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English Dictionary: mignonette	by the DICT Development Group
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Mach number n the ratio of the speed of a moving body to the speed of sound
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machine-made adj made by machine Antonym(s): hand-crafted, handmade
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macho-man n a man who is virile and sexually active [syn: stud, {he- man}, macho-man]
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Magna Mater n great nature goddess of ancient Phrygia in Asia Minor; counterpart of Greek Rhea and Roman Ops Synonym(s): Cybele, Dindymene, Great Mother, Magna Mater, Mater Turrita
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magnanimity n liberality in bestowing gifts; extremely liberal and generous of spirit Synonym(s): munificence, largess, largesse, magnanimity, openhandedness
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magnanimous adj noble and generous in spirit; "a greathearted general"; "a magnanimous conqueror" Synonym(s): greathearted, magnanimous generous and understanding and tolerant; "a heart big enough to hold no grudges"; "that's very big of you to be so forgiving"; "a large and generous spirit"; "a large heart"; "magnanimous toward his enemies" Synonym(s): big, large, magnanimous
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magnanimously adv in a magnanimous manner; "magnanimously, he forgave all those who had harmed him"
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magnanimousness n the quality of elevation of mind and exaltation of character or ideals or conduct Synonym(s): nobility, nobleness, magnanimousness, grandeur
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magnum n a large wine bottle for liquor or wine
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magnum opus n a great work of art or literature
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Mason and Dixon line n the boundary between Maryland and Pennsylvania; symbolic dividing line between North and South before the American Civil War Synonym(s): Mason-Dixon line, Mason and Dixon line, Mason and Dixon's line
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Mason and Dixon's line n the boundary between Maryland and Pennsylvania; symbolic dividing line between North and South before the American Civil War Synonym(s): Mason-Dixon line, Mason and Dixon line, Mason and Dixon's line
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mass noun n a noun that does not form plurals
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mass number n the sum of the number of neutrons and protons in an atomic nucleus Synonym(s): mass number, nucleon number
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Maximian n Roman Emperor from 286 until he abdicated in 305; when Diocletian divided the Roman Empire in 286 Maximian became emperor in the west (died in 311) Synonym(s): Maximian, Marcus Aurelius Valerius Maximianus, Herculius
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maximum adj the greatest or most complete or best possible; "maximal expansion"; "maximum pressure" Synonym(s): maximal, maximum Antonym(s): minimal, minimum n the largest possible quantity [syn: maximum, {upper limit}] Antonym(s): lower limit, minimum the greatest possible degree; "he tried his utmost" Synonym(s): utmost, uttermost, maximum, level best the point on a curve where the tangent changes from positive on the left to negative on the right Antonym(s): minimum
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maximum and minimum thermometer n thermometer that records the highest and lowest temperatures reached during a period of time
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meconium n thick dark green mucoid material that is the first feces of a newborn child
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mezzanine n first or lowest balcony Synonym(s): mezzanine, first balcony intermediate floor just above the ground floor Synonym(s): mezzanine, mezzanine floor, entresol
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mezzanine floor n intermediate floor just above the ground floor [syn: mezzanine, mezzanine floor, entresol]
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Michinomiya Hirohito n emperor of Japan who renounced his divinity and became a constitutional monarch after Japan surrendered at the end of World War II (1901-1989) Synonym(s): Hirohito, Michinomiya Hirohito
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Mickey Mantle n United States baseball player (1931-1997) [syn: Mantle, Mickey Mantle, Mickey Charles Mantle]
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mignonette n Mediterranean woody annual widely cultivated for its dense terminal spikelike clusters greenish or yellowish white flowers having an intense spicy fragrance Synonym(s): mignonette, sweet reseda, Reseda odorata
