INSERT INTO `entries` VALUES ('Magnificoes','pl. ','of Magnifico'),('Magnifico','n.','A grandee or nobleman of Venice; -- so called in\n   courtesy.'),('Magnifico','n.','A rector of a German university.'),('Magnifier','n.','One who, or that which, magnifies.'),('Magnified','imp. & p. p.','of Magnify'),('Magnifying','p. pr. & vb. n.','of Magnify'),('Magnify','v. t.','To make great, or greater; to increase the dimensions\n   of; to amplify; to enlarge, either in fact or in appearance; as, the\n   microscope magnifies the object by a thousand diameters.'),('Magnify','v. t.','To increase the importance of; to augment the esteem or\n   respect in which one is held.'),('Magnify','v. t.','To praise highly; to land; to extol.'),('Magnify','v. t.','To exaggerate; as, to magnify a loss or a difficulty.'),('Magnify','v. i.','To have the power of causing objects to appear larger\n   than they really are; to increase the apparent dimensions of objects;\n   as, some lenses magnify but little.'),('Magnify','v. i.','To have effect; to be of importance or significance.'),('Magniloquence','n.','The quality of being magniloquent; pompous\n   discourse; grandiloquence.'),('Magniloquent','a.','Speaking pompously; using swelling discourse;\n   bombastic; tumid in style; grandiloquent.'),('Magniloquous','a.','Magniloquent.'),('Magnitude','n.','Extent of dimensions; size; -- applied to things that\n   have length, breath, and thickness.'),('Magnitude','n.','That which has one or more of the three dimensions,\n   length, breadth, and thickness.'),('Magnitude','n.','Anything of which greater or less can be predicated, as\n   time, weight, force, and the like.'),('Magnitude','n.','Greatness; grandeur.'),('Magnitude','n.','Greatness, in reference to influence or effect;\n   importance; as, an affair of magnitude.'),('Magnolia','n.','A genus of American and Asiatic trees, with aromatic bark\n   and large sweet-scented whitish or reddish flowers.'),('Magnoliaceous','a.','Pertaining to a natural order (Magnoliaceae) of\n   trees of which the magnolia, the tulip tree, and the star anise are\n   examples.'),('Magnum','n.','A large wine bottle.'),('Magnum','n.','A bone of the carpus at the base of the third metacarpal\n   bone.'),('Magot','n.','The Barbary ape.'),('Magot-pie','n.','A magpie.'),('Magpie','n.','Any one of numerous species of the genus Pica and related\n   genera, allied to the jays, but having a long graduated tail.'),('Maguari','n.','A South American stork (Euxenara maguari), having a forked\n   tail.'),('Maguey','n.','The century plant, a species of Agave (A. Americana). See\n   Agave.'),('Magyar','n.','One of the dominant people of Hungary, allied to the Finns;\n   a Hungarian.'),('Magyar','n.','The language of the Magyars.'),('Maha','n.','A kind of baboon; the wanderoo.'),('Mahabarata','n.','Alt. of Mahabharatam'),('Mahabharatam','n.','A celebrated epic poem of the Hindoos. It is of great\n   length, and is chiefly devoted to the history of a civil war between\n   two dynasties of ancient India.'),('Mahaled','n.','A cherry tree (Prunus Mahaleb) of Southern Europe. The\n   wood is prized by cabinetmakers, the twigs are used for pipe stems, the\n   flowers and leaves yield a perfume, and from the fruit a violet dye and\n   a fermented liquor (like kirschwasser) are prepared.'),('Maharajah','n.','A sovereign prince in India; -- a title given also to\n   other persons of high rank.'),('Maharif','n.','An African antelope (Hippotragus Bakeri). Its face is\n   striped with black and white.'),('Maharmah','n.','A muslin wrapper for the head and the lower part of the\n   face, worn by Turkish and Armenian women when they go abroad.'),('Mahdi','n.','Among Mohammedans, the last imam or leader of the faithful.\n   The Sunni, the largest sect of the Mohammedans, believe that he is yet\n   to appear.'),('Mahl-stick','n.','See Maul-stick.'),('Mahoe','n.','A name given to several malvaceous trees (species of\n   Hibiscus, Ochroma, etc.), and to their strong fibrous inner bark, which\n   is used for strings and cordage.'),('Mahogany','n.','A large tree of the genus Swietenia (S. Mahogoni), found\n   in tropical America.'),('Mahogany','n.','The wood of the Swietenia Mahogoni. It is of a reddish\n   brown color, beautifully veined, very hard, and susceptible of a fine\n   polish. It is used in the manufacture of furniture.'),('Mahogany','n.','A table made of mahogany wood.'),('Maholi','n.','A South African lemur (Galago maholi), having very large\n   ears.'),('Mahomedan','n.','Alt. of Mahometan'),('Mahometan','n.','See Mohammedan.'),('Mahometanism','n.','See Mohammedanism.'),('Mahometanized','imp. & p. p.','of Mahometanize'),('Mahometanizing','p. pr. & vb. n.','of Mahometanize'),('Mahometanize','v. t.','To convert to the religion of Mohammed; to\n   Mohammedanize.'),('Mahometism','n.','See Mohammedanism.'),('Mahometist','n.','A Mohammedan.'),('Mahometry','n.','Mohammedanism.'),('Mahone','n.','A large Turkish ship.'),('Mahonia','n.','The Oregon grape, a species of barberry (Berberis\n   Aquifolium), often cultivated for its hollylike foliage.'),('Mahon stock','','An annual cruciferous plant with reddish purple or white\n   flowers (Malcolmia maritima). It is called in England Virginia stock,\n   but the plant comes from the Mediterranean.'),('Mahoohoo','n.','The African white two-horned rhinoceros (Atelodus simus).'),('Mahori','n.','One of the dark race inhabiting principally the islands of\n   Eastern Polynesia. Also used adjectively.'),('Mahound','n.','A contemptuous name for Mohammed; hence, an evil spirit; a\n   devil.'),('Mahout','n.','The keeper and driver of an elephant.'),('Mahovo','n.','A device for saving power in stopping and starting a\n   railroad car, by means of a heavy fly wheel.'),('Mahrati','n.','The language of the Mahrattas; the language spoken in the\n   Deccan and Concan.'),('Mahratta','n.','One of a numerous people inhabiting the southwestern part\n   of India. Also, the language of the Mahrattas; Mahrati. It is closely\n   allied to Sanskrit.'),('Mahratta','a.','Of or pertaining to the Mahrattas.'),('Mahumetan','n.','Alt. of Mahumetanism'),('Mahumetanism','n.','See Mohammedan, Mohammedanism.'),('Mahwa tree','','An East Indian sapotaceous tree (Bassia latifolia, and\n   also B. butyracea), whose timber is used for wagon wheels, and the\n   flowers for food and in preparing an intoxicating drink. It is one of\n   the butter trees. The oil, known as mahwa and yallah, is obtained from\n   the kernels of the fruit.'),('Maia','n.','A genus of spider crabs, including the common European\n   species (Maia squinado).'),('Maia','n.','A beautiful American bombycid moth (Eucronia maia).'),('Maian','n.','Any spider crab of the genus Maia, or family Maiadae.'),('Maid','n.','An unmarried woman; usually, a young unmarried woman; esp., a\n   girl; a virgin; a maiden.'),('Maid','n.','A man who has not had sexual intercourse.'),('Maid','n.','A female servant.'),('Maid','n.','The female of a ray or skate, esp. of the gray skate (Raia\n   batis), and of the thornback (R. clavata).'),('Maiden','n.','An unmarried woman; a girl or woman who has not experienced\n   sexual intercourse; a virgin; a maid.'),('Maiden','n.','A female servant.'),('Maiden','n.','An instrument resembling the guillotine, formerly used in\n   Scotland for beheading criminals.'),('Maiden','n.','A machine for washing linen.'),('Maiden','a.','Of or pertaining to a maiden, or to maidens; suitable to,\n   or characteristic of, a virgin; as, maiden innocence.'),('Maiden','a.','Never having been married; not having had sexual\n   intercourse; virgin; -- said usually of the woman, but sometimes of the\n   man; as, a maiden aunt.'),('Maiden','a.','Fresh; innocent; unpolluted; pure; hitherto unused.'),('Maiden','a.','Used of a fortress, signifying that it has never been\n   captured, or violated.'),('Maiden','v. t.','To act coyly like a maiden; -- with it as an indefinite\n   object.'),('Maidenhair','n.','A fern of the genus Adiantum (A. pedatum), having very\n   slender graceful stalks. It is common in the United States, and is\n   sometimes used in medicine. The name is also applied to other species\n   of the same genus, as to the Venus-hair.'),('Maidenhead','n.','The state of being a maiden; maidenhood; virginity.'),('Maidenhead','n.','The state of being unused or uncontaminated; freshness;\n   purity.'),('Maidenhead','n.','The hymen, or virginal membrane.'),('Maidenhood','n.','The state of being a maid or a virgin; virginity.'),('Maidenhood','n.','Newness; freshness; uncontaminated state.'),('Maidenlike','a.','Like a maiden; modest; coy.'),('Maidenliness','n.','The quality of being maidenly; the behavior that\n   becomes a maid; modesty; gentleness.'),('Maidenly','a.','Like a maid; suiting a maid; maiden-like; gentle, modest,\n   reserved.'),('Maidenly','adv.','In a maidenlike manner.'),('Maidenship','n.','Maidenhood.'),('Maidhood','n.','Maidenhood.'),('Maidmarian','n.','The lady of the May games; one of the characters in a\n   morris dance; a May queen. Afterward, a grotesque character personated\n   in sports and buffoonery by a man in woman\'s clothes.'),('Maidmarian','n.','A kind of dance.'),('Maidpale','a.','Pale, like a sick girl.'),('Maidservant','n.','A female servant.'),('Maid\'s hair','','The yellow bedstraw (Galium verum).'),('Maieutic','a.','Alt. of Maieutical'),('Maieutical','a.','Serving to assist childbirth.'),('Maieutical','a.','Fig. : Aiding, or tending to, the definition and\n   interpretation of thoughts or language.'),('Maieutics','n.','The art of giving birth (i. e., clearness and\n   conviction) to ideas, which are conceived as struggling for birth.'),('Maiger','n.','The meagre.'),('Maigre','a.','Belonging to a fast day or fast; as, a maigre day.'),('Maihem','n.','See Maim, and Mayhem.'),('Maikel','n.','A South American carnivore of the genus Conepatus, allied\n   to the skunk, but larger, and having a longer snout. The tail is not\n   bushy.'),('Maikong','n.','A South American wild dog (Canis cancrivorus); the\n   crab-eating dog.'),('Mail','n.','A spot.'),('Mail','n.','A small piece of money; especially, an English silver\n   half-penny of the time of Henry V.'),('Mail','n.','Rent; tribute.'),('Mail','n.','A flexible fabric made of metal rings interlinked. It was\n   used especially for defensive armor.'),('Mail','n.','Hence generally, armor, or any defensive covering.'),('Mail','n.','A contrivance of interlinked rings, for rubbing off the loose\n   hemp on lines and white cordage.'),('Mail','n.','Any hard protective covering of an animal, as the scales and\n   plates of reptiles, shell of a lobster, etc.'),('Mail','v. t.','To arm with mail.'),('Mail','v. t.','To pinion.'),('Mail','n.','A bag; a wallet.'),('Mail','n.','The bag or bags with the letters, papers, papers, or other\n   matter contained therein, conveyed under public authority from one post\n   office to another; the whole system of appliances used by government in\n   the conveyance and delivery of mail matter.'),('Mail','n.','That which comes in the mail; letters, etc., received through\n   the post office.'),('Mail','n.','A trunk, box, or bag, in which clothing, etc., may be\n   carried.'),('Mailed','imp. & p. p.','of Mail'),('Mailing','p. pr. & vb. n.','of Mail'),('Mail','v. t.','To deliver into the custody of the postoffice officials,\n   or place in a government letter box, for transmission by mail; to post;\n   as, to mail a letter.'),('Mailable','a.','Admissible lawfully into the mail.'),('Mailclad','a.','Protected by a coat of mail; clad in armor.'),('Mailed','a.','Protected by an external coat, or covering, of scales or\n   plates.'),('Mailed','a.','Spotted; speckled.'),('Mailing','n.','A farm.'),('Mail-shell','n.','A chiton.'),('Maimed','imp. & p. p.','of Maim'),('Maiming','p. pr. & vb. n.','of Maim'),('Maim','v. t.','To deprive of the use of a limb, so as to render a person\n   on fighting less able either to defend himself or to annoy his\n   adversary.'),('Maim','v. t.','To mutilate; to cripple; to injure; to disable; to impair.'),('Maim','v.','The privation of the use of a limb or member of the body, by\n   which one is rendered less able to defend himself or to annoy his\n   adversary.'),('Maim','v.','The privation of any necessary part; a crippling; mutilation;\n   injury; deprivation of something essential. See Mayhem.'),('Maimedly','adv.','In a maimed manner.'),('Maimedness','n.','State of being maimed.'),('Main','n.','A hand or match at dice.'),('Main','n.','A stake played for at dice.'),('Main','n.','The largest throw in a match at dice; a throw at dice within\n   given limits, as in the game of hazard.'),('Main','n.','A match at cockfighting.'),('Main','n.','A main-hamper.'),('Main','v.','Strength; force; might; violent effort.'),('Main','v.','The chief or principal part; the main or most important\n   thing.'),('Main','v.','The great sea, as distinguished from an arm, bay, etc. ; the\n   high sea; the ocean.'),('Main','v.','The continent, as distinguished from an island; the mainland.'),('Main','v.','principal duct or pipe, as distinguished from lesser ones;\n   esp. (Engin.), a principal pipe leading to or from a reservoir; as, a\n   fire main.'),('Main','a.','Very or extremely strong.'),('Main','a.','Vast; huge.'),('Main','a.','Unqualified; absolute; entire; sheer.'),('Main','a.','Principal; chief; first in size, rank, importance, etc.'),('Main','a.','Important; necessary.'),('Main','a.','Very; extremely; as, main heavy.'),('Maine','n.','One of the New England States.'),('Main-gauche','n.','The dagger held in the left hand, while the rapier is\n   held in the right; -- used to parry thrusts of the adversary\'s rapier.'),('Main-hamper','n.','A hamper to be carried in the hand; a hand basket used\n   in carrying grapes to the press.'),('Mainland','n.','The continent; the principal land; -- opposed to island,\n   or peninsula.'),('Mainly','adv.','Very strongly; mightily; to a great degree.'),('Mainly','adv.','Principally; chiefly.'),('Mainmast','n.','The principal mast in a ship or other vessel.'),('Mainor','n.','A thing stolen found on the person of the thief.'),('Mainpernable','a.','Capable of being admitted to give surety by\n   mainpernors; able to be mainprised.'),('Mainpernor','n.','A surety, under the old writ of mainprise, for a\n   prisoner\'s appearance in court at a day.'),('Mainpin','n.','A kingbolt.'),('Mainprise','n.','A writ directed to the sheriff, commanding him to take\n   sureties, called mainpernors, for the prisoner\'s appearance, and to let\n   him go at large. This writ is now obsolete.'),('Mainprise','n.','Deliverance of a prisoner on security for his appearance\n   at a day.'),('Mainprised','imp. & p. p.','of Mainprise'),('Mainprising','p. pr. & vb. n.','of Mainprise'),('Mainprise','v. t.','To suffer to go at large, on his finding sureties, or\n   mainpernors, for his appearance at a day; -- said of a prisoner.'),('Mains','n.','The farm attached to a mansion house.'),('Mainsail','n.','The principal sail in a ship or other vessel.'),('Mainsheet','n.','One of the ropes by which the mainsail is hauled aft and\n   trimmed.'),('Mainspring','n.','The principal or most important spring in a piece of\n   mechanism, especially the moving spring of a watch or clock or the\n   spring in a gunlock which impels the hammer. Hence: The chief or most\n   powerful motive; the efficient cause of action.'),('Mainstay','n.','The stay extending from the foot of the foremast to the\n   maintop.'),('Mainstay','n.','Main support; principal dependence.'),('Mainswear','v. i.','To swear falsely.'),('Maintained','imp. & p. p.','of Maintain'),('Maintaining','p. pr. & vb. n.','of Maintain'),('Maintain','v. t.','To hold or keep in any particular state or condition;\n   to support; to sustain; to uphold; to keep up; not to suffer to fail or\n   decline; as, to maintain a certain degree of heat in a furnace; to\n   maintain a fence or a railroad; to maintain the digestive process or\n   powers of the stomach; to maintain the fertility of soil; to maintain\n   present reputation.'),('Maintain','v. t.','To keep possession of; to hold and defend; not to\n   surrender or relinquish.'),('Maintain','v. t.','To continue; not to suffer to cease or fail.'),('Maintain','v. t.','To bear the expense of; to support; to keep up; to\n   supply with what is needed.'),('Maintain','v. t.','To affirm; to support or defend by argument.'),('Maintainable','a.','That maybe maintained.'),('Maintainer','n.','One who maintains.'),('Maintainor','n.','One who, not being interested, maintains a cause\n   depending between others, by furnishing money, etc., to either party.'),('Maintenance','n.','The act of maintaining; sustenance; support; defense;\n   vindication.'),('Maintenance','n.','That which maintains or supports; means of sustenance;\n   supply of necessaries and conveniences.'),('Maintenance','n.','An officious or unlawful intermeddling in a cause\n   depending between others, by assisting either party with money or means\n   to carry it on. See Champerty.'),('Maintop','n.','The platform about the head of the mainmast in\n   square-rigged vessels.'),('Main yard','','The yard on which the mainsail is extended, supported by\n   the mainmast.'),('Maioid','a.','Of or pertaining to the genus Maia, or family Maiadeae.'),('Maister','n.','Master.'),('Maister','a.','Principal; chief.'),('Maistre','n.','Alt. of Maistry'),('Maistrie','n.','Alt. of Maistry'),('Maistry','n.','Mastery; superiority; art. See Mastery.'),('Maistress','n.','Mistress.'),('Maithes','n.','Same as Maghet.'),('Maize','n.','A large species of American grass of the genus Zea (Z.\n   Mays), widely cultivated as a forage and food plant; Indian corn. Also,\n   its seed, growing on cobs, and used as food for men animals.'),('Majestatic','a.','Alt. of Majestatal'),('Majestatal','a.','Majestic.'),('Majestic','a.','Possessing or exhibiting majesty; of august dignity,\n   stateliness, or imposing grandeur; lofty; noble; grand.'),('Majestical','a.','Majestic.'),('Majesticness','n.','The quality or state of being majestic.'),('Majesties','pl. ','of Majesty'),('Majesty','n.','The dignity and authority of sovereign power; quality or\n   state which inspires awe or reverence; grandeur; exalted dignity,\n   whether proceeding from rank, character, or bearing; imposing\n   loftiness; stateliness; -- usually applied to the rank and dignity of\n   sovereigns.'),('Majesty','n.','Hence, used with the possessive pronoun, the title of an\n   emperor, king or queen; -- in this sense taking a plural; as, their\n   majesties attended the concert.'),('Majesty','n.','Dignity; elevation of manner or style.'),('Majolica','n.','A kind of pottery, with opaque glazing and showy, which\n   reached its greatest perfection in Italy in the 16th century.'),('Major','a.','Greater in number, quantity, or extent; as, the major part\n   of the assembly; the major part of the revenue; the major part of the\n   territory.'),('Major','a.','Of greater dignity; more important.'),('Major','a.','Of full legal age.'),('Major','a.','Greater by a semitone, either in interval or in difference\n   of pitch from another tone.'),('Major','a.','An officer next in rank above a captain and next below a\n   lieutenant colonel; the lowest field officer.'),('Major','a.','A person of full age.'),('Major','a.','That premise which contains the major term. It its the first\n   proposition of a regular syllogism; as: No unholy person is qualified\n   for happiness in heaven [the major]. Every man in his natural state is\n   unholy [minor]. Therefore, no man in his natural state is qualified for\n   happiness in heaven [conclusion or inference].'),('Major','a.','A mayor.'),('Majorat','a.','The right of succession to property according to age; --\n   so termed in some of the countries of continental Europe.'),('Majorat','a.','Property, landed or funded, so attached to a title of\n   honor as to descend with it.'),('Majorate','n.','The office or rank of a major.'),('Majorate','a.','To augment; to increase.'),('Majoration','n.','Increase; enlargement.'),('Majorcan','a.','Of or pertaining to Majorca.'),('Majorcan','n.','A native or inhabitant of Majorca.'),('Major-domo','n.','A man who has authority to act, within certain limits,\n   as master of the house; a steward; also, a chief minister or officer.'),('Major general','','An officer of the army holding a rank next above that\n   of brigadier general and next below that of lieutenant general, and who\n   usually commands a division or a corps.'),('Majorities','pl. ','of Majority'),('Majority','n.','The quality or condition of being major or greater;\n   superiority.'),('Majority','n.','The military rank of a major.'),('Majority','n.','The condition of being of full age, or authorized by law\n   to manage one\'s own affairs.'),('Majority','n.','The greater number; more than half; as, a majority of\n   mankind; a majority of the votes cast.'),('Majority','n.','Ancestors; ancestry.'),('Majority','n.','The amount or number by which one aggregate exceeds all\n   other aggregates with which it is contrasted; especially, the number by\n   which the votes for a successful candidate exceed those for all other\n   candidates; as, he is elected by a majority of five hundred votes. See\n   Plurality.'),('Majorship','n.','The office of major.'),('Majoun','n.','See Madjoun.'),('Majusculae','n. pl.','Capital letters, as found in manuscripts of the\n   sixth century and earlier.'),('Majuscule','n.','A capital letter; especially, one used in ancient\n   manuscripts. See Majusculae.'),('Makable','a.','Capable of being made.'),('Makaron','n.','See Macaroon, 2.'),('Make','n.','A companion; a mate; often, a husband or a wife.'),('Made','imp. & p. p.','of Make'),('Making','p. pr. & vb. n.','of Make'),('Make','v. t.','To cause to exist; to bring into being; to form; to\n   produce; to frame; to fashion; to create.'),('Make','v. t.','To form of materials; to cause to exist in a certain form;\n   to construct; to fabricate.'),('Make','v. t.','To produce, as something artificial, unnatural, or false;\n   -- often with up; as, to make up a story.'),('Make','v. t.','To bring about; to bring forward; to be the cause or agent\n   of; to effect, do, perform, or execute; -- often used with a noun to\n   form a phrase equivalent to the simple verb that corresponds to such\n   noun; as, to make complaint, for to complain; to make record of, for to\n   record; to make abode, for to abide, etc.'),('Make','v. t.','To execute with the requisite formalities; as, to make a\n   bill, note, will, deed, etc.'),('Make','v. t.','To gain, as the result of one\'s efforts; to get, as\n   profit; to make acquisition of; to have accrue or happen to one; as, to\n   make a large profit; to make an error; to make a loss; to make money.'),('Make','v. t.','To find, as the result of calculation or computation; to\n   ascertain by enumeration; to find the number or amount of, by\n   reckoning, weighing, measurement, and the like; as, he made the\n   distance of; to travel over; as, the ship makes ten knots an hour; he\n   made the distance in one day.'),('Make','v. t.','To put a desired or desirable condition; to cause to\n   thrive.'),('Make','v. t.','To cause to be or become; to put into a given state verb,\n   or adjective; to constitute; as, to make known; to make public; to make\n   fast.'),('Make','v. t.','To cause to appear to be; to constitute subjectively; to\n   esteem, suppose, or represent.'),('Make','v. t.','To require; to constrain; to compel; to force; to cause;\n   to occasion; -- followed by a noun or pronoun and infinitive.'),('Make','v. t.','To become; to be, or to be capable of being, changed or\n   fashioned into; to do the part or office of; to furnish the material\n   for; as, he will make a good musician; sweet cider makes sour vinegar;\n   wool makes warm clothing.'),('Make','v. t.','To compose, as parts, ingredients, or materials; to\n   constitute; to form; to amount to.'),('Make','v. t.','To be engaged or concerned in.'),('Make','v. t.','To reach; to attain; to arrive at or in sight of.'),('Make','v. i.','To act in a certain manner; to have to do; to manage; to\n   interfere; to be active; -- often in the phrase to meddle or make.'),('Make','v. i.','To proceed; to tend; to move; to go; as, he made toward\n   home; the tiger made at the sportsmen.'),('Make','v. i.','To tend; to contribute; to have effect; -- with for or\n   against; as, it makes for his advantage.'),('Make','v. i.','To increase; to augment; to accrue.'),('Make','v. i.','To compose verses; to write poetry; to versify.'),('Make','n.','Structure, texture, constitution of parts; construction;\n   shape; form.'),('Makebate','n.','One who excites contentions and quarrels.'),('Make-belief','n.','A feigning to believe; make believe.'),('Make-believe','n.','A feigning to believe, as in the play of children; a\n   mere pretense; a fiction; an invention.'),('Make-believe','a.','Feigned; insincere.'),('Maked','p. p.','Made.'),('Make-game','n.','An object of ridicule; a butt.'),('Makeless','a.','Matchless.'),('Makeless','a.','Without a mate.'),('Make-peace','n.','A peacemaker.'),('Maker','n.','One who makes, forms, or molds; a manufacturer;\n   specifically, the Creator.'),('Maker','n.','The person who makes a promissory note.'),('Maker','n.','One who writes verses; a poet.'),('Makeshift','n.','That with which one makes shift; a temporary expedient.'),('Make-up','n.','The way in which the parts of anything are put together;\n   often, the way in which an actor is dressed, painted, etc., in\n   personating a character.'),('Makeweight','n.','That which is thrown into a scale to make weight;\n   something of little account added to supply a deficiency or fill a gap.'),('Maki','n.','A lemur. See Lemur.'),('Making','n.','The act of one who makes; workmanship; fabrication;\n   construction; as, this is cloth of your own making; the making of peace\n   or war was in his power.'),('Making','n.','Composition, or structure.'),('Making','n.','a poem.'),('Making','n.','That which establishes or places in a desirable state or\n   condition; the material of which something may be made; as, early\n   misfortune was the making of him.'),('Making','n.','External appearance; from.'),('Making-iron','n.','A tool somewhat like a chisel with a groove in it,\n   used by calkers of ships to finish the seams after the oakum has been\n   driven in.'),('Making-up','n.','The act of bringing spirits to a certain degree of\n   strength, called proof.'),('Making-up','n.','The act of becoming reconciled or friendly.'),('Mal-','','A prefix in composition denoting ill,or evil, F. male, adv.,\n   fr. malus, bad, ill. In some words it has the form male-, as in\n   malediction, malevolent. See Malice.'),('Mala','n.','Evils; wrongs; offenses against right and law.'),('Malabar','n.','A region in the western part of the Peninsula of India,\n   between the mountains and the sea.'),('Malacatune','n.','See Melocoton.'),('Malacca','n.','A town and district upon the seacoast of the Malay\n   Peninsula.'),('Malachite','n.','Native hydrous carbonate of copper, usually occurring in\n   green mammillary masses with concentric fibrous structure.'),('Malacissant','a.','Softening; relaxing.'),('Malacissation','n.','The act of making soft or supple.'),('Malacobdella','n.','A genus of nemertean worms, parasitic in the gill\n   cavity of clams and other bivalves. They have a large posterior sucker,\n   like that of a leech. See Illust. of Bdellomorpha.'),('Malacoderm','n.','One of a tribe of beetles (Malacodermata), with a soft\n   and flexible body, as the fireflies.'),('Malacolite','n.','A variety of pyroxene.'),('Malacologist','n.','One versed in the science of malacology.'),('Malacology','n.','The science which relates to the structure and habits\n   of mollusks.'),('Malacopoda','n. pl.','A class of air-breathing Arthropoda; -- called also\n   Protracheata, and Onychophora.'),('Malacopterygian','n.','One of the Malacopterygii.'),('Malacopterygii','n. pl.','An order of fishes in which the fin rays,\n   except the anterior ray of the pectoral and dorsal fins, are closely\n   jointed, and not spiny. It includes the carp, pike, salmon, shad, etc.\n   Called also Malacopteri.'),('Malacopterygious','a.','Belonging to the Malacopterygii.'),('Malacosteon','n.','A peculiar disease of the bones, in consequence of\n   which they become softened and capable of being bent without breaking.'),('Malacostomous','a.','Having soft jaws without teeth, as certain fishes.'),('Malacostraca','n. pl.','A subclass of Crustacea, including Arthrostraca\n   and Thoracostraca, or all those higher than the Entomostraca.'),('Malacostracan','n.','One of the Malacostraca.'),('Malacostracology','n.','That branch of zoological science which relates\n   to the crustaceans; -- called also carcinology.'),('Malacostracous','a.','Belonging to the Malacostraca.'),('Malacotoon','n.','See Melocoton.'),('Malacozoa','n. pl.','An extensive group of Invertebrata, including the\n   Mollusca, Brachiopoda, and Bryozoa. Called also Malacozoaria.'),('Malacozoic','a.','Of or pertaining to the Malacozoa.'),('Maladdress','n.','Bad address; an awkward, tactless, or offensive way of\n   accosting one or talking with one.'),('Maladjustment','n.','A bad adjustment.'),('Maladministration','n.','Bad administration; bad management of any\n   business, especially of public affairs.'),('Maladroit','a.','Of a quality opposed to adroitness; clumsy; awkward;\n   unskillful.'),('Maladies','pl. ','of Malady'),('Malady','n.','Any disease of the human body; a distemper, disorder, or\n   indisposition, proceeding from impaired, defective, or morbid organic\n   functions; especially, a lingering or deep-seated disorder.'),('Malady','n.','A moral or mental defect or disorder.'),('Malaga','n.','A city and a province of Spain, on the Mediterranean.\n   Hence, Malaga grapes, Malaga raisins, Malaga wines.'),('Malagash','n.','Same as Malagasy.'),('Malagasy','n. sing. & pl.','A native or natives of Madagascar; also\n   (sing.), the language.'),('Malaise','n.','An indefinite feeling of uneasiness, or of being sick or\n   ill at ease.'),('Malamate','n.','A salt of malamic acid.'),('Malambo','n.','A yellowish aromatic bark, used in medicine and perfumery,\n   said to be from the South American shrub Croton Malambo.'),('Malamethane','n.','A white crystalline substance forming the ethyl salt\n   of malamic acid.'),('Malamic','a.','Of or pertaining an acid intermediate between malic acid\n   and malamide, and known only by its salts.'),('Malamide','n.','The acid amide derived from malic acid, as a white\n   crystalline substance metameric with asparagine.'),('Malanders','n. pl.','A scurfy eruption in the bend of the knee of the\n   fore leg of a horse. See Sallenders.'),('Malapert','a.','Bold; forward; impudent; saucy; pert.'),('Malapert','n.','A malapert person.'),('Malapropism','n.','A grotesque misuse of a word; a word so used.'),('Malapropos','a. & adv.','Unseasonable or unseasonably; unsuitable or\n   unsuitably.'),('Malapterurus','n.','A genus of African siluroid fishes, including the\n   electric catfishes. See Electric cat, under Electric.'),('Malar','a.','Of or pertaining to the region of the cheek bone, or to the\n   malar bone; jugal.'),('Malar','n.','The cheek bone, which forms a part of the lower edge of the\n   orbit.'),('Malaria','n.','Air infected with some noxious substance capable of\n   engendering disease; esp., an unhealthy exhalation from certain soils,\n   as marshy or wet lands, producing fevers; miasma.'),('Malaria','n.','A morbid condition produced by exhalations from decaying\n   vegetable matter in contact with moisture, giving rise to fever and\n   ague and many other symptoms characterized by their tendency to recur\n   at definite and usually uniform intervals.'),('Malarial','a.','Alt. of Malarious'),('Malarian','a.','Alt. of Malarious'),('Malarious','a.','Of or pertaining, to or infected by, malaria.'),('Malashaganay','n.','The fresh-water drumfish (Haploidonotus grunniens).'),('Malassimilation','n.','Imperfect digestion of the several leading\n   constituents of the food.'),('Malassimilation','n.','An imperfect elaboration by the tissues of the\n   materials brought to them by the blood.'),('Malate','n.','A salt of malic acid.'),('Malax','v. t.','Alt. of Malaxate'),('Malaxate','v. t.','To soften by kneading or stirring with some thinner\n   substance.'),('Malaxation','n.','The act of softening by mixing with a thinner\n   substance; the formation of ingredients into a mass for pills or\n   plasters.'),('Malaxator','n.','One who, or that which, malaxates; esp., a machine for\n   grinding, kneading, or stirring into a pasty or doughy mass.'),('Malay','n.','One of a race of a brown or copper complexion in the Malay\n   Peninsula and the western islands of the Indian Archipelago.'),('Malay','a.','Alt. of Malayan'),('Malayan','a.','Of or pertaining to the Malays or their country.'),('Malayan','n.','The Malay language.'),('Malayalam','n.','The name given to one the cultivated Dravidian\n   languages, closely related to the Tamil.'),('Malbrouck','n.','A West African arboreal monkey (Cercopithecus\n   cynosurus).'),('Malconformation','n.','Imperfect, disproportionate, or abnormal\n   formation; ill form; disproportion of parts.'),('Malcontent','a.','discontented; uneasy; dissatisfied; especially,\n   dissatisfied with the government.'),('Malcontent','n.','One who discontented; especially, a discontented\n   subject of a government; one who express his discontent by words or\n   overt acts.'),('Malcontented','a.','Malcontent.'),('Maldanian','n.','Any species of marine annelids of the genus Maldane, or\n   family Maldanidae. They have a slender, round body, and make tubes in\n   the sand or mud.'),('Male-','','See Mal-.'),('Male','a.','Evil; wicked; bad.'),('Male','n.','Same as Mail, a bag.'),('Male','v. t.','Of or pertaining to the sex that begets or procreates\n   young, or (in a wider sense) to the sex that produces spermatozoa, by\n   which the ova are fertilized; not female; as, male organs.'),('Male','v. t.','Capable of producing fertilization, but not of bearing\n   fruit; -- said of stamens and antheridia, and of the plants, or parts\n   of plants, which bear them.'),('Male','v. t.','Suitable to the male sex; characteristic or suggestive of\n   a male; masculine; as, male courage.'),('Male','v. t.','Consisting of males; as, a male choir.'),('Male','v. t.','Adapted for entering another corresponding piece (the\n   female piece) which is hollow and which it fits; as, a male gauge, for\n   gauging the size or shape of a hole; a male screw, etc.'),('Male','n.','An animal of the male sex.'),('Male','n.','A plant bearing only staminate flowers.'),('Naleadministration','n.','Maladministration.'),('Maleate','n.','A salt of maleic acid.'),('Malebranchism','n.','The philosophical system of Malebranche, an eminent\n   French metaphysician. The fundamental doctrine of his system is that\n   the mind can not have knowledge of anything external to itself except\n   in its relation to God.'),('Maleconformation','n.','Malconformation.'),('Malecontent','a.','Malcontent.'),('Maledicency','n.','Evil speaking.'),('Maledicent','a.','Speaking reproachfully; slanderous.'),('Maledict','a.','Accursed; abominable.'),('Malediction','n.','A proclaiming of evil against some one; a cursing;\n   imprecation; a curse or execration; -- opposed to benediction.'),('Malefaction','n.','A crime; an offense; an evil deed.'),('Malefactor','n.','An evil doer; one who commits a crime; one subject to\n   public prosecution and punishment; a criminal.'),('Malefactor','n.','One who does wrong by injuring another, although not a\n   criminal.'),('Malefactress','n.','A female malefactor.'),('Malefeasance','n.','See Malfeasance.'),('Malefic','a.','Doing mischief; causing harm or evil; nefarious; hurtful.'),('Malefice','n.','An evil deed; artifice; enchantment.'),('Maleficence','n.','Evil doing, esp. to others.'),('Maleficent','a.','Doing evil to others; harmful; mischievous.'),('Maleficial','a.','Injurious.'),('Maleficiate','v. t.','To bewitch; to harm.'),('Maleficiation','n.','A bewitching.'),('Maleficience','n.','The doing of evil, harm, or mischief.'),('Maleficient','a.','Doing evil, harm, or mischief.'),('Maleformation','n.','See Malformation.'),('Maleic','a.','Pertaining to, or designating, an acid of the ethylene\n   series, metameric with fumaric acid and obtained by heating malic acid.'),('Malengine','n.','Evil machination; guile; deceit.'),('Maleo','n.','A bird of Celebes (megacephalon maleo), allied to the brush\n   turkey. It makes mounds in which to lay its eggs.'),('Male-odor','n.','See Malodor.'),('Malepractice','n.','See Malpractice.'),('Male-spirited','a.','Having the spirit of a male; vigorous; courageous.'),('Malet','n.','A little bag or budget.'),('Maletreat','v. t.','See Maltreat.'),('Malevolence','n.','The quality or state of being malevolent; evil\n   disposition toward another; inclination to injure others; ill will. See\n   Synonym of Malice.'),('Malevolent','a.','Wishing evil; disposed to injure others; rejoicing in\n   another\'s misfortune.'),('Malevolently','adv.','In a malevolent manner.'),('Malevolous','a.','Malevolent.'),('Malexecution','n.','Bad execution.'),('Maleyl','n.','A hypothetical radical derived from maleic acid.'),('Malfeasance','n.','The doing of an act which a person ought not to do;\n   evil conduct; an illegal deed.'),('Malformation','n.','Ill formation; irregular or anomalous formation;\n   abnormal or wrong conformation or structure.'),('Malgracious','a.','Not graceful; displeasing.'),('Malgre','prep.','See Mauger.'),('Malic','a.','Pertaining to, or obtained from, apples; as, malic acid.'),('Malice','n.','Enmity of heart; malevolence; ill will; a spirit delighting\n   in harm or misfortune to another; a disposition to injure another; a\n   malignant design of evil.'),('Malice','n.','Any wicked or mischievous intention of the mind; a depraved\n   inclination to mischief; an intention to vex, annoy, or injure another\n   person, or to do a wrongful act without just cause or cause or excuse;\n   a wanton disregard of the rights or safety of others; willfulness.'),('Malice','v. t.','To regard with extreme ill will.'),('Malicho','n.','Mischief.'),('Malicious','a.','Indulging or exercising malice; harboring ill will or\n   enmity.'),('Malicious','a.','Proceeding from hatred or ill will; dictated by malice;\n   as, a malicious report; malicious mischief.'),('Malicious','a.','With wicked or mischievous intentions or motives;\n   wrongful and done intentionally without just cause or excuse; as, a\n   malicious act.'),('Malign','a.','Having an evil disposition toward others; harboring violent\n   enmity; malevolent; malicious; spiteful; -- opposed to benign.'),('Malign','a.','Unfavorable; unpropitious; pernicious; tending to injure;\n   as, a malign aspect of planets.'),('Malign','a.','Malignant; as, a malign ulcer.'),('Maligned','imp. & p. p.','of Malign'),('Maligning','p. pr. & vb. n.','of Malign'),('Malign','a.','To treat with malice; to show hatred toward; to abuse; to\n   wrong; to injure.'),('Malign','a.','To speak great evil of; to traduce; to defame; to slander;\n   to vilify; to asperse.'),('Malign','v. i.','To entertain malice.'),('Malignance','n.','Alt. of Malignancy'),('Malignancy','n.','The state or quality of being malignant; extreme\n   malevolence; bitter enmity; malice; as, malignancy of heart.'),('Malignancy','n.','Unfavorableness; evil nature.'),('Malignancy','n.','Virulence; tendency to a fatal issue; as, the\n   malignancy of an ulcer or of a fever.'),('Malignancy','n.','The state of being a malignant.'),('Malignant','a.','Disposed to do harm, inflict suffering, or cause\n   distress; actuated by extreme malevolence or enmity; virulently\n   inimical; bent on evil; malicious.'),('Malignant','a.','Characterized or caused by evil intentions; pernicious.'),('Malignant','a.','Tending to produce death; threatening a fatal issue;\n   virulent; as, malignant diphtheria.'),('Malignant','n.','A man of extrems enmity or evil intentions.'),('Malignant','n.','One of the adherents of Charles L. or Charles LL.; -- so\n   called by the opposite party.'),('Malignantly','adv.','In a malignant manner.'),('Maligner','n.','One who maligns.'),('Malignified','imp. & p. p.','of Malignify'),('Malignifying','p. pr. & vb. n.','of Malignify'),('Malignify','v. t.','To make malign or malignant.'),('Malignity','n.','The state or quality of being malignant; disposition to\n   do evil; virulent enmity; malignancy; malice; spite.'),('Malignity','n.','Virulence; deadly quality.'),('Malignity','n.','Extreme evilness of nature or influence; perniciousness;\n   heinousness; as, the malignity of fraud.'),('Malignly','adv.','In a malign manner; with malignity.'),('MAlingered','imp. & p. p.','of Malinger'),('Malingering','p. pr. & vb. n.','of Malinger'),('Malinger','v. i.','To act the part of a malingerer; to feign illness or\n   inability.'),('Malingerer','n.','In the army, a soldier who feigns himself sick, or who\n   induces or protracts an illness, in order to avoid doing his duty;\n   hence, in general, one who shirks his duty by pretending illness or\n   inability.'),('Malingery','n.','The spirit or practices of a malingerer; malingering.'),('Malison','n.','Malediction; curse; execration.'),('Malkin','n.','Originally, a kitchenmaid; a slattern.'),('Malkin','n.','A mop made of clouts, used by the kitchen servant.'),('Malkin','n.','A scarecrow.'),('Malkin','n.','A mop or sponge attached to a jointed staff for swabbing\n   out a cannon.'),('Mall','n.','A large heavy wooden beetle; a mallet for driving anything\n   with force; a maul.'),('Mall','n.','A heavy blow.'),('Mall','n.','An old game played with malls or mallets and balls. See\n   Pall-mall.'),('Mall','n.','A place where the game of mall was played. Hence: A public\n   walk; a level shaded walk.'),('Malled','imp. & p. p.','of Mall'),('Malling','p. pr. & vb. n.','of Mall'),('Mall','v. t.','To beat with a mall; to beat with something heavy; to\n   bruise; to maul.'),('Mall','n.','Formerly, among Teutonic nations, a meeting of the notables\n   of a state for the transaction of public business, such meeting being a\n   modification of the ancient popular assembly.'),('Mall','n.','A court of justice.'),('Mall','n.','A place where justice is administered.'),('Mall','n.','A place where public meetings are held.'),('Mallard','a.','A drake; the male of Anas boschas.'),('Mallard','a.','A large wild duck (Anas boschas) inhabiting both America\n   and Europe. The domestic duck has descended from this species. Called\n   also greenhead.'),('Malleability','n.','The quality or state of being malleable; -- opposed\n   to friability and brittleness.'),('Malleable','a.','Capable of being extended or shaped by beating with a\n   hammer, or by the pressure of rollers; -- applied to metals.'),('Malleableize','v. t.','To make malleable.'),('Malleableness','n.','Quality of being malleable.'),('Malleal','a.','Pertaining to the malleus.'),('Malleated','imp. & p. p.','of Malleate'),('Malleating','p. pr. & vb. n.','of Malleate'),('Malleate','v. t.','To hammer; to beat into a plate or leaf.'),('Malleation','n.','The act or process of beating into a plate, sheet, or\n   leaf, as a metal; extension by beating.'),('Mallecho','n.','Same as Malicho.'),('Mallee bird','','The leipoa. See Leipoa.'),('Mallemock','n.','Alt. of Mallemoke'),('Mallemoke','n.','See Mollemoke.'),('Mallenders','n. pl.','Same as Malanders.'),('Malleolar','a.','Of or pertaining to the malleolus; in the region of the\n   malleoli of the ankle joint.'),('Malleoli','pl. ','of Malleolus'),('Malleolus','n.','A projection at the distal end of each bone of the leg\n   at the ankle joint. The malleolus of the tibia is the internal\n   projection, that of the fibula the external.'),('Malleolus','n.','\" A layer, \" a shoot partly buried in the ground, and\n   there cut halfway through.'),('Mallet','n.','A small maul with a short handle, -- used esp. for driving\n   a tool, as a chisel or the like; also, a light beetle with a long\n   handle, -- used in playing croquet.'),('Mallei','pl. ','of Malleus'),('Malleus','n.','The outermost of the three small auditory bones, ossicles;\n   the hammer. It is attached to the tympanic membrane by a long process,\n   the handle or manubrium. See Illust. of Far.'),('Malleus','n.','One of the hard lateral pieces of the mastax of Rotifera.