malthouse}, a house in which malt is made. {Malt kiln}, a heated chamber for drying malt.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Sugar \Sug"ar\, n. [OE. sugre, F. sucre (cf. It. zucchero, Sp. az[a3]car), fr. Ar. sukkar, assukkar, fr. Skr. [87]arkar[be] sugar, gravel; cf. Per. shakar. Cf. {Saccharine}, {Sucrose}.] 1. A sweet white (or brownish yellow) crystalline substance, of a sandy or granular consistency, obtained by crystallizing the evaporated juice of certain plants, as the sugar cane, sorghum, beet root, sugar maple, etc. It is used for seasoning and preserving many kinds of food and drink. Ordinary sugar is essentially sucrose. See the Note below. Note: The term sugar includes several commercial grades, as the white or refined, granulated, loaf or lump, and the raw brown or muscovado. In a more general sense, it includes several distinct chemical compounds, as the glucoses, or grape sugars (including glucose proper, dextrose, and levulose), and the sucroses, or true sugars (as cane sugar). All sugars are carbohydrates. See {Carbohydrate}. The glucoses, or grape sugars, are ketone alcohols of the formula {C6H12O6}, and they turn the plane of polarization to the right or the left. They are produced from the amyloses and sucroses, as by the action of heat and acids of ferments, and are themselves decomposed by fermentation into alcohol and carbon dioxide. The only sugar (called acrose) as yet produced artificially belongs to this class. The sucroses, or cane sugars, are doubled glucose anhydrides of the formula {C12H22O11}. They are usually not fermentable as such (cf. {Sucrose}), and they act on polarized light. 2. By extension, anything resembling sugar in taste or appearance; as, sugar of lead (lead acetate), a poisonous white crystalline substance having a sweet taste. 3. Compliment or flattery used to disguise or render acceptable something obnoxious; honeyed or soothing words. [Colloq.] {Acorn sugar}. See {Quercite}. {Cane sugar}, sugar made from the sugar cane; sucrose, or an isomeric sugar. See {Sucrose}. {Diabetes}, [or] {Diabetic}, {sugar} (Med. Chem.), a variety of sugar (probably grape sugar or dextrose) excreted in the urine in diabetes mellitus. {Fruit sugar}. See under {Fruit}, and {Fructose}. {Grape sugar}, a sirupy or white crystalline sugar (dextrose or glucose) found as a characteristic ingredient of ripe grapes, and also produced from many other sources. See {Dextrose}, and {Glucose}. {Invert sugar}. See under {Invert}. {Malt sugar}, a variety of sugar isomeric with sucrose, found in malt. See {Maltose}. {Manna sugar}, a substance found in manna, resembling, but distinct from, the sugars. See {Mannite}. {Milk sugar}, a variety of sugar characteristic of fresh milk, and isomeric with sucrose. See {Lactose}. {Muscle sugar}, a sweet white crystalline substance isomeric with, and formerly regarded to, the glucoses. It is found in the tissue of muscle, the heart, liver, etc. Called also {heart sugar}. See {Inosite}. {Pine sugar}. See {Pinite}. {Starch sugar} (Com. Chem.), a variety of dextrose made by the action of heat and acids on starch from corn, potatoes, etc.; -- called also {potato sugar}, {corn sugar}, and, inaccurately, {invert sugar}. See {Dextrose}, and {Glucose}. {Sugar barek}, one who refines sugar. {Sugar beet} (Bot.), a variety of beet ({Beta vulgaris}) with very large white roots, extensively grown, esp. in Europe, for the sugar obtained from them. {Sugar berry} (Bot.), the hackberry. {Sugar bird} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of small South American singing birds of the genera {C[d2]reba}, {Dacnis}, and allied genera belonging to the family {C[d2]rebid[91]}. They are allied to the honey eaters. {Sugar bush}. See {Sugar orchard}. {Sugar camp}, a place in or near a sugar orchard, where maple sugar is made. {Sugar candian}, sugar candy. [Obs.] {Sugar candy}, sugar clarified and concreted or crystallized; candy made from sugar. {Sugar cane} (Bot.), a tall perennial grass ({Saccharum officinarium}), with thick short-jointed stems. It has been cultivated for ages as the principal source of sugar. {Sugar loaf}. (a) A loaf or mass of refined sugar, usually in the form of a truncated cone. (b) A hat shaped like a sugar loaf. Why, do not or know you, grannam, and that sugar loaf? --J. Webster. {Sugar maple} (Bot.), the rock maple ({Acer saccharinum}). See {Maple}. {Sugar mill}, a machine for pressing out the juice of the sugar cane, usually consisting of three or more rollers, between which the cane is passed. {Sugar mite}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) A small mite ({Tyroglyphus sacchari}), often found in great numbers in unrefined sugar. (b) The lepisma. {Sugar of lead}. See {Sugar}, 2, above. {Sugar of milk}. See under {Milk}. {Sugar orchard}, a collection of maple trees selected and preserved for purpose of obtaining sugar from them; -- called also, sometimes, {sugar bush}. [U.S.] --Bartlett. {Sugar pine} (Bot.), an immense coniferous tree ({Pinus Lambertiana}) of California and Oregon, furnishing a soft and easily worked timber. The resinous exudation from the stumps, etc., has a sweetish taste, and has been used as a substitute for sugar. {Sugar squirrel} (Zo[94]l.), an Australian flying phalanger ({Belideus sciureus}), having a long bushy tail and a large parachute. It resembles a flying squirrel. See Illust. under {Phlanger}. {Sugar tongs}, small tongs, as of silver, used at table for taking lumps of sugar from a sugar bowl. {Sugar tree}. (Bot.) See {Sugar maple}, above.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Maltese \Mal*tese"\, a. Of or pertaining to Malta or to its inhabitants. -- n. sing. & pl. A native or inhabitant of Malta; the people of Malta. {Maltese cat} (Zo[94]l.), a mouse-colored variety of the domestic cat. {Maltese cross}. See Illust. 5, of {Cross}. {Maltese dog} (Zo[94]l.), a breed of small terriers, having long silky white hair. The breed originated in Malta.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Maltese \Mal*tese"\, a. Of or pertaining to Malta or to its inhabitants. -- n. sing. & pl. A native or inhabitant of Malta; the people of Malta. {Maltese cat} (Zo[94]l.), a mouse-colored variety of the domestic cat. {Maltese cross}. See Illust. 5, of {Cross}. {Maltese dog} (Zo[94]l.), a breed of small terriers, having long silky white hair. The breed originated in Malta.
