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   Malamud
         n 1: United States writer (1914-1986) [syn: {Malamud}, {Bernard
               Malamud}]

English Dictionary: millimeter	by the DICT Development Group
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malamute n breed of sled dog developed in Alaska [syn: malamute, malemute, Alaskan malamute]
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Malayan tapir n a tapir found in Malaya and Sumatra [syn: Malayan tapir, Indian tapir, Tapirus indicus]
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male internal reproductive organ n the reproductive organs of a man
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malemute n breed of sled dog developed in Alaska [syn: malamute, malemute, Alaskan malamute]
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malnutrition n a state of poor nutrition; can result from insufficient or excessive or unbalanced diet or from inability to absorb foods
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mealy-mouthed adj hesitant to state facts or opinions simply and directly as from e.g. timidity or hypocrisy; "a mealymouthed politician" Synonym(s): mealymouthed, mealy-mouthed
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
mealymouthed adj hesitant to state facts or opinions simply and directly as from e.g. timidity or hypocrisy; "a mealymouthed politician" Synonym(s): mealymouthed, mealy-mouthed
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Melanitta n scoters Synonym(s): Melanitta, genus Melanitta
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Melanitta nigra n a variety of scoter [syn: common scoter, {Melanitta nigra}]
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melanoderma n abnormally dark skin caused by increased deposits of melatonin
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Melanotis n a genus of Mimidae Synonym(s): Melanotis, genus Melanotis
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Melanotis caerulescens n mockingbird of Mexico [syn: blue mockingbird, {Melanotis caerulescens}]
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Melanthiaceae n one of many subfamilies into which some classification systems subdivide the Liliaceae but not widely accepted: includes Aletris; Narthecium; Veratrum Synonym(s): Melanthiaceae, family Melanthiaceae
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melon tree n tropical American shrub or small tree having huge deeply palmately cleft leaves and large oblong yellow fruit Synonym(s): papaya, papaia, pawpaw, papaya tree, melon tree, Carica papaya
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mileometer n a meter that shows mileage traversed [syn: odometer, hodometer, mileometer, milometer]
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mill-hand n a workman in a mill or factory [syn: mill-hand, {factory worker}]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
milliammeter n a sensitive ammeter graduated in milliamperes
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millimeter n a metric unit of length equal to one thousandth of a meter Synonym(s): millimeter, millimetre, mm
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millimeter of mercury n a unit of pressure equal to 0.001316 atmosphere; named after Torricelli Synonym(s): torr, millimeter of mercury, mm Hg
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millimetre n a metric unit of length equal to one thousandth of a meter Synonym(s): millimeter, millimetre, mm
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millionth adj the ordinal number of one million in counting order n position 1,000,000 in a countable series of things one part in a million equal parts Synonym(s): one-millionth, millionth
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milometer n a meter that shows mileage traversed [syn: odometer, hodometer, mileometer, milometer]
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Milontin n anticonvulsant (trade name Milontin) used to treat petit mal Synonym(s): phensuximide, Milontin
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molindone n antipsychotic drug (trade name Moban) used in the treatment of schizophrenia Synonym(s): molindone, Moban
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mullioned adj of windows; divided by vertical bars or piers usually of stone; "mullioned windows"
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myelinated adj (of neurons) covered with a layer of myelin [syn: myelinated, medullated] Antonym(s): unmyelinated
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myelinated nerve fiber n a nerve fiber encased in a sheath of myelin [syn: medullated nerve fiber, myelinated nerve fiber]
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Mylanta n an antacid
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
M82linite \M[82]"lin*ite\, n. [F.] (Chem.) A high explosive similar to lyddite, consisting principally of picric acid, used in the French military service.
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Mail \Mail\, n. [F. maille, OF. also maaille, LL. medalia. See {Medal}.] 1. A small piece of money; especially, an English silver half-penny of the time of Henry V. [Obs.] [Written also {maile}, and {maille}.] 2. Rent; tribute. [Obs., except in certain compounds and phrases, as blackmail, mails and duties, etc.] {Mail and duties} (Scots Law), the rents of an estate, in whatever form paid.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Malamate \Ma*lam"ate\, n. (Chem.) A salt of malamic acid.
