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   macula lutea
         n 1: a small yellowish central area of the retina that is rich
               in cones and that mediates clear detailed vision [syn:
               {macula}, {macula lutea}, {macular area}, {yellow spot}]

English Dictionary: Michael Ellis De Bakey by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Mecholyl
n
  1. parasympathomimetic drug (trademark Mecholyl) that stimulates secretions and smooth muscle activity
    Synonym(s): methacholine, Mecholyl
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Michael Ellis De Bakey
n
  1. United States heart surgeon who in 1966 implanted the first artificial heart in a human patient (born in 1908)
    Synonym(s): De Bakey, Michael Ellis De Bakey
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Mikhail Aleksandrovich Bakunin
n
  1. Russian anarchist; ally and later opponent of Karl Marx (1814-1876)
    Synonym(s): Bakunin, Mikhail Bakunin, Mikhail Aleksandrovich Bakunin
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Mikhail Ilarionovich Kutuzov
n
  1. Russian field marshal who commanded the Russian opposition to Napoleon (1745-1813)
    Synonym(s): Kutuzov, Mikhail Ilarionovich Kutuzov, Prince of Smolensk
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
muzzle loader
n
  1. an obsolete firearm that was loaded through the muzzle
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
muzzle-loading
adj
  1. (of firearms) taking the projectile or cartridge through the muzzle
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Yellow \Yel"low\, a. [Compar. {Yellower}; superl. {Yellowest}.]
      [OE. yelow, yelwe, [f4]elow, [f4]eoluw, from AS. geolu; akin
      to D. geel, OS. & OHG. gelo, G. gelb, Icel. gulr, Sw. gul,
      Dan. guul, L. helvus light bay, Gr. [?] young verdure, [?]
      greenish yellow, Skr. hari tawny, yellowish. [?][?][?]. Cf.
      {Chlorine}, {Gall} a bitter liquid, {Gold}, {Yolk}.]
      Being of a bright saffronlike color; of the color of gold or
      brass; having the hue of that part of the rainbow, or of the
      solar spectrum, which is between the orange and the green.
  
               Her yellow hair was browded [braided] in a tress.
                                                                              --Chaucer.
  
               A sweaty reaper from his tillage brought First fruits,
               the green ear and the yellow sheaf.         --Milton.
  
               The line of yellow light dies fast away. --Keble.
  
      {Yellow atrophy} (Med.), a fatal affection of the liver, in
            which it undergoes fatty degeneration, and becomes rapidly
            smaller and of a deep yellow tinge. The marked symptoms
            are black vomit, delirium, convulsions, coma, and
            jaundice.
  
      {Yellow bark}, calisaya bark.
  
      {Yellow bass} (Zo[94]l.), a North American fresh-water bass
            ({Morone interrupta}) native of the lower parts of the
            Mississippi and its tributaries. It is yellow, with
            several more or less broken black stripes or bars. Called
            also {barfish}.
  
      {Yellow berry}. (Bot.) Same as {Persian berry}, under
            {Persian}.
  
      {Yellow boy}, a gold coin, as a guinea. [Slang] --Arbuthnot.
  
      {Yellow brier}. (Bot.) See under {Brier}.
  
      {Yellow bugle} (Bot.), a European labiate plant ({Ajuga
            Cham[91]pitys}).
  
      {Yellow bunting} (Zo[94]l.), the European yellow-hammer.
  
      {Yellow cat} (Zo[94]l.), a yellow catfish; especially, the
            bashaw.
  
      {Yellow copperas} (Min.), a hydrous sulphate of iron; --
            called also {copiapite}.
  
      {Yellow copper ore}, a sulphide of copper and iron; copper
            pyrites. See {Chalcopyrite}.
  
      {Yellow cress} (Bot.), a yellow-flowered, cruciferous plant
            ({Barbarea pr[91]cox}), sometimes grown as a salad plant.
           
  
      {Yellow dock}. (Bot.) See the Note under {Dock}.
  
      {Yellow earth}, a yellowish clay, colored by iron, sometimes
            used as a yellow pigment.
  
      {Yellow fever} (Med.), a malignant, contagious, febrile
            disease of warm climates, attended with jaundice,
            producing a yellow color of the skin, and with the black
            vomit. See {Black vomit}, in the Vocabulary.
  
      {Yellow flag}, the quarantine flag. See under {Quarantine},
            and 3d {Flag}.
  
      {Yellow jack}.
      (a) The yellow fever. See under 2d {Jack}.
      (b) The quarantine flag. See under {Quarantine}.
  
      {Yellow jacket} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of
            American social wasps of the genus {Vespa}, in which the
            color of the body is partly bright yellow. These wasps are
            noted for their irritability, and for their painful
            stings.
  
      {Yellow lead ore} (Min.), wulfenite.
  
      {Yellow lemur} (Zo[94]l.), the kinkajou.
  
      {Yellow macauco} (Zo[94]l.), the kinkajou.
  
      {Yellow mackerel} (Zo[94]l.), the jurel.
  
      {Yellow metal}. Same as {Muntz metal}, under {Metal}.
  
      {Yellow ocher} (Min.), an impure, earthy variety of brown
            iron ore, which is used as a pigment.
  
      {Yellow oxeye} (Bot.), a yellow-flowered plant
            ({Chrysanthemum segetum}) closely related to the oxeye
            daisy.
  
      {Yellow perch} (Zo[94]l.), the common American perch. See
            {Perch}.
  
      {Yellow pike} (Zo[94]l.), the wall-eye.
  
      {Yellow pine} (Bot.), any of several kinds of pine; also,
            their yellowish and generally durable timber. Among the
            most common are valuable species are {Pinus mitis} and {P.
            palustris} of the Eastern and Southern States, and {P.
            ponderosa} and {P. Arizonica} of the Rocky Mountains and
            Pacific States.
  
      {Yellow plover} (Zo[94]l.), the golden plover.
  
      {Yellow precipitate} (Med. Chem.), an oxide of mercury which
            is thrown down as an amorphous yellow powder on adding
            corrosive sublimate to limewater.
  
      {Yellow puccoon}. (Bot.) Same as {Orangeroot}.
  
      {Yellow rail} (Zo[94]l.), a small American rail ({Porzana
            Noveboracensis}) in which the lower parts are dull yellow,
            darkest on the breast. The back is streaked with brownish
            yellow and with black, and spotted with white. Called also
            {yellow crake}.
  
      {Yellow rattle}, {Yellow rocket}. (Bot.) See under {Rattle},
            and {Rocket}.
  
      {Yellow Sally} (Zo[94]l.), a greenish or yellowish European
            stone fly of the genus {Chloroperla}; -- so called by
            anglers.
  
      {Yellow sculpin} (Zo[94]l.), the dragonet.
  
      {Yellow snake} (Zo[94]l.), a West Indian boa ({Chilobothrus
            inornatus}) common in Jamaica. It becomes from eight to
            ten long. The body is yellowish or yellowish green, mixed
            with black, and anteriorly with black lines.
  
      {Yellow spot}.
      (a) (Anat.) A small yellowish spot with a central pit, the
            fovea centralis, in the center of the retina where vision
            is most accurate. See {Eye}.
      (b) (Zo[94]l.) A small American butterfly ({Polites Peckius})
            of the Skipper family. Its wings are brownish, with a
            large, irregular, bright yellow spot on each of the hind
            wings, most conspicuous beneath. Called also {Peck's
            skipper}. See Illust. under {Skipper}, n., 5.
  
      {Yellow tit} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of
            crested titmice of the genus {Machlolophus}, native of
            India. The predominating colors of the plumage are yellow
            and green.
  
      {Yellow viper} (Zo[94]l.), the fer-de-lance.
  
      {Yellow warbler} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of
            American warblers of the genus {Dendroica} in which the
            predominant color is yellow, especially {D. [91]stiva},
            which is a very abundant and familiar species; -- called
            also {garden warbler}, {golden warbler}, {summer
            yellowbird}, {summer warbler}, and {yellow-poll warbler}.
           
  
      {Yellow wash} (Pharm.), yellow oxide of mercury suspended in
            water, -- a mixture prepared by adding corrosive sublimate
            to limewater.
  
      {Yellow wren} (Zo[94]l.)
      (a) The European willow warbler.
      (b) The European wood warbler.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Muzzle-loader \Muz"zle-load`er\, n.
      A firearm which receives its charge through the muzzle, as
      distinguished from one which is loaded at the breech.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Muzzle-loading \Muz"zle-load`ing\, a.
      Receiving its charge through the muzzle; as, a muzzle-loading
      rifle.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Gun \Gun\, n. [OE. gonne, gunne; of uncertain origin; cf. Ir.,
      {Gael}.) A LL. gunna, W. gum; possibly (like cannon) fr. L.
      canna reed, tube; or abbreviated fr. OF. mangonnel, E.
      mangonel, a machine for hurling stones.]
      1. A weapon which throws or propels a missile to a distance;
            any firearm or instrument for throwing projectiles by the
            explosion of gunpowder, consisting of a tube or barrel
            closed at one end, in which the projectile is placed, with
            an explosive charge behind, which is ignited by various
            means. Muskets, rifles, carbines, and fowling pieces are
            smaller guns, for hand use, and are called {small arms}.
            Larger guns are called {cannon}, {ordnance},
            {fieldpieces}, {carronades}, {howitzers}, etc. See these
            terms in the Vocabulary.
  
