MPage 117
- English Word Mentha Definition A widely distributed genus of fragrant herbs, including the peppermint, spearmint, etc. The plants have small flowers, usually arranged in dense axillary clusters.
- English Word Menthene Definition A colorless liquid hydrocarbon resembling oil of turpentine, obtained by dehydrating menthol. It has an agreeable odor and a cooling taste.
- English Word Menthol Definition A white, crystalline, aromatic substance resembling camphor, extracted from oil of peppermint (Mentha); -- called also mint camphor or peppermint camphor.
- English Word Menthyl Definition A compound radical forming the base of menthol.
- English Word Menticultural Definition Of or pertaining to mental culture; serving to improve or strengthen the mind.
- English Word Mention Definition A speaking or notice of anything, -- usually in a brief or cursory manner. Used especially in the phrase to make mention of.
- English Word Mention Definition To make mention of; to speak briefly of; to name.
- English Word Mentionable Definition Fit to be mentioned.
- English Word Mentioned Definition of Mention
- English Word Mentioning Definition of Mention
- English Word Mentomeckelian Definition Of or pertaining to the chin and lower jaw.
- English Word Mentomeckelian Definition The bone or cartilage forming the anterior extremity of the lower jaw in some adult animals and the young of others.
- English Word Mentor Definition A wise and faithful counselor or monitor.
- English Word Mentorial Definition Containing advice or admonition.
- English Word Mentum Definition The front median plate of the labium in insects. See Labium.
- English Word Menu Definition The details of a banquet; a bill of fare.
- English Word Menuse Definition See Amenuse.
- English Word Meow Definition See 6th and 7th Mew.
- English Word Mephistophelian Definition Pertaining to, or resembling, the devil Mephistopheles, "a crafty, scoffing, relentless fiend;" devilish; crafty.
- English Word Mephitic Definition Alt. of Mephitical
- English Word Mephitical Definition Tending to destroy life; poisonous; noxious; as, mephitic exhalations; mephitic regions.
- English Word Mephitical Definition Offensive to the smell; as, mephitic odors.
- English Word Mephitis Definition Noxious, pestilential, or foul exhalations from decomposing substances, filth, or other source.
- English Word Mephitis Definition A genus of mammals, including the skunks.
- English Word Mephitism Definition Same as Mephitis, 1.
- English Word Meracious Definition Being without mixture or adulteration; hence, strong; racy.
- English Word Mercable Definition Capable of being bought or sold.
- English Word Mercantile Definition Of or pertaining to merchants, or the business of merchants; having to do with trade, or the buying and selling of commodities; commercial.
- English Word Mercaptal Definition Any one of a series of compounds of mercaptans with aldehydes.
- English Word Mercaptan Definition Any one of series of compounds, hydrosulphides of alcohol radicals, in composition resembling the alcohols, but containing sulphur in place of oxygen, and hence called also the sulphur alcohols. In general, they are colorless liquids having a strong, repulsive, garlic odor. The name is specifically applied to ethyl mercaptan, C2H5SH. So called from its avidity for mercury, and other metals.