mailing
         n 1: mail sent by a sender at one time; "the candidate sent out
               three large mailings"
         2: the transmission of a letter; "the postmark indicates the
            time of mailing" [syn: {mailing}, {posting}]

English Dictionary: melange	by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
mailing address n the address where a person or organization can be communicated with
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mailing list n a list of names and addresses to which advertising material is mailed
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mailing-card n a card for sending messages by post without an envelope Synonym(s): postcard, post card, postal card, mailing- card
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malanga n tropical American aroid having edible tubers that are cooked and eaten like yams or potatoes Synonym(s): yautia, tannia, spoonflower, malanga, Xanthosoma sagittifolium, Xanthosoma atrovirens
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maleness n the properties characteristic of the male sex [syn: maleness, masculinity] Antonym(s): femaleness, feminineness
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malinger v avoid responsibilities and duties, e.g., by pretending to be ill Synonym(s): malinger, skulk
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malingerer n someone shirking their duty by feigning illness or incapacity Synonym(s): malingerer, skulker, shammer
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malingering n evading duty or work by pretending to be incapacitated; "they developed a test to detect malingering" Synonym(s): malingering, skulking
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malinois n fawn-colored short-haired sheepdog
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Malinowski n British anthropologist (born in Poland) who introduced the technique of the participant observer (1884-1942) Synonym(s): Malinowski, Bronislaw Malinowski, Bronislaw Kasper Malinowski
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malmsey n sweet Madeira wine
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melancholia n extreme depression characterized by tearful sadness and irrational fears
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melancholiac n someone subject to melancholia [syn: melancholic, melancholiac]
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melancholic adj characterized by or causing or expressing sadness; "growing more melancholy every hour"; "her melancholic smile"; "we acquainted him with the melancholy truth" Synonym(s): melancholy, melancholic n someone subject to melancholia [syn: melancholic, melancholiac]
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melancholy adj characterized by or causing or expressing sadness; "growing more melancholy every hour"; "her melancholic smile"; "we acquainted him with the melancholy truth" Synonym(s): melancholy, melancholic grave or even gloomy in character; "solemn and mournful music"; "a suit of somber black"; "a somber mood" Synonym(s): somber, sombre, melancholy n a feeling of thoughtful sadness a constitutional tendency to be gloomy and depressed a humor that was once believed to be secreted by the kidneys or spleen and to cause sadness and melancholy Synonym(s): black bile, melancholy
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melancholy thistle n perennial stoloniferous thistle of northern Europe with lanceolate basal leaves and usually solitary heads of reddish-purple flowers Synonym(s): melancholy thistle, Cirsium heterophylum, Cirsium helenioides
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Melanchthon n German theologian and Luther's successor as leader of the Reformation in Germany (1497-1560) Synonym(s): Melanchthon, Philipp Melanchthon, Philipp Schwarzerd
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Melanesia n the islands in the southwestern part of Oceania
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Melanesian adj of or relating to Melanesia or its people or culture
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melange n a motley assortment of things [syn: odds and ends, oddments, melange, farrago, ragbag, mishmash, mingle-mangle, hodgepodge, hotchpotch, gallimaufry, omnium-gatherum]
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Melanie Klein n United States psychoanalyst (born in Austria) who was the first to specialize in the psychoanalysis of small children (1882-1960) Synonym(s): Klein, Melanie Klein
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melanise v convert into, or infiltrate with melanin [syn: melanize, melanise] make or become black; "The smoke blackened the ceiling"; "The ceiling blackened" Synonym(s): blacken, melanize, melanise, nigrify, black Antonym(s): white, whiten
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melanism n a condition characterized by abnormal deposits of melanin (especially in the skin) Synonym(s): melanosis, melanism
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melanize v convert into, or infiltrate with melanin [syn: melanize, melanise] make or become black; "The smoke blackened the ceiling"; "The ceiling blackened" Synonym(s): blacken, melanize, melanise, nigrify, black Antonym(s): white, whiten
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melanocyte n a cell in the basal layer of the epidermis that produces melanin under the control of the melanocyte-stimulating hormone
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melanocyte-stimulating hormone n a hormone secreted by the anterior pituitary gland that controls the degree of pigmentation in melanocytes Synonym(s): melanocyte-stimulating hormone, MSH
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Melanogrammus n haddock Synonym(s): Melanogrammus, genus Melanogrammus
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Melanogrammus aeglefinus n important food fish on both sides of the Atlantic; related to cod but usually smaller Synonym(s): haddock, Melanogrammus aeglefinus
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melanosis n a condition characterized by abnormal deposits of melanin (especially in the skin) Synonym(s): melanosis, melanism
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mellowing n the process of becoming mellow
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mellowingly adv so as to mellow; "the rays of the sun struck the earth mellowingly"
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mellowness n kindheartedness through maturity or old age a taste (especially of fruit) that is ripe and of full flavor the property of a sensation that is rich and pleasing; "the music had a fullness that echoed through the hall"; "the cheap wine had no body, no mellowness"; "he was well aware of the richness of his own appearance" Synonym(s): fullness, mellowness, richness a soft shade of a color; "a mellowness of light and shade not attainable in marble" geniality, as through the effects of alcohol or marijuana
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Milanese adj of or relating to or characteristic of Milan or its people n a native or inhabitant of Milan
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millimicron n a metric unit of length equal to one billionth of a meter Synonym(s): nanometer, nanometre, nm, millimicron, micromillimeter, micromillimetre
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milling n corrugated edge of a coin
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milling machine n machine tool in which metal that is secured to a carriage is fed against rotating cutters that shape it Synonym(s): miller, milling machine
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milling machinery n machinery that processes materials by grinding or crushing Synonym(s): mill, grinder, milling machinery
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milo maize n small drought-resistant sorghums having large yellow or whitish grains Synonym(s): milo, milo maize
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Mollienesia n mollies Synonym(s): Mollienesia, genus Mollienesia
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mollymawk n large web-footed birds of the southern hemisphere having long narrow wings; noted for powerful gliding flight Synonym(s): albatross, mollymawk
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myelencephalon n the posterior part of the hindbrain in developing vertebrates; forms the medulla oblongata in adults
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myelin sheath n a layer of myelin encasing (and insulating) the axons of medullated nerve fibers Synonym(s): medullary sheath, myelin sheath
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myelinic adj of or relating to the substance that forms a sheath around the axon of some nerve fibers
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myelinisation n the development of a myelin sheath around a nerve fiber Synonym(s): myelinization, myelinisation
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
myelinization n the development of a myelin sheath around a nerve fiber Synonym(s): myelinization, myelinisation
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Mail \Mail\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Mailed}; p. pr. & vb. n.       {Mailing}.]       To deliver into the custody of the postoffice officials, or       place in a government letter box, for transmission by mail;       to post; as, to mail a letter. [U. S.]          Note: In the United States to mail and to post are both in                common use; as, to mail or post a letter. In England                post is the commoner usage.