\n   See Mastax.'),('Malleus','n.','A genus of bivalve shells; the hammer shell.'),('Mallophaga','n. pl.','An extensive group of insects which are parasitic\n   on birds and mammals, and feed on the feathers and hair; -- called also\n   bird lice. See Bird louse, under Bird.'),('Mallotus','n.','A genus of small Arctic fishes. One American species, the\n   capelin (Mallotus villosus), is extensively used as bait for cod.'),('Mallow','n.','Alt. of Mallows'),('Mallows','n.','A genus of plants (Malva) having mucilaginous qualities.\n   See Malvaceous.'),('Mallowwort','n.','Any plant of the order Malvaceae.'),('Malm','n.','Alt. of Malmbrick'),('Malmbrick','n.','A kind of brick of a light brown or yellowish color,\n   made of sand, clay, and chalk.'),('Malma','n.','A spotted trout (Salvelinus malma), inhabiting Northern\n   America, west of the Rocky Mountains; -- called also Dolly Varden\n   trout, bull trout, red-spotted trout, and golet.'),('Malmag','n.','The tarsius, or spectral lemur.'),('Malmsey','n.','A kind of sweet wine from Crete, the Canary Islands, etc.'),('Malnutrition','n.','Faulty or imperfect nutrition.'),('Malobservation','n.','Erroneous observation.'),('Malodor','n.','An Offensive to the sense of smell; ill-smelling.'),('Malonate','a.','At salt of malonic acid.'),('Malonic','a.','Pertaining to, or designating, an acid produced\n   artifically as a white crystalline substance, CH2.(CO2H)2, and so\n   called because obtained by the oxidation of malic acid.'),('Malonyl','n.','A hydrocarbon radical, CH2.(CO)2, from malonic acid.'),('Malpighia','n.','A genus of tropical American shrubs with opposite leaves\n   and small white or reddish flowers. The drupes of Malpighia urens are\n   eaten under the name of Barbadoes cherries.'),('Malpighiaceous','a.','Of, pertaining to, or resembling, a natural order\n   of tropical trees and shrubs (Malpighiaceae), some of them climbing\n   plants, and their stems forming many of the curious lianes of South\n   American forests.'),('Malpighian','a.','Of, pertaining to, or discovered by, Marcello Malpighi,\n   an Italian anatomist of the 17th century.'),('Malposition','n.','A wrong position.'),('Malpractice','n.','Evil practice; illegal or immoral conduct; practice\n   contrary to established rules; specifically, the treatment of a case by\n   a surgeon or physician in a manner which is contrary to accepted rules\n   and productive of unfavorable results.'),('Malt','n.','Barley or other grain, steeped in water and dried in a kiln,\n   thus forcing germination until the saccharine principle has been\n   evolved. It is used in brewing and in the distillation of whisky.'),('Malt','a.','Relating to, containing, or made with, malt.'),('Malted','imp. & p. p.','of Malt'),('Malting','p. pr. & vb. n.','of Malt'),('Malt','v. t.','To make into malt; as, to malt barley.'),('Malt','v. i.','To become malt; also, to make grain into malt.'),('Maltalent','n.','Ill will; malice.'),('Maltese','a.','Of or pertaining to Malta or to its inhabitants.'),('Maltese','n. sing. & pl.','A native or inhabitant of Malta; the people of\n   Malta.'),('Maltha','n.','A variety of bitumen, viscid and tenacious, like pitch,\n   unctuous to the touch, and exhaling a bituminous odor.'),('Maltha','n.','Mortar.'),('Malthusian','a.','Of or pertaining to the political economist, the Rev.\n   T. R. Malthus, or conforming to his views; as, Malthusian theories.'),('Mathusian','n.','A follower of Malthus.'),('Malthusianism','n.','The system of Malthusian doctrines relating to\n   population.'),('Maltin','n.','Alt. of Maltine'),('Maltine','n.','The fermentative principle of malt; malt diastase; also, a\n   name given to various medicinal preparations made from or containing\n   malt.'),('Malting','n.','The process of making, or of becoming malt.'),('Maltmen','pl. ','of Maltman'),('Maltman','n.','A man whose occupation is to make malt.'),('Maltonic','a.','Of, pertaining to, or derived from, maltose; specif.,\n   designating an acid called also gluconic or dextronic acid. See\n   Gluconic.'),('Maltose','n.','A crystalline sugar formed from starch by the action of\n   distance of malt, and the amylolytic ferment of saliva and pancreatic\n   juice. It resembles dextrose, but rotates the plane of polarized light\n   further to the right and possesses a lower cupric oxide reducing power.'),('Maltreated','imp. & p. p.','of Maltreat'),('Maltreating','p. pr. & vb. n.','of Maltreat'),('Maltreat','v. t.','To treat ill; to abuse; to treat roughly.'),('Maltreament','n.','Ill treatment; ill usage; abuse.'),('Maltster','n.','A maltman.'),('Maltworm','n.','A tippler.'),('Malty','a.','Consisting, or like, malt.'),('Mala','pl. ','of Malum'),('Malum','n.','An evil. See Mala.'),('Malvaceous','a.','Pertaining to, or resembling, a natural order of plants\n   (Malvaceae), of which the mallow is the type. The cotton plant,\n   hollyhock, and abutilon are of this order, and the baobab and the\n   silk-cotton trees are now referred to it.'),('Malversation','n.','Evil conduct; fraudulent practices; misbehavior,\n   corruption, or extortion in office.'),('Malvesie','n.','Malmsey wine. See Malmsey.'),('Mam','n.','Mamma.'),('Mama','n.','See Mamma.'),('Mamaluke','n.','Same as Mameluke.'),('Mamelon','n.','A rounded hillock; a rounded elevation or protuberance.'),('Mameluco','n.','A child born of a white father and Indian mother.'),('Mameluke','n.','One of a body of mounted soldiers recruited from slaves\n   converted to Mohammedanism, who, during several centuries, had more or\n   less control of the government of Egypt, until exterminated or\n   dispersed by Mehemet Ali in 1811.'),('Mamillated','a.','See Mammillated.'),('Mamma','n.','Mother; -- word of tenderness and familiarity.'),('Mammae','pl. ','of Mamma'),('Mamma','n.','A glandular organ for secreting milk, characteristic of all\n   mammals, but usually rudimentary in the male; a mammary gland; a\n   breast; under; bag.'),('Mammals','pl. ','of Mammal'),('Mammal','n.','One of the Mammalia.'),('Mammalia','n. pl.','The highest class of Vertebrata. The young are\n   nourished for a time by milk, or an analogous fluid, secreted by the\n   mammary glands of the mother.'),('Mammalian','a.','Of or pertaining to the Mammalia or mammals.'),('Mammaliferous','a.','Containing mammalian remains; -- said of certain\n   strata.'),('Mammalogical','a.','Of or pertaining to mammalogy.'),('Mammalogist','n.','One versed in mammalogy.'),('Mammalogy','n.','The science which relates to mammals or the Mammalia.\n   See Mammalia.'),('Mammary','a.','Of or pertaining to the mammae or breasts; as, the mammary\n   arteries and veins.'),('Mammee','n.','A fruit tree of tropical America, belonging to the genus\n   Mammea (M. Americana); also, its fruit. The latter is large, covered\n   with a thick, tough ring, and contains a bright yellow pulp of a\n   pleasant taste and fragrant scent. It is often called mammee apple.'),('Mammer','v. i.','To hesitate; to mutter doubtfully.'),('Mammet','n.','An idol; a puppet; a doll.'),('Mammetry','n.','See Mawmetry.'),('Mammifer','n.','A mammal. See Mammalia.'),('Mammiferous','a.','Having breasts; of, pertaining to, or derived from,\n   the Mammalia.'),('Mammiform','a.','Having the form of a mamma (breast) or mammae.'),('Mammilae','pl. ','of Mammilla'),('Mammilla','n.','The nipple.'),('Mammillary','a.','Of or pertaining to the mammilla, or nipple, or to the\n   breast; resembling a mammilla; mammilloid.'),('Mammillary','a.','Composed of convex convex concretions, somewhat\n   resembling the breasts in form; studded with small mammiform\n   protuberances.'),('Mammillate','a.','Alt. of Mammillated'),('Mammillated','a.','Having small nipples, or small protuberances like\n   nipples or mammae.'),('Mammillated','a.','Bounded like a nipple; -- said of the apex of some\n   shells.'),('Mammilliform','a.','Having the form of a mammilla.'),('Mammilloid','a.','Like a mammilla or nipple; mammilliform.'),('Mammock','n.','A shapeless piece; a fragment.'),('Mammock','v. t.','To tear to pieces.'),('Mammodis','n.','Coarse plain India muslins.'),('Mammology','n.','Mastology. See Mammalogy.'),('Mammon','n.','Riches; wealth; the god of riches; riches, personified.'),('Mammonish','a.','Actuated or prompted by a devotion to money getting or\n   the service of Mammon.'),('Mammonism','n.','Devotion to the pursuit of wealth; worldliness.'),('Mammonist','n.','A mammonite.'),('Mammonite','n.','One devoted to the acquisition of wealth or the service\n   of Mammon.'),('Mammonization','n.','The process of making mammonish; the state of being\n   under the influence of mammonism.'),('Mammonize','v. t.','To make mammonish.'),('Mammose','a.','Having the form of the breast; breast-shaped.'),('Mammoth','n.','An extinct, hairy, maned elephant (Elephas primigenius),\n   of enormous size, remains of which are found in the northern parts of\n   both continents. The last of the race, in Europe, were coeval with\n   prehistoric man.'),('Mammoth','a.','Resembling the mammoth in size; very large; gigantic; as,\n   a mammoth ox.'),('Mammothrept','n.','A child brought up by its grandmother; a spoiled\n   child.'),('Mammies','pl. ','of Mammy'),('Mammy','n.','A child\'s name for mamma, mother.'),('Mamzer','n.','A person born of relations between whom marriage was\n   forbidden by the Mosaic law; a bastard.'),('Men','pl. ','of Man'),('Man','n.','A human being; -- opposed tobeast.'),('Man','n.','Especially: An adult male person; a grown-up male person, as\n   distinguished from a woman or a child.'),('Man','n.','The human race; mankind.'),('Man','n.','The male portion of the human race.'),('Man','n.','One possessing in a high degree the distinctive qualities of\n   manhood; one having manly excellence of any kind.'),('Man','n.','An adult male servant; also, a vassal; a subject.'),('Man','n.','A term of familiar address often implying on the part of the\n   speaker some degree of authority, impatience, or haste; as, Come, man,\n   we \'ve no time to lose!'),('Man','n.','A married man; a husband; -- correlative to wife.'),('Man','n.','One, or any one, indefinitely; -- a modified survival of the\n   Saxon use of man, or mon, as an indefinite pronoun.'),('Man','n.','One of the piece with which certain games, as chess or\n   draughts, are played.'),('Manned','imp. & p. p.','of Man'),('Manning','p. pr. & vb. n.','of Man'),('Man','v. t.','To supply with men; to furnish with a sufficient force or\n   complement of men, as for management, service, defense, or the like; to\n   guard; as, to man a ship, boat, or fort.'),('Man','v. t.','To furnish with strength for action; to prepare for\n   efficiency; to fortify.'),('Man','v. t.','To tame, as a hawk.'),('Man','v. t.','To furnish with a servants.'),('Man','v. t.','To wait on as a manservant.'),('Manable','a.','Marriageable.'),('Manace','n. & v.','Same as Menace.'),('Manacle','n.','A handcuff; a shackle for the hand or wrist; -- usually in\n   the plural.'),('Manacled','imp. & p. p.','of Manacle'),('Manacling','p. pr. & vb. n.','of Manacle'),('Manacle','v. t.','To put handcuffs or other fastening upon, for confining\n   the hands; to shackle; to confine; to restrain from the use of the\n   limbs or natural powers.'),('Manage','n.','The handling or government of anything, but esp. of a\n   horse; management; administration. See Manege.'),('Managed','imp. & p. p.','of Manage'),('Managing','p. pr. & vb. n.','of Manage'),('Manage','n.','To have under control and direction; to conduct; to guide;\n   to administer; to treat; to handle.'),('Manage','n.','Hence: Esp., to guide by careful or delicate treatment; to\n   wield with address; to make subservient by artful conduct; to bring\n   around cunningly to one\'s plans.'),('Manage','n.','To train in the manege, as a horse; to exercise in graceful\n   or artful action.'),('Manage','n.','To treat with care; to husband.'),('Manage','n.','To bring about; to contrive.'),('Manage','v. i.','To direct affairs; to carry on business or affairs; to\n   administer.'),('Manageability','n.','The state or quality of being manageable;\n   manageableness.'),('Manageable','a.','Such as can be managed or used; suffering control;\n   governable; tractable; subservient; as, a manageable horse.'),('Manageless','a.','Unmanageable.'),('Management','v.','The act or art of managing; the manner of treating,\n   directing, carrying on, or using, for a purpose; conduct;\n   administration; guidance; control; as, the management of a family or of\n   a farm; the management of state affairs.'),('Management','v.','Business dealing; negotiation; arrangement.'),('Management','v.','Judicious use of means to accomplish an end; conduct\n   directed by art or address; skillful treatment; cunning practice; --\n   often in a bad sense.'),('Management','v.','The collective body of those who manage or direct any\n   enterprise or interest; the board of managers.'),('Manager','n.','One who manages; a conductor or director; as, the manager\n   of a theater.'),('Manager','n.','A person who conducts business or household affairs with\n   economy and frugality; a good economist.'),('Manager','n.','A contriver; an intriguer.'),('Managerial','a.','Of or pertaining to management or a manager; as,\n   managerial qualities.'),('Managership','n.','The office or position of a manager.'),('Managery','n.','Management; manner of using; conduct; direction.'),('Managery','n.','Husbandry; economy; frugality.'),('Manakin','n.','Any one of numerous small birds belonging to Pipra,\n   Manacus, and other genera of the family Pipridae. They are mostly\n   natives of Central and South America. some are bright-colored, and\n   others have the wings and tail curiously ornamented. The name is\n   sometimes applied to related birds of other families.'),('Manakin','n.','A dwarf. See Manikin.'),('Manatee','n.','Any species of Trichechus, a genus of sirenians; -- called\n   alsosea cow.'),('Manation','n.','The act of issuing or flowing out.'),('Manbote','n.','A sum paid to a lord as a pecuniary compensation for\n   killing his man (that is, his vassal, servant, or tenant).'),('Manca','n.','See Mancus.'),('Manche','n.','A sleeve.'),('Manchet','n.','Fine white bread; a loaf of fine bread.'),('Manchineel','n.','A euphorbiaceous tree (Hippomane Mancinella) of\n   tropical America, having a poisonous and blistering milky juice, and\n   poisonous acrid fruit somewhat resembling an apple.'),('Manchu','a.','Of or pertaining to Manchuria or its inhabitants.'),('Manchu','n.','A native or inhabitant of Manchuria; also, the language\n   spoken by the Manchus.'),('Mancipate','v. t.','To enslave; to bind; to restrict.'),('Mancipation','n.','Slavery; involuntary servitude.'),('Manciple','n.','A steward; a purveyor, particularly of a college or Inn\n   of Court.'),('Mancona bark','','See Sassy bark.'),('Mancus','n.','An old Anglo Saxon coin both of gold and silver, and of\n   variously estimated values. The silver mancus was equal to about one\n   shilling of modern English money.'),('-mancy','','A combining form denoting divination; as, aleuromancy,\n   chiromancy, necromancy, etc.'),('Mand','n.','A demand.'),('Mandamus','n.','A writ issued by a superior court and directed to some\n   inferior tribunal, or to some corporation or person exercising\n   authority, commanding the performance of some specified duty.'),('Mandarin','n.','A Chinese public officer or nobleman; a civil or military\n   official in China and Annam.'),('Mandarin','n.','A small orange, with easily separable rind. It is thought\n   to be of Chinese origin, and is counted a distinct species (Citrus\n   nobilis)mandarin orange; tangerine --.'),('Mandarinate','n.','The collective body of officials or persons of rank in\n   China.'),('Mandarinic','a.','Appropriate or peculiar to a mandarin.'),('Mandarining','n.','The process of giving an orange color to goods formed\n   of animal tissue, as silk or wool, not by coloring matter, but by\n   producing a certain change in the fiber by the action of dilute nitric\n   acid.'),('Mandarinism','n.','A government mandarins; character or spirit of the\n   mandarins.'),('Mandatary','n.','One to whom a command or charge is given; hence,\n   specifically, a person to whom the pope has, by his prerogative, given\n   a mandate or order for his benefice.'),('Mandatary','n.','One who undertakes to discharge a specific business\n   commission; a mandatory.'),('Mandate','n.','An official or authoritative command; an order or\n   injunction; a commission; a judicial precept.'),('Mandate','n.','A rescript of the pope, commanding an ordinary collator to\n   put the person therein named in possession of the first vacant benefice\n   in his collation.'),('Mandate','n.','A contract by which one employs another to manage any\n   business for him. By the Roman law, it must have been gratuitous.'),('Mandator','n.','A director; one who gives a mandate or order.'),('Mandator','n.','The person who employs another to perform a mandate.'),('Mandatory','a.','Containing a command; preceptive; directory.'),('Mandatory','n.','Same as Mandatary.'),('Mandelate','n.','A salt of mandelic acid.'),('Mandelic','a.','Pertaining to an acid first obtained from benzoic\n   aldehyde (oil of better almonds), as a white crystalline substance; --\n   called also phenyl glycolic acid.'),('Mander','v. t. & i.','See Maunder.'),('Manderil','n.','A mandrel.'),('Mandible','n.','The bone, or principal bone, of the lower jaw; the\n   inferior maxilla; -- also applied to either the upper or the lower jaw\n   in the beak of birds.'),('Mandible','n.','The anterior pair of mouth organs of insects,\n   crustaceaus, and related animals, whether adapted for biting or not.\n   See Illust. of Diptera.'),('Mandibular','a.','Of or pertaining to a mandible; like a mandible.'),('Mandibular','n.','The principal mandibular bone; the mandible.'),('Mandibulate','a.','Alt. of Mandibulated'),('Mandibulated','a.','Provided with mandibles adapted for biting, as many\n   insects.'),('Mandibulate','n.','An insect having mandibles.'),('Mandibuliform','a.','Having the form of a mandible; -- said especially of\n   the maxillae of an insect when hard and adapted for biting.'),('Mandibulohyoid','a.','Pertaining both to the mandibular and the hyoid\n   arch, or situated between them.'),('Mandil','n.','A loose outer garment worn the 16th and 17th centuries.'),('Mandilion','n.','See Mandil.'),('Mandingos','n. pl.','; sing. Mandingo. (Ethnol.) An extensive and\n   powerful tribe of West African negroes.'),('Mandioc','n.','Alt. of Mandioca'),('Mandioca','n.','See Manioc.'),('Mandlestone','n.','Amygdaloid.'),('Mandment','n.','Commandment.'),('Mandolin','n.','Alt. of Mandoline'),('Mandoline','n.','A small and beautifully shaped instrument resembling the\n   lute.'),('Mandore','n.','A kind of four-stringed lute.'),('Mandragora','n.','A genus of plants; the mandrake. See Mandrake, 1.'),('Mandragorite','n.','One who habitually intoxicates himself with a\n   narcotic obtained from mandrake.'),('Mandrake','n.','A low plant (Mandragora officinarum) of the Nightshade\n   family, having a fleshy root, often forked, and supposed to resemble a\n   man. It was therefore supposed to have animal life, and to cry out when\n   pulled up. All parts of the plant are strongly narcotic. It is found in\n   the Mediterranean region.'),('Mandrake','n.','The May apple (Podophyllum peltatum). See May apple under\n   May, and Podophyllum.'),('Mandrel','n.','A bar of metal inserted in the work to shape it, or to\n   hold it, as in a lathe, during the process of manufacture; an arbor.'),('Mandrel','n.','The live spindle of a turning lathe; the revolving arbor\n   of a circular saw. It is usually driven by a pulley.'),('Mandrill','n.','a large West African baboon (Cynocephalus, / Papio,\n   mormon). The adult male has, on the sides of the nose, large, naked,\n   grooved swellings, conspicuously striped with blue and red.'),('Manducable','a.','Such as can be chewed; fit to be eaten.'),('Manducated','imp. & p. p.','of Manducate'),('Manducating','p. pr. & vb. n.','of Manducate'),('Manducate','v. t.','To masticate; to chew; to eat.'),('Manducation','n.','The act of chewing.'),('Manducatory','a.','Pertaining to, or employed in, chewing.'),('Manducus','n.','A grotesque mask, representing a person chewing or\n   grimacing, worn in processions and by comic actors on the stage.'),('Mane','n.','The long and heavy hair growing on the upper side of, or\n   about, the neck of some quadrupedal animals, as the horse, the lion,\n   etc. See Illust. of Horse.'),('Man-eater','n.','One who, or that which, has an appetite for human flesh;\n   specifically, one of certain large sharks (esp. Carcharodon Rondeleti);\n   also, a lion or a tiger which has acquired the habit of feeding upon\n   human flesh.'),('Maned','a.','Having a mane.'),('Manege','n.','Art of horsemanship, or of training horses.'),('Manege','n.','A school for teaching horsemanship, and for training\n   horses.'),('Maneh','n.','A Hebrew weight for gold or silver, being one hundred\n   shekels of gold and sixty shekels of silver.'),('Maneless','a.','Having no mane.'),('Manequin','n.','An artist\'s model of wood or other material.'),('Manerial','a.','See Manorial.'),('Manes','n. pl.','The benevolent spirits of the dead, especially of dead\n   ancestors, regarded as family deities and protectors.'),('Manesheet','n.','A covering placed over the upper part of a horse\'s head.'),('Maneuver','n.','Alt. of Manoeuvre'),('Manoeuvre','n.','Management; dexterous movement; specif., a military or\n   naval evolution, movement, or change of position.'),('Manoeuvre','n.','Management with address or artful design; adroit\n   proceeding; stratagem.'),('Maneuvered','imp. & p. p.','of Manoeuvre'),('Manoeuvred','','of Manoeuvre'),('Maneuvering','p. pr. & vb. n.','of Manoeuvre'),('Manoeuvring','','of Manoeuvre'),('Maneuver','n.','Alt. of Manoeuvre'),('Manoeuvre','n.','To perform a movement or movements in military or naval\n   tactics; to make changes in position with reference to getting\n   advantage in attack or defense.'),('Manoeuvre','n.','To manage with address or art; to scheme.'),('Maneuver','v. t.','Alt. of Manoeuvre'),('Manoeuvre','v. t.','To change the positions of, as of troops of ships.'),('Maneuverer','n.','Alt. of Manoeuvrer'),('Manoeuvrer','n.','One who maneuvers.'),('Manful','a.','Showing manliness, or manly spirit; hence, brave,\n   courageous, resolute, noble.'),('Mamgabey','n.','Any one of several African monkeys of the genus\n   Cercocebus, as the sooty mangabey (C. fuliginosus), which is sooty\n   black.'),('Mangan','n.','See Mangonel.'),('Manganate','n.','A salt of manganic acid.'),('Manganesate','n.','A manganate.'),('Manganese','n.','An element obtained by reduction of its oxide, as a\n   hard, grayish white metal, fusible with difficulty, but easily\n   oxidized. Its ores occur abundantly in nature as the minerals\n   pyrolusite, manganite, etc. Symbol Mn. Atomic weight 54.8.'),('Manganesian','a.','Manganic.'),('Manganesic','a.','Manganic.'),('Manganesious','a.','Manganous.'),('Manganesium','n.','Manganese.'),('Manganesous','a.','Manganous.'),('Manganic','a.','Of, pertaining to resembling, or containing, manganese;\n   specif., designating compounds in which manganese has a higher valence\n   as contrasted with manganous compounds. Cf. Manganous.'),('Manganiferous','a.','Containing manganese.'),('Manganite','n.','One of the oxides of manganese; -- called also gray\n   manganese ore. It occurs in brilliant steel-gray or iron-black\n   crystals, also massive.'),('Manganite','n.','A compound of manganese dioxide with a metallic oxide;\n   so called as though derived from the hypothetical manganous acid.'),('Manganium','n.','Manganese.'),('Manganous','a.','Of, pertaining to, designating, those compounds of\n   manganese in which the element has a lower valence as contrasted with\n   manganic compounds; as, manganous oxide.'),('Mangcorn','n.','A mixture of wheat and rye, or other species of grain.'),('Mange','n.','The scab or itch in cattle, dogs, and other beasts.'),('Mangel-wurzel','n.','A kind of large field beet (B. macrorhiza), used as\n   food for cattle, -- by some considered a mere variety of the ordinary\n   beet. See Beet.'),('Manger','n.','A trough or open box in which fodder is placed for horses\n   or cattle to eat.'),('Manger','n.','The fore part of the deck, having a bulkhead athwart ships\n   high enough to prevent water which enters the hawse holes from running\n   over it.'),('Mangily','adv.','In a mangy manner; scabbily.'),('Manginess','n.','The condition or quality of being mangy.'),('Mangled','imp. & p. p.','of Mangle'),('Mangling','p. pr. & vb. n.','of Mangle'),('Mangle','v. t.','To cut or bruise with repeated blows or strokes, making\n   a ragged or torn wound, or covering with wounds; to tear in cutting; to\n   cut in a bungling manner; to lacerate; to mutilate.'),('Mangle','v. t.','To mutilate or injure, in making, doing, or pertaining;\n   as, to mangle a piece of music or a recitation.'),('Mangle','n.','A machine for smoothing linen or cotton cloth, as sheets,\n   tablecloths, napkins, and clothing, by roller pressure.'),('Mangle','n.','To smooth with a mangle, as damp linen or cloth.'),('Mangler','n.','One who mangles or tears in cutting; one who mutilates any\n   work in doing it.'),('Mangler','n.','One who smooths with a mangle.'),('Mangoes','pl. ','of Mango'),('Mango','n.','The fruit of the mango tree. It is rather larger than an\n   apple, and of an ovoid shape. Some varieties are fleshy and luscious,\n   and others tough and tasting of turpentine. The green fruit is pickled\n   for market.'),('Mango','n.','A green muskmelon stuffed and pickled.'),('Mangoldwurzel','n.','See Mangel-wurzel.'),('Mangonel','n.','A military engine formerly used for throwing stones and\n   javelins.'),('Mangonism','n.','The art of mangonizing, or setting off to advantage.'),('Mangonist','n.','One who mangonizes.'),('Mangonist','n.','A slave dealer; also, a strumpet.'),('Mangonize','v. t.','To furbish up for sale; to set off to advantage.'),('Mangosteen','n.','Alt. of Mangostan'),('Mangostan','n.','A tree of the East Indies of the genus Garcinia (G.\n   Mangostana). The tree grows to the height of eighteen feet, and bears\n   fruit also called mangosteen, of the size of a small apple, the pulp of\n   which is very delicious food.'),('Mangrove','n.','The name of one or two trees of the genus Rhizophora (R.\n   Mangle, and R. mucronata, the last doubtfully distinct) inhabiting\n   muddy shores of tropical regions, where they spread by emitting aerial\n   roots, which fasten in the saline mire and eventually become new stems.\n   The seeds also send down a strong root while yet attached to the parent\n   plant.'),('Mangrove','n.','The mango fish.'),('Mangue','n.','The kusimanse.'),('Mangy','superl.','Infected with the mange; scabby.'),('Manhaden','n.','See Menhaden.'),('Manhead','n.','Manhood.'),('Manhole','n.','A hole through which a man may descend or creep into a\n   drain, sewer, steam boiler, parts of machinery, etc., for cleaning or\n   repairing.'),('Manhood','n.','The state of being man as a human being, or man as\n   distinguished from a child or a woman.'),('Manhood','n.','Manly quality; courage; bravery; resolution.'),('Mania','n.','Violent derangement of mind; madness; insanity. Cf.\n   Delirium.'),('Mania','n.','Excessive or unreasonable desire; insane passion affecting\n   one or many people; as, the tulip mania.'),('Maniable','a.','Manageable.'),('Maniac','a.','Raving with madness; raging with disordered intellect;\n   affected with mania; mad.'),('Maniac','n.','A raving lunatic; a madman.'),('Maniacal','a.','Affected with, or characterized by, madness; maniac.'),('Manicate','a.','Covered with hairs or pubescence so platted together and\n   interwoven as to form a mass easily removed.'),('Manichaean','n.','Alt. of Manichee'),('Manichean','n.','Alt. of Manichee'),('Manichee','n.','A believer in the doctrines of Manes, a Persian of the\n   third century A. D., who taught a dualism in which Light is regarded as\n   the source of Good, and Darkness as the source of Evil.'),('Manichaean','a.','Alt. of Manichean'),('Manichean','a.','Of or pertaining to the Manichaeans.'),('Manichaeism','n.','Alt. of Manicheism'),('Manicheism','n.','The doctrines taught, or system of principles\n   maintained, by the Manichaeans.'),('Manicheist','n.','Manichaean.'),('Manichord','','Alt. of Manichordon'),('Manichordon','','The clavichord or clarichord; -- called also dumb\n   spinet.'),('Manicure','n.','A person who makes a business of taking care of people\'s\n   hands, especially their nails.'),('Manid','n.','Any species of the genus Manis, or family Manidae.'),('Manie','n.','Mania; insanity.'),('Manifest','a.','Evident to the senses, esp. to the sight; apparent;\n   distinctly perceived; hence, obvious to the understanding; apparent to\n   the mind; easily apprehensible; plain; not obscure or hidden.'),('Manifest','a.','Detected; convicted; -- with of.'),('Manifests','pl. ','of Manifest'),('Manifest','a.','A public declaration; an open statement; a manifesto. See\n   Manifesto.'),('Manifest','a.','A list or invoice of a ship\'s cargo, containing a\n   description by marks, numbers, etc., of each package of goods, to be\n   exhibited at the customhouse.'),('Manifested','imp. & p. p.','of Manifest'),('Manifesting','p. pr. & vb. n.','of Manifest'),('Manifest','v. t.','To show plainly; to make to appear distinctly, --\n   usually to the mind; to put beyond question or doubt; to display; to\n   exhibit.'),('Manifest','v. t.','To exhibit the manifests or prepared invoices of; to\n   declare at the customhouse.'),('Manifestable','a.','Such as can be manifested.'),('Manifestation','n.','The act of manifesting or disclosing, or the state\n   of being manifested; discovery to the eye or to the understanding;\n   also, that which manifests; exhibition; display; revelation; as, the\n   manifestation of God\'s power in creation.'),('Manifestible','a.','Manifestable.'),('Manifestly','adv.','In a manifest manner.'),('Manifestness','n.','The quality or state of being manifest; obviousness.'),('Manifestoes','pl. ','of Manifesto'),('Manifesto','n. & a.','A public declaration, usually of a prince,\n   sovereign, or other person claiming large powers, showing his\n   intentions, or proclaiming his opinions and motives in reference to\n   some act done or contemplated by him; as, a manifesto declaring the\n   purpose of a prince to begin war, and explaining his motives.'),('Manifold','a.','Various in kind or quality; many in number; numerous;\n   multiplied; complicated.'),('Manifold','a.','Exhibited at divers times or in various ways; -- used to\n   qualify nouns in the singular number.'),('Manifold','n.','A copy of a writing made by the manifold process.'),('Manifold','n.','A cylindrical pipe fitting, having a number of lateral\n   outlets, for connecting one pipe with several others.'),('Manifold','n.','The third stomach of a ruminant animal.'),('Manifolded','imp. & p. p.','of Manifold'),('Manifolding','p. pr. & vb. n.','of Manifold'),('Manifold','v. t.','To take copies of by the process of manifold writing;\n   as, to manifold a letter.'),('Manifolded','a.','Having many folds, layers, or plates; as, a manifolded\n   shield.'),('Manifoldly','adv.','In a manifold manner.'),('Manifoldness','n.','Multiplicity.'),('Manifoldness','n.','A generalized concept of magnitude.'),('Maniform','a.','Shaped like the hand.'),('Maniglion','n.','Either one of two handles on the back of a piece of\n   ordnance.'),('Manihoc','n.','Alt. of Manihot'),('Manihot','n.','See Manioc.'),('Manikin','n.','A little man; a dwarf; a pygmy; a manakin.'),('Manikin','n.','A model of the human body, made of papier-mache or other\n   material, commonly in detachable pieces, for exhibiting the different\n   parts and organs, their relative position, etc.'),('Manila','a.','Alt. of Manilla'),('Manilla','a.','Of or pertaining to Manila or Manilla, the capital of the\n   Philippine Islands; made in, or exported from, that city.'),('Manilio','n.','See Manilla, 1.'),('Manilla','n.','A ring worn upon the arm or leg as an ornament, especially\n   among the tribes of Africa.'),('Manilla','n.','A piece of copper of the shape of a horseshoe, used as\n   money by certain tribes of the west coast of Africa.'),('Manilla','a.','Same as Manila.'),('Manille','n.','See 1st Manilla, 1.'),('Manioc','n.','The tropical plants (Manihot utilissima, and M. Aipi), from\n   which cassava and tapioca are prepared; also, cassava.'),('Maniple','a.','A handful.'),('Maniple','a.','A division of the Roman army numbering sixty men exclusive\n   of officers, any small body of soldiers; a company.'),('Maniple','a.','Originally, a napkin; later, an ornamental band or scarf\n   worn upon the left arm as a part of the vestments of a priest in the\n   Roman Catholic Church. It is sometimes worn in the English Church\n   service.'),('Manipular','a.','Of or pertaining to the maniple, or company.'),('Manipular','a.','Manipulatory; as, manipular operations.'),('Manipulated','imp. & p. p.','of Manipulate'),('Manipulating','p. pr. & vb. n.','of Manipulate'),('Manipulate','v. t.','To treat, work, or operate with the hands,\n   especially when knowledge and dexterity are required; to manage in hand\n   work; to handle; as, to manipulate scientific apparatus.'),('Manipulate','v. t.','To control the action of, by management; as, to\n   manipulate a convention of delegates; to manipulate the stock market;\n   also, to manage artfully or fraudulently; as, to manipulate accounts,\n   or election returns.'),('Manipulate','v. i.','To use the hands in dexterous operations; to do hand\n   work; specifically, to manage the apparatus or instruments used in\n   scientific work, or in artistic or mechanical processes; also,\n   specifically, to use the hand in mesmeric operations.'),('Manipulation','n.','The act or process of manipulating, or the state of\n   being manipulated; the act of handling work by hand; use of the hands,\n   in an artistic or skillful manner, in science or art.'),('Manipulation','n.','The use of the hands in mesmeric operations.'),('Manipulation','n.','Artful management; as, the manipulation of political\n   bodies; sometimes, a management or treatment for purposes of deception\n   or fraud.'),('Manipulative','a.','Of or pertaining to manipulation; performed by\n   manipulation.'),('Manipulator','n.','One who manipulates.'),('Manipulatory','a.','Of or pertaining to manipulation.'),('Manis','n.','A genus of edentates, covered with large, hard, triangular\n   scales, with sharp edges that overlap each other like tiles on a roof.\n   They inhabit the warmest parts of Asia and Africa, and feed on ants.\n   Called also Scaly anteater. See Pangolin.'),('Manito','n.','Alt. of Manitu'),('Manitou','n.','Alt. of Manitu'),('Manitu','n.','A name given by tribes of American Indians to a great\n   spirit, whether good or evil, or to any object of worship.'),('Manitrunk','n.','The anterior segment of the thorax in insects. See\n   Insect.'),('Mankind','n.','The human race; man, taken collectively.'),('Mankind','n.','Men, as distinguished from women; the male portion of\n   human race.'),('Mankind','n.','Human feelings; humanity.'),('Mankind','a.','Manlike; not womanly; masculine; bold; cruel.'),('Manks','a.','Of or pertaining to the language or people of the of Man.'),('Manks','n.','The language spoken in the Isle of Man. See Manx.'),('Manless','a.','Destitute of men.'),('Manless','a.','Unmanly; inhuman.'),('Manlessly','adv.','Inhumanly.'),('Manlike','a.','Like man, or like a man, in form or nature; having the\n   qualities of a man, esp. the nobler qualities; manly.'),('Manliness','n.','The quality or state of being manly.'),('Manling','n.','A little man.'),('Manly','superl.','Having qualities becoming to a man; not childish or\n   womanish; manlike, esp. brave, courageous, resolute, noble.'),('Manly','adv.','In a manly manner; with the courage and fortitude of a\n   manly man; as, to act manly.'),('Manna','n.','The food supplied to the Israelites in their journey through\n   the wilderness of Arabia; hence, divinely supplied food.'),('Manna','n.','A name given to lichens of the genus Lecanora, sometimes\n   blown into heaps in the deserts of Arabia and Africa, and gathered and\n   used as food.'),('Manna','n.','A sweetish exudation in the form of pale yellow friable\n   flakes, coming from several trees and shrubs and used in medicine as a\n   gentle laxative, as the secretion of Fraxinus Ornus, and F.\n   rotundifolia, the manna ashes of Southern Europe.'),('Manna croup','','The portions of hard wheat kernels not ground into flour\n   by the millstones: a kind of semolina prepared in Russia and used for\n   puddings, soups, etc. -- called also manna groats.'),('Manna croup','','The husked grains of manna grass.'),('Manner','n.','Mode of action; way of performing or effecting anything;\n   method; style; form; fashion.'),('Manner','n.','Characteristic mode of acting, conducting, carrying one\'s\n   self, or the like; bearing; habitual style.'),('Manner','n.','Customary method of acting; habit.'),('Manner','n.','Carriage; behavior; deportment; also, becoming behavior;\n   well-bred carriage and address.'),('Manner','n.','The style of writing or thought of an author;\n   characteristic peculiarity of an artist.'),('Manner','n.','Certain degree or measure; as, it is in a manner done\n   already.'),('Manner','n.','Sort; kind; style; -- in this application sometimes having\n   the sense of a plural, sorts or kinds.'),('Mannered','a.','Having a certain way, esp. a polite way, of carrying and\n   conducting one\'s self.'),('Mannered','a.','Affected with mannerism; marked by excess of some\n   characteristic peculiarity.'),('Mannerism','n.','Adherence to a peculiar style or manner; a\n   characteristic mode of action, bearing, or treatment, carried to\n   excess, especially in literature or art.'),('Mannerist','n.','One addicted to mannerism; a person who, in action,\n   bearing, or treatment, carries characteristic peculiarities to excess.\n   See citation under Mannerism.'),('Mannerliness','n.','The quality or state of being mannerly; civility;\n   complaisance.'),('Mannerly','a.','Showing good manners; civil; respectful; complaisant.'),('Mannerly','adv.','With good manners.'),('Mannheim gold','','A kind of brass made in imitation of gold. It contains\n   eighty per cent of copper and twenty of zinc.'),('Mannide','n.','A white amorphous or crystalline substance, obtained by\n   dehydration of mannite, and distinct from, but convertible into,\n   mannitan.'),('Mannish','a.','Resembling a human being in form or nature; human.'),('Mannish','a.','Resembling, suitable to, or characteristic of, a man,\n   manlike, masculine.'),('Mannish','a.','Fond of men; -- said of a woman.'),('Mannitan','n.','A white amorphous or crystalline substance obtained by\n   the partial dehydration of mannite.'),('Mannitate','n.','A salt of mannitic acid.'),('Mannite','n.','A white crystalline substance of a sweet taste obtained\n   from a so-called manna, the dried sap of the flowering ash (Fraxinus\n   ornus); -- called also mannitol, and hydroxy hexane. Cf. Dulcite.'),('Mannite','n.','A sweet white efflorescence from dried fronds of kelp,\n   especially from those of the Laminaria saccharina, or devil\'s apron.'),('Mannitic','a.','Of, pertaining to, resembling, or derived from, mannite.'),('Mannitol','n.','The technical name of mannite. See Mannite.'),('Mannitose','n.','A variety of sugar obtained by the partial oxidation of\n   mannite, and closely resembling levulose.'),('Manoeuvre','n. & v.','See Maneuver.'),('Men-of-war','pl. ','of Manofwar'),('Manofwar','n','A government vessel employed for the purposes of war, esp.