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   mad apple
         n 1: hairy upright herb native to southeastern Asia but widely
               cultivated for its large glossy edible fruit commonly used
               as a vegetable [syn: {eggplant}, {aubergine}, {brinjal},
               {eggplant bush}, {garden egg}, {mad apple}, {Solanum
               melongena}]
         2: egg-shaped vegetable having a shiny skin typically dark
            purple but occasionally white or yellow [syn: {eggplant},
            {aubergine}, {mad apple}]

English Dictionary: mutable	by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Matabele n a Bantu language sometimes considered a dialect of Zulu Synonym(s): Ndebele, Matabele
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Matthew Flinders n British explorer who mapped the Australian coast (1774-1814) Synonym(s): Flinders, Matthew Flinders, Sir Matthew Flinders
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meadow vole n widely distributed in grasslands of northern United States and Canada Synonym(s): meadow vole, meadow mouse, Microtus pennsylvaticus
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meatball n ground meat formed into a ball and fried or simmered in broth
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medfly n small black-and-white fly that damages citrus and other fruits by implanting eggs that hatch inside the fruit Synonym(s): Mediterranean fruit fly, medfly, Ceratitis capitata
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mediaeval adj relating to or belonging to the Middle Ages; "Medieval scholars"; "Medieval times" Synonym(s): medieval, mediaeval as if belonging to the Middle Ages; old-fashioned and unenlightened; "a medieval attitude toward dating" Synonym(s): medieval, mediaeval, gothic
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
medieval adj relating to or belonging to the Middle Ages; "Medieval scholars"; "Medieval times" Synonym(s): medieval, mediaeval as if belonging to the Middle Ages; old-fashioned and unenlightened; "a medieval attitude toward dating" Synonym(s): medieval, mediaeval, gothic characteristic of the time of chivalry and knighthood in the Middle Ages; "chivalric rites"; "the knightly years" Synonym(s): chivalric, knightly, medieval
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Medieval Greek n the Greek language from about 600 to 1200 AD [syn: Medieval Greek, Middle Greek, Byzantine Greek]
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Medieval Latin n Latin used for liturgical purposes during the Middle Ages
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medieval mode n any of a system of modes used in Gregorian chants up until 1600; derived historically from the Greek mode Synonym(s): ecclesiastical mode, Gregorian mode, church mode, medieval mode
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medieval Schoolman n a scholar in one of the universities of the Middle Ages; versed in scholasticism Synonym(s): Schoolman, medieval Schoolman
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
metabola n insects that undergo complete metamorphosis [syn: holometabola, metabola]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
metabolic adj of or relating to metabolism; "metabolic rate" undergoing metamorphosis Synonym(s): metabolic, metabolous Antonym(s): ametabolic, ametabolous
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metabolic acidosis n acidosis and bicarbonate concentration in the body fluids resulting either from the accumulation of acids or the abnormal loss of bases from the body (as in diarrhea or renal disease)
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
metabolic alkalosis n alkalosis resulting from hydrogen-ion loss or excessive intake of alkaline substances
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metabolic disorder n a disorder or defect of metabolism
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metabolic process n the organic processes (in a cell or organism) that are necessary for life Synonym(s): metabolism, metabolic process
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metabolic rate n rate of metabolism; the amount of energy expended in a give period
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metabolically adv involving metabolism; "metabolically important substances"
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metabolise v produce by metabolism Synonym(s): metabolize, metabolise
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
metabolism n the marked and rapid transformation of a larva into an adult that occurs in some animals Synonym(s): metamorphosis, metabolism the organic processes (in a cell or organism) that are necessary for life Synonym(s): metabolism, metabolic process