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Mailing \Mail"ing\, n. [Scot., fr. mail tribute, rent. See 2d       {Mail}.]       A farm. [Scot.] --Sir W. Scott.
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d8Mala \[d8]Ma"la\, n.; pl. of {Malum}. [L.]       Evils; wrongs; offenses against right and law.          {Mala in se} [L.] (Law), offenses which are such from their             own nature, at common law, irrespective of statute.          {Mala prohibita} [L.] (Law), offenses prohibited by statute,             as distinguished from mala in se, which are offenses at             common law.
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Malamic \Ma*lam"ic\, a. [Malic + amic.] (Chem.)       Of or pertaining an acid intermediate between malic acid and       malamide, and known only by its salts.
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Malengine \Ma*len"gine\, n. [OF. malengin; L. malus bad, evil +       ingenium natural capacity. See {Engine}.]       Evil machination; guile; deceit. [Obs.] --Gower.
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Malinger \Ma*lin"ger\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {MAlingered}; p. pr.       & vb. n. {Malingering}.]       To act the part of a malingerer; to feign illness or       inability.
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Malinger \Ma*lin"ger\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {MAlingered}; p. pr.       & vb. n. {Malingering}.]       To act the part of a malingerer; to feign illness or       inability.
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Malingerer \Ma*lin"ger*er\, n. [F. malingre sickly, weakly,       prob. from mal ill + OF. heingre, haingre, thin, lean,       infirm, fr. L. aeger.]       In the army, a soldier who feigns himself sick, or who       induces or protracts an illness, in order to avoid doing his       duty; hence, in general, one who shirks his duty by       pretending illness or inability.
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Malinger \Ma*lin"ger\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {MAlingered}; p. pr.       & vb. n. {Malingering}.]       To act the part of a malingerer; to feign illness or       inability.
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Malingery \Ma*lin"ger*y\, n.       The spirit or practices of a malingerer; malingering.
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Duck \Duck\, n. [OE. duke, doke. See {Duck}, v. t. ]       1. (Zool.) Any bird of the subfamily {Anatin[91]}, family             {Anatid[91]}.          Note: The genera and species are numerous. They are divided                into {river ducks} and {sea ducks}. Among the former                are the common domestic duck ({Anas boschas}); the wood                duck ({Aix sponsa}); the beautiful mandarin duck of                China ({Dendronessa galeriliculata}); the Muscovy duck,                originally of South America ({Cairina moschata}). Among                the sea ducks are the eider, canvasback, scoter, etc.          2. A sudden inclination of the bead or dropping of the             person, resembling the motion of a duck in water.                         Here be, without duck or nod, Other trippings to be                      trod.                                                --Milton.          {Bombay duck} (Zo[94]l.), a fish. See {Bummalo}.          {Buffel duck}, [or] {Spirit duck}. See {Buffel duck}.          {Duck ant} (Zo[94]l.), a species of white ant in Jamaica             which builds large nests in trees.          {Duck barnacle}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Goose barnacle}.          {Duck hawk}. (Zo[94]l.)             (a) In the United States: The peregrine falcon.             (b) In England: The marsh harrier or moor buzzard.          {Duck mole} (Zo[94]l.), a small aquatic mammal of Australia,             having webbed feet and a bill resembling that of a duck             ({Ornithorhynchus anatinus}). It belongs the subclass             Monotremata and is remarkable for laying eggs like a bird             or reptile; -- called also {duckbill}, {platypus},             {mallangong}, {mullingong}, {tambreet}, and {water mole}.                      {To make ducks and drakes}, to throw a flat stone obliquely,             so as to make it rebound repeatedly from the surface of             the water, raising a succession of jets
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Mallemock \Mal"le*mock\, Mallemoke \Mal"le*moke\, n. (Zo[94]l.)       See {Mollemoke}.