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Malamethane \Mal`am*eth"ane\, n. [Malamic + ethane.] (Chem.) A white crystalline substance forming the ethyl salt of malamic acid.
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Malamide \Ma*lam"ide\, n. [Malic + amide.] (Chem.) The acid amide derived from malic acid, as a white crystalline substance metameric with asparagine.
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Malanders \Mal"an*ders\, n. pl. [F. malandres, fr. L. malandria blisters or pustules on the neck, especially in horses.] (Far.) A scurfy eruption in the bend of the knee of the fore leg of a horse. See {Sallenders}. [Written also {mallenders}.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Mallenders \Mal"len*ders\, n. pl. (Far.) Same as {Malanders}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Malanders \Mal"an*ders\, n. pl. [F. malandres, fr. L. malandria blisters or pustules on the neck, especially in horses.] (Far.) A scurfy eruption in the bend of the knee of the fore leg of a horse. See {Sallenders}. [Written also {mallenders}.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Mallenders \Mal"len*ders\, n. pl. (Far.) Same as {Malanders}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Malanders \Mal"an*ders\, n. pl. [F. malandres, fr. L. malandria blisters or pustules on the neck, especially in horses.] (Far.) A scurfy eruption in the bend of the knee of the fore leg of a horse. See {Sallenders}. [Written also {mallenders}.]
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Malnutrition \Mal`nu*tri"tion\, n. [Mal- + nutrition.] (Physiol.) Faulty or imperfect nutrition.
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Malonate \Mal"o*nate\, a. (Chem.) At salt of malonic acid.
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Meal \Meal\, n. [OE. mele, AS. melu, melo; akin to D. meel, G. mehl, OHG. melo, Icel. mj[94]l, SW. mj[94]l, Dan. meel, also to D. malen to grind, G. mahlen, OHG., OS., & Goth. malan, Icel. mala, W. malu, L. molere, Gr. my`lh mill, and E. mill. [root]108. Cf. {Mill}, {Mold} soil, {Mole} an animal, {Immolate}, {Molar}.] 1. Grain (esp. maize, rye, or oats) that is coarsely ground and unbolted; also, a kind of flour made from beans, pease, etc.; sometimes, any flour, esp. if coarse. 2. Any substance that is coarsely pulverized like meal, but not granulated. {Meal beetle} (Zo[94]l.), the adult of the meal worm. See {Meal worm}, below. {Meal moth} (Zo[94]l.), a lepidopterous insect ({Asopia farinalis}), the larv[91] of which feed upon meal, flour, etc. {Meal worm} (Zo[94]l.), the larva of a beetle ({Tenebrio molitor}) which infests granaries, bakehouses, etc., and is very injurious to flour and meal.
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Meal-mouthed \Meal"-mouthed`\, a. See {Mealy-mouthed}.
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Mealy-mouthed \Meal"y-mouthed`\, a. Using soft words; plausible; affectedly or timidly delicate of speech; unwilling to tell the truth in plain language. [bd]Mealy-mouthed philanthropies.[b8] --Tennyson. She was a fool to be mealy-mouthed where nature speaks so plain. --L'Estrange. -- {Meal"y-mouth`ness}, n.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Mealy-mouthed \Meal"y-mouthed`\, a. Using soft words; plausible; affectedly or timidly delicate of speech; unwilling to tell the truth in plain language. [bd]Mealy-mouthed philanthropies.[b8] --Tennyson. She was a fool to be mealy-mouthed where nature speaks so plain. --L'Estrange. -- {Meal"y-mouth`ness}, n.
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Melainotype \Melai"notype\, n. See {Melanotype}.
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Melanotype \Melan"otype\, n. [Gr. me`las, -anos, black + -type.] (Photog.) A positive picture produced with sensitized collodion on a smooth surface of black varnish, coating a thin plate of iron; also, the process of making such a picture. [Written also {melainotype}.]
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Melainotype \Melai"notype\, n. See {Melanotype}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Melanotype \Melan"otype\, n. [Gr. me`las, -anos, black + -type.] (Photog.) A positive picture produced with sensitized collodion on a smooth surface of black varnish, coating a thin plate of iron; also, the process of making such a picture. [Written also {melainotype}.]