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mignonette family n mainly Mediterranean herbs: mignonette [syn: Resedaceae, family Resedaceae, mignonette family]
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mismanage v manage badly or incompetently; "The funds were mismanaged" Synonym(s): mismanage, mishandle, misconduct
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mismanagement n management that is careless or inefficient; "he accomplished little due to the mismanagement of his energies" Synonym(s): mismanagement, misdirection
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misname v assign in incorrect name to; "These misnamed philanthropists" Synonym(s): misname, miscall
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misnomer n an incorrect or unsuitable name
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mission impossible n an extremely dangerous or difficult mission
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moss animal n sessile aquatic animal forming mossy colonies of small polyps each having a curved or circular ridge bearing tentacles; attach to stones or seaweed and reproduce by budding Synonym(s): bryozoan, polyzoan, sea mat, sea moss, moss animal
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Mycenaean adj of or relating to or characteristic of ancient Mycenae or its inhabitants; "Mycenaean bronzes"
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Mycenaean civilisation n the late bronze-age culture of Mycenae that flourished 1400-1100 BC Synonym(s): Mycenaean civilization, Mycenaean civilisation, Mycenaean culture
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Mycenaean civilization n the late bronze-age culture of Mycenae that flourished 1400-1100 BC Synonym(s): Mycenaean civilization, Mycenaean civilisation, Mycenaean culture
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Mycenaean culture n the late bronze-age culture of Mycenae that flourished 1400-1100 BC Synonym(s): Mycenaean civilization, Mycenaean civilisation, Mycenaean culture
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Mycenaen n a native or inhabitant of ancient Mycenae
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Magnolia \Magno"lia\, n. [NL. Named after Pierre Magnol, professor of botany at Montpellier, France, in the 17th century.] (Bot.) A genus of American and Asiatic trees, with aromatic bark and large sweet-scented whitish or reddish flowers. Note: {Magnolia grandiflora} has coriaceous shining leaves and very fragrant blossoms. It is common from North Carolina to Florida and Texas, and is one of the most magnificent trees of the American forest. The sweet bay ({M. glauca})is a small tree found sparingly as far north as Cape Ann. Other American species are {M. Umbrella}, {M. macrophylla}, {M. Fraseri}, {M. acuminata}, and {M. cordata}. {M. conspicua} and {M. purpurea} are cultivated shrubs or trees from Eastern Asia. {M. Campbellii}, of India, has rose-colored or crimson flowers. {Magnolia warbler} (Zo[94]l.), a beautiful North American wood warbler ({Dendroica maculosa}). The rump and under parts are bright yellow; the breast and belly are spotted with black; the under tail coverts are white; the crown is ash.
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Cucumber \Cu"cum*ber\ (k?`k?m-b?r, formerly kou"k?m-b?r), n.[OE. cucumer, cocumber, cucumber, fr. L. cucmis, gen. cucumeris; cf. OF. cocombre,F. concombre.] (Bot.) A creeping plant, and its fruit, of several species of the genus {Cucumis}, esp. {Cucumis sativus}, the unripe fruit of which is eaten either fresh or picked. Also, similar plants or fruits of several other genera. See below. {Bitter cucumber} (Bot.), the {Citrullus [or] Cucumis Colocynthis}. See {Colocynth}. {Cucumber beetle.} (Zo[94]l.) (a) A small, black flea-beetle ({Crepidodera cucumeris}), which destroys the leaves of cucumber, squash, and melon vines. (b) The squash beetle. {Cucumber tree}. (a) A large ornamental or shade tree of the genus {Magnolia} {(M. acuminata)}, so called from a slight resemblance of its young fruit to a small cucumber. (b) An East Indian plant ({Averrhoa Bilimbi}) which produces the fruit known as bilimbi. {Jamaica cucumber}, {Jerusalem cucumber}, the prickly-fruited gherkin ({Cucumis Anguria}). {Snake cucumber}, a species ({Cucumis flexuosus}) remarkable for its long, curiously-shaped fruit. {Squirting cucumber}, a plant ({Ecbalium Elaterium}) whose small oval fruit separates from the footstalk when ripe and expels its seeds and juice with considerable force through the opening thus made. See {Elaterium}. {Star cucumber}, a climbing weed ({Sicyos angulatus}) with prickly fruit.
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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}.
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Machining \Ma*chin"ing\, a. Of or pertaining to the machinery of a poem; acting or used as a machine. [Obs.] --Dryden.