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metabolite n any substance involved in metabolism (either as a product of metabolism or as necessary for metabolism)
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metabolize v produce by metabolism Synonym(s): metabolize, metabolise
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metabolous adj undergoing metamorphosis Synonym(s): metabolic, metabolous Antonym(s): ametabolic, ametabolous
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
metaplastic anaemia n pernicious anemia in which the various formed elements in the blood are changed Synonym(s): metaplastic anemia, metaplastic anaemia
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
metaplastic anemia n pernicious anemia in which the various formed elements in the blood are changed Synonym(s): metaplastic anemia, metaplastic anaemia
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middy blouse n blouse with a sailor collar Synonym(s): middy, middy blouse
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midfield n (sports) the middle part of a playing field (as in football or lacrosse)
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midplane n the median plane of the body (or some part of the body) Synonym(s): midplane, midline
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moth plant n any of various orchids of the genus Phalaenopsis having often drooping glossy broad obovate or oval leaves usually dark green flushed purple or mottled grey and silver Synonym(s): moth orchid, moth plant
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mothball n a small sphere of camphor or naphthalene used to keep moths away from stored clothing Synonym(s): mothball, camphor ball v put into long-term storage
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motiveless adj occurring without motivation or provocation; "motiveless malignity"; "unprovoked and dastardly attack"- F.D.Roosevelt Synonym(s): motiveless, unprovoked, wanton
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
mouthful n the quantity that can be held in the mouth a small amount eaten or drunk; "take a taste--you'll like it" Synonym(s): taste, mouthful
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mud flat n a tract of low muddy land near an estuary; covered at high tide and exposed at low tide
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mud plantain n grassy-leaved North American aquatic plant with yellow star-shaped blossoms Synonym(s): water star grass, mud plantain, Heteranthera dubia
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
mutability n the quality of being capable of mutation [syn: mutability, mutableness] Antonym(s): fixity, immutability, immutableness
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
mutable adj capable of or tending to change in form or quality or nature; "a mutable substance"; "the mutable ways of fortune"; "mutable weather patterns"; "a mutable foreign policy" Synonym(s): mutable, changeable Antonym(s): changeless, immutable
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
mutableness n the quality of being capable of mutation [syn: mutability, mutableness] Antonym(s): fixity, immutability, immutableness
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Mad-apple \Mad"-ap`ple\, n. (Bot.) See {Eggplant}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Maidpale \Maid"pale`\, a. Pale, like a sick girl. --Shak.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Matabele \Mat`abe"le\, [or] Matabeles \Mat`abe"les\, n. pl., sing. {Matabele}. [Written also {Matabili}.] (Ethnol.) A warlike South African Kaffir tribe.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Matabele \Mat`abe"le\, [or] Matabeles \Mat`abe"les\, n. pl., sing. {Matabele}. [Written also {Matabili}.] (Ethnol.) A warlike South African Kaffir tribe.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Matabele \Mat`abe"le\, [or] Matabeles \Mat`abe"les\, n. pl., sing. {Matabele}. [Written also {Matabili}.] (Ethnol.) A warlike South African Kaffir tribe.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Matfelon \Mat"fel*on\, n. [W. madfelen.] (Bot.) The knapweed ({Centaurea nigra}).
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