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Melanite \Mel"a*nite\, n. [Gr. me`las, -anos, black: cf. F. m[82]lanite.] (Min.) A black variety of garnet.
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Melanotic \Mel`a*not"ic\, a. Melanistic.
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Melanotype \Melan"otype\, n. [Gr. me`las, -anos, black + -type.] (Photog.) A positive picture produced with sensitized collodion on a smooth surface of black varnish, coating a thin plate of iron; also, the process of making such a picture. [Written also {melainotype}.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Melanterite \Melan"terite\, n. (Min.) A hydrous sulphate of iron of a green color and vitreous luster; iron vitriol.
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Green \Green\, a. [Compar. {Greener}; superl. {Greenest.}] [OE. grene, AS. gr?ne; akin to D. groen, OS. gr?ni, OHG. gruoni, G. gr?n, Dan. & Sw. gr?n, Icel. gr?nn; fr. the root of E. grow. See {Grow.}] 1. Having the color of grass when fresh and growing; resembling that color of the solar spectrum which is between the yellow and the blue; verdant; emerald. 2. Having a sickly color; wan. To look so green and pale. --Shak. 3. Full of life aud vigor; fresh and vigorous; new; recent; as, a green manhood; a green wound. As valid against such an old and beneficent government as against . . . the greenest usurpation. --Burke. 4. Not ripe; immature; not fully grown or ripened; as, green fruit, corn, vegetables, etc. 5. Not roasted; half raw. [R.] We say the meat is green when half roasted. --L. Watts. 6. Immature in age or experience; young; raw; not trained; awkward; as, green in years or judgment. I might be angry with the officious zeal which supposes that its green conceptions can instruct my gray hairs. --Sir W. Scott. 7. Not seasoned; not dry; containing its natural juices; as, green wood, timber, etc. --Shak. {Green brier} (Bot.), a thorny climbing shrub ({Emilaz rotundifolia}) having a yellowish green stem and thick leaves, with small clusters of flowers, common in the United States; -- called also {cat brier}. {Green con} (Zo[94]l.), the pollock. {Green crab} (Zo[94]l.), an edible, shore crab ({Carcinus menas}) of Europe and America; -- in New England locally named {joe-rocker}. {Green crop}, a crop used for food while in a growing or unripe state, as distingushed from a grain crop, root crop, etc. {Green diallage}. (Min.) (a) Diallage, a variety of pyroxene. (b) Smaragdite. {Green dragon} (Bot.), a North American herbaceous plant ({Aris[91]ma Dracontium}), resembling the Indian turnip; -- called also {dragon root}. {Green earth} (Min.), a variety of glauconite, found in cavities in amygdaloid and other eruptive rock, and used as a pigment by artists; -- called also {mountain green}. {Green ebony}. (a) A south American tree ({Jacaranda ovalifolia}), having a greenish wood, used for rulers, turned and inlaid work, and in dyeing. (b) The West Indian green ebony. See {Ebony}. {Green fire} (Pyrotech.), a composition which burns with a green flame. It consists of sulphur and potassium chlorate, with some salt of barium (usually the nitrate), to which the color of the flame is due. {Green fly} (Zo[94]l.), any green species of plant lice or aphids, esp. those that infest greenhouse plants. {Green gage}, (Bot.) See {Greengage}, in the Vocabulary. {Green gland} (Zo[94]l.), one of a pair of large green glands in Crustacea, supposed to serve as kidneys. They have their outlets at the bases of the larger antenn[91]. {Green hand}, a novice. [Colloq.] {Green heart} (Bot.), the wood of a lauraceous tree found in the West Indies and in South America, used for shipbuilding or turnery. The green heart of Jamaica and Guiana is the {Nectandra Rodi[d2]i}, that of Martinique is the {Colubrina ferruginosa}. {Green iron ore} (Min.) dufrenite. {Green laver} (Bot.), an edible seaweed ({Ulva latissima}); -- called also {green sloke}. {Green lead ore} (Min.), pyromorphite. {Green linnet} (Zo[94]l.), the greenfinch. {Green looper} (Zo[94]l.), the cankerworm. {Green marble} (Min.), serpentine. {Green mineral}, a carbonate of copper, used as a pigment. See {Greengill}. {Green monkey} (Zo[94]l.) a West African long-tailed monkey ({Cercopithecus callitrichus}), very commonly tamed, and trained to perform tricks. It was introduced into the West Indies early in the last century, and has become very abundant there. {Green salt of Magnus} (Old Chem.), a dark green crystalline salt, consisting of ammonia united with certain chlorides of platinum. {Green sand} (Founding) molding sand used for a mold while slightly damp, and not dried before the cast is made. {Green sea} (Naut.), a wave that breaks in a solid mass on a vessel's deck. {Green sickness} (Med.), chlorosis. {Green snake} (Zo[94]l.), one of two harmless American snakes ({Cyclophis vernalis}, and {C. [91]stivus}). They are bright green in color. {Green turtle} (Zo[94]l.), an edible marine turtle. See {Turtle}. {Green vitriol}. (a) (Chem.) Sulphate of iron; a light green crystalline substance, very extensively used in the preparation of inks, dyes, mordants, etc. (b) (Min.) Same as {copperas}, {melanterite} and {sulphate of iron}. {Green ware}, articles of pottery molded and shaped, but not yet baked. {Green woodpecker} (Zo[94]l.), a common European woodpecker ({Picus viridis}); -- called also {yaffle}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Melanterite \Melan"terite\, n. (Min.) A hydrous sulphate of iron of a green color and vitreous luster; iron vitriol.
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Green \Green\, a. [Compar. {Greener}; superl. {Greenest.}] [OE. grene, AS. gr?ne; akin to D. groen, OS. gr?ni, OHG. gruoni, G. gr?n, Dan. & Sw. gr?n, Icel. gr?nn; fr. the root of E. grow. See {Grow.}] 1. Having the color of grass when fresh and growing; resembling that color of the solar spectrum which is between the yellow and the blue; verdant; emerald. 2. Having a sickly color; wan. To look so green and pale. --Shak. 3. Full of life aud vigor; fresh and vigorous; new; recent; as, a green manhood; a green wound. As valid against such an old and beneficent government as against . . . the greenest usurpation. --Burke. 4. Not ripe; immature; not fully grown or ripened; as, green fruit, corn, vegetables, etc. 5. Not roasted; half raw. [R.] We say the meat is green when half roasted. --L. Watts. 6. Immature in age or experience; young; raw; not trained; awkward; as, green in years or judgment. I might be angry with the officious zeal which supposes that its green conceptions can instruct my gray hairs. --Sir W. Scott. 7. Not seasoned; not dry; containing its natural juices; as, green wood, timber, etc. --Shak. {Green brier} (Bot.), a thorny climbing shrub ({Emilaz rotundifolia}) having a yellowish green stem and thick leaves, with small clusters of flowers, common in the United States; -- called also {cat brier}. {Green con} (Zo[94]l.), the pollock. {Green crab} (Zo[94]l.), an edible, shore crab ({Carcinus menas}) of Europe and America; -- in New England locally named {joe-rocker}. {Green crop}, a crop used for food while in a growing or unripe state, as distingushed from a grain crop, root crop, etc. {Green diallage}. (Min.) (a) Diallage, a variety of pyroxene. (b) Smaragdite. {Green dragon} (Bot.), a North American herbaceous plant ({Aris[91]ma Dracontium}), resembling the Indian turnip; -- called also {dragon root}. {Green earth} (Min.), a variety of glauconite, found in cavities in amygdaloid and other eruptive rock, and used as a pigment by artists; -- called also {mountain green}. {Green ebony}. (a) A south American tree ({Jacaranda ovalifolia}), having a greenish wood, used for rulers, turned and inlaid work, and in dyeing. (b) The West Indian green ebony. See {Ebony}. {Green fire} (Pyrotech.), a composition which burns with a green flame. It consists of sulphur and potassium chlorate, with some salt of barium (usually the nitrate), to which the color of the flame is due. {Green fly} (Zo[94]l.), any green species of plant lice or aphids, esp. those that infest greenhouse plants. {Green gage}, (Bot.) See {Greengage}, in the Vocabulary. {Green gland} (Zo[94]l.), one of a pair of large green glands in Crustacea, supposed to serve as kidneys. They have their outlets at the bases of the larger antenn[91]. {Green