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   malaria mosquito
         n 1: transmits the malaria parasite [syn: {malarial mosquito},
               {malaria mosquito}]

English Dictionary: millrun by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Mallarme
n
  1. French symbolist poet noted for his free verse (1842-1898)
    Synonym(s): Mallarme, Stephane Mallarme
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
mealworm
n
  1. the larva of beetles of the family Tenebrionidae
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
mill around
v
  1. be about; "The high school students like to loiter in the Central Square"; "Who is this man that is hanging around the department?"
    Synonym(s): loiter, lounge, footle, lollygag, loaf, lallygag, hang around, mess about, tarry, linger, lurk, mill about, mill around
  2. move about in a confused manner
    Synonym(s): mill, mill about, mill around
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
millrun
n
  1. a channel for the water current that turns a millwheel
    Synonym(s): millrace, millrun
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   M81llerian \M[81]l*le"ri*an\, a. (Anat.)
      Of, pertaining to, or discovered by, Johannes M[81]ller.
  
      {M[81]llerian ducts} (Anat.), a pair of embryonic ducts which
            give rise to the genital passages in the female, but
            disappear in the male.
  
      {M[81]llerian fibers} (Anat.), the sustentacular or
            connective-tissue fibers which form the framework of the
            retina.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   M81llerian \M[81]l*le"ri*an\, a. (Anat.)
      Of, pertaining to, or discovered by, Johannes M[81]ller.
  
      {M[81]llerian ducts} (Anat.), a pair of embryonic ducts which
            give rise to the genital passages in the female, but
            disappear in the male.
  
      {M[81]llerian fibers} (Anat.), the sustentacular or
            connective-tissue fibers which form the framework of the
            retina.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   M81llerian \M[81]l*le"ri*an\, a. (Anat.)
      Of, pertaining to, or discovered by, Johannes M[81]ller.
  
      {M[81]llerian ducts} (Anat.), a pair of embryonic ducts which
            give rise to the genital passages in the female, but
            disappear in the male.
  
      {M[81]llerian fibers} (Anat.), the sustentacular or
            connective-tissue fibers which form the framework of the
            retina.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Malarial \Ma*la"ri*al\, Malarian \Ma*la"ri*an\, Malarious
   \Ma*la"ri*ous\, a.
      Of or pertaining, to or infected by, malaria.
  
      {Malarial fever} (Med.), a fever produced by malaria, and
            characterized by the occurrence of chills, fever, and
            sweating in distinct paroxysms, At intervals of definite
            and often uniform duration, in which these symptoms are
            wholly absent (intermittent fever), or only partially so
            (remittent fever); fever and ague; chills and fever.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Rhyme \Rhyme\, n. [OE. ryme, rime, AS. r[c6]m number; akin to
      OHG. r[c6]m number, succession, series, G. reim rhyme. The
      modern sense is due to the influence of F. rime, which is of
      German origin, and originally the same word.] [The Old
      English spelling {rime} is becoming again common. See Note
      under {Prime}.]
      1. An expression of thought in numbers, measure, or verse; a
            composition in verse; a rhymed tale; poetry; harmony of
            language. [bd]Railing rhymes.[b8] --Daniel.
  
                     A ryme I learned long ago.                  --Chaucer.
  
                     He knew Himself to sing, and build the lofty rime.
                                                                              --Milton.
  
      2. (Pros.) Correspondence of sound in the terminating words
            or syllables of two or more verses, one succeeding another
            immediately or at no great distance. The words or
            syllables so used must not begin with the same consonant,
            or if one begins with a vowel the other must begin with a
            consonant. The vowel sounds and accents must be the same,
            as also the sounds of the final consonants if there be
            any.
  
                     For rhyme with reason may dispense, And sound has
                     right to govern sense.                        --Prior.
  
      3. Verses, usually two, having this correspondence with each
            other; a couplet; a poem containing rhymes.
  
      4. A word answering in sound to another word.
  
      {Female rhyme}. See under {Female}.
  
      {Male rhyme}. See under {Male}.
  
      {Rhyme or reason}, sound or sense.
  
