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   Melampodium
         n 1: herbs and subshrubs of warm North America [syn:
               {Melampodium}, {genus Melampodium}]

English Dictionary: mullein pink by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Melampodium leucanthum
n
  1. bushy subshrub having flower heads that resemble asters with broad white rays; found in desert areas of Arizona east to Kansas and south to Mexico
    Synonym(s): blackfoot daisy, Melampodium leucanthum
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Melampsora
n
  1. rusts having sessile one-celled teliospores in a single layer
    Synonym(s): Melampsora, genus Melampsora
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Melampsora lini
n
  1. fungus causing flax rust [syn: flax rust, {flax rust fungus}, Melampsora lini]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Melampsoraceae
n
  1. rust fungi
    Synonym(s): Melampsoraceae, family Melampsoraceae
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
melanoblast
n
  1. an epidermal cell that is a precursor of a melanocyte
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Melanoplus
n
  1. New World migratory locusts and common American grasshoppers
    Synonym(s): Melanoplus, genus Melanoplus
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
melon ball
n
  1. a bite of melon cut as a sphere
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
melon vine
n
  1. any of various fruit of cucurbitaceous vines including: muskmelons; watermelons; cantaloupes; cucumbers
    Synonym(s): melon, melon vine
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
milliampere
n
  1. one thousandth of an ampere
    Synonym(s): milliampere, mA
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
million floating point operations per second
n
  1. (computer science) a unit for measuring the speed of a computer system
    Synonym(s): megaflop, MFLOP, million floating point operations per second
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
millionfold
adv
  1. by a factor of a million; "it increased a millionfold"
    Synonym(s): millionfold, a million times
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Muhlenbergia
n
  1. a genus of grasses of the family Gramineae grown in America and Asia
    Synonym(s): Muhlenbergia, genus Muhlenbergia
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Muhlenbergia schreberi
n
  1. slender branching American grass of some value for grazing in central United States
    Synonym(s): nimblewill, nimble Will, Muhlenbergia schreberi
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
mullein pink
n
  1. an old cottage garden plant of southeastern Europe widely cultivated for its attractive white woolly foliage and showy crimson flowers
    Synonym(s): mullein pink, rose campion, gardener's delight, dusty miller, Lychnis coronaria
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Sun \Sun\, n. [OE. sunne, sonne, AS. sunne; akin to OFries.
      sunne, D. zon, OS. & OHG. sunna, G. sonne, Icel. sunna, Goth.
      sunna; perh. fr. same root as L. sol. [fb]297. Cf. {Solar},
      {South}.]
      1. The luminous orb, the light of which constitutes day, and
            its absence night; the central body round which the earth
            and planets revolve, by which they are held in their
            orbits, and from which they receive light and heat. Its
            mean distance from the earth is about 92,500,000 miles,
            and its diameter about 860,000.
  
      Note: Its mean apparent diameter as seen from the earth is
               32[b7] 4[sec], and it revolves on its own axis once in
               25[frac13] days. Its mean density is about one fourth
               of that of the earth, or 1.41, that of water being
               unity. Its luminous surface is called the photosphere,
               above which is an envelope consisting partly of
               hydrogen, called the chromosphere, which can be seen
               only through the spectroscope, or at the time of a
               total solar eclipse. Above the chromosphere, and
               sometimes extending out millions of miles, are luminous
               rays or streams of light which are visible only at the
               time of a total eclipse, forming the solar corona.
  
      2. Any heavenly body which forms the center of a system of
            orbs.
  
      3. The direct light or warmth of the sun; sunshine.
  
                     Lambs that did frisk in the sun.         --Shak.
  
      4. That which resembles the sun, as in splendor or
            importance; any source of light, warmth, or animation.
  
                     For the Lord God is a sun and shield. --Ps. lxxiv.
                                                                              11.
  
                     I will never consent to put out the sun of
                     sovereignity to posterity.                  --Eikon
                                                                              Basilike.
  