                     As swift as a pellet out of a gunne When fire is in
                     the powder runne.                              --Chaucer.
  
                     The word gun was in use in England for an engine to
                     cast a thing from a man long before there was any
                     gunpowder found out.                           --Selden.
  
      2. (Mil.) A piece of heavy ordnance; in a restricted sense, a
            cannon.
  
      3. pl. (Naut.) Violent blasts of wind.
  
      Note: Guns are classified, according to their construction or
               manner of loading as {rifled} or {smoothbore},
               {breech-loading} or {muzzle-loading}, {cast} or
               {built-up guns}; or according to their use, as {field},
               {mountain}, {prairie}, {seacoast}, and {siege guns}.
  
      {Armstrong gun}, a wrought iron breech-loading cannon named
            after its English inventor, Sir William Armstrong.
  
      {Great gun}, a piece of heavy ordnance; hence (Fig.), a
            person superior in any way.
  
      {Gun barrel}, the barrel or tube of a gun.
  
      {Gun carriage}, the carriage on which a gun is mounted or
            moved.
  
      {Gun cotton} (Chem.), a general name for a series of
            explosive nitric ethers of cellulose, obtained by steeping
            cotton in nitric and sulphuric acids. Although there are
            formed substances containing nitric acid radicals, yet the
            results exactly resemble ordinary cotton in appearance. It
            burns without ash, with explosion if confined, but quietly
            and harmlessly if free and open, and in small quantity.
            Specifically, the lower nitrates of cellulose which are
            insoluble in ether and alcohol in distinction from the
            highest (pyroxylin) which is soluble. See {Pyroxylin}, and
            cf. {Xyloidin}. The gun cottons are used for blasting and
            somewhat in gunnery: for making celluloid when compounded
            with camphor; and the soluble variety (pyroxylin) for
            making collodion. See {Celluloid}, and {Collodion}. Gun
            cotton is frequenty but improperly called nitrocellulose.
            It is not a nitro compound, but an ethereal salt of nitric
            acid.
  
      {Gun deck}. See under {Deck}.
  
      {Gun fire}, the time at which the morning or the evening gun
            is fired.
  
      {Gun metal}, a bronze, ordinarily composed of nine parts of
            copper and one of tin, used for cannon, etc. The name is
            also given to certain strong mixtures of cast iron.
  
      {Gun port} (Naut.), an opening in a ship through which a
            cannon's muzzle is run out for firing.
  
      {Gun tackle} (Naut.), the blocks and pulleys affixed to the
            side of a ship, by which a gun carriage is run to and from
            the gun port.
  
      {Gun tackle purchase} (Naut.), a tackle composed of two
            single blocks and a fall. --Totten.
  
      {Krupp gun}, a wrought steel breech-loading cannon, named
            after its German inventor, Herr Krupp.
  
      {Machine gun}, a breech-loading gun or a group of such guns,
            mounted on a carriage or other holder, and having a
            reservoir containing cartridges which are loaded into the
            gun or guns and fired in rapid succession, sometimes in
            volleys, by machinery operated by turning a crank. Several
            hundred shots can be fired in a minute with accurate aim.
            The {Gatling gun}, {Gardner gun}, {Hotchkiss gun}, and
            {Nordenfelt gun}, named for their inventors, and the
            French {mitrailleuse}, are machine guns.
  
      {To blow great guns} (Naut.), to blow a gale. See {Gun}, n.,
            3.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Muzzle-loading \Muz"zle-load`ing\, a.
      Receiving its charge through the muzzle; as, a muzzle-loading
      rifle.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Gun \Gun\, n. [OE. gonne, gunne; of uncertain origin; cf. Ir.,
      {Gael}.) A LL. gunna, W. gum; possibly (like cannon) fr. L.
      canna reed, tube; or abbreviated fr. OF. mangonnel, E.
      mangonel, a machine for hurling stones.]
      1. A weapon which throws or propels a missile to a distance;
            any firearm or instrument for throwing projectiles by the
            explosion of gunpowder, consisting of a tube or barrel
            closed at one end, in which the projectile is placed, with
            an explosive charge behind, which is ignited by various
            means. Muskets, rifles, carbines, and fowling pieces are
            smaller guns, for hand use, and are called {small arms}.
            Larger guns are called {cannon}, {ordnance},
            {fieldpieces}, {carronades}, {howitzers}, etc. See these
            terms in the Vocabulary.
  