, but contains in adition a large number of crystalline bodies, such as creatin, xanthin, hypoxanthin, carnin, etc. It is also rich in phosphate of potash. 2. Animal food, in distinction from vegetable; meat; especially, the body of beasts and birds used as food, as distinguished from fish. With roasted flesh, or milk, and wastel bread. --Chaucer. 3. The human body, as distinguished from the soul; the corporeal person. As if this flesh, which walls about our life, Were brass impregnable. --Shak. 4. The human eace; mankind; humanity. All flesh had corrupted his way upon the earth. --Gen. vi. 12. 5. Human nature: (a) In a good sense, tenderness of feeling; gentleness. There is no flesh in man's obdurate heart. --Cowper. (b) In a bad sense, tendency to transient or physical pleasure; desire for sensual gratification; carnality. (c) (Theol.) The character under the influence of animal propensities or selfish passions; the soul unmoved by spiritual influences. 6. Kindred; stock; race. He is our brother and our flesh. --Gen. xxxvii. 27. 7. The soft, pulpy substance of fruit; also, that part of a root, fruit, and the like, which is fit to be eaten. Note: Flesh is often used adjectively or self-explaining compounds; as, flesh broth or flesh-broth; flesh brush or fleshbrush; flesh tint or flesh-tint; flesh wound. {After the flesh}, after the manner of man; in a gross or earthly manner. [bd]Ye judge after the flesh.[b8] --John viii. 15. {An arm of flesh}, human strength or aid. {Flesh and blood}. See under {Blood}. {Flesh broth}, broth made by boiling flesh in water. {Flesh fly} (Zo[94]l.), one of several species of flies whose larv[91] or maggots feed upon flesh, as the bluebottle fly; -- called also {meat fly}, {carrion fly}, and {blowfly}. See {Blowly}. {Flesh meat}, animal food. --Swift. {Flesh side}, the side of a skin or hide which was next to the flesh; -- opposed to grain side. {Flesh tint} (Painting), a color used in painting to imitate the hue of the living body. {Flesh worm} (Zo[94]l.), any insect larva of a flesh fly. See {Flesh fly} (above). {Proud flesh}. See under {Proud}. {To be one flesh}, to be closely united as in marriage; to become as one person. --Gen. ii. 24.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Meat \Meat\, n. [OE. mete, AS. mete; akin to OS. mat, meti, D. met hashed meat, G. mettwurst sausage, OHG. maz food, Icel. matr, Sw. mat, Dan. mad, Goth. mats. Cf. {Mast} fruit, {Mush}.] 1. Food, in general; anything eaten for nourishment, either by man or beast. Hence, the edible part of anything; as, the meat of a lobster, a nut, or an egg. --Chaucer. And God said, Behold, I have given you every herb bearing seed, . . . to you it shall be for meat. --Gen. i. 29. Every moving thing that liveth shall be meat for you. --Gen. ix. 3. 2. The flesh of animals used as food; esp., animal muscle; as, a breakfast of bread and fruit without meat. 3. Specifically, dinner; the chief meal. [Obs.] --Chaucer. {Meat biscuit}. See under {Biscuit}. {Meat earth} (Mining), vegetable mold. --Raymond. {Meat fly}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Flesh fly}, under {Flesh}. {Meat offering} (Script.), an offering of food, esp. of a cake made of flour with salt and oil. {To go to meat}, to go to a meal. [Obs.] {To sit at meat}, to sit at the table in taking food.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
, but contains in adition a large number of crystalline bodies, such as creatin, xanthin, hypoxanthin, carnin, etc. It is also rich in phosphate of potash. 2. Animal food, in distinction from vegetable; meat; especially, the body of beasts and birds used as food, as distinguished from fish. With roasted flesh, or milk, and wastel bread. --Chaucer. 3. The human body, as distinguished from the soul; the corporeal person. As if this flesh, which walls about our life, Were brass impregnable. --Shak. 4. The human eace; mankind; humanity. All flesh had corrupted his way upon the earth. --Gen. vi. 12. 5. Human nature: (a) In a good sense, tenderness of feeling; gentleness. There is no flesh in man's obdurate heart. --Cowper. (b) In a bad sense, tendency to transient or physical pleasure; desire for sensual gratification; carnality. (c) (Theol.) The character under the influence of animal propensities or selfish passions; the soul unmoved by spiritual influences. 6. Kindred; stock; race. He is our brother and our flesh. --Gen. xxxvii. 27. 7. The soft, pulpy substance of fruit; also, that part of a root, fruit, and the like, which is fit to be eaten. Note: Flesh is often used adjectively or self-explaining compounds; as, flesh broth or flesh-broth; flesh brush or fleshbrush; flesh tint or flesh-tint; flesh wound. {After the flesh}, after the manner of man; in a gross or earthly manner. [bd]Ye judge after the flesh.[b8] --John viii. 15. {An arm of flesh}, human strength or aid. {Flesh and blood}. See under {Blood}. {Flesh broth}, broth made by boiling flesh in water. {Flesh fly} (Zo[94]l.), one of several species of flies whose larv[91] or maggots feed upon flesh, as the bluebottle fly; -- called also {meat fly}, {carrion fly}, and {blowfly}. See {Blowly}. {Flesh meat}, animal food. --Swift. {Flesh side}, the side of a skin or hide which was next to the flesh; -- opposed to grain side. {Flesh tint} (Painting), a color used in painting to imitate the hue of the living body. {Flesh worm} (Zo[94]l.), any insect larva of a flesh fly. See {Flesh fly} (above). {Proud flesh}. See under {Proud}. {To be one flesh}, to be closely united as in marriage; to become as one person. --Gen. ii. 24.