hand}, a novice. [Colloq.] {Green heart} (Bot.), the wood of a lauraceous tree found in the West Indies and in South America, used for shipbuilding or turnery. The green heart of Jamaica and Guiana is the {Nectandra Rodi[d2]i}, that of Martinique is the {Colubrina ferruginosa}. {Green iron ore} (Min.) dufrenite. {Green laver} (Bot.), an edible seaweed ({Ulva latissima}); -- called also {green sloke}. {Green lead ore} (Min.), pyromorphite. {Green linnet} (Zo[94]l.), the greenfinch. {Green looper} (Zo[94]l.), the cankerworm. {Green marble} (Min.), serpentine. {Green mineral}, a carbonate of copper, used as a pigment. See {Greengill}. {Green monkey} (Zo[94]l.) a West African long-tailed monkey ({Cercopithecus callitrichus}), very commonly tamed, and trained to perform tricks. It was introduced into the West Indies early in the last century, and has become very abundant there. {Green salt of Magnus} (Old Chem.), a dark green crystalline salt, consisting of ammonia united with certain chlorides of platinum. {Green sand} (Founding) molding sand used for a mold while slightly damp, and not dried before the cast is made. {Green sea} (Naut.), a wave that breaks in a solid mass on a vessel's deck. {Green sickness} (Med.), chlorosis. {Green snake} (Zo[94]l.), one of two harmless American snakes ({Cyclophis vernalis}, and {C. [91]stivus}). They are bright green in color. {Green turtle} (Zo[94]l.), an edible marine turtle. See {Turtle}. {Green vitriol}. (a) (Chem.) Sulphate of iron; a light green crystalline substance, very extensively used in the preparation of inks, dyes, mordants, etc. (b) (Min.) Same as {copperas}, {melanterite} and {sulphate of iron}. {Green ware}, articles of pottery molded and shaped, but not yet baked. {Green woodpecker} (Zo[94]l.), a common European woodpecker ({Picus viridis}); -- called also {yaffle}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Melenite \Mel"e*nite\, n. [Gr. me`li honey.] An explosive of great destructive power; -- so called from its color, which resembles honey.
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Mellonide \Mel"lon*ide\, n. See {Mellone}.
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Thistle \This"tle\, n. [OE. thistil, AS. [thorn]istel; akin to D. & G. distel, OHG. distila, distil, Icel. [thorn]istill, Sw. tistel, Dan. tidsel; of uncertain origin.] (Bot.) Any one of several prickly composite plants, especially those of the genera {Cnicus}, {Craduus}, and {Onopordon}. The name is often also applied to other prickly plants. {Blessed thistle}, {Carduus benedictus}, so named because it was formerly considered an antidote to the bite of venomous creatures. {Bull thistle}, {Cnicus lanceolatus}, the common large thistle of neglected pastures. {Canada thistle}, {Cnicus arvensis}, a native of Europe, but introduced into the United States from Canada. {Cotton thistle}, {Onopordon Acanthium}. {Fuller's thistle}, the teasel. {Globe thistle}, {Melon thistle}, etc. See under {Globe}, {Melon}, etc. {Pine thistle}, {Atractylis gummifera}, a native of the Mediterranean region. A vicid gum resin flows from the involucre. {Scotch thistle}, either the cotton thistle, or the musk thistle, or the spear thistle; -- all used national emblems of Scotland. {Sow thistle}, {Sonchus oleraceus}. {Spear thistle}. Same as {Bull thistle}. {Star thistle}, a species of {Centaurea}. See {Centaurea}. {Torch thistle}, a candelabra-shaped plant of the genus Cereus. See {Cereus}. {Yellow thistle}, {Cincus horridulus}. {Thistle bird} (Zo[94]l.), the American goldfinch, or yellow-bird ({Spinus tristis}); -- so called on account of its feeding on the seeds of thistles. See Illust. under {Goldfinch}. {Thistle butterfly} (Zo[94]l.), a handsomely colored American butterfly ({Vanessa cardui}) whose larva feeds upon thistles; -- called also {painted lady}. {Thistle cock} (Zo[94]l.), the corn bunting ({Emberiza militaria}). [Prov. Eng.] {Thistle crown}, a gold coin of England of the reign of James I., worth four shillings. {Thistle finch} (Zo[94]l.), the goldfinch; -- so called from its fondness for thistle seeds. [Prov. Eng.] {Thistle funnel}, a funnel having a bulging body and flaring mouth.
