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   maid of honor
         n 1: an unmarried woman who attends the bride at a wedding [syn:
               {bridesmaid}, {maid of honor}]

English Dictionary: maid of honor by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
metopion
n
  1. the craniometric point midway between the frontal eminences of the skull
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
midpoint
n
  1. a point equidistant from the ends of a line or the extremities of a figure
    Synonym(s): center, centre, midpoint
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
midvein
n
  1. the vein in the center of a leaf
    Synonym(s): midrib, midvein
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
moth bean
n
  1. East Indian legume having hairy foliage and small yellow flowers followed by cylindrical pods; used especially in India for food and forage and as a soil conditioner; sometimes placed in genus Phaseolus
    Synonym(s): moth bean, Vigna aconitifolia, Phaseolus aconitifolius
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Madefy \Mad"e*fy\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Madefied}; p. pr. & vb.
      n. {Madefying}.] [Cf. F. mad[82]fier, L. madefacere. See
      {Madefaction}.]
      To make wet or moist. [R.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Maid \Maid\, n. [Shortened from maiden. [?]. See {Maiden}.]
      1. An unmarried woman; usually, a young unmarried woman;
            esp., a girl; a virgin; a maiden.
  
                     Would I had died a maid, And never seen thee, never
                     borne thee son.                                 --Shak.
  
                     Can a maid forget her ornaments, or a bride her
                     attire? Yet my people have forgotten me. --Jer. ii.
                                                                              32.
  
      2. A man who has not had sexual intercourse. [Obs.]
  
                     Christ was a maid and shapen as a man. --Chaucer.
  
      3. A female servant.
  
                     Spinning amongst her maids.               --Shak.
  
      Note: Maid is used either adjectively or in composition,
               signifying female, as in maid child, maidservant.
  
      4. (Zo[94]l.) The female of a ray or skate, esp. of the gray
            skate ({Raia batis}), and of the thornback ({R. clavata}).
            [Prov. Eng.]
  
      {Fair maid}. (Zo[94]l.) See under {Fair}, a.
  
      {Maid of honor}, a female attendant of a queen or royal
            princess; -- usually of noble family, and having to
            perform only nominal or honorary duties.
  
      {Old maid}. See under {Old}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Honor \Hon"or\, n. [OE. honor, honour, onour, onur, OF. honor,
      onor, honur, onur, honour, onour, F. honneur, fr. L. honor,
      honos.] [Written also {honour}.]
      1. Esteem due or paid to worth; high estimation; respect;
            consideration; reverence; veneration; manifestation of
            respect or reverence.
  
                     A prophet is not without honor, save in his own
                     country.                                             --Matt. xiii.
                                                                              57.
  
      2. That which rightfully attracts esteem, respect, or
            consideration; self-respect; dignity; courage; fidelity;
            especially, excellence of character; high moral worth;
            virtue; nobleness; specif., in men, integrity;
            uprightness; trustworthness; in women, purity; chastity.
  
                     If she have forgot Honor and virtue.   --Shak.
  
                     Godlike erect, with native honor clad. --Milton.
  
      3. A nice sense of what is right, just, and true, with course
            of life correspondent thereto; strict conformity to the
            duty imposed by conscience, position, or privilege.
  
                     Say, what is honor? 'T is the finest sense Of
                     justice which the human mind can frame, Intent each
                     lurking frailty to disclaim, And guard the way of
                     life from all offense Suffered or done.
                                                                              --Wordsworth.
  
                     I could not love thee, dear, so much, Loved I not
                     honor more.                                       --Lovelace.
  
      4. That to which esteem or consideration is paid;
            distinguished position; high rank. [bd]Restored me to my
            honors.[b8] --Shak.
  
                     I have given thee . . . both riches, and honor. --1
                                                                              Kings iii. 13.
  
                     Thou art clothed with honor and majesty. --Ps. civ.
                                                                              1.
  
      5. Fame; reputation; credit.
  
                     Some in theiractions do woo, and affect honor and
                     reputation.                                       --Bacon.
  
                     If my honor is meant anything distinct from
                     conscience, 't is no more than a regard to the
                     censure and esteem of the world.         --Rogers.
  
      6. A token of esteem paid to worth; a mark of respect; a
            ceremonial sign of consideration; as, he wore an honor on
            his breast; military honors; civil honors. [bd]Their
            funeral honors.[b8] --Dryden.
  