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Meat \Meat\, n. [OE. mete, AS. mete; akin to OS. mat, meti, D. met hashed meat, G. mettwurst sausage, OHG. maz food, Icel. matr, Sw. mat, Dan. mad, Goth. mats. Cf. {Mast} fruit, {Mush}.] 1. Food, in general; anything eaten for nourishment, either by man or beast. Hence, the edible part of anything; as, the meat of a lobster, a nut, or an egg. --Chaucer. And God said, Behold, I have given you every herb bearing seed, . . . to you it shall be for meat. --Gen. i. 29. Every moving thing that liveth shall be meat for you. --Gen. ix. 3. 2. The flesh of animals used as food; esp., animal muscle; as, a breakfast of bread and fruit without meat. 3. Specifically, dinner; the chief meal. [Obs.] --Chaucer. {Meat biscuit}. See under {Biscuit}. {Meat earth} (Mining), vegetable mold. --Raymond. {Meat fly}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Flesh fly}, under {Flesh}. {Meat offering} (Script.), an offering of food, esp. of a cake made of flour with salt and oil. {To go to meat}, to go to a meal. [Obs.] {To sit at meat}, to sit at the table in taking food.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Medi91val \Me`di*[91]"val\, a. [L. medius middle + aevum age. See {Middle}, and {Age}.] Of or relating to the Middle Ages; as, medi[91]val architecture. [Written also {medieval}.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Medi91valism \Me`di[91]"valism\, n. The method or spirit of the Middle Ages; devotion to the institutions and practices of the Middle Ages; a survival from the Middle Ages. [Written also {medievalism}.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Medi91valist \Me`di[91]"valist\, n. One who has a taste for, or is versed in, the history of the Middle Ages; one in sympathy with the spirit or forms of the Middle Ages. [Written also {medievalist}.]
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Medi91vally \Me`di[91]"vally\, adv. In the manner of the Middle Ages; in accordance with medi[91]valism.
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Medi91vals \Me`di*[91]"vals\, n. pl. The people who lived in the Middle Ages. --Ruskin.
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Medi91val \Me`di*[91]"val\, a. [L. medius middle + aevum age. See {Middle}, and {Age}.] Of or relating to the Middle Ages; as, medi[91]val architecture. [Written also {medieval}.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Medieval \Me`die"val\, Medievalism \Me`die"valism\, Medievalist \Me`die"val*ist\ . Same as {Medi[?]val}, {Medi[?]valism}, etc.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Medi91val \Me`di*[91]"val\, a. [L. medius middle + aevum age. See {Middle}, and {Age}.] Of or relating to the Middle Ages; as, medi[91]val architecture. [Written also {medieval}.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Medieval \Me`die"val\, Medievalism \Me`die"valism\, Medievalist \Me`die"val*ist\ . Same as {Medi[?]val}, {Medi[?]valism}, etc.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Medi91valism \Me`di[91]"valism\, n. The method or spirit of the Middle Ages; devotion to the institutions and practices of the Middle Ages; a survival from the Middle Ages. [Written also {medievalism}.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Medieval \Me`die"val\, Medievalism \Me`die"valism\, Medievalist \Me`die"val*ist\ . Same as {Medi[?]val}, {Medi[?]valism}, etc.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Medi91valism \Me`di[91]"valism\, n. The method or spirit of the Middle Ages; devotion to the institutions and practices of the Middle Ages; a survival from the Middle Ages. [Written also {medievalism}.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Medieval \Me`die"val\, Medievalism \Me`die"valism\, Medievalist \Me`die"val*ist\ . Same as {Medi[?]val}, {Medi[?]valism}, etc.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Medi91valist \Me`di[91]"valist\, n. One who has a taste for, or is versed in, the history of the Middle Ages; one in sympathy with the spirit or forms of the Middle Ages. [Written also {medievalist}.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Medieval \Me`die"val\, Medievalism \Me`die"valism\, Medievalist \Me`die"val*ist\ . Same as {Medi[?]val}, {Medi[?]valism}, etc.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Medi91valist \Me`di[91]"valist\, n. One who has a taste for, or is versed in, the history of the Middle Ages; one in sympathy with the spirit or forms of the Middle Ages. [Written also {medievalist}.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Medieval \Me`die"val\, Medievalism \Me`die"valism\, Medievalist \Me`die"val*ist\ . Same as {Medi[?]val}, {Medi[?]valism}, etc.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Meedful \Meed"ful\, a. Worthy of meed, reward, or recompense; meritorious. [bd]Meedful works.[b8] --Wiclif.