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Machine \Ma*chine"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Machined}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Machining}.] To subject to the action of machinery; to effect by aid of machinery; to print with a printing machine.
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Magnanimity \Mag`nanim"ity\, n. [F. magnanimit[82], L. magnanimitas.] The quality of being magnanimous; greatness of mind; elevation or dignity of soul; that quality or combination of qualities, in character, which enables one to encounter danger and trouble with tranquility and firmness, to disdain injustice, meanness and revenge, and to act and sacrifice for noble objects.
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Magnanimous \Magnan"imous\, a.[L. magnanimus; magnus great + animus mind. See {Magnate}, and {Animus}.] 1. Great of mind; elevated in soul or in sentiment; raised above what is low, mean, or ungenerous; of lofty and courageous spirit; as, a magnanimous character; a magnanimous conqueror. Be magnanimous in the enterprise. --Shak. To give a kingdom hath been thought Greater and nobler done, and to law down Far more magnanimousan to assume. --Milton. 2. Dictated by or exhibiting nobleness of soul; honorable; noble; not selfish. Both strived for death; magnanimous debate. --Stirling. There is an indissoluble union between a magnanimous policy and the solid rewards of public prosperity and felicity. --Washington.
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Magnanimously \Magnan"imous*ly\, adv. In a magnanimous manner; with greatness of mind.
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Muskellunge \Mus"kel*lunge\, n. [From the Amer. Indian name.] (Zo[94]l.) A large American pike ({Esox nobilitor}) found in the Great Lakes, and other Northern lakes, and in the St. Lawrence River. It is valued as a food fish. [Written also {maskallonge}, {maskinonge}, {muskallonge}, {muskellonge}, and {muskelunjeh}.]
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Maskinonge \Mas"ki*nonge\, n. The muskellunge.
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Muskellunge \Mus"kel*lunge\, n. [From the Amer. Indian name.] (Zo[94]l.) A large American pike ({Esox nobilitor}) found in the Great Lakes, and other Northern lakes, and in the St. Lawrence River. It is valued as a food fish. [Written also {maskallonge}, {maskinonge}, {muskallonge}, {muskellonge}, and {muskelunjeh}.]
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Maskinonge \Mas"ki*nonge\, n. The muskellunge.
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Line \Line\, n. [OE. line, AS. l[c6]ne cable, hawser, prob. from L. linea a linen thread, string, line, fr. linum flax, thread, linen, cable; but the English word was influenced by F. ligne line, from the same L. word linea. See {Linen}.] 1. A linen thread or string; a slender, strong cord; also, a cord of any thickness; a rope; a hawser; as, a fishing line; a line for snaring birds; a clothesline; a towline. Who so layeth lines for to latch fowls. --Piers Plowman. 2. A more or less threadlike mark of pen, pencil, or graver; any long mark; as, a chalk line. 3. The course followed by anything in motion; hence, a road or route; as, the arrow descended in a curved line; the place is remote from lines of travel. 4. Direction; as, the line of sight or vision. 5. A row of letters, words, etc., written or printed; esp., a row of words extending across a page or column. 6. A short letter; a note; as, a line from a friend. 7. (Poet.) A verse, or the words which form a certain number of feet, according to the measure. In the preceding line Ulysses speaks of Nausicaa. --Broome. 8. Course of conduct, thought, occupation, or policy; method of argument; department of industry, trade, or intellectual activity. He is uncommonly powerful in his own line, but it is not the line of a first-rate man. --Coleridge. 9. (Math.) That which has length, but not breadth or thickness. 10. The exterior limit of a figure, plat, or territory; boundary; contour; outline. Eden stretched her line From Auran eastward to the royal towers Of great Seleucia. --Milton. 11. A threadlike crease marking the face or the hand; hence, characteristic mark. Though on his brow were graven lines austere. --Byron. He tipples palmistry, and dines On all her fortune-telling lines. --Cleveland. 12. Lineament; feature; figure. [bd]The lines of my boy's face.[b8] --Shak. 13. A straight row; a continued series or rank; as, a line of houses, or of soldiers; a line of barriers. Unite thy forces and attack their lines. --Dryden. 14. A series or succession of ancestors or descendants of a given person; a family or race; as, the ascending or descending line; the line of descent; the male line; a line of kings. Of his lineage am I, and his offspring By very line, as of the stock real. --Chaucer. 