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   married person
         n 1: a person's partner in marriage [syn: {spouse}, {partner},
               {married person}, {mate}, {better half}]

English Dictionary: mirthfulness by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Marta Brigit Nilsson
n
  1. Swedish operatic soprano who played Wagnerian roles (born in 1918)
    Synonym(s): Nilsson, Brigit Nilsson, Marta Brigit Nilsson
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Martha Beatrice Potter Webb
n
  1. English writer and a central member of the Fabian Society (1858-1943)
    Synonym(s): Webb, Beatrice Webb, Martha Beatrice Potter Webb
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
merit badge
n
  1. a badge award to Boy Scouts in recognition of special projects
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
merit pay
n
  1. extra pay awarded to an employee on the basis of merit (especially to school teachers)
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
meritable
adj
  1. deserving reward or praise; "a lifetime of meritorious service"; "meritorious conduct"
    Synonym(s): meritorious, meritable
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
mirid bug
n
  1. a variety of leaf bug
    Synonym(s): mirid bug, mirid, capsid
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
mirthful
adj
  1. full of or showing high-spirited merriment; "when hearts were young and gay"; "a poet could not but be gay, in such a jocund company"- Wordsworth; "the jolly crowd at the reunion"; "jolly old Saint Nick"; "a jovial old gentleman"; "have a merry Christmas"; "peals of merry laughter"; "a mirthful laugh"
    Synonym(s): gay, jocund, jolly, jovial, merry, mirthful
  2. arousing or provoking laughter; "an amusing film with a steady stream of pranks and pratfalls"; "an amusing fellow"; "a comic hat"; "a comical look of surprise"; "funny stories that made everybody laugh"; "a very funny writer"; "it would have been laughable if it hadn't hurt so much"; "a mirthful experience"; "risible courtroom antics"
    Synonym(s): amusing, comic, comical, funny, laughable, mirthful, risible
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
mirthfully
adv
  1. in a joyous manner; "they shouted happily" [syn: happily, merrily, mirthfully, gayly, blithely, jubilantly]
    Antonym(s): unhappily
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
mirthfulness
n
  1. great merriment [syn: hilarity, mirth, mirthfulness, glee, gleefulness]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Mordva
n
  1. a member of the agricultural people living in the central Volga provinces of European Russia
    Synonym(s): Mordva, Mordvin, Mordvinian
  2. the Finnic language spoken by the Mordvinians
    Synonym(s): Mordva, Mordvin, Mordvinian
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Mordvin
n
  1. a member of the agricultural people living in the central Volga provinces of European Russia
    Synonym(s): Mordva, Mordvin, Mordvinian
  2. the Finnic language spoken by the Mordvinians
    Synonym(s): Mordva, Mordvin, Mordvinian
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Mordvinian
n
  1. a member of the agricultural people living in the central Volga provinces of European Russia
    Synonym(s): Mordva, Mordvin, Mordvinian
  2. the Finnic language spoken by the Mordvinians
    Synonym(s): Mordva, Mordvin, Mordvinian
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
mortification
n
  1. strong feelings of embarrassment [syn: chagrin, humiliation, mortification]
  2. the localized death of living cells (as from infection or the interruption of blood supply)
    Synonym(s): necrosis, mortification, gangrene, sphacelus
  3. an instance in which you are caused to lose your prestige or self-respect; "he had to undergo one humiliation after another"
    Synonym(s): humiliation, mortification
  4. (Christianity) the act of mortifying the lusts of the flesh by self-denial and privation (especially by bodily pain or discomfort inflicted on yourself)
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
mortified
adj
  1. suffering from tissue death [syn: gangrenous, mortified]
  2. made to feel uncomfortable because of shame or wounded pride; "too embarrassed to say hello to his drunken father on the street"; "humiliated that his wife had to go out to work"; "felt mortified by the comparison with her sister"
    Synonym(s): embarrassed, humiliated, mortified
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
mortify
v
  1. practice self-denial of one's body and appetites
  2. hold within limits and control; "subdue one's appetites"; "mortify the flesh"
    Synonym(s): mortify, subdue, crucify
  3. cause to feel shame; hurt the pride of; "He humiliated his colleague by criticising him in front of the boss"
    Synonym(s): humiliate, mortify, chagrin, humble, abase
  4. undergo necrosis; "the tissue around the wound necrosed"
    Synonym(s): necrose, gangrene, mortify, sphacelate
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
mortifying
adj
  1. causing to feel shame or chagrin or vexation; "the embarrassing moment when she found her petticoat down around her ankles"; "it was mortifying to know he had heard every word"
    Synonym(s): embarrassing, mortifying
  2. causing awareness of your shortcomings; "golf is a humbling game"
    Synonym(s): demeaning, humbling, humiliating, mortifying
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Ita palm \I"ta palm`\ (Bot.)
      A magnificent species of palm ({Mauritia flexuosa}), growing
      near the Orinoco. The natives eat its fruit and buds, drink
      its sap, and make thread and cord from its fiber.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Meritable \Mer"it*a*ble\, a.
      Deserving of reward. [R.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Mirthful \Mirth"ful\, a.
      1. Full of mirth or merriment; merry; as, mirthful children.
  