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Meedfully \Meed"ful*ly\, adv. According to merit; suitably.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Metabolian \Met`abo"lian\, n. [See {Metabola}.] (Zo[94]l.) An insect which undergoes a metamorphosis.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Metabolic \Met`a*bol"ic\, a. [Gr. [?]. See {Metabola}.] 1. (Biol.) Of or pertaining to metamorphosis; pertaining to, or involving, change. 2. (Physiol.) Of or pertaining to metabolism; as, metabolic activity; metabolic force.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Force \Force\, n. [F. force, LL. forcia, fortia, fr. L. fortis strong. See {Fort}, n.] 1. Strength or energy of body or mind; active power; vigor; might; often, an unusual degree of strength or energy; capacity of exercising an influence or producing an effect; especially, power to persuade, or convince, or impose obligation; pertinency; validity; special signification; as, the force of an appeal, an argument, a contract, or a term. He was, in the full force of the words, a good man. --Macaulay. 2. Power exerted against will or consent; compulsory power; violence; coercion. Which now they hold by force, and not by right. --Shak. 3. Strength or power for war; hence, a body of land or naval combatants, with their appurtenances, ready for action; -- an armament; troops; warlike array; -- often in the plural; hence, a body of men prepared for action in other ways; as, the laboring force of a plantation. Is Lucius general of the forces? --Shak. 4. (Law) (a) Strength or power exercised without law, or contrary to law, upon persons or things; violence. (b) Validity; efficacy. --Burrill. 5. (Physics) Any action between two bodies which changes, or tends to change, their relative condition as to rest or motion; or, more generally, which changes, or tends to change, any physical relation between them, whether mechanical, thermal, chemical, electrical, magnetic, or of any other kind; as, the force of gravity; cohesive force; centrifugal force. {Animal force} (Physiol.), muscular force or energy. {Catabiotic force} [Gr. [?] down (intens.) + [?] life.] (Biol.), the influence exerted by living structures on adjoining cells, by which the latter are developed in harmony with the primary structures. {Centrifugal force}, {Centripetal force}, {Coercive force}, etc. See under {Centrifugal}, {Centripetal}, etc. {Composition of forces}, {Correlation of forces}, etc. See under {Composition}, {Correlation}, etc. {Force and arms} [trans. of L. vi et armis] (Law), an expression in old indictments, signifying violence. {In force}, [or] {Of force}, of unimpaired efficacy; valid; of full virtue; not suspended or reversed. [bd]A testament is of force after men are dead.[b8] --Heb. ix. 17. {Metabolic force} (Physiol.), the influence which causes and controls the metabolism of the body. {No force}, no matter of urgency or consequence; no account; hence, to do no force, to make no account of; not to heed. [Obs.] --Chaucer. {Of force}, of necessity; unavoidably; imperatively. [bd]Good reasons must, of force, give place to better.[b8] --Shak. {Plastic force} (Physiol.), the force which presumably acts in the growth and repair of the tissues. {Vital force} (Physiol.), that force or power which is inherent in organization; that form of energy which is the cause of the vital phenomena of the body, as distinguished from the physical forces generally known. Syn: Strength; vigor; might; energy; stress; vehemence; violence; compulsion; coaction; constraint; coercion. Usage: {Force}, {Strength}. Strength looks rather to power as an inward capability or energy. Thus we speak of the strength of timber, bodily strength, mental strength, strength of emotion, etc. Force, on the other hand, looks more to the outward; as, the force of gravitation, force of circumstances, force of habit, etc. We do, indeed, speak of strength of will and force of will; but even here the former may lean toward the internal tenacity of purpose, and the latter toward the outward expression of it in action. But, though the two words do in a few cases touch thus closely on each other, there is, on the whole, a marked distinction in our use of force and strength. [bd]Force is the name given, in mechanical science, to whatever produces, or can produce, motion.[b8] --Nichol. Thy tears are of no force to mollify This flinty man. --Heywood. More huge in strength than wise in works he was. --Spenser. Adam and first matron Eve Had ended now their orisons, and found Strength added from above, new hope to spring Out of despair. --Milton.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Metabolism \Metab"olism\, n. (Physiol.) The act or process, by which living tissues or cells take up and convert into their own proper substance the nutritive material brought to them by the blood, or by which they transform their cell protoplasm into simpler substances, which are fitted either for excretion or for some special purpose, as in the manufacture of the digestive ferments. Hence, metabolism may be either constructive ({anabolism}), or destructive ({katabolism}).
