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   maidservant
         n 1: a female domestic [syn: {maid}, {maidservant}, {housemaid},
               {amah}]

English Dictionary: mit Sorge erfüllen by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Maiduguri
n
  1. a city in northeastern Nigeria; an agricultural trading center
    Synonym(s): Maiduguri, Yerwa-Maiduguri
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
matcher
n
  1. someone who arranges (or tries to arrange) marriages for others
    Synonym(s): matchmaker, matcher, marriage broker
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
meadow cranesbill
n
  1. tall perennial cranesbill with paired violet-blue axillary flowers; native to northern parts of Old World and naturalized in North America
    Synonym(s): meadow cranesbill, Geranium pratense
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
meadow cress
n
  1. a bitter cress of Europe and America [syn: lady's smock, cuckooflower, cuckoo flower, meadow cress, Cardamine pratensis]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
meadow grass
n
  1. any of various grasses that thrive in the presence of abundant moisture
    Synonym(s): meadowgrass, meadow grass
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
meadowgrass
n
  1. any of various grasses that thrive in the presence of abundant moisture
    Synonym(s): meadowgrass, meadow grass
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
meat grinder
n
  1. a mill for grinding meat
  2. any action resulting in injury or destruction; "the meat grinder of politics destroyed his reputation"; "allied forces crumbled before the Wehrmacht meat grinder"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Medgar Evers
n
  1. United States civil rights worker in Mississippi; was killed by a sniper (1925-1963)
    Synonym(s): Evers, Medgar Evers, Medgar Wiley Evers
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Medgar Wiley Evers
n
  1. United States civil rights worker in Mississippi; was killed by a sniper (1925-1963)
    Synonym(s): Evers, Medgar Evers, Medgar Wiley Evers
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
media guru
n
  1. someone who advises about the use of communication media
    Synonym(s): media consultant, media guru
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Medicare
n
  1. health care for the aged; a federally administered system of health insurance available to persons aged 65 and over
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
medicare check
n
  1. a check reimbursing an aged person for the expenses of health care
    Synonym(s): medicare check, medicare payment
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
medicare payment
n
  1. a check reimbursing an aged person for the expenses of health care
    Synonym(s): medicare check, medicare payment
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
mediocre
adj
  1. moderate to inferior in quality; "they improved the quality from mediocre to above average"
    Synonym(s): mediocre, second-rate
  2. lacking exceptional quality or ability; "a novel of average merit"; "only a fair performance of the sonata"; "in fair health"; "the caliber of the students has gone from mediocre to above average"; "the performance was middling at best"
    Synonym(s): average, fair, mediocre, middling
  3. poor to middling in quality; "there have been good and mediocre and bad artists"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
mediocrity
n
  1. ordinariness as a consequence of being average and not outstanding
    Synonym(s): averageness, mediocrity
  2. a person of second-rate ability or value; "a team of aging second-raters"; "shone among the mediocrities who surrounded him"
    Synonym(s): second-rater, mediocrity
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
metacarpal
adj
  1. of or relating to the metacarpus; "metacarpal bones"
n
  1. any bone of the hand between the wrist and fingers [syn: metacarpal, metacarpal bone]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
metacarpal artery
n
  1. dorsal and palmar arteries of the hand [syn: {metacarpal artery}, arteria metacarpea]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
metacarpal bone
n
  1. any bone of the hand between the wrist and fingers [syn: metacarpal, metacarpal bone]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
metacarpal vein
n
  1. dorsal and palmar veins of the hand [syn: {metacarpal vein}, vena metacarpus]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
metacarpophalangeal joint
n
  1. a joint of a finger when the fist is closed [syn: knuckle, knuckle joint, metacarpophalangeal joint]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
metacarpus
n
  1. the part of the hand between the carpus and phalanges
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
metagrabolised
adj
  1. totally perplexed and mixed up; "all this duncical nonsense has my brains metagrobolized"- Wall Street Journal
    Synonym(s): metagrobolized, metagrobolised, metagrabolized, metagrabolised, mystified
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
metagrabolized
adj
  1. totally perplexed and mixed up; "all this duncical nonsense has my brains metagrobolized"- Wall Street Journal
    Synonym(s): metagrobolized, metagrobolised, metagrabolized, metagrabolised, mystified
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
metagrobolised
adj
  1. totally perplexed and mixed up; "all this duncical nonsense has my brains metagrobolized"- Wall Street Journal
    Synonym(s): metagrobolized, metagrobolised, metagrabolized, metagrabolised, mystified
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
metagrobolized
adj
  1. totally perplexed and mixed up; "all this duncical nonsense has my brains metagrobolized"- Wall Street Journal
    Synonym(s): metagrobolized, metagrobolised, metagrabolized, metagrabolised, mystified
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
methacrylic acid
n
  1. an unsaturated acid (C4H6O2) used to make resins and plastics
    Synonym(s): methacrylic acid, 2-methylpropenoic acid
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
methocarbamol
n
  1. muscle relaxant for skeletal muscles (trade name Robaxin) used to treat spasms
    Synonym(s): methocarbamol, Robaxin
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Meticorten
n
  1. a dehydrogenated analogue of cortisol (trade names Orasone or Deltasone or Liquid Pred or Meticorten); used as an anti-inflammatory drug in the treatment of arthritis and as an immunosuppressant
    Synonym(s): prednisone, Orasone, Deltasone, Liquid Pred, Meticorten
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Midgard
n
  1. (Norse mythology) the abode of humans in Norse mythology
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
midgrass
n
  1. any of various grasses of moderate height which covered the undisturbed prairie in the United States; includes most of the forage grasses of the temperate zone
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
moot court
n
  1. a mock court where law students argue hypothetical cases
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
mud digger
n
  1. a laborer who digs ditches [syn: ditch digger, {mud digger}]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
mudguard
n
  1. a curved piece above the wheel of a bicycle or motorcycle to protect the rider from water or mud thrown up by the wheels
    Synonym(s): mudguard, splash guard, splash-guard
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Maid's hair \Maid's" hair`\ (Bot.)
      The yellow bedstraw ({Galium verum}).

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Maidservant \Maid"serv`ant\, n.
      A female servant.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Mat \Mat\, n. [AS. matt, meatt, fr. L. matta a mat made of
      rushes.]
      1. A fabric of sedge, rushes, flags, husks, straw, hemp, or
            similar material, used for wiping and cleaning shoes at
            the door, for covering the floor of a hall or room, and
            for other purposes.
  
      2. Any similar fabric for various uses, as for covering plant
            houses, putting beneath dishes or lamps on a table,
            securing rigging from friction, and the like.
  
      3. Anything growing thickly, or closely interwoven, so as to
            resemble a mat in form or texture; as, a mat of weeds; a
            mat of hair.
  
      4. An ornamental border made of paper, pasterboard, metal,
            etc., put under the glass which covers a framed picture;
            as, the mat of a daguerreotype.
  
      {Mat grass}. (Bot.)
            (a) A low, tufted, European grass ({Nardus stricta}).
            (b) Same as {Matweed}.
  
      {Mat rush} (Bot.), a kind of rush ({Scirpus lacustris}) used
            in England for making mats.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Matcher \Match"er\, n.
      One who, or that which, matches; a matching machine. See
      under 3d {Match}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Shipping note \Ship"ping note\ (Com.)
      A document used in shipping goods by sea. In the case of free
      goods the shipping notes are the
  
      {receiving note}, addressed by the shipper to the chief
            officer of the vessel, requesting him to receive on board
            specified goods, and a receipt for the mate to sign, on
            receiving whose signature it is called the
  
      {mate's receipt}, and is surrendered by the shipper for the
            bills of lading.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Poa \Po"a\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. [?] grass.] (Bot.)
      A genus of grasses, including a great number of species, as
      the kinds called {meadow grass}, {Kentucky blue grass}, {June
      grass}, and {spear grass} (which see).

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]:
   Poa \Po"a\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. [?] grass.] (Bot.)
      A genus of grasses, including a great number of species, as
      the kinds called {meadow grass}, {Kentucky blue grass}, {June
      grass}, and {spear grass} (which see).

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]:
   d8Medicornu \[d8]Med`i*cor"nu\, n.; pl. {Medicornua}. [NL., fr.
      L. medius middle + cornu horn.] (Anat.)
      The middle or inferior horn of each lateral ventricle of the
      brain. --B. G. Wilder.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Mediocral \Me"di*o`cral\, a.
      Mediocre. [R.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Mediocre \Me"di*o`cre\, a. [F. m[82]diocre, L. mediocris, fr.
      medius middle. See {Mid}.]
      Of a middle quality; of but a moderate or low degree of
      excellence; indifferent; ordinary. [bd] A very mediocre
      poet.[b8] --Pope.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Mediocre \Me"di*o`cre\, n.
      1. A mediocre person. [R.]
  
      2. A young monk who was excused from performing a portion of
            a monk's duties. --Shipley.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Mediocrist \Me"di*o`crist\, n.
      A mediocre person. [R.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Mediocrity \Me`di*oc"ri*ty\, n. [F. m[82]diocrit[82], L.
      mediocritas.]
      1. The quality of being mediocre; a middle state or degree; a
            moderate degree or rate. [bd]A mediocrity of success.[b8]
            --Bacon.
  
      2. Moderation; temperance. [Obs.] --Hooker.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Metacarpal \Met`a*car"pal\, a. (Anat.)
      Of or pertaining to the metacarpus. -- n. A metacarpal bone.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Metacarpus \Met`a*car"pus\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. [?]; [?] beyond,
      between + [?] the wrist.] (Anat.)
      That part of the skeleton of the hand or forefoot between the
      carpus and phalanges. In man it consists of five bones. See
      Illust. of {Artiodactyla}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Metachronism \Me*tach"ro*nism\, n. [Gr. [?], [?], after the
      time, happening afterward; [?] beyond + [?] time: cf. F.
      m[82]tachronisme.]
      An error committed in chronology by placing an event after
      its real time.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Metacrolein \Met`a*cro"le*in\, n. [Pref. met- + acrolein.]
      (Chem.)
      A polymeric modification of acrolein obtained by heating it
      with caustic potash. It is a crystalline substance having an
      aromatic odor.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Metagrammatism \Met`a*gram"ma*tism\, n.
      Anagrammatism.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Metagraphic \Met`a*graph"ic\, a.
      By or pertaining to metagraphy.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Metagraphy \Me*tag"ra*phy\, n. [Pref. meta- + -graphy.]
      The art or act of rendering the letters of the alphabet of
      one language into the possible equivalents of another;
      transliteration. --Stormonth.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Metecorn \Mete"corn`\, n.
      A quantity of corn formerly given by the lord to his
      customary tenants, as an encouragement to, or reward for,
      labor and faithful service.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Marikina \Mar`i*ki"na\, n. [From the native name: cf. Pg.
      mariquinha.] (Zo[94]l)
      A small marmoset ({Midas rosalia}); the silky tamarin.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Midas's ear \Mi"das's ear"\ [See {Midas}.] (Zo[94]l.)
      A pulmonate mollusk ({Auricula, [or] Ellobium,
      aurismid[91]}); -- so called from resemblance to a human ear.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Midgard \Mid"gard`\, n. [Icel. mi[edh]gar[edh]r.] (Scand. Myth.)
      The middle space or region between heaven and hell; the abode
      of human beings; the earth.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Midgard \Mid"gard\ (m[icr]d"g[aum]rd), n. Also Midgarth
   \Mid"garth\ (-g[aum]r[th]), d8Mithgarthr \[d8]Mith"garthr\
      (Icel. m[esl][th]"g[aum]r[th]r'). [Icel. mi[edh]gar[edh]r.]
      (Teut. Myth.)
      The middle space or region between heaven and hell, the abode
      of human beings; the earth.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Midgard \Mid"gard\ (m[icr]d"g[aum]rd), n. Also Midgarth
   \Mid"garth\ (-g[aum]r[th]), d8Mithgarthr \[d8]Mith"garthr\
      (Icel. m[esl][th]"g[aum]r[th]r'). [Icel. mi[edh]gar[edh]r.]
      (Teut. Myth.)
      The middle space or region between heaven and hell, the abode
      of human beings; the earth.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Green \Green\ (gren), n.
      1. The color of growing plants; the color of the solar
            spectrum intermediate between the yellow and the blue.
  
      2. A grassy plain or plat; a piece of ground covered with
            verdant herbage; as, the village green.
  
                     O'er the smooth enameled green.         --Milton.
  
      3. Fresh leaves or branches of trees or other plants;
            wreaths; -- usually in the plural.
  
                     In that soft season when descending showers Call
                     forth the greens, and wake the rising flowers.
                                                                              --Pope.
  
      4. pl. Leaves and stems of young plants, as spinach, beets,
            etc., which in their green state are boiled for food.
  
      5. Any substance or pigment of a green color.
  
      {Alkali green} (Chem.), an alkali salt of a sulphonic acid
            derivative of a complex aniline dye, resembling emerald
            green; -- called also {Helvetia green}.
  
      {Berlin green}. (Chem.) See under {Berlin}.
  
      {Brilliant green} (Chem.), a complex aniline dye, resembling
            emerald green in composition.
  
      {Brunswick green}, an oxychloride of copper.
  
      {Chrome green}. See under {Chrome}.
  
      {Emerald green}. (Chem.)
            (a) A complex basic derivative of aniline produced as a
                  metallic, green crystalline substance, and used for
                  dyeing silk, wool, and mordanted vegetable fiber a
                  brilliant green; -- called also {aldehyde green},
                  {acid green}, {malachite green}, {Victoria green},
                  {solid green}, etc. It is usually found as a double
                  chloride, with zinc chloride, or as an oxalate.
            (b) See {Paris green} (below).
  
      {Gaignet's green} (Chem.) a green pigment employed by the
            French artist, Adrian Gusgnet, and consisting essentially
            of a basic hydrate of chromium.
  
      {Methyl green} (Chem.), an artificial rosaniline dyestuff,
            obtained as a green substance having a brilliant yellow
            luster; -- called also {light-green}.
  
      {Mineral green}. See under {Mineral}.
  
      {Mountain green}. See {Green earth}, under {Green}, a.
  
      {Paris green} (Chem.), a poisonous green powder, consisting
            of a mixture of several double salts of the acetate and
            arsenite of copper. It has found very extensive use as a
            pigment for wall paper, artificial flowers, etc., but
            particularly as an exterminator of insects, as the potato
            bug; -- called also {Schweinfurth green}, {imperial
            green}, {Vienna green}, {emerald qreen}, and {mitis
            green}.
  
      {Scheele's green} (Chem.), a green pigment, consisting
            essentially of a hydrous arsenite of copper; -- called
            also {Swedish green}. It may enter into various pigments
            called {parrot green}, {pickel green}, {Brunswick green},
            {nereid green}, or {emerald green}.

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.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Motograph \Mo"to*graph\, n. [L. movere, motum, to move +
      -graph.] (Elec.)
      A device utilized in the making of a loud-speaking telephone,
      depending on the fact that the friction between a metallic
      point and a moving cylinder of moistened chalk, or a moving
      slip of paper, on which it rests is diminished by the passage
      of a current between the point and the moving surface. --
      {Mo`to*graph"ic}, a.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Motograph \Mo"to*graph\, n. [L. movere, motum, to move +
      -graph.] (Elec.)
      A device utilized in the making of a loud-speaking telephone,
      depending on the fact that the friction between a metallic
      point and a moving cylinder of moistened chalk, or a moving
      slip of paper, on which it rests is diminished by the passage
      of a current between the point and the moving surface. --
      {Mo`to*graph"ic}, a.

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]:
   Mutessarif \Mu*tes`sa*rif"\, n. [Turk. & Ar. mute[87]arif freely
      disposing of anything, master.]
      In Turkey, an administrative authority of any of certain
      sanjaks. They are appointed directly by the Sultan.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Mutessarifat \Mu*tes`sa*ri*fat"\, n. [Turk. & Ar. mute[87]arifah
      office of a mutessarif.]
      In Turkey, a sanjak whose head is a mutessarif.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Mythographer \My*thog"ra*pher\, n. [Gr. myqogra`fos; my^qos +
      gra`fein to write.]
      A composer of fables.

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Matagorda, TX
      Zip code(s): 77457

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Matagorda County, TX (county, FIPS 321)
      Location: 28.78439 N, 95.99756 W
      Population (1990): 36928 (18540 housing units)
      Area: 2886.7 sq km (land), 1289.2 sq km (water)

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Meadow Creek, WV
      Zip code(s): 25977

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Meadow Grove, NE (village, FIPS 31465)
      Location: 42.02916 N, 97.73615 W
      Population (1990): 332 (156 housing units)
      Area: 0.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 68752

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Metzger, OR (CDP, FIPS 47800)
      Location: 45.44993 N, 122.76153 W
      Population (1990): 3149 (1473 housing units)
      Area: 1.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Mouthcard, KY
      Zip code(s): 41548

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   MetaCard
  
      A commercial human interface and {hypertext} system for {Unix}
      and the {X Window System}, similar to {Hypercard}.
  
      (1994-11-17)
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   Meta-Crystal
  
      A language for transformations of Crystal programs.
      Implemented in T.   "Meta-Crystal- A Metalanguage for
      Parallel-Program Optimisation", J.A. Yang et al, TR
      YALEU/DCS/TR-786, Yale Apr 1990.   (See Crystal).
  
  
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