      7. A cause of respect and fame; a glory; an excellency; an
            ornament; as, he is an honor to his nation.
  
      8. A title applied to the holders of certain honorable civil
            offices, or to persons of rank; as, His Honor the Mayor.
            See Note under {Honorable}.
  
      9. (Feud. Law) A seigniory or lordship held of the king, on
            which other lordships and manors depended. --Cowell.
  
      10. pl. Academic or university prizes or distinctions; as,
            honors in classics.
  
      11. pl. (Whist) The ace, king, queen, and jack of trumps. The
            ten and nine are sometimes called Dutch honors. --R. A.
            Proctor.
  
      {Affair of honor}, a dispute to be decided by a duel, or the
            duel itself.
  
      {Court of honor}, a court or tribunal to investigate and
            decide questions relating to points of honor; as a court
            of chivalry, or a military court to investigate acts or
            omissions which are unofficerlike or ungentlemanly in
            their nature.
  
      {Debt of honor}, a debt contracted by a verbal promise, or by
            betting or gambling, considered more binding than if
            recoverable by law.
  
      {Honor bright!} An assurance of truth or fidelity. [Colloq.]
           
  
      {Honor court} (Feudal Law), one held in an honor or seignory.
           
  
      {Honor point}. (Her.) See {Escutcheon}.
  
      {Honors of war} (Mil.), distinctions granted to a vanquished
            enemy, as of marching out from a camp or town armed, and
            with colors flying.
  
      {Law, [or] Code}, {of honor}, certain rules by which social
            intercourse is regulated among persons of fashion, and
            which are founded on a regard to reputation. --Paley.
  
      {Maid of honor}, a lady of rank, whose duty it is to attend
            the queen when she appears in public.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Pink \Pink\, n. [Perh. akin to pick; as if the edges of the
      petals were picked out. Cf. {Pink}, v. t.]
      1. (Bot.) A name given to several plants of the
            caryophyllaceous genus {Dianthus}, and to their flowers,
            which are sometimes very fragrant and often double in
            cultivated varieties. The species are mostly perennial
            herbs, with opposite linear leaves, and handsome
            five-petaled flowers with a tubular calyx.
  
      2. A color resulting from the combination of a pure vivid red
            with more or less white; -- so called from the common
            color of the flower. --Dryden.
  
      3. Anything supremely excellent; the embodiment or perfection
            of something. [bd]The very pink of courtesy.[b8] --Shak.
  
      4. (Zo[94]l.) The European minnow; -- so called from the
            color of its abdomen in summer. [Prov. Eng.]
  
      {Bunch pink} is {Dianthus barbatus}.
  
      {China}, [or] {Indian}, {pink}. See under {China}.
  
      {Clove pink} is {Dianthus Caryophyllus}, the stock from which
            carnations are derived.
  
      {Garden pink}. See {Pheasant's eye}.
  
      {Meadow pink} is applied to {Dianthus deltoides}; also, to
            the ragged robin.
  
      {Maiden pink}, {Dianthus deltoides}.
  
      {Moss pink}. See under {Moss}.
  
      {Pink needle}, the pin grass; -- so called from the long,
            tapering points of the carpels. See {Alfilaria}.
  
      {Sea pink}. See {Thrift}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Meadow \Mead"ow\, a.
      Of or pertaining to a meadow; of the nature of a meadow;
      produced, growing, or living in, a meadow. [bd]Fat meadow
      ground.[b8] --Milton.
  
      Note: For many names of plants compounded with meadow, see
               the particular word in the Vocabulary.
  
      {Meadow beauty}. (Bot.) Same as {Deergrass}.
  
      {Meadow foxtail} (Bot.), a valuable pasture grass
            ({Alopecurus pratensis}) resembling timothy, but with
            softer spikes.
  
      {Meadow grass} (Bot.), a name given to several grasses of the
            genus {Poa}, common in meadows, and of great value for nay
            and for pasture. See {Grass}.
  
      {Meadow hay}, a coarse grass, or true sedge, growing in
            uncultivated swamp or river meadow; -- used as fodder or
            bedding for cattle, packing for ice, etc. [Local, U. S.]
           
  
      {Meadow hen}. (Zo[94]l.)
      (a) The American bittern. See {Stake-driver}.
      (b) The American coot ({Fulica}).
      (c) The clapper rail.
  
      {Meadow lark} (Zo[94]l.), any species of {Sturnella}, a genus
            of American birds allied to the starlings. The common
            species ({S. magna}) has a yellow breast with a black
            crescent.
  
      {Meadow mouse} (Zo[94]l.), any mouse of the genus {Arvicola},
            as the common American species {A. riparia}; -- called
            also {field mouse}, and {field vole}.
  
      {Meadow mussel} (Zo[94]l.), an American ribbed mussel
            ({Modiola plicatula}), very abundant in salt marshes.
  
      {Meadow ore} (Min.), bog-iron ore, a kind of limonite.
  
      {Meadow parsnip}. (Bot.) See under {Parsnip}.
  
      {Meadow pink}. (Bot.) See under {Pink}.
  
      {Meadow pipit} (Zo[94]l.), a small singing bird of the genus
            {Anthus}, as {A. pratensis}, of Europe.
  
      {Meadow rue} (Bot.), a delicate early plant, of the genus
            {Thalictrum}, having compound leaves and numerous white
            flowers. There are many species.
  
      {Meadow saffron}. (Bot.) See under {Saffron}.
  
      {Meadow sage}. (Bot.) See under {Sage}.
  
      {Meadow saxifrage} (Bot.), an umbelliferous plant of Europe
            ({Silaus pratensis}), somewhat resembling fennel.
  
      {Meadow snipe} (Zo[94]l.), the common or jack snipe.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Metavanadate \Met`a*van"a*date\, n. (Chem.)
      A salt of metavanadic acid.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Metavanadic \Met`a*va*nad"ic\, a. [Pref. meta- + vanadic.]
      (Chem.)
      Of, pertaining to, or designating, a vanadic acid analogous
      to metaphosphoric acid.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Metopomancy \Met"o*po*man`cy\, n. [Gr. [?] the forehead +
      -mancy.]
      Fortune telling by physiognomy. [R.] --Urquhart.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Midheaven \Mid"heav`en\, n.
      1. The midst or middle of heaven or the sky.
  
      2. (Astron.) The meridian, or middle line of the heavens; the
            point of the ecliptic on the meridian.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Modify \Mod"i*fy\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Modified}; p. pr. & vb.
      n. {Modifying}.] [F. modifier, L. modificare, modificari;
      modus limit + -ficare (in comp.) to make. See {Mode}, and
      {-fy}.]
      1. To change somewhat the form or qualities of; to alter
            somewhat; as, to modify a contrivance adapted to some
            mechanical purpose; to modify the terms of a contract.
  
      2. To limit or reduce in extent or degree; to moderate; to
            qualify; to lower.
  
                     Of his grace He modifies his first severe decree.
                                                                              --Dryden.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Moot \Moot\, n. [AS. m[d3]t, gem[d3]t, a meeting; -- usually in
      comp.] [Written also {mote}.]
      1. A meeting for discussion and deliberation; esp., a meeting
            of the people of a village or district, in Anglo-Saxon
            times, for the discussion and settlement of matters of
            common interest; -- usually in composition; as, folk-moot.
            --J. R. Green.
  
      2. [From {Moot}, v.] A discussion or debate; especially, a
            discussion of fictitious causes by way of practice.
  
                     The pleading used in courts and chancery called
                     moots.                                                --Sir T.
                                                                              Elyot.
  
      {Moot case}, a case or question to be mooted; a disputable
            case; an unsettled question. --Dryden.
  
      {Moot court}, a mock court, such as is held by students of
            law for practicing the conduct of law cases.
  
      {Moot point}, a point or question to be debated; a doubtful
            question.

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From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   METAFONT
  
      A system for the design of raster-based alphabets by {Donald
      Knuth}.   A companion to {TeX}.
  
      ["The METAFONT Book," Donald Knuth, A-W 1986.   Version 2.0,
      March 1990].
  
      (1994-11-04)
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   metaphone
  
      An {algorithm} for encoding a word so that
      similar sounding words encode the same.   It's similar to
      {soundex} in purpose, but as it knows the basic rules of
      English pronunciation it's more accurate.   The higher accuracy
      doesn't come free, though, metaphone requires more
      computational power as well as more storage capacity, but
      neither of these requirements are usually prohibitive.   It is
      in the public domain so it can be freely implemented.
  
      Metaphone was developed by Lawrence Philips
      .   It is described in ["Practical
      Algorithms for Programmers", Binstock & Rex, Addison Wesley,
      1995].
  
      (1998-12-22)
  
  
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