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Mollemoke \Mol"le*moke`\, n. [Sw. mallemucke the stormy petrel.]       (Zo[94]l.)       Any one of several species of large pelagic petrels and       fulmars, as {Fulmarus glacialis}, of the North Atlantic, and       several species of {[92]strelata}, of the Southern Ocean. See       {Fulmar}. [Written also {mollymawk}, {malmock}, {mollemock},       {mallemocke}, etc.]
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Mallemock \Mal"le*mock\, Mallemoke \Mal"le*moke\, n. (Zo[94]l.)       See {Mollemoke}.
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Mall \Mall\ (m[add]l), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Malled} (m[add]ld);       p. pr. & vb. n. {Malling}.] [Cf. OF. mailler. See {Mall}       beetle, and cf. {Malleate}.]       To beat with a mall; to beat with something heavy; to bruise;       to maul.
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d8Tarsius \[d8]Tar"si*us\, n. [NL. See {Tarsus}.] (Zo[94]l.)       A genus of nocturnal lemurine mammals having very large eyes       and ears, a long tail, and very long proximal tarsal bones;       -- called also {malmag}, {spectral lemur}, {podji}, and       {tarsier}.
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Mollemoke \Mol"le*moke`\, n. [Sw. mallemucke the stormy petrel.]       (Zo[94]l.)       Any one of several species of large pelagic petrels and       fulmars, as {Fulmarus glacialis}, of the North Atlantic, and       several species of {[92]strelata}, of the Southern Ocean. See       {Fulmar}. [Written also {mollymawk}, {malmock}, {mollemock},       {mallemocke}, etc.]
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Malmsey \Malm"sey\, n. [OE. malvesie, F. malvoisie, It.       malvasia, malavagia, fr. Malvasia, or Napoli di Malvasia, in       the Morea.]       A kind of sweet wine from Crete, the Canary Islands, etc.       --Shak.
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Malonic \Ma*lon"ic\, a. (Chem.)       Pertaining to, or designating, an acid produced artifically       as a white crystalline substance, {CH2.(CO2H)2}, and so       called because obtained by the oxidation of malic acid.
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Maul \Maul\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Mauled}; p. pr. & vb. n.       {Mauling}.]       1. To beat and bruise with a heavy stick or cudgel; to wound             in a coarse manner.                         Meek modern faith to murder, hack, and maul. --Pope.          2. To injure greatly; to do much harm to.                         It mauls not only the person misrepreseted, but him                      also to whom he is misrepresented.      --South.
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Mauling \Maul"ing\, n.       A severe beating with a stick, cudgel, or the fist.
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Mealiness \Meal"i*ness\, n.       The quality or state of being mealy.
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Melanagogue \Me*lan"a*gogue\, n. [Gr. me`las, -anos, black + [?]       leading, driving, [?] to lead.] (Med.)       A medicine supposed to expel black bile or choler. [Obs.]
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Melancholian \Mel`an*cho"li*an\, n.       A person affected with melancholy; a melancholic. [Obs.]       --Dr. J. Scott.
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Melancholic \Mel"an*chol`ic\, n. [Obs.]       1. One affected with a gloomy state of mind. --J. Spenser.          2. A gloomy state of mind; melancholy. --Clarendon.
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Melancholic \Mel"an*chol`ic\, a. [L. melancholicus, Gr. [?]: cf.       F. m[82]lancholique.]       Given to melancholy; depressed; melancholy; dejected;       unhappy.                   Just as the melancholic eye Sees fleets and armies in                the sky.                                                --Prior.
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Melancholily \Mel"an*chol`i*ly\, adv.       In a melancholy manner.
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Melancholiness \Mel"an*chol`i*ness\, n.       The state or quality of being melancholy. --Hallywell.
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Melancholious \Mel`an*cho"li*ous\, a. [Cf. OF. melancholieux.]       Melancholy. [R.] --Milton.
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Melancholist \Mel"an*chol*ist\, n.       One affected with melancholy or dejection. [Obs.] --Glanvill.
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Melancholize \Mel"an*cho*lize\, v. i.       To become gloomy or dejected in mind. --Barrow.
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Melancholize \Mel"an*cho*lize\, v. t.       To make melancholy.
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Melancholy \Mel"an*chol*y\, n. [OE. melancolie, F.       m[82]lancolie, L. melancholia, fr. Gr. [?]; me`las, -anos,       black + [?] gall, bile. See {Malice}, and 1st {Gall}.]       1. Depression of spirits; a gloomy state continuing a             considerable time; deep dejection; gloominess. --Shak.          2. Great and continued depression of spirits, amounting to             mental unsoundness; melancholia.          3. Pensive maditation; serious thoughtfulness. [Obs.]             [bd]Hail, divinest Melancholy ![b8] --Milton.          4. Ill nature. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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Melancholy \Mel"an*chol*y\, a.       1. Depressed in spirits; dejected; gloomy dismal. --Shak.          2. Producing great evil and grief; causing dejection;             calamitous; afflictive; as, a melancholy event.          3. Somewhat deranged in mind; having the jugment impaired.             [Obs.] --Bp. Reynolds.          4. Favorable to meditation; somber.                         A pretty, melancholy seat, well wooded and watered.                                                                               --Evelin.          Syn: Gloomy; sad; dispirited; low-spirited; downhearted;                unhappy; hypochondriac; disconsolate; heavy, doleful;                dismal; calamitous; afflictive.
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Melanconiace91 \Mel`an*co`ni*a"ce*[91]\, n. pl. [NL.] (Bot.)       A family of fungi constituting the order Melanconiales. --       {Mel`an*co`ni*a"ceous}, a.
