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   maple sugar
         n 1: sugar made from the sap of the sugar maple tree

English Dictionary: mobilize by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
maple syrup
n
  1. made by concentrating sap from sugar maples
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
maple syrup urine disease
n
  1. an inherited disorder of metabolism in which the urine has a odor characteristic of maple syrup; if untreated it can lead to mental retardation and death in early childhood
    Synonym(s): maple syrup urine disease, branched chain ketoaciduria
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
mefloquine
n
  1. an antimalarial drug (trade name Larium and Mephaquine) that is effective in cases that do not respond to chloroquine; said to produce harmful neuropsychiatric effects on some people
    Synonym(s): mefloquine, mefloquine hydrochloride, Larium, Mephaquine
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
mefloquine hydrochloride
n
  1. an antimalarial drug (trade name Larium and Mephaquine) that is effective in cases that do not respond to chloroquine; said to produce harmful neuropsychiatric effects on some people
    Synonym(s): mefloquine, mefloquine hydrochloride, Larium, Mephaquine
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
mobile canteen
n
  1. a restaurant outside; often for soldiers or policemen [syn: canteen, mobile canteen]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
mobilisation
n
  1. act of marshaling and organizing and making ready for use or action; "mobilization of the country's economic resources"
    Synonym(s): mobilization, mobilisation
  2. act of assembling and putting into readiness for war or other emergency: "mobilization of the troops"
    Synonym(s): mobilization, mobilisation, militarization, militarisation
    Antonym(s): demobilisation, demobilization
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
mobilise
v
  1. call to arms; of military personnel [syn: call up, mobilize, mobilise, rally]
    Antonym(s): demobilise, demobilize, inactivate
  2. get ready for war
    Synonym(s): mobilize, mobilise
    Antonym(s): demob, demobilise, demobilize
  3. make ready for action or use; "marshal resources"
    Synonym(s): mobilize, mobilise, marshal, summon
  4. cause to move around; "circulate a rumor"
    Synonym(s): mobilize, mobilise, circulate
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
mobilization
n
  1. act of assembling and putting into readiness for war or other emergency: "mobilization of the troops"
    Synonym(s): mobilization, mobilisation, militarization, militarisation
    Antonym(s): demobilisation, demobilization
  2. act of marshaling and organizing and making ready for use or action; "mobilization of the country's economic resources"
    Synonym(s): mobilization, mobilisation
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
mobilize
v
  1. make ready for action or use; "marshal resources" [syn: mobilize, mobilise, marshal, summon]
  2. call to arms; of military personnel
    Synonym(s): call up, mobilize, mobilise, rally
    Antonym(s): demobilise, demobilize, inactivate
  3. get ready for war
    Synonym(s): mobilize, mobilise
    Antonym(s): demob, demobilise, demobilize
  4. cause to move around; "circulate a rumor"
    Synonym(s): mobilize, mobilise, circulate
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
moblike
adj
  1. characteristic of a mob; disorderly or lawless; "fanned mounting tension into mobbish terrorizing"; "moblike mentality"
    Synonym(s): mobbish, moblike
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Kingfish \King"fish`\, n. (Zo[94]l.)
      (a) An American marine food fish of the genus {Menticirrus},
            especially {M. saxatilis}, or {M. nebulosos}, of the
            Atlantic coast; -- called also {whiting}, {surf whiting},
            and {barb}.
      (b) The opah.
      (c) The common cero; also, the spotted cero. See {Cero}.
      (d) The queenfish.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Scorpion \Scor"pi*on\, n. [F., fr. L. scorpio, scorpius, Gr.
      [?], perhaps akin to E. sharp.]
      1. (Zo[94]l.) Any one of numerous species of pulmonate
            arachnids of the order Scorpiones, having a suctorial
            mouth, large claw-bearing palpi, and a caudal sting.
  
      Note: Scorpions have a flattened body, and a long, slender
               post-abdomen formed of six movable segments, the last
               of which terminates in a curved venomous sting. The
               venom causes great pain, but is unattended either with
               redness or swelling, except in the axillary or inguinal
               glands, when an extremity is affected. It is seldom if
               ever destructive of life. Scorpions are found widely
               dispersed in the warm climates of both the Old and New
               Worlds.
  
      2. (Zo[94]l.) The pine or gray lizard ({Sceloporus
            undulatus}). [Local, U. S.]
  
      3. (Zo[94]l.) The scorpene.
  
      4. (Script.) A painful scourge.
  
                     My father hath chastised you with whips, but I will
                     chastise you with scorpions.               --1 Kings xii.
                                                                              11.
  