      {Sun and planet wheels} (Mach.), an ingenious contrivance for
            converting reciprocating motion, as that of the working
            beam of a steam engine, into rotatory motion. It consists
            of a toothed wheel (called the sun wheel), firmly secured
            to the shaft it is desired to drive, and another wheel
            (called the planet wheel) secured to the end of a
            connecting rod. By the motion of the connecting rod, the
            planet wheel is made to circulate round the central wheel
            on the shaft, communicating to this latter a velocity of
            revolution the double of its own. --G. Francis.
  
      {Sun angel} (Zo[94]l.), a South American humming bird of the
            genus {Heliangelos}, noted for its beautiful colors and
            the brilliant luster of the feathers of its throat.
  
      {Sun animalcute}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Heliozoa}.
  
      {Sun bath} (Med.), exposure of a patient to the sun's rays;
            insolation.
  
      {Sun bear} (Zo[94]l.), a species of bear ({Helarctos
            Malayanus}) native of Southern Asia and Borneo. It has a
            small head and short neck, and fine short glossy fur,
            mostly black, but brownish on the nose. It is easily
            tamed. Called also {bruang}, and {Malayan bear}.
  
      {Sun beetle} (Zo[94]l.), any small lustrous beetle of the
            genus {Amara}.
  
      {Sun bittern} (Zo[94]l.), a singular South American bird
            ({Eurypyga helias}), in some respects related both to the
            rails and herons. It is beautifully variegated with white,
            brown, and black. Called also {sunbird}, and {tiger
            bittern}.
  
      {Sun fever} (Med.), the condition of fever produced by sun
            stroke.
  
      {Sun gem} (Zo[94]l.), a Brazilian humming bird ({Heliactin
            cornutus}). Its head is ornamented by two tufts of bright
            colored feathers, fiery crimson at the base and greenish
            yellow at the tip. Called also {Horned hummer}.
  
      {Sun grebe} (Zo[94]l.), the finfoot.
  
      {Sun picture}, a picture taken by the agency of the sun's
            rays; a photograph.
  
      {Sun spots} (Astron.), dark spots that appear on the sun's
            disk, consisting commonly of a black central portion with
            a surrounding border of lighter shade, and usually seen
            only by the telescope, but sometimes by the naked eye.
            They are very changeable in their figure and dimensions,
            and vary in size from mere apparent points to spaces of
            50,000 miles in diameter. The term sun spots is often used
            to include bright spaces (called facul[91]) as well as
            dark spaces (called macul[91]). Called also {solar spots}.
            See Illustration in Appendix.
  
      {Sun star} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of
            starfishes belonging to {Solaster}, {Crossaster}, and
            allied genera, having numerous rays.
  
      {Sun trout} (Zo[94]l.), the squeteague.
  
      {Sun wheel}. (Mach.) See {Sun and planet wheels}, above.
  
      {Under the sun}, in the world; on earth. [bd]There is no new
            thing under the sun.[b8] --Eccl. i. 9.
  
      Note: Sun is often used in the formation of compound
               adjectives of obvious meaning; as, sun-bright,
               sun-dried, sun-gilt, sunlike, sun-lit, sun-scorched,
               and the like.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Malm \Malm\, Malmbrick \Malm"brick`\, n. [Cf. AS. mealm sand.]
      A kind of brick of a light brown or yellowish color, made of
      sand, clay, and chalk.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Melampode \Mel"am*pode\, n. [Gr. melampo`dion; of uncertain
      origin.]
      The black hellebore. [Obs.] --Spenser.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Melampyrin \Mel`am*py"rin\, Melampyrite \Mel`am*py"rite\, n.
      [NL. Melampyrum cowwheat; Gr. me`las black + pyro`s wheat.]
      (Chem.)
      The saccharine substance dulcite; -- so called because found
      in the leaves of cowwheat ({Melampyrum}). See {Dulcite}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Melampyrin \Mel`am*py"rin\, Melampyrite \Mel`am*py"rite\, n.
      [NL. Melampyrum cowwheat; Gr. me`las black + pyro`s wheat.]
      (Chem.)
      The saccharine substance dulcite; -- so called because found
      in the leaves of cowwheat ({Melampyrum}). See {Dulcite}.

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}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
  
  
      Note:
  
      {Arabian millet} is {Sorghum Halepense}.
  
      {Egyptian [or] East Indian},
  
      {millet} is {Penicillaria spicata}.
  