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Melanconiace91 \Mel`an*co`ni*a"ce*[91]\, n. pl. [NL.] (Bot.)       A family of fungi constituting the order Melanconiales. --       {Mel`an*co`ni*a"ceous}, a.
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Melanconiales \Mel`an*co`ni*a"les\, n. pl. [NL., fr.       Melanconium, name of the typical genus, fr. Gr. [?] black +       [?] dust, in allusion to the dark spores.] (Bot.)       The smallest of the three orders of Fungi Imperfecti,       including those with no asci nor pycnidia, but as a rule       having the spores in cavities without special walls. They       cause many of the plant diseases known as anthracnose.
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Melanesian \Mel`a*ne"sian\, a. [Gr. me`las, -anos, black + [?]       island. Melanesia was so called from the dark complexion of       the natives.]       Of or pertaining to Melanesia.
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Whiting \Whit"ing\, n. [From {White}.]       1. (Zo[94]l.)             (a) A common European food fish ({Melangus vulgaris}) of                   the Codfish family; -- called also {fittin}.             (b) A North American fish ({Merlucius vulgaris}) allied to                   the preceding; -- called also {silver hake}.             (c) Any one of several species of North American marine                   sci[91]noid food fishes belonging to genus                   {Menticirrhus}, especially {M. Americanus}, found from                   Maryland to Brazil, and {M. littoralis}, common from                   Virginia to Texas; -- called also {silver whiting},                   and {surf whiting}.          Note: Various other fishes are locally called whiting, as the                kingfish             (a), the sailor's choice             (b), the Pacific tomcod, and certain species of lake                   whitefishes.          2. Chalk prepared in an impalpable powder by pulverizing and             repeated washing, used as a pigment, as an ingredient in             putty, for cleaning silver, etc.          {Whiting pollack}. (Zo[94]l.) Same as {Pollack}.          {Whiting pout} (Zo[94]l.), the bib, 2.
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Melanic \Me*lan"ic\, a. [Gr. me`las, -anos, black.]       1. Melanotic.          2. (Ethnol.) Of or pertaining to the black-haired races.             --Prichard.
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Melanism \Mel"a*nism\ (m[ecr]l"[adot]*n[icr]z'm), n. [Gr.       me`las, -anos, black.]       1. An undue development of dark-colored pigment in the skin             or its appendages; -- the opposite of albinism.          2. (Med.) A disease; black jaundice. See {Mel[?]na}.
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Melanism \Mel"a*nism\, n. (Ethnol.)       The character of having a high degree of pigmentation, as       shown in dark skin, eyes, and hair.
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Melanistic \Mel`a*nis"tic\, a.       Affected with melanism; of the nature of melanism.
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Melanochroic \Mel`a*no*chro"ic\, a. [Gr. [?]; me`las, -anos,       black + [?] color.]       Having a dark complexion; of or pertaining to the       Melanochroi.
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Melanochroite \Mel`a*no*chro"ite\, n. [See {Melanochroic}.]       (Min.)       A mineral of a red, or brownish or yellowish red color. It is       a chromate of lead; -- called also {ph[d2]nicocroite}.
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Melanocomous \Mel`a*noc"o*mous\, a. [Gr. me`las, -anos, black +       [?] hair.]       Having very dark or black hair; black-haired. --Prichard.
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Haddock \Had"dock\, n. [OE. hadoc, haddok, of unknown origin;       cf. Ir. codog, Gael. adag, F. hadot.] (Zo[94]l.)       A marine food fish ({Melanogrammus [91]glefinus}), allied to       the cod, inhabiting the northern coasts of Europe and       America. It has a dark lateral line and a black spot on each       side of the body, just back of the gills. Galled also       {haddie}, and {dickie}.          {Norway haddock}, a marine edible fish ({Sebastes marinus})             of Northern Europe and America. See {Rose fish}.
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Melanoscope \Me*lan"o*scope\, n. [Gr. me`las, -anos, black +       -scope.] (Opt.)       An instrument containing a combination of colored glasses       such that they transmit only red light, so that objects of       other colors, as green leaves, appear black when seen through       it. It is used for viewing colored flames, to detect the       presence of potassium, lithium, etc., by the red light which       they emit.
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Melanosperm \Me*lan"o*sperm\, n. [Gr. me`las, -anos, black + [?]       seed.] (Bot.)       An alga of any kind that produces blackish spores, or seed       dust. The melanosperms include the rockweeds and all kinds of       kelp. -- {Mel`a*no*sper"mous}, a.