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}.
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Continental system \Continental system\ (Hist.) The system of commercial blockade aiming to exclude England from commerce with the Continent instituted by the {Berlin decree}, which Napoleon I. issued from Berlin Nov. 21, 1806, declaring the British Isles to be in a state of blockade, and British subjects, property, and merchandise subject to capture, and excluding British ships from all parts of Europe under French dominion. The retaliatory measures of England were followed by the {Milan decree}, issued by Napoleon from Milan Dec. 17, 1807, imposing further restrictions, and declaring every ship going to or from a port of England or her colonies to be lawful prize.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Millimeter \Mil"lime`ter\, Millimetre \Mil"lime`tre\, n. [F. millim[8a]tre; milli- milli- + m[8a]tre. See 3d {Meter}.] A lineal measure in the metric system, containing the thousandth part of a meter; equal to .03937 of an inch. See 3d {Meter}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Millimeter \Mil"lime`ter\, Millimetre \Mil"lime`tre\, n. [F. millim[8a]tre; milli- milli- + m[8a]tre. See 3d {Meter}.] A lineal measure in the metric system, containing the thousandth part of a meter; equal to .03937 of an inch. See 3d {Meter}.
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Millinet \Mil`li*net"\, n. A stiff cotton fabric used by milliners for lining bonnets.
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Millioned \Mil"lioned\, a. Multiplied by millions; innumerable. [Obs.] --Shak.
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Millionth \Mil"lionth\, a. Being the last one of a million of units or objects counted in regular order from the first of a series or succession; being one of a million.
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Millionth \Mil"lionth\, n. The quotient of a unit divided by one million; one of a million equal parts.
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Molendinaceous \Molen`dina"ceous\, Molendinarious \Molen`dina"ri*ous\, a. [L. molendinarius, fr. molendinum a mill, fr. molere to grind.] (Bot.) Resembling the sails of a windmill.
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Molendinaceous \Molen`dina"ceous\, Molendinarious \Molen`dina"ri*ous\, a. [L. molendinarius, fr. molendinum a mill, fr. molere to grind.] (Bot.) Resembling the sails of a windmill.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Mollient \Mol"lient\, a. [L. molliens, p. p. of mollire to soften, fr. mollis soft.] Serving to soften; assuaging; emollient.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Molliently \Mol"lient*ly\, adv. Assuagingly.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Mollinet \Mol"li*net\, n. [Cf. {Moline}.] A little mill.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Mouline \Mouline"\, Moulinet \Mou"linet\, n. [F. moulinet, orig., a little mill, dim. of moulin mill. See {Mill}.] 1. The drum upon which the rope is wound in a capstan, crane, or the like. 2. A machine formerly used for bending a crossbow by winding it up. 3. In sword and saber exercises, a circular swing of the weapon.
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Malinta, OH (village, FIPS 46942) Location: 41.31961 N, 84.03709 W Population (1990): 294 (117 housing units) Area: 2.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 43535
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Maloneton, KY Zip code(s): 41175
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
Malamud The book: [Malamud, C., "Analyzing Sun Networks", Van Nostrand Reinhold, New York, NY, 1992.] (1995-04-10)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
Melinda ["Melinda: Linda with Multiple Tuple Spaces", S. Hupfer, YALEU/DCS/RR-766, Yale U Feb 1990]. (1994-11-11)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
MILNET Military Network. Part of the {Defense Data Network} (DDN) and of the {Internet}. Managed by the {Defense Information Systems Agency} (DISA). [Location? Number of hosts? Purpose?]
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
ML-Linda U Edinburgh, under development.