15. A connected series of public conveyances, and hence, an established arrangement for forwarding merchandise, etc.; as, a line of stages; an express line. 16. (Geog.) (a) A circle of latitude or of longitude, as represented on a map. (b) The equator; -- usually called {the line}, or {equinoctial line}; as, to cross the line. 17. A long tape, or a narrow ribbon of steel, etc., marked with subdivisions, as feet and inches, for measuring; a tapeline. 18. (Script.) (a) A measuring line or cord. He marketh it out with a line. --Is. xliv. 13. (b) That which was measured by a line, as a field or any piece of land set apart; hence, allotted place of abode. The lines are fallen unto me in pleasant places; yea, I have a goodly heritage. --Ps. xvi. 6. (c) Instruction; doctrine. Their line is gone out through all the earth. --Ps. xix. 4. 19. (Mach.) The proper relative position or adjustment of parts, not as to design or proportion, but with reference to smooth working; as, the engine is in line or out of line. 20. The track and roadbed of a railway; railroad. 21. (Mil.) (a) A row of men who are abreast of one another, whether side by side or some distance apart; -- opposed to {column}. (b) The regular infantry of an army, as distinguished from militia, guards, volunteer corps, cavalry, artillery, etc. 22. (Fort.) (a) A trench or rampart. (b) pl. Dispositions made to cover extended positions, and presenting a front in but one direction to an enemy. 23. pl. (Shipbuilding) Form of a vessel as shown by the outlines of vertical, horizontal, and oblique sections. 24. (Mus.) One of the straight horizontal and parallel prolonged strokes on and between which the notes are placed. 25. (Stock Exchange) A number of shares taken by a jobber. 26. (Trade) A series of various qualities and values of the same general class of articles; as, a full line of hosiery; a line of merinos, etc. --McElrath. 27. The wire connecting one telegraphic station with another, or the whole of a system of telegraph wires under one management and name. 28. pl. The reins with which a horse is guided by his driver. [U. S.] 29. A measure of length; one twelfth of an inch. {Hard lines}, hard lot. --C. Kingsley. [See Def. 18.] {Line breeding} (Stockbreeding), breeding by a certain family line of descent, especially in the selection of the dam or mother. {Line conch} (Zo[94]l.), a spiral marine shell ({Fasciolaria distans}), of Florida and the West Indies. It is marked by narrow, dark, revolving lines. {Line engraving}. (a) Engraving in which the effects are produced by lines of different width and closeness, cut with the burin upon copper or similar material; also, a plate so engraved. (b) A picture produced by printing from such an engraving. {Line of battle}. (a) (Mil. Tactics) The position of troops drawn up in their usual order without any determined maneuver. (b) (Naval) The line or arrangement formed by vessels of war in an engagement. {Line of battle ship}. See {Ship of the line}, below. {Line of beauty} (Fine Arts),an abstract line supposed to be beautiful in itself and absolutely; -- differently represented by different authors, often as a kind of elongated S (like the one drawn by Hogarth). {Line of centers}. (Mach.) (a) A line joining two centers, or fulcra, as of wheels or levers. (b) A line which determines a dead center. See {Dead center}, under {Dead}. {Line of dip} (Geol.), a line in the plane of a stratum, or part of a stratum, perpendicular to its intersection with a horizontal plane; the line of greatest inclination of a stratum to the horizon. {Line of fire} (Mil.), the direction of fire. {Line of force} (Physics), any line in a space in which forces are acting, so drawn that at every point of the line its tangent is the direction of the resultant of all the forces. It cuts at right angles every equipotential surface which it meets. Specifically (Magnetism), a line in proximity to a magnet so drawn that any point in it is tangential with the direction of a short compass needle held at that point. --Faraday. {Line of life} (Palmistry), a line on the inside of the hand, curving about the base of the thumb, supposed to indicate, by its form or position, the length of a person's life. {Line of lines}. See {Gunter's line}. {Line of march}. (Mil.) (a) Arrangement of troops for marching. (b) Course or direction taken by an army or body of troops in marching. {Line of operations}, that portion of a theater of war which an army passes over in attaining its object. --H. W. Halleck. {Line of sight} (Firearms), the line which passes through the front and rear sight, at any elevation, when they are sighted at an object. {Line tub} (Naut.), a tub in which the line carried by a whaleboat is coiled. {Mason and Dixon's line}
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Maximum \Max"i*mum\, a. Greatest in quantity or highest in degree attainable or attained; as, a maximum consumption of fuel; maximum pressure; maximum heat.