      {Indian millet} is {Sorghum vulgare}. (See under {Indian}.)
           
  
      {Italian millet} is {Setaria Italica}, a coarse, rank-growing
            annual grass, valuable for fodder when cut young, and
            bearing nutritive seeds; -- called also {Hungarian grass}.
           
  
      {Texas millet} is {Panicum Texanum}.
  
      {Wild millet}, or
  
      {Millet grass}, is {Milium effusum}, a tail grass growing in
            woods.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Milliamp8are \Mil`li*am`p[8a]re"\, n. [Milli- + amp[8a]re.]
      (Elec.)
      The thousandth part of one amp[8a]re.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Nimble Will, a kind of drop seed. {Muhlenbergia diffsa}. Orchard
   grass, pasture and hay. {Dactylis glomerata}. Porcupine grass,
   troublesome to sheep. Northwest. {Stipa spartea}. Quaking grass,
   ornamental. {Briza media} and {maxima}. Quitch, or Quick, grass,
   etc., a weed. {Agropyrum repens}. Ray grass. Same as {Rye grass}
   (below). Redtop, pasture and hay. {Agrostis vulgaris}.
   Red-topped buffalo grass, forage. Northwest. {Poa tenuifolia}.
   Reed canary grass, of slight value. {Phalaris arundinacea}. Reed
   meadow grass, hay. North. {Glyceria aquatica}. Ribbon grass, a
   striped leaved form of {Reed canary grass}. Rye grass, pasture,
   hay. {Lolium perenne}, var. Seneca grass, fragrant basket work,
   etc. North. {Hierochloa borealis}. Sesame grass. Same as {Gama
   grass} (above). Sheep's fescue, sheep pasture, native in
   Northern Europe and Asia. {Festuca ovina}. Small reed grass,
   meadow pasture and hay. North. {Deyeuxia Canadensis}. Spear
   grass, Same as {Meadow grass} (above). Squirrel-tail grass,
   troublesome to animals. Seacoast and Northwest. {Hordeum
   jubatum}. Switch grass, hay, cut young. {Panicum virgatum}.
   Timothy, cut young, the best of hay. North. {Phleum pratense}.
   Velvet grass, hay on poor soil. South. {Holcus lanatus}. Vernal
   grass, pasture, hay, lawn. {Anthoxanthum odoratum}. Wire grass,
   valuable in pastures. {Poa compressa}. Wood grass, Indian grass,
   hay. {Chrysopogon nutans}.
  
      Note: Many plants are popularly called grasses which are not
               true grasses botanically considered, such as black
               grass, goose grass, star grass, etc.
  
      {Black grass}, a kind of small rush ({Juncus Gerardi}),
            growing in salt marshes, used for making salt hay.
  
      {Grass of the Andes}, an oat grass, the {Arrhenatherum
            avenaceum} of Europe.
  
      {Grass of Parnassus}, a plant of the genus {Parnassia}
            growing in wet ground. The European species is {P.
            palustris}; in the United States there are several
            species.
  
      {Grass bass} (Zo[94]l.), the calico bass.
  
      {Grass bird}, the dunlin.
  
      {Grass cloth}, a cloth woven from the tough fibers of the
            grass-cloth plant.
  
      {Grass-cloth plant}, a perennial herb of the Nettle family
            ({B[d2]hmeria nivea [or] Urtica nivea}), which grows in
            Sumatra, China, and Assam, whose inner bark has fine and
            strong fibers suited for textile purposes.
  
      {Grass finch}. (Zo[94]l.)
            (a) A common American sparrow ({Po[94]c[91]tes
                  gramineus}); -- called also {vesper sparrow} and
                  {bay-winged bunting}.
            (b) Any Australian finch, of the genus {Po[89]phila}, of
                  which several species are known.
  
      {Grass lamb}, a lamb suckled by a dam running on pasture land
            and giving rich milk.
  
      {Grass land}, land kept in grass and not tilled.
  
      {Grass moth} (Zo[94]l.), one of many small moths of the genus
            {Crambus}, found in grass.
  
      {Grass oil}, a fragrant essential volatile oil, obtained in
            India from grasses of the genus {Andropogon}, etc.; --
            used in perfumery under the name of {citronella}, {ginger
            grass oil}, {lemon grass oil}, {essence of verbena} etc.
           