\n   one of large size; a ship of war.'),('Manometer','n.','An instrument for measuring the tension or elastic force\n   of gases, steam, etc., constructed usually on the principle of allowing\n   the gas to exert its elastic force in raising a column of mercury in an\n   open tube, or in compressing a portion of air or other gas in a closed\n   tube with mercury or other liquid intervening, or in bending a metallic\n   or other spring so as to set in motion an index; a pressure gauge. See\n   Pressure, and Illust. of Air pump.'),('Manometric','a.','Alt. of Manometrical'),('Manometrical','a.','Of or pertaining to the manometer; made by the\n   manometer.'),('Manor','n.','The land belonging to a lord or nobleman, or so much land as\n   a lord or great personage kept in his own hands, for the use and\n   subsistence of his family.'),('Manor','n.','A tract of land occupied by tenants who pay a free-farm rent\n   to the proprietor, sometimes in kind, and sometimes by performing\n   certain stipulated services.'),('Manorial','a.','Of or pertaining to a manor.'),('Manoscope','n.','Same as Manometer.'),('Manoscopy','n.','The science of the determination of the density of\n   vapors and gases.'),('Manovery','n.','A contrivance or maneuvering to catch game illegally.'),('Manqueller','n.','A killer of men; a manslayer.'),('Manred','n.','Alt. of Manrent'),('Manrent','n.','Homage or service rendered to a superior, as to a lord;\n   vassalage.'),('Manrope','n.','One of the side ropes to the gangway of a ship.'),('Mansard roof','','A hipped curb roof; that is, a roof having on all sides\n   two slopes, the lower one being steeper than the upper one.'),('Manse','n.','A dwelling house, generally with land attached.'),('Manse','n.','The parsonage; a clergyman\'s house.'),('Manservant','n.','A male servant.'),('Mansion','n.','A dwelling place, -- whether a part or whole of a house or\n   other shelter.'),('Mansion','n.','The house of the lord of a manor; a manor house; hence:\n   Any house of considerable size or pretension.'),('Mansion','n.','A twelfth part of the heavens; a house. See 1st House, 8.'),('Mansion','n.','The place in the heavens occupied each day by the moon in\n   its monthly revolution.'),('Mansion','v. i.','To dwell; to reside.'),('Mansionary','a.','Resident; residentiary; as, mansionary canons.'),('Mansionry','n.','The state of dwelling or residing; occupancy as a\n   dwelling place.'),('Manslaughter','n.','The slaying of a human being; destruction of men.'),('Manslaughter','n.','The unlawful killing of a man, either in negligenc/\n   or incidentally to the commission of some unlawful act, but without\n   specific malice, or upon a sudden excitement of anger.'),('Manslayer','n.','One who kills a human being; one who commits\n   manslaughter.'),('Manstealer','n.','A person who steals or kidnaps a human being or beings.'),('Manstealing','n.','The act or business of stealing or kidnaping human\n   beings, especially with a view to e/slave them.'),('Mansuete','a.','Tame; gentle; kind.'),('Mansuetude','n.','Tameness; gentleness; mildness.'),('Manswear','v. i.','To swear falsely. Same as Mainswear.'),('Manta','n.','See Coleoptera and Sea devil.'),('Mantchoo','a. & n.','Same as Manchu.'),('Manteaux','pl. ','of Manteau'),('Manteaus','pl. ','of Manteau'),('Manteau','n.','A woman\'s cloak or mantle.'),('Manteau','n.','A gown worn by women.'),('Mantel','n.','The finish around a fireplace, covering the chimney-breast\n   in front and sometimes on both sides; especially, a shelf above the\n   fireplace, and its supports.'),('Mantelet','n.','A short cloak formerly worn by knights.'),('Mantelet','n.','A short cloak or mantle worn by women.'),('Mantelet','n.','A musket-proof shield of rope, wood, or metal, which is\n   sometimes used for the protection of sappers or riflemen while\n   attacking a fortress, or of gunners at embrasures; -- now commonly\n   written mantlet.'),('Mantelpiece','n.','Same as Mantel.'),('Mantelshelf','n.','The shelf of a mantel.'),('Manteltree','n.','The lintel of a fireplace when of wood, as frequently\n   in early houses.'),('Mantic','a.','Of or pertaining to divination, or to the condition of one\n   inspired, or supposed to be inspired, by a deity; prophetic.'),('Mantilla','n.','A lady\'s light cloak of cape of silk, velvet, lace, or\n   the like.'),('Mantilla','n.','A kind of veil, covering the head and falling down upon\n   the shoulders; -- worn in Spain, Mexico, etc.'),('Mantis','n.','Any one of numerous species of voracious orthopterous\n   insects of the genus Mantis, and allied genera. They are remarkable for\n   their slender grotesque forms, and for holding their stout anterior\n   legs in a manner suggesting hands folded in prayer. The common American\n   species is M. Carolina.'),('Mantispid','n.','Any neuropterous insect of the genus Mantispa, and\n   allied genera. The larvae feed on plant lice. Also used adjectively.\n   See Illust. under Neuroptera.'),('Mantissa','n.','The decimal part of a logarithm, as distinguished from\n   the integral part, or characteristic.'),('Mantle','n.','A loose garment to be worn over other garments; an\n   enveloping robe; a cloak. Hence, figuratively, a covering or concealing\n   envelope.'),('Mantle','n.','Same as Mantling.'),('Mantle','n.','The external fold, or folds, of the soft, exterior membrane\n   of the body of a mollusk. It usually forms a cavity inclosing the\n   gills. See Illusts. of Buccinum, and Byssus.'),('Mantle','n.','Any free, outer membrane.'),('Mantle','n.','The back of a bird together with the folded wings.'),('Mantle','n.','A mantel. See Mantel.'),('Mantle','n.','The outer wall and casing of a blast furnace, above the\n   hearth.'),('Mantle','n.','A penstock for a water wheel.'),('Mantled','imp. & p. p.','of Mantle'),('Mantling','p. pr. & vb. n.','of Mantle'),('Mantle','v. t.','To cover or envelop, as with a mantle; to cloak; to\n   hide; to disguise.'),('Mantle','v. i.','To unfold and spread out the wings, like a mantle; --\n   said of hawks. Also used figuratively.'),('Mantle','v. i.','To spread out; -- said of wings.'),('Mantle','v. i.','To spread over the surface as a covering; to overspread;\n   as, the scum mantled on the pool.'),('Mantle','v. i.','To gather, assume, or take on, a covering, as froth,\n   scum, etc.'),('Mantlet','n.','See Mantelet.'),('Mantling','n.','The representation of a mantle, or the drapery behind and\n   around a coat of arms: -- called also lambrequin.'),('Manto','n.','See Manteau.'),('Mantologist','n.','One who is skilled in mantology; a diviner.'),('Mantology','n.','The act or art of divination.'),('Mantra','n.','A prayer; an invocation; a religious formula; a charm.'),('Mantrap','n.','A trap for catching trespassers.'),('Mantrap','n.','A dangerous place, as an open hatch, into which one may\n   fall.'),('Mantua','n.','A superior kind of rich silk formerly exported from Mantua\n   in Italy.'),('Mantua','n.','A woman\'s cloak or mantle; also, a woman\'s gown.'),('Mantuamaker','n.','One who makes dresses, cloaks, etc., for women; a\n   dressmaker.'),('Mantuan','a.','Of or pertaining to Mantua.'),('Mantuan','n.','A native or inhabitant of Mantua.'),('Manu','n.','One of a series of progenitors of human beings, and authors\n   of human wisdom.'),('Manual','a.','Of or pertaining to the hand; done or made by the hand; as,\n   manual labor; the king\'s sign manual.'),('Manual','a.','A small book, such as may be carried in the hand, or\n   conveniently handled; a handbook; specifically, the service book of the\n   Roman Catholic Church.'),('Manual','a.','A keyboard of an organ or harmonium for the fingers, as\n   distinguished from the pedals; a clavier, or set of keys.'),('Manual','a.','A prescribed exercise in the systematic handing of a\n   weapon; as, the manual of arms; the manual of the sword; the manual of\n   the piece (cannon, mortar, etc.).'),('Manualist','n.','One who works with the hands; an artificer.'),('Manually','adv.','By hand.'),('Manuary','a.','Manual.'),('Manuary','n.','An artificer.'),('Manubial','a.','Belonging to spoils; taken in war.'),('Manubrial','a.','Of or pertaining to a manubrium; shaped like a\n   manubrium; handlelike.'),('Manubria','pl. ','of Manubrium'),('Manubriums','pl. ','of Manubrium'),('Manubrium','n.','A handlelike process or part; esp., the anterior segment\n   of the sternum, or presternum, and the handlelike process of the\n   malleus.'),('Manubrium','n.','The proboscis of a jellyfish; -- called also hypostoma.\n   See Illust. of Hydromedusa.'),('Manucode','n.','Any bird of the genus Manucodia, of Australia and New\n   Guinea. They are related to the bird of paradise.'),('Manuducent','n.','One who leads by the hand; a manuductor.'),('Manuduction','n.','Guidance by the hand.'),('Manductor','n.','A conductor; an officer in the ancient church who gave\n   the signal for the choir to sing, and who beat time with the hand, and\n   regulated the music.'),('-ries','pl. ','of Manufactory'),('Manufactory','n.','Manufacture.'),('Manufactory','n.','A building or place where anything is manufactured; a\n   factory.'),('Manufactory','a.','Pertaining to manufacturing.'),('Manufactural','a.','Of or pertaining to manufactures.'),('Manufacture','n.','The operation of making wares or any products by hand,\n   by machinery, or by other agency.'),('Manufacture','n.','Anything made from raw materials by the hand, by\n   machinery, or by art, as cloths, iron utensils, shoes, machinery,\n   saddlery, etc.'),('Manufactured','imp. & p. p.','of Manufacture'),('Manufacturing','p. pr. & vb. n.','of Manufacture'),('Manufacture','v. t.','To make (wares or other products) by hand, by\n   machinery, or by other agency; as, to manufacture cloth, nails, glass,\n   etc.'),('Manufacture','v. t.','To work, as raw or partly wrought materials, into\n   suitable forms for use; as, to manufacture wool, cotton, silk, or iron.'),('Manufacture','v. i.','To be employed in manufacturing something.'),('Manufacturer','n.','One who manufactures.'),('Manufacturing','a.','Employed, or chiefly employed, in manufacture; as, a\n   manufacturing community; a manufacturing town.'),('Manufacturing','a.','Pertaining to manufacture; as, manufacturing\n   projects.'),('Manul','n.','A wild cat (Felis manul), having long, soft, light-colored\n   fur. It is found in the mountains of Central Asia, and dwells among\n   rocks.'),('Manumise','v. t.','To manumit.'),('Manumission','n.','The act of manumitting, or of liberating a slave from\n   bondage.'),('Manumitted','imp. & p. p.','of Manumit'),('Manumitting','p. pr. & vb. n.','of Manumit'),('Manumit','v. t.','To release from slavery; to liberate from personal\n   bondage or servitude; to free, as a slave.'),('Manumotive','a.','Movable by hand.'),('Manumotor','n.','A small wheel carriage, so constructed that a person\n   sitting in it may move it.'),('Manurable','a.','Capable of cultivation.'),('Manurable','a.','Capable of receiving a fertilizing substance.'),('Manurage','n.','Cultivation.'),('Manurance','n.','Cultivation.'),('Manured','imp. & p. p.','of Manure'),('Manuring','p. pr. & vb. n.','of Manure'),('Manure','v. t.','To cultivate by manual labor; to till; hence, to develop\n   by culture.'),('Manure','v. t.','To apply manure to; to enrich, as land, by the\n   application of a fertilizing substance.'),('Manure','n.','Any matter which makes land productive; a fertilizing\n   substance, as the contents of stables and barnyards, dung, decaying\n   animal or vegetable substances, etc.'),('Manurement','n.','Cultivation.'),('Manurer','n.','One who manures land.'),('Manurial','a.','Relating to manures.'),('Manuring','n.','The act of process of applying manure; also, the manure\n   applied.'),('Manus','pl. ','of Manus'),('Manus','n.','The distal segment of the fore limb, including the carpus\n   and fore foot or hand.'),('Manuscript','a.','Written with or by the hand; not printed; as, a\n   manuscript volume.'),('Manuscript','a.','A literary or musical composition written with the\n   hand, as distinguished from a printed copy.'),('Manuscript','a.','Writing, as opposed to print; as, the book exists only\n   in manuscript.'),('Manuscriptal','a.','Manuscript.'),('Manutenency','n.','Maintenance.'),('Manway','n.','A small passageway, as in a mine, that a man may pass\n   through.'),('Manx','a.','Of or pertaining to the Isle of Man, or its inhabitants; as,\n   the Manx language.'),('Manx','n.','The language of the inhabitants of the Isle of Man, a dialect\n   of the Celtic.'),('Many','n.','A retinue of servants; a household.'),('Many','a. / pron.','Consisting of a great number; numerous; not few.'),('Many','a.','The populace; the common people; the majority of people, or\n   of a community.'),('Many','a.','A large or considerable number.'),('Many-minded','a.','Having many faculties; versatile; many-sided.'),('Manyplies','n.','The third division, or that between the reticulum, or\n   honeycomb stomach, and the abomasum, or rennet stomach, in the stomach\n   of ruminants; the omasum; the psalterium. So called from the numerous\n   folds in its mucous membrane. See Illust of Ruminant.'),('Many-sided','a.','Having many sides; -- said of figures. Hence,\n   presenting many questions or subjects for consideration; as, a\n   many-sided topic.'),('Many-sided','a.','Interested in, and having an aptitude for, many unlike\n   pursuits or objects of attention; versatile.'),('Manyways','adv.','Alt. of Manywise'),('Manywise','adv.','In many different ways; variously.'),('Manzanita','n.','A name given to several species of Arctostaphylos, but\n   mostly to A. glauca and A. pungens, shrubs of California, Oregon, etc.,\n   with reddish smooth bark, ovate or oval coriaceous evergreen leaves,\n   and bearing clusters of red berries, which are said to be a favorite\n   food of the grizzly bear.'),('Maoris','pl. ','of Maori'),('Maori','n.','One of the aboriginal inhabitants of New Zealand; also, the\n   original language of New Zealand.'),('Maori','a.','Of or pertaining to the Maoris or to their language.'),('Map','n.','A representation of the surface of the earth, or of some\n   portion of it, showing the relative position of the parts represented;\n   -- usually on a flat surface. Also, such a representation of the\n   celestial sphere, or of some part of it.'),('Map','n.','Anything which represents graphically a succession of events,\n   states, or acts; as, an historical map.'),('Mapped','imp. & p. p.','of Map'),('Mapping','p. pr. & vb. n.','of Map'),('Map','v. t.','To represent by a map; -- often with out; as, to survey and\n   map, or map out, a county. Hence, figuratively: To represent or\n   indicate systematically and clearly; to sketch; to plan; as, to map, or\n   map out, a journey; to map out business.'),('Mapach','n.','The raccoon.'),('Maple','n.','A tree of the genus Acer, including about fifty species. A.\n   saccharinum is the rock maple, or sugar maple, from the sap of which\n   sugar is made, in the United States, in great quantities, by\n   evaporation; the red or swamp maple is A. rubrum; the silver maple, A.\n   dasycarpum, having fruit wooly when young; the striped maple, A.\n   Pennsylvanium, called also moosewood. The common maple of Europe is A.\n   campestre, the sycamore maple is A. Pseudo-platanus, and the Norway\n   maple is A. platanoides.'),('Maplike','a.','Having or consisting of lines resembling a map; as, the\n   maplike figures in which certain lichens grow.'),('Mappery','n.','The making, or study, of maps.'),('Maqui','n.','A Chilian shrub (Aristotelia Maqui). Its bark furnishes\n   strings for musical instruments, and a medicinal wine is made from its\n   berries.'),('Mar','n.','A small lake. See Mere.'),('Marred','imp. & p. p.','of Mar'),('Marring','p. pr. & vb. n.','of Mar'),('Mar','v.','To make defective; to do injury to, esp. by cutting off or\n   defacing a part; to impair; to disfigure; to deface.'),('Mar','v.','To spoil; to ruin.'),('Mar','n.','A mark or blemish made by bruising, scratching, or the like; a\n   disfigurement.'),('Mara','n.','The principal or ruling evil spirit.'),('Mara','n.','A female demon who torments people in sleep by crouching on\n   their chests or stomachs, or by causing terrifying visions.'),('Mara','n.','The Patagonian cavy (Dolichotis Patagonicus).'),('Marabou','n.','A large stork of the genus Leptoptilos (formerly Ciconia),\n   esp. the African species (L. crumenifer), which furnishes plumes worn\n   as ornaments. The Asiatic species (L. dubius, or L. argala) is the\n   adjutant. See Adjutant.'),('Marabou','n.','One having five eighths negro blood; the offspring of a\n   mulatto and a griffe.'),('Marabout','n.','A Mohammedan saint; especially, one who claims to work\n   cures supernaturally.'),('Maracan','n.','A macaw.'),('Marai','n.','A sacred inclosure or temple; -- so called by the islanders\n   of the Pacific Ocean.'),('Maranatha','n.','\"Our Lord cometh;\" -- an expression used by St. Paul at\n   the conclusion of his first Epistle to the Corinthians (xvi. 22). This\n   word has been used in anathematizing persons for great crimes; as much\n   as to say, \"May the Lord come quickly to take vengeance of thy crimes.\"\n   See Anathema maranatha, under Anathema.'),('Maranta','n.','A genus of endogenous plants found in tropical America,\n   and some species also in India. They have tuberous roots containing a\n   large amount of starch, and from one species (Maranta arundinacea)\n   arrowroot is obtained. Many kinds are cultivated for ornament.'),('Maraschino','n.','A liqueur distilled from fermented cherry juice, and\n   flavored with the pit of a variety of cherry which grows in Dalmatia.'),('Marasmus','n.','A wasting of flesh without fever or apparent disease; a\n   kind of consumption; atrophy; phthisis.'),('Marauded','imp. & p. p.','of Maraud'),('Marauding','p. pr. & vb. n.','of Maraud'),('Maraud','v. i.','To rove in quest of plunder; to make an excursion for\n   booty; to plunder.'),('Maraud','n.','An excursion for plundering.'),('Marauder','v.','A rover in quest of booty or plunder; a plunderer; one\n   who pillages.'),('Maravedi','n.','A small copper coin of Spain, equal to three mils\n   American money, less than a farthing sterling. Also, an ancient Spanish\n   gold coin.'),('Marble','n.','A massive, compact limestone; a variety of calcite, capable\n   of being polished and used for architectural and ornamental purposes.\n   The color varies from white to black, being sometimes yellow, red, and\n   green, and frequently beautifully veined or clouded. The name is also\n   given to other rocks of like use and appearance, as serpentine or verd\n   antique marble, and less properly to polished porphyry, granite, etc.'),('Marble','n.','A thing made of, or resembling, marble, as a work of art,\n   or record, in marble; or, in the plural, a collection of such works;\n   as, the Arundel or Arundelian marbles; the Elgin marbles.'),('Marble','n.','A little ball of marble, or of some other hard substance,\n   used as a plaything by children; or, in the plural, a child\'s game\n   played with marbles.'),('Marble','a.','Made of, or resembling, marble; as, a marble mantel; marble\n   paper.'),('Marble','a.','Cold; hard; unfeeling; as, a marble breast or heart.'),('Marbled','imp. & p. p.','of Marble'),('Marbling','p. pr. & vb. n.','of Marble'),('Marble','n.','To stain or vein like marble; to variegate in color; as, to\n   marble the edges of a book, or the surface of paper.'),('Marbled','a.','Made of, or faced with, marble.'),('Marbled','a.','Made to resemble marble; veined or spotted like marble.'),('Marbled','a.','Varied with irregular markings, or witch a confused\n   blending of irregular spots and streaks.'),('Marble-edged','a.','Having the edge veined or spotted with different\n   colors like marble, as a book.'),('Marbleized','imp. & p. p.','of Marbleize'),('Marbleizing','p. pr. & vb. n.','of Marbleize'),('Marbleize','v. t.','To stain or grain in imitation of marble; to cover\n   with a surface resembling marble; as, to marbleize slate, wood, or\n   iron.'),('Marbler','n.','One who works upon marble or other stone.'),('Marbler','n.','One who colors or stains in imitation of marble.'),('Marbling','n.','The art or practice of variegating in color, in imitation\n   of marble.'),('Marbling','n.','An intermixture of fat and lean in meat, giving it a\n   marbled appearance.'),('Marbling','n.','Distinct markings resembling the variegations of marble,\n   as on birds and insects.'),('Marbly','a.','Containing, or resembling, marble.'),('Marbrinus','n.','A cloth woven so as to imitate the appearance of marble;\n   -- much used in the 15th and 16th centuries.'),('Marc','n.','The refuse matter which remains after the pressure of fruit,\n   particularly of grapes.'),('Marc','n.','A weight of various commodities, esp. of gold and silver,\n   used in different European countries. In France and Holland it was\n   equal to eight ounces.'),('Marc','n.','A coin formerly current in England and Scotland, equal to\n   thirteen shillings and four pence.'),('Marc','n.','A German coin and money of account. See Mark.'),('Marcantant','n.','A merchant.'),('Marcasite','n.','A sulphide of iron resembling pyrite or common iron\n   pyrites in composition, but differing in form; white iron pyrites.'),('Marcasitic','a.','Alt. of Marcasitical'),('Marcasitical','a.','Containing, or having the nature of, marcasite.'),('Marcassin','n.','A young wild boar.'),('Marcato','a.','In a marked emphatic manner; -- used adverbially as a\n   direction.'),('Marceline','n.','A thin silk fabric used for linings, etc., in ladies\'\n   dresses.'),('Marcescent','a.','Withering without/ falling off; fading; decaying.'),('Marcescible','a.','Li/ble to wither or decay.'),('March','n.','The third month of the year, containing thirty-one days.'),('March','n.','A territorial border or frontier; a region adjacent to a\n   boundary line; a confine; -- used chiefly in the plural, and in English\n   history applied especially to the border land on the frontiers between\n   England and Scotland, and England and Wales.'),('March','v. i.','To border; to be contiguous; to lie side by side.'),('Marched','imp. & p. p.','of March'),('Marching','p. pr. & vb. n.','of March'),('March','v. i.','To move with regular steps, as a soldier; to walk in a\n   grave, deliberate, or stately manner; to advance steadily.'),('March','v. i.','To proceed by walking in a body or in military order; as,\n   the German army marched into France.'),('March','v. t.','TO cause to move with regular steps in the manner of a\n   soldier; to cause to move in military array, or in a body, as troops;\n   to cause to advance in a steady, regular, or stately manner; to cause\n   to go by peremptory command, or by force.'),('March','n.','The act of marching; a movement of soldiers from one\n   stopping place to another; military progress; advance of troops.'),('March','n.','Hence: Measured and regular advance or movement, like that\n   of soldiers moving in order; stately or deliberate walk; steady onward\n   movement.'),('March','n.','The distance passed over in marching; as, an hour\'s march; a\n   march of twenty miles.'),('March','n.','A piece of music designed or fitted to accompany and guide\n   the movement of troops; a piece of music in the march form.'),('Macher','n.','One who marches.'),('Marcher','n.','The lord or officer who defended the marches or borders of\n   a territory.'),('Marchet','n.','Alt. of Merchet'),('Merchet','n.','In old English and in Scots law, a fine paid to the lord\n   of the soil by a tenant upon the marriage of one the tenant\'s\n   daughters.'),('Marching','','a. & n., fr. March, v.'),('Marchioness','n.','The wife or the widow of a marquis; a woman who has\n   the rank and dignity of a marquis.'),('March-mad','a.','Extremely rash; foolhardy. See under March, the month.'),('Marchman','n.','A person living in the marches between England and\n   Scotland or Wales.'),('Marchpane','n.','A kind of sweet bread or biscuit; a cake of pounded\n   almonds and sugar.'),('March-ward','n.','A warden of the marches; a marcher.'),('Marcian','a.','Under the influence of Mars; courageous; bold.'),('Marcid','a.','Pining; lean; withered.'),('Marcid','a.','Characterized by emaciation, as a fever.'),('Marcidity','n.','The state or quality of being withered or lean.'),('Marcionite','n.','A follower of Marcion, a Gnostic of the second century,\n   who adopted the Oriental notion of the two conflicting principles, and\n   imagined that between them there existed a third power, neither wholly\n   good nor evil, the Creator of the world and of man, and the God of the\n   Jewish dispensation.'),('Marcobrunner','n.','A celebrated Rhine wine.'),('Marcor','n.','A wasting away of flesh; decay.'),('Marcosian','n.','One of a Gnostic sect of the second century, so called\n   from Marcus, an Egyptian, who was reputed to be a margician.'),('Mardi gras','n.','The last day of Carnival; Shrove Tuesday; -- in some\n   cities a great day of carnival and merrymaking.'),('Mare','n.','The female of the horse and other equine quadrupeds.'),('Mare','n.','Sighing, suffocative panting, intercepted utterance, with a\n   sense of pressure across the chest, occurring during sleep; the\n   incubus; -- obsolete, except in the compound nightmare.'),('Marechal Niel','','A kind of large yellow rose.'),('Mareis','n.','A Marsh.'),('Marena','n.','A European whitefish of the genus Coregonus.'),('Mareschal','n.','A military officer of high rank; a marshal.'),('Mare\'s-nest','n.','A supposed discovery which turns out to be a hoax;\n   something grosaly absurd.'),('Mare\'s-tail','n.','A long streaky cloud, spreading out like a horse\'s\n   tail, and believed to indicate rain; a cirrus cloud. See Cloud.'),('Mare\'s-tail','n.','An aquatic plant of the genus Hippuris (H. vulgaris),\n   having narrow leaves in whorls.'),('Margarate','n.','A compound of the so-called margaric acid with a base.'),('Margaric','a.','Pertaining to, or resembling, pearl; pearly.'),('Margarin','n.','A fatty substance, extracted from animal fats and certain\n   vegetable oils, formerly supposed to be a definite compound of glycerin\n   and margaric acid, but now known to be simply a mixture or combination\n   of tristearin and teipalmitin.'),('Marasritaceous','a.','Pertaining to, or resembling, pearl; pearly.'),('Margarite','n.','A pearl.'),('Margarite','n.','A mineral related to the micas, but low in silica and\n   yielding brittle folia with pearly luster.'),('Margaritic','a.','Margaric.'),('Margaritiferous','a.','Producing pearls.'),('Margarodite','n.','A hidrous potash mica related to muscovite.'),('Margarone','n.','The ketone of margaric acid.'),('Margarous','a.','Margaric; -- formerly designating a supposed acid.'),('Margate fish','','A sparoid fish (Diabasis aurolineatus) of the Gulf of\n   Mexico, esteemed as a food fish; -- called also red-mouth grunt.'),('Margay','n.','An American wild cat (Felis tigrina), ranging from Mexico\n   to Brazil. It is spotted with black. Called also long-tailed cat.'),('Marge','n.','Border; margin; edge; verge.'),('Margent','n.','A margin; border; brink; edge.'),('Margent','v. t.','To enter or note down upon the margin of a page; to\n   margin.'),('Margin','n.','A border; edge; brink; verge; as, the margin of a river or\n   lake.'),('Margin','n.','Specifically: The part of a page at the edge left uncovered\n   in writing or printing.'),('Margin','n.','The difference between the cost and the selling price of an\n   article.'),('Margin','n.','Something allowed, or reserved, for that which can not be\n   foreseen or known with certainty.'),('Margin','n.','Collateral security deposited with a broker to secure him\n   from loss on contracts entered into by him on behalf of his principial,\n   as in the speculative buying and selling of stocks, wheat, etc.'),('Margined','imp. & p. p.','of Margin'),('Marginging','p. pr. & vb. n.','of Margin'),('Margin','v. t.','To furnish with a margin.'),('Margin','v. t.','To enter in the margin of a page.'),('Marginal','a.','Of or pertaining to a margin.'),('Marginal','a.','Written or printed in the margin; as, a marginal note or\n   gloss.'),('Marginalia','n. pl.','Marginal notes.'),('Marginally','adv.','In the margin of a book.'),('Marginate','n.','Having a margin distinct in appearance or structure.'),('Marginate','v. t.','To furnish with a distinct margin; to margin.'),('Marginated','a.','Same as Marginate, a.'),('Margined','a.','Having a margin.'),('Margined','a.','Bordered with a distinct line of color.'),('Marginella','n.','A genus of small, polished, marine univalve shells,\n   native of all warm seas.'),('Marginicidal','a.','Dehiscent by the separation of united carpels; --\n   said of fruits.'),('Margosa','n.','A large tree of genus Melia (M. Azadirachta) found in\n   India. Its bark is bitter, and used as a tonic. A valuable oil is\n   expressed from its seeds, and a tenacious gum exudes from its trunk.\n   The M. Azedarach is a much more showy tree, and is cultivated in the\n   Southern United States, where it is known as Pride of India, Pride of\n   China, or bead tree. Various parts of the tree are considered\n   anthelmintic.'),('Margravate','n.','Alt. of Margraviate'),('Margraviate','n.','The territory or jurisdiction of a margrave.'),('Margrave','n.','Originally, a lord or keeper of the borders or marches in\n   Germany.'),('Margrave','n.','The English equivalent of the German title of nobility,\n   markgraf; a marquis.'),('Margravine','n.','The wife of a margrave.'),('Marguerite','n.','The daisy (Bellis perennis). The name is often applied\n   also to the ox-eye daisy and to the China aster.'),('Marian','a.','Pertaining to the Virgin Mary, or sometimes to Mary, Queen\n   of England, daughter of Henry VIII.'),('Marie','interj.','Marry.'),('Mariet','n.','A kind of bellflower, Companula Trachelium, once called\n   Viola Mariana; but it is not a violet.'),('Marigenous','a.','Produced in or by the sea.'),('Marigold','n.','A name for several plants with golden yellow blossoms,\n   especially the Calendula officinalis (see Calendula), and the\n   cultivated species of Tagetes.'),('Marikina','n.','A small marmoset (Midas rosalia); the silky tamarin.'),('Marimba','n.','A musical istrument of percussion, consisting of bars\n   yielding musical tones when struck.'),('Marimonda','n.','A spider monkey (Ateles belzebuth) of Central and South\n   America.'),('Marinade','n.','A brine or pickle containing wine and spices, for\n   enriching the flavor of meat and fish.'),('Marinate','v. t.','To salt or pickle, as fish, and then preserve in oil\n   or vinegar; to prepare by the use of marinade.'),('Marine','a.','Of or pertaining to the sea; having to do with the ocean,\n   or with navigation or naval affairs; nautical; as, marine productions\n   or bodies; marine shells; a marine engine.'),('Marine','a.','Formed by the action of the currents or waves of the sea;\n   as, marine deposits.'),('Marine','a.','A solider serving on shipboard; a sea soldier; one of a\n   body of troops trained to do duty in the navy.'),('Marine','a.','The sum of naval affairs; naval economy; the department of\n   navigation and sea forces; the collective shipping of a country; as,\n   the mercantile marine.'),('Marine','a.','A picture representing some marine subject.'),('Marined','a.','Having the lower part of the body like a fish.'),('Mariner','n.','One whose occupation is to assist in navigating ships; a\n   seaman or sailor.'),('Marinership','n.','Seamanship.'),('Marinorama','n.','A representation of a sea view.'),('Mariolater','n.','One who worships the Virgin Mary.'),('Mariolatry','n.','The worship of the Virgin Mary.'),('Marionette','n.','A puppet moved by strings, as in a puppet show.'),('Marionette','n.','The buffel duck.'),('Mariotte\'s law','','See Boyle\'s law, under Law.'),('Mariposa lily','','One of a genus (Calochortus) of tuliplike bulbous\n   herbs with large, and often gaycolored, blossoms. Called also butterfly\n   lily. Most of them are natives of California.'),('Mariput','n.','A species of civet; the zoril.'),('Marish','n.','Low, wet ground; a marsh; a fen; a bog; a moor.'),('Marish','a.','Moory; fenny; boggy.'),('Marish','a.','Growing in marshes.'),('Marital','v.','Of or pertaining to a husband; as, marital rights, duties,\n   authority.'),('Maritated','a.','Having a husband; married.'),('Maritimal','a.','Alt. of Maritimale'),('Maritimale','a.','See Maritime.'),('Maritime','a.','Bordering on, or situated near, the ocean; connected with\n   the sea by site, interest, or power; having shipping and commerce or a\n   navy; as, maritime states.'),('Maritime','a.','Of or pertaining to the ocean; marine; pertaining to\n   navigation and naval affairs, or to shipping and commerce by sea.'),('Marjoram','n.','A genus of mintlike plants (Origanum) comprising about\n   twenty-five species. The sweet marjoram (O. Majorana) is pecularly\n   aromatic and fragrant, and much used in cookery. The wild marjoram of\n   Europe and America is O. vulgare, far less fragrant than the other.'),('Mark','n.','A license of reprisals. See Marque.'),('Mark','n.','An old weight and coin. See Marc.'),('Mark','n.','The unit of monetary account of the German Empire, equal to\n   23.8 cents of United States money; the equivalent of one hundred\n   pfennigs. Also, a silver coin of this value.'),('Mark','n.','A visible sign or impression made or left upon anything;\n   esp., a line, point, stamp, figure, or the like, drawn or impressed, so\n   as to attract the attention and convey some information or intimation;\n   a token; a trace.'),('Mark','n.','A character or device put on an article of merchandise by the\n   maker to show by whom it was made; a trade-mark.'),('Mark','n.','A character (usually a cross) made as a substitute for a\n   signature by one who can not write.'),('Mark','n.','A fixed object serving for guidance, as of a ship, a\n   traveler, a surveyor, etc.; as, a seamark, a landmark.'),('Mark','n.','A trace, dot, line, imprint, or discoloration, although not\n   regarded as a token or sign; a scratch, scar, stain, etc.; as, this\n   pencil makes a fine mark.'),('Mark','n.','An evidence of presence, agency, or influence; a\n   significative token; a symptom; a trace; specifically, a permanent\n   impression of one\'s activity or character.'),('Mark','n.','That toward which a missile is directed; a thing aimed at;\n   what one seeks to hit or reach.'),('Mark','n.','Attention, regard, or respect.'),('Mark','n.','Limit or standard of action or fact; as, to be within the\n   mark; to come up to the mark.'),('Mark','n.','Badge or sign of honor, rank, or official station.'),('Mark','n.','Preeminence; high position; as, particians of mark; a fellow\n   of no mark.'),('Mark','n.','A characteristic or essential attribute; a differential.'),('Mark','n.','A number or other character used in registring; as,\n   examination marks; a mark for tardiness.'),('Mark','n.','Image; likeness; hence, those formed in one\'s image;\n   children; descendants.'),('Mark','n.','One of the bits of leather or colored bunting which are\n   placed upon a sounding line at intervals of from two to five fathoms.\n   The unmarked fathoms are called \"deeps.\"'),('Marked','imp. & p. p.','of Mark'),('Marking','p. pr. & vb. n.','of Mark'),('Mark','v. t.','To put a mark upon; to affix a significant mark to; to\n   make recognizable by a mark; as, to mark a box or bale of merchandise;\n   to mark clothing.'),('Mark','v. t.','To be a mark upon; to designate; to indicate; -- used\n   literally and figuratively; as, this monument marks the spot where\n   Wolfe died; his courage and energy marked him for a leader.'),('Mark','v. t.','To leave a trace, scratch, scar, or other mark, upon, or\n   any evidence of action; as, a pencil marks paper; his hobnails marked\n   the floor.'),('Mark','v. t.','To keep account of; to enumerate and register; as, to mark\n   the points in a game of billiards or cards.'),('Mark','v. t.','To notice or observe; to give attention to; to take note\n   of; to remark; to heed; to regard.'),('Mark','v. i.','To take particular notice; to observe critically; to note;\n   to remark.'),('Markable','a.','Remarkable.'),('Marked','a.','Designated or distinguished by, or as by, a mark; hence;\n   noticeable; conspicuous; as, a marked card; a marked coin; a marked\n   instance.'),('Markee','n.','See Marquee.'),('Marker','n.','One who or that which marks.'),('Marker','n.','One who keeps account of a game played, as of billiards.'),('Marker','n.','A counter used in card playing and other games.'),('Marker','n.','The soldier who forms the pilot of a wheeling column, or\n   marks the direction of an alignment.'),('Marker','n.','An attachment to a sewing machine for marking a line on the\n   fabric by creasing it.'),('Market','n.','A meeting together of people, at a stated time and place,\n   for the purpose of traffic (as in cattle, provisions, wares, etc.) by\n   private purchase and sale, and not by auction; as, a market is held in\n   the town every week.'),('Market','n.','A public place (as an open space in a town) or a large\n   building, where a market is held; a market place or market house; esp.,\n   a place where provisions are sold.'),('Market','n.','An opportunity for selling anything; demand, as shown by\n   price offered or obtainable; a town, region, or country, where the\n   demand exists; as, to find a market for one\'s wares; there is no market\n   for woolen cloths in that region; India is a market for English goods.'),('Market','n.','Exchange, or purchase and sale; traffic; as, a dull market;\n   a slow market.'),('Market','n.','The price for which a thing is sold in a market; market\n   price. Hence: Value; worth.'),('Market','n.','The privelege granted to a town of having a public market.'),('Marketed','imp. & p. p.','of Market'),('Marketing','p. pr. & vb. n.','of Market'),('Market','v. i.','To deal in a market; to buy or sell; to make bargains\n   for provisions or goods.'),('Market','v. t.','To expose for sale in a market; to traffic in; to sell\n   in a market, and in an extended sense, to sell in any manner; as, most\n   of the farmes have marketed their crops.'),('Marketable','a.','Fit to be offered for sale in a market; such as may be\n   justly and lawfully sold; as, dacaye/ provisions are not marketable.'),('Marketable','a.','Current in market; as, marketable value.'),('Marketable','a.','Wanted by purchasers; salable; as, furs are not\n   marketable in that country.'),('Marketableness','n.','Quality of being marketable.'),('Marketer','n.','One who attends a market to buy or sell; one who carries\n   goods to market.'),('Marketing','n.','The act of selling or of purchasing in, or as in, a\n   market.'),('Marketing','n.','Articles in, or from, a market; supplies.'),('Marketstead','n.','A market place.'),('Markhoor','n.','A large wild goat (Capra megaceros), having huge\n   flattened spiral horns. It inhabits the mountains of Northern India and\n   Cashmere.'),('Marking','n.','The act of one who, or that which, marks; the mark or\n   marks made; arrangement or disposition of marks or coloring; as, the\n   marking of a bird\'s plumage.'),('Markis','n.','A marquis.'),('Markisesse','n.','A marchioness.'),('Markman','n.','A marksman.'),('Marksmen','pl. ','of Marksman'),('Marksman','n.','One skillful to hit a mark with a missile; one who shoots\n   well.'),('Marksman','n.','One who makes his mark, instead of writing his name, in\n   signing documents.'),('Marksmanship','n.','Skill of a marksman.'),('Marl','v. t.','To cover, as part of a rope, with marline, marking a\n   pecular hitch at each turn to prevent unwinding.'),('Marl','n.','A mixed earthy substance, consisting of carbonate of lime,\n   clay, and sand, in very varivble proportions, and accordingly\n   designated as calcareous, clayey, or sandy. See Greensand.'),('Marled','imp. & p. p.','of Marl'),('Marling','p. pr. & vb. n.','of Marl'),('Marl','n.','To overspread or manure with marl; as, to marl a field.'),('Marlaceous','a.','Resembling marl; partaking of the qualities of marl.'),('Marlin','n.','The American great marbled godwit (Limosa fedoa). Applied\n   also to the red-breasted godwit (Limosa haematica).'),('Marline','v.','A small line composed of two strands a little twisted,\n   used for winding around ropes and cables, to prevent their being\n   weakened by fretting.'),('Marline','v. t.','To wind marline around; as, to marline a rope.'),('Marlite','n.','A variety of marl.'),('Marlitic','a.','Partaking of the qualites of marlite.'),('Marlpit','n.','Apit where marl is dug.'),('Marlstone','n.','A sandy calcareous straum, containing, or impregnated\n   with, iron, and lying between the upper and lower Lias of England.'),('Marly','superl.','Consisting or partaking of marl; resembling marl;\n   abounding with marl.'),('Marmalade','n.','A preserve or confection made of the pulp of fruit, as\n   the quince, pear, apple, orange, etc., boiled with sugar, and brought\n   to a jamlike consistence.'),('Marmalet','n.','See Marmalade.'),('Marmatite','n.','A ferruginous variety of shalerite or zinc blende,\n   nearly black in color.'),('Marmolite','n.','A thin, laminated variety of serpentine, usually of a\n   pale green color.'),('Marmoraceous','a.','Pertaining to, or like, marble.'),('Marmorate','a.','Alt. of Marmorated'),('Marmorated','a.','Variegated like marble; covered or overlaid with\n   marble.'),('Marmoration','n.','A covering or incrusting with marble; a casing of\n   marble; a variegating so as to resemble marble.'),('Marmoratum opus','','A kind of hard finish for plasterwork, made of\n   plaster of Paris and marble dust, and capable of taking a high polish.'),('Marmoreal','a.','Alt. of Marmorean'),('Marmorean','a.','Pertaining to, or resembling, marble; made of marble.'),('Marmorosis','n.','The metamorphism of limestone, that is, its conversion\n   into marble.'),('Marmose','n.','A species of small opossum (Didelphus murina) ranging from\n   Mexico to Brazil.'),('Marmoset','n.','Any one of numerous species of small South American\n   monkeys of the genera Hapale and Midas, family Hapalidae. They have\n   long soft fur, and a hairy, nonprehensile tail. They are often kept as\n   pets. Called also squirrel monkey.'),('Marmot','n.','Any rodent of the genus Arctomys. The common European\n   marmot (A. marmotta) is about the size of a rabbit, and inhabits the\n   higher regions of the Alps and Pyrenees. The bobac is another European\n   species. The common American species (A. monax) is the woodchuck.'),('Marmot','n.','Any one of several species of ground squirrels or gophers\n   of the genus Spermophilus; also, the prairie dog.'),('Marmottes oil','','A fine oil obtained from the kernel of Prunus\n   brigantiaca. It is used instead of olive or almond oil.'),('Marmozet','n.','See Marmoset.'),('Marone','n.','See Maroon, the color.'),('Maronites','pl. ','of Maronite'),('Maronite','n.','One of a body of nominal Christians, who speak the Arabic\n   language, and reside on Mount Lebanon and in different parts of Syria.