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Cat \Cat\, n. [AS. cat; akin to D. & Dan. kat, Sw. kett, Icel. k[94]ttr, G. katze, kater, Ir. Cat, W. cath, Armor. kaz, LL. catus, Bisc. catua, NGr. [?], [?], Russ. & Pol. cot, Turk. kedi, Ar. qitt; of unknown origin. CF. {Ketten}.] 1. (Zo[94]l.) An animal of various species of the genera {Felis} and {Lynx}. The domestic cat is {Felis domestica}. The European wild cat ({Felis catus}) is much larger than the domestic cat. In the United States the name {wild cat} is commonly applied to the bay lynx ({Lynx rufus}) See {Wild cat}, and {Tiger cat}. Note: The domestic cat includes many varieties named from their place of origin or from some peculiarity; as, the {Angora cat}; the {Maltese cat}; the {Manx cat}. Note: The word cat is also used to designate other animals, from some fancied resemblance; as, civet cat, fisher cat, catbird, catfish shark, sea cat. 2. (Naut.) (a) A strong vessel with a narrow stern, projecting quarters, and deep waist. It is employed in the coal and timber trade. (b) A strong tackle used to draw an anchor up to the cathead of a ship. --Totten. 3. A double tripod (for holding a plate, etc.), having six feet, of which three rest on the ground, in whatever position in is placed. 4. An old game; (a) The game of tipcat and the implement with which it is played. See {Tipcat}. (c) A game of ball, called, according to the number of batters, one old cat, two old cat, etc. 5. A cat o' nine tails. See below. {Angora cat}, {blind cat}, See under {Angora}, {Blind}. {Black cat} the fisher. See under {Black}. {Cat and dog}, like a cat and dog; quarrelsome; inharmonious. [bd]I am sure we have lived a cat and dog life of it.[b8] --Coleridge. {Cat block} (Naut.), a heavy iron-strapped block with a large hook, part of the tackle used in drawing an anchor up to the cathead. {Cat hook} (Naut.), a strong hook attached to a cat block. {Cat nap}, a very short sleep. [Colloq.] {Cat o' nine tails}, an instrument of punishment consisting of nine pieces of knotted line or cord fastened to a handle; -- formerly used to flog offenders on the bare back. {Cat's cradle}, game played, esp. by children, with a string looped on the fingers so, as to resemble small cradle. The string is transferred from the fingers of one to those of another, at each transfer with a change of form. See {Cratch}, {Cratch cradle}. {To let the cat out of the bag}, to tell a secret, carelessly or willfully. [Colloq.] {Bush cat}, the serval. See {Serval}.
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Maltese \Mal*tese"\, a. Of or pertaining to Malta or to its inhabitants. -- n. sing. & pl. A native or inhabitant of Malta; the people of Malta. {Maltese cat} (Zo[94]l.), a mouse-colored variety of the domestic cat. {Maltese cross}. See Illust. 5, of {Cross}. {Maltese dog} (Zo[94]l.), a breed of small terriers, having long silky white hair. The breed originated in Malta.
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Maltese \Mal*tese"\, a. Of or pertaining to Malta or to its inhabitants. -- n. sing. & pl. A native or inhabitant of Malta; the people of Malta. {Maltese cat} (Zo[94]l.), a mouse-colored variety of the domestic cat. {Maltese cross}. See Illust. 5, of {Cross}. {Maltese dog} (Zo[94]l.), a breed of small terriers, having long silky white hair. The breed originated in Malta.
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Malt \Malt\, a. Relating to, containing, or made with, malt. {Malt liquor}, an alcoholic liquor, as beer, ale, porter, etc., prepared by fermenting an infusion of malt. {Malt dust}, fine particles of malt, or of the grain used in making malt; -- used as a fertilizer. [bd] Malt dust consists chiefly of the infant radicle separated from the grain.[b8] --Sir H. Davy. {Malt floor}, a floor for drying malt. {Malt house}, [or] {Malthouse}, a house in which malt is made. {Malt kiln}, a heated chamber for drying malt.
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Malthusian \Mal*thu"sian\, a. Of or pertaining to the political economist, the Rev. T. R. Malthus, or conforming to his views; as, Malthusian theories. Note: Malthus held that population tends to increase faster than its means of subsistence can be made to do, and hence that the lower classes must necessarily suffer more or less from lack of food, unless an increase of population be checked by prudential restraint or otherwise.