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Maximum \Max"i*mum\, n.; pl. {Maxima}. [L., neut. from maximus the greatest. See {Maxim}.] The greatest quantity or value attainable in a given case; or, the greatest value attained by a quantity which first increases and then begins to decrease; the highest point or degree; -- opposed to {minimum}. Good legislation is the art of conducting a nation to the maximum of happiness, and the minimum of misery. --P. Colquhoun. {Maximum thermometer}, a thermometer that registers the highest degree of temperature attained in a given time, or since its last adjustment.
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Maximum \Max"i*mum\, n.; pl. {Maxima}. [L., neut. from maximus the greatest. See {Maxim}.] The greatest quantity or value attainable in a given case; or, the greatest value attained by a quantity which first increases and then begins to decrease; the highest point or degree; -- opposed to {minimum}. Good legislation is the art of conducting a nation to the maximum of happiness, and the minimum of misery. --P. Colquhoun. {Maximum thermometer}, a thermometer that registers the highest degree of temperature attained in a given time, or since its last adjustment.
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Meconin \Mec"o*nin\, n. [Cf. F. m[82]conine.] (Chem.) A substance regarded as an anhydride of meconinic acid, existing in opium and extracted as a white crystalline substance. Also erroneously called meconina, meconia, etc., as though it were an alkaloid.
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Meconinic \Mec`o*nin"ic\, a. (Chem.) Pertaining to, or designating, an acid which occurs in opium, and which may be obtained by oxidizing narcotine.
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Mezzanine \Mez"za*nine\, n. [F. mezzanine, It. mezzanino, fr. mezzano middle, fr. mezzo middle, half. See {Mezzo}.] (Arch.) (a) Same as {Entresol}. (b) A partial story which is not on the same level with the story of the main part of the edifice, as of a back building, where the floors are on a level with landings of the staircase of the main house.
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Mezzanine \Mez"za*nine\, n. 1. A flooring laid over a floor to bring it up to some height or level. 2. Also {mezzanine floor}. (Theat.) A floor under the stage, from which various contrivances, as traps, are worked.
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Mezzanine \Mez"za*nine\, n. 1. A flooring laid over a floor to bring it up to some height or level. 2. Also {mezzanine floor}. (Theat.) A floor under the stage, from which various contrivances, as traps, are worked.
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Mignon \Mi"gnon\, a. [F.] See 3d {Minion}.
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Mignon \Mi"gnon\, v. t. To flatter. [R. & Obs.] --Danie[?].
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Mignonette \Mi`gnonette"\, n. [F. mignonnette, dim. of mignon darling. See 2d {Minion}.] (Bot.) A plant ({Reseda odorata}) having greenish flowers with orange-colored stamens, and exhaling a delicious fragrance. In Africa it is a low shrub, but further north it is usually an annual herb. {Mignonette* pepper}, coarse pepper.
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Mignonette \Mi`gnonette"\, n. [F. mignonnette, dim. of mignon darling. See 2d {Minion}.] (Bot.) A plant ({Reseda odorata}) having greenish flowers with orange-colored stamens, and exhaling a delicious fragrance. In Africa it is a low shrub, but further north it is usually an annual herb. {Mignonette* pepper}, coarse pepper.
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Mismanage \Mis*man"age\, v. t. & i. To manage ill or improperly; as, to mismanage public affairs.
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Mismanagement \Misman"agement\, n. Wrong or bad management; as, he failed through mismagement.