\n   They take their name from one Maron of the 6th century.'),('Maroon','n.','In the West Indies and Guiana, a fugitive slave, or a free\n   negro, living in the mountains.'),('Marooned','imp. & p. p.','of Maroon'),('Marooning','p. pr. & vb. n.','of Maroon'),('Maroon','v. t.','To put (a person) ashore on a desolate island or coast\n   and leave him to his fate.'),('Maroon','a.','Having the color called maroon. See 4th Maroon.'),('Maroon','n.','A brownish or dull red of any description, esp. of a\n   scarlet cast rather than approaching crimson or purple.'),('Maroon','n.','An explosive shell. See Marron, 3.'),('Marplot','n.','One who, by his officious /nterference, mars or frustrates\n   a design or plot.'),('Marque','n.','A license to pass the limits of a jurisdiction, or boundary\n   of a country, for the purpose of making reprisals.'),('Marquee','n.','A large field tent; esp., one adapted to the use of an\n   officer of high rank.'),('Marquess','n.','A marquis.'),('Marquetry','n.','Inlaid work; work inlaid with pieces of wood, shells,\n   ivory, and the like, of several colors.'),('Marquis','n.','A nobleman in England, France, and Germany, of a rank next\n   below that of duke. Originally, the marquis was an officer whose duty\n   was to guard the marches or frontiers of the kingdom. The office has\n   ceased, and the name is now a mere title conferred by patent.'),('Marquisate','n.','The seigniory, dignity, or lordship of a marquis; the\n   territory governed by a marquis.'),('Marquisdom','n.','A marquisate.'),('Marquise','n.','The wife of a marquis; a marchioness.'),('Marquisship','n.','A marquisate.'),('Marram','n.','A coarse grass found on sandy beaches (Ammophila\n   arundinacea). See Beach grass, under Beach.'),('Marrer','n.','One who mars or injures.'),('Marriable','a.','Marriageable.'),('Marriage','v. t.','The act of marrying, or the state of being married;\n   legal union of a man and a woman for life, as husband and wife;\n   wedlock; matrimony.'),('Marriage','v. t.','The marriage vow or contract.'),('Marriage','v. t.','A feast made on the occasion of a marriage.'),('Marriage','v. t.','Any intimate or close union.'),('Marriageability','n.','The quality or state of being marriageable.'),('Marriageable','a.','Fit for, or capable of, marriage; of an age at which\n   marriage is allowable.'),('Marrried','a.','Being in the state of matrimony; wedded; as, a married\n   man or woman.'),('Marrried','a.','Of or pertaining to marriage; connubial; as, the married\n   state.'),('Marrier','n.','One who marries.'),('Marron','a.','A large chestnut.'),('Marron','a.','A chestnut color; maroon.'),('Marron','a.','A paper or pasteboard box or shell, wound about with strong\n   twine, filled with an explosive, and ignited with a fuse, -- used to\n   make a noise like a cannon.'),('Marroon','n. & a.','Same as 1st Maroon.'),('Marrot','n.','The razor-billed auk. See Auk.'),('Marrot','n.','The common guillemot.'),('Marrot','n.','The puffin.'),('Marrow','n.','The tissue which fills the cavities of most bones; the\n   medulla. In the larger cavities it is commonly very fatty, but in the\n   smaller cavities it is much less fatty, and red or reddish in color.'),('Marrow','n.','The essence; the best part.'),('Marrow','n.','One of a pair; a match; a companion; an intimate associate.'),('Marrowed','imp. & p. p.','of Marrow'),('Marrowing','p. pr. & vb. n.','of Marrow'),('Marrow','v. t.','To fill with, or as with, marrow of fat; to glut.'),('Marrowbone','n.','A bone containing marrow; pl. ludicrously, knee bones\n   or knees; as, to get down on one\'s marrowbones, i. e., to kneel.'),('Marrowfat','n.','A rich but late variety of pea.'),('Marrowish','a.','Of the nature of, or like, marrow.'),('Marrowless','a.','Destitute of marrow.'),('Marrowy','a.','Full of marrow; pithy.'),('Marrubium','n.','A genus of bitter aromatic plants, sometimes used in\n   medicine; hoarhound.'),('Married','imp. & p. p.','of Marry'),('Marrying','p. pr. & vb. n.','of Marry'),('Marry','v. t.','To unite in wedlock or matrimony; to perform the ceremony\n   of joining, as a man and a woman, for life; to constitute (a man and a\n   woman) husband and wife according to the laws or customs of the place.'),('Marry','v. t.','To join according to law, (a man) to a woman as his wife,\n   or (a woman) to a man as her husband. See the Note to def. 4.'),('Marry','v. t.','To dispose of in wedlock; to give away as wife.'),('Marry','v. t.','To take for husband or wife. See the Note below.'),('Marry','v. t.','Figuratively, to unite in the closest and most endearing\n   relation.'),('Marry','v. i.','To enter into the conjugal or connubial state; to take a\n   husband or a wife.'),('Marry','interj.','Indeed ! in truth ! -- a term of asseveration said to\n   have been derived from the practice of swearing by the Virgin Mary.'),('Mars','n.','The god of war and husbandry.'),('Mars','n.','One of the planets of the solar system, the fourth in order\n   from the sun, or the next beyond the earth, having a diameter of about\n   4,200 miles, a period of 687 days, and a mean distance of 141,000,000\n   miles. It is conspicuous for the redness of its light.'),('Mars','n.','The metallic element iron, the symbol of which / was the same\n   as that of the planet Mars.'),('Marsala','n.','A kind of wine exported from Marsala in Sicily.'),('Marsdenia','n.','A genus of plants of the Milkweed family, mostly woody\n   climbers with fragrant flowers, several species of which furnish\n   valuable fiber, and one species (Marsdenia tinctoria) affords indigo.'),('Marseillais','a. f.','Alt. of Marseillaise'),('Marseillaise','a. f.','Of or pertaining to Marseilles, in France, or to\n   its inhabitants.'),('Marseillais','n. f.','Alt. of Marseillaise'),('Marseillaise','n. f.','A native or inhabitant of Marseilles.'),('Marseilles','n.','A general term for certain kinds of fabrics, which are\n   formed of two series of threads interlacing each other, thus forming\n   double cloth, quilted in the loom; -- so named because first made in\n   Marseilles, France.'),('Marsh','n.','A tract of soft wet land, commonly covered partially or\n   wholly with water; a fen; a swamp; a morass.'),('Marshal','n.','Originally, an officer who had the care of horses; a\n   groom.'),('Marshal','n.','An officer of high rank, charged with the arrangement of\n   ceremonies, the conduct of operations, or the like'),('Marshal','n.','One who goes before a prince to declare his coming and\n   provide entertainment; a harbinger; a pursuivant.'),('Marshal','n.','One who regulates rank and order at a feast or any other\n   assembly, directs the order of procession, and the like.'),('Marshal','n.','The chief officer of arms, whose duty it was, in ancient\n   times, to regulate combats in the lists.'),('Marshal','n.','The highest military officer.'),('Marshal','n.','A ministerial officer, appointed for each judicial\n   district of the United States, to execute the process of the courts of\n   the United States, and perform various duties, similar to those of a\n   sheriff. The name is also sometimes applied to certain police officers\n   of a city.'),('Marshaled','imp. & p. p.','of Marshal'),('Marshalled','','of Marshal'),('Marshaling','p. pr. & vb. n.','of Marshal'),('Marshalling','','of Marshal'),('Marshal','v. t.','To dispose in order; to arrange in a suitable manner;\n   as, to marshal troops or an army.'),('Marshal','v. t.','To direct, guide, or lead.'),('Marshal','v. t.','To dispose in due order, as the different quarterings\n   on an escutcheon, or the different crests when several belong to an\n   achievement.'),('Marshaler','n.','One who marshals.'),('Marshaling','n.','The act of arranging in due order.'),('Marshaling','n.','The arrangement of an escutcheon to exhibit the\n   alliances of the owner.'),('Marshalsea','n.','The court or seat of a marshal; hence, the prison in\n   Southwark, belonging to the marshal of the king\'s household.'),('Marshalship','n.','The office of a marshal.'),('Marshbanker','n.','Alt. of Marsebanker'),('Marsebanker','n.','The menhaden.'),('Marshiness','n.','The state or condition of being marshy.'),('Marsh marigold','','A perennial plant of the genus Caltha (C. palustris),\n   growing in wet places and bearing bright yellow flowers. In the United\n   States it is used as a pot herb under the name of cowslip. See Cowslip.'),('Marshy','a.','Resembling a marsh; wet; boggy; fenny.'),('Marshy','a.','Pertaining to, or produced in, marshes; as, a marshy weed.'),('Marsipobranch','n.','One of the Marsipobranchia.'),('Marsipobranchia','n. pl.','A class of Vertebrata, lower than fishes,\n   characterized by their purselike gill cavities, cartilaginous\n   skeletons, absence of limbs, and a suckerlike mouth destitute of jaws.\n   It includes the lampreys and hagfishes. See Cyclostoma, and Lamprey.\n   Called also Marsipobranchiata, and Marsipobranchii.'),('Marsupial','a.','Having a pouch for carrying the immature young; of or\n   pertaining to the Marsupialia.'),('Marsupial','a.','Of or pertaining to a marsupium; as, the marsupial\n   bones.'),('Marsupial','n.','One of the Marsupialia.'),('Marsupialia','n. pl.','A subclass of Mammalia, including nearly all the\n   mammals of Australia and the adjacent islands, together with the\n   opossums of America. They differ from ordinary mammals in having the\n   corpus callosum very small, in being implacental, and in having their\n   young born while very immature. The female generally carries the young\n   for some time after birth in an external pouch, or marsupium. Called\n   also Marsupiata.'),('Marsupialian','n.','Alt. of Marsupian'),('Marsupian','n.','One of the Marsupialia.'),('Marsupiate','a.','Related to or resembling the marsupials; furnished with\n   a pouch for the young, as the marsupials, and also some fishes and\n   Crustacea.'),('Marsupion','n.','Same as Marsupium.'),('Marsupite','n.','A fossil crinoid of the genus Marsupites, resembling a\n   purse in form.'),('Marsupia','pl. ','of Marsupium'),('Marsupium','n.','The pouch, formed by a fold of the skin of the abdomen,\n   in which marsupials carry their young; also, a pouch for similar use in\n   other animals, as certain Crustacea.'),('Marsupium','n.','The pecten in the eye of birds and reptiles. See Pecten.'),('Mart','n.','A market.'),('Mart','n.','A bargain.'),('Mart','v. t.','To buy or sell in, or as in, a mart.'),('Mart','v. t.','To traffic.'),('Mart','n.','The god Mars.'),('Mart','n.','Battle; contest.'),('Martagon','n.','A lily (Lilium Martagon) with purplish red flowers, found\n   in Europe and Asia.'),('Martel','v. i.','To make a blow with, or as with, a hammer.'),('Martel de fer','','A weapon resembling a hammer, often having one side of\n   the head pointed; -- used by horsemen in the Middle Ages to break\n   armor.'),('Marteline','n.','A small hammer used by marble workers and sculptors.'),('Martello tower','','A building of masonry, generally circular, usually\n   erected on the seacoast, with a gun on the summit mounted on a\n   traversing platform, so as to be fired in any direction.'),('Marten','n.','A bird. See Martin.'),('Marten','n.','Any one of several fur-bearing carnivores of the genus\n   Mustela, closely allied to the sable. Among the more important species\n   are the European beech, or stone, marten (Mustela foina); the pine\n   marten (M. martes); and the American marten, or sable (M. Americana),\n   which some zoologists consider only a variety of the Russian sable.'),('Marten','n.','The fur of the marten, used for hats, muffs, etc.'),('Martern','n.','Same as Marten.'),('Mar-text','n.','A blundering preacher.'),('Martial','a.','Of, pertaining to, or suited for, war; military; as,\n   martial music; a martial appearance.'),('Martial','a.','Practiced in, or inclined to, war; warlike; brave.'),('Martial','a.','Belonging to war, or to an army and navy; -- opposed to\n   civil; as, martial law; a court-martial.'),('Martial','a.','Pertaining to, or resembling, the god, or the planet,\n   Mars.'),('Martial','a.','Pertaining to, or containing, iron; chalybeate; as,\n   martial preparations.'),('Martialism','n.','The quality of being warlike; exercises suitable for\n   war.'),('Martialist','n.','A warrior.'),('Martialized','imp. & p. p.','of Martialize'),('Martializing','p. pr. & vb. n.','of Martialize'),('Martialize','v. t.','To render warlike; as, to martialize a people.'),('Martially','adv.','In a martial manner.'),('Martialness','n.','The quality of being martial.'),('Martin','n.','A perforated stone-faced runner for grinding.'),('Martin','n.','One of several species of swallows, usually having the tail\n   less deeply forked than the tail of the common swallows.'),('Martinet','n.','In military language, a strict disciplinarian; in\n   general, one who lays stress on a rigid adherence to the details of\n   discipline, or to forms and fixed methods.'),('Martinet','n.','The martin.'),('Martineta','n.','A species of tinamou (Calopezus elegans), having a long\n   slender crest.'),('Martinetism','n.','The principles or practices of a martinet; rigid\n   adherence to discipline, etc.'),('Martingale','n.','Alt. of Martingal'),('Martingal','n.','A strap fastened to a horse\'s girth, passing between his\n   fore legs, and fastened to the bit, or now more commonly ending in two\n   rings, through which the reins pass. It is intended to hold down the\n   head of the horse, and prevent him from rearing.'),('Martingal','n.','A lower stay of rope or chain for the jib boom or flying\n   jib boom, fastened to, or reeved through, the dolphin striker. Also,\n   the dolphin striker itself.'),('Martingal','n.','The act of doubling, at each stake, that which has been\n   lost on the preceding stake; also, the sum so risked; -- metaphorically\n   derived from the bifurcation of the martingale of a harness.'),('Martinmas','n.','The feast of St. Martin, the eleventh of November; --\n   often called martlemans.'),('Martite','n.','Iron sesquioxide in isometric form, probably a pseudomorph\n   after magnetite.'),('Martlemas','n.','See Martinmas.'),('Martlet','n.','The European house martin.'),('Martlet','n.','A bird without beak or feet; -- generally assumed to\n   represent a martin. As a mark of cadency it denotes the fourth son.'),('Martyr','n.','One who, by his death, bears witness to the truth of the\n   gospel; one who is put to death for his religion; as, Stephen was the\n   first Christian martyr.'),('Martyr','n.','Hence, one who sacrifices his life, his station, or what is\n   of great value to him, for the sake of principle, or to sustain a\n   cause.'),('Martyred','imp. & p. p.','of Martyr'),('Martyring','p. pr. & vb. n.','of Martyr'),('Martyr','v. t.','To put to death for adhering to some belief, esp.\n   Christianity; to sacrifice on account of faith or profession.'),('Martyr','v. t.','To persecute; to torment; to torture.'),('Martyrdom','n.','The condition of a martyr; the death of a martyr; the\n   suffering of death on account of adherence to the Christian faith, or\n   to any cause.'),('Martyrdom','n.','Affliction; torment; torture.'),('Martyrization','n.','Act of martyrizing, or state of being martyrized;\n   torture.'),('Martyrize','v. t.','To make a martyr of.'),('Martyrly','adv.','In the manner of a martyr.'),('Martyrologe','n.','A martyrology.'),('Martyrologic','a.','Alt. of Martyrological'),('Martyrological','a.','Pertaining to martyrology or martyrs; registering,\n   or registered in, a catalogue of martyrs.'),('Martyrologist','n.','A writer of martyrology; an historian of martyrs.'),('-gies','pl. ','of Martyrology'),('Martyrology','n.','A history or account of martyrs; a register of\n   martyrs.'),('Martyrship','n.','Martyrdom.'),('Marvel','n.','That which causes wonder; a prodigy; a miracle.'),('Marvel','n.','Wonder.'),('Marveled','imp. & p. p.','of Marvel'),('Marvelled','','of Marvel'),('Marveling','p. pr. & vb. n.','of Marvel'),('Marvelling','','of Marvel'),('Marvel','v. i.','To be struck with surprise, astonishment, or wonder; to\n   wonder.'),('Marvel','v. t.','To marvel at.'),('Marvel','v. t.','To cause to marvel, or be surprised; -- used\n   impersonally.'),('Marvelous','n.','Exciting wonder or surprise; astonishing; wonderful.'),('Marvelous','n.','Partaking of the character of miracle, or supernatural\n   power; incredible.'),('Marvelously','adv.','In a marvelous manner; wonderfully; strangely.'),('Marvelousness','n.','The quality or state of being marvelous;\n   wonderfulness; strangeness.'),('Marver','n.','A stone, or cast-iron plate, or former, on which hot glass\n   is rolled to give it shape.'),('Mary','n.','Marrow.'),('Mary','interj.','See Marry.'),('Mary-bud','n.','The marigold; a blossom of the marigold.'),('Maryolatry','n.','Mariolatry.'),('Marysole','n.','A large British fluke, or flounder (Rhombus megastoma);\n   -- called also carter, and whiff.'),('Mascagnin','n.','Alt. of Mascagnite'),('Mascagnite','n.','Native sulphate of ammonia, found in volcanic\n   districts; -- so named from Mascagni, who discovered it.'),('Mascle','n.','A lozenge voided.'),('Mascled','a.','Composed of, or covered with, lozenge-shaped scales;\n   having lozenge-shaped divisions.'),('Mascot','n.','Alt. of Mascotte'),('Mascotte','n.','A person who is supposed to bring good luck to the\n   household to which he or she belongs; anything that brings good luck.'),('Masculate','v. t.','To make strong.'),('Masculine','a.','Of the male sex; not female.'),('Masculine','a.','Having the qualities of a man; suitable to, or\n   characteristic of, a man; virile; not feminine or effeminate; strong;\n   robust.'),('Masculine','a.','Belonging to males; appropriated to, or used by, males.'),('Masculine','a.','Having the inflections of, or construed with, words\n   pertaining especially to male beings, as distinguished from feminine\n   and neuter. See Gender.'),('Masculinity','n.','The state or quality of being masculine;\n   masculineness.'),('Mase','n. & v.','See Maze.'),('Maselyn','n.','A drinking cup. See 1st Maslin, 2.'),('Maser','n.','Same as Mazer.'),('Mash','n.','A mesh.'),('Mash','n.','A mass of mixed ingredients reduced to a soft pulpy state by\n   beating or pressure; a mass of anything in a soft pulpy state.\n   Specifically (Brewing), ground or bruised malt, or meal of rye, wheat,\n   corn, or other grain (or a mixture of malt and meal) steeped and\n   stirred in hot water for making the wort.'),('Mash','n.','A mixture of meal or bran and water fed to animals.'),('Mash','n.','A mess; trouble.'),('Mashed','imp. & p. p.','of Mash'),('Mashing','p. pr. & vb. n.','of Mash'),('Mash','v. t.','To convert into a mash; to reduce to a soft pulpy state by\n   beating or pressure; to bruise; to crush; as, to mash apples in a mill,\n   or potatoes with a pestle. Specifically (Brewing), to convert, as malt,\n   or malt and meal, into the mash which makes wort.'),('Masher','n.','One who, or that which, mashes; also (Brewing), a machine\n   for making mash.'),('Masher','n.','A charmer of women.'),('Mashlin','n.','See Maslin.'),('Mashy','a.','Produced by crushing or bruising; resembling, or consisting\n   of, a mash.'),('Mask','n.','A cover, or partial cover, for the face, used for disguise or\n   protection; as, a dancer\'s mask; a fencer\'s mask; a ball player\'s mask.'),('Mask','n.','That which disguises; a pretext or subterfuge.'),('Mask','n.','A festive entertainment of dancing or other diversions, where\n   all wear masks; a masquerade; hence, a revel; a frolic; a delusive\n   show.'),('Mask','n.','A dramatic performance, formerly in vogue, in which the\n   actors wore masks and represented mythical or allegorical characters.'),('Mask','n.','A grotesque head or face, used to adorn keystones and other\n   prominent parts, to spout water in fountains, and the like; -- called\n   also mascaron.'),('Mask','n.','In a permanent fortification, a redoubt which protects the\n   caponiere.'),('Mask','n.','A screen for a battery.'),('Mask','n.','The lower lip of the larva of a dragon fly, modified so as to\n   form a prehensile organ.'),('Masked','imp. & p. p.','of Mask'),('Masking','p. pr. & vb. n.','of Mask'),('Mask','v. t.','To cover, as the face, by way of concealment or defense\n   against injury; to conceal with a mask or visor.'),('Mask','v. t.','To disguise; to cover; to hide.'),('Mask','v. t.','To conceal; also, to intervene in the line of.'),('Mask','v. t.','To cover or keep in check; as, to mask a body of troops or\n   a fortess by a superior force, while some hostile evolution is being\n   carried out.'),('Mask','v. i.','To take part as a masker in a masquerade.'),('Mask','v. i.','To wear a mask; to be disguised in any way.'),('Masked','a.','Wearing a mask or masks; characterized by masks; cincealed;\n   hidden.'),('Masked','a.','Same as Personate.'),('Masked','a.','Having the anterior part of the head differing decidedly in\n   color from the rest of the plumage; -- said of birds.'),('Masker','n.','One who wears a mask; one who appears in disguise at a\n   masquerade.'),('Masker','v. t.','To confuse; to stupefy.'),('Maskery','n.','The dress or disguise of a maske/; masquerade.'),('Maskinonge','n.','The muskellunge.'),('Mask shell','','Any spiral marine shell of the genus Persona, having a\n   curiously twisted aperture.'),('Maslach','n.','An excitant containing opium, much used by the Turks.'),('Maslin','n.','A mixture composed of different materials'),('Maslin','n.','A mixture of metals resembling brass.'),('Maslin','n.','A mixture of different sorts of grain, as wheat and rye.'),('Maslin','n.','A vessel made of maslin, 1 (a).'),('Maslin','a.','Composed of different sorts; as, maslin bread, which is\n   made of rye mixed with a little wheat.'),('Mason','n.','One whose occupation is to build with stone or brick; also,\n   one who prepares stone for building purposes.'),('Mason','n.','A member of the fraternity of Freemasons. See Freemason.'),('Mason','v. t.','To build stonework or brickwork about, under, in, over,\n   etc.; to construct by masons; -- with a prepositional suffix; as, to\n   mason up a well or terrace; to mason in a kettle or boiler.'),('Masonic','a.','Of or pertaining to Freemasons or to their craft or\n   mysteries.'),('Masonry','n.','The art or occupation of a mason.'),('Masonry','n.','The work or performance of a mason; as, good or bad\n   masonry; skillful masonry.'),('Masonry','n.','That which is built by a mason; anything constructed of\n   the materials used by masons, such as stone, brick, tiles, or the like.\n   Dry masonry is applied to structures made without mortar.'),('Masonry','n.','The craft, institution, or mysteries of Freemasons;\n   freemasonry.'),('Masoola boat','','A kind of boat used on the coast of Madras, India. The\n   planks are sewed together with strands of coir which cross over a\n   wadding of the same material, so that the shock on taking the beach\n   through surf is much reduced.'),('Masora','n.','A Jewish critical work on the text of the Hebrew\n   Scriptures, composed by several learned rabbis of the school of\n   Tiberias, in the eighth and ninth centuries.'),('Masoret','n.','A Masorite.'),('Masoretic','a.','Alt. of Masoretical'),('Masoretical','a.','Of or relating to the Masora, or to its authors.'),('Masorite','n.','One of the writers of the Masora.'),('Masque','n.','A mask; a masquerade.'),('Masquerade','n.','An assembly of persons wearing masks, and amusing\n   themselves with dancing, conversation, or other diversions.'),('Masquerade','n.','A dramatic performance by actors in masks; a mask. See\n   1st Mask, 4.'),('Masquerade','n.','Acting or living under false pretenses; concealment of\n   something by a false or unreal show; pretentious show; disguise.'),('Masquerade','n.','A Spanish diversion on horseback.'),('Masqueraded','imp. & p. p.','of Masquerade'),('Masquerading','p. pr. & vb. n.','of Masquerade'),('Masquerade','v. i.','To assemble in masks; to take part in a masquerade.'),('Masquerade','v. i.','To frolic or disport in disquise; to make a\n   pretentious show of being what one is not.'),('Masquerade','v. t.','To conceal with masks; to disguise.'),('Masquerader','n.','One who masquerades; a person wearing a mask; one\n   disguised.'),('Mass','n.','The sacrifice in the sacrament of the Eucharist, or the\n   consecration and oblation of the host.'),('Mass','n.','The portions of the Mass usually set to music, considered as\n   a musical composition; -- namely, the Kyrie, the Gloria, the Credo, the\n   Sanctus, and the Agnus Dei, besides sometimes an Offertory and the\n   Benedictus.'),('Massed','imp. & p. p.','of Mass'),('Massing','p. pr. & vb. n.','of Mass'),('Mass','v. i.','To celebrate Mass.'),('Mass','n.','A quantity of matter cohering together so as to make one\n   body, or an aggregation of particles or things which collectively make\n   one body or quantity, usually of considerable size; as, a mass of ore,\n   metal, sand, or water.'),('Mass','n.','A medicinal substance made into a cohesive, homogeneous lump,\n   of consistency suitable for making pills; as, blue mass.'),('Mass','n.','A large quantity; a sum.'),('Mass','n.','Bulk; magnitude; body; size.'),('Mass','n.','The principal part; the main body.'),('Mass','n.','The quantity of matter which a body contains, irrespective of\n   its bulk or volume.'),('Mass','v. t.','To form or collect into a mass; to form into a collective\n   body; to bring together into masses; to assemble.'),('Massacre','n.','The killing of a considerable number of human beings\n   under circumstances of atrocity or cruelty, or contrary to the usages\n   of civilized people; as, the massacre on St. Bartholomew\'s Day.'),('Massacre','n.','Murder.'),('Massacred','imp. & p. p.','of Massacre'),('Massacring','p. pr. & vb. n.','of Massacre'),('Massacre','n.','To kill in considerable numbers where much resistance can\n   not be made; to kill with indiscriminate violence, without necessity,\n   and contrary to the usages of nations; to butcher; to slaughter; --\n   limited to the killing of human beings.'),('Massacrer','n.','One who massacres.'),('Massage','n.','A rubbing or kneading of the body, especially when\n   performed as a hygienic or remedial measure.'),('Massasauga','n.','The black rattlesnake (Crotalus, / Caudisona,\n   tergemina), found in the Mississippi Valley.'),('Masse','n.','Alt. of Masse shot'),('Masse shot','n.','A stroke made with the cue held vertically.'),('Masser','n.','A priest who celebrates Mass.'),('Masseter','n.','The large muscle which raises the under jaw, and assists\n   in mastication.'),('Masseteric','a.','Of or pertaining to the masseter.'),('Masseterine','a.','Masseteric.'),('Masseur','n. f.','Alt. of Masseuse'),('Masseuse','n. f.','One who performs massage.'),('Massicot','n.','Lead protoxide, PbO, obtained as a yellow amorphous\n   powder, the fused and crystalline form of which is called litharge;\n   lead ocher. It is used as a pigment.'),('Massiness','n.','The state or quality of being massy; ponderousness.'),('Massive','a.','Forming, or consisting of, a large mass; compacted;\n   weighty; heavy; massy.'),('Massive','a.','In mass; not necessarily without a crystalline structure,\n   but having no regular form; as, a mineral occurs massive.'),('Massively','adv.','In a heavy mass.'),('Massiveness','n.','The state or quality of being massive; massiness.'),('Massoola boat','','See Masoola boat.'),('Massora','n.','Same as Masora.'),('Massoret','n.','Same as Masorite.'),('Massy','superl.','Compacted into, or consisting of, a mass; having bulk\n   and weight ot substance; ponderous; bulky and heavy; weight; heavy; as,\n   a massy shield; a massy rock.'),('Mast','n.','The fruit of the oak and beech, or other forest trees; nuts;\n   acorns.'),('Mast','n.','A pole, or long, strong, round piece of timber, or spar, set\n   upright in a boat or vessel, to sustain the sails, yards, rigging, etc.\n   A mast may also consist of several pieces of timber united by iron\n   bands, or of a hollow pillar of iron or steel.'),('Mast','n.','The vertical post of a derrick or crane.'),('Masted','imp. & p. p.','of Mast'),('Masting','p. pr. & vb. n.','of Mast'),('Mast','v. t.','To furnish with a mast or masts; to put the masts of in\n   position; as, to mast a ship.'),('Mastax','n.','The pharynx of a rotifer. It usually contains four horny\n   pieces. The two central ones form the incus, against which the mallei,\n   or lateral ones, work so as to crush the food.'),('Mastax','n.','The lore of a bird.'),('Masted','a.','Furnished with a mast or masts; -- chiefly in composition;\n   as, a three-masted schooner.'),('Master','n.','A vessel having (so many) masts; -- used only in compounds;\n   as, a two-master.'),('Master','n.','A male person having another living being so far subject to\n   his will, that he can, in the main, control his or its actions; --\n   formerly used with much more extensive application than now. (a) The\n   employer of a servant. (b) The owner of a slave. (c) The person to whom\n   an apprentice is articled. (d) A sovereign, prince, or feudal noble; a\n   chief, or one exercising similar authority. (e) The head of a\n   household. (f) The male head of a school or college. (g) A male\n   teacher. (h) The director of a number of persons performing a ceremony\n   or sharing a feast. (i) The owner of a docile brute, -- especially a\n   dog or horse. (j) The controller of a familiar spirit or other\n   supernatural being.'),('Master','n.','One who uses, or controls at will, anything inanimate; as,\n   to be master of one\'s time.'),('Master','n.','One who has attained great skill in the use or application\n   of anything; as, a master of oratorical art.'),('Master','n.','A title given by courtesy, now commonly pronounced mister,\n   except when given to boys; -- sometimes written Mister, but usually\n   abbreviated to Mr.'),('Master','n.','A young gentleman; a lad, or small boy.'),('Master','n.','The commander of a merchant vessel; -- usually called\n   captain. Also, a commissioned officer in the navy ranking next above\n   ensign and below lieutenant; formerly, an officer on a man-of-war who\n   had immediate charge, under the commander, of sailing the vessel.'),('Master','n.','A person holding an office of authority among the\n   Freemasons, esp. the presiding officer; also, a person holding a\n   similar office in other civic societies.'),('Mastered','imp. & p. p.','of Master'),('Mastering','p. pr. vb. n.','of Master'),('Master','v. t.','To become the master of; to subject to one\'s will,\n   control, or authority; to conquer; to overpower; to subdue.'),('Master','v. t.','To gain the command of, so as to understand or apply; to\n   become an adept in; as, to master a science.'),('Master','v. t.','To own; to posses.'),('Master','v. i.','To be skillful; to excel.'),('Masterdom','n.','Dominion; rule; command.'),('Masterful','a.','Inclined to play the master; domineering; imperious;\n   arbitrary.'),('Masterful','a.','Having the skill or power of a master; indicating or\n   expressing power or mastery.'),('Masterfully','adv.','In a masterful manner; imperiously.'),('Masterhood','n.','The state of being a master; hence, disposition to\n   command or hector.'),('Masterless','a.','Destitute of a master or owner; ungoverned or\n   ungovernable.'),('Masterliness','n.','The quality or state of being masterly; ability to\n   control wisely or skillfully.'),('Masterly','a.','Suitable to, or characteristic of, a master; indicating\n   thorough knowledge or superior skill and power; showing a master\'s\n   hand; as, a masterly design; a masterly performance; a masterly policy.'),('Masterly','a.','Imperious; domineering; arbitrary.'),('Masterly','adv.','With the skill of a master.'),('Masterous','a.','Masterly.'),('Masterpiece','n.','Anything done or made with extraordinary skill; a\n   capital performance; a chef-d\'oeuvre; a supreme achievement.'),('Mastership','n.','The state or office of a master.'),('Mastership','n.','Mastery; dominion; superior skill; superiority.'),('Mastership','n.','Chief work; masterpiece.'),('Mastership','n.','An ironical title of respect.'),('Mastersinger','n.','One of a class of poets which flourished in Nuremberg\n   and some other cities of Germany in the 15th and 16th centuries. They\n   bound themselves to observe certain arbitrary laws of rhythm.'),('Masterwort','n.','A tall and coarse European umbelliferous plant\n   (Peucedanum Ostruthium, formerly Imperatoria).'),('Masterwort','n.','The Astrantia major, a European umbelliferous plant\n   with a showy colored involucre.'),('Masterwort','n.','Improperly, the cow parsnip (Heracleum lanatum).'),('Masteries','pl. ','of Mastery'),('Mastery','n.','The position or authority of a master; dominion; command;\n   supremacy; superiority.'),('Mastery','n.','Superiority in war or competition; victory; triumph;\n   preeminence.'),('Mastery','n.','Contest for superiority.'),('Mastery','n.','A masterly operation; a feat.'),('Mastery','n.','Specifically, the philosopher\'s stone.'),('Mastery','n.','The act process of mastering; the state of having\n   mastered.'),('Mastful','a.','Abounding in mast; producing mast in abundance; as, the\n   mastful forest; a mastful chestnut.'),('Masthead','n.','The top or head of a mast; the part of a mast above the\n   hounds.'),('Masthead','v. t.','To cause to go to the masthead as a punishment.'),('Masthouse','n.','A building in which vessels\' masts are shaped, fitted,\n   etc.'),('Mastic','n.','A low shrubby tree of the genus Pistacia (P. Lentiscus),\n   growing upon the islands and coasts of the Mediterranean, and producing\n   a valuable resin; -- called also, mastic tree.'),('Mastic','n.','A resin exuding from the mastic tree, and obtained by\n   incision. The best is in yellowish white, semitransparent tears, of a\n   faint smell, and is used as an astringent and an aromatic, also as an\n   ingredient in varnishes.'),('Mastic','n.','A kind of cement composed of burnt clay, litharge, and\n   linseed oil, used for plastering walls, etc.'),('Masticable','a.','Capable of being masticated.'),('Masticador','n.','A part of a bridle, the slavering bit.'),('Masticated','imp. & p. p.','of Masticate'),('Masticating','p. pr. & vb. n.','of Masticate'),('Masticate','v. t.','To grind or crush with, or as with, the teeth and\n   prepare for swallowing and digestion; to chew; as, to masticate food.'),('Masticater','n.','One who masticates.'),('Mastication','n.','The act or operation of masticating; chewing, as of\n   food.'),('Masticator','n.','One who masticates.'),('Masticator','n.','A machine for cutting meat into fine pieces for\n   toothless people; also, a machine for cutting leather, India rubber, or\n   similar tough substances, into fine pieces, in some processes of\n   manufacture.'),('Masticatory','a.','Chewing; adapted to perform the office o/ chewing\n   food.'),('-ries','pl. ','of Masticatory'),('Masticatory','n.','A substance to be chewed to increase the saliva.'),('Mastich','n.','See Mastic.'),('Masticin','n.','A white, amorphous, tenacious substance resembling\n   caoutchouc, and obtained as an insoluble residue of mastic.'),('Masticot','n.','Massicot.'),('Mastiffs','pl. ','of Mastiff'),('Mastives','pl. ','of Mastiff'),('Mastiff','n.','A breed of large dogs noted for strength and courage.\n   There are various strains, differing in form and color, and\n   characteristic of different countries.'),('Mastigopod','n.','One of the Mastigopoda.'),('Mastigopoda','n. pl.','The Infusoria.'),('Mastigure','n.','Any one of several large spiny-tailed lizards of the\n   genus Uromastix. They inhabit Southern Asia and North Africa.'),('Masting','n.','The act or process of putting a mast or masts into a\n   vessel; also, the scientific principles which determine the position of\n   masts, and the mechanical methods of placing them.'),('Mastitis','n.','Inflammation of the breast.'),('Mastless','a.','Bearing no mast; as, a mastless oak or beech.'),('Mastless','a.','Having no mast; as, a mastless vessel.'),('Mastlin','n.','See Maslin.'),('Mastodon','n.','An extinct genus of mammals closely allied to the\n   elephant, but having less complex molar teeth, and often a pair of\n   lower, as well as upper, tusks, which are incisor teeth. The species\n   were mostly larger than elephants, and their romains occur in nearly\n   all parts of the world in deposits ranging from Miocene to late\n   Quaternary time.'),('Mastodonsaurus','n.','A large extinct genus of labyrinthodonts, found in\n   the European Triassic rocks.'),('Mastodontic','a.','Pertaining to, or resembling, a mastodon; as,\n   mastodontic dimensions.'),('Mastodynia','n.','Alt. of Mastodyny'),('Mastodyny','n.','Pain occuring in the mamma or female breast, -- a form\n   of neuralgia.'),('Mastoid','a.','Resembling the nipple or the breast; -- applied\n   specifically to a process of the temporal bone behind the ear.'),('Mastoid','a.','Pertaining to, or in the region of, the mastoid process;\n   mastoidal.'),('Mastoidal','a.','Same as Mastoid.'),('Mastology','n.','The natural history of Mammalia.'),('Mastress','n.','Mistress.'),('Masturbation','n.','Onanism; self-pollution.'),('Masty','a.','Full of mast; abounding in acorns, etc.'),('Masula boat','','Same as Masoola boat.'),('Mat','n.','A name given by coppersmiths to an alloy of copper, tin, iron,\n   etc., usually called white metal.'),('Mat','a.','Cast down; dejected; overthrown; slain.'),('Mat','n.','A fabric of sedge, rushes, flags, husks, straw, hemp, or\n   similar material, used for wiping and cleaning shoes at the door, for\n   covering the floor of a hall or room, and for other purposes.'),('Mat','n.','Any similar fabric for various uses, as for covering plant\n   houses, putting beneath dishes or lamps on a table, securing rigging\n   from friction, and the like.'),('Mat','n.','Anything growing thickly, or closely interwoven, so as to\n   resemble a mat in form or texture; as, a mat of weeds; a mat of hair.'),('Mat','n.','An ornamental border made of paper, pasterboard, metal, etc.,\n   put under the glass which covers a framed picture; as, the mat of a\n   daguerreotype.'),('Matted','imp. & p. p.','of Mat'),('Matting','p. pr. & vb. n.','of Mat'),('Mat','v. t.','To cover or lay with mats.'),('Mat','v. t.','To twist, twine, or felt together; to interweave into, or\n   like, a mat; to entangle.'),('Mat','v. i.','To grow thick together; to become interwoven or felted\n   together like a mat.'),('Matachin','n.','An old dance with swords and bucklers; a sword dance.'),('Mataco','n.','The three-banded armadillo (Tolypeutis tricinctus). See\n   Illust. under Loricata.'),('Matadore','n.','Alt. of Matador'),('Matador','n.','The killer; the man appointed to kill the bull in\n   bullfights.'),('Matador','n.','In the game of quadrille or omber, the three principal\n   trumps, the ace of spades being the first, the ace of clubs the third,\n   and the second being the deuce of a black trump or the seven of a red\n   one.'),('Matagasse','n.','A shrike or butcher bird; -- called also mattages.'),('Matamata','n.','The bearded tortoise (Chelys fimbriata) of South American\n   rivers.'),('Matanza','n.','A place where animals are slaughtered for their hides and\n   tallow.'),('Match','n.','Anything used for catching and retaining or communicating\n   fire, made of some substance which takes fire readily, or remains\n   burning some time; esp., a small strip or splint of wood dipped at one\n   end in a substance which can be easily ignited by friction, as a\n   preparation of phosphorus or chlorate of potassium.'),('Match','v.','A person or thing equal or similar to another; one able to\n   mate or cope with another; an equal; a mate.'),('Match','v.','A bringing together of two parties suited to one another, as\n   for a union, a trial of skill or force, a contest, or the like'),('Match','v.','A contest to try strength or skill, or to determine\n   superiority; an emulous struggle.'),('Match','v.','A matrimonial union; a marriage.'),('Match','v.','An agreement, compact, etc.'),('Match','v.','A candidate for matrimony; one to be gained in marriage.'),('Match','v.','Equality of conditions in contest or competition.'),('Match','v.','Suitable combination or bringing together; that which\n   corresponds or harmonizes with something else; as, the carpet and\n   curtains are a match.'),('Match','v.','A perforated board, block of plaster, hardened sand, etc.,\n   in which a pattern is partly imbedded when a mold is made, for giving\n   shape to the surfaces of separation between the parts of the mold.'),('Matched','imp. & p. p.','of Match'),('Matching','p. pr. & vb. n.','of Match'),('Match','v. t.','To be a mate or match for; to be able to complete with;\n   to rival successfully; to equal.'),('Match','v. t.','To furnish with its match; to bring a match, or equal,\n   against; to show an equal competitor to; to set something in\n   competition with, or in opposition to, as equal.'),('Match','v. t.','To oppose as equal; to contend successfully against.'),('Match','v. t.','To make or procure the equal of, or that which is exactly\n   similar to, or corresponds with; as, to match a vase or a horse; to\n   match cloth.'),('Match','v. t.','To make equal, proportionate, or suitable; to adapt, fit,\n   or suit (one thing to another).'),('Match','v. t.','To marry; to give in marriage.'),('Match','v. t.','To fit together, or make suitable for fitting together;\n   specifically, to furnish with a tongue and a groove, at the edges; as,\n   to match boards.'),('Match','v. i.','To be united in marriage; to mate.'),('Match','v. i.','To be of equal, or similar, size, figure, color, or\n   quality; to tally; to suit; to correspond; as, these vases match.'),('Matchable','a.','Capable of being matched; comparable on equal\n   conditions; adapted to being joined together; correspondent.'),('Match-cloth','n.','A coarse cloth.'),('Match-coat','n.','A coat made of match-cloth.'),('Matcher','n.','One who, or that which, matches; a matching machine. See\n   under 3d Match.'),('Matchless','a.','Having no equal; unequaled.'),('Matchless','a.','Unlike each other; unequal; unsuited.'),('Matchlock','n.','An old form of gunlock containing a match for firing the\n   priming; hence, a musket fired by means of a match.'),('Matchmaker','n.','One who makes matches for burning or kinding.'),('Matchmaker','n.','One who tries to bring about marriages.'),('Matchmaking','n.','The act or process of making matches for kindling or\n   burning.'),('Matchmaking','n.','The act or process of trying to bring about a marriage\n   for others.'),('Matchmaking','a.','Busy in making or contriving marriages; as, a\n   matchmaking woman.'),('Mate','n.','The Paraguay tea, being the dried leaf of the Brazilian holly\n   (Ilex Paraguensis). The infusion has a pleasant odor, with an agreeable\n   bitter taste, and is much used for tea in South America.'),('Mate','n.','Same as Checkmate.'),('Mate','a.','See 2d Mat.'),('Mate','v. t.','To confuse; to confound.'),('Mate','v. t.','To checkmate.'),('Mate','n.','One who customarily associates with another; a companion; an\n   associate; any object which is associated or combined with a similar\n   object.'),('Mate','n.','Hence, specifically, a husband or wife; and among the lower\n   animals, one of a pair associated for propagation and the care of their\n   young.'),('Mate','n.','A suitable companion; a match; an equal.'),('Mate','n.','An officer in a merchant vessel ranking next below the\n   captain. If there are more than one bearing the title, they are called,\n   respectively, first mate, second mate, third mate, etc. In the navy, a\n   subordinate officer or assistant; as, master\'s mate; surgeon\'s mate.'),('Mated','imp. & p. p.','of Mate'),('Mating','p. pr. & vb. n.','of Mate'),('Mate','v. t.','To match; to marry.'),('Mate','v. t.','To match one\'s self against; to oppose as equal; to\n   compete with.'),('Mate','v. i.','To be or become a mate or mates, especially in sexual\n   companionship; as, some birds mate for life; this bird will not mate\n   with that one.'),('Mateless','a.','Having no mate.'),('Matelote','n.','A dish of food composed of many kinds of fish.'),('Mateology','n.','A vain, unprofitable discourse or inquiry.'),('Mateotechny','n.','Any unprofitable science.'),('Mater','n.','See Alma mater, Dura mater, and Pia mater.'),('Material','a.','Consisting of matter; not spiritual; corporeal; physical;\n   as, material substance or bodies.'),('Material','a.','Hence: Pertaining to, or affecting, the physical nature\n   of man, as distinguished from the mental or moral nature; relating to\n   the bodily wants, interests, and comforts.'),('Material','a.','Of solid or weighty character; not insubstantial; of\n   cinsequence; not be dispensed with; important.'),('Material','a.','Pertaining to the matter, as opposed to the form, of a\n   thing. See Matter.'),('Material','n.','The substance or matter of which anything is made or may\n   be made.'),('Material','v. t.','To form from matter; to materialize.'),('Materialism','n.','The doctrine of materialists; materialistic views and\n   