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Malthusianism \Malthu"sianism\, n. The system of Malthusian doctrines relating to population.
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Maltose \Malt"ose`\, n. [From {Malt}.] (Physiol. Chem.) A crystalline sugar formed from starch by the action of distance of malt, and the amylolytic ferment of saliva and pancreatic juice. It resembles dextrose, but rotates the plane of polarized light further to the right and possesses a lower cupric oxide reducing power.
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Maltster \Malt"ster\, n. A maltman. --Swift.
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Melitose \Mel"i*tose`\, n. [Gr. me`li honey.] (Chem.) A variety of sugar isomeric with sucrose, extracted from cotton seeds and from the so-called Australian manna (a secretion of certain species of Eucalyptus).
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Mellitic \Mel*lit"ic\, a. [Cf. F. mellitique. See {Mellite}.] (Chem.) (a) Containing saccharine matter; marked by saccharine secretions; as, mellitic diabetes. (b) Pertaining to, or derived from, the mineral mellite. {Mellitic acid} (Chem.), a white, crystalline, organic substance, {C6(CO2H)6}, occurring naturally in combination with aluminium in the mineral mellite, and produced artificially by the oxidation of coal, graphite, etc., and hence called also {graphitic acid}.
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Mellitic \Mel*lit"ic\, a. [Cf. F. mellitique. See {Mellite}.] (Chem.) (a) Containing saccharine matter; marked by saccharine secretions; as, mellitic diabetes. (b) Pertaining to, or derived from, the mineral mellite. {Mellitic acid} (Chem.), a white, crystalline, organic substance, {C6(CO2H)6}, occurring naturally in combination with aluminium in the mineral mellite, and produced artificially by the oxidation of coal, graphite, etc., and hence called also {graphitic acid}.
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Graphitic \Gra*phit"ic\, a. Pertaining to, containing, derived from, or resembling, graphite. {Graphitic acid} (Chem.), an organic acid, so called because obtained by the oxidation of graphite; -- usually called {mellitic acid}. {Graphitic carbon}, in iron or steel, that portion of the carbon which is present as graphite. --Raymond.
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Mellitic \Mel*lit"ic\, a. [Cf. F. mellitique. See {Mellite}.] (Chem.) (a) Containing saccharine matter; marked by saccharine secretions; as, mellitic diabetes. (b) Pertaining to, or derived from, the mineral mellite. {Mellitic acid} (Chem.), a white, crystalline, organic substance, {C6(CO2H)6}, occurring naturally in combination with aluminium in the mineral mellite, and produced artificially by the oxidation of coal, graphite, etc., and hence called also {graphitic acid}.
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Graphitic \Gra*phit"ic\, a. Pertaining to, containing, derived from, or resembling, graphite. {Graphitic acid} (Chem.), an organic acid, so called because obtained by the oxidation of graphite; -- usually called {mellitic acid}. {Graphitic carbon}, in iron or steel, that portion of the carbon which is present as graphite. --Raymond.
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Melodic \Me*lod"ic\, a. [L. melodicus, Gr. [?]: cf. F. m[82]lodique.] Of the nature of melody; relating to, containing, or made up of, melody; melodious.
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Melodics \Me*lod"ics\, n. The department of musical science which treats of the pitch of tones, and of the laws of melody.
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Melody \Mel"o*dy\, n.; pl. {Melodies}. [OE. melodie, F. m[82]lodie, L. melodia, fr. Gr. [?] a singing, choral song, fr. [?] musical, melodious; [?] song, tune + [?] song. See {Ode}.] 1. A sweet or agreeable succession of sounds. Lulled with sound of sweetest melody. --Shak. 2. (Mus.) A rhythmical succession of single tones, ranging for the most part within a given key, and so related together as to form a musical whole, having the unity of what is technically called a musical thought, at once pleasing to the ear and characteristic in expression. Note: Melody consists in a succession of single tones; harmony is a consonance or agreement of tones, also a succession of consonant musical combinations or chords. 3. The air or tune of a musical piece. Syn: See {Harmony}.
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Melodiograph \Melo"dio*graph\, n. [Melody + -graph.] A contrivance for preserving a record of music, by recording the action of the keys of a musical instrument when played upon.
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Melodious \Melo"dious\, a. [Cf. F. m[82]lodieux. See {Melody}.] Containing, or producing, melody; musical; agreeable to the ear by a sweet succession of sounds; as, a melodious voice. [bd]A melodious voice.[b8] [bd]A melodious undertone.[b8] --Longfellow. -- {Melo"diously}, adv. -- {Melo"diousness}, n.
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Melodious \Melo"dious\, a. [Cf. F. m[82]lodieux. See {Melody}.] Containing, or producing, melody; musical; agreeable to the ear by a sweet succession of sounds; as, a melodious voice. [bd]A melodious voice.[b8] [bd]A melodious undertone.[b8] --Longfellow. -- {Melo"diously}, adv. -- {Melo"diousness}, n.
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Melodious \Melo"dious\, a. [Cf. F. m[82]lodieux. See {Melody}.] Containing, or producing, melody; musical; agreeable to the ear by a sweet succession of sounds; as, a melodious voice. [bd]A melodious voice.[b8] [bd]A melodious undertone.[b8] --Longfellow. -- {Melo"diously}, adv. -- {Melo"diousness}, n.
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Melodist \Mel"o*dist\, n. [Cf. F. m[82]lodiste.] A composer or singer of melodies.