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Mismanager \Misman"ager\, n. One who manages ill.
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Misname \Mis*name"\, v. t. To call by the wrong name; to give a wrong or inappropriate name to.
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Misnomer \Mis*no"mer\, n. [OF. pref. mes- amiss, wrong (L. minus less) + F. nommer to name, L. nominare, fr. nomen name. See {Name}.] The misnaming of a person in a legal instrument, as in a complaint or indictment; any misnaming of a person or thing; a wrong or inapplicable name or title. Many of the changes, by a great misnomer, called parliamentary [bd]reforms[b8]. --Burke. The word [bd]synonym[b8] is fact a misnomer. --Whatel[?].
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Misnomer \Mis*no"mer\, v. t. To misname. [R.]
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Misnumber \Mis*num"ber\, v. t. To number wrongly.
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Moss \Moss\, n. [OE. mos; akin to AS. me[a2]s, D. mos, G. moos, OHG. mos, mios, Icel. mosi, Dan. mos, Sw. mossa, Russ. mokh', L. muscus. Cf. {Muscoid}.] 1. (Bot.) A cryptogamous plant of a cellular structure, with distinct stem and simple leaves. The fruit is a small capsule usually opening by an apical lid, and so discharging the spores. There are many species, collectively termed Musci, growing on the earth, on rocks, and trunks of trees, etc., and a few in running water. Note: The term moss is also popularly applied to many other small cryptogamic plants, particularly lichens, species of which are called tree moss, rock moss, coral moss, etc. Fir moss and club moss are of the genus {Lycopodium}. See {Club moss}, under {Club}, and {Lycopodium}. 2. A bog; a morass; a place containing peat; as, the mosses of the Scottish border. Note: Moss is used with participles in the composition of words which need no special explanation; as, moss-capped, moss-clad, moss-covered, moss-grown, etc. {Black moss}. See under {Black}, and {Tillandsia}. {Bog moss}. See {Sphagnum}. {Feather moss}, any moss branched in a feathery manner, esp. several species of the genus {Hypnum}. {Florida moss}, {Long moss}, [or] {Spanish moss}. See {Tillandsia}. {Iceland moss}, a lichen. See {Iceland Moss}. {Irish moss}, a seaweed. See {Carrageen}. {Moss agate} (Min.), a variety of agate, containing brown, black, or green mosslike or dendritic markings, due in part to oxide of manganese. Called also {Mocha stone}. {Moss animal} (Zo[94]l.), a bryozoan. {Moss berry} (Bot.), the small cranberry ({Vaccinium Oxycoccus}). {Moss campion} (Bot.), a kind of mosslike catchfly ({Silene acaulis}), with mostly purplish flowers, found on the highest mountains of Europe and America, and within the Arctic circle. {Moss land}, land produced accumulation of aquatic plants, forming peat bogs of more or less consistency, as the water is grained off or retained in its pores. {Moss pink} (Bot.), a plant of the genus {Phlox} ({P. subulata}), growing in patches on dry rocky hills in the Middle United States, and often cultivated for its handsome flowers. --Gray. {Moss rose} (Bot.), a variety of rose having a mosslike growth on the stalk and calyx. It is said to be derived from the Provence rose. {Moss rush} (Bot.), a rush of the genus {Juncus} ({J. squarrosus}). {Scale moss}. See {Hepatica}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Harvest \Har"vest\, n. [OE. harvest, hervest, AS. h[91]rfest autumn; akin to LG. harfst, D. herfst, OHG. herbist, G. herbst, and prob. to L. carpere to pluck, Gr. [?] fruit. Cf. {Carpet}.] 1. The gathering of a crop of any kind; the ingathering of the crops; also, the season of gathering grain and fruits, late summer or early autumn. Seedtime and harvest . . . shall not cease. --Gen viii. 22. At harvest, when corn is ripe. --Tyndale. 