  
      {Grass owl} (Zo[94]l.), a South African owl ({Strix
            Capensis}).
  
      {Grass parrakeet} (Zo[94]l.), any of several species of
            Australian parrots, of the genus {Euphemia}; -- also
            applied to the zebra parrakeet.
  
      {Grass plover} (Zo[94]l.), the upland or field plover.
  
      {Grass poly} (Bot.), a species of willowwort ({Lythrum
            Hyssopifolia}). --Johnson.
  
      {Crass quit} (Zo[94]l.), one of several tropical American
            finches of the genus {Euetheia}. The males have most of
            the head and chest black and often marked with yellow.
  
      {Grass snake}. (Zo[94]l.)
            (a) The common English, or ringed, snake ({Tropidonotus
                  natrix}).
            (b) The common green snake of the Northern United States.
                  See {Green snake}, under {Green}.
  
      {Grass snipe} (Zo[94]l.), the pectoral sandpiper ({Tringa
            maculata}); -- called also {jacksnipe} in America.
  
      {Grass spider} (Zo[94]l.), a common spider ({Agelena
            n[91]via}), which spins flat webs on grass, conspicuous
            when covered with dew.
  
      {Grass sponge} (Zo[94]l.), an inferior kind of commercial
            sponge from Florida and the Bahamas.
  
      {Grass table}. (Arch.) See {Earth table}, under {Earth}.
  
      {Grass vetch} (Bot.), a vetch ({Lathyrus Nissolia}), with
            narrow grasslike leaves.
  
      {Grass widow}. [Cf. Prov. R. an unmarried mother, G.
            strohwittwe a mock widow, Sw. gr[84]senka a grass widow.]
            (a) An unmarried woman who is a mother. [Obs.]
            (b) A woman separated from her husband by abandonment or
                  prolonged absence; a woman living apart from her
                  husband. [Slang.]
  
      {Grass wrack} (Bot.) eelgrass.
  
      {To bring to grass} (Mining.), to raise, as ore, to the
            surface of the ground.
  
      {To put to grass}, {To put out to grass}, to put out to graze
            a season, as cattle.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Nimble \Nim"ble\, a. [Compar. {Nimbler}; superl. {Nimblest}.]
      [OE. nimel, prob. orig., quick at seizing, fr. nimen to take,
      AS. niman; akin to D. nemen, G. nehmen, OHG. neman, Icel.
      nema, Goth. nima, and prob. to Gr. [?] to distribute. [root]
      7. Cf. {Nomand}, {Numb}.]
      Light and quick in motion; moving with ease and celerity;
      lively; swift.
  
               Through the mid seas the nimble pinnace sails. --Pope.
  
      Note: Nimble is sometimes used in the formation of
               self-explaining compounds; as, nimble-footed,
               nimble-pinioned, nimble-winged, etc.
  
      {Nimble Will} (Bot.), a slender, branching, American grass
            ({Muhlenbergia diffusa}), of some repute for grazing
            purposes in the Mississippi valley.
  
      Syn: Agile; quick; active; brisk; lively; prompt.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Mullein \Mul"lein\, n. [OE. moleyn, AS. molegn.] (Bot.)
      Any plant of the genus {Verbascum}. They are tall herbs
      having coarse leaves, and large flowers in dense spikes. The
      common species, with densely woolly leaves, is {Verbascum
      Thapsus}.
  
      {Moth mullein}. See under {Moth}.
  
      {Mullein foxglove}, an American herb ({Seymeria macrophylla})
            with coarse leaves and yellow tubular flowers with a
            spreading border.
  
      {Petty mullein}, the cowslip. --Dr. Prior.

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Milanville, PA
      Zip code(s): 18443

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Muhlenberg County, KY (county, FIPS 177)
      Location: 37.21335 N, 87.14642 W
      Population (1990): 31318 (12754 housing units)
      Area: 1229.6 sq km (land), 12.3 sq km (water)

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Mullinville, KS (city, FIPS 49075)
      Location: 37.58801 N, 99.47457 W
      Population (1990): 289 (150 housing units)
      Area: 1.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 67109
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