tenets.'),('Materialism','n.','The tendency to give undue importance to material\n   interests; devotion to the material nature and its wants.'),('Materialism','n.','Material substances in the aggregate; matter.'),('Materialist','n.','One who denies the existence of spiritual substances\n   or agents, and maintains that spiritual phenomena, so called, are the\n   result of some peculiar organization of matter.'),('Materialist','n.','One who holds to the existence of matter, as\n   distinguished from the idealist, who denies it.'),('Materialistic','a.','Alt. of Materialistical'),('Materialistical','a.','Of or pertaining to materialism or materialists;\n   of the nature of materialism.'),('Materiality','n.','The quality or state of being material; material\n   existence; corporeity.'),('Materiality','n.','Importance; as, the materiality of facts.'),('Materialization','n.','The act of materializing, or the state of being\n   materialized.'),('Materialized','imp. & p. p.','of Materialize'),('Materializing','p. pr. & vb. n.','of Materialize'),('Materialize','v. t.','To invest with material characteristics; to make\n   perceptible to the senses; hence, to present to the mind through the\n   medium of material objects.'),('Materialize','v. t.','To regard as matter; to consider or explain by the\n   laws or principles which are appropriate to matter.'),('Materialize','v. t.','To cause to assume a character appropriate to\n   material things; to occupy with material interests; as, to materialize\n   thought.'),('Materialize','v. t.','To make visable in, or as in, a material form; --\n   said of spirits.'),('Materialize','v. i.','To appear as a material form; to take substantial\n   shape.'),('Materially','adv.','In the state of matter.'),('Materially','adv.','In its essence; substantially.'),('Materially','adv.','In an important manner or degree; essentaily; as, it\n   materially concern us to know the real motives of our actions.'),('Materialness','n.','The state of being material.'),('Materia medica','','Material or substance used in the composition of\n   remedies; -- a general term for all substances used as curative agents\n   in medicine.'),('Materia medica','','That branch of medical science which treats of the\n   nature and properties of all the substances that are employed for the\n   cure of diseases.'),('Materiarian','n.','See Materialist.'),('Materiate','a.','Alt. of Materiated'),('Materiated','a.','Consisting of matter.'),('Materiation','n.','Act of forming matter.'),('Materiel','n.','That in a complex system which constitutes the materials,\n   or instruments employed, in distinction from the personnel, or men; as,\n   the baggage, munitions, provisions, etc., of an army; or the buildings,\n   libraries, and apparatus of a college, in distinction from its\n   officers.'),('Materious','a.','See Material.'),('Maternal','a.','Of or pertaining to a mother; becoming to a mother;\n   motherly; as, maternal love; maternal tenderness.'),('Maternally','adv.','In a motherly manner.'),('Maternity','n.','The state of being a mother; the character or relation\n   of a mother.'),('Matfelon','n.','The knapweed (Centaurea nigra).'),('Math','n.','A mowing, or that which is gathered by mowing; -- chiefly\n   used in composition; as, an aftermath.'),('Mathematic','a.','See Mathematical.'),('Mathematical','a.','Of or pertaining to mathematics; according to\n   mathematics; hence, theoretically precise; accurate; as, mathematical\n   geography; mathematical instruments; mathematical exactness.'),('Mathematician','n.','One versed in mathematics.'),('Mathematics','n.','That science, or class of sciences, which treats of\n   the exact relations existing between quantities or magnitudes, and of\n   the methods by which, in accordance with these relations, quantities\n   sought are deducible from other quantities known or supposed; the\n   science of spatial and quantitative relations.'),('Mather','n.','See Madder.'),('Mathes','n.','The mayweed. Cf. Maghet.'),('Mathesis','n.','Learning; especially, mathematics.'),('Mathurin','n.','See Trinitarian.'),('Matico','n.','A Peruvian plant (Piper, / Artanthe, elongatum), allied to\n   the pepper, the leaves of which are used as a styptic and astringent.'),('Matie','n.','A fat herring with undeveloped roe.'),('M/tin','n.','A French mastiff.'),('Matin','n.','Morning.'),('Matin','n.','Morning worship or service; morning prayers or songs.'),('Matin','n.','Time of morning service; the first canonical hour in the\n   Roman Catholic Church.'),('Matin','a.','Of or pertaining to the morning, or to matins; used in the\n   morning; matutinal.'),('Matinal','a.','Relating to the morning, or to matins; matutinal.'),('Matinee','n.','A reception, or a musical or dramatic entertainment, held\n   in the daytime. See SoirEe.'),('Matrass','n.','A round-bottomed glass flask having a long neck; a\n   bolthead.'),('Matress','n.','See Matress.'),('Matriarch','n.','The mother and ruler of a family or of her descendants;\n   a ruler by maternal right.'),('Matriarchal','a.','Of or pertaining to a matriarch; governed by a\n   matriarch.'),('Matriarchate','n.','The office or jurisdiction of a matriarch; a\n   matriarchal form of government.'),('Matrice','n.','See Matrix.'),('Matricidal','a.','Of or pertaining to matricide.'),('Matricide','n.','The murder of a mother by her son or daughter.'),('Matricide','n.','One who murders one\'s own mother.'),('Matriculated','imp. & p. p.','of Matriculate'),('Matriculating','p. pr. & vb. n.','of Matriculate'),('Matriculate','v. t.','To enroll; to enter in a register; specifically, to\n   enter or admit to membership in a body or society, particularly in a\n   college or university, by enrolling the name in a register.'),('Matriculate','v. i.','To go though the process of admission to\n   membership, as by examination and enrollment, in a society or college.'),('Matriculate','a.','Matriculated.'),('Matriculate','n.','One who is matriculated.'),('Matriculation','n.','The act or process of matriculating; the state of\n   being matriculated.'),('Matrimoine','n.','Matrimony.'),('Matrimonial','a.','Of or pertaining to marriage; derived from marriage;\n   connubial; nuptial; hymeneal; as, matrimonial rights or duties.'),('Matrimonially','adv.','In a matrimonial manner.'),('Matrimonious','a.','Matrimonial.'),('Matrimony','n.','The union of man and woman as husband and wife; the\n   nuptial state; marriage; wedlock.'),('Matrimony','n.','A kind of game at cards played by several persons.'),('Matrices','pl. ','of Matrix'),('Matrix','n.','The womb.'),('Matrix','n.','Hence, that which gives form or origin to anything'),('Matrix','n.','The cavity in which anything is formed, and which gives it\n   shape; a die; a mold, as for the face of a type.'),('Matrix','n.','The earthy or stony substance in which metallic ores or\n   crystallized minerals are found; the gangue.'),('Matrix','n.','The five simple colors, black, white, blue, red, and\n   yellow, of which all the rest are composed.'),('Matrix','n.','The lifeless portion of tissue, either animal or vegetable,\n   situated between the cells; the intercellular substance.'),('Matrix','n.','A rectangular arrangement of symbols in rows and columns.\n   The symbols may express quantities or operations.'),('Matron','n.','A wife or a widow, especially, one who has borne children;\n   a woman of staid or motherly manners.'),('Matron','n.','A housekeeper; esp., a woman who manages the domestic\n   economy of a public instution; a head nurse in a hospital; as, the\n   matron of a school or hospital.'),('Matronage','n.','The state of a matron.'),('Matronage','n.','The collective body of matrons.'),('Matronal','a.','Of or pertaining to a matron; suitable to an elderly lady\n   or to a married woman; grave; motherly.'),('Matronhood','n.','The state of being a matron.'),('Matronized','imp. & p. p.','of Matronize'),('Matronizing','p. pr. & vb. n.','of Matronize'),('Matronize','v. t.','To make a matron of; to make matronlike.'),('Matronize','v. t.','To act the part of a marton toward; to superintend;\n   to chaperone; as, to matronize an assembly.'),('Matronlike','a.','Like a matron; sedate; grave; matronly.'),('Matronly','a.','Advanced in years; elderly.'),('Matronly','a.','Like, or befitting, a matron; grave; sedate.'),('Matronymic','n.','See Metronymic.'),('Matross','n.','Formerly, in the British service, a gunner or a gunner\'s\n   mate; one of the soldiers in a train of artillery, who assisted the\n   gunners in loading, firing, and sponging the guns.'),('Matt','n.','See Matte.'),('Mattages','n.','A shrike or butcher bird; -- written also matagasse.'),('Mattamore','n.','A subterranean repository for wheat.'),('Matte','n.','A partly reduced copper sulphide, obtained by alternately\n   roasting and melting copper ore in separating the metal from associated\n   iron ores, and called coarse metal, fine metal, etc., according to the\n   grade of fineness. On the exterior it is dark brown or black, but on a\n   fresh surface is yellow or bronzy in color.'),('Matte','n.','A dead or dull finish, as in gilding where the gold leaf is\n   not burnished, or in painting where the surface is purposely deprived\n   of gloss.'),('Matted','a.','Having a dull surface; unburnished; as, matted gold leaf or\n   gilding.'),('Matted','a.','Covered with a mat or mats; as, a matted floor.'),('Matted','a.','Tangled closely together; having its parts adhering closely\n   together; as, matted hair.'),('Matter','n.','That of which anything is composed; constituent substance;\n   material; the material or substantial part of anything; the constituent\n   elements of conception; that into which a notion may be analyzed; the\n   essence; the pith; the embodiment.'),('Matter','n.','That of which the sensible universe and all existent bodies\n   are composed; anything which has extension, occupies space, or is\n   perceptible by the senses; body; substance.'),('Matter','n.','That with regard to, or about which, anything takes place\n   or is done; the thing aimed at, treated of, or treated; subject of\n   action, discussion, consideration, feeling, complaint, legal action, or\n   the like; theme.'),('Matter','n.','That which one has to treat, or with which one has to do;\n   concern; affair; business.'),('Matter','n.','Affair worthy of account; thing of consequence; importance;\n   significance; moment; -- chiefly in the phrases what matter ? no\n   matter, and the like.'),('Matter','n.','Inducing cause or occasion, especially of anything\n   disagreeable or distressing; difficulty; trouble.'),('Matter','n.','Amount; quantity; portion; space; -- often indefinite.'),('Matter','n.','Substance excreted from living animal bodies; that which is\n   thrown out or discharged in a tumor, boil, or abscess; pus; purulent\n   substance.'),('Matter','n.','That which is permanent, or is supposed to be given, and in\n   or upon which changes are effected by psychological or physical\n   processes and relations; -- opposed to form.'),('Matter','n.','Written manuscript, or anything to be set in type; copy;\n   also, type set up and ready to be used, or which has been used, in\n   printing.'),('Mattered','imp. & p. p.','of Matter'),('Mattering','p. pr. & vb. n.','of Matter'),('Matter','v. i.','To be of importance; to import; to signify.'),('Matter','v. i.','To form pus or matter, as an abscess; to maturate.'),('Matter','v. t.','To regard as important; to take account of; to care for.'),('Matterless','a.','Not being, or having, matter; as, matterless spirits.'),('Matterless','a.','Unimportant; immaterial.'),('Matter-of-fact','a.','Adhering to facts; not turning aside from absolute\n   realities; not fanciful or imaginative; commonplace; dry.'),('Mattery','a.','Generating or containing pus; purulent.'),('Mattery','a.','Full of substance or matter; important.'),('Matting','v. t. & i.','The act of interweaving or tangling together so as\n   to make a mat; the process of becoming matted.'),('Matting','v. t. & i.','Mats, in general, or collectively; mat work; a\n   matlike fabric, for use in covering floors, packing articles, and the\n   like; a kind of carpeting made of straw, etc.'),('Matting','v. t. & i.','Materials for mats.'),('Matting','v. t. & i.','An ornamental border. See 3d Mat, 4.'),('Matting','n.','A dull, lusterless surface in certain of the arts, as\n   gilding, metal work, glassmaking, etc.'),('Mattock','n.','An implement for digging and grubbing. The head has two\n   long steel blades, one like an adz and the other like a narrow ax or\n   the point of a pickax.'),('Mattowacca','n.','An American clupeoid fish (Clupea mediocris), similar\n   to the shad in habits and appearance, but smaller and less esteemed for\n   food; -- called also hickory shad, tailor shad, fall herring, and shad\n   herring.'),('Mattress','n.','A quilted bed; a bed stuffed with hair, moss, or other\n   suitable material, and quilted or otherwise fastened.'),('Mattress','n.','A mass of interwoven brush, poles, etc., to protect a\n   bank from being worn away by currents or waves.'),('Maturant','n.','A medicine, or application, which promotes suppuration.'),('Maturated','imp. & p. p.','of Maturate'),('Maturating','p. pr. & vb. n.','of Maturate'),('Maturate','a.','To bring to ripeness or maturity; to ripen.'),('Maturate','a.','To promote the perfect suppuration of (an abscess).'),('Maturate','v. i.','To ripen; to become mature; specif/cally, to\n   suppurate.'),('Maturation','n.','The process of bringing, or of coming, to maturity;\n   hence, specifically, the process of suppurating perfectly; the\n   formation of pus or matter.'),('Maturative','a.','Conducing to ripeness or maturity; hence, conducing to\n   suppuration.'),('Maturative','n.','A remedy promoting maturation; a maturant.'),('Mature','superl.','Brought by natural process to completeness of growth\n   and development; fitted by growth and development for any function,\n   action, or state, appropriate to its kind; full-grown; ripe.'),('Mature','superl.','Completely worked out; fully digested or prepared;\n   ready for action; made ready for destined application or use;\n   perfected; as, a mature plan.'),('Mature','superl.','Of or pertaining to a condition of full development;\n   as, a man of mature years.'),('Mature','superl.','Come to, or in a state of, completed suppuration.'),('Matured','imp. & p. p.','of Mature'),('Maturing','p. pr. & vb. n.','of Mature'),('Mature','v. t.','To bring or hasten to maturity; to promote ripeness in;\n   to ripen; to complete; as, to mature one\'s plans.'),('Mature','v. i.','To advance toward maturity; to become ripe; as, wine\n   matures by age; the judgment matures by age and experience.'),('Mature','v. i.','Hence, to become due, as a note.'),('Maturely','adv.','In a mature manner; with ripeness; completely.'),('Maturely','adv.','With caution; deliberately.'),('Maturely','adv.','Early; soon.'),('Matureness','n.','The state or quality of being mature; maturity.'),('Maturer','n.','One who brings to maturity.'),('Maturescent','a.','Approaching maturity.'),('Maturing','a.','Approaching maturity; as, maturing fruits; maturing notes\n   of hand.'),('Maturity','n.','The state or quality of being mature; ripeness; full\n   development; as, the maturity of corn or of grass; maturity of\n   judgment; the maturity of a plan.'),('Maturity','n.','Arrival of the time fixed for payment; a becoming due;\n   termination of the period a note, etc., has to run.'),('Matutinal','a.','Of or pertaining to the morning; early.'),('Matutinary','a.','Matutinal.'),('Matutine','a.','Matutinal.'),('Matweed','n.','A name of several maritime grasses, as the sea sand-reed\n   (Ammophila arundinacea) which is used in Holland to bind the sand of\n   the seacoast dikes (see Beach grass, under Beach); also, the Lygeum\n   Spartum, a Mediterranean grass of similar habit.'),('Maty','n.','A native house servant in India.'),('Matzoth','n.','A cake of unleavened bread eaten by the Jews at the feast\n   of the Passover.'),('Maucaco','n.','A lemur; -- applied to several species, as the\n   White-fronted, the ruffed, and the ring-tailed lemurs.'),('Maud','n.','A gray plaid; -- used by shepherds in Scotland.'),('Maudle','v. t.','To throw onto confusion or disorder; to render maudlin.'),('Maudlin','a.','Tearful; easily moved to tears; exciting to tears;\n   excessively sentimental; weak and silly.'),('Maudlin','a.','Drunk, or somewhat drunk; fuddled; given to drunkenness.'),('Maudlin','n.','Alt. of Maudeline'),('Maudeline','n.','An aromatic composite herb, the costmary; also, the\n   South European Achillea Ageratum, a kind of yarrow.'),('Muadlinism','n.','A maudlin state.'),('Maudlinwort','n.','The oxeye daisy.'),('Mauger','prep.','Alt. of Maugre'),('Maugre','prep.','In spite of; in opposition to; notwithstanding.'),('Maugre','v. t.','To defy.'),('Maukin','n.','See Malkin.'),('Maukin','n.','A hare.'),('Maul','n.','A heavy wooden hammer or beetle.'),('Mauled','imp. & p. p.','of Maul'),('Mauling','p. pr. & vb. n.','of Maul'),('Maul','v. t.','To beat and bruise with a heavy stick or cudgel; to wound\n   in a coarse manner.'),('Maul','v. t.','To injure greatly; to do much harm to.'),('Maule','n.','The common mallow.'),('Mauling','n.','A severe beating with a stick, cudgel, or the fist.'),('Maul-stick','n.','A stick used by painters as a rest for the hand while\n   working.'),('Maumet','n.','See Mawmet.'),('Maunch','v. t.','To munch.'),('Maunch','n.','See Manche.'),('Maund','n.','A hand basket.'),('Maund','n.','An East Indian weight, varying in different localities from\n   25 to about 82 pounds avoirdupois.'),('Maund','v. i.','Alt. of Maunder'),('Maunder','v. i.','To beg.'),('Maunder','v. i.','To mutter; to mumble; to grumble; to speak indistinctly\n   or disconnectedly; to talk incoherently.'),('Maunder','v. t.','To utter in a grumbling manner; to mutter.'),('Maunder','n.','A beggar.'),('Maunderer','n.','One who maunders.'),('Maundril','n.','A pick with two prongs, to pry with.'),('Maundy Thursday','','The Thursday in Passion week, or next before Good\n   Friday.'),('Maungy','a.','Mangy.'),('Mauresque','a. & n.','See Moresque.'),('Maurist','n.','A member of the Congregation of Saint Maur, an offshoot of\n   the Benedictines, originating in France in the early part of the\n   seventeenth century. The Maurists have been distinguished for their\n   interest in literature.'),('Mausolean','a.','Pertaining to a mausoleum; monumental.'),('Mausoleums','pl. ','of Mausoleum'),('-lea','pl. ','of Mausoleum'),('Mausoleum','n.','A magnificent tomb, or stately sepulchral monument.'),('Mauther','n.','A girl; esp., a great, awkward girl; a wench.'),('Mauvaniline','n.','See Mauve aniline, under Mauve.'),('Mauve','n.','A color of a delicate purple, violet, or lilac.'),('Mauveine','n.','An artificial organic base, obtained by oxidizing a\n   mixture of aniline and toluidine, and valuable for the dyestuffs it\n   forms.'),('Mauvine','a.','Mauve-colored.'),('Maverick','n.','In the southwestern part of the united States, a bullock\n   or heifer that has not been branded, and is unclaimed or wild; -- said\n   to be from Maverick, the name of a cattle owner in Texas who neglected\n   to brand his cattle.'),('Mavis','n.','The European throstle or song thrush (Turdus musicus).'),('Maw','n.','A gull.'),('Maw','n.','A stomach; the receptacle into which food is taken by\n   swallowing; in birds, the craw; -- now used only of the lower animals,\n   exept humorously or in contempt.'),('Maw','n.','Appetite; inclination.'),('Maw','n.','An old game at cards.'),('Mawk','n.','A maggot.'),('Mawk','n.','A slattern; a mawks.'),('Mawkin','n.','See Malkin, and Maukin.'),('Mawkingly','adv.','Slatternly.'),('Mawkish','a.','Apt to cause satiety or loathing; nauseous; disgusting.'),('Mawkish','a.','Easily disgusted; squeamish; sentimentally fastidious.'),('Mawkishly','adv.','In a mawkish way.'),('Mawkishness','n.','The quality or state of being mawkish.'),('Mawks','n.','A slattern; a mawk.'),('Mawky','a.','Maggoty.'),('Mawmet','n.','A puppet; a doll; originally, an idol, because in the\n   Middle Ages it was generally believed that the Mohammedans worshiped\n   images representing Mohammed.'),('Mawmetry','n.','The religion of Mohammed; also, idolatry. See Mawmet.'),('Mawmish','a.','Nauseous.'),('Mawseed','n.','The seed of the opium poppy.'),('Mawworm','n.','Any intestinal worm found in the stomach, esp. the common\n   round worm (Ascaris lumbricoides), and allied species.'),('Mawworm','n.','One of the larvae of botflies of horses; a bot.'),('Maxillae','pl. ','of Maxilla'),('Maxilla','n.','The bone of either the upper or the under jaw.'),('Maxilla','n.','The bone, or principal bone, of the upper jaw, the bone of\n   the lower jaw being the mandible.'),('Maxilla','n.','One of the lower or outer jaws of arthropods.'),('Maxillar','a.','Alt. of Maxillary'),('Maxillary','a.','Pertaining to either the upper or the lower jaw, but now\n   usually applied to the upper jaw only.'),('Maxillary','n.','The principal maxillary bone; the maxilla.'),('Maxillary','n.','Of or pertaining to a maxilla.'),('Maxilliform','a.','Having the form, or structure, of a maxilla.'),('Maxilliped','n.','One of the mouth appendages of Crustacea, situated next\n   behind the maxillae. Crabs have three pairs, but many of the lower\n   Crustacea have but one pair of them. Called also jawfoot, and foot jaw.'),('Maxillo-mandibular','a.','Pertaining to the maxilla and mandible; as, the\n   maxillo-mandibular nerve.'),('Maxillo-palatine','a.','Pertaining to the maxillary and palatine regions\n   of the skull; as, the maxillo-palatine process of the maxilla. Also\n   used as n.'),('Maxilloturbinal','a.','Pertaining to the maxillary and turbinal regions\n   of the skull.'),('Maxilloturbinal','n.','The maxillo-turbinal, or inferior turbinate, bone.'),('Maxim','n.','An established principle or proposition; a condensed\n   proposition of important practical truth; an axiom of practical wisdom;\n   an adage; a proverb; an aphorism.'),('Maxim','n.','The longest note formerly used, equal to two longs, or four\n   breves; a large.'),('Maximilian','n.','A gold coin of Bavaria, of the value of about 13s. 6d.\n   sterling, or about three dollars and a quarter.'),('Maximization','n.','The act or process of increasing to the highest\n   degree.'),('Maximize','v. t.','To increase to the highest degree.'),('Maxima','pl. ','of Maximum'),('Maximum','n.','The greatest quantity or value attainable in a given case;\n   or, the greatest value attained by a quantity which first increases and\n   then begins to decrease; the highest point or degree; -- opposed to\n   minimum.'),('Maximum','a.','Greatest in quantity or highest in degree attainable or\n   attained; as, a maximum consumption of fuel; maximum pressure; maximum\n   heat.'),('Might','imp.','of May'),('May','v.','An auxiliary verb qualifyng the meaning of another verb, by\n   expressing: (a) Ability, competency, or possibility; -- now oftener\n   expressed by can.'),('May','n.','A maiden.'),('May','n.','The fifth month of the year, containing thirty-one days.'),('May','n.','The early part or springtime of life.'),('May','n.','The flowers of the hawthorn; -- so called from their time of\n   blossoming; also, the hawthorn.'),('May','n.','The merrymaking of May Day.'),('Maya','n.','The name for the doctrine of the unreality of matter, called,\n   in English, idealism; hence, nothingness; vanity; illusion.'),('Maybe','adv.','Perhaps; possibly; peradventure.'),('Maybe','a.','Possible; probable, but not sure.'),('Maybe','n.','Possibility; uncertainty.'),('Maybird','n.','The whimbrel; -- called also May fowl, May curlew, and May\n   whaap.'),('Maybird','n.','The knot.'),('Maybird','n.','The bobolink.'),('Maybloom','n.','The hawthorn.'),('Maybush','n.','The hawthorn.'),('Mayduke','n.','A large dark-red cherry of excellent quality.'),('Mayfish','n.','A common American minnow (Fundulus majalis). See Minnow.'),('Mayflower','n.','In England, the hawthorn; in New England, the trailing\n   arbutus (see Arbutus); also, the blossom of these plants.'),('Mayhap','adv.','Perhaps; peradventure.'),('Mayhem','n.','The maiming of a person by depriving him of the use of any\n   of his members which are necessary for defense or protection. See Maim.'),('Maying','n.','The celebrating of May Day.'),('Mayonnaise','n.','A sauce compounded of raw yolks of eggs beaten up with\n   olive oil to the consistency of a sirup, and seasoned with vinegar,\n   pepper, salt, etc.; -- used in dressing salads, fish, etc. Also, a dish\n   dressed with this sauce.'),('Mayor','n.','The chief magistrate of a city or borough; the chief officer\n   of a municipal corporation. In some American cities there is a city\n   court of which the major is chief judge.'),('Mayoral','n.','The conductir of a mule team; also, a head shepherd.'),('Mayoralty','n.','The office, or the term of office, of a mayor.'),('Mayoress','n.','The wife of a mayor.'),('Mayorship','n.','The office of a mayor.'),('Maypole','n.','A tall pole erected in an open place and wreathed with\n   flowers, about which the rustic May-day sports were had.'),('Maypop','n.','The edible fruit of a passion flower, especially that of\n   the North American Passiflora incarnata, an oval yellowish berry as\n   large as a small apple.'),('Mayweed','n.','A composite plant (Anthemis Cotula), having a strong odor;\n   dog\'s fennel. It is a native of Europe, now common by the roadsides in\n   the United States.'),('Mayweed','n.','The feverfew.'),('Mazama','n.','Alt. of Mazame'),('Mazame','n.','A goatlike antelope (Haplocerus montanus) which inhabits\n   the Rocky Mountains, frequenting the highest parts; -- called also\n   mountain goat.'),('Mazard','n.','A kind of small black cherry.'),('Mazard','n.','The jaw; the head or skull.'),('Mazard','v. t.','To knock on the head.'),('Mazarine','a.','Of or pertaining to Cardinal Mazarin, prime minister of\n   France, 1643-1661.'),('Mazarine','n.','Mazarine blue.'),('Mazdean','a.','Of or pertaining to Ahura-Mazda, or Ormuzd, the beneficent\n   deity in the Zoroastrian dualistic system; hence, Zoroastrian.'),('Mazdeism','n.','The Zoroastrian religion.'),('Maze','n.','A wild fancy; a confused notion.'),('Maze','n.','Confusion of thought; perplexity; uncertainty; state of\n   bewilderment.'),('Maze','n.','A confusing and baffling network, as of paths or passages; an\n   intricacy; a labyrinth.'),('Mazed','imp. & p. p.','of Maze'),('Mazing','p. pr. & vb. n.','of Maze'),('Maze','v. t.','To perplex greatly; to bewilder; to astonish and confuse;\n   to amaze.'),('Maze','v. i.','To be bewildered.'),('Mazedness','n.','The condition of being mazed; confusion; astonishment.'),('Mazeful','a.','Mazy.'),('Mazer','n.','A large drinking bowl; -- originally made of maple.'),('Mazily','adv.','In a mazy manner.'),('Maziness','n.','The state or quality of being mazy.'),('Mazological','a.','Of or pertaining to mazology.'),('Mazologist','n.','One versed in mazology or mastology.'),('Mazology','n.','Same as Mastology.'),('Mazourka','n.','Alt. of Mazurka'),('Mazurka','n.','A Polish dance, or the music which accompanies it, usually\n   in 3-4 or 3-8 measure, with a strong accent on the second beat.'),('Mazy','a.','Perplexed with turns and windings; winding; intricate;\n   confusing; perplexing; embarrassing; as, mazy error.'),('Me','pron.','One. See Men, pron.'),('Me','pers. pron.','The person speaking, regarded as an object; myself; a\n   pronoun of the first person used as the objective and dative case of\n   the pronoum I; as, he struck me; he gave me the money, or he gave the\n   money to me; he got me a hat, or he got a hat for me.'),('Meach','v. i.','To skulk; to cower. See Mich.'),('Meacock','n.','An uxorious, effeminate, or spiritless man.'),('Mead','n.','A fermented drink made of water and honey with malt, yeast,\n   etc.; metheglin; hydromel.'),('Mead','n.','A drink composed of sirup of sarsaparilla or other flavoring\n   extract, and water. It is sometimes charged with carbonic acid gas.'),('Mead','n.','A meadow.'),('Meadow','n.','A tract of low or level land producing grass which is mown\n   for hay; any field on which grass is grown for hay.'),('Meadow','n.','Low land covered with coarse grass or rank herbage near\n   rives and in marshy places by the sea; as, the salt meadows near Newark\n   Bay.'),('Meadow','a.','Of or pertaining to a meadow; of the nature of a meadow;\n   produced, growing, or living in, a meadow.'),('Meadowsweet','n.','Alt. of Meadowwort'),('Meadowwort','n.','The name of several plants of the genus Spiraea,\n   especially the white- or pink-flowered S. salicifolia, a low European\n   and American shrub, and the herbaceous S. Ulmaria, which has fragrant\n   white flowers in compound cymes.'),('Meadowy','a.','Of or pertaining to meadows; resembling, or consisting of,\n   meadow.'),('Meager','a.','Alt. of Meagre'),('Meagre','a.','Destitue of, or having little, flesh; lean.'),('Meagre','a.','Destitute of richness, fertility, strength, or the like;\n   defective in quantity, or poor in quality; poor; barren; scanty in\n   ideas; wanting strength of diction or affluence of imagery.'),('Meagre','a.','Dry and harsh to the touch, as chalk.'),('Meager','v. t.','Alt. of Meagre'),('Meagre','v. t.','To make lean.'),('Meagerly','adv.','Alt. of Meagrely'),('Meagrely','adv.','Poorly; thinly.'),('Meagerness','n.','Alt. of Meagreness'),('Meagreness','n.','The state or quality of being meager; leanness;\n   scantiness; barrenness.'),('Meagre','n.','A large European sciaenoid fish (Sciaena umbra or S.\n   aquila), having white bloodless flesh. It is valued as a food fish.'),('Meak','n.','A hook with a long handle.'),('Meaking','n.','The process of picking out the oakum from the seams of a\n   vessel which is to be recalked.'),('Meal','n.','A part; a fragment; a portion.'),('Meal','n.','The portion of food taken at a particular time for the\n   satisfaction of appetite; the quantity usually taken at one time with\n   the purpose of satisfying hunger; a repast; the act or time of eating a\n   meal; as, the traveler has not eaten a good meal for a week; there was\n   silence during the meal.'),('Meal','n.','Grain (esp. maize, rye, or oats) that is coarsely ground and\n   unbolted; also, a kind of flour made from beans, pease, etc.;\n   sometimes, any flour, esp. if coarse.'),('Meal','n.','Any substance that is coarsely pulverized like meal, but not\n   granulated.'),('Meal','v. t.','To sprinkle with, or as with, meal.'),('Meal','v. t.','To pulverize; as, mealed powder.'),('Mealies','n. pl.','Maize or Indian corn; -- the common name in South\n   Africa.'),('Mealiness','n.','The quality or state of being mealy.'),('Meal-mouthed','a.','See Mealy-mouthed.'),('Mealtime','n.','The usual time of eating a meal.'),('Mealy','superl.','Having the qualities of meal; resembling meal; soft,\n   dry, and friable; easily reduced to a condition resembling meal; as, a\n   mealy potato.'),('Mealy','superl.','Overspread with something that resembles meal; as, the\n   mealy wings of an insect.'),('Mealy-mouthed','a.','Using soft words; plausible; affectedly or timidly\n   delicate of speech; unwilling to tell the truth in plain language.'),('Meant','imp. & p. p.','of Mean'),('Meaning','p. pr. & vb. n.','of Mean'),('Mean','v. t.','To have in the mind, as a purpose, intention, etc.; to\n   intend; to purpose; to design; as, what do you mean to do ?'),('Mean','v. t.','To signify; to indicate; to import; to denote.'),('Mean','v. i.','To have a purpose or intention.'),('Mean','superl.','Destitute of distinction or eminence; common; low;\n   vulgar; humble.'),('Mean','superl.','Wanting dignity of mind; low-minded; base; destitute of\n   honor; spiritless; as, a mean motive.'),('Mean','superl.','Of little value or account; worthy of little or no\n   regard; contemptible; despicable.'),('Mean','superl.','Of poor quality; as, mean fare.'),('Mean','superl.','Penurious; stingy; close-fisted; illiberal; as, mean\n   hospitality.'),('Mean','a.','Occupying a middle position; middle; being about midway\n   between extremes.'),('Mean','a.','Intermediate in excellence of any kind.'),('Mean','a.','Average; having an intermediate value between two extremes,\n   or between the several successive values of a variable quantity during\n   one cycle of variation; as, mean distance; mean motion; mean solar day.'),('Mean','n.','That which is mean, or intermediate, between two extremes of\n   place, time, or number; the middle point or place; middle rate or\n   degree; mediocrity; medium; absence of extremes or excess; moderation;\n   measure.'),('Mean','n.','A quantity having an intermediate value between several\n   others, from which it is derived, and of which it expresses the\n   resultant value; usually, unless otherwise specified, it is the simple\n   average, formed by adding the quantities together and dividing by their\n   number, which is called an arithmetical mean. A geometrical mean is the\n   square root of the product of the quantities.'),('Mean','n.','That through which, or by the help of which, an end is\n   attained; something tending to an object desired; intermediate agency\n   or measure; necessary condition or coagent; instrument.'),('Mean','n.','Hence: Resources; property, revenue, or the like, considered\n   as the condition of easy livelihood, or an instrumentality at command\n   for effecting any purpose; disposable force or substance.'),('Mean','n.','A part, whether alto or tenor, intermediate between the\n   soprano and base; a middle part.'),('Mean','n.','Meantime; meanwhile.'),('Mean','n.','A mediator; a go-between.'),('Meander','n.','A winding, crooked, or involved course; as, the meanders\n   of the veins and arteries.'),('Meander','n.','A tortuous or intricate movement.'),('Meander','n.','Fretwork. See Fret.'),('Meander','v. t.','To wind, turn, or twist; to make flexuous.'),('Meandered','imp. & p. p.','of Meander'),('Meandering','p. pr. & vb. n.','of Meander'),('Meander','v. i.','To wind or turn in a course or passage; to be\n   intricate.'),('Meandrian','a.','Winding; having many turns.'),('Meandrina','n.','A genus of corals with meandering grooves and ridges,\n   including the brain corals.'),('Meandrous','a.','Alt. of Meandry'),('Meandry','a.','Winding; flexuous.'),('Meaning','n.','That which is meant or intended; intent; purpose; aim;\n   object; as, a mischievous meaning was apparent.'),('Meaning','n.','That which is signified, whether by act lanquage;\n   signification; sence; import; as, the meaning of a hint.'),('Meaning','n.','Sense; power of thinking.'),('Meanly','adv.','Moderately.'),('Meanly','adv.','In a mean manner; unworthily; basely; poorly;\n   ungenerously.'),('Meanness','n.','The condition, or quality, of being mean; want of\n   excellence; poorness; lowness; baseness; sordidness; stinginess.'),('Meanness','n.','A mean act; as, to be guilty of meanness.'),('Mean-spirited','a.','Of a mean spirit; base; groveling.'),('Meant','','imp. & p. p. of Mean.'),('Meantime','n.','Alt. of Meanwhile'),('Meanwhile','n.','The intervening time; as, in the meantime (or mean\n   time).'),('Meantime','adv.','Alt. of Meanwhile'),('Meanwhile','adv.','In the intervening time; during the interval.'),('Mear','n.','A boundary. See Mere.'),('Mease','n.','Five hundred; as, a mease of herrings.'),('Measelry','n.','Leprosy.'),('Measle','n.','A leper.'),('Measle','n.','A tapeworm larva. See 2d Measles, 4.'),('Measled','a.','Infected or spotted with measles, as pork.'),('Measles','n.','Leprosy; also, a leper.'),('Measles','n.','A contagious febrile disorder commencing with catarrhal\n   symptoms, and marked by the appearance on the third day of an eruption\n   of distinct red circular spots, which coalesce in a crescentic form,\n   are slightly raised above the surface, and after the fourth day of the\n   eruption gradually decline; rubeola.'),('Measles','n.','A disease of cattle and swine in which the flesh is filled\n   with the embryos of different varieties of the tapeworm.'),('Measles','n.','A disease of trees.'),('Measles','n.','The larvae of any tapeworm (Taenia) in the cysticerus\n   stage, when contained in meat. Called also bladder worms.'),('Measly','a.','Infected with measles.'),('Measly','a.','Containing larval tapeworms; -- said of pork and beef.'),('Measurable','a.','Capable of being measured; susceptible of mensuration\n   or computation.'),('Measurable','a.','Moderate; temperate; not excessive.'),('Measure','n.','A standard of dimension; a fixed unit of quantity or\n   extent; an extent or quantity in the fractions or multiples of which\n   anything is estimated and stated; hence, a rule by which anything is\n   adjusted or judged.'),('Measure','n.','An instrument by means of which size or quantity is\n   measured, as a graduated line, rod, vessel, or the like.'),('Measure','n.','The dimensions or capacity of anything, reckoned according\n   to some standard; size or extent, determined and stated; estimated\n   extent; as, to take one\'s measure for a coat.'),('Measure','n.','The contents of a vessel by which quantity is measured; a\n   quantity determined by a standard; a stated or limited quantity or\n   amount.'),('Measure','n.','Extent or degree not excessive or beyong bounds;\n   moderation; due restraint; esp. in the phrases, in measure; with\n   measure; without or beyond measure.'),('Measure','n.','Determined extent, not to be exceeded; limit; allotted\n   share, as of action, influence, ability, or the like; due proportion.'),('Measure','n.','The quantity determined by measuring, especially in buying\n   and selling; as, to give good or full measure.'),('Measure','n.','Undefined quantity; extent; degree.'),('Measure','n.','Regulated division of movement'),('Measure','n.','A regulated movement corresponding to the time in which\n   the accompanying music is performed; but, especially, a slow and\n   stately dance, like the minuet.'),('Measure','n.','The group or grouping of beats, caused by the regular\n   recurrence of accented beats.'),('Measure','n.','The space between two bars.'),('Measure','a.','The manner of ordering and combining the quantities, or\n   long and short syllables; meter; rhythm; hence, a foot; as, a poem in\n   iambic measure.'),('Measure','a.','A number which is contained in a given number a number of\n   times without a remainder; as in the phrases, the common measure, the\n   greatest common measure, etc., of two or more numbers.'),('Measure','a.','A step or definite part of a progressive course or policy;\n   a means to an end; an act designed for the accomplishment of an object;\n   as, political measures; prudent measures; an inefficient measure.'),('Measure','a.','The act of measuring; measurement.'),('Measure','a.','Beds or strata; as, coal measures; lead measures.'),('Measured','imp. & p. p.','of Measure'),('Measuring','p. pr. & vb. n.','of Measure'),('Measure','n.','To ascertain by use of a measuring instrument; to compute\n   or ascertain the extent, quantity, dimensions, or capacity of, by a\n   certain rule or standard; to take the dimensions of; hence, to\n   estimate; to judge of; to value; to appraise.'),('Measure','n.','To serve as the measure of; as, the thermometer measures\n   changes of temperature.'),('Measure','n.','To pass throught or over in journeying, as if laying off\n   and determining the distance.'),('Measure','n.','To adjust by a rule or standard.'),('Measure','n.','To allot or distribute by measure; to set off or apart by\n   measure; -- often with out or off.'),('Measure','v. i.','To make a measurement or measurements.'),('Measure','v. i.','To result, or turn out, on measuring; as, the grain\n   measures well; the pieces measure unequally.'),('Measure','v. i.','To be of a certain size or quantity, or to have a\n   certain length, breadth, or thickness, or a certain capacity according\n   to a standard measure; as, cloth measures three fourths of a yard; a\n   tree measures three feet in diameter.'),('Measured','a.','Regulated or determined by a standard; hence, equal;\n   uniform; graduated; limited; moderated; as, he walked with measured\n   steps; he expressed himself in no measured terms.'),('Measureless','a.','Without measure; unlimited; immeasurable.'),('Measurement','n.','The act or result of measuring; mensuration; as,\n   measurement is required.'),('Measurement','n.','The extent, size, capacity, amount. or quantity\n   ascertained by measuring; as, its measurement is five acres.'),('Measurer','n.','One who measures; one whose occupation or duty is to\n   measure commondities in market.'),('Measuring','a.','Used in, or adapted for, ascertaining measurements, or\n   dividing by measure.'),('Meat','n.','Food, in general; anything eaten for nourishment, either by\n   man or beast. Hence, the edible part of anything; as, the meat of a\n   lobster, a nut, or an egg.'),('Meat','n.','The flesh of animals used as food; esp., animal muscle; as, a\n   breakfast of bread and fruit without meat.'),('Meat','n.','Specifically, dinner; the chief meal.'),('Meat','v. t.','To supply with food.'),('Meatal','a.','Of or pertaining to a meatus; resembling a meatus.'),('Meated','a.','Fed; fattened.'),('Meated','a.','Having (such) meat; -- used chiefly in composition; as,\n   thick-meated.'),('Meath','n.','Alt. of Meathe'),('Meathe','n.','A sweet liquor; mead.'),('Meatiness','n.','Quality of being meaty.'),('Meatless','a.','Having no meat; without food.'),('Meatoscope','n.','A speculum for examining a natural passage, as the\n   urethra.'),('Meatotome','n.','An instrument for cutting into the urethra so as to\n   enlarge its orifice.'),('Meatuses','pl. ','of Meatus'),('Meatus','n. sing. & pl.','A natural passage or canal; as, the external\n   auditory meatus. See Illust. of Ear.'),('Meaty','a.','Abounding in meat.'),('Meaw','n.','The sea mew.'),('Meaw','v. i.','See Mew, to cry as a cat.'),('Meawl','v. i.','See Mewl, and Miaul.'),('Meazel','n.','See 1st Measle.'),('Meazling','a.','Falling in small drops; mistling; mizzing.'),('Mebles','n. pl.','See Moebles.'),('Mecate','n.','A rope of hair or of maguey fiber, for tying horses, etc.'),('Meccawee','a.','Of or pertaining to Mecca, in Arabia.'),('Meccawee','n.','A native or inhabitant of Mecca.'),('Mechanic','a.','The art of the application of the laws of motion or force\n   to construction.'),('Mechanic','a.','A mechanician; an artisan; an artificer; one who\n   practices any mechanic art; one skilled or employed in shaping and\n   uniting materials, as wood, metal, etc., into any kind of structure,\n   machine, or other object, requiring the use of tools, or instruments.'),('Mechanic','a.','Having to do with the application of the laws of motion\n   in the art of constructing or making things; of or pertaining to\n   mechanics; mechanical; as, the mechanic arts.'),('Mechanic','a.','Of or pertaining to a mechanic or artificer, or to the\n   class of artisans; hence, rude; common; vulgar.'),('Mechanic','a.','Base.'),('Mechanical','a.','Pertaining to, governed by, or in accordance with,\n   mechanics, or the laws of motion; pertaining to the quantitative\n   relations