2. That which is reaped or ready to be reaped or gath[?][?]ed; a crop, as of grain (wheat, maize, etc.), or fruit. Put ye in the sickle, for the harvest is ripe. --Joel iii. 13. To glean the broken ears after the man That the main harvest reaps. --Shak. 3. The product or result of any exertion or labor; gain; reward. The pope's principal harvest was in the jubilee. --Fuller. The harvest of a quiet eye. --Wordsworth. {Harvest fish} (Zo[94]l.), a marine fish of the Southern United States ({Stromateus alepidotus}); -- called {whiting} in Virginia. Also applied to the dollar fish. {Harvest fly} (Zo[94]l.), an hemipterous insect of the genus {Cicada}, often called {locust}. See {Cicada}. {Harvest lord}, the head reaper at a harvest. [Obs.] --Tusser. {Harvest mite} (Zo[94]l.), a minute European mite ({Leptus autumnalis}), of a bright crimson color, which is troublesome by penetrating the skin of man and domestic animals; -- called also {harvest louse}, and {harvest bug}. {Harvest moon}, the moon near the full at the time of harvest in England, or about the autumnal equinox, when, by reason of the small angle that is made by the moon's orbit with the horizon, it rises nearly at the same hour for several days. {Harvest mouse} (Zo[94]l.), a very small European field mouse ({Mus minutus}). It builds a globular nest on the stems of wheat and other plants. {Harvest queen}, an image pepresenting Ceres, formerly carried about on the last day of harvest. --Milton. {Harvest spider}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Daddy longlegs}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Mouflon \Mouf"lon\, n. [F. mouflon.] (Zo[94]l.) A wild sheep ({Ovis musimon}), inhabiting the mountains of Sardinia, Corsica, etc. Its horns are very large, with a triangular base and rounded angles. It is supposed by some to be the original of the domestic sheep. Called also {musimon} or {musmon}. [Written also {moufflon}.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Musimon \Mus"i*mon\, n. [See {Musmon}.] (Zo[94]l.) See {Mouflon}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Mouflon \Mouf"lon\, n. [F. mouflon.] (Zo[94]l.) A wild sheep ({Ovis musimon}), inhabiting the mountains of Sardinia, Corsica, etc. Its horns are very large, with a triangular base and rounded angles. It is supposed by some to be the original of the domestic sheep. Called also {musimon} or {musmon}. [Written also {moufflon}.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Musimon \Mus"i*mon\, n. [See {Musmon}.] (Zo[94]l.) See {Mouflon}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Mouflon \Mouf"lon\, n. [F. mouflon.] (Zo[94]l.) A wild sheep ({Ovis musimon}), inhabiting the mountains of Sardinia, Corsica, etc. Its horns are very large, with a triangular base and rounded angles. It is supposed by some to be the original of the domestic sheep. Called also {musimon} or {musmon}. [Written also {moufflon}.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Musmon \Mus"mon\, n. [L. musmo, musimo, a Sardinian animal; cf. Gr. [?].] (Zo[94]l.) See {Mouflon}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Mouflon \Mouf"lon\, n. [F. mouflon.] (Zo[94]l.) A wild sheep ({Ovis musimon}), inhabiting the mountains of Sardinia, Corsica, etc. Its horns are very large, with a triangular base and rounded angles. It is supposed by some to be the original of the domestic sheep. Called also {musimon} or {musmon}. [Written also {moufflon}.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Musmon \Mus"mon\, n. [L. musmo, musimo, a Sardinian animal; cf. Gr. [?].] (Zo[94]l.) See {Mouflon}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Musomania \Mu`soma"nia\, n. See {Musicomania}.