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Melanosperm \Me*lan"o*sperm\, n. [Gr. me`las, -anos, black + [?]       seed.] (Bot.)       An alga of any kind that produces blackish spores, or seed       dust. The melanosperms include the rockweeds and all kinds of       kelp. -- {Mel`a*no*sper"mous}, a.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Ebony \Eb"on*y\, n.; pl. {Ebonies}. [F. [82]b[8a]ne, L. ebenus,       fr. Gr. [?]; prob. of Semitic origin; cf. Heb. hobn[c6]m, pl.       Cf. {Ebon}.]       A hard, heavy, and durable wood, which admits of a fine       polish or gloss. The usual color is black, but it also occurs       red or green.          Note: The finest black ebony is the heartwood of {Diospyros                reticulata}, of the Mauritius. Other species of the                same genus ({D. Ebenum}, {Melanoxylon}, etc.), furnish                the ebony of the East Indies and Ceylon. The West                Indian green ebony is from a leguminous tree ({Brya                Ebenus}), and from the {Exc[91]caria glandulosa}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Mellow \Mel"low\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Mellowed}; p. pr. & vb.       n. {Mellowing}.]       To make mellow. --Shak.                   If the Weather prove frosty to mellow it [the ground],                they do not plow it again till April.      --Mortimer.                   The fervor of early feeling is tempered and mellowed by                the ripeness of age.                              --J. C.                                                                               Shairp.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Mellowness \Mel"low*ness\, n.       Quality or state of being mellow.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Melon \Mel"on\, n. [F., fr. L. melo, for melopepo an       apple-shaped melon, Gr. [?]; [?] apple + [?] a species of       large melon; cf. L. malum apple. Cf. {Marmalade}.]       1. (Bot.) The juicy fruit of certain cucurbitaceous plants,             as the muskmelon, watermelon, and citron melon; also, the             plant that produces the fruit.          2. (Zo[94]l.) A large, ornamental, marine, univalve shell of             the genus {Melo}.          {Melon beetle} (Zo[94]l.), a small leaf beetle ({Diabrotiea             vittata}), which damages the leaves of melon vines.          {Melon cactus}, {Melon thistle}.             (a) (Bot.) A genus of cactaceous plants ({Melocactus})                   having a fleshy and usually globose stem with the                   surface divided into spiny longitudinal ridges, and                   bearing at the top a prickly and woolly crown in which                   the small pink flowers are half concealed. {M.                   communis}, from the West Indies, is often cultivated,                   and sometimes called {Turk's cap}.             (b) The related genus {Mamillaria}, in which the stem is                   tubercled rather than ribbed, and the flowers                   sometimes large. See Illust. under {Cactus}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Melungeon \Me*lun"geon\, n. [Cf. F. m[82]langer to mix,       m[82]lange a mixture.]       One of a mixed white and Indian people living in parts of       Tennessee and the Carolinas. They are descendants of early       intermixtures of white settlers with natives. In North       Carolina the          {Croatan Indians}, regarded as descended from Raleigh's lost             colony of Croatan, formerly classed with negroes, are now             legally recognized as distinct.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Mewl \Mewl\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Mewled}; p. pr. & vb. n.       {Mewling}.] [Cf. F. miauler to mew, E. mew to cry as a cat.       Cf. {Miaul}.]       To cry, as a young child; to squall. [Written also {meawl}.]       --Shak.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Miaul \Mi*aul"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Miauled}; p. pr. & vb. n.       {Miauling}.] [Cf. F. miauler, of imitative origin, and E.       mew. Cf. {Mewl}.]       To cry as a cat; to mew; to caterwaul. --Sir W. Scott.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Milanese \Mil`an*ese"\, a.       Of or pertaining to Milan in Italy, or to its inhabitants. --       n. sing. & pl. A native or inhabitant of Milan; people of       Milan.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Millennist \Mil"len*nist\ (m[icr]l"l[ecr]n*n[icr]st), n.       One who believes in the millennium. [Obs.] --Johnson.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Millimicron \Mil"li*mi`cron\, n. [Milli- + micron.]       The thousandish part of a micron or the millionth part of a       millimeter; -- a unit of length used in measuring light       waves, etc.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Mill \Mill\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Milled}; p. pr. & vb. n.       {Milling}.] [See {Mill}, n., and cf. {Muller}.]       1. To reduce to fine particles, or to small pieces, in a             mill; to grind; to comminute.          2. To shape, finish, or transform by passing through a             machine; specifically, to shape or dress, as metal, by             means of a rotary cutter.          3. To make a raised border around the edges of, or to cut             fine grooves or indentations across the edges of, as of a             coin, or a screw head; also, to stamp in a coining press;             to coin.          4. To pass through a fulling mill; to full, as cloth.          5. To beat with the fists. [Cant] --Thackeray.          6. To roll into bars, as steel.          {To mill chocolate}, to make it frothy, as by churning.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Milling \Mill"ing\, n.       The act or employment of grinding or passing through a mill;       the process of fulling; the process of making a raised or       intented edge upon coin, etc.; the process of dressing       surfaces of various shapes with rotary cutters. See {Mill}.          {High milling}, milling in which grain is reduced to flour by             a succession of crackings, or of slight and partial             crushings, alternately with sifting and sorting the             product.          {Low milling}, milling in which the reduction is effected in             a single crushing or grinding.          {Milling cutter}, a fluted, sharp-edged rotary cutter for             dressing surfaces, as of metal, of various shapes.          {Milling machine}, a machine tool for dressing surfaces by             rotary cutters.          {Milling tool}, a roller with indented edge or surface, for             producing like indentations in metal by rolling pressure,             as in turning; a knurling tool; a milling cutter.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Milling \Mill"ing\, n.       The act or employment of grinding or passing through a mill;       the process of fulling; the process of making a raised or       intented edge upon coin, etc.; the process of dressing       surfaces of various shapes with rotary cutters. See {Mill}.          {High milling}, milling in which grain is reduced to flour by             a succession of crackings, or of slight and partial             crushings, alternately with sifting and sorting the             product.          {Low milling}, milling in which the reduction is effected in             a single crushing or grinding.          {Milling cutter}, a fluted, sharp-edged rotary cutter for             dressing surfaces, as of metal, of various shapes.          {Milling machine}, a machine tool for dressing surfaces by             rotary cutters.          {Milling tool}, a roller with indented edge or surface, for             producing like indentations in metal by rolling pressure,             as in turning; a knurling tool; a milling cutter.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Milling \Mill"ing\, n.       The act or employment of grinding or passing through a mill;       the process of fulling; the process of making a raised or       intented edge upon coin, etc.; the process of dressing       surfaces of various shapes with rotary cutters. See {Mill}.          {High milling}, milling in which grain is reduced to flour by             a succession of crackings, or of slight and partial             crushings, alternately with sifting and sorting the             product.          {Low milling}, milling in which the reduction is effected in             a single crushing or grinding.          {Milling cutter}, a fluted, sharp-edged rotary cutter for             dressing surfaces, as of metal, of various shapes.          {Milling machine}, a machine tool for dressing surfaces by             rotary cutters.          {Milling tool}, a roller with indented edge or surface, for             producing like indentations in metal by rolling pressure,             as in turning; a knurling tool; a milling cutter.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Milling \Mill"ing\, n.       The act or employment of grinding or passing through a mill;       the process of fulling; the process of making a raised or       intented edge upon coin, etc.; the process of dressing       surfaces of various shapes with rotary cutters. See {Mill}.          {High milling}, milling in which grain is reduced to flour by             a succession of crackings, or of slight and partial             crushings, alternately with sifting and sorting the             product.          {Low milling}, milling in which the reduction is effected in             a single crushing or grinding.          {Milling cutter}, a fluted, sharp-edged rotary cutter for             dressing surfaces, as of metal, of various shapes.          {Milling machine}, a machine tool for dressing surfaces by             rotary cutters.          {Milling tool}, a roller with indented edge or surface, for             producing like indentations in metal by rolling pressure,             as in turning; a knurling tool; a milling cutter.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Moil \Moil\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Moiled}; p. pr. & vb. n.       {Moiling}.] [OE. moillen to wet, OF. moillier, muillier, F.       mouller, fr. (assumed) LL. molliare, fr. L. mollis soft. See       {Mollify}.]       To daub; to make dirty; to soil; to defile.                   Thou . . . doest thy mind in dirty pleasures moil.                                                                               --Spenser.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Mole \Mole\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Moled}; p. pr. & vb. n.       {Moling}.]       1. To form holes in, as a mole; to burrow; to excavate; as,             to mole the earth.          2. To clear of molehills. [Prov. Eng.] --Pegge.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Molinism \Mo"lin*ism\, n. (Eccl. Hist.)       The doctrines of the Molinists, somewhat resembling the       tenets of the Arminians.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Molinist \Mo"lin*ist\, n. (Eccl. Hist.)       A follower of the opinions of Molina, a Spanish Jesuit (in       respect to grace); an opposer of the Jansenists.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Mollemoke \Mol"le*moke`\, n. [Sw. mallemucke the stormy petrel.]       (Zo[94]l.)       Any one of several species of large pelagic petrels and       fulmars, as {Fulmarus glacialis}, of the North Atlantic, and       several species of {[92]strelata}, of the Southern Ocean. See       {Fulmar}. [Written also {mollymawk}, {malmock}, {mollemock},       {mallemocke}, etc.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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]:
Mollemoke \Mol"le*moke`\, n. [Sw. mallemucke the stormy petrel.]       (Zo[94]l.)       Any one of several species of large pelagic petrels and       fulmars, as {Fulmarus glacialis}, of the North Atlantic, and       several species of {[92]strelata}, of the Southern Ocean. See       {Fulmar}. [Written also {mollymawk}, {malmock}, {mollemock},       {mallemocke}, etc.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Mullingong \Mul"lin*gong\, n. (Zo[94]l.)       See {Duck mole}, under {Duck}. [Written also {mollingong}.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Molly \Mol"ly\, n.       A pet or colloquial name for Mary.          {Molly cottontail}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Cottontail}.          {Molly Maguire} (m[adot]*gw[imac]r"); pl. {Molly Maguires}             (-gw[imac]rz).       (a) A member of a secret association formed among the             tenantry in Ireland about 1843, principally for the             purpose of intimidating law officers and preventing the             service of legal writs. Its members disguised themselves             in the dress of women.       (b) A member of a similar association of Irishmen organized             in the anthracite coal region of Pennsylvania, about             1854, for the purpose of intimidating employers and             officers of the law, and for avenging themselves by             murder on persons obnoxious to them. The society was             broken up by criminal prosecutions in 1876.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Molly-mawk \Mol"ly-mawk`\, n. (Zo[94]l.)       See {Mollemoke}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Mollemoke \Mol"le*moke`\, n. [Sw. mallemucke the stormy petrel.]       (Zo[94]l.)       Any one of several species of large pelagic petrels and       fulmars, as {Fulmarus glacialis}, of the North Atlantic, and       several species of {[92]strelata}, of the Southern Ocean. See       {Fulmar}. [Written also {mollymawk}, {malmock}, {mollemock},       {mallemocke}, etc.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