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Metabolism \Metab"olism\, n. (Biol.) The series of chemical changes which take place in an organism, by means of which food is manufactured and utilized and waste materials are eliminated.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Metabolite \Metab"olite\, n. (Physiol Chem.) A product of metabolism; a substance produced by metabolic action, as urea.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Metabolize \Metab"olize\, v. t. & i. (Physiol.) To change by a metabolic process. See {Metabolism}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Metaplasm \Met"a*plasm\, n. [L. metaplasmus, Gr. [?]; [?] beyond, over + [?] to mold: cf. F. m[82]taplasme.] (Gram.) A change in the letters or syllables of a word.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Metaplast \Met"a*plast\, n. [See {Metaplasm}.] (Gram.) A word having more than one form of the root.
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Mootable \Moot"a*ble\, a. Capable of being mooted.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Mote \Mote\, n. [See {Moot}, a meeting.] [Obs., except in a few combinations or phrases.] 1. A meeting of persons for discussion; as, a wardmote in the city of London. 2. A body of persons who meet for discussion, esp. about the management of affairs; as, a folkmote. 3. A place of meeting for discussion. {Mote bell}, the bell rung to summon to a mote. [Obs.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Moth \Moth\, n.; pl. {Moths} (m[ocr]thz). [OE. mothe, AS. mo[edh][edh]e; akin to D. mot, G. motte, Icel. motti, and prob. to E. mad an earthworm. Cf. {Mad}, n., {Mawk}.] 1. (Zo[94]l.) Any nocturnal lepidopterous insect, or any not included among the butterflies; as, the luna moth; Io moth; hawk moth. 2. (Zo[94]l.) Any lepidopterous insect that feeds upon garments, grain, etc.; as, the clothes moth; grain moth; bee moth. See these terms under {Clothes}, {Grain}, etc. 3. (Zo[94]l.) Any one of various other insects that destroy woolen and fur goods, etc., esp. the larv[91] of several species of beetles of the genera {Dermestes} and {Anthrenus}. Carpet moths are often the larv[91] of Anthrenus. See {Carpet beetle}, under {Carpet}, {Dermestes}, {Anthrenus}. 4. Anything which gradually and silently eats, consumes, or wastes any other thing. {Moth blight} (Zo[94]l.), any plant louse of the genus {Aleurodes}, and related genera. They are injurious to various plants. {Moth gnat} (Zo[94]l.), a dipterous insect of the genus {Bychoda}, having fringed wings. {Moth hunter} (Zo[94]l.), the goatsucker. {Moth miller} (Zo[94]l.), a clothes moth. See {Miller}, 3, (a) . {Moth mullein} (Bot.), a common herb of the genus {Verbascum} ({V. Blattaria}), having large wheel-shaped yellow or whitish flowers.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Motiveless \Mo"tiveless\, a. Destitute of a motive; not incited by a motive. -- {Mo"tiveless*ness}, n. --G. Eliot.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Motiveless \Mo"tiveless\, a. Destitute of a motive; not incited by a motive. -- {Mo"tiveless*ness}, n. --G. Eliot.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Blowpipe \Blow"pipe`\, n. 1. A tube for directing a jet of air into a fire or into the flame of a lamp or candle, so as to concentrate the heat on some object. Note: It is called a mouth blowpipe when used with the mouth; but for both chemical and industrial purposes, it is often worked by a bellows or other contrivance. The common {mouth blowpipe} is a tapering tube with a very small orifice at the end to be inserted in the flame. The {oxyhydrogen blowpipe}, invented by Dr. Hare in 1801, is an instrument in which oxygen and hydrogen, taken from separate reservoirs, in the proportions of two volumes of hydrogen to one of oxygen, are burned in a jet, under pressure. It gives a heat that will consume the diamond, fuse platinum, and dissipate in vapor, or in gaseous forms, most known substances. 