      2. Indicating or inspiring mirth; as, a mirthful face.
  
                     Mirthful, comic shows.                        --Shak.
            -- {Mirth"ful*ly}, adv. -- {Mirth"ful*ness}, n.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Mirthful \Mirth"ful\, a.
      1. Full of mirth or merriment; merry; as, mirthful children.
  
      2. Indicating or inspiring mirth; as, a mirthful face.
  
                     Mirthful, comic shows.                        --Shak.
            -- {Mirth"ful*ly}, adv. -- {Mirth"ful*ness}, n.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Mirthful \Mirth"ful\, a.
      1. Full of mirth or merriment; merry; as, mirthful children.
  
      2. Indicating or inspiring mirth; as, a mirthful face.
  
                     Mirthful, comic shows.                        --Shak.
            -- {Mirth"ful*ly}, adv. -- {Mirth"ful*ness}, n.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Mortiferous \Mor"tif"er*ous\, a. [L. mortifier; mors, mortis,
      death + ferre to bring: cf. F. mortif[8a]re.]
      Bringing or producing death; deadly; destructive; as, a
      mortiferous herb. --Gov. of Tongue.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Mortification \Mor`ti*fi*ca"tion\, n. [F., fr. L. mortificatio a
      killing. See {Mortify}.]
      1. The act of mortifying, or the condition of being
            mortified; especially:
            (a) (Med.) The death of one part of an animal body, while
                  the rest continues to live; loss of vitality in some
                  part of a living animal; gangrene. --Dunglison.
            (b) (Alchem. & Old Chem.) Destruction of active qualities;
                  neutralization. [Obs.] --Bacon.
            (c) Subjection of the passions and appetites, by penance,
                  absistence, or painful severities inflicted on the
                  body.
  
                           The mortification of our lusts has something in
                           it that is troublesome, yet nothing that is
                           unreasonable.                              --Tillotson.
            (d) Hence: Deprivation or depression of self-approval;
                  abatement or pride; humiliation; chagrin; vexation.
  
                           We had the mortification to lose sight of
                           Munich, Augsburg, and Ratisbon.   --Addison.
  
      2. That which mortifies; the cause of humiliation, chagrin,
            or vexation.
  
                     It is one of the vexatious mortifications of a
                     studious man to have his thoughts discovered by a
                     tedious visit.                                    --L'Estrange.
  
      3. (Scots Law) A gift to some charitable or religious
            institution; -- nearly synonymous with mortmain.
  
      Syn: Chagrin; vexation; shame. See {Chagrin}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Mortified \Mor"ti*fied\,
      imp. & p. p. of {Mortify}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Mortify \Mor"ti*fy\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Mortified}; p. pr. &
      vb. n. {Mortifying}.] [OE. mortifien, F. mortifier, fr. L.
      mortificare; L. mors, mortis, death + -ficare (in comp.) to
      make. See {Mortal}, and {-fy}.]
      1. To destroy the organic texture and vital functions of; to
            produce gangrene in.
  
      2. To destroy the active powers or essential qualities of; to
            change by chemical action. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
  
                     Quicksilver is mortified with turpentine. --Bacon.
  
                     He mortified pearls in vinegar.         --Hakewill.
  