{Glutton bird} (Zo[94]l.), the giant fulmar ({Ossifraga             gigantea}); -- called also {Mother Carey's goose}, and             {mollymawk}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Molly-mawk \Mol"ly-mawk`\, n. (Zo[94]l.)       See {Mollemoke}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Mollemoke \Mol"le*moke`\, n. [Sw. mallemucke the stormy petrel.]       (Zo[94]l.)       Any one of several species of large pelagic petrels and       fulmars, as {Fulmarus glacialis}, of the North Atlantic, and       several species of {[92]strelata}, of the Southern Ocean. See       {Fulmar}. [Written also {mollymawk}, {malmock}, {mollemock},       {mallemocke}, etc.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
{Glutton bird} (Zo[94]l.), the giant fulmar ({Ossifraga             gigantea}); -- called also {Mother Carey's goose}, and             {mollymawk}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Mull \Mull\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Mulled}; p. pr. & vb. n.       {Mulling}.] [From mulled, for mold, taken as a p. p.; OE.       mold-ale funeral ale or banquet. See {Mold} soil.]       1. To heat, sweeten, and enrich with spices; as, to mull             wine.                         New cider, mulled with ginger warm.   --Gay.          2. To dispirit or deaden; to dull or blunt. --Shak.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Mullingong \Mul"lin*gong\, n. (Zo[94]l.)       See {Duck mole}, under {Duck}. [Written also {mollingong}.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Duck \Duck\, n. [OE. duke, doke. See {Duck}, v. t. ]       1. (Zool.) Any bird of the subfamily {Anatin[91]}, family             {Anatid[91]}.          Note: The genera and species are numerous. They are divided                into {river ducks} and {sea ducks}. Among the former                are the common domestic duck ({Anas boschas}); the wood                duck ({Aix sponsa}); the beautiful mandarin duck of                China ({Dendronessa galeriliculata}); the Muscovy duck,                originally of South America ({Cairina moschata}). Among                the sea ducks are the eider, canvasback, scoter, etc.          2. A sudden inclination of the bead or dropping of the             person, resembling the motion of a duck in water.                         Here be, without duck or nod, Other trippings to be                      trod.                                                --Milton.          {Bombay duck} (Zo[94]l.), a fish. See {Bummalo}.          {Buffel duck}, [or] {Spirit duck}. See {Buffel duck}.          {Duck ant} (Zo[94]l.), a species of white ant in Jamaica             which builds large nests in trees.          {Duck barnacle}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Goose barnacle}.          {Duck hawk}. (Zo[94]l.)             (a) In the United States: The peregrine falcon.             (b) In England: The marsh harrier or moor buzzard.          {Duck mole} (Zo[94]l.), a small aquatic mammal of Australia,             having webbed feet and a bill resembling that of a duck             ({Ornithorhynchus anatinus}). It belongs the subclass             Monotremata and is remarkable for laying eggs like a bird             or reptile; -- called also {duckbill}, {platypus},             {mallangong}, {mullingong}, {tambreet}, and {water mole}.                      {To make ducks and drakes}, to throw a flat stone obliquely,             so as to make it rebound repeatedly from the surface of             the water, raising a succession of jets
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Mullingong \Mul"lin*gong\, n. (Zo[94]l.)       See {Duck mole}, under {Duck}. [Written also {mollingong}.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Duck \Duck\, n. [OE. duke, doke. See {Duck}, v. t. ]       1. (Zool.) Any bird of the subfamily {Anatin[91]}, family             {Anatid[91]}.          Note: The genera and species are numerous. They are divided                into {river ducks} and {sea ducks}. Among the former                are the common domestic duck ({Anas boschas}); the wood                duck ({Aix sponsa}); the beautiful mandarin duck of                China ({Dendronessa galeriliculata}); the Muscovy duck,                originally of South America ({Cairina moschata}). Among                the sea ducks are the eider, canvasback, scoter, etc.          2. A sudden inclination of the bead or dropping of the             person, resembling the motion of a duck in water.                         Here be, without duck or nod, Other trippings to be                      trod.                                                --Milton.          {Bombay duck} (Zo[94]l.), a fish. See {Bummalo}.          {Buffel duck}, [or] {Spirit duck}. See {Buffel duck}.          {Duck ant} (Zo[94]l.), a species of white ant in Jamaica             which builds large nests in trees.          {Duck barnacle}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Goose barnacle}.          {Duck hawk}. (Zo[94]l.)             (a) In the United States: The peregrine falcon.             (b) In England: The marsh harrier or moor buzzard.          {Duck mole} (Zo[94]l.), a small aquatic mammal of Australia,             having webbed feet and a bill resembling that of a duck             ({Ornithorhynchus anatinus}). It belongs the subclass             Monotremata and is remarkable for laying eggs like a bird             or reptile; -- called also {duckbill}, {platypus},             {mallangong}, {mullingong}, {tambreet}, and {water mole}.                      {To make ducks and drakes}, to throw a flat stone obliquely,             so as to make it rebound repeatedly from the surface of             the water, raising a succession of jets
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Myelencephalic \My`e*len`ce*phal"ic\, a. (Anat.)       Of or pertaining to the myelencephalon; cerebro-spinal.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Myelencephalous \My`e*len*ceph"a*lous\, a. (Zo[94]l.)       Of or pertaining to the Myelencephala.
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Malmstrom AFB, MT (CDP, FIPS 47275)       Location: 47.50938 N, 111.19069 W       Population (1990): 5938 (1496 housing units)       Area: 5.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Milam County, TX (county, FIPS 331)       Location: 30.78901 N, 96.97526 W       Population (1990): 22946 (10511 housing units)       Area: 2633.5 sq km (land), 12.8 sq km (water)
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Mill Neck, NY (village, FIPS 47405)       Location: 40.88010 N, 73.55620 W       Population (1990): 977 (404 housing units)       Area: 6.7 sq km (land), 0.9 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 11765
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Millington, IL (village, FIPS 49308)       Location: 41.56096 N, 88.59919 W       Population (1990): 470 (156 housing units)       Area: 1.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)    Millington, MD (town, FIPS 52825)       Location: 39.25820 N, 75.84166 W       Population (1990): 409 (172 housing units)       Area: 0.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 21651    Millington, MI (village, FIPS 54220)       Location: 43.28032 N, 83.52882 W       Population (1990): 1114 (451 housing units)       Area: 2.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 48746    Millington, NJ       Zip code(s): 07946    Millington, TN (city, FIPS 49060)       Location: 35.33440 N, 89.88829 W       Population (1990): 17866 (4440 housing units)       Area: 27.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 38053
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Millinocket, ME (CDP, FIPS 45845)       Location: 45.65914 N, 68.69890 W       Population (1990): 6922 (2867 housing units)       Area: 14.1 sq km (land), 0.4 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 04462
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Milnesand, NM       Zip code(s): 88125
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Moline Acres, MO (city, FIPS 49088)       Location: 38.74510 N, 90.24226 W       Population (1990): 2710 (1042 housing units)       Area: 1.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Mullens, WV (city, FIPS 57148)       Location: 37.57970 N, 81.38520 W       Population (1990): 2006 (1063 housing units)       Area: 4.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 25882
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Mullins, SC (city, FIPS 48805)       Location: 34.20462 N, 79.25363 W       Population (1990): 5910 (2444 housing units)       Area: 7.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 29574
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]:
mailing list n.   (often shortened in context to `list') 1. An    {email} address that is an alias (or {macro}, though that word is    never used in this connection) for many other email addresses.   Some    mailing lists are simple `reflectors', redirecting mail sent to them    to the list of recipients.   Others are filtered by humans or    programs of varying degrees of sophistication; lists filtered by    humans are said to be `moderated'.   2. The people who receive your    email when you send it to such an address.          Mailing lists are one of the primary forms of hacker interaction,    along with {Usenet}.   They predate Usenet, having originated with    the first UUCP and ARPANET connections.   They are often used for    private information-sharing on topics that would be too specialized    for or inappropriate to public Usenet groups.   Though some of these    maintain almost purely technical content (such as the Internet    Engineering Task Force mailing list), others (like the `sf-lovers'    list maintained for many years by Saul Jaffe) are recreational, and    many are purely social.   Perhaps the most infamous of the social    lists was the eccentric bandykin distribution; its latter-day    progeny, lectroids and tanstaafl, still include a number of the    oddest and most interesting people in hackerdom.          Mailing lists are easy to create and (unlike Usenet) don't tie up a    significant amount of machine resources (until they get very large,    at which point they can become interesting torture tests for mail    software).   Thus, they are often created temporarily by working    groups, the members of which can then collaborate on a project    without ever needing to meet face-to-face.   Much of the material in    this lexicon was criticized and polished on just such a mailing list    (called `jargon-friends'), which included all the co-authors of    Steele-1983.
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
mailing list          (Often shortened in context to "list") An       {electronic mail address} that is an alias (or {macro}, though       that word is never used in this connection) which is expanded       by a {mail exploder} to yield many other e-mail addresses.       Some mailing lists are simple "reflectors", redirecting mail       sent to them to the list of recipients.   Others are filtered       by humans or programs of varying degrees of sophistication;       lists filtered by humans are said to be "moderated".          The term is sometimes used, by extension, for the people who       receive e-mail sent to such an address.          Mailing lists are one of the primary forms of hacker       interaction, along with {Usenet}.   They predate {Usenet},       having originated with the first {UUCP} and {ARPANET}       connections.   They are often used for private       information-sharing on topics that would be too specialised       for or inappropriate to public {Usenet} groups.   Though some       of these maintain almost purely technical content (such as the       {Internet Engineering Task Force} mailing list), others (like       the "sf-lovers" list maintained for many years by Saul Jaffe)       are recreational, and many are purely social.   Perhaps the       most infamous of the social lists was the eccentric bandykin       distribution; its latter-day progeny, {lectroid}s and       {tanstaafl}, still include a number of the oddest and most       interesting people in hackerdom.          Mailing lists are easy to create and (unlike {Usenet}) don't       tie up a significant amount of machine resources (until they       get very large, at which point they can become interesting       torture tests for mail software).   Thus, they are often       created temporarily by working groups, the members of which       can then collaborate on a project without ever needing to meet       face-to-face.          There are several programs to automate mailing list       maintenance, e.g. {Listserv}, {Listproc}, {Majordomo}.          Requests to subscribe to, or leave, a mailing list should       ALWAYS be sent to the list's "-request" address (e.g.       ietf-request@cnri.reston.va.us for the IETF mailing list).       This prevents them being sent to all recipients of the list       and ensures that they reach the maintainer of the list, who       may not actually read the list.          [{Jargon File}]          (2001-04-27)
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Melons       only in Num. 11:5, the translation of the Hebrew abattihim, the       LXX. and Vulgate pepones, Arabic britikh. Of this plant there       are various kinds, the Egyptian melon, the Cucumus chate, which       has been called "the queen of cucumbers;" the water melon, the       Cucurbita citrullus; and the common or flesh melon, the Cucumus       melo. "A traveller in the East who recollects the intense       gratitude which a gift of a slice of melon inspired while       journeying over the hot and dry plains, will readily comprehend       the regret with which the Hebrews in the Arabian desert looked       back upon the melons of Egypt" (Kitto).