2. A blowgun; a blowtube. {Blowpipe analysis} (Chem.), analysis by means of the blowpipe. {Blowpipe reaction} (Chem.), the characteristic behavior of a substance subjected to a test by means of the blowpipe.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Mouthful \Mouth"ful\, n.; pl. {Mouthfuls}. 1. As much as is usually put into the mouth at one time. 2. Hence, a small quantity.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Mouthful \Mouth"ful\, n.; pl. {Mouthfuls}. 1. As much as is usually put into the mouth at one time. 2. Hence, a small quantity.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Mud \Mud\, n. [Akin to LG. mudde, D. modder, G. moder mold, OSw. modd mud, Sw. modder mother, Dan. mudder mud. Cf. {Mother} a scum on liquors.] Earth and water mixed so as to be soft and adhesive. {Mud bass} (Zo[94]l.), a fresh-water fish ({Acantharchum pomotis}) of the Eastern United States. It produces a deep grunting note. {Mud bath}, an immersion of the body, or some part of it, in mud charged with medicinal agents, as a remedy for disease. {Mud boat}, a large flatboat used in deredging. {Mud cat}. See {Catfish}. {Mud crab} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several American marine crabs of the genus {Panopeus}. {Mud dab} (Zo[94]l.), the winter flounder. See {Flounder}, and {Dab}. {Mud dauber} (Zo[94]l.), a mud wasp. {Mud devil} (Zo[94]l.), the fellbender. {Mud drum} (Steam Boilers), a drum beneath a boiler, into which sediment and mud in the water can settle for removal. {Mud eel} (Zo[94]l.), a long, slender, aquatic amphibian ({Siren lacertina}), found in the Southern United States. It has persistent external gills and only the anterior pair of legs. See {Siren}. {Mud frog} (Zo[94]l.), a European frog ({Pelobates fuscus}). {Mud hen}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) The American coot ({Fulica Americana}). (b) The clapper rail. {Mud lark}, a person who cleans sewers, or delves in mud. [Slang] {Mud minnow} (Zo[94]l.), any small American fresh-water fish of the genus {Umbra}, as {U. limi}. The genus is allied to the pickerels. {Mud plug}, a plug for stopping the mudhole of a boiler. {Mud puppy} (Zo[94]l.), the menobranchus. {Mud scow}, a heavy scow, used in dredging; a mud boat. [U.S.] {Mud turtle}, {Mud tortoise} (Zo[94]l.), any one of numerous species of fresh-water tortoises of the United States. {Mud wasp} (Zo[94]l.), any one of numerous species of hymenopterous insects belonging to {Pep[91]us}, and allied genera, which construct groups of mud cells, attached, side by side, to stones or to the woodwork of buildings, etc. The female places an egg in each cell, together with spiders or other insects, paralyzed by a sting, to serve as food for the larva. Called also {mud dauber}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Plantain \Plan"tain\, n. [F., fr. L. plantago. Cf. {Plant}.] (Bot.) Any plant of the genus {Plantago}, but especially the {P. major}, a low herb with broad spreading radical leaves, and slender spikes of minute flowers. It is a native of Europe, but now found near the abode of civilized man in nearly all parts of the world. {Indian plantain}. (Bot.) See under {Indian}. {Mud plantain}, a homely North American aquatic plant ({Heteranthera reniformis}), having broad, reniform leaves. {Rattlesnake plantain}, an orchidaceous plant ({Goodyera pubescens}), with the leaves blotched and spotted with white. {Ribwort plantain}. See {Ribwort}. {Robin's plantain}, the {Erigeron bellidifolium}, a common daisylike plant of North America. {Water plantain}, a plant of the genus {Alisma}, having acrid leaves, and formerly regarded as a specific against hydrophobia. --Loudon.