of force and matter, as distinguished from mental, vital,\n   chemical, etc.; as, mechanical principles; a mechanical theory;\n   mechanical deposits.'),('Mechanical','a.','Of or pertaining to a machine or to machinery or tools;\n   made or formed by a machine or with tools; as, mechanical precision;\n   mechanical products.'),('Mechanical','a.','Done as if by a machine; uninfluenced by will or\n   emotion; proceeding automatically, or by habit, without special\n   intention or reflection; as, mechanical singing; mechanical verses;\n   mechanical service.'),('Mechanical','a.','Made and operated by interaction of forces without a\n   directing intelligence; as, a mechanical universe.'),('Mechanical','a.','Obtained by trial, by measurements, etc.; approximate;\n   empirical. See the 2d Note under Geometric.'),('Mechanical','n.','A mechanic.'),('Mechanicalize','v. t.','To cause to become mechanical.'),('Mechanically','adv.','In a mechanical manner.'),('Mechanicalness','n.','The state or quality of being mechanical.'),('Mechanician','n.','One skilled in the theory or construction of machines;\n   a machinist.'),('Mechanico-chemical','a.','Pertaining to, connected with, or dependent\n   upon, both mechanics and chemistry; -- said especially of those\n   sciences which treat of such phenomena as seem to depend on the laws\n   both of mechanics and chemistry, as electricity and magnetism.'),('Mechanics','n.','That science, or branch of applied mathematics, which\n   treats of the action of forces on bodies.'),('Mechanism','n.','The arrangement or relation of the parts of a machine;\n   the parts of a machine, taken collectively; the arrangement or relation\n   of the parts of anything as adapted to produce an effect; as, the\n   mechanism of a watch; the mechanism of a sewing machine; the mechanism\n   of a seed pod.'),('Mechanism','n.','Mechanical operation or action.'),('Mechanism','n.','An ideal machine; a combination of movable bodies\n   constituting a machine, but considered only with regard to relative\n   movements.'),('Mechanist','n.','A maker of machines; one skilled in mechanics.'),('Mechanist','n.','One who regards the phenomena of nature as the effects\n   of forces merely mechanical.'),('Mechanized','imp. & p. p.','of Mechanize'),('Mechanizing','p. pr. & vb. n.','of Mechanize'),('Mechanize','v. t.','To cause to be mechanical.'),('Mechanograph','n.','One of a number of copies of anything multiplied\n   mechanically.'),('Mechanographic','a.','Treating of mechanics.'),('Mechanographic','a.','Written, copied, or recorded by machinery; produced\n   by mechanography; as, a mechanographic record of changes of\n   temperature; mechanographic prints.'),('Mechanographist','n.','An artist who, by mechanical means, multiplies\n   copies of works of art.'),('Mechanography','n.','The art of mechanically multiplying copies of a\n   writing, or any work of art.'),('Mechanurgy','n.','That branch of science which treats of moving machines.'),('Mechitarist','n.','One of a religious congregation of the Roman Catholic\n   Church devoted to the improvement of Armenians.'),('Mechlin','n.','A kind of lace made at, or originating in, Mechlin, in\n   Belgium.'),('Mechoacan','n.','A species of jalap, of very feeble properties, said to\n   be obtained from the root of a species of Convolvulus (C. Mechoacan);\n   -- so called from Michoacan, in Mexico, whence it is obtained.'),('Meckelian','a.','Pertaining to, or discovered by, J. F. Meckel, a German\n   anatomist.'),('Meconate','n.','A salt of meconic acid.'),('Meconic','a.','Pertaining to, or obtained from, the poppy or opium;\n   specif. (Chem.), designating an acid related to aconitic acid, found in\n   opium and extracted as a white crystalline substance.'),('Meconidine','n.','An alkaloid found in opium, and extracted as a yellow\n   amorphous substance which is easily decomposed.'),('Meconidium','n.','A kind of gonophore produced by hydroids of the genus\n   Gonothyraea. It has tentacles, and otherwise resembles a free medusa,\n   but remains attached by a pedicel.'),('Meconin','n.','A substance regarded as an anhydride of meconinic acid,\n   existing in opium and extracted as a white crystalline substance. Also\n   erroneously called meconina, meconia, etc., as though it were an\n   alkaloid.'),('Meconinic','a.','Pertaining to, or designating, an acid which occurs in\n   opium, and which may be obtained by oxidizing narcotine.'),('Meconium','n.','Opium.'),('Meconium','n.','The contents of the fetal intestine; hence, first\n   excrement.'),('Medal','n.','A piece of metal in the form of a coin, struck with a\n   device, and intended to preserve the remembrance of a notable event or\n   an illustrious person, or to serve as a reward.'),('Medaled','imp. & p. p.','of Medal'),('Medalled','','of Medal'),('Medaling','p. pr. & vb. n.','of Medal'),('Medalling','','of Medal'),('Medal','v. t.','To honor or reward with a medal.'),('Medalet','n.','A small medal.'),('Medalist','n.','A person that is skilled or curious in medals; a\n   collector of medals.'),('Medalist','n.','A designer of medals.'),('Medalist','n.','One who has gained a medal as the reward of merit.'),('Medallic','a.','Of or pertaining to a medal, or to medals.'),('Medallion','n.','A large medal or memorial coin.'),('Medallion','n.','A circular or oval (or, sometimes, square) tablet\n   bearing a figure or figures represented in relief.'),('Medalurgy','n.','The art of making and striking medals and coins.'),('Meddled','imp. & p. p.','of Meddle'),('Meddling','p. pr. & vb. n.','of Meddle'),('Meddle','v. i.','To mix; to mingle.'),('Meddle','v. i.','To interest or engage one\'s self; to have to do; -- / a\n   good sense.'),('Meddle','v. i.','To interest or engage one\'s self unnecessarily or\n   impertinently, to interfere or busy one\'s self improperly with\n   another\'s affairs; specifically, to handle or distrub another\'s\n   property without permission; -- often followed by with or in.'),('Meddle','v. t.','To mix; to mingle.'),('Meddler','n.','One who meddles; one who interferes or busies himself with\n   things in which he has no concern; an officious person; a busybody.'),('Meddlesome','a.','Given to meddling; apt to interpose in the affairs of\n   others; officiously intrusive.'),('Meddling','a.','Meddlesome.'),('Meddlingly','adv.','In a meddling manner.'),('Mede','n.','A native or inhabitant of Media in Asia.'),('Mede','n.','See lst & 2d Mead, and Meed.'),('Media','n.','pl. of Medium.'),('Mediae','pl. ','of Media'),('Media','n.','One of the sonant mutes /, /, / (b, d, g), in Greek, or of\n   their equivalents in other languages, so named as intermediate between\n   the tenues, /, /, / (p, t, k), and the aspiratae (aspirates) /, /, /\n   (ph or f, th, ch). Also called middle mute, or medial, and sometimes\n   soft mute.'),('Mediacy','n.','The state or quality of being mediate.'),('Mediaeval','a.','Of or relating to the Middle Ages; as, mediaeval\n   architecture.'),('Mediaevalism','n.','The method or spirit of the Middle Ages; devotion to\n   the institutions and practices of the Middle Ages; a survival from the\n   Middle Ages.'),('Mediaevalist','n.','One who has a taste for, or is versed in, the history\n   of the Middle Ages; one in sympathy with the spirit or forms of the\n   Middle Ages.'),('Mediaevally','adv.','In the manner of the Middle Ages; in accordance with\n   mediaevalism.'),('Mediaevals','n. pl.','The people who lived in the Middle Ages.'),('Medial','a.','Of or pertaining to a mean or average; mean; as, medial\n   alligation.'),('Medial','n.','See 2d Media.'),('Medialuna','n.','See Half-moon.'),('Median','a.','Being in the middle; running through the middle; as, a\n   median groove.'),('Median','a.','Situated in the middle; lying in a plane dividing a\n   bilateral animal into right and left halves; -- said of unpaired organs\n   and parts; as, median coverts.'),('Median','n.','A median line or point.'),('Mediant','n.','The third above the keynote; -- so called because it\n   divides the interval between the tonic and dominant into two thirds.'),('Mediastinal','a.','Of or pertaining to a mediastinum.'),('Mediastine','n.','Alt. of Mediastinum'),('Mediastinum','n.','A partition; a septum; specifically, the folds of the\n   pleura (and the space included between them) which divide the thorax\n   into a right and left cavity. The space included between these folds of\n   the pleura, called the mediastinal space, contains the heart and gives\n   passage to the esophagus and great blood vessels.'),('Mediate','a.','Being between the two extremes; middle; interposed;\n   intervening; intermediate.'),('Mediate','a.','Acting by means, or by an intervening cause or instrument;\n   not direct or immediate; acting or suffering through an intervening\n   agent or condition.'),('Mediate','a.','Gained or effected by a medium or condition.'),('Mediated','imp. & p. p.','of Mediate'),('Mediating','p. pr. & vb. n.','of Mediate'),('Mediate','a.','To be in the middle, or between two; to intervene.'),('Mediate','a.','To interpose between parties, as the equal friend of each,\n   esp. for the purpose of effecting a reconciliation or agreement; as, to\n   mediate between nations.'),('Mediate','v. t.','To effect by mediation or interposition; to bring about\n   as a mediator, instrument, or means; as, to mediate a peace.'),('Mediate','v. t.','To divide into two equal parts.'),('Mediately','adv.','In a mediate manner; by a secondary cause or agent;\n   not directly or primarily; by means; -- opposed to immediately.'),('Mediateness','n.','The state of being mediate.'),('Mediation','a.','The act of mediating; action or relation of anything\n   interposed; action as a necessary condition, means, or instrument;\n   interposition; intervention.'),('Mediation','a.','Hence, specifically, agency between parties at variance,\n   with a view to reconcile them; entreaty for another; intercession.'),('Mediative','a.','Pertaining to mediation; used in mediation; as,\n   mediative efforts.'),('Mediatization','n.','The act of mediatizing.'),('Mediatized','imp. & p. p.','of Mediatize'),('Mediatizing','p. pr. & vb. n.','of Mediatize'),('Mediatize','v. t.','To cause to act through an agent or to hold a\n   subordinate position; to annex; -- specifically applied to the\n   annexation during the former German empire of a smaller German state to\n   a larger, while allowing it a nominal sovereignty, and its prince his\n   rank.'),('Mediator','n.','One who mediates; especially, one who interposes between\n   parties at variance for the purpose of reconciling them; hence, an\n   intercessor.'),('Mediatorial','a.','Of or pertaining to a mediator, or to mediation;\n   mediatory; as, a mediatorial office.'),('Mediatorship','n.','The office or character of a mediator.'),('Mediatory','a.','Mediatorial.'),('Mediatress','n.','Alt. of Mediatrix'),('Mediatrix','n.','A female mediator.'),('Medic','n.','A leguminous plant of the genus Medicago. The black medic is\n   the Medicago lupulina; the purple medic, or lucern, is M. sativa.'),('Medic','a.','Medical.'),('Medicable','a.','Capable of being medicated; admitting of being cured or\n   healed.'),('Medical','a.','Of, pertaining to, or having to do with, the art of\n   healing disease, or the science of medicine; as, the medical\n   profession; medical services; a medical dictionary; medical\n   jurisprudence.'),('Medical','a.','Containing medicine; used in medicine; medicinal; as, the\n   medical properties of a plant.'),('Medically','adv.','In a medical manner; with reference to healing, or to\n   the principles of the healing art.'),('Medicament','n.','Anything used for healing diseases or wounds; a\n   medicine; a healing application.'),('Medicamental','a.','Of or pertaining to medicaments or healing\n   applications; having the qualities of medicaments.'),('Medicaster','n.','A quack.'),('Medicated','imp. & p. p.','of Medicate'),('Medicating','p. pr. & vb. n.','of Medicate'),('Medicate','v. t.','To tincture or impregnate with anything medicinal; to\n   drug.'),('Medicate','v. t.','To treat with medicine.'),('Medication','','The act or process of medicating.'),('Medicative','a.','Medicinal; acting like a medicine.'),('Medicean','a.','Of or relating to the Medici, a noted Italian family; as,\n   the Medicean Venus.'),('Medicinable','a.','Medicinal; having the power of healing.'),('Medicinal','a.','Having curative or palliative properties; used for the\n   cure or alleviation of bodily disorders; as, medicinal tinctures,\n   plants, or springs.'),('Medicinal','a.','Of or pertaining to medicine; medical.'),('Medicinally','adv.','In a medicinal manner.'),('Medicine','n.','The science which relates to the prevention, cure, or\n   alleviation of disease.'),('Medicine','n.','Any substance administered in the treatment of disease; a\n   remedial agent; a remedy; physic.'),('Medicine','n.','A philter or love potion.'),('Medicine','n.','A physician.'),('Medicine','v. t.','To give medicine to; to affect as a medicine does; to\n   remedy; to cure.'),('Medico-legal','a.','Of or pertaining to law as affected by medical facts.'),('Medicommissure','n.','A large transverse commissure in the third\n   ventricle of the brain; the middle or soft commissure.'),('Medicornua','pl. ','of Medicornu'),('Medicornu','n.','The middle or inferior horn of each lateral ventricle of\n   the brain.'),('Medics','n.','Science of medicine.'),('Mediety','n.','The middle part; half; moiety.'),('Medieval','','Alt. of Medievalist'),('Medievalism','','Alt. of Medievalist'),('Medievalist','','Same as Medi/val, Medi/valism, etc.'),('Medina epoch','','A subdivision of the Niagara period in the American\n   upper Silurian, characterized by the formations known as the Oneida\n   conglomerate, and the Medina sandstone. See the Chart of Geology.'),('Medino','n.','Same as Para.'),('Mediocral','a.','Mediocre.'),('Mediocre','a.','Of a middle quality; of but a moderate or low degree of\n   excellence; indifferent; ordinary.'),('Mediocre','n.','A mediocre person.'),('Mediocre','n.','A young monk who was excused from performing a portion of\n   a monk\'s duties.'),('Mediocrist','n.','A mediocre person.'),('Mediocrity','n.','The quality of being mediocre; a middle state or\n   degree; a moderate degree or rate.'),('Mediocrity','n.','Moderation; temperance.'),('Mediostapedial','a.','Pertaining to that part of the columella of the ear\n   which, in some animals, connects the stapes with the other parts of the\n   columella.'),('Mediostapedial','n.','The mediostapedial part of the columella.'),('Medioxumous','a.','Intermediate.'),('Meditance','n.','Meditation.'),('Meditated','imp. & p. p.','of Meditate'),('Meditating','p. pr. & vb. n.','of Meditate'),('Meditate','v. i.','To keep the mind in a state of contemplation; to dwell\n   on anything in thought; to think seriously; to muse; to cogitate; to\n   reflect.'),('Meditate','v. t.','To contemplate; to keep the mind fixed upon; to study.'),('Meditate','v. t.','To purpose; to intend; to design; to plan by revolving\n   in the mind; as, to meditate a war.'),('Meditation','n.','The act of meditating; close or continued thought; the\n   turning or revolving of a subject in the mind; serious contemplation;\n   reflection; musing.'),('Meditation','n.','Thought; -- without regard to kind.'),('Meditatist','n.','One who is given to meditation.'),('Meditative','a.','Disposed to meditate, or to meditation; as, a\n   meditative man; a meditative mood.'),('Mediterranean','a.','Inclosed, or nearly inclosed, with land; as, the\n   Mediterranean Sea, between Europe and Africa.'),('Mediterranean','a.','Inland; remote from the ocean.'),('Mediterranean','a.','Of or pertaining to the Mediterranean Sea; as,\n   Mediterranean trade; a Mediterranean voyage.'),('Mediterraneous','a.','Inland.'),('Media','pl. ','of Medium'),('Mediums','pl. ','of Medium'),('Medium','n.','That which lies in the middle, or between other things;\n   intervening body or quantity. Hence, specifically: (a) Middle place or\n   degree; mean.'),('Medium','n.','See Mean.'),('Medium','n.','The mean or middle term of a syllogism; that by which the\n   extremes are brought into connection.'),('Medium','n.','A substance through which an effect is transmitted from one\n   thing to another; as, air is the common medium of sound. Hence: The\n   condition upon which any event or action occurs; necessary means of\n   motion or action; that through or by which anything is accomplished,\n   conveyed, or carried on; specifically, in animal magnetism,\n   spiritualism, etc., a person through whom the action of another being\n   is said to be manifested and transmitted.'),('Medium','n.','An average.'),('Medium','n.','A trade name for printing and writing paper of certain\n   sizes. See Paper.'),('Medium','n.','The liquid vehicle with which dry colors are ground and\n   prepared for application.'),('Medium','a.','Having a middle position or degree; mean; intermediate;\n   medial; as, a horse of medium size; a decoction of medium strength.'),('Medium-sized','a.','Having a medium size; as, a medium-sized man.'),('Medii','pl. ','of Medius'),('Medius','n.','The third or middle finger; the third digit, or that which\n   corresponds to it.'),('Medlar','n.','A tree of the genus Mespilus (M. Germanica); also, the\n   fruit of the tree. The fruit is something like a small apple, but has a\n   bony endocarp. When first gathered the flesh is hard and austere, and\n   it is not eaten until it has begun to decay.'),('Medle','v. t.','To mix; to mingle; to meddle.'),('Medleys','pl. ','of Medley'),('Medley','n.','A mixture; a mingled and confused mass of ingredients,\n   usually inharmonious; a jumble; a hodgepodge; -- often used\n   contemptuously.'),('Medley','n.','The confusion of a hand to hand battle; a brisk, hand to\n   hand engagement; a melee.'),('Medley','n.','A composition of passages detached from several different\n   compositions; a potpourri.'),('Medley','n.','A cloth of mixed colors.'),('Medley','a.','Mixed; of mixed material or color.'),('Medley','a.','Mingled; confused.'),('Medly','v. t.','See Medle.'),('Medoc','n.','A class of claret wines, including several varieties, from\n   the district of Medoc in the department of Gironde.'),('Medregal','n.','See Bonito, 3.'),('Medrick','n.','A species of gull or tern.'),('Medulla','n.','Marrow; pith; hence, essence.'),('Medulla','n.','The marrow of bones; the deep or inner portion of an organ\n   or part; as, the medulla, or medullary substance, of the kidney;\n   specifically, the medula oblongata.'),('Medulla','n.','A soft tissue, occupying the center of the stem or branch\n   of a plant; pith.'),('Medullar','a.','See Medullary.'),('Medullary','a.','Pertaining to, consisting of, or resembling, marrow or\n   medulla.'),('Medullary','a.','Pertaining to the medula oblongata.'),('Medullary','a.','Filled with spongy pith; pithy.'),('Medullated','a.','Furnished with a medulla or marrow, or with a medullary\n   sheath; as, a medullated nerve fiber.'),('Medullin','n.','A variety of lignin or cellulose found in the medulla, or\n   pith, of certain plants. Cf. Lignin, and Cellulose.'),('Medusa','n.','The Gorgon; or one of the Gorgons whose hair was changed\n   into serpents, after which all who looked upon her were turned into\n   stone.'),('Medusae','pl. ','of Medusa'),('Medusa','n.','Any free swimming acaleph; a jellyfish.'),('Medusian','n.','A medusa.'),('Medusiform','a.','Resembling a medusa in shape or structure.'),('Medusoid','a.','Like a medusa; having the fundamental structure of a\n   medusa, but without a locomotive disk; -- said of the sessile\n   gonophores of hydroids.'),('Medusoid','n.','A sessile gonophore. See Illust. under Gonosome.'),('Meech','v. i.','See Mich.'),('Meed','n.','That which is bestowed or rendered in consideration of merit;\n   reward; recompense.'),('Meed','n.','Merit or desert; worth.'),('Meed','n.','A gift; also, a bride.'),('Meed','v. t.','To reward; to repay.'),('Meed','v. t.','To deserve; to merit.'),('Meedful','a.','Worthy of meed, reward, or recompense; meritorious.'),('Meedfully','adv.','According to merit; suitably.'),('Meek','superl.','Mild of temper; not easily provoked or orritated;\n   patient under injuries; not vain, or haughty, or resentful; forbearing;\n   submissive.'),('Meek','superl.','Evincing mildness of temper, or patience; characterized\n   by mildness or patience; as, a meek answer; a meek face.'),('Meek','v. t.','Alt. of Meeken'),('Meeken','v. t.','To make meek; to nurture in gentleness and humility.'),('Meekly','adv.','In a meek manner.'),('Meekness','n.','The quality or state of being meek.'),('Meer','a.','Simple; unmixed. See Mere, a.'),('Meer','n.','See Mere, a lake.'),('Meer','n.','A boundary. See Mere.'),('Meerkat','n.','A South African carnivore (Cynictis penicillata), allied\n   to the ichneumons.'),('Meerschaum','n.','A fine white claylike mineral, soft, and light enough\n   when in dry masses to float in water. It is a hydrous silicate of\n   magnesia, and is obtained chiefly in Asia Minor. It is manufacturd into\n   tobacco pipes, cigar holders, etc. Also called sepiolite.'),('Meerschaum','n.','A tobacco pipe made of this mineral.'),('Met','imp. & p. p.','of Meet'),('Meeting','p. pr. & vb. n.','of Meet'),('Meet','v. t.','To join, or come in contact with; esp., to come in contact\n   with by approach from an opposite direction; to come upon or against,\n   front to front, as distinguished from contact by following and\n   overtaking.'),('Meet','v. t.','To come in collision with; to confront in conflict; to\n   encounter hostilely; as, they met the enemy and defeated them; the ship\n   met opposing winds and currents.'),('Meet','v. t.','To come into the presence of without contact; to come\n   close to; to intercept; to come within the perception, influence, or\n   recognition of; as, to meet a train at a junction; to meet carriages or\n   persons in the street; to meet friends at a party; sweet sounds met the\n   ear.'),('Meet','v. t.','To perceive; to come to a knowledge of; to have personal\n   acquaintance with; to experience; to suffer; as, the eye met a horrid\n   sight; he met his fate.'),('Meet','v. t.','To come up to; to be even with; to equal; to match; to\n   satisfy; to ansver; as, to meet one\'s expectations; the supply meets\n   the demand.'),('Meet','v. t.','To come together by mutual approach; esp., to come in\n   contact, or into proximity, by approach from opposite directions; to\n   join; to come face to face; to come in close relationship; as, we met\n   in the street; two lines meet so as to form an angle.'),('Meet','v. t.','To come together with hostile purpose; to have an\n   encounter or conflict.'),('Meet','v. t.','To assemble together; to congregate; as, Congress meets on\n   the first Monday of December.'),('Meet','v. t.','To come together by mutual concessions; hence, to agree;\n   to harmonize; to unite.'),('Meet','n.','An assembling together; esp., the assembling of huntsmen for\n   the hunt; also, the persons who so assemble, and the place of meeting.'),('Meet','a.','Suitable; fit; proper; appropriate; qualified; convenient.'),('Meet','adv.','Meetly.'),('Meeten','v. t.','To render fit.'),('Meeter','n.','One who meets.'),('Meeth','n.','Mead. See Meathe.'),('Meeting','n.','A coming together; an assembling; as, the meeting of\n   Congress.'),('Meeting','n.','A junction, crossing, or union; as, the meeting of the\n   roads or of two rivers.'),('Meeting','n.','A congregation; a collection of people; a convention; as,\n   a large meeting; an harmonius meeting.'),('Meeting','n.','An assembly for worship; as, to attend meeting on Sunday;\n   -- in England, applied distinctively and disparagingly to the\n   worshiping assemblies of Dissenters.'),('Meetinghouse','n.','A house used as a place of worship; a church; -- in\n   England, applied only to a house so used by Dissenters.'),('Meetly','adv.','Fitly; suitably; properly.'),('Meetness','n.','Fitness; suitableness; propriety.'),('Meg-','','Alt. of Megalo-'),('Mega','','Alt. of Megalo-'),('Megalo-','','Combining forms signifying: (a) Great, extended, powerful;\n   as, megascope, megacosm.'),('Megalo-','','A million times, a million of; as, megameter, a million\n   meters; megafarad, a million farads; megohm, a million ohms.'),('Megacephalic','a.','Alt. of Megacephalous'),('Megacephalous','a.','Large headed; -- applied to animals, and to plants\n   when they have large flower heads.'),('Megaceros','n.','The Irish elk.'),('Megachile','n.','A leaf-cutting bee of the genus Megachilus. See Leaf\n   cutter, under Leaf.'),('Megacosm','n.','See Macrocosm.'),('Megacoulomb','n.','A million coulombs.'),('Megaderm','n.','Any one of several species of Old World blood-sucking\n   bats of the genus Megaderma.'),('Megadyne','n.','One of the larger measures of force, amounting to one\n   million dynes.'),('Megafarad','n.','One of the larger measures of electrical capacity,\n   amounting to one million farads; a macrofarad.'),('Megalerg','n.','A million ergs; a megerg.'),('Megalesian','a.','Pertaining to, or in honor of, Cybele; as, the\n   Megalesian games at Rome.'),('Megalethoscope','n.','An optical apparatus in which pictures are viewed\n   through a large lens with stereoptical effects. It is often combined\n   with the stereoscope.'),('Megalith','n.','A large stone; especially, a large stone used in ancient\n   building.'),('Megalo-','','See Meg-.'),('Megalocyte','n.','A large, flattened corpuscle, twice the diameter of the\n   ordinary red corpuscle, found in considerable numbers in the blood in\n   profound anaemia.'),('Megalomania','n.','A form of mental alienation in which the patient has\n   grandiose delusions.'),('Megalonyx','n.','An extinct quaternary mammal, of great size, allied to\n   the sloth.'),('Megalophonous','a.','Having a loud voice.'),('Megalopolis','n.','A chief city; a metropolis.'),('Megalops','n.','A larva, in a stage following the zoea, in the\n   development of most crabs. In this stage the legs and abdominal\n   appendages have appeared, the abdomen is relatively long, and the eyes\n   are large. Also used adjectively.'),('Megalops','n.','A large fish; the tarpum.'),('Megalopsychy','n.','Greatness of soul.'),('Megalosaur','n.','Alt. of Megalosaurus'),('Megalosaurus','n.','A gigantic carnivorous dinosaur, whose fossil remains\n   have been found in England and elsewhere.'),('Megameter','n.','An instrument for determining longitude by observation\n   of the stars.'),('Megameter','n.','A micrometer.'),('Megameter','n.','Alt. of Megametre'),('Megametre','n.','In the metric system, one million meters, or one\n   thousand kilometers.'),('Megampere','n.','A million amperes.'),('Megaphone','n.','A device to magnify sound, or direct it in a given\n   direction in a greater volume, as a very large funnel used as an ear\n   trumpet or as a speaking trumpet.'),('Megaphyton','n.','An extinct genus of tree ferns with large, two-ranked\n   leaves, or fronds.'),('Megapode','n.','Any one of several species of large-footed, gallinaceous\n   birds of the genera Megapodius and Leipoa, inhabiting Australia and\n   other Pacific islands. See Jungle fowl (b) under Jungle, and Leipoa.'),('Megapolis','n.','A metropolis.'),('Megarian','a.','Alt. of Megaric'),('Megaric','a.','Belonging, or pertaining, to Megara, a city of ancient\n   Greece.'),('Megascope','n.','A modification of the magic lantern, used esp. for\n   throwing a magnified image of an opaque object on a screen, solar or\n   artificial light being used.'),('Megaseme','a.','Having the orbital index relatively large; having the\n   orbits narrow transversely; -- opposed to microseme.'),('Megass','n.','Alt. of Megasse'),('Megasse','n.','See Bagasse.'),('Megasthene','n.','One of a group which includes the higher orders of\n   mammals, having a large size as a typical characteristic.'),('Megasthenic','a.','Having a typically large size; belonging to the\n   megasthenes.'),('Megastome','n.','One of a group of univalve shells, having a large\n   aperture or mouth.'),('Megathere','n.','Alt. of Megatherium'),('Megatherium','n.','An extinct gigantic quaternary mammal, allied to the\n   ant-eaters and sloths. Its remains are found in South America.'),('Megatheroid','n.','One of a family of extinct edentates found in America.\n   The family includes the megatherium, the megalonyx, etc.'),('Megavolt','n.','One of the larger measures of electro-motive force,\n   amounting to one million volts.'),('Megaweber','n.','A million webers.'),('Megerg','n.','One of the larger measures of work, amounting to one\n   million ergs; -- called also megalerg.'),('Megilp','n.','Alt. of Megilph'),('Megilph','n.','A gelatinous compound of linseed oil and mastic varnish,\n   used by artists as a vehicle for colors.'),('Megohm','n.','One of the larger measures of electrical resistance,\n   amounting to one million ohms.'),('Megrim','n.','A kind of sick or nevrous headache, usually periodical and\n   confined to one side of the head.'),('Megrim','n.','A fancy; a whim; a freak; a humor; esp., in the plural,\n   lowness of spirits.'),('Megrim','n.','A sudden vertigo in a horse, succeeded sometimes by\n   unconsciousness, produced by an excess of blood in the brain; a mild\n   form of apoplexy.'),('Megrim','n.','The British smooth sole, or scaldfish (Psetta arnoglossa).'),('Meibomian','a.','Of, pertaining to, or discovered by, Meibomius.'),('Meine','v. t.','See Menge.'),('Meine','n.','Alt. of Meiny'),('Meiny','n.','A family, including servants, etc.; household; retinue;\n   train.'),('Meiny','n.','Company; band; army.'),('Meiocene','a.','See Miocene.'),('Meionite','n.','A member of the scapolite, group, occuring in glassy\n   crystals on Monte Somma, near Naples.'),('Meiosis','n.','Diminution; a species of hyperbole, representing a thing\n   as being less than it really is.'),('Melostemonous','a.','Having fever stamens than the parts of the corolla.'),('Meistersinger','n.','See Mastersinger.'),('Mekhitarist','n.','See Mechitarist.'),('Melaconite','n.','An earthy black oxide of copper, arising from the\n   decomposition of other ores.'),('Melada','n.','Alt. of Melado'),('Melado','n.','A mixture of sugar and molasses; crude sugar as it comes\n   from the pans without being drained.'),('Melaena','n.','A discharge from the bowels of black matter, consisting of\n   altered blood.'),('Melain','n.','The dark coloring matter of the liquid of the cuttlefish.'),('Melainotype','n.','See Melanotype.'),('Melam','n.','A white or buff-colored granular powder, C6H9N11, obtained\n   by heating ammonium sulphocyanate.'),('Melamine','n.','A strong nitrogenous base, C3H6N6, produced from several\n   cyanogen compounds, and obtained as a white crystalline substance, --\n   formerly supposed to be produced by the decomposition of melam. Called\n   also cyanuramide.'),('Melampode','n.','The black hellebore.'),('Melampyrin','n.','Alt. of Melampyrite'),('Melampyrite','n.','The saccharine substance dulcite; -- so called because\n   found in the leaves of cowwheat (Melampyrum). See Dulcite.'),('Melanaemia','n.','A morbid condition in which the blood contains black\n   pigment either floating freely or imbedded in the white blood\n   corpuscles.'),('Melanagogue','n.','A medicine supposed to expel black bile or choler.'),('Melancholia','n.','A kind of mental unsoundness characterized by extreme\n   depression of spirits, ill-grounded fears, delusions, and brooding over\n   one particular subject or train of ideas.'),('Melancholian','n.','A person affected with melancholy; a melancholic.'),('Melancholic','a.','Given to melancholy; depressed; melancholy; dejected;\n   unhappy.'),('Melancholic','n.','One affected with a gloomy state of mind.'),('Melancholic','n.','A gloomy state of mind; melancholy.'),('Melancholily','adv.','In a melancholy manner.'),('Melancholiness','n.','The state or quality of being melancholy.'),('Melancholious','a.','Melancholy.'),('Melancholist','n.','One affected with melancholy or dejection.'),('Melancholize','v. i.','To become gloomy or dejected in mind.'),('Melancholize','v. t.','To make melancholy.'),('Melancholy','n.','Depression of spirits; a gloomy state continuing a\n   considerable time; deep dejection; gloominess.'),('Melancholy','n.','Great and continued depression of spirits, amounting to\n   mental unsoundness; melancholia.'),('Melancholy','n.','Pensive maditation; serious thoughtfulness.'),('Melancholy','n.','Ill nature.'),('Melancholy','a.','Depressed in spirits; dejected; gloomy dismal.'),('Melancholy','a.','Producing great evil and grief; causing dejection;\n   calamitous; afflictive; as, a melancholy event.'),('Melancholy','a.','Somewhat deranged in mind; having the jugment impaired.'),('Melancholy','a.','Favorable to meditation; somber.'),('Melanesian','a.','Of or pertaining to Melanesia.'),('Melange','n.','A mixture; a medley.'),('Melanian','n.','One of a family of fresh-water pectinibranchiate\n   mollusks, having a turret-shaped shell.'),('Melanic','a.','Melanotic.'),('Melanic','a.','Of or pertaining to the black-haired races.'),('Melaniline','n.','A complex nitrogenous hydrocarbon obtained artificially\n   (as by the action of cyanogen chloride on aniline) as a white,\n   crystalline substance; -- called also diphenyl guanidin.'),('Melanin','n.','A black pigment found in the pigment-bearing cells of the\n   skin (particularly in the skin of the negro), in the epithelial cells\n   of the external layer of the retina (then called fuscin), in the outer\n   layer of the choroid, and elsewhere. It is supposed to be derived from\n   the decomposition of hemoglobin.'),('Melanism','n.','An undue development of dark-colored pigment in the skin\n   or its appendages; -- the opposite of albinism.'),('Melanism','n.','A disease; black jaundice. See Mel/na.'),('Melanistic','a.','Affected with melanism; of the nature of melanism.'),('Melanite','n.','A black variety of garnet.'),('Melanochroi','n. pl.','A group of the human race, including the dark\n   whites.'),('Melanochroic','a.','Having a dark complexion; of or pertaining to the\n   Melanochroi.'),('Melanochroite','n.','A mineral of a red, or brownish or yellowish red\n   color. It is a chromate of lead; -- called also phoenicocroite.'),('Melanocomous','a.','Having very dark or black hair; black-haired.'),('Melanorrhoea','n.','An East Indian genus of large trees. Melanorrh/a\n   usitatissima is the lignum-vitae of Pegu, and yelds a valuable black\n   varnish.'),('Melanoscope','n.','An instrument containing a combination of colored\n   glasses such that they transmit only red light, so that objects of\n   other colors, as green leaves, appear black when seen through it. It is\n   used for viewing colored flames, to detect the presence of potassium,\n   lithium, etc., by the red light which they emit.'),('Melanosis','','The morbid deposition of black matter, often of a\n   malignant character, causing pigmented tumors.'),('Melanosperm','n.','An alga of any kind that produces blackish spores, or\n   seed dust. The melanosperms include the rockweeds and all kinds of\n   kelp.'),('Melanotic','a.','Melanistic.'),('Melanotype','n.','A positive picture produced with sensitized collodion\n   on a smooth surface of black varnish, coating a thin plate of iron;\n   also, the process of making such a picture.'),('Melanterite','n.','A hydrous sulphate of iron of a green color and\n   vitreous luster; iron vitriol.'),('Melanure','n.','A small fish of the Mediterranean; a gilthead. See\n   Gilthead (a).'),('Melanuric','a.','Pertaining to, or designating, a complex nitrogenous\n   acid obtained by decomposition of melam, or of urea, as a white\n   crystalline powder; -- called also melanurenic acid.'),('Melaphyre','n.','Any one of several dark-colored augitic, eruptive rocks\n   allied to basalt.'),('Melasma','n.','A dark discoloration of the skin, usually local; as,\n   Addison\'s melasma, or Addison\'s disease.'),('Melasses','n.','See Molasses.'),('Melassic','a.','Pertaining to, or designating, an acid obtained from\n   molasses or glucose, and probably identical with saccharic acid. See\n   Saccharic.'),('Melastoma','n.','A genus of evergreen tropical shrubs; -- so called from\n   the black berries of some species, which stain the mouth.'),('Melastomaceous','a.','Belonging to the order of which Melastoma is the\n   type.'),('Melchite','n.','One of a sect, chiefly in Syria and Egypt, which\n   acknowledges the authority of the pope, but adheres to the liturgy and\n   ceremonies of the Eastern Church.'),('Meleagrine','a.','Of or pertaining to the genus Meleagris.'),('Meleagris','n.','A genus of American gallinaceous birds, including the\n   common and the wild turkeys.'),('Melee','n.','A fight in which the combatants are mingled in one confused\n   mass; a hand to hand conflict; an affray.'),('Melena','n.','See Melaena.'),('Melene','n.','An unsaturated hydrocarbon, C30H60, of the ethylene series,\n   obtained from beeswax as a white, scaly, crystalline wax; -- called\n   also melissene, and melissylene.'),('Melenite','n.','An explosive of great destructive power; -- so called\n   from its color, which resembles honey.'),('Meletin','n.','See Quercitin.'),('Melezitose','n.','A variety of sugar, isomeric with sucrose, extracted\n   from the manna of the larch (Larix).'),('Meliaceous','a.','Pertaining to a natural order (Meliacae) of plants of\n   which the genus Melia is the type. It includes the mahogany and the\n   Spanish cedar.'),('Melibean','a.','Alt. of Melib/an'),('Melib/an','a.','Alternately responsive, as verses.'),('Melic','','Of or pertaining to song; lyric; tuneful.'),('Melicerous','a.','Consisting of or containing matter like honey; -- said\n   of certain encysted tumors.'),('Melic grass','','A genus of grasses (Melica) of little agricultural\n   importance.'),('Melicotoon','n.','See Melocoton.'),('Melicratory','n.','A meadlike drink.'),('Melilite','n.','A mineral occurring in small yellow crystals, found in\n   the lavas (melilite basalt) of Vesuvius, and elsewhere.'),('Melilot','n.','Any species of Melilotus, a genus of leguminous herbs\n   having a vanillalike odor; sweet clover; hart\'s clover. The blue\n   melilot (Melilotus caerulea) is used in Switzerland to give color and\n   flavor to sapsago cheese.'),('Melilotic','a.','Of, pertaining to, or obtained from, sweet clover or\n   melilot; specifically, designating an acid of the aromatic series,\n   obtained from melilot as a white crystalline substance.'),('Meliorated','imp. & p. p.','of Meliorate'),('Meliorating','p. pr. & vb. n.','of Meliorate'),('Meliorate','v. t.','To make better; to improve; to ameliorate; to soften;\n   to make more tolerable.'),('Meliorate','v. i.','To grow better.'),('Meliorater','n.','Same as Meliorator.'),('Melioration','n.','The act or operation of meliorating, or the state of\n   being meliorated; improvement.'),('Meliorator','n.','One who meliorates.'),('Meliorism','n.','The doctrine that there is a tendency throughout nature\n   toward improvement.'),('Meliority','n.','The state or quality of being better; melioration.'),('Meliphagan','a.','Belonging to the genus Meliphaga.'),('Meliphagan','n.','Any bird of the genus Meliphaga and allied genera; a\n   honey eater; -- called also meliphagidan.'),('Meliphagous','a.','Eating, or feeding upon, honey.'),('Melismata','pl. ','of Melisma'),('Melisma','n.','A piece of melody; a song or tune, -- as opposed to\n   recitative or musical declamation.'),('Melisma','n.','A grace or embellishment.'),('Melissa','n.','A genus of labiate herbs, including the balm, or bee balm\n   (Melissa officinalis).'),('Melissic','a.','Pertaining to, or derived from, beeswax; specif.,\n   denoting an acid obtained by oxidation of myricin.'),('Melissyl','n.','See Myricyl.'),('Melissylene','n.','See Melene.'),('Melitose','n.','A variety of sugar isomeric with sucrose, extracted from\n   cotton seeds and from the so-called Australian manna (a secretion of\n   certain species of Eucalyptus).'),('Mell','v. i. & t.','To mix; to meddle.'),('Mell','n.','Honey.'),('Mell','n.','A mill.'),('Mellate','n.','A mellitate.'),('Mellay','n.','A melee; a conflict.'),('Mellic','a.','See Mellitic.'),('Melliferous','a.','Producing honey.'),('Mellific','a.','Producing honey.'),('Mellification','n.','The making or production of honey.'),('Mellifluence','n.','A flow of sweetness, or a sweet, smooth flow.'),('Mellifluent','a.','Flowing as with honey; smooth; mellifluous.'),('Mellifluently','adv.','In a mellifluent manner.'),('Mellifluous','a.','Flowing as with honey; smooth; flowing sweetly or\n   smoothly; as, a mellifluous voice.'),('Melligenous','a.','Having the qualities of honey.'),('Melligo','n.','Honeydew.'),('Melliloquent','a.','Speaking sweetly or harmoniously.'),('Melliphagan','n.','See Meliphagan.'),('Melliphagous','a.','See Meliphagous.'),('Mellitate','n.','A salt of mellitic acid.'),('Mellite','n.','A mineral of a honey color, found in brown coal, and\n   partly the result of vegetable decomposition; honeystone. It is a\n   mellitate of alumina.'),('Mellitic','a.','Containing saccharine matter; marked by saccharine\n   secretions; as, mellitic diabetes.'),('Mellitic','a.','Pertaining to, or derived from, the mineral mellite.'),('Mellone','n.','A yellow powder, C6H3N9, obtained from certain\n   sulphocyanates. It has acid properties and forms compounds called\n   mellonides.'),('Mellonide','n.','See Mellone.'),('Mellow','superl.','Soft or tender by reason of ripeness; having a tender\n   pulp; as, a mellow apple.'),('Mellow','superl.','Easily worked or penetrated; not hard or rigid; as, a\n   mellow soil.'),('Mellow','superl.','Not coarse, rough, or harsh; subdued; soft; rich;\n   delicate; -- said of sound, color, flavor, style, etc.'),('Mellow','superl.','Well matured; softened by years; genial; jovial.'),('Mellow','superl.','Warmed by liquor; slightly intoxicated.'),('Mellowed','imp. & p. p.','of Mellow'),('Mellowing','p. pr. & vb. n.','of Mellow'),('Mellow','v. t.','To make mellow.'),('Mellow','v. i.','To become mellow; as, ripe fruit soon mellows.'),('Mellowly','adv.','In a mellow manner.'),('Mellowness','n.','Quality or state of being mellow.'),('Mellowy','a.','Soft; unctuous.'),('Melluco','n.','A climbing plant (Ullucus officinalis) of the Andes,\n   having tuberous roots which are used as a substitute for potatoes.'),('Melne','n.','A mill.'),('Melocoton','n.','Alt. of Melocotoon'),('Melocotoon','n.','A quince.'),('Melocotoon','n.','A kind of peach having one side deep red, and the flesh\n   yellow.'),('Melodeon','n.','A kind of small reed organ; -- a portable form of the\n   seraphine.'),('Melodeon','n.','A music hall.'),('Melodic','a.','Of the nature of melody; relating to, containing, or made\n   up of, melody; melodious.'),('Melodics','n.','The department of musical science which treats of the\n   pitch of tones, and of the laws of melody.'),('Melodiograph','n.','A contrivance for preserving a record of music, by\n   recording the action of the keys of a musical instrument when played\n   upon.'),('Melodious','a.','Containing, or producing, melody; musical; agreeable to\n   the ear by a sweet succession of sounds; as, a melodious voice.'),('Melodist','n.','A composer or singer of melodies.'),('Melodized','imp. & p. p.','of Melodize'),('Melodizing','p. pr. & vb. n.','of Melodize'),('Melodize','v. t.','To make melodious; to form into, or set to, melody.'),('Melodize','v. i.','To make melody; to compose melodies; to harmonize.'),('Melodrama','n.','Formerly, a kind of drama having a musical accompaniment\n   to intensify the effect of certain scenes. Now, a drama abounding in\n   romantic sentiment and agonizing situations, with a musical\n   accompaniment only in parts which are especially thrilling or pathetic.