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Melodize \Mel"o*dize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Melodized}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Melodizing}.] To make melodious; to form into, or set to, melody.
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Melodize \Mel"o*dize\, v. i. To make melody; to compose melodies; to harmonize.
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Melodize \Mel"o*dize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Melodized}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Melodizing}.] To make melodious; to form into, or set to, melody.
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Melodize \Mel"o*dize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Melodized}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Melodizing}.] To make melodious; to form into, or set to, melody.
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Steel \Steel\, n. [AS. st[c7]l, st[df]l, st[df]le; akin to D. staal, G. stahl, OHG. stahal, Icel. st[be]l, Dan. staal, Sw. st[86]l, Old Prussian stakla.] 1. (Metal) A variety of iron intermediate in composition and properties between wrought iron and cast iron (containing between one half of one per cent and one and a half per cent of carbon), and consisting of an alloy of iron with an iron carbide. Steel, unlike wrought iron, can be tempered, and retains magnetism. Its malleability decreases, and fusibility increases, with an increase in carbon. 2. An instrument or implement made of steel; as: (a) A weapon, as a sword, dagger, etc. [bd]Brave Macbeth . . . with his brandished steel.[b8] --Shak. While doubting thus he stood, Received the steel bathed in his brother's blood. --Dryden. (b) An instrument of steel (usually a round rod) for sharpening knives. (c) A piece of steel for striking sparks from flint. 3. Fig.: Anything of extreme hardness; that which is characterized by sternness or rigor. [bd]Heads of steel.[b8] --Johnson. [bd]Manhood's heart of steel.[b8] --Byron. 4. (Med.) A chalybeate medicine. --Dunglison. Note: Steel is often used in the formation of compounds, generally of obvious meaning; as, steel-clad, steel-girt, steel-hearted, steel-plated, steel-pointed, etc. {Bessemer steel} (Metal.) See in the Vocabulary. {Blister steel}. (Metal.) See under {Blister}. {Cast steel} (Metal.), a fine variety of steel, originally made by smelting blister or cementation steel; hence, ordinarily, steel of any process of production when remelted and cast. {Cromium steel} (Metal.), a hard, tenacious variety containing a little cromium, and somewhat resembling {tungsten steel}. {Mild steel} (Metal.), a kind of steel having a lower proportion of carbon than ordinary steel, rendering it softer and more malleable. {Puddled steel} (Metal.), a variety of steel produced from cast iron by the puddling process. {Steel duck} (Zo[94]l.), the goosander, or merganser. [Prov. Eng.] {Steel mill}. (a) (Firearms) See {Wheel lock}, under {Wheel}. (b) A mill which has steel grinding surfaces. (c) A mill where steel is manufactured. {Steel trap}, a trap for catching wild animals. It consists of two iron jaws, which close by means of a powerful steel spring when the animal disturbs the catch, or tongue, by which they are kept open. {Steel wine}, wine, usually sherry, in which steel filings have been placed for a considerable time, -- used as a medicine. {Tincture of steel} (Med.), an alcoholic solution of the chloride of iron. {Tungsten steel} (Metal.), a variety of steel containing a small amount of tungsten, and noted for its tenacity and hardness, as well as for its malleability and tempering qualities. It is also noted for its magnetic properties.
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Mild \Mild\, a. [Compar. {Milder}; superl. {Mildest}.] [AS. milde; akin to OS. mildi, D. & G. mild, OHG. milti, Icel. mildr, Sw. & Dan. mild, Goth. milds; cf. Lith. melas dear, Gr. [?] gladdening gifts.] Gentle; pleasant; kind; soft; bland; clement; hence, moderate in degree or quality; -- the opposite of harsh, severe, irritating, violent, disagreeable, etc.; -- applied to persons and things; as, a mild disposition; a mild eye; a mild air; a mild medicine; a mild insanity. The rosy morn resigns her light And milder glory to the noon. --Waller. Adore him as a mild and merciful Being. --Rogers. {Mild}, [or] {Low}, {steel}, steel that has but little carbon in it and is not readily hardened. Syn: Soft; gentle; bland; calm; tranquil; soothing; pleasant; placid; meek; kind; tender; indulgent; clement; mollifying; lenitive; assuasive. See {Gentle}.
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Milled \Milled\, a. Having been subjected to some process of milling. {Milled cloth}, cloth that has been beaten in a fulling mill. {Milled lead}, lead rolled into sheets.
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Note: {Arabian millet} is {Sorghum Halepense}. {Egyptian [or] East Indian}, {millet} is {Penicillaria spicata}. {Indian millet} is {Sorghum vulgare}. (See under {Indian}.) {Italian millet} is {Setaria Italica}, a coarse, rank-growing annual grass, valuable for fodder when cut young, and bearing nutritive seeds; -- called also {Hungarian grass}. {Texas millet} is {Panicum Texanum}. {Wild millet}, or {Millet grass}, is {Milium effusum}, a tail grass growing in woods.
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Miltwaste \Milt"waste`\, [1st milt + waste.] (Bot.) A small European fern ({Asplenium Ceterach}) formerly used in medicine.
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Moldy \Mold"y\, Mouldy \Mould"y\, a. [Compar. {Moldier}or {Mouldier}; superl. {Moldiest} or {Mouldiest}.] [From {Mold} the growth of fungi.] Overgrown with, or containing, mold; as, moldy cheese or bread.
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Moldy \Mold"y\, Mouldy \Mould"y\, a. [Compar. {Moldier}or {Mouldier}; superl. {Moldiest} or {Mouldiest}.] [From {Mold} the growth of fungi.] Overgrown with, or containing, mold; as, moldy cheese or bread.
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Mulatto \Mu*lat"to\, n.; pl. {Mulattoes}. [Sp. & Pg. mulato, masc., mulata, fem., of a mixed breed, fr. mulo mule, L. mulus. See {Mule}.] The offspring of a negress by a white man, or of a white woman by a negro, -- usually of a brownish yellow complexion.
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Mule \Mule\ (m[umac]l), n. [F., a she-mule, L. mula, fem. of mulus; cf. Gr. my`klos, mychlo`s. Cf. AS. m[umac]l, fr. L. mulus. Cf. {Mulatto}.] 1. (Zo[94]l.) A hybrid animal; specifically, one generated between an ass and a mare, sometimes a horse and a she-ass. See {Hinny}. Note: Mules are much used as draught animals. They are hardy, and proverbial for stubbornness. 2. (Bot.) A plant or vegetable produced by impregnating the pistil of one species with the pollen or fecundating dust of another; -- called also {hybrid}. 3. A very stubborn person. 4. A machine, used in factories, for spinning cotton, wool, etc., into yarn or thread and winding it into cops; -- called also {jenny} and {mule-jenny}. {Mule armadillo} (Zo[94]l.), a long-eared armadillo (Tatusia hybrida), native of Buenos Aires; -- called also {mulita}. See Illust. under {Armadillo}. {Mule deer} (Zo[94]l.), a large deer ({Cervus, [or] Cariacus, macrotis}) of the Western United States. The name refers to its long ears. {Mule pulley} (Mach.), an idle pulley for guiding a belt which transmits motion between shafts that are not parallel. {Mule twist}, cotton yarn in cops, as spun on a mule; -- in distinction from yarn spun on a throstle frame.
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Multiaxial \Mul`tiax"ial\, a. [Multi- + axial.] (Biol.) Having more than one axis; developing in more than a single line or plain; -- opposed to {monoaxial}.
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Multicapsular \Mul`ticap"sular\, a. [Multi- + capsular: cf. F. multicapsulaire.] (Bot.) Having many, or several, capsules.
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Multicarinate \Mul`ticar"inate\, a. [Multi- + carinate.] (Zo[94]l.) Many-keeled.
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Multicavous \Mul`ti*ca"vous\, a. [L. multicavus; multus much, many + cavum, cavus, a cavity, hole, fr. cavus hollow.] Having many cavities.
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Multicellular \Mul`ticel"lular\, a. Consisting of, or having, many cells or more than one cell.
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Multicentral \Mul`ti*cen"tral\, a. [Multi- + central.] Having many, or several, centers; as, a multicentral cell. {Multicental development} (Biol.), growth, or development, from several centers. According as the insubordination to a single center is more or less pronounced, the resultant organism will be more or less irregular in form and may even discontinuous.
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Multicentral \Mul`ti*cen"tral\, a. [Multi- + central.] Having many, or several, centers; as, a multicentral cell. {Multicental development} (Biol.), growth, or development, from several centers. According as the insubordination to a single center is more or less pronounced, the resultant organism will be more or less irregular in form and may even discontinuous.
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Multicipital \Mul`ticip"ital\, a. [Multi- + L. caput head.] (Bot.) Having many heads or many stems from one crown or root. --Gray.
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Multicolor \Mul"ti*col`or\, a. [See {Multi-}, and {Color}.] Having many, or several, colors.
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Multicostate \Mul`ti*cos"tate\, a. [Multi- + costate.] Having numerous ribs, or cost[91], as the leaf of a plant, or as certain shells and corals.
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Multicuspid \Mul`ti*cus"pid\, a. [See Multi-, and Cuspid.] Multicuspidate; -- said of teeth.
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Multicuspidate \Mul`ticus"pidate\, a. [Multi- + cuspidate.] Having many cusps or points.
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Multigenerous \Mul`tigen"erous\, a. [L. multigenerus; multus + genus, generis, kind.] Having many kinds.
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Multigranulate \Mul`tigran"ulate\, a. [Multi- + granulate.] Having, or consisting of, many grains.
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Multigraph \Mul"ti*graph\, n. [Multi- + -graph.] A combined rotary type-setting and printing machine for office use. The type is transferred semi-automatically by means of keys from a type-supply drum to a printing drum. The printing may be done by means of an inked ribbon to print [bd]typewritten[b8] letters, or directly from inked type or a stereotype plate, as in a printing press.
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Multijugate \Multij"ugate\, a. Having many pairs of leaflets.
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Multijugous \Multij"ugous\, a. [L. multijugus; multus + jugum yoke.] 1. Consisting of many parts. 2. (Bot.) Same as {Multijugate}.
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Multiscious \Mul*tis"cious\, a. [L. multiscius; multus much + scius knowing, fr. scire to know.] Having much or varied knowledge. [Obs.]
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Multisect \Mul"ti*sect\, a. [Multi- + L. sectus, p. p. of secare to cut.] (Zo[94]l.) Divided into many similar segments; -- said of an insect or myriapod.
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Multiseptate \Mul`ti*sep"tate\, a. [Multi- + septate.] (Bot.) Divided into many chambers by partitions, as the pith of the pokeweed.
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Multiserial \Mul`tise"rial\, a. [Multi- + serial.] (Bot.) Arranged in many rows, or series, as the scales of a pine cone, or the leaves of the houseleek.
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Multisiliquous \Mul`tisil"iquous\, a. [Multi- + siliquious.] (Bot.) Having many pods or seed vessels.
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Multisonous \Multis"onous\, a. [L. multisonus; multus much, many + sonus sound.] Having many sounds, or sounding much.
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Multispiral \Mul`ti*spi"ral\, a. [Multi- + spiral.] (Zo[94]l.) Having numerous spiral coils round a center or nucleus; -- said of the opercula of certain shells.
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Multistriate \Mul`ti*stri"ate\, a. [Multi- + striate.] Having many streaks.
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Multisulcate \Mul`ti*sul"cate\, a. [Multi- + sulcate.] Having many furrows.
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Multisyllable \Mul"tisyl`lable\, n. [Multi- + syllable.] A word of many syllables; a polysyllable. [R.] -- {Mul`tisyllab"ic}, a.
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Multisyllable \Mul"tisyl`lable\, n. [Multi- + syllable.] A word of many syllables; a polysyllable. [R.] -- {Mul`tisyllab"ic}, a.
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Multocular \Multoc"ular\, a. [Multi- + L. oculus eye.] Having many eyes, or more than two.
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Courage is native to you. --Jowett (Thucyd. ). 6. Naturally related; cognate; connected (with). [R.] the head is not more native to the heart, . . . Than is the throne of Denmark to thy father. --Shak. 7. (Min.) (a) Found in nature uncombined with other elements; as, native silver. (b) Found in nature; not artificial; as native sodium chloride. {Native American party}. See under {American}, a. {Native bear} (Zo[94]l.), the koala. {Native bread} (Bot.), a large underground fungus, of Australia ({Mylitta australis}), somewhat resembling a truffle, but much larger. {Native devil}. (Zo[94]l.) Same as {Tasmanian devil}, under {Devil}. {Native hen} (Zo[94]l.), an Australian rail ({Tribonyx Mortierii}). {Native pheasant}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Leipoa}. {Native rabbit} (Zo[94]l.), an Australian marsupial ({Perameles lagotis}) resembling a rabbit in size and form. {Native sloth} (Zo[94]l.), the koala. {Native thrush} (Zo[94]l.), an Australian singing bird ({Pachycephala olivacea}); -- called also {thickhead}. {Native turkey} (Zo[94]l.), the Australian bustard ({Choriotis australis}); -- called also {bebilya}. Syn: Natural; natal; original; congential. Usage: {Native}, {Natural}, {Natal}. natural refers to the nature of a thing, or that which springs therefrom; native, to one's birth or origin; as, a native country, language, etc.; natal, to the circumstances of one's birth; as, a natal day, or star. Native talent is that which is inborn; natural talent is that which springs from the structure of the mind. Native eloquence is the result of strong innate emotion; natural eloquence is opposed to that which is studied or artifical.
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Malad City, ID (city, FIPS 50140) Location: 42.18955 N, 112.24907 W Population (1990): 1946 (848 housing units) Area: 4.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 83252
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Mellette County, SD (county, FIPS 95) Location: 43.58018 N, 100.76101 W Population (1990): 2137 (910 housing units) Area: 3384.1 sq km (land), 8.4 sq km (water)
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Mila Doce, TX (CDP, FIPS 48320) Location: 26.22577 N, 97.95865 W Population (1990): 2089 (500 housing units) Area: 3.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Milledgeville, GA (city, FIPS 51492) Location: 33.08520 N, 83.23982 W Population (1990): 17727 (4873 housing units) Area: 51.4 sq km (land), 0.7 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 31061 Milledgeville, IL (village, FIPS 49191) Location: 41.96376 N, 89.77564 W Population (1990): 1076 (457 housing units) Area: 1.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 61051 Milledgeville, OH (village, FIPS 50316) Location: 39.59356 N, 83.58779 W Population (1990): 120 (51 housing units) Area: 0.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Milledgeville, TN (town, FIPS 48920) Location: 35.37601 N, 88.36664 W Population (1990): 279 (144 housing units) Area: 3.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 38359
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]:
multician /muhl-ti'shn/ n. [coined at Honeywell, ca. 1970] Competent user of {{Multics}}. Perhaps oddly, no one has ever promoted the analogous `Unician'.
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]:
Multics /muhl'tiks/ n. [from "MULTiplexed Information and Computing Service"] An early time-sharing {operating system} co-designed by a consortium including MIT, GE, and Bell Laboratories as a successor to {CTSS}. The design was first presented in 1965, planned for operation in 1967, first operational in 1969, and took several more years to achieve respectable performance and stability. Multics was very innovative for its time -- among other things, it provided a hierarchical file system with access control on individual files and introduced the idea of treating all devices uniformly as special files. It was also the first OS to run on a symmetric multiprocessor, and the only general-purpose system to be awarded a B2 security rating by the NSA (see {Orange Book}). Bell Labs left the development effort in 1969 after judging that {second-system effect} had bloated Multics to the point of practical unusability. Honeywell commercialized Multics in 1972 after buying out GE's computer group, but it was never very successful: at its peak in the 1980s, there were between 75 and 100 Multics sites, each a multi-million dollar mainframe. One of the former Multics developers from Bell Labs was Ken Thompson, and {Unix} deliberately carried through and extended many of Multics' design ideas; indeed, Thompson described the very name `Unix' as `a weak pun on Multics'. For this and other reasons, aspects of the Multics design remain a topic of occasional debate among hackers. See also {brain-damaged} and {GCOS}. MIT ended its development association with Multics in 1977. Honeywell sold its computer business to Bull in the mid 80s, and development on Multics was stopped in 1988. Four Multics sites were known to be still in use as late as 1998. There is a Multics page at `http://www.stratus.com/pub/vos/multics/tvv/multics.html'.
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
MELDC A {reflective} {object-oriented} {concurrent} programming language developed in 1990 by the MELD Project of the Programming Systems Laboratory at {Columbia University}. MELDC is a redesign of {MELD} based on {C}. The core of the architecture is a {micro-kernel} (the MELDC kernel), which encapsulates a minimum set of entities that cannot be modelled as objects. All components outside of the kernel are implemented as objects in MELDC itself and are modularised in the MELDC libraries. MELDC is reflective in three dimensions: structural, computational and architectural. The structural reflection indicates that classes and meta-classes are objects, which are written in MELDC. The computational reflection means that object behaviours can be computed and extended at run time. The architectural reflection indicates that new features/properties (e.g. persistency and remoteness) can be constructed in MELDC. Version 2.0 runs on {Sun-4}/{SunOS} 4.1 and {DECstation} and {MIPS}/{Ultrix} 4.2. E-mail: Gail Kaiser . MELDC is available under licence from and may not be used for commercial purposes. (1992-12-15)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
ML-Twig A variant of {TWIG} in {SML}, by Jussi Rintanen , which comes with {SML/NJ}. (1995-02-14)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
multiC A {data-parallel} version of {C} from {Wavetracer}. (1995-04-04)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
MultiCal System E-mail: Richard Snodgrass . {(ftp://ftp.cs.arizona.edu/tsql/multical)}. [What is it?] (1994-11-11)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
multicast addressing {Ethernet} addressing scheme used to send {packet}s to devices of a certain type or for {broadcast}ing to all nodes. The least significant bit of the most significant byte of a multi-cast address is one.
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
multicast backbone (MBONE) A {virtual network} on top of the {Internet} which supports {routing} of {IP} {multicast} {packet}s, intended for {multimedia} transmission. MBONE gives public access {desktop video} communications. The quality is poor with only 3-5 frames per second instead of the 30 frames per second of commercial television. Its advantage is that it avoids all telecommunications costs normally associated with teleconferencing. An interesting innovation is the use of MBONE for audio communications and an electronic "whiteboard" where the computer screen becomes a shared workspace where two physically remote parties can draw on and edit shared documents in {real-time}. (1994-10-27)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
Multi-channel Memorandum Distribution Facility (MMDF) An {electronic mail} system for Unix(?) which is much easier to configure than {sendmail}. The source is available. MMDF is a versatile and configurable mail routing system ({MTA}) which also includes user interface programs ({MUA}). It can be set up to route mail to different {domains} and {hosts} over different channels (e.g. {SMTP}, {UUCP}). On {UNIX} systems, its configuration begins with the /usr/mmdf/mmdftailor file, which defines the machine and domain names, various other configuration tables (alias, domain, channel) and other configuration information. [Home?] (1997-01-14)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
multician /muhl-ti'shn/ A term coined at {Honeywell}, ca. 1970 for a competent user of {Multics}. Perhaps oddly, no one has ever promoted the analogous "Unician". [{Jargon File}] (1996-08-24)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
Multics /muhl'tiks/ MULTiplexed Information and Computing Service. A {time-sharing} {operating system} co-designed by a consortium including {MIT}, {GE} and {Bell Laboratories} as a successor to MIT's {CTSS}. The system design was presented in a special session of the 1965 Fall Joint Computer Conference and was planned to be operational in two years. It was finally made available in 1969, and took several more years to achieve respectable performance and stability. Multics was very innovative for its time - among other things, it was the first major OS to run on a {symmetric multiprocessor}; provided a {hierarchical file system} with {access control} on individual files; mapped files into a paged, segmented {virtual memory}; was written in a {high-level language} ({PL/I}); and provided dynamic inter-procedure linkage and memory (file) sharing as the default mode of operation. Multics was the only general-purpose system to be awarded a B2 {security rating} by the {NSA}. Bell Labs left the development effort in 1969. {Honeywell} commercialised Multics in 1972 after buying out GE's computer group, but it was never very successful: at its peak in the 1980s, there were between 75 and 100 Multics sites, each a multi-million dollar {mainframe}. One of the former Multics developers from Bell Labs was {Ken Thompson}, a circumstance which led directly to the birth of {Unix}. For this and other reasons, aspects of the Multics design remain a topic of occasional debate among hackers. See also {brain-damaged} and {GCOS}. MIT ended its development association with Multics in 1977. Honeywell sold its computer business to {Bull} in the mid 1980s, and development on Multics was stopped in 1988 when Bull scrapped a Boston proposal to port Multics to a {platform} derived from the {DPS-6}. A few Multics sites are still in use as late as 1996. The last Multics system running, the Canadian Department of National Defence Multics site in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, shut down on 2000-10-30 at 17:08 UTC. The {Jargon file} 3.0.0 claims that on some versions of Multics one was required to enter a password to log out but James J. Lippard , who was a Multics developer in Phoenix, believes this to be an {urban legend}. He never heard of a version of Multics which required a password to logout. Tom Van Vleck agrees. He suggests that some user may have implemented a 'terminal locking' program that required a password before one could type anything, including logout. {Home (http://www.multicians.org/)}. {Usenet} newsgroup: {news:alt.os.multics}. [{Jargon File}] (2002-04-12)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
Multics Relational Data Store (MRDS) The first commercial {relational database}, implemented as part of {Multics} by Jim Weeldreyer and Oris Friesen of {Honeywell} Phoenix in about 1977. MRDS included a report writer called LINUS written by Jim Falksen. (1997-01-29)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
Multi-Garnet A better constraint system for Garnet. Version 2.1 by Michael Sannella . {(ftp://a.gp.cs.cmu.edu/usr/garnet/alpha/src/contrib/multi-garnet)}. (1992-09-21)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
multiscan A {monitor} that can synchronise to a variety of {horizontal scan rates} and {refresh rates}, allowing it to display images at different {resolutions}. (1996-02-09)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
MultiScheme An implementation of {Multilisp} built on MIT's {C-Scheme}, for the {BBN Butterfly}. ["MultiScheme: A Paralled Processing System Based on MIT Scheme", J. Miller, TR-402, MIT LCS, Sept 1987]. (1995-04-04)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
Multistation Access Unit {Media Access Unit}
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
multisync An {NEC} trademark term for {multiscan}. As NEC was the first to manufacture multiscan {monitors} the term is often used interchangeably with multiscan. (1996-02-09)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
Multisystem eXtention Interface Bus (MXIbus) A high performance communication link that interconnects devices using round, flexible cable. MXIbus is used between a {GPIB} card and a {VXI} cage. (1999-10-12)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
Multi-User Dimension (MUD) (Or Multi-User Domain, originally "Multi-User Dungeon") A class of multi-player interactive game, accessible via the {Internet} or a {modem}. A MUD is like a real-time {chat} forum with structure; it has multiple "locations" like an {adventure} game and may include combat, traps, puzzles, magic and a simple economic system. A MUD where characters can build more structure onto the database that represents the existing world is sometimes known as a "{MUSH}". Most MUDs allow you to log in as a guest to look around before you create your own character. Historically, MUDs (and their more recent progeny with names of MU- form) derive from a hack by Richard Bartle and Roy Trubshaw on the University of Essex's {DEC-10} in 1979. It was a game similar to the classic {Colossal Cave} adventure, except that it allowed multiple people to play at the same time and interact with each other. Descendants of that game still exist today and are sometimes generically called BartleMUDs. There is a widespread myth that the name MUD was trademarked to the commercial MUD run by Bartle on {British Telecom} (the motto: "You haven't lived 'til you've died on MUD!"); however, this is false - Richard Bartle explicitly placed "MUD" in the {PD} in 1985. BT was upset at this, as they had already printed trademark claims on some maps and posters, which were released and created the myth. Students on the European academic networks quickly improved on the MUD concept, spawning several new MUDs ({VAXMUD}, {AberMUD}, {LPMUD}). Many of these had associated {bulletin-board system}s for social interaction. Because these had an image as "research" they often survived administrative hostility to {BBS}s in general. This, together with the fact that {Usenet} feeds have been spotty and difficult to get in the UK, made the MUDs major foci of hackish social interaction there. AberMUD and other variants crossed the Atlantic around 1988 and quickly gained popularity in the US; they became nuclei for large hacker communities with only loose ties to traditional hackerdom (some observers see parallels with the growth of {Usenet} in the early 1980s). The second wave of MUDs (TinyMUD and variants) tended to emphasise social interaction, puzzles, and cooperative world-building as opposed to combat and competition. In 1991, over 50% of MUD sites are of a third major variety, LPMUD, which synthesises the combat/puzzle aspects of AberMUD and older systems with the extensibility of TinyMud. The trend toward greater programmability and flexibility will doubtless continue. The state of the art in MUD design is still moving very rapidly, with new simulation designs appearing (seemingly) every month. There is now a move afoot to deprecate the term {MUD} itself, as newer designs exhibit an exploding variety of names corresponding to the different simulation styles being explored. {UMN MUD Gopher page (gopher://spinaltap.micro.umn.edu/11/fun/Games/MUDs/Links)}. {U Pennsylvania MUD Web page (http://www.cis.upenn.edu/~lwl/mudinfo.html)}. See also {bonk/oif}, {FOD}, {link-dead}, {mudhead}, {MOO}, {MUCK}, {MUG}, {MUSE}, {chat}. {Usenet} newsgroups: {news:rec.games.mud.announce}, {news:rec.games.mud.admin}, {news:rec.games.mud.diku}, {news:rec.games.mud.lp}, {news:rec.games.mud.misc}, {news:rec.games.mud.tiny}. (1994-08-10)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
Multi-User Dungeon {Multi-User Dimension}
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
Multi-User Shared Hallucination (MUSH) A user-extendable {MUD}. A MUSH provides commands which the players can use to construct new rooms or make objects and puzzles for other players to explore. {(http://www.cis.upenn.edu/~lwl/muds.html)}. (1995-03-16)
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Miletus (Miletum, 2 Tim. 4:20), a seaport town and the ancient capital of Ionia, about 36 miles south of Ephesus. On his voyage from Greece to Syria, Paul touched at this port, and delivered that noble and pathetic address to the elders ("presbyters," ver. 28) of Ephesus recorded in Acts 20:15-35. The site of Miletus is now some 10 miles from the coast. (See EPHESIANS, EPISTLE {TO}.)