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Mud \Mud\, n. [Akin to LG. mudde, D. modder, G. moder mold, OSw. modd mud, Sw. modder mother, Dan. mudder mud. Cf. {Mother} a scum on liquors.] Earth and water mixed so as to be soft and adhesive. {Mud bass} (Zo[94]l.), a fresh-water fish ({Acantharchum pomotis}) of the Eastern United States. It produces a deep grunting note. {Mud bath}, an immersion of the body, or some part of it, in mud charged with medicinal agents, as a remedy for disease. {Mud boat}, a large flatboat used in deredging. {Mud cat}. See {Catfish}. {Mud crab} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several American marine crabs of the genus {Panopeus}. {Mud dab} (Zo[94]l.), the winter flounder. See {Flounder}, and {Dab}. {Mud dauber} (Zo[94]l.), a mud wasp. {Mud devil} (Zo[94]l.), the fellbender. {Mud drum} (Steam Boilers), a drum beneath a boiler, into which sediment and mud in the water can settle for removal. {Mud eel} (Zo[94]l.), a long, slender, aquatic amphibian ({Siren lacertina}), found in the Southern United States. It has persistent external gills and only the anterior pair of legs. See {Siren}. {Mud frog} (Zo[94]l.), a European frog ({Pelobates fuscus}). {Mud hen}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) The American coot ({Fulica Americana}). (b) The clapper rail. {Mud lark}, a person who cleans sewers, or delves in mud. [Slang] {Mud minnow} (Zo[94]l.), any small American fresh-water fish of the genus {Umbra}, as {U. limi}. The genus is allied to the pickerels. {Mud plug}, a plug for stopping the mudhole of a boiler. {Mud puppy} (Zo[94]l.), the menobranchus. {Mud scow}, a heavy scow, used in dredging; a mud boat. [U.S.] {Mud turtle}, {Mud tortoise} (Zo[94]l.), any one of numerous species of fresh-water tortoises of the United States. {Mud wasp} (Zo[94]l.), any one of numerous species of hymenopterous insects belonging to {Pep[91]us}, and allied genera, which construct groups of mud cells, attached, side by side, to stones or to the woodwork of buildings, etc. The female places an egg in each cell, together with spiders or other insects, paralyzed by a sting, to serve as food for the larva. Called also {mud dauber}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Mutability \Mu`tabil"ity\, n. [L. mutabilitas: cf. F. mutabilit[82].] The quality of being mutable, or subject to change or alteration, either in form, state, or essential character; susceptibility of change; changeableness; inconstancy; variation. Plato confessed that the heavens and the frame of the world are corporeal, and therefore subject to mutability. --Stillingfleet.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Mutable \Mu"table\, a. [L. mutabilis, fr. mutare to change. See {Move}.] 1. Capable of alteration; subject to change; changeable in form, qualities, or nature. Things of the most accidental and mutable* nature. --South. 2. Changeable; inconstant; unsettled; unstable; fickle. [bd]Most mutable wishes.[b8] --Byron. Syn: Changeable; alterable; unstable; unsteady; unsettled; wavering; inconstant; variable; fickle.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Mutableness \Mu"tableness\, n. The quality of being mutable.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Mutably \Mu"ta*bly\, adv. Changeably.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Mythoplasm \Myth"o*plasm\, n. [Gr. my^qos myth + pla`ssein to form.] A narration of mere fable.
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From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
metafile 1. An image file format for transport between different machines, often as a {device independent bitmap}. 2. A {functional specification} for encoding computer {graphics} for later display on some suitable device. (1996-09-20)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
Meta-Vlisp An innovative {Lisp} dialect by E. St.James of IBP, France. (2000-12-19)
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Mehetabeel whose benefactor is God, the father of Delaiah, and grandfather of Shemaiah, who joined Sanballat against Nehemiah (Neh. 6:10).
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Mehetabel wife of Hadad, one of the kings of Edom (Gen. 36:39).
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:
Mehetabel, how good is God