                     As swift as a pellet out of a gunne When fire is in
                     the powder runne.                              --Chaucer.
  
                     The word gun was in use in England for an engine to
                     cast a thing from a man long before there was any
                     gunpowder found out.                           --Selden.
  
      2. (Mil.) A piece of heavy ordnance; in a restricted sense, a
            cannon.
  
      3. pl. (Naut.) Violent blasts of wind.
  
      Note: Guns are classified, according to their construction or
               manner of loading as {rifled} or {smoothbore},
               {breech-loading} or {muzzle-loading}, {cast} or
               {built-up guns}; or according to their use, as {field},
               {mountain}, {prairie}, {seacoast}, and {siege guns}.
  
      {Armstrong gun}, a wrought iron breech-loading cannon named
            after its English inventor, Sir William Armstrong.
  
      {Great gun}, a piece of heavy ordnance; hence (Fig.), a
            person superior in any way.
  
      {Gun barrel}, the barrel or tube of a gun.
  
      {Gun carriage}, the carriage on which a gun is mounted or
            moved.
  
      {Gun cotton} (Chem.), a general name for a series of
            explosive nitric ethers of cellulose, obtained by steeping
            cotton in nitric and sulphuric acids. Although there are
            formed substances containing nitric acid radicals, yet the
            results exactly resemble ordinary cotton in appearance. It
            burns without ash, with explosion if confined, but quietly
            and harmlessly if free and open, and in small quantity.
            Specifically, the lower nitrates of cellulose which are
            insoluble in ether and alcohol in distinction from the
            highest (pyroxylin) which is soluble. See {Pyroxylin}, and
            cf. {Xyloidin}. The gun cottons are used for blasting and
            somewhat in gunnery: for making celluloid when compounded
            with camphor; and the soluble variety (pyroxylin) for
            making collodion. See {Celluloid}, and {Collodion}. Gun
            cotton is frequenty but improperly called nitrocellulose.
            It is not a nitro compound, but an ethereal salt of nitric
            acid.
  
      {Gun deck}. See under {Deck}.
  
      {Gun fire}, the time at which the morning or the evening gun
            is fired.
  
      {Gun metal}, a bronze, ordinarily composed of nine parts of
            copper and one of tin, used for cannon, etc. The name is
            also given to certain strong mixtures of cast iron.
  
      {Gun port} (Naut.), an opening in a ship through which a
            cannon's muzzle is run out for firing.
  
      {Gun tackle} (Naut.), the blocks and pulleys affixed to the
            side of a ship, by which a gun carriage is run to and from
            the gun port.
  
      {Gun tackle purchase} (Naut.), a tackle composed of two
            single blocks and a fall. --Totten.
  
      {Krupp gun}, a wrought steel breech-loading cannon, named
            after its German inventor, Herr Krupp.
  
      {Machine gun}, a breech-loading gun or a group of such guns,
            mounted on a carriage or other holder, and having a
            reservoir containing cartridges which are loaded into the
            gun or guns and fired in rapid succession, sometimes in
            volleys, by machinery operated by turning a crank. Several
            hundred shots can be fired in a minute with accurate aim.
            The {Gatling gun}, {Gardner gun}, {Hotchkiss gun}, and
            {Nordenfelt gun}, named for their inventors, and the
            French {mitrailleuse}, are machine guns.
  
      {To blow great guns} (Naut.), to blow a gale. See {Gun}, n.,
            3.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   d8Mycelium \[d8]My*ce"li*um\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. my`khs a
      mushroom.] (Bot.)
      The white threads or filamentous growth from which a mushroom
      or fungus is developed; the so-called mushroom spawn. --
      {My*ce"li*al}, a.

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Mc Clelland, IA
      Zip code(s): 51548

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Mc Clellanville, SC
      Zip code(s): 29458

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Mcclellan Afb, CA
      Zip code(s): 95652

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   McClelland, IA (city, FIPS 47865)
      Location: 41.32765 N, 95.68382 W
      Population (1990): 139 (49 housing units)
      Area: 0.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   McClellanville, SC (town, FIPS 43585)
      Location: 33.08575 N, 79.46729 W
      Population (1990): 333 (183 housing units)
      Area: 4.6 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water)
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