      5. (Astron.) A sign and constellation. See {Scorpio}.
  
      6. (Antiq.) An ancient military engine for hurling stones and
            other missiles.
  
      {Book scorpion}. (Zo[94]l.) See under {Book}.
  
      {False scorpion}. (Zo[94]l.) See under {False}, and {Book
            scorpion}.
  
      {Scorpion bug}, or {Water scorpion} (Zo[94]l.) See {Nepa}.
  
      {Scorpion fly} (Zo[94]l.), a neuropterous insect of the genus
            {Panorpa}. See {Panorpid}.
  
      {Scorpion grass} (Bot.), a plant of the genus {Myosotis}. {M.
            palustris} is the forget-me-not.
  
      {Scorpion senna} (Bot.), a yellow-flowered leguminous shrub
            ({Coronilla Emerus}) having a slender joined pod, like a
            scorpion's tail. The leaves are said to yield a dye like
            indigo, and to be used sometimes to adulterate senna.
  
      {Scorpion shell} (Zo[94]l.), any shell of the genus
            Pteroceras. See {Pteroceras}.
  
      {Scorpion spiders}. (Zo[94]l.), any one of the Pedipalpi.
  
      {Scorpion's tail} (Bot.), any plant of the leguminous genus
            {Scorpiurus}, herbs with a circinately coiled pod; -- also
            called {caterpillar}.
  
      {Scorpion's thorn} (Bot.), a thorny leguminous plant
            ({Genista Scorpius}) of Southern Europe.
  
      {The Scorpion's Heart} (Astron.), the star Antares in the
            constellation Scorpio.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Swamp \Swamp\, n. [Cf. AS. swam a fungus, OD. swam a sponge, D.
      zwam a fungus, G. schwamm a sponge, Icel. sv[94]ppr, Dan. &
      Sw. swamp, Goth. swamms, Gr. somfo`s porous, spongy.]
      Wet, spongy land; soft, low ground saturated with water, but
      not usually covered with it; marshy ground away from the
      seashore.
  
               Gray swamps and pools, waste places of the hern.
                                                                              --Tennyson.
  
               A swamp differs from a bog and a marsh in producing
               trees and shrubs, while the latter produce only
               herbage, plants, and mosses.                  --Farming
                                                                              Encyc. (E.
                                                                              Edwards,
                                                                              Words).
  
      {Swamp blackbird}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Redwing}
      (b) .
  
      {Swamp cabbage} (Bot.), skunk cabbage.
  
      {Swamp deer} (Zo[94]l.), an Asiatic deer ({Rucervus
            Duvaucelli}) of India.
  
      {Swamp hen}. (Zo[94]l.)
      (a) An Australian azure-breasted bird ({Porphyrio bellus});
            -- called also {goollema}.
      (b) An Australian water crake, or rail ({Porzana Tabuensis});
            -- called also {little swamp hen}.
      (c) The European purple gallinule.
  
      {Swamp honeysuckle} (Bot.), an American shrub ({Azalea, [or]
            Rhododendron, viscosa}) growing in swampy places, with
            fragrant flowers of a white color, or white tinged with
            rose; -- called also {swamp pink}.
  
      {Swamp hook}, a hook and chain used by lumbermen in handling
            logs. Cf. {Cant hook}.
  
      {Swamp itch}. (Med.) See {Prairie itch}, under {Prairie}.
  
      {Swamp laurel} (Bot.), a shrub ({Kalmia glauca}) having small
            leaves with the lower surface glaucous.
  
      {Swamp maple} (Bot.), red maple. See {Maple}.
  
      {Swamp oak} (Bot.), a name given to several kinds of oak
            which grow in swampy places, as swamp Spanish oak
            ({Quercus palustris}), swamp white oak ({Q. bicolor}),
            swamp post oak ({Q. lyrata}).
  
      {Swamp ore} (Min.), bog ore; limonite.
  
      {Swamp partridge} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several Australian
            game birds of the genera {Synoicus} and {Excalfatoria},
            allied to the European partridges.
  
      {Swamp robin} (Zo[94]l.), the chewink.
  
      {Swamp sassafras} (Bot.), a small North American tree of the
            genus {Magnolia} ({M. glauca}) with aromatic leaves and
            fragrant creamy-white blossoms; -- called also {sweet
            bay}.
  
      {Swamp sparrow} (Zo[94]l.), a common North American sparrow
            ({Melospiza Georgiana}, or {M. palustris}), closely
            resembling the song sparrow. It lives in low, swampy
            places.
  