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Mac Mahan, ME Zip code(s): 04548
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Makinen, MN Zip code(s): 55763
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Mazomanie, WI (village, FIPS 50225) Location: 43.17440 N, 89.79484 W Population (1990): 1377 (528 housing units) Area: 2.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 53560
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Mc Cammon, ID Zip code(s): 83250
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Mc Kinnon, WY Zip code(s): 82938
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
McCammon, ID (city, FIPS 48880) Location: 42.64702 N, 112.19231 W Population (1990): 722 (267 housing units) Area: 3.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
McMinn County, TN (county, FIPS 107) Location: 35.42469 N, 84.61807 W Population (1990): 42383 (17616 housing units) Area: 1114.5 sq km (land), 5.0 sq km (water)
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
McMinnville, OR (city, FIPS 45000) Location: 45.21121 N, 123.19025 W Population (1990): 17894 (6778 housing units) Area: 22.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) McMinnville, TN (city, FIPS 45100) Location: 35.68750 N, 85.77628 W Population (1990): 11194 (5123 housing units) Area: 21.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Mcminnville, OR Zip code(s): 97128
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
McMinnville, OR (city, FIPS 45000) Location: 45.21121 N, 123.19025 W Population (1990): 17894 (6778 housing units) Area: 22.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) McMinnville, TN (city, FIPS 45100) Location: 35.68750 N, 85.77628 W Population (1990): 11194 (5123 housing units) Area: 21.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Mcminnville, OR Zip code(s): 97128
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Mignon, AL (CDP, FIPS 48616) Location: 33.19404 N, 86.26401 W Population (1990): 1548 (636 housing units) Area: 7.4 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water)
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Mission Home, VA Zip code(s): 22940
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Moshannon, PA Zip code(s): 16859
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]:
maximum Maytag mode n. What a {washing machine} or, by extension, any disk drive is in when it's being used so heavily that it's shaking like an old Maytag with an unbalanced load. If prolonged for any length of time, can lead to disks becoming {walking drives}. In 1999 it's been some years since hard disks were large enough to do this, but the same phenomenon has recently been reported with 24X CD-ROM drives.
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
MacMinix The {Macintosh} version of {MINIX}. [Details? URL?] (1997-06-17)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
MAGNUM A {database} language for {DEC-10}'s, used internally by {Tymshare, Inc.}. MAGNUM was designed in the late 1970's by Dale Jordan, Rich Strauss and Dave McQuoid originally, and was written in {BLISS-10}. It was the world's first commercial {relational database}. It was in the process of being written in 1976. (1995-01-25)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
maximin {minimax}
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
maximum Maytag mode (From the US brand of washing machine) What a {washing machine} or, by extension, any {hard disk} is in when it's being used so heavily that it's shaking like an old Maytag with an unbalanced load. If prolonged for any length of time, can lead to disks becoming {walking drives}. [{Jargon File}] (1997-07-22)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
maximum seek time (Or full stroke seek time) The time it takes to {seek} over all {tracks}, i.e., from the innermost to the outermost or vice versa. The maximum seek time gives a worst-case measure of the speed of the drive which is useful in some {real-time} applications where it is important that data flows continuously (such as video editing or CD recording). (1997-07-15)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
maximum segment size (MSS) The maximum amount of {TCP} data that a {node} can send in one {segment}. This should be the size of the receiver's reassembly buffer to try to avoid {fragmentation}. The equivalent at the {physical layer} is "{Maximum Transmission Unit}". (1998-03-06)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
Maximum Transmission Unit (MTU) The largest number of bytes of "payload" {data} a {frame} can carry, not counting the frame's header and trailer. A frame is a single unit of transportation on the {data link layer}. It consists of header data plus data which was passed down from the {network layer} (e.g. an {IP} {datagram}) plus sometimes trailer data. An Ethernet (V2) frame has a MTU of 1500 bytes but the size of the frame can be up to 1526 bytes (22 byte header, 4 byte CRC trailer). See also {fragmentation}. (2000-10-07)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
MIX Communications (MIX) Providers of {Internet} access and presentation services for businesses and individuals in the Milwaukee, WI, USA metropolitan area. MIX started providing Internet access services to the Milwaukee area in 1990. It was the first business in Milwaukee to provide Internet access services to the public. MIX Communications is owned and operated by Dean Roth. {(http://www.mixcom.com/)}. E-mail: . Telephone: +1 (414) 351 1868 (Office), +1 (414) 351 1139 (BBS). Address: MIX Communications, P.O. Box 17166, Milwaukee, WI 53217, USA. (1995-01-05)
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Mishmannah fatness, one of the Gadite heroes who gathered to David at Ziklag (1 Chr. 12:10).
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:
Mijamin, right hand
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:
Mishmannah, fatness; taking away provision