\n   In opera, a passage in which the orchestra plays a somewhat descriptive\n   accompaniment, while the actor speaks; as, the melodrama in the\n   gravedigging scene of Beethoven\'s \"Fidelio\".'),('Melodramatic','a.','Of or pertaining to melodrama; like or suitable to a\n   melodrama; unnatural in situation or action.'),('Melodramatist','n.','One who acts in, or writes, melodramas.'),('Melodrame','n.','Melodrama.'),('Melodies','pl. ','of Melody'),('Melody','n.','A sweet or agreeable succession of sounds.'),('Melody','n.','A rhythmical succession of single tones, ranging for the\n   most part within a given key, and so related together as to form a\n   musical whole, having the unity of what is technically called a musical\n   thought, at once pleasing to the ear and characteristic in expression.'),('Melody','n.','The air or tune of a musical piece.'),('Meloe','','A genus of beetles without wings, but having short oval\n   elytra; the oil beetles. These beetles are sometimes used instead of\n   cantharides for raising blisters. See Oil beetle, under Oil.'),('Melograph','n.','Same as Melodiograph.'),('Melolonthidian','n.','A beetle of the genus Melolontha, and allied\n   genera. See May beetle, under May.'),('Melon','n.','The juicy fruit of certain cucurbitaceous plants, as the\n   muskmelon, watermelon, and citron melon; also, the plant that produces\n   the fruit.'),('Melon','n.','A large, ornamental, marine, univalve shell of the genus\n   Melo.'),('Melopiano','n.','A piano having a mechanical attachment which enables the\n   player to prolong the notes at will.'),('Meloplastic','a.','Of or pertaining to meloplasty, or the artificial\n   formation of a new cheek.'),('Meloplasty','n.','The process of restoring a cheek which has been\n   destroyed wholly or in part.'),('Melop/ia','n.','The art of forming melody; melody; -- now often used for\n   a melodic passage, rather than a complete melody.'),('Melotype','n.','A picture produced by a process in which development\n   after exposure may be deferred indefinitely, so as to permit\n   transportation of exposed plates; also, the process itself.'),('Melpomene','n.','The Muse of tragedy.'),('Melpomene','n.','The eighteenth asteroid.'),('Melrose','n.','Honey of roses.'),('Melt','n.','See 2d Milt.'),('Melted','imp. & p. p.','of Melt'),('Molten','p. p.','of Melt'),('Melting','p. pr. & vb. n.','of Melt'),('Melt','v.','To reduce from a solid to a liquid state, as by heat; to\n   liquefy; as, to melt wax, tallow, or lead; to melt ice or snow.'),('Melt','v.','Hence: To soften, as by a warming or kindly influence; to\n   relax; to render gentle or susceptible to mild influences; sometimes,\n   in a bad sense, to take away the firmness of; to weaken.'),('Melt','v. i.','To be changed from a solid to a liquid state under the\n   influence of heat; as, butter and wax melt at moderate temperatures.'),('Melt','v. i.','To dissolve; as, sugar melts in the mouth.'),('Melt','v. i.','Hence: To be softened; to become tender, mild, or gentle;\n   also, to be weakened or subdued, as by fear.'),('Melt','v. i.','To lose distinct form or outline; to blend.'),('Melt','v. i.','To disappear by being dispersed or dissipated; as, the fog\n   melts away.'),('Meltable','a.','Capable of being melted.'),('Melter','n.','One who, or that which, melts.'),('Melting','n.','Liquefaction; the act of causing (something) to melt, or\n   the process of becoming melted.'),('Melting','a.','Causing to melt; becoming melted; -- used literally or\n   figuratively; as, a melting heat; a melting appeal; a melting mood.'),('Melton','n.','A kind of stout woolen cloth with unfinished face and\n   without raised nap. A commoner variety has a cotton warp.'),('Member','v. t.','To remember; to cause to remember; to mention.'),('Member','n.','A part of an animal capable of performing a distinct\n   office; an organ; a limb.'),('Member','n.','Hence, a part of a whole; an independent constituent of a\n   body'),('Member','n.','A part of a discourse or of a period or sentence; a clause;\n   a part of a verse.'),('Member','n.','Either of the two parts of an algebraic equation, connected\n   by the sign of equality.'),('Member','n.','Any essential part, as a post, tie rod, strut, etc., of a\n   framed structure, as a bridge truss.'),('Member','n.','Any part of a building, whether constructional, as a pier,\n   column, lintel, or the like, or decorative, as a molding, or group of\n   moldings.'),('Member','n.','One of the persons composing a society, community, or the\n   like; an individual forming part of an association; as, a member of the\n   society of Friends.'),('Membered','a.','Having limbs; -- chiefly used in composition.'),('Membered','a.','Having legs of a different tincture from that of the\n   body; -- said of a bird in heraldic representations.'),('Membership','n.','The state of being a member.'),('Membership','n.','The collective body of members, as of a society.'),('Membral','a.','Relating to a member.'),('Membranaceous','a.','Same as Membranous.'),('Membranaceous','a.','Thin and rather soft or pliable, as the leaves of\n   the rose, peach tree, and aspen poplar.'),('Membrane','n.','A thin layer or fold of tissue, usually supported by a\n   fibrous network, serving to cover or line some part or organ, and often\n   secreting or absorbing certain fluids.'),('Membraneous','a.','See Membranous.'),('Membraniferous','a.','Having or producing membranes.'),('Membraniform','a.','Having the form of a membrane or of parchment.'),('Membranology','n.','The science which treats of membranes.'),('Membranous','a.','Pertaining to, consisting of, or resembling, membrane;\n   as, a membranous covering or lining.'),('Membranous','a.','Membranaceous.'),('Mementos','pl. ','of Memento'),('Memento','n.','A hint, suggestion, token, or memorial, to awaken memory;\n   that which reminds or recalls to memory; a souvenir.'),('Meminna','n.','A small deerlet, or chevrotain, of India.'),('Memnon','n.','A celebrated Egyptian statue near Thebes, said to have the\n   property of emitting a harplike sound at sunrise.'),('Memoir','n.','Alt. of Memoirs'),('Memoirs','n.','A memorial account; a history composed from personal\n   experience and memory; an account of transactions or events (usually\n   written in familiar style) as they are remembered by the writer. See\n   History, 2.'),('Memoirs','n.','A memorial of any individual; a biography; often, a\n   biography written without special regard to method and completeness.'),('Memoirs','n.','An account of something deemed noteworthy; an essay; a\n   record of investigations of any subject; the journals and proceedings\n   of a society.'),('Memoirist','n.','A writer of memoirs.'),('Memorabilia','n. pl.','Things remarkable and worthy of remembrance or\n   record; also, the record of them.'),('Memorability','n.','The quality or state of being memorable.'),('Memorable','a.','Worthy to be remembered; very important or remarkable.'),('Memorandums','pl. ','of Memorandum'),('Memoranda','pl. ','of Memorandum'),('Memorandum','n.','A record of something which it is desired to remember;\n   a note to help the memory.'),('Memorandum','n.','A brief or informal note in writing of some\n   transaction, or an outline of an intended instrument; an instrument\n   drawn up in a brief and compendious form.'),('Memorate','v. t.','To commemorate.'),('Memorative','a.','Commemorative.'),('Memoria','n.','Memory.'),('Memorial','a.','Serving to preserve remembrance; commemorative; as, a\n   memorial building.'),('Memorial','a.','Mnemonic; assisting the memory.'),('Memorial','n.','Anything intended to preserve the memory of a person or\n   event; something which serves to keep something else in remembrance; a\n   monument.'),('Memorial','n.','A memorandum; a record.'),('Memorial','n.','A written representation of facts, addressed to the\n   government, or to some branch of it, or to a society, etc., -- often\n   accompanied with a petition.'),('Memorial','n.','Memory; remembrance.'),('Memorial','n.','A species of informal state paper, much used in\n   negotiation.'),('Memorialist','n.','One who writes or signs a memorial.'),('Memorialized','imp. & p. p.','of Memorialize'),('Memorializing','p. pr. & vb. n.','of Memorialize'),('Memorialize','v. t.','To address or petition by a memorial; to present a\n   memorial to; as, to memorialize the legislature.'),('Memorializer','n.','One who petitions by a memorial.'),('Memorist','n.','One who, or that which, causes to be remembered.'),('Memoriter','adv.','By, or from, memory.'),('Memorized','imp. & p. p.','of Memorize'),('Memorizing','p. pr. & vb. n.','of Memorize'),('Memorize','v. t.','To cause to be remembered ; hence, to record.'),('Memorize','v. t.','To commit to memory; to learn by heart.'),('Memories','pl. ','of Memory'),('Memory','n.','The faculty of the mind by which it retains the knowledge\n   of previous thoughts, impressions, or events.'),('Memory','n.','The reach and positiveness with which a person can\n   remember; the strength and trustworthiness of one\'s power to reach and\n   represent or to recall the past; as, his memory was never wrong.'),('Memory','n.','The actual and distinct retention and recognition of past\n   ideas in the mind; remembrance; as, in memory of youth; memories of\n   foreign lands.'),('Memory','n.','The time within which past events can be or are remembered;\n   as, within the memory of man.'),('Memory','n.','Something, or an aggregate of things, remembered; hence,\n   character, conduct, etc., as preserved in remembrance, history, or\n   tradition; posthumous fame; as, the war became only a memory.'),('Memory','n.','A memorial.'),('Memphian','a.','Of or pertaining to the ancient city of Memphis in Egypt;\n   hence, Egyptian; as, Memphian darkness.'),('Men','n.','pl. of Man.'),('Men','pron.','A man; one; -- used with a verb in the singular, and\n   corresponding to the present indefinite one or they.'),('Menaccanite','n.','An iron-black or steel-gray mineral, consisting\n   chiefly of the oxides of iron and titanium. It is commonly massive, but\n   occurs also in rhombohedral crystals. Called also titanic iron ore, and\n   ilmenite.'),('Menace','n.','The show of an intention to inflict evil; a threat or\n   threatening; indication of a probable evil or catastrophe to come.'),('Menaced','imp. & p. p.','of Menace'),('Menacing','p. pr. & vb. n.','of Menace'),('Menace','n.','To express or show an intention to inflict, or to hold out\n   a prospect of inflicting, evil or injury upon; to threaten; -- usually\n   followed by with before the harm threatened; as, to menace a country\n   with war.'),('Menace','n.','To threaten, as an evil to be inflicted.'),('Menace','v. i.','To act in threatening manner; to wear a threatening\n   aspect.'),('Menacer','n.','One who menaces.'),('Menacingly','adv.','In a threatening manner.'),('Menage','n.','See Manage.'),('Menage','n.','A collection of animals; a menagerie.'),('Menagerie','n.','A piace where animals are kept and trained.'),('Menagerie','n.','A collection of wild or exotic animals, kept for\n   exhibition.'),('Menagogue','n.','Emmenagogue.'),('Menaia','pl. ','of Menaion'),('Menaion','n.','A work of twelve volumes, each containing the offices in\n   the Greek Church for a month; also, each volume of the same.'),('Menald','a.','Alt. of Menild'),('Menild','a.','Covered with spots; speckled; variegated.'),('Mended','imp. & p. p.','of Mend'),('Mending','p. pr. & vb. n.','of Mend'),('Mend','v. t.','To repair, as anything that is torn, broken, defaced,\n   decayed, or the like; to restore from partial decay, injury, or\n   defacement; to patch up; to put in shape or order again; to re-create;\n   as, to mend a garment or a machine.'),('Mend','v. t.','To alter for the better; to set right; to reform; hence,\n   to quicken; as, to mend one\'s manners or pace.'),('Mend','v. t.','To help, to advance, to further; to add to.'),('Mend','v. i.','To grow better; to advance to a better state; to become\n   improved.'),('Mendable','a.','Capable of being mended.'),('Mendacious','a.','Given to deception or falsehood; lying; as, a\n   mendacious person.'),('Mendacious','a.','False; counterfeit; containing falsehood; as, a\n   mendacious statement.'),('Mendacities','pl. ','of Mendacity'),('Mendacity','n.','The quality or state of being mendacious; a habit of\n   lying.'),('Mendacity','n.','A falsehood; a lie.'),('Mender','n.','One who mends or repairs.'),('Mendiant','n.','See Mendinant.'),('Mendicancy','n.','The condition of being mendicant; beggary; begging.'),('Mendicant','a.','Practicing beggary; begging; living on alms; as,\n   mendicant friars.'),('Mendicant','n.','A beggar; esp., one who makes a business of begging;\n   specifically, a begging friar.'),('Mendicate','v. t.& i.','To beg.'),('Mendication','n.','The act or practice of begging; beggary; mendicancy.'),('Mendicity','n.','The practice of begging; the life of a beggar;\n   mendicancy.'),('Mendinant','n.','A mendicant or begging friar.'),('Mendment','n.','Amendment.'),('Mendole','n.','The cackerel.'),('Mendregal','n.','Medregal.'),('Mends','n.','See Amends.'),('Mente','imp.','of Menge'),('Meinte','','of Menge'),('Ment','p. p.','of Menge'),('Meint','','of Menge'),('Menge','v. i.','To mix.'),('Menhaden','n.','An American marine fish of the Herring familt (Brevoortia\n   tyrannus), chiefly valuable for its oil and as a component of\n   fertilizers; -- called also mossbunker, bony fish, chebog, pogy,\n   hardhead, whitefish, etc.'),('Menhir','n.','A large stone set upright in olden times as a memorial or\n   monument. Many, of unknown date, are found in Brittany and throughout\n   Northern Europe.'),('Menial','n.','Belonging to a retinue or train of servants; performing\n   servile office; serving.'),('Menial','n.','Pertaining to servants, esp. domestic servants; servile;\n   low; mean.'),('Menial','n.','A domestic servant or retainer, esp. one of humble rank;\n   one employed in low or servile offices.'),('Menial','n.','A person of a servile character or disposition.'),('Meniere\'s disease','','A disease characterized by deafness and vertigo,\n   resulting in incoordination of movement. It is supposed to depend upon\n   a morbid condition of the semicircular canals of the internal ear.\n   Named after Meniere, a French physician.'),('Menilite','n.','See Opal.'),('Meningeal','a.','Of or pertaining to the meninges.'),('Meninges','n. pl.','The three membranes that envelop the brain and spinal\n   cord; the pia mater, dura mater, and arachnoid membrane.'),('Meningitis','n.','Inflammation of the membranes of the brain or spinal\n   cord.'),('Meniscal','a.','Pertaining to, or having the form of, a meniscus.'),('Meniscoid','a.','Concavo-convex, like a meniscus.'),('Menisci','pl. ','of Meniscus'),('Meniscuses','pl. ','of Meniscus'),('Meniscus','n.','A crescent.'),('Meniscus','n.','A lens convex on one side and concave on the other.'),('Meniscus','n.','An interarticular synovial cartilage or membrane; esp.,\n   one of the intervertebral synovial disks in some parts of the vertebral\n   column of birds.'),('Menispermaceous','a.','Pertaining to a natural order (Menispermace/) of\n   climbing plants of which moonseed (Menispermum) is the type.'),('Menispermic','a.','Pertaining to, or obtained from, moonseed\n   (Menispermum), or other plants of the same family, as the Anamirta\n   Cocculus.'),('Menispermine','n.','An alkaloid distinct from picrotoxin and obtained\n   from the cocculus indicus (the fruit of Anamirta Cocculus, formerly\n   Menispermum Cocculus) as a white, crystalline, tasteless powder; --\n   called also menispermina.'),('Meniver','a.','Same as Miniver.'),('Mennonist','n.','Alt. of Mennonite'),('Mennonite','n.','One of a small denomination of Christians, so called\n   from Menno Simons of Friesland, their founder. They believe that the\n   New Testament is the only rule of faith, that there is no original sin,\n   that infants should not be baptized, and that Christians ought not to\n   take oath, hold office, or render military service.'),('Menobranch','n.','Alt. of Menobranchus'),('Menobranchus','n.','A large aquatic American salamander of the genus\n   Necturus, having permanent external gills.'),('Menologia','pl. ','of Menology'),('Menologies','pl. ','of Menology'),('Menologium','n.','Alt. of Menology'),('Menology','n.','A register of months.'),('Menology','n.','A brief calendar of the lives of the saints for each day\n   in the year, or a simple remembrance of those whose lives are not\n   written.'),('Menopause','n.','The period of natural cessation of menstruation. See\n   Change of life, under Change.'),('Menopoma','n.','Alt. of Menopome'),('Menopome','n.','The hellbender.'),('Menorrhagia','n.','Profuse menstruation.'),('Menorrhagia','n.','Any profuse bleeding from the uterus; Metrorrhagia.'),('Menostasis','n.','Stoppage of the mences.'),('Menostation','n.','Same as Menostasis.'),('Menow','n.','A minnow.'),('Men-pleaser','n.','One whose motive is to please men or the world, rather\n   than God.'),('Mensal','a.','Belonging to the table; transacted at table; as, mensal\n   conversation.'),('Mensal','a.','Occurring once in a month; monthly.'),('Mense','n.','Manliness; dignity; comeliness; civility.'),('Mense','v. t.','To grace.'),('Menses','n. pl.','The catamenial or menstrual discharge, a periodic flow\n   of blood or bloody fluid from the uterus or female generative organs.'),('Menstrual','a.','Recurring once a month; monthly; gone through in a\n   month; as, the menstrual revolution of the moon; pertaining to monthly\n   changes; as, the menstrual equation of the sun\'s place.'),('Menstrual','a.','Of or pertaining to the menses; as, menstrual\n   discharges; the menstrual period.'),('Menstrual','a.','Of or pertaining to a menstruum.'),('Menstruant','a.','Subject to monthly flowing or menses.'),('Menstruate','a.','Menstruous.'),('Menstruated','imp. & p. p.','of Menstruate'),('Menstruating','p. pr. & vb. n.','of Menstruate'),('Menstruate','v. i.','To discharge the menses; to have the catamenial\n   flow.'),('Menstruation','n.','The discharge of the menses; also, the state or the\n   period of menstruating.'),('Menstrue','n.','The menstrual flux; menses.'),('Menstruous','a.','Having the monthly flow or discharge; menstruating.'),('Menstruous','a.','Of or pertaining tj the monthly flow; catamenial.'),('Menstruums','pl. ','of Menstruum'),('Menstrua','pl. ','of Menstruum'),('Menstruum','n.','Any substance which dissolves a solid body; a solvent.'),('Mensurability','n.','The quality of being mensurable.'),('Mensurable','a.','Capable of being measured; measurable.'),('Mensurableness','n.','The quality or state of being mensurable;\n   measurableness.'),('Mensural','a.','Of or pertaining to measure.'),('Mensurate','v.','To measure.'),('Mensuration','n.','The act, process, or art, of measuring.'),('Mensuration','n.','That branch of applied geometry which gives rules for\n   finding the length of lines, the areas of surfaces, or the volumes of\n   solids, from certain simple data of lines and angles.'),('-ment','','A suffix denoting that which does a thing; an act or process;\n   the result of an act or process; state or condition; as, aliment, that\n   which nourishes, ornament, increment; fragment, piece broken, segment;\n   abridgment, act of abridging, imprisonment, movement, adjournment;\n   amazement, state of being amazed, astonishment.'),('Ment','','p. p. of Menge.'),('Mentagra','n.','Sycosis.'),('Mental','a.','Of or pertaining to the chin; genian; as, the mental nerve;\n   the mental region.'),('Mental','n.','A plate or scale covering the mentum or chin of a fish or\n   reptile.'),('Mental','a.','Of or pertaining to the mind; intellectual; as, mental\n   faculties; mental operations, conditions, or exercise.'),('Mentality','n.','Quality or state of mind.'),('Mentally','adv.','In the mind; in thought or meditation; intellectually;\n   in idea.'),('Mentha','n.','A widely distributed genus of fragrant herbs, including the\n   peppermint, spearmint, etc. The plants have small flowers, usually\n   arranged in dense axillary clusters.'),('Menthene','n.','A colorless liquid hydrocarbon resembling oil of\n   turpentine, obtained by dehydrating menthol. It has an agreeable odor\n   and a cooling taste.'),('Menthol','n.','A white, crystalline, aromatic substance resembling\n   camphor, extracted from oil of peppermint (Mentha); -- called also mint\n   camphor or peppermint camphor.'),('Menthyl','n.','A compound radical forming the base of menthol.'),('Menticultural','a.','Of or pertaining to mental culture; serving to\n   improve or strengthen the mind.'),('Mention','n.','A speaking or notice of anything, -- usually in a brief or\n   cursory manner. Used especially in the phrase to make mention of.'),('Mentioned','imp. & p. p.','of Mention'),('Mentioning','p. pr. & vb. n.','of Mention'),('Mention','v. t.','To make mention of; to speak briefly of; to name.'),('Mentionable','a.','Fit to be mentioned.'),('Mentomeckelian','a.','Of or pertaining to the chin and lower jaw.'),('Mentomeckelian','n.','The bone or cartilage forming the anterior\n   extremity of the lower jaw in some adult animals and the young of\n   others.'),('Mentor','n.','A wise and faithful counselor or monitor.'),('Mentorial','a.','Containing advice or admonition.'),('Mentum','n.','The front median plate of the labium in insects. See\n   Labium.'),('Menu','n.','The details of a banquet; a bill of fare.'),('Menuse','v. i.','See Amenuse.'),('Meow','v. i. & n.','See 6th and 7th Mew.'),('Mephistophelian','a.','Pertaining to, or resembling, the devil\n   Mephistopheles, \"a crafty, scoffing, relentless fiend;\" devilish;\n   crafty.'),('Mephitic','a.','Alt. of Mephitical'),('Mephitical','a.','Tending to destroy life; poisonous; noxious; as,\n   mephitic exhalations; mephitic regions.'),('Mephitical','a.','Offensive to the smell; as, mephitic odors.'),('Mephitis','n.','Noxious, pestilential, or foul exhalations from\n   decomposing substances, filth, or other source.'),('Mephitis','n.','A genus of mammals, including the skunks.'),('Mephitism','n.','Same as Mephitis, 1.'),('Meracious','a.','Being without mixture or adulteration; hence, strong;\n   racy.'),('Mercable','a.','Capable of being bought or sold.'),('Mercantile','a.','Of or pertaining to merchants, or the business of\n   merchants; having to do with trade, or the buying and selling of\n   commodities; commercial.'),('Mercaptal','n.','Any one of a series of compounds of mercaptans with\n   aldehydes.'),('Mercaptan','n.','Any one of series of compounds, hydrosulphides of\n   alcohol radicals, in composition resembling the alcohols, but\n   containing sulphur in place of oxygen, and hence called also the\n   sulphur alcohols. In general, they are colorless liquids having a\n   strong, repulsive, garlic odor. The name is specifically applied to\n   ethyl mercaptan, C2H5SH. So called from its avidity for mercury, and\n   other metals.'),('Mercaptide','n.','A compound of mercaptan formed by replacing its sulphur\n   hydrogen by a metal; as, potassium mercaptide, C2H5SK.'),('Mercat','n.','Market; trade.'),('Mercatante','n.','A foreign trader.'),('Mercator\'s chart','','See under Chart, and see Mercator\'s projection,\n   under Projection.'),('Mercature','n.','Commerce; traffic; trade.'),('Merce','v. t.','To subject to fine or amercement; to mulct; to amerce.'),('Mercenaria','n.','The quahog.'),('Mercenarian','n.','A mercenary.'),('Mercenarily','adv.','In a mercenary manner.'),('Mercenariness','n.','The quality or state of being mercenary; venality.'),('Mercenary','a.','Acting for reward; serving for pay; paid; hired;\n   hireling; venal; as, mercenary soldiers.'),('Mercenary','a.','Hence: Moved by considerations of pay or profit; greedy\n   of gain; sordid; selfish.'),('Mercenaries','pl. ','of Mercenary'),('Mercenary','n.','One who is hired; a hireling; especially, a soldier\n   hired into foreign service.'),('Mercer','n.','Originally, a dealer in any kind of goods or wares; now\n   restricted to a dealer in textile fabrics, as silks or woolens.'),('Mercership','n.','The business of a mercer.'),('Mercery','n.','The trade of mercers; the goods in which a mercer deals.'),('Merchand','v. i.','To traffic.'),('Merchandisable','a.','Such as can be used or transferred as merchandise.'),('Merchandise','n.','The objects of commerce; whatever is usually bought or\n   sold in trade, or market, or by merchants; wares; goods; commodities.'),('Merchandise','n.','The act or business of trading; trade; traffic.'),('Merchandised','imp. & p. p.','of Merchandise'),('Merchandising','p. pr. & vb. n.','of Merchandise'),('Merchandise','v. i.','To trade; to carry on commerce.'),('Merchandise','v. t.','To make merchandise of; to buy and sell.'),('Merchandiser','n.','A trader.'),('Merchandry','n.','Trade; commerce.'),('Merchant','n.','One who traffics on a large scale, especially with\n   foreign countries; a trafficker; a trader.'),('Merchant','n.','A trading vessel; a merchantman.'),('Merchant','n.','One who keeps a store or shop for the sale of goods; a\n   shopkeeper.'),('Merchant','a.','Of, pertaining to, or employed in, trade or merchandise;\n   as, the merchant service.'),('Merchant','v. i.','To be a merchant; to trade.'),('Merchantable','a.','Fit for market; such as is usually sold in market, or\n   such as will bring the ordinary price; as, merchantable wheat;\n   sometimes, a technical designation for a particular kind or class.'),('Merchantly','a.','Merchantlike; suitable to the character or business of\n   a merchant.'),('Merchantmen','pl. ','of Merchantman'),('Merchantman','n.','A merchant.'),('Merchantman','n.','A trading vessel; a ship employed in the\n   transportation of goods, as, distinguished from a man-of-war.'),('Merchantry','n.','The body of merchants taken collectively; as, the\n   merchantry of a country.'),('Merchantry','n.','The business of a merchant; merchandise.'),('Merciable','a.','Merciful.'),('Merciful','a.','Full of mercy; having or exercising mercy; disposed to\n   pity and spare offenders; unwilling to punish.'),('Merciful','a.','Unwilling to give pain; compassionate.'),('Mercify','v. t.','To pity.'),('Merciless','a.','Destitute of mercy; cruel; unsparing; -- said of animate\n   beings, and also, figuratively, of things; as, a merciless tyrant;\n   merciless waves.'),('Mercurammonium','n.','A radical regarded as derived from ammonium by the\n   substitution of mercury for a portion of the hydrogen.'),('Mercurial','a.','Having the qualities fabled to belong to the god\n   Mercury; swift; active; sprightly; fickle; volatile; changeable; as, a\n   mercurial youth; a mercurial temperament.'),('Mercurial','a.','Having the form or image of Mercury; -- applied to\n   ancient guideposts.'),('Mercurial','a.','Of or pertaining to Mercury as the god of trade; hence,\n   money-making; crafty.'),('Mercurial','a.','Of or pertaining to, or containing, mercury; as,\n   mercurial preparations, barometer. See Mercury, 2.'),('Mercurial','a.','Caused by the use of mercury; as, mercurial sore mouth.'),('Mercurial','n.','A person having mercurial qualities.'),('Mercurial','n.','A preparation containing mercury.'),('Mercurialist','n.','One under the influence of Mercury; one resembling\n   Mercury in character.'),('Mercurialist','n.','A physician who uses much mercury, in any of its\n   forms, in his practice.'),('Mercurialized','imp. & p. p.','of Mercurialize'),('Mercurializing','p. pr. & vb. n.','of Mercurialize'),('Mercurialize','v. t.','To affect with mercury.'),('Mercurialize','v. t.','To treat with mercury; to expose to the vapor of\n   mercury.'),('Mercurialize','v. i.','To be sprightly, fantastic, or capricious.'),('Mercurially','adv.','In a mercurial manner.'),('Mercuric','a.','Of, pertaining to, or derived from, mercury; containing\n   mercury; -- said of those compounds of mercury into which this element\n   enters in its lowest proportion.'),('Mercurification','n.','The process or operation of obtaining the mercury,\n   in its fluid form, from mercuric minerals.'),('Mercurification','n.','The act or process of compounding, or the state of\n   being compounded, with mercury.'),('Mercurified','imp. & p. p.','of Mercurify'),('Mercurifying','p. pr. & vb. n.','of Mercurify'),('Mercurify','v. t.','To obtain mercury from, as mercuric minerals, which\n   may be done by any application of intense heat that expels the mercury\n   in fumes, which are afterward condensed.'),('Mercurify','v. t.','To combine or mingle mercury with; to impregnate with\n   mercury; to mercurialize.'),('Mercurism','n.','A communication of news; an announcement.'),('Mercurous','a.','Of, pertaining to, or derived from, mercury; containing\n   mercury; -- said of those compounds of mercury in which it is present\n   in its highest proportion.'),('Mercury','n.','A Latin god of commerce and gain; -- treated by the poets\n   as identical with the Greek Hermes, messenger of the gods, conductor of\n   souls to the lower world, and god of eloquence.'),('Mercury','n.','A metallic element mostly obtained by reduction from\n   cinnabar, one of its ores. It is a heavy, opaque, glistening liquid\n   (commonly called quicksilver), and is used in barometers, thermometers,\n   ect. Specific gravity 13.6. Symbol Hg (Hydrargyrum). Atomic weight\n   199.8. Mercury has a molecule which consists of only one atom. It was\n   named by the alchemists after the god Mercury, and designated by his\n   symbol, /.'),('Mercury','n.','One of the planets of the solar system, being the one\n   nearest the sun, from which its mean distance is about 36,000,000\n   miles. Its period is 88 days, and its diameter 3,000 miles.'),('Mercury','n.','A carrier of tidings; a newsboy; a messenger; hence, also,\n   a newspaper.'),('Mercury','n.','Sprightly or mercurial quality; spirit; mutability;\n   fickleness.'),('Mercury','n.','A plant (Mercurialis annua), of the Spurge family, the\n   leaves of which are sometimes used for spinach, in Europe.'),('Mercury','v. t.','To wash with a preparation of mercury.'),('Mercies','pl. ','of Mercy'),('Mercy','n.','Forbearance to inflict harm under circumstances of\n   provocation, when one has the power to inflict it; compassionate\n   treatment of an offender or adversary; clemency.'),('Mercy','n.','Compassionate treatment of the unfortunate and helpless;\n   sometimes, favor, beneficence.'),('Mercy','n.','Disposition to exercise compassion or favor; pity;\n   compassion; willingness to spare or to help.'),('Mercy','n.','A blessing regarded as a manifestation of compassion or\n   favor.'),('Merd','n.','Ordure; dung.'),('-mere','','A combining form meaning part, portion; as, blastomere,\n   epimere.'),('Mere','n.','A pool or lake.'),('Mere','n.','A boundary.'),('Mere','v. t.','To divide, limit, or bound.'),('Mere','n.','A mare.'),('Mere','Superl.','Unmixed; pure; entire; absolute; unqualified.'),('Mere','Superl.','Only this, and nothing else; such, and no more; simple;\n   bare; as, a mere boy; a mere form.'),('Merely','adv.','Purely; unmixedly; absolutely.'),('Merely','adv.','Not otherwise than; simply; barely; only.'),('Merenchyma','n.','Tissue composed of spheroidal cells.'),('Meresman','n.','An officer who ascertains meres or boundaries.'),('Merestead','n.','The land within the boundaries of a farm; a farmstead or\n   farm.'),('Merestone','n.','A stone designating a limit or boundary; a landmark.'),('Meretricious','a.','Of or pertaining to prostitutes; having to do with\n   harlots; lustful; as, meretricious traffic.'),('Meretricious','a.','Resembling the arts of a harlot; alluring by false\n   show; gaudily and deceitfully ornamental; tawdry; as, meretricious\n   dress or ornaments.'),('Merganser','n.','Any bird of the genus Merganser, and allied genera. They\n   are allied to the ducks, but have a sharply serrated bill.'),('Merged','imp. & p. p.','of Merge'),('Merging','p. pr. & vb. n.','of Merge'),('Merge','v. t.','To cause to be swallowed up; to immerse; to sink; to\n   absorb.'),('Merge','v. i.','To be sunk, swallowed up, or lost.'),('Merger','n.','One who, or that which, merges.'),('Merger','n.','An absorption of one estate, or one contract, in another,\n   or of a minor offense in a greater.'),('Mericarp','n.','One carpel of an umbelliferous fruit. See Cremocarp.'),('Meride','n.','A permanent colony of cells or plastids which may remain\n   isolated, like Rotifer, or may multiply by gemmation to form higher\n   aggregates, termed zoides.'),('Meridian','a.','Being at, or pertaining to, midday; belonging to, or\n   passing through, the highest point attained by the sun in his diurnal\n   course.'),('Meridian','a.','Pertaining to the highest point or culmination; as,\n   meridian splendor.'),('Meridian','a.','Midday; noon.'),('Meridian','a.','Hence: The highest point, as of success, prosperity, or\n   the like; culmination.'),('Meridian','a.','A great circle of the sphere passing through the poles of\n   the heavens and the zenith of a given place. It is crossed by the sun\n   at midday.'),('Meridian','a.','A great circle on the surface of the earth, passing\n   through the poles and any given place; also, the half of such a circle\n   included between the poles.'),('Meridional','a.','Of or pertaining to the meridian.'),('Meridional','a.','Having a southern aspect; southern; southerly.'),('Meridionality','n.','The state of being in the meridian.'),('Meridionality','n.','Position in the south; aspect toward the south.'),('Meridionally','adv.','In the direction of the meridian.'),('Merils','n.','A boy\'s play, called also fivepenny morris. See Morris.'),('Meringue','n.','A delicate pastry made of powdered sugar and the whites\n   of eggs whipped up, -- with jam or cream added.'),('Merino','a.','Of or pertaining to a variety of sheep with very fine wool,\n   originally bred in Spain.'),('Merino','a.','Made of the wool of the merino sheep.'),('Merinos','pl. ','of Merino'),('Merino','n.','A breed of sheep originally from Spain, noted for the\n   fineness of its wool.'),('Merino','n.','A fine fabric of merino wool.'),('Merismatic','a.','Dividing into cells or segments; characterized by\n   separation into two or more parts or sections by the formation of\n   internal partitions; as, merismatic growth, where one cell divides into\n   many.'),('Meristem','n.','A tissue of growing cells, or cells capable of further\n   division.'),('Merit','n.','The quality or state of deserving well or ill; desert.'),('Merit','n.','Esp. in a good sense: The quality or state of deserving\n   well; worth; excellence.'),('Merit','n.','Reward deserved; any mark or token of excellence or\n   approbation; as, his teacher gave him ten merits.'),('Merited','imp. & p. p.','of Merit'),('Meriting','p. pr. & vb. n.','of Merit'),('Merit','n.','To earn by service or performance; to have a right to claim\n   as reward; to deserve; sometimes, to deserve in a bad sense; as, to\n   merit punishment.'),('Merit','n.','To reward.'),('Merit','v. i.','To acquire desert; to gain value; to receive benefit; to\n   profit.'),('Meritable','a.','Deserving of reward.'),('Meritedly','adv.','By merit; deservedly.'),('Merithal','n.','Alt. of Merithallus'),('Merithallus','n.','Same as Internode.'),('Meritmonger','n.','One who depends on merit for salvation.'),('Meritorious','a.','Possessing merit; deserving of reward or honor; worthy\n   of recompense; valuable.'),('Meritory','a.','Meritorious.'),('Meritot','n.','A play of children, in swinging on ropes, or the like,\n   till they are dizzy.'),('Merk','n.','An old Scotch silver coin; a mark or marc.'),('Merk','n.','A mark; a sign.'),('Merke','a.','Murky.'),('Merkin','n.','Originally, a wig; afterwards, a mop for cleaning cannon.'),('Merl','n.','Alt. of Merle'),('Merle','n.','The European blackbird. See Blackbird.'),('Merlin','n.','A small European falcon (Falco lithofalco, or F. aesalon).'),('Merling','n.','The European whiting.'),('Merlon','n.','One of the solid parts of a battlemented parapet; a\n   battlement. See Illust. of Battlement.'),('Merluce','n.','The European hake; -- called also herring hake and sea\n   pike.'),('Mermaid','n.','A fabled marine creature, typically represented as having\n   the upper part like that of a woman, and the lower like a fish; a sea\n   nymph, sea woman, or woman fish.'),('Mermen','pl. ','of Merman'),('Merman','n.','The male corresponding to mermaid; a sea man, or man fish.'),('Meroblast','n.','An ovum, as that of a mammal, only partially composed of\n   germinal matter, that is, consisting of both a germinal portion and an\n   albuminous or nutritive one; -- opposed to holoblast.'),('Meroblastic','a.','Consisting only in part of germinal matter;\n   characterized by partial segmentation only; as, meroblastic ova, in\n   which a portion of the yolk only undergoes fission; meroblastic\n   segmentation; -- opposed to holoblastic.'),('Merocele','n.','Hernia in the thigh; femoral hernia .'),('Meroistic','a.','Applied to the ovaries of insects when they secrete\n   vitelligenous cells, as well as ova.'),('Meropidan','n.','One of a family of birds (Meropidae), including the\n   bee-eaters.'),('Meropodite','n.','The fourth joint of a typical appendage of Crustacea.'),('Merorganization','n.','Organization in part.'),('Meros','n.','The plain surface between the channels of a triglyph.'),('Meros','n.','The proximal segment of the hind limb; the thigh.'),('Merosome','n.','One of the serial segments, or metameres, of which the\n   bodies of vertebrate and articulate animals are composed.'),('Merostomata','n. pl.','A class of Arthropoda, allied to the Crustacea. It\n   includes the trilobites, Eurypteroidea, and Limuloidea. All are extinct\n   except the horseshoe crabs of the last group. See Limulus.'),('Merou','n.','See Jack, 8 (c).'),('Merovingian','a.','Of or pertaining to the first Frankish dynasty in Gaul\n   or France.'),('Merovingian','n.','One of the kings of this dynasty.'),('Merrily','adv.','In a merry manner; with mirth; with gayety and laughter;\n   jovially. See Mirth, and Merry.'),('Merrimake','n.','See Merrymake, n.'),('Merrimake','v. i.','See Merrymake, v.'),('Merriment','n.','Gayety, with laughter; mirth; frolic.'),('Merriness','n.','The quality or state of being merry; merriment; mirth;\n   gayety, with laughter.'),('Merry','superl.','Laughingly gay; overflowing with good humor and good\n   spirits; jovial; inclined to laughter or play ; sportive.'),('Merry','superl.','Cheerful; joyous; not sad; happy.'),('Merry','superl.','Causing laughter, mirth, gladness, or delight; as, /\n   merry jest.'),('Merry','n.','A kind of wild red cherry.'),('Merry-andrew','n.','One whose business is to make sport for others; a\n   buffoon; a zany; especially, one who attends a mountebank or quack\n   doctor.'),('Merry-go-round','n.','Any revolving contrivance for affording amusement;\n   esp., a ring of flying hobbyhorses.'),('Merrymake','n.','Mirth; frolic; a meeting for mirth; a festival.'),('Merrymake','v. i.','To make merry; to be jolly; to feast.'),('Merrymaker','n.','One who makes merriment or indulges in conviviality; a\n   jovial comrade.'),('Merrymaking','a.','Making or producing mirth; convivial; jolly.'),('Merrymaking','n.','The act of making merry; conviviality; merriment;\n   jollity.'),('Merrymeeting','n.','A meeting for mirth.'),('Merrythought','n.','The forked bone of a fowl\'s breast; -- called also\n   wishbone. See Furculum.'),('Mersion','n.','Immersion.'),('Merulidan','n.','A bird of the Thrush family.'),('Merus','n.','See Meros.'),('Mervaille','n.','Marvel.'),('Mes-','','See Meso-.'),('Mesa','/.','A high tableland; a plateau on a hill.'),('Mesaconate','n.','A salt of mesaconic acid.'),('Mesaconic','a.','Pertaining to, or designating, one of several isomeric\n   acids obtained from citric acid.'),('Mesad','adv.','Same as Mesiad.'),('Mesal','a.','Same as Mesial.'),('Mesalliance','n.','A marriage with a person of inferior social position;\n   a misalliance.'),('Mesally','adv.','Same as Mesially.'),('Mesam/boid','n.','One of a class of independent, isolated cells found in\n   the mesoderm, while the germ layers are undergoing differentiation.'),('Mesaraic','a.','Mesenteric.'),('Mesaticephalic','a.','Having the ratio of the length to the breadth of\n   the cranium a medium one; neither brachycephalic nor dolichocephalic.'),('Mesaticephalous','a.','Mesaticephalic.'),('Mescal','n.','A distilled liquor prepared in Mexico from a species of\n   agave. See Agave.'),('Mesdames','n.','pl. of Madame and Madam.'),('Meseemed','imp.','of Meseems'),('Meseems','v. impers.','It seems to me.'),('Mesel','n.','A leper.'),('Meselry','n.','Leprosy.'),('Mesembryanthemum','n.','A genus of herbaceous or suffruticose plants,\n   chiefly natives of South Africa. The leaves are opposite, thick, and\n   f/eshy. The flowers usually open about midday, whence the name.'),('Mesencephalic','a.','Of or pertaining to the mesencephalon or midbrain.'),('Mesencephalon','n.','The middle segment of the brain; the midbrain.