      {Swamp willow}. (Bot.) See {Pussy willow}, under {Pussy}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Forget-me-not \For*get"-me-not`\, n. [Cf. G. vergissmeinnicht.]
      (Bot.)
      A small herb, of the genus {Myosotis} ({M. palustris},
      {incespitosa}, etc.), bearing a beautiful blue flower, and
      extensively considered the emblem of fidelity.
  
      Note: Formerly the name was given to the {Ajuga
               Cham[91]pitus}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Horehound \Hore"hound`\, n. [OE. horehune, AS. h[be]rhune;
      h[be]r hoar, gray + hune horehound; cf. L. cunila a species
      of organum, Gr. [?], Skr. kn[?]y to smell.] (Bot.)
      A plant of the genus {Marrubium} ({M. vulgare}), which has a
      bitter taste, and is a weak tonic, used as a household remedy
      for colds, coughing, etc. [Written also {hoarhound}.]
  
      {Fetid horehound}, [or] {Black horehound}, a disagreeable
            plant resembling horehound ({Ballota nigra}).
  
      {Water horehound}, a species of the genus {Lycopus},
            resembling mint, but not aromatic.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Badger \Badg"er\, n. [OE. bageard, prob. fr. badge + -ard, in
      reference to the white mark on its forehead. See {Badge},n.]
      1. A carnivorous quadruped of the genus {Meles} or of an
            allied genus. It is a burrowing animal, with short, thick
            legs, and long claws on the fore feet. One species ({M.
            vulgaris}), called also {brock}, inhabits the north of
            Europe and Asia; another species ({Taxidea Americana [or]
            Labradorica}) inhabits the northern parts of North
            America. See {Teledu}.
  
      2. A brush made of badgers' hair, used by artists.
  
      {Badger dog}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Dachshund}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Cockchafer \Cock"chaf`er\, n. [See {Chafer} the beetle.]
      (Zo[94]l.)
      A beetle of the genus {Melolontha} (esp. {M. vulgaris}) and
      allied genera; -- called also {May bug}, {chafer}, or
      {dorbeetle}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Hake \Hake\, n. [Also {haak}.] [Akin to Norweg. hakefisk, lit.,
      hook fish, Prov. E. hake hook, G. hecht pike. See {Hook}.]
      (Zo[94]l.)
      One of several species of marine gadoid fishes, of the genera
      {Phycis}, {Merlucius}, and allies. The common European hake
      is {M. vulgaris}; the American silver hake or whiting is {M.
      bilinearis}. Two American species ({Phycis chuss} and {P.
      tenius}) are important food fishes, and are also valued for
      their oil and sounds. Called also {squirrel hake}, and
      {codling}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Map \Map\, n. [From F. mappe, in mappemonde map of the world,
      fr. L. mappa napkin, signal cloth; -- a Punic word. Cf.
      {Apron}, {Napkin}, {Nappe}.]
      1. A representation of the surface of the earth, or of some
            portion of it, showing the relative position of the parts
            represented; -- usually on a flat surface. Also, such a
            representation of the celestial sphere, or of some part of
            it.
  
      Note: There are five principal kinds of projection used in
               making maps: the orthographic, the stereographic, the
               globuar, the conical, and the cylindrical, or
               Mercator's projection. See {Projection}.
  
      2. Anything which represents graphically a succession of
            events, states, or acts; as, an historical map.
  
                     Thus is his cheek the map of days outworn. --Shak.
  
      {Map lichen} (Bot.), a lichen ({Lecidea geographica}.)
            growing on stones in curious maplike figures. --Dr. Prior.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Maple \Ma"ple\, n. [AS. mapolder, mapulder, mapol; akin to Icel.
      m[94]purr; cf. OHG. mazzaltra, mazzoltra, G. massholder.]
      (Bot.)
      A tree of the genus {Acer}, including about fifty species.
      {A. saccharinum} is the rock maple, or sugar maple, from the
      sap of which sugar is made, in the United States, in great
      quantities, by evaporation; the red or swamp maple is {A.
      rubrum}; the silver maple, {A. dasycarpum}, having fruit
      wooly when young; the striped maple, {A. Pennsylvanium},
      called also {moosewood}. The common maple of Europe is {A.
      campestre}, the sycamore maple is {A. Pseudo-platanus}, and
      the Norway maple is {A. platanoides}.
  
      Note: Maple is much used adjectively, or as the first part of
               a compound; as, maple tree, maple leaf, etc.
  
      {Bird's-eye maple}, {Curled maple}, varieties of the wood of
            the rock maple, in which a beautiful lustrous grain is
            produced by the sinuous course of the fibers.
  
      {Maple honey}, {Maple molasses}, [or] {Maple sirup}, maple
            sap boiled to the consistency of molasses.
  
      {Maple sugar}, sugar obtained from the sap of the sugar maple
            by evaporation.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Maple \Ma"ple\, n. [AS. mapolder, mapulder, mapol; akin to Icel.
      m[94]purr; cf. OHG. mazzaltra, mazzoltra, G. massholder.]
      (Bot.)
      A tree of the genus {Acer}, including about fifty species.
      {A. saccharinum} is the rock maple, or sugar maple, from the
      sap of which sugar is made, in the United States, in great
      quantities, by evaporation; the red or swamp maple is {A.
      rubrum}; the silver maple, {A. dasycarpum}, having fruit
      wooly when young; the striped maple, {A. Pennsylvanium},
      called also {moosewood}. The common maple of Europe is {A.
      campestre}, the sycamore maple is {A. Pseudo-platanus}, and
      the Norway maple is {A. platanoides}.
  
      Note: Maple is much used adjectively, or as the first part of
               a compound; as, maple tree, maple leaf, etc.
  
      {Bird's-eye maple}, {Curled maple}, varieties of the wood of
            the rock maple, in which a beautiful lustrous grain is
            produced by the sinuous course of the fibers.
  
      {Maple honey}, {Maple molasses}, [or] {Maple sirup}, maple
            sap boiled to the consistency of molasses.
  
      {Maple sugar}, sugar obtained from the sap of the sugar maple
            by evaporation.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Maplike \Map"like`\, a.
      Having or consisting of lines resembling a map; as, the
      maplike figures in which certain lichens grow.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Mebles \Me"bles\, n. pl.
      See {Moebles}. [Obs.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Mobilization \Mob`i*li*za"tion\, n. [F. mobilization.]
      The act of mobilizing.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Mobilize \Mob"i*lize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Mobilized}; p. pr. &
      vb. n. {Mobilizing}.] [F. mobiliser.]
      To put in a state of readiness for active service in war, as
      an army corps.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Mobilize \Mob"i*lize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Mobilized}; p. pr. &
      vb. n. {Mobilizing}.] [F. mobiliser.]
      To put in a state of readiness for active service in war, as
      an army corps.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Mobilize \Mob"i*lize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Mobilized}; p. pr. &
      vb. n. {Mobilizing}.] [F. mobiliser.]
      To put in a state of readiness for active service in war, as
      an army corps.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Mobles \Mo"bles\, n. pl.
      See {Moebles}. [Obs.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Moebles \Moe"bles\, n. pl. [OE., fr. OF. moeble, mueble,
      movable, from L. mobilis.]
      Movables; furniture; -- also used in the singular ({moeble}).
      [Obs.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Moveless \Move`less\, a.
      Motionless; fixed. [bd]Moveless as a tower.[b8] --Pope.

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Maple City, KS
      Zip code(s): 67102
   Maple City, MI
      Zip code(s): 49664

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Maple Glen, PA (CDP, FIPS 47152)
      Location: 40.17525 N, 75.18051 W
      Population (1990): 5881 (1816 housing units)
      Area: 8.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 19002

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Maple Grove, MN (city, FIPS 40166)
      Location: 45.10602 N, 93.45996 W
      Population (1990): 38736 (12968 housing units)
      Area: 85.1 sq km (land), 5.4 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 55369

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Maple Heights, OH (city, FIPS 47306)
      Location: 41.40885 N, 81.56284 W
      Population (1990): 27089 (10791 housing units)
      Area: 13.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 44137

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Maple Shade, NJ (CDP, FIPS 43770)
      Location: 39.95125 N, 74.99570 W
      Population (1990): 19211 (9073 housing units)
      Area: 10.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 08052

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Maplecrest, NY
      Zip code(s): 12454

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Maplesville, AL (town, FIPS 46504)
      Location: 32.78572 N, 86.87839 W
      Population (1990): 725 (286 housing units)
      Area: 8.5 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 36750

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Mobile County, AL (county, FIPS 97)
      Location: 30.68435 N, 88.19853 W
      Population (1990): 378643 (151220 housing units)
      Area: 3194.4 sq km (land), 1063.9 sq km (water)

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   MPLS
  
      {Multiprotocol Label Switching}
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   MPLS domain
  
      A portion of a {network} that contains devices
      that understand {MPLS}.
  
      (1999-06-14)
  
  
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