      {Rhyme royal} (Pros.), a stanza of seven decasyllabic verses,
            of which the first and third, the second, fourth, and
            fifth, and the sixth and seventh rhyme.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Male \Male\, a. [F. m[83]le, OF. masle, mascle, fr. L. masculus
      male, masculine, dim. of mas a male; possibly akin to E. man.
      Cf. {Masculine}, {Marry}, v. t.]
      1. Of or pertaining to the sex that begets or procreates
            young, or (in a wider sense) to the sex that produces
            spermatozoa, by which the ova are fertilized; not female;
            as, male organs.
  
      2. (Bot.) Capable of producing fertilization, but not of
            bearing fruit; -- said of stamens and antheridia, and of
            the plants, or parts of plants, which bear them.
  
      3. Suitable to the male sex; characteristic or suggestive of
            a male; masculine; as, male courage.
  
      4. Consisting of males; as, a male choir.
  
      5. (Mech.) Adapted for entering another corresponding piece
            (the female piece) which is hollow and which it fits; as,
            a male gauge, for gauging the size or shape of a hole; a
            male screw, etc.
  
      {Male berry} (Bot.), a kind of coffee. See {Pea berry}.
  
      {Male fern} (Bot.), a fern of the genus {Aspidium} ({A.
            Filixmas}), used in medicine as an anthelmintic, esp.
            against the tapeworm. {Aspidium marginale} in America, and
            {A. athamanticum} in South Africa, are used as good
            substitutes for the male fern in medical practice. See
            {Female fern}, under {Female}.
  
      {Male rhyme}, a rhyme in which only the last syllables agree,
            as laid, afraid, dismayed. See {Female rhyme}, under
            {Female}.
  
      {Male screw} (Mech.), a screw having threads upon its
            exterior which enter the grooves upon the inside of a
            corresponding nut or female screw.
  
      {Male thread}, the thread of a male screw.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   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.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Talapoin \Tal"a*poin\ (t[acr]l"[adot]*poin), n. (Zo[94]l.)
      A small African monkey ({Cercopithecus, [or] Miopithecus,
      talapoin}) -- called also {melarhine}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Mile \Mile\, n. [AS. m[c6]l, fr. L. millia, milia; pl. of mille
      a thousand, i. e., milia passuum a thousand paces. Cf. {Mill}
      the tenth of a cent, {Million}.]
      A certain measure of distance, being equivalent in England
      and the United States to 320 poles or rods, or 5,280 feet.
  
      Note: The distance called a mile varies greatly in different
               countries. Its length in yards is, in Norway, 12,182;
               in Brunswick, 11,816; in Sweden, 11,660; in Hungary,
               9,139; in Switzerland, 8,548; in Austria, 8,297; in
               Prussia, 8,238; in Poland, 8,100; in Italy, 2,025; in
               England and the United States, 1,760; in Spain, 1,552;
               in the Netherlands, 1,094.
  
      {Geographical}, [or] {Nautical mile}, one sixtieth of a
            degree of a great circle of the earth, or 6080.27 feet.
  
      {Mile run}. Same as {Train mile}. See under {Train}.
  
      {Roman mile}, a thousand paces, equal to 1,614 yards English
            measure.
  
      {Statute mile}, a mile conforming to statute, that is, in
            England and the United States, a mile of 5,280 feet, as
            distinguished from any other mile.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Train \Train\, n. [F. train, OF. tra[8b]n, trahin; cf. (for some
      of the senses) F. traine. See {Train}, v.]
      1. That which draws along; especially, persuasion, artifice,
            or enticement; allurement. [Obs.] [bd]Now to my charms,
            and to my wily trains.[b8] --Milton.
  
      2. Hence, something tied to a lure to entice a hawk; also, a
            trap for an animal; a snare. --Halliwell.
  
                     With cunning trains him to entrap un wares.
                                                                              --Spenser.
  
      3. That which is drawn along in the rear of, or after,
            something; that which is in the hinder part or rear.
            Specifically :
            (a) That part of a gown which trails behind the wearer.
            (b) (Mil.) The after part of a gun carriage; the trail.
            (c) The tail of a bird. [bd]The train steers their
                  flights, and turns their bodies, like the rudder of
                  ship.[b8] --Ray.
  
      4. A number of followers; a body of attendants; a retinue; a
            suite.
  
                     The king's daughter with a lovely train. --Addison.
  
                     My train are men of choice and rarest parts. --Shak.
  
      5. A consecution or succession of connected things; a series.
            [bd]A train of happy sentiments.[b8] --I. Watts.
  
                     The train of ills our love would draw behind it.
                                                                              --Addison.
  
                     Rivers now Stream and perpetual draw their humid
                     train.                                                --Milton.
  
                     Other truths require a train of ideas placed in
                     order.                                                --Locke.
  
      6. Regular method; process; course; order; as, things now in
            a train for settlement.
  
                     If things were once in this train, . . . our duty
                     would take root in our nature.            --Swift.
  
      7. The number of beats of a watch in any certain time.
  
      8. A line of gunpowder laid to lead fire to a charge, mine,
            or the like.
  
      9. A connected line of cars or carriages on a railroad.
  
      10. A heavy, long sleigh used in Canada for the
            transportation of merchandise, wood, and the like.
  
      11. (Rolling Mill) A roll train; as, a 12-inch train.
  
      {Roll train}, [or] {Train of rolls} (Rolling Mill), a set of
            plain or grooved rolls for rolling metal into various
            forms by a series of consecutive operations.
  
      {Train mile} (Railroads), a unit employed in estimating
            running expenses, etc., being one of the total number of
            miles run by all the trains of a road, or system of roads,
            as within a given time, or for a given expenditure; --
            called also {mile run}.
  
      {Train of artillery}, any number of cannon, mortars, etc.,
            with the attendants and carriages which follow them into
            the field. --Campbell (Dict. Mil. Sci.).
  
      {Train of mechanism}, a series of moving pieces, as wheels
            and pinions, each of which is follower to that which
            drives it, and driver to that which follows it.
  
      {Train road}, a slight railway for small cars, -- used for
            construction, or in mining.
  
      {Train tackle} (Naut.), a tackle for running guns in and out.
  
      Syn: Cars.
  
      Usage: {Train}, {Cars}. Train is the word universally used in
                  England with reference to railroad traveling; as, I
                  came in the morning train. In the United States, the
                  phrase the cars has been extensively introduced in the
                  room of train; as, the cars are late; I came in the
                  cars. The English expression is obviously more
                  appropriate, and is prevailing more and more among
                  Americans, to the exclusion of the cars.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Mile \Mile\, n. [AS. m[c6]l, fr. L. millia, milia; pl. of mille
      a thousand, i. e., milia passuum a thousand paces. Cf. {Mill}
      the tenth of a cent, {Million}.]
      A certain measure of distance, being equivalent in England
      and the United States to 320 poles or rods, or 5,280 feet.
  
      Note: The distance called a mile varies greatly in different
               countries. Its length in yards is, in Norway, 12,182;
               in Brunswick, 11,816; in Sweden, 11,660; in Hungary,
               9,139; in Switzerland, 8,548; in Austria, 8,297; in
               Prussia, 8,238; in Poland, 8,100; in Italy, 2,025; in
               England and the United States, 1,760; in Spain, 1,552;
               in the Netherlands, 1,094.
  
      {Geographical}, [or] {Nautical mile}, one sixtieth of a
            degree of a great circle of the earth, or 6080.27 feet.
  
      {Mile run}. Same as {Train mile}. See under {Train}.
  
      {Roman mile}, a thousand paces, equal to 1,614 yards English
            measure.
  
      {Statute mile}, a mile conforming to statute, that is, in
            England and the United States, a mile of 5,280 feet, as
            distinguished from any other mile.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Train \Train\, n. [F. train, OF. tra[8b]n, trahin; cf. (for some
      of the senses) F. traine. See {Train}, v.]
      1. That which draws along; especially, persuasion, artifice,
            or enticement; allurement. [Obs.] [bd]Now to my charms,
            and to my wily trains.[b8] --Milton.
  
      2. Hence, something tied to a lure to entice a hawk; also, a
            trap for an animal; a snare. --Halliwell.
  
                     With cunning trains him to entrap un wares.
                                                                              --Spenser.
  
      3. That which is drawn along in the rear of, or after,
            something; that which is in the hinder part or rear.
            Specifically :
            (a) That part of a gown which trails behind the wearer.
            (b) (Mil.) The after part of a gun carriage; the trail.
            (c) The tail of a bird. [bd]The train steers their
                  flights, and turns their bodies, like the rudder of
                  ship.[b8] --Ray.
  
      4. A number of followers; a body of attendants; a retinue; a
            suite.
  
                     The king's daughter with a lovely train. --Addison.
  
                     My train are men of choice and rarest parts. --Shak.
  
      5. A consecution or succession of connected things; a series.
            [bd]A train of happy sentiments.[b8] --I. Watts.
  
                     The train of ills our love would draw behind it.
                                                                              --Addison.
  
                     Rivers now Stream and perpetual draw their humid
                     train.                                                --Milton.
  
                     Other truths require a train of ideas placed in
                     order.                                                --Locke.
  
      6. Regular method; process; course; order; as, things now in
            a train for settlement.
  
                     If things were once in this train, . . . our duty
                     would take root in our nature.            --Swift.
  
      7. The number of beats of a watch in any certain time.
  
      8. A line of gunpowder laid to lead fire to a charge, mine,
            or the like.
  
      9. A connected line of cars or carriages on a railroad.
  
      10. A heavy, long sleigh used in Canada for the
            transportation of merchandise, wood, and the like.
  
      11. (Rolling Mill) A roll train; as, a 12-inch train.
  
      {Roll train}, [or] {Train of rolls} (Rolling Mill), a set of
            plain or grooved rolls for rolling metal into various
            forms by a series of consecutive operations.
  
      {Train mile} (Railroads), a unit employed in estimating
            running expenses, etc., being one of the total number of
            miles run by all the trains of a road, or system of roads,
            as within a given time, or for a given expenditure; --
            called also {mile run}.
  
      {Train of artillery}, any number of cannon, mortars, etc.,
            with the attendants and carriages which follow them into
            the field. --Campbell (Dict. Mil. Sci.).
  
      {Train of mechanism}, a series of moving pieces, as wheels
            and pinions, each of which is follower to that which
            drives it, and driver to that which follows it.
  
      {Train road}, a slight railway for small cars, -- used for
            construction, or in mining.
  
      {Train tackle} (Naut.), a tackle for running guns in and out.
  
      Syn: Cars.
  
      Usage: {Train}, {Cars}. Train is the word universally used in
                  England with reference to railroad traveling; as, I
                  came in the morning train. In the United States, the
                  phrase the cars has been extensively introduced in the
                  room of train; as, the cars are late; I came in the
                  cars. The English expression is obviously more
                  appropriate, and is prevailing more and more among
                  Americans, to the exclusion of the cars.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Millrind \Mill"rind`\, Millrynd \Mill"rynd`\, n. [Mill + rynd.]
      (Her.)
      A figure supposed to represent the iron which holds a
      millstone by being set into its center.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Millrind \Mill"rind`\, Millrynd \Mill"rynd`\, n. [Mill + rynd.]
      (Her.)
      A figure supposed to represent the iron which holds a
      millstone by being set into its center.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Mule \Mule\ (m[umac]l), n. [F., a she-mule, L. mula, fem. of
      mulus; cf. Gr. my`klos, mychlo`s. Cf. AS. m[umac]l, fr. L.
      mulus. Cf. {Mulatto}.]
      1. (Zo[94]l.) A hybrid animal; specifically, one generated
            between an ass and a mare, sometimes a horse and a
            she-ass. See {Hinny}.
  
      Note: Mules are much used as draught animals. They are hardy,
               and proverbial for stubbornness.
  
      2. (Bot.) A plant or vegetable produced by impregnating the
            pistil of one species with the pollen or fecundating dust
            of another; -- called also {hybrid}.
  
      3. A very stubborn person.
  
      4. A machine, used in factories, for spinning cotton, wool,
            etc., into yarn or thread and winding it into cops; --
            called also {jenny} and {mule-jenny}.
  
      {Mule armadillo} (Zo[94]l.), a long-eared armadillo (Tatusia
            hybrida), native of Buenos Aires; -- called also {mulita}.
            See Illust. under {Armadillo}.
  
      {Mule deer} (Zo[94]l.), a large deer ({Cervus, [or] Cariacus,
            macrotis}) of the Western United States. The name refers
            to its long ears.
  
      {Mule pulley} (Mach.), an idle pulley for guiding a belt
            which transmits motion between shafts that are not
            parallel.
  
      {Mule twist}, cotton yarn in cops, as spun on a mule; -- in
            distinction from yarn spun on a throstle frame.

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Mill Run, PA
      Zip code(s): 15464
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