\n   Sometimes abbreviated to mesen. See Brain.'),('Mesenchyma','n.','The part of the mesoblast which gives rise to the\n   connective tissues and blood.'),('Mesenteric','a.','Pertaining to a mesentery; mesaraic.'),('Mesenteron','n.','All that part of the alimentary canal which is\n   developed from the primitive enteron and is lined with hypoblast. It is\n   distinguished from the stomod/um, a part at the anterior end of the\n   canal, including the cavity of the mouth, and the proctod/um, a part at\n   the posterior end, which are formed by invagination and are lined with\n   epiblast.'),('Mesentery','n.','The membranes, or one of the membranes (consisting of a\n   fold of the peritoneum and inclosed tissues), which connect the\n   intestines and their appendages with the dorsal wall of the abdominal\n   cavity. The mesentery proper is connected with the jejunum and ilium,\n   the other mesenteries being called mesocaecum, mesocolon, mesorectum,\n   etc.'),('Mesentery','n.','One of the vertical muscular radiating partitions which\n   divide the body cavity of Anthozoa into chambers.'),('Meseraic','a.','Mesaraic.'),('Mesethmoid','a.','Of or pertaining to the middle of the ethmoid region or\n   ethmoid bone.'),('Mesethmoid','n.','The median vertical plate, or median element, of the\n   ethmoid bone.'),('Mesh','n.','The opening or space inclosed by the threads of a net between\n   knot and knot, or the threads inclosing such a space; network; a net.'),('Mesh','n.','The engagement of the teeth of wheels, or of a wheel and\n   rack.'),('Meshed','imp. & p. p.','of Mesh'),('Meshing','p. pr. & vb. n.','of Mesh'),('Mesh','v. t.','To catch in a mesh.'),('Mesh','v. i.','To engage with each other, as the teeth of wheels.'),('Meshed','a.','Mashed; brewed.'),('Meshy','a.','Formed with meshes; netted.'),('Mesiad','adv.','Toward, or on the side toward, the mesial plane;\n   mesially; -- opposed to laterad.'),('Mesial','a.','Middle; median; in, or in the region of, the mesial plane;\n   internal; -- opposed to lateral.'),('Mesially','adv.','In, near, or toward, the mesial plane; mesiad.'),('Mesityl','n.','A hypothetical radical formerly supposed to exist in\n   mesityl oxide.'),('Mesitylenate','n.','A salt of mesitylenic acid.'),('Mesitylene','n.','A colorless, fragrant liquid, C6H3(CH3)3, of the\n   benzene series of hydrocarbons, obtained by distilling acetone with\n   sulphuric acid.'),('Mesitylol','n.','A crystalline substance obtained from mesitylene.'),('Meslin','n.','See Maslin.'),('Mesmeree','n.','A person subjected to mesmeric influence; one who is\n   mesmerized.'),('Mesmeric','a.','Alt. of Mesmerical'),('Mesmerical','a.','Of, pertaining to, or induced by, mesmerism; as,\n   mesmeric sleep.'),('Mesmerism','n.','The art of inducing an extraordinary or abnormal state\n   of the nervous system, in which the actor claims to control the\n   actions, and communicate directly with the mind, of the recipient. See\n   Animal magnetism, under Magnetism.'),('Mesmerist','n.','One who practices, or believes in, mesmerism.'),('Mesmerization','n.','The act of mesmerizing; the state of being\n   mesmerized.'),('Mesmerized','imp. & p. p.','of Mesmerize'),('Mesmerizing','p. pr. & vb. n.','of Mesmerize'),('Mesmerize','v. t.','To bring into a state of mesmeric sleep.'),('Mesmerizer','n.','One who mesmerizes.'),('Mesne','a.','Middle; intervening; as, a mesne lord, that is, a lord who\n   holds land of a superior, but grants a part of it to another person, in\n   which case he is a tenant to the superior, but lord or superior to the\n   second grantee, and hence is called the mesne lord.'),('Meso-','','Alt. of Mes-'),('Mes-','','A combining form denoting in the middle, intermediate;'),('Mes-','','denoting a type of hydrocarbons which are regarded as methenyl\n   derivatives. Also used adjectively.'),('Mesoarium','n.','The fold of peritoneum which suspends the ovary from the\n   dorsal wall of the body cavity.'),('Mesoblast','n.','The mesoderm.'),('Mesoblast','n.','The cell nucleus; mesoplast.'),('Mesoblastic','a.','Relating to the mesoblast; as, the mesoblastic layer.'),('Mesobranchial','a.','Of or pertaining to a region of the carapace of a\n   crab covering the middle branchial region.'),('Mesobronchia','pl. ','of Mesobronchium'),('Mesobronchium','n.','The main bronchus of each lung.'),('Mesocaecum','n.','The fold of peritoneum attached to the caecum.'),('Mesocarp','n.','The middle layer of a pericarp which consists of three\n   distinct or dissimilar layers.'),('Mesocephalic','a.','Of or pertaining to, or in the region of, the middle\n   of the head; as, the mesocephalic flexure.'),('Mesocephalic','a.','Having the cranial cavity of medium capacity; neither\n   megacephalic nor microcephalic.'),('Mesocephalic','a.','Having the ratio of the length to the breadth of the\n   cranium a medium one; mesaticephalic.'),('Mesocephalon','n.','The pons Varolii.'),('Mesocephalous','a.','Mesocephalic.'),('Mesocoele','n.','Alt. of Mesocoelia'),('Mesocoelia','n.','The cavity of the mesencephalon; the iter.'),('Mesocolon','n.','The fold of peritoneum, or mesentery, attached to the\n   colon.'),('Mesocoracoid','n.','A process from the middle of the coracoid in some\n   animals.'),('Mesocuneiform','n.','Alt. of Mesocuniform'),('Mesocuniform','n.','One of the bones of the tarsus. See 2d Cuneiform.'),('Mesoderm','n.','The layer of the blastoderm, between the ectoderm and\n   endoderm; mesoblast. See Illust. of Blastoderm and Ectoderm.'),('Mesoderm','n.','The middle body layer in some invertebrates.'),('Mesoderm','n.','The middle layer of tissue in some vegetable structures.'),('Mesodermal','a.','Pertaining to, or derived from, the mesoderm; as,\n   mesodermal tissues.'),('Mesodermic','a.','Same as Mesodermal.'),('Mesodont','a.','Having teeth of moderate size.'),('Mesogaster','n.','The fold of peritoneum connecting the stomach with the\n   dorsal wall of the abdominal cavity; the mesogastrium.'),('Mesogastric','a.','Of or pertaining to the middle region of the abdomen,\n   or of the stomach.'),('Mesogastric','a.','Of or pertaining to the mesogaster.'),('Mesogastric','a.','Of or pertaining to the middle gastric lobe of the\n   carapace of a crab.'),('Mesogastrium','n.','The umbilical region.'),('Mesogastrium','n.','The mesogaster.'),('Mesogl/a','n.','A thin gelatinous tissue separating the ectoderm and\n   endoderm in certain coelenterates.'),('Mesognathous','a.','Having the jaws slightly projecting; between\n   prognathous and orthognathous. See Gnathic index, under Gnathic.'),('Mesohepar','n.','A fold of the peritoneum connecting the liver with the\n   dorsal wall of the abdominal cavity.'),('Mesohippus','n.','An extinct mammal of the Horse family, but not larger\n   than a sheep, and having three toes on each foot.'),('Mesolabe','n.','An instrument of the ancients for finding two mean\n   proportionals between two given lines, required in solving the problem\n   of the duplication of the cube.'),('Mesole','n.','Same as Thomsonite.'),('Mesolite','n.','A zeolitic mineral, grayish white or yellowish, occuring\n   in delicate groups of crystals, also fibrous massive. It is a hydrous\n   silicate of alumina, lime, and soda.'),('Mesologarithm','n.','A logarithm of the cosine or cotangent.'),('Mesometrium','n.','The fold of the peritoneum supporting the oviduct.'),('Mesomyodian','n.','A bird having a mesomyodous larynx.'),('Mesomyodous','a.','Having the intrinsic muscles of the larynx attached to\n   the middle of the semirings.'),('Meson','n.','The mesial plane dividing the body of an animal into similar\n   right and left halves. The line in which it meets the dorsal surface\n   has been called the dorsimeson, and the corresponding ventral edge the\n   ventrimeson.'),('Mesonasal','a.','Of or pertaining to the middle portion of the nasal\n   region.'),('Mesonephric','a.','Of or pertaining to the mesonephros; as, the\n   mesonephric, or Wolffian, duct.'),('Mesonephros','n.','The middle one of the three pairs of embryonic renal\n   organs developed in most vertebrates; the Wolffian body.'),('Mesonotum','n.','The dorsal portion of the mesothorax of insects.'),('Mesophl/um','n.','The middle bark of a tree; the green layer of bark,\n   usually soon covered by the outer or corky layer, and obliterated.'),('Mesophryon','n.','See Glabella.'),('Mesophyllum','n.','The parenchyma of a leaf between the skin of the two\n   surfaces.'),('Mesoplast','n.','The nucleus of a cell; mesoblast.'),('Mesopodial','a.','Of or pertaining to the mesopodialia or to the parts of\n   the limbs to which they belong.'),('Mesopodialia','pl. ','of Mesopodiale'),('Mesopodiale','n.','One of the bones of either the carpus or tarsus.'),('Mesopodium','n.','The middle portion of the foot in the Gastropoda and\n   Pteropoda.'),('Mesopterygium','n.','The middle one of the three principal basal\n   cartilages in the fins of fishes.'),('Mesorchium','n.','The fold of peritoneum which attaches the testis to the\n   dorsal wall of the body cavity or scrotal sac.'),('Mesorectum','n.','The fold of peritoneum, or mesentery, attached to the\n   rectum.'),('Mesorhine','a.','Having the nose of medium width; between leptorhine and\n   platyrhine.'),('Mesosauria','n.','Same as Mosasauria.'),('Mesoscapula','n.','A process from the middle of the scapula in some\n   animals; the spine of the scapula.'),('Mesoscapular','a.','Of or pertaining to the mesoscapula.'),('Mesoscutum','n.','The scutum or dorsal plate of the middle thoracic\n   segment of an insect. See Illust. of Butterfly.'),('Mesoseme','a.','Having a medium orbital index; having orbits neither\n   broad nor narrow; between megaseme and microseme.'),('Mesosiderite','n.','See the Note under Meteorite.'),('Mesosperm','n.','A membrane of a seed. See Secundine.'),('Mesostate','n.','A product of metabolic action.'),('Mesosternal','a.','Of or pertaining to the mesosternum.'),('Mesosternum','n.','The middle portion, or body, of the sternum.'),('Mesosternum','n.','The ventral piece of the middle segment of the thorax\n   in insects.'),('Mesotartaric','a.','Pertaining to, or designating, an acid called also\n   inactive tartaric acid.'),('Mesotheca','n.','The middle layer of the gonophore in the Hydrozoa.'),('Mesothelium','n.','Epithelial mesoderm; a layer of cuboidal epithelium\n   cells, formed from a portion of the mesoderm during the differetiation\n   of the germ layers. It constitutes the boundary of the c/lum.'),('Mesothoracic','a.','Of or pertaining to the mesothorax.'),('Mesothorax','n.','The middle segment of the thorax in insects. See\n   Illust. of Coleoptera.'),('Mesotrochal','a.','Having the middle of the body surrounded by bands of\n   cilia; -- said of the larvae of certain marine annelids.'),('Mesotype','n.','An old term covering natrolite or soda mesolite,\n   scolecite or lime mesotype, and mesolite or lime-soda mesotype.'),('Mesovarium','n.','The fold of peritoneum connecting the ovary with the\n   wall of the abdominal cavity.'),('Mesoxalate','n.','A salt of mesoxalic acid.'),('Mesoxalic','a.','Pertaining to, or designating, an acid, CH2O2(CO2H)2,\n   obtained from amido malonic acid.'),('Mesozoa','n. pl.','A group of very lowly organized, wormlike parasites,\n   including the Dicyemata. They are found in cephalopods. See Dicyemata.'),('Mesozoic','a.','Belonging, or relating, to the secondary or reptilian\n   age, or the era between the Paleozoic and Cenozoic. See Chart of\n   Geology.'),('Mesozoic','n.','The Mesozoic age or formation.'),('Mesprise','n.','Contempt; scorn.'),('Mesprise','n.','Misadventure; ill-success.'),('Mesquite','n.','Alt. of Mesquit'),('Mesquit','n.','A name for two trees of the southwestern part of North\n   America, the honey mesquite, and screw-pod mesquite.'),('Mess','n.','Mass; church service.'),('Mess','n.','A quantity of food set on a table at one time; provision of\n   food for a person or party for one meal; as, a mess of pottage; also,\n   the food given to a beast at one time.'),('Mess','n.','A number of persons who eat together, and for whom food is\n   prepared in common; especially, persons in the military or naval\n   service who eat at the same table; as, the wardroom mess.'),('Mess','n.','A set of four; -- from the old practice of dividing companies\n   into sets of four at dinner.'),('Mess','n.','The milk given by a cow at one milking.'),('Mess','n.','A disagreeable mixture or confusion of things; hence, a\n   situation resulting from blundering or from misunderstanding; as, he\n   made a mess of it.'),('Messed','imp. & p. p.','of Mess'),('Messing','p. pr. & vb. n.','of Mess'),('Mess','v. i.','To take meals with a mess; to belong to a mess; to eat\n   (with others); as, I mess with the wardroom officers.'),('Mess','v. t.','To supply with a mess.'),('Message','n.','Any notice, word, or communication, written or verbal,\n   sent from one person to another.'),('Message','n.','Hence, specifically, an official communication, not made\n   in person, but delivered by a messenger; as, the President\'s message.'),('Message','v. t.','To bear as a message.'),('Message','n.','A messenger.'),('Messager','n.','A messenger.'),('Messenger','n.','One who bears a message; the bearer of a verbal or\n   written communication, notice, or invitation, from one person to\n   another, or to a public body; specifically, an office servant who bears\n   messages.'),('Messenger','n.','One who, or that which, foreshows, or foretells.'),('Messenger','n.','A hawser passed round the capstan, and having its two\n   ends lashed together to form an endless rope or chain; -- formerly used\n   for heaving in the cable.'),('Messenger','n.','A person appointed to perform certain ministerial duties\n   under bankrupt and insolvent laws, such as to take charge og the estate\n   of the bankrupt or insolvent.'),('Messet','n.','A dog.'),('Messiad','n.','A German epic poem on the Messiah, by Klopstock.'),('Messiah','n.','The expected king and deliverer of the Hebrews; the\n   Savior; Christ.'),('Messiahship','n.','The state or office of the Messiah.'),('Messianic','a.','Of or relating to the Messiah; as, the Messianic office\n   or character.'),('Messias','n.','The Messiah.'),('Messidor','n.','The tenth month of the French republican calendar dating\n   from September 22, 1792. It began June 19, and ended July 18. See\n   VendEmiaire.'),('Messieurs','n. pl.','Sirs; gentlemen; -- abbreviated to Messrs., which is\n   used as the plural of Mr.'),('Messinese','a.','Of or pertaining to Messina, or its inhabitans.'),('Messmate','n.','An associate in a mess.'),('Messuage','n.','A dwelling house, with the adjacent buildings and\n   curtilage, and the adjoining lands appropriated to the use of the\n   household.'),('Mest','a.','Most.'),('Mestee','n.','The offspring of a white person and a quadroon; -- so\n   called in the West Indies.'),('Mester','n.','See Mister, a trade.'),('Mestinos','pl. ','of Mestino'),('Mestino','n.','See Mestizo.'),('Mestizos','pl. ','of Mestizo'),('Mestizo','n.','The offspring of an Indian or a negro and a European or\n   person of European stock.'),('Mestling','n.','A kind of brass. See Maslin.'),('Mesymnicum','n.','A repetition at the end of a stanza.'),('Met','','imp. & p. p. of Meet.'),('Met','','imp. & p. p. of Mete, to measure.'),('Met','','p. p. of Mete, to dream.'),('Meta-','','Alt. of Met-'),('Met-','','A prefix meaning between, with, after, behind, over, about,\n   reversely; as, metachronism, the error of placing after the correct\n   time; metaphor, lit., a carrying over; metathesis, a placing reversely.'),('Met-','','Other; duplicate, corresponding to; resembling; hence,\n   metameric; as, meta-arabinic, metaldehyde.'),('Met-','','That two replacing radicals, in the benzene nucleus, occupy the\n   relative positions of 1 and 3, 2 and 4, 3 and 5, 4 and 6, 5 and 1, or 6\n   and 2; as, metacresol, etc. See Ortho-, and Para-.'),('Met-','','Having less than the highest number of hydroxyl groups; -- said\n   of acids; as, metaphosphoric acid. Also used adjectively.'),('Metabases','pl. ','of Metabasis'),('Metabasis','n.','A transition from one subject to another.'),('Metabasis','n.','Same as Metabola.'),('Metabola','n.','Alt. of Metabole'),('Metabole','n.','A change or mutation; a change of disease, symptoms, or\n   treatment.'),('Metabola','n. pl.','Alt. of Metabolia'),('Metabolia','n. pl.','A comprehensive group of insects, including those\n   that undegro a metamorphosis.'),('Metabolian','n.','An insect which undergoes a metamorphosis.'),('Metabolic','a.','Of or pertaining to metamorphosis; pertaining to, or\n   involving, change.'),('Metabolic','a.','Of or pertaining to metabolism; as, metabolic activity;\n   metabolic force.'),('Metabolisis','n.','Metabolism.'),('Metabolism','n.','The act or process, by which living tissues or cells\n   take up and convert into their own proper substance the nutritive\n   material brought to them by the blood, or by which they transform their\n   cell protoplasm into simpler substances, which are fitted either for\n   excretion or for some special purpose, as in the manufacture of the\n   digestive ferments. Hence, metabolism may be either constructive\n   (anabolism), or destructive (katabolism).'),('Metabolite','n.','A product of metabolism; a substance produced by\n   metabolic action, as urea.'),('Metabolize','v. t. & i.','To change by a metabolic process. See\n   Metabolism.'),('Metabranchial','a.','Of or pertaining to the lobe of the carapace of\n   crabs covering the posterior branchiae.'),('Metacarpal','a.','Of or pertaining to the metacarpus.'),('Metacarpal','n.','A metacarpal bone.'),('Metacarpus','n.','That part of the skeleton of the hand or forefoot\n   between the carpus and phalanges. In man it consists of five bones. See\n   Illust. of Artiodactyla.'),('Metacenter','n.','Alt. of -tre'),('-tre','n.','The point of intersection of a vertical line through the\n   center of gravity of the fluid displaced by a floating body which is\n   tipped through a small angle from its position of equilibrium, and the\n   inclined line which was vertical through the center of gravity of the\n   body when in equilibrium.'),('Metacetone','n.','A colorless liquid of an agreeable odor, C6H10O,\n   obtained by distilling a mixture of sugar and lime; -- so called\n   because formerly regarded as a polymeric modification of acetone.'),('Metachloral','n.','A white, amorphous, insoluble substance regarded as a\n   polymeric variety of chloral.'),('Metachronism','n.','An error committed in chronology by placing an event\n   after its real time.'),('Metachrosis','n.','The power og changing color at will by the expansion\n   of special pigment cells, under nerve influence, as seen in many\n   reptiles, fishes, etc.'),('Metacinnabarite','n.','Sulphide of mercury in isometric form and black in\n   color.'),('Metacism','n.','A defect in pronouncing the letter m, or a too frequent\n   use of it.'),('Metacrolein','n.','A polymeric modification of acrolein obtained by\n   heating it with caustic potash. It is a crystalline substance having an\n   aromatic odor.'),('Metacromion','n.','A process projecting backward and downward from the\n   acromion of the scapula of some mammals.'),('Metadiscoidal','a.','Discoidal by derivation; -- applied especially to\n   the placenta of man and apes, because it is supposed to have been\n   derived from a diffused placenta.'),('Metagastric','a.','Of or pertaining to the two posterior gastric lobes of\n   the carapace of crabs.'),('Metage','v.','Measurement, especially of coal.'),('Metage','v.','Charge for, or price of, measuring.'),('Metagenesis','n.','The change of form which one animal species undergoes\n   in a series of successively produced individuals, extending from the\n   one developed from the ovum to the final perfected individual. Hence,\n   metagenesis involves the production of sexual individuals by nonsexual\n   means, either directly or through intervening sexless generations.\n   Opposed to monogenesis. See Alternate generation, under Generation.'),('Metagenesis','n.','Alternation of sexual and asexual or gemmiparous\n   generations; -- in distinction from heterogamy.'),('Metagenetic','a.','Of or pertaining to metagenesis.'),('Metagenic','a.','Metagenetic.'),('Metagnathous','a.','Cross-billed; -- said of certain birds, as the\n   crossbill.'),('Metagrammatism','n.','Anagrammatism.'),('Metagraphic','a.','By or pertaining to metagraphy.'),('Metagraphy','n.','The art or act of rendering the letters of the alphabet\n   of one language into the possible equivalents of another;\n   transliteration.'),('Metal','n.','An elementary substance, as sodium, calcium, or copper,\n   whose oxide or hydroxide has basic rather than acid properties, as\n   contrasted with the nonmetals, or metalloids. No sharp line can be\n   drawn between the metals and nonmetals, and certain elements partake of\n   both acid and basic qualities, as chromium, manganese, bismuth, etc.'),('Metal','n.','Ore from which a metal is derived; -- so called by miners.'),('Metal','n.','A mine from which ores are taken.'),('Metal','n.','The substance of which anything is made; material; hence,\n   constitutional disposition; character; temper.'),('Metal','n.','Courage; spirit; mettle. See Mettle.'),('Metal','n.','The broken stone used in macadamizing roads and ballasting\n   railroads.'),('Metal','n.','The effective power or caliber of guns carried by a vessel\n   of war.'),('Metal','n.','Glass in a state of fusion.'),('Metal','n.','The rails of a railroad.'),('Metaled','imp. & p. p.','of Metal'),('Metalled','','of Metal'),('Metaling','p. pr. & vb. n.','of Metal'),('Metalling','','of Metal'),('Metal','v. t.','To cover with metal; as, to metal a ship\'s bottom; to\n   metal a road.'),('Metalammonium','n.','A hypothetical radical derived from ammonium by the\n   substitution of metallic atoms in place of hydrogen.'),('Metalbumin','n.','A form of albumin found in ascitic and certain serous\n   fluids. It is sometimes regarded as a mixture of albumin and mucin.'),('Metaldehyde','n.','A white crystalline substance isomeric with, and\n   obtained from, acetic aldehyde by polymerization, and reconvertible\n   into the same.'),('Metalepses','pl. ','of Metalepsis'),('Metalepsis','n.','The continuation of a trope in one word through a\n   succession of significations, or the union of two or more tropes of a\n   different kind in one word.'),('Metalepsy','n.','Exchange; replacement; substitution; metathesis.'),('Metaleptic','a.','Of or pertaining to a metalepsis.'),('Metaleptic','a.','Transverse; as, the metaleptic motion of a muscle.'),('Metaleptic','a.','Of, pertaining to, concerned in, or occurring by,\n   metalepsy.'),('Metaleptical','a.','Metaleptic.'),('Metallic','a.','Of or pertaining to a metal; of the nature of metal;\n   resembling metal; as, a metallic appearance; a metallic alloy.'),('Metallic','a.','Of, pertaining to, or characterized by, the essential and\n   implied properties of a metal, as contrasted with a nonmetal or\n   metalloid; basic; antacid; positive.'),('Metallical','a.','See Metallic.'),('Metallicly','adv.','In a metallic manner; by metallic means.'),('Metallifacture','n.','The production and working or manufacture of\n   metals.'),('Metalliferous','a.','Producing metals; yielding metals.'),('Metalliform','a.','Having the form or structure of a metal.'),('Metalline','a.','Pertaining to, or resembling, a metal; metallic; as,\n   metalline properties.'),('Metalline','a.','Impregnated with metallic salts; chalybeate; as,\n   metalline water.'),('Metalline','n.','A substance of variable composition, but resembling a\n   soft, dark-colored metal, used in the bearings of machines for\n   obviating friction, and as a substitute for lubricants.'),('Metallist','n.','A worker in metals, or one skilled in metals.'),('Metallization','n.','The act or process of metallizing.'),('Metallized','imp. & p. p.','of Metallize'),('Metallizing','p. pr. & vb. n.','of Metallize'),('Metallize','v. t.','To impart metallic properties to; to impregnate with\n   a metal.'),('Metallochrome','n.','A coloring produced by the deposition of some\n   metallic compound; specifically, the prismatic tints produced by\n   depositing a film of peroxide of lead on polished steel by electricity.'),('Metallochromy','n.','The art or process of coloring metals.'),('Metallograph','n.','A print made by metallography.'),('Metallographic','a.','Pertaining to, or by means of, metallography.'),('Metallographist','n.','One who writes on the subject of metals.'),('Metallography','n.','The science or art of metals and metal working;\n   also, a treatise on metals.'),('Metallography','n.','A method of transferring impressions of the grain of\n   wood to metallic surfaces by chemical action.'),('Metallography','n.','A substitute for lithography, in which metallic\n   plates are used instead of stone.'),('Metalloid','n.','Formerly, the metallic base of a fixed alkali, or\n   alkaline earth; -- applied by Sir H. Davy to sodium, potassium, and\n   some other metallic substances whose metallic character was supposed to\n   be not well defined.'),('Metalloid','n.','Now, one of several elementary substances which in the\n   free state are unlike metals, and whose compounds possess or produce\n   acid, rather than basic, properties; a nonmetal; as, boron, carbon,\n   phosphorus, nitrogen, oxygen, sulphur, chlorine, bromine, etc., are\n   metalloids.'),('Metalloid','a.','Having the appearance of a metal.'),('Metalloid','a.','Having the properties of a nonmetal; nonmetallic; acid;\n   negative.'),('Metalloidal','a.','Metalloid.'),('Metallorganic','a.','Metalorganic.'),('Metallotherapy','n.','Treatment of disease by applying metallic plates to\n   the surface of the body.'),('Metallurgic','a.','Alt. of Metallurgical'),('Metallurgical','a.','Of or pertaining to metallurgy.'),('Metallurgist','n.','One who works in metals, or prepares them for use;\n   one who is skilled in metallurgy.'),('Metallurgy','n.','The art of working metals, comprehending the whole\n   process of separating them from other matters in the ore, smelting,\n   refining, and parting them; sometimes, in a narrower sense, only the\n   process of extracting metals from their ores.'),('Metalmen','pl. ','of Metalman'),('Metalman','n.','A worker in metals.'),('Metalogical','a.','Beyond the scope or province of logic.'),('Metalorganic','a.','Pertaining to, or denoting, any one of a series of\n   compounds of certain metallic elements with organic radicals; as, zinc\n   methyl, sodium ethyl, etc.'),('Metamer','n.','Any one of several metameric forms of the same substance,\n   or of different substances having the same composition; as, xylene has\n   three metamers, viz., orthoxylene, metaxylene, and paraxylene.'),('Metamere','n.','One of successive or homodynamous parts in animals and\n   plants; one of a series of similar parts that follow one another in a\n   vertebrate or articulate animal, as in an earthworm; a segment; a\n   somite. See Illust. of Loeven\'s larva.'),('Metameric','a.','Having the same elements united in the same proportion\n   by weight, and with the same molecular weight, but possessing a\n   different structure and different properties; as, methyl ether and\n   ethyl alcohol are metameric compounds. See Isomeric.'),('Metameric','a.','Of or pertaining to a metamere or its formation; as,\n   metameric segmentation.'),('Metamerically','adv.','In a metameric manner.'),('Metamerism','n.','The symmetry of a metameric structure; serial symmetry;\n   the state of being made up of metameres.'),('Metamerism','n.','The state or quality of being metameric; also, the\n   relation or condition of metameric compounds.'),('Metamorphic','a.','Subject to change; changeable; variable.'),('Metamorphic','a.','Causing a change of structure.'),('Metamorphic','a.','Pertaining to, produced by, or exhibiting, certain\n   changes which minerals or rocks may have undergone since their original\n   deposition; -- especially applied to the recrystallization which\n   sedimentary rocks have undergone through the influence of heat and\n   pressure, after which they are called metamorphic rocks.'),('Metamorphism','n.','The state or quality of being metamorphic; the\n   process by which the material of rock masses has been more or less\n   recrystallized by heat, pressure, etc., as in the change of sedimentary\n   limestone to marble.'),('Metamorphist','n.','One who believes that the body of Christ was merged\n   into the Deity when he ascended.'),('Metamorphize','v. t.','To metamorphose.'),('Metamorphosed','imp. & p. p.','of Metamorphose'),('Metamorphosing','p. pr. & vb. n.','of Metamorphose'),('Metamorphose','v. t.','To change into a different form; to transform; to\n   transmute.'),('Metamorphose','n.','Same as Metamorphosis.'),('Metamorphoser','n.','One who metamorphoses.'),('Metamorphosic','a.','Changing the form; transforming.'),('Metamorphoses','pl. ','of Metamorphosis'),('Metamorphosis','n.','Change of form, or structure; transformation.'),('Metamorphosis','n.','A change in the form or function of a living\n   organism, by a natural process of growth or development; as, the\n   metamorphosis of the yolk into the embryo, of a tadpole into a frog, or\n   of a bud into a blossom. Especially, that form of sexual reproduction\n   in which an embryo undergoes a series of marked changes of external\n   form, as the chrysalis stage, pupa stage, etc., in insects. In these\n   intermediate stages sexual reproduction is usually impossible, but they\n   ultimately pass into final and sexually developed forms, from the union\n   of which organisms are produced which pass through the same cycle of\n   changes. See Transformation.'),('Metamorphosis','n.','The change of material of one kind into another\n   through the agency of the living organism; metabolism.'),('Metanauplius','n.','A larval crustacean in a stage following the\n   nauplius, and having about seven pairs of appendages.'),('Metanephritic','a.','Of or pertaining to the metanephros.'),('Metanephros','n.','The most posterior of the three pairs of embryonic\n   renal organs developed in many vertebrates.'),('Metanotum','n.','The dorsal portion of the metaphorax of insects.'),('Metantimonate','n.','A salt of metantimonic acid.'),('Metantimonic','a.','Pertaining to, or designating, an acid (formerly\n   called antimonic acid) analogous to metaphosphoric acid, and obtained\n   as a white amorphous insoluble substance, (HSbO3).'),('Metantimonic','a.','Formerly, designating an acid, which is now properly\n   called pyroantimonic acid, and analogous to pyrophosphoric acid.'),('Metapectic','a.','Pertaining to, or designating, a supposed acid obtained\n   from pectin.'),('Metapectin','n.','A substance obtained from, and resembling, pectin, and\n   occurring in overripe fruits.'),('Metapeptone','n.','An intermediate product formed in the gastric\n   digestion of albuminous matter.'),('Metaphor','n.','The transference of the relation between one set of\n   objects to another set for the purpose of brief explanation; a\n   compressed simile; e. g., the ship plows the sea.'),('Metaphoric','a.','Alt. of Metaphorical'),('Metaphorical','a.','Of or pertaining to metaphor; comprising a metaphor;\n   not literal; figurative; tropical; as, a metaphorical expression; a\n   metaphorical sense.'),('Metaphorist','n.','One who makes metaphors.'),('Metaphosphate','n.','A salt of metaphosphoric acid.'),('Metaphosphoric','a.','Pertaining to, or designating, a monobasic acid,\n   HPO3, analogous to nitric acid, and, by heating phosphoric acid,\n   obtained as a crystalline substance, commonly called glacial phosphoric\n   acid.'),('Metaphrase','n.','A verbal translation; a version or translation from one\n   language into another, word for word; -- opposed to paraphrase.'),('Metaphrase','n.','An answering phrase; repartee.'),('Metaphrased','a.','Translated literally.'),('Metaphrasis','n.','Metaphrase.'),('Metaphrast','n.','A literal translator.'),('Metaphrastic','a.','Alt. of Metaphrastical'),('Metaphrastical','a.','Close, or literal.'),('Metaphysic','n.','See Metaphysics.'),('Metaphysic','a.','Metaphysical.'),('Metaphysical','a.','Of or pertaining to metaphysics.'),('Metaphysical','a.','According to rules or principles of metaphysics; as,\n   metaphysical reasoning.'),('Metaphysical','a.','Preternatural or supernatural.'),('Metaphysically','adv.','In the manner of metaphysical science, or of a\n   metaphysician.'),('Metaphysician','n.','One who is versed in metaphysics.'),('Metaphysics','n.','The science of real as distinguished from phenomenal\n   being; ontology; also, the science of being, with reference to its\n   abstract and universal conditions, as distinguished from the science of\n   determined or concrete being; the science of the conceptions and\n   relations which are necessarily implied as true of every kind of being;\n   phylosophy in general; first principles, or the science of first\n   principles.'),('Metaphysics','n.','Hence: The scientific knowledge of mental phenomena;\n   mental philosophy; psychology.'),('Metaphysis','n.','Change of form; transformation.'),('Metaplasm','n.','A change in the letters or syllables of a word.'),('Metaplast','n.','A word having more than one form of the root.'),('Metapode','n.','The posterior division of the foot in the Gastropoda and\n   Pteropoda.'),('Metapodial','a.','Of or pertaining to the metapodialia, or to the parts\n   of the limbs to which they belong.'),('Metapodialia','pl. ','of Metapodiale'),('Metapodiale','n.','One of the bones of either the metacarpus or\n   metatarsus.'),('Metapodia','pl. ','of Metapodium'),('Metapodium','n.','Same as Metapode.'),('Metapophyses','pl. ','of Metapophysis'),('Metapophysis','n.','A tubercle projecting from the anterior articular\n   processes of some vertebr/; a mammillary process.'),('Metapterygium','n.','The posterior of the three principal basal\n   cartilages in the fins of fishes.'),('Metasilicate','n.','A salt of metasilicic acid.'),('Metasilicic','a.','Designating an acid derived from silicic acid by the\n   removal of water; of or pertaining to such an acid.'),('Metasomatism','n.','An alteration in a mineral or rock mass when\n   involving a chemical change of the substance, as of chrysolite to\n   serpentine; -- opposed to ordinary metamorphism, as implying simply a\n   recrystallization.'),('Metasome','n.','One of the component segments of the body of an animal.'),('Metastannate','n.','A salt of metastannic acid.'),('Metastannic','a.','Pertaining to, or designating, a compound of tin\n   (metastannic acid), obtained, as an isomeric modification of stannic\n   acid, in the form of a white amorphous substance.'),('Metastases','pl. ','of Metastasis'),('Metastasis','n.','A spiritual change, as during baptism.'),('Metastasis','n.','A change in the location of a disease, as from one part\n   to another.'),('Metastasis','n.','The act or process by which matter is taken up by cells\n   or tissues and is transformed into other matter; in plants, the act or\n   process by which are produced all of those chemical changes in the\n   constituents of the plant which are not accompanied by a production of\n   organic matter; metabolism.'),('Metastatic','a.','Of, pertaining to, or caused by, metastasis; as, a\n   metastatic abscess; the metastatic processes of growth.'),('Metasternal','a.','Of or pertaining to the metasternum.'),('Metasternum','n.','The most posterior element of the sternum; the\n   ensiform process; xiphisternum.'),('Metasternum','n.','The ventral plate of the third or last segment of the\n   thorax of insects.'),('Metastoma','n.','Alt. of Metastome'),('Metastome','n.','A median elevation behind the mouth in the arthropods.'),('Metatarsal','a.','Of or pertaining to the metatarsus.'),('Metatarsal','n.','A metatarsal bone.'),('Metatarse','n.','Metatarsus.'),('Metatarsi','pl. ','of Metatarsus'),('Metatarsus','n.','That part of the skeleton of the hind or lower limb\n   between the tarsus and phalanges; metatarse. It consists, in the human\n   foot, of five bones. See Illustration in Appendix.'),('Metatheses','pl. ','of Metathesis'),('Metathesis','n.','Transposition, as of the letters or syllables of a\n   word; as, pistris for pristis; meagre for meager.'),('Metathesis','n.','A mere change in place of a morbid substance, without\n   removal from the body.'),('Metathesis','n.','The act, process, or result of exchange, substitution,\n   or replacement of atoms and radicals; thus, by metathesis an acid gives\n   up all or part of its hydrogen, takes on an equivalent amount of a\n   metal or base, and forms a salt.'),('Metathetic','a.','Alt. of Metathetical'),('Metathetical','a.','Of or pertaining to metathesis.'),('Metathoracic','a.','Of or pertaining to the metathorax.'),('Metathorax','n.','The last or posterior segment of the thorax in insects.\n   See Illust. of Coleoptera.'),('Metatitanic','a.','Of, pertaining to, or designating, an acid of titanium\n   analogous to metasilicic acid.'),('Metatungstate','n.','A salt of metatungstic acid.'),('Metatungstic','a.','Of, pertaining to, or designating, an acid known only\n   in its salts (the metatungstates) and properly called polytungstic, or\n   pyrotungstic, acid.'),('Metavanadate','n.','A salt of metavanadic acid.'),('Metavanadic','a.','Of, pertaining to, or designating, a vanadic acid\n   analogous to metaphosphoric acid.'),('Metaxylene','n.','That variety of xylene, or dimethyl benzene, in which\n   the two methyl groups occupy the meta position with reference to each\n   other. It is a colorless inf/ammable liquid.'),('Metayage','n.','A system of farming on halves.'),('Metayer','a.','One who cultivates land for a share (usually one half) of\n   its yield, receiving stock, tools, and seed from the landlord.'),('Metazoa','n. pl.','Those animals in which the protoplasmic mass,\n   constituting the egg, is converted into a multitude of cells, which are\n   metamorphosed into the tissues of the body. A central cavity is\n   commonly developed, and the cells around it are at first arranged in\n   two layers, -- the ectoderm and endoderm. The group comprises nearly\n   all animals except the Protozoa.'),('Metazoans','pl. ','of Metazoan'),('Metazoan','n.','One of the Metazoa.'),('Metazoic','a.','Of or pertaining to the Metazoa.'),('Metazoon','n.','One of the Metazoa.'),('Mete','n.','Meat.'),('Mete','v. t. & i.','To meet.'),('Mette','imp.','of Mete'),('Met','p. p.','of Mete'),('Mete','v. i. & t.','To dream; also impersonally; as, me mette, I dreamed.'),('Meted','imp. & p. p.','of Mete'),('Meting','p. pr. & vb. n.','of Mete'),('Mete','a.','To find the quantity, dimensions, or capacity of, by any rule\n   or standard; to measure.'),('Mete','v. i.','To measure.'),('Mete','n.','Measure; limit; boundary; -- used chiefly in the plural, and\n   in the phrase metes and bounds.'),('Metecorn','n.','A quantity of corn formerly given by the lord to his\n   customary tenants, as an encouragement to, or reward for, labor and\n   faithful service.'),('Metely','a.','According to measure or proportion; proportionable;\n   proportionate.'),('Metempiric','a.','Alt. of Metempirical'),('Metempirical','a.','Related, or belonging, to the objects of knowledge\n   within the province of metempirics.'),('Metempiricism','n.','The science that is concerned with metempirics.'),('Metempirics','n.','The concepts and relations which are conceived as\n   beyond, and yet as related to, the knowledge gained by experience.'),('Metempsychosed','imp. & p. p.','of Metempsychose'),('Metempsychosing','p. pr. & vb. n.','of Metempsychose'),('Metempsychose','v. t.','To translate or transfer, as the soul, from one\n   body to another.'),('Metempsychosis','n.','The passage of the soul, as an immortal essence, at\n   the death of the animal body it had inhabited, into another living\n   body, whether of a brute or a human being; transmigration of souls.'),('Metemptosis','n.','The suppression of a day in the calendar to prevent\n   the date of the new moon being set a day too late, or the suppression\n   of the bissextile day once in 134 years. The opposite to this is the\n   proemptosis, or the addition of a day every 330 years, and another\n   every 2,400 years.'),('Metencephalon','n.','The posterior part of the brain, including the\n   medulla; the afterbrain. Sometimes abbreviated to meten.'),('Metensomatosis','n.','The assimilation by one body or organism of the\n   elements of another.'),('Meteor','n.','Any phenomenon or appearance in the atmosphere, as clouds,\n   rain, hail, snow, etc.'),('Meteor','n.','Specif.: A transient luminous body or appearance seen in\n   the atmosphere, or in a more elevated region.'),('Meteoric','a.','Of or pertaining to a meteor, or to meteors; atmospheric,\n   as, meteoric phenomena; meteoric stones.'),('Meteoric','a.','Influenced by the weather; as, meteoric conditions.'),('Meteoric','a.','Flashing; brilliant; transient; like a meteor; as,\n   meteoric fame.'),('Meteorical','a.','Meteoric.'),('Meteorism','n.','Flatulent distention of the abdomen; tympanites.'),('Meteorite','n.','A mass of stone or iron which has fallen to the earth\n   from space; an aerolite.'),('Meteorize','v. i.','To ascend in vapors; to take the form of a meteor.'),('Meteorograph','n.','An instrument which registers meteorologic phases or\n   conditions.'),('Meteorographic','a.','Of or pertaining to meteorography.'),('Meteorography','n.','The registration of meteorological phenomena.'),('Meteoroid','n.','A small body moving through space, or revolving about\n   the sun, which on entering the earth\'s atmosphere would be deflagrated\n   and appear as a meteor.'),('Meteoroidal','a.','Of or pertaining to a meteoroid or to meteoroids.'),('Meteorolite','n.','A meteoric stone; an aerolite; a meteorite.'),('Meteoroligic','a.','Alt. of Meteorological'),('Meteorological','a.','Of or pertaining to the atmosphere and its\n   phenomena, or to meteorology.'),('Meteorologist','n.','A person skilled in meteorology.'),('Meteorology','n.','The science which treats of the atmosphere and its\n   phenomena, particularly of its variations of heat and moisture, of its\n   winds, storms, etc.'),('Meteoromancy','n.','A species of divination by meteors, chiefly by\n   thunder and lightning, which was held in high estimation by the Romans.'),('Meteorometer','n.','An apparatus which transmits automatically to a\n   central station atmospheric changes as marked by the anemometer,\n   barometer, thermometer, etc.'),('Meteoroscope','n.','An astrolabe; a planisphere.'),('Meteoroscope','n.','An instrument for measuring the position, length, and\n   direction, of the apparent path of a shooting star.'),('Meteorous','a.','Of the nature or appearance of a meteor.'),('-meter','','A suffix denoting that by which anything is measured; as,\n   barometer, chronometer, dynamometer.'),('Meter','n.','One who, or that which, metes or measures. See Coal-meter.'),('Meter','n.','An instrument for measuring, and usually for recording\n   automatically, the quantity measured.'),('Meter','n.','A line above or below a hanging net, to which the net is\n   attached in order to strengthen it.'),('Meter','n.','Alt. of Metre'),('Metre','n.','Rhythmical arrangement of syllables or words into verses,\n   stanzas, strophes, etc.; poetical measure, depending on number,\n   quantity, and accent of syllables; rhythm; measure; verse; also, any\n   specific rhythmical arrangements; as, the Horatian meters; a dactylic\n   meter.'),('Metre','n.','A poem.'),('Metre','n.','A measure of length, equal to 39.37 English inches, the\n   standard of linear measure in the metric system of weights and\n   measures. It was intended to be, and is very nearly, the ten millionth\n   part of the distance from the equator to the north pole, as ascertained\n   by actual measurement of an arc of a meridian. See Metric system, under\n   Metric.'),('Meterage','n.','The act of measuring, or the cost of measuring.'),('Metergram','n.','A measure of energy or work done; the power exerted in\n   raising one gram through the distance of one meter against gravitation.'),('Metewand','n.','A measuring rod.'),('Meteyard','n.','A yard, staff, or rod, used as a measure.'),('Meth','n.','See Meathe.'),('Methaemoglobin','n.','A stable crystalline compound obtained by the\n   decomposition of hemoglobin. It is found in old blood stains.'),('Methal','n.','A white waxy substance, found in small quantities in\n   spermaceti as an ethereal salt of several fatty acids, and regarded as\n   an alcohol of the methane series.'),('Methane','n.','A light, colorless, gaseous, inflammable hydrocarbon, CH4;\n   marsh gