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- English Word Melanterite Definition A hydrous sulphate of iron of a green color and vitreous luster; iron vitriol.
- English Word Melanure Definition A small fish of the Mediterranean; a gilthead. See Gilthead (a).
- English Word Melanuric Definition Pertaining to, or designating, a complex nitrogenous acid obtained by decomposition of melam, or of urea, as a white crystalline powder; -- called also melanurenic acid.
- English Word Melaphyre Definition Any one of several dark-colored augitic, eruptive rocks allied to basalt.
- English Word Melasma Definition A dark discoloration of the skin, usually local; as, Addison's melasma, or Addison's disease.
- English Word Melasses Definition See Molasses.
- English Word Melassic Definition Pertaining to, or designating, an acid obtained from molasses or glucose, and probably identical with saccharic acid. See Saccharic.
- English Word Melastoma Definition A genus of evergreen tropical shrubs; -- so called from the black berries of some species, which stain the mouth.
- English Word Melastomaceous Definition Belonging to the order of which Melastoma is the type.
- English Word Melchite Definition One of a sect, chiefly in Syria and Egypt, which acknowledges the authority of the pope, but adheres to the liturgy and ceremonies of the Eastern Church.
- English Word Meleagrine Definition Of or pertaining to the genus Meleagris.
- English Word Meleagris Definition A genus of American gallinaceous birds, including the common and the wild turkeys.
- English Word Melee Definition A fight in which the combatants are mingled in one confused mass; a hand to hand conflict; an affray.
- English Word Melena Definition See Melaena.
- English Word Melene Definition An unsaturated hydrocarbon, C30H60, of the ethylene series, obtained from beeswax as a white, scaly, crystalline wax; -- called also melissene, and melissylene.
- English Word Melenite Definition An explosive of great destructive power; -- so called from its color, which resembles honey.
- English Word Meletin Definition See Quercitin.
- English Word Melezitose Definition A variety of sugar, isomeric with sucrose, extracted from the manna of the larch (Larix).
- English Word Meliaceous Definition Pertaining to a natural order (Meliacae) of plants of which the genus Melia is the type. It includes the mahogany and the Spanish cedar.
- English Word Melib/an Definition Alternately responsive, as verses.
- English Word Melibean Definition Alt. of Melib/an
- English Word Melic Definition Of or pertaining to song; lyric; tuneful.
- English Word Melic grass Definition A genus of grasses (Melica) of little agricultural importance.
- English Word Melicerous Definition Consisting of or containing matter like honey; -- said of certain encysted tumors.
- English Word Melicotoon Definition See Melocoton.
- English Word Melicratory Definition A meadlike drink.
- English Word Melilite Definition A mineral occurring in small yellow crystals, found in the lavas (melilite basalt) of Vesuvius, and elsewhere.
- English Word Melilot Definition Any species of Melilotus, a genus of leguminous herbs having a vanillalike odor; sweet clover; hart's clover. The blue melilot (Melilotus caerulea) is used in Switzerland to give color and flavor to sapsago cheese.
- English Word Melilotic Definition Of, pertaining to, or obtained from, sweet clover or melilot; specifically, designating an acid of the aromatic series, obtained from melilot as a white crystalline substance.
- English Word Meliorate Definition To make better; to improve; to ameliorate; to soften; to make more tolerable.