      3. To deaden by religious or other discipline, as the carnal
            affections, bodily appetites, or worldly desires; to bring
            into subjection; to abase; to humble.
  
                     With fasting mortified, worn out with tears.
                                                                              --Harte.
  
                     Mortify thy learned lust.                  --Prior.
  
                     Mortify, rherefore, your members which are upon the
                     earth.                                                --Col. iii. 5.
  
      4. To affect with vexation, chagrin, or humiliation; to
            humble; to depress.
  
                     The news of the fatal battle of Worcester, which
                     exceedingly mortified our expectations. --Evelyn.
  
                     How often is the ambitious man mortified with the
                     very praises he receives, if they do not rise so
                     high as he thinks they ought!            --Addison.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Mortifiedness \Mor"ti*fied*ness\, n.
      The state of being mortified; humiliation; subjection of the
      passions. [R.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Mortifier \Mor"ti*fi`er\, n.
      One who, or that which, mortifies.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Mortify \Mor"ti*fy\, v. i.
      1. To lose vitality and organic structure, as flesh of a
            living body; to gangrene.
  
      2. To practice penance from religious motives; to deaden
            desires by religious discipline.
  
                     This makes him . . . give alms of all that he hath,
                     watch, fast, and mortify.                  --Law.
  
      3. To be subdued; to decay, as appetites, desires, etc.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Mortify \Mor"ti*fy\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Mortified}; p. pr. &
      vb. n. {Mortifying}.] [OE. mortifien, F. mortifier, fr. L.
      mortificare; L. mors, mortis, death + -ficare (in comp.) to
      make. See {Mortal}, and {-fy}.]
      1. To destroy the organic texture and vital functions of; to
            produce gangrene in.
  
      2. To destroy the active powers or essential qualities of; to
            change by chemical action. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
  
                     Quicksilver is mortified with turpentine. --Bacon.
  
                     He mortified pearls in vinegar.         --Hakewill.
  
      3. To deaden by religious or other discipline, as the carnal
            affections, bodily appetites, or worldly desires; to bring
            into subjection; to abase; to humble.
  
                     With fasting mortified, worn out with tears.
                                                                              --Harte.
  
                     Mortify thy learned lust.                  --Prior.
  
                     Mortify, rherefore, your members which are upon the
                     earth.                                                --Col. iii. 5.
  
      4. To affect with vexation, chagrin, or humiliation; to
            humble; to depress.
  
                     The news of the fatal battle of Worcester, which
                     exceedingly mortified our expectations. --Evelyn.
  
                     How often is the ambitious man mortified with the
                     very praises he receives, if they do not rise so
                     high as he thinks they ought!            --Addison.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Mortify \Mor"ti*fy\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Mortified}; p. pr. &
      vb. n. {Mortifying}.] [OE. mortifien, F. mortifier, fr. L.
      mortificare; L. mors, mortis, death + -ficare (in comp.) to
      make. See {Mortal}, and {-fy}.]
      1. To destroy the organic texture and vital functions of; to
            produce gangrene in.
  
      2. To destroy the active powers or essential qualities of; to
            change by chemical action. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
  
                     Quicksilver is mortified with turpentine. --Bacon.
  
                     He mortified pearls in vinegar.         --Hakewill.
  
      3. To deaden by religious or other discipline, as the carnal
            affections, bodily appetites, or worldly desires; to bring
            into subjection; to abase; to humble.
  
                     With fasting mortified, worn out with tears.
                                                                              --Harte.
  
                     Mortify thy learned lust.                  --Prior.
  
                     Mortify, rherefore, your members which are upon the
                     earth.                                                --Col. iii. 5.
  
      4. To affect with vexation, chagrin, or humiliation; to
            humble; to depress.
  
                     The news of the fatal battle of Worcester, which
                     exceedingly mortified our expectations. --Evelyn.
  
                     How often is the ambitious man mortified with the
                     very praises he receives, if they do not rise so
                     high as he thinks they ought!            --Addison.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Mortifying \Mor"ti*fy`ing\, a.
      1. Tending to mortify; affected by, or having symptoms of,
            mortification; as, a mortifying wound; mortifying flesh.
  
      2. Subduing the appetites, desires, etc.; as, mortifying
            penances.
  
      3. Tending to humble or abase; humiliating; as, a mortifying
            repulse.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Mortifyingly \Mor"ti*fy`ing*ly\, adv.
      In a mortifying manner.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Mortpay \Mort"pay`\, n. [F. mort dead + E. pay.]
      Dead pay; the crime of taking pay for the service of dead
      soldiers, or for services not actually rendered by soldiers.
      [Obs.] --Bacon.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Sal \Sal\ (s[acr]l), n. [L. See {Salt}.] (Chem. & Pharm.)
      Salt.
  
      {Sal absinthii} [NL.] (Old Chem.), an impure potassium
            carbonate obtained from the ashes of wormwood ({Artemisia
            Absinthium}).
  
      {Sal acetosell[91]} [NL.] (Old Chem.), salt of sorrel.
  
      {Sal alembroth}. (Old Chem.) See {Alembroth}.
  
      {Sal ammoniac} (Chem.), ammonium chloride, {NH4Cl}, a white
            crystalline volatile substance having a sharp salty taste,
            obtained from gas works, from nitrogenous matter, etc. It
            is largely employed as a source of ammonia, as a reagent,
            and as an expectorant in bronchitis. So called because
            originally made from the soot from camel's dung at the
            temple of Jupiter Ammon in Africa. Called also {muriate of
            ammonia}.
  
      {Sal catharticus} [NL.] (Old Med. Chem.), Epsom salts.
  
      {Sal culinarius} [L.] (Old Chem.), common salt, or sodium
            chloride.
  
      {Sal Cyrenaicus}. [NL.] (Old Chem.) See {Sal ammoniac} above.
           
  
      {Sal de duobus}, {Sal duplicatum} [NL.] (Old Chem.),
            potassium sulphate; -- so called because erroneously
            supposed to be composed of two salts, one acid and one
            alkaline.
  
      {Sal diureticus} [NL.] (Old Med. Chem.), potassium acetate.
           
  
      {Sal enixum} [NL.] (Old Chem.), acid potassium sulphate.
  
      {Sal gemm[91]} [NL.] (Old Min.), common salt occuring native.
           
  
      {Sal Jovis} [NL.] (Old Chem.), salt tin, or stannic chloride;
            -- the alchemical name of tin being Jove.
  
      {Sal Martis} [NL.] (Old Chem.), green vitriol, or ferrous
            sulphate; -- the alchemical name of iron being Mars.
  
      {Sal microcosmicum} [NL.] (Old Chem.) See {Microcosmic salt},
            under {Microcosmic}.
  
      {Sal plumbi} [NL.] (Old Chem.), sugar of lead.
  
      {Sal prunella}. (Old Chem.) See {Prunella salt}, under 1st
            {Prunella}.
  
      {Sal Saturni} [NL.] (Old Chem.), sugar of lead, or lead
            acetate; -- the alchemical name of lead being Saturn.
  
      {Sal sedativus} [NL.] (Old Chem.), sedative salt, or boric
            acid.
  
      {Sal Seignette} [F. seignette, sel de seignette] (Chem.),
            Rochelle salt.
  
      {Sal soda} (Chem.), sodium carbonate. See under {Sodium}.
  
      {Sal vitrioli} [NL.] (Old Chem.), white vitriol; zinc
            sulphate.
  
      {Sal volatile}. [NL.]
      (a) (Chem.) See {Sal ammoniac}, above.
      (b) Spirits of ammonia.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Ammoniac \Am*mo"ni*ac\, Ammoniacal \Am`mo*ni"a*cal\, a.
      Of or pertaining to ammonia, or possessing its properties;
      as, an ammoniac salt; ammoniacal gas.
  
      {Ammoniacal engine}, an engine in which the vapor of ammonia
            is used as the motive force.
  
      {Sal ammoniac} [L. sal ammoniacus], the salt usually called
            {chloride of ammonium}, and formerly {muriate of ammonia}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Muriatiferous \Mu`ri*a*tif"er*ous\, a. [Muriatic + -ferous.]
      (Old Chem.)
      Producing muriatic substances or salt. [Obs.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Myrtiform \Myr"ti*form\, a. [L. myrtus myrtle + -form: cf. F.
      myrtiforme.]
      Resembling myrtle or myrtle berries; having the form of a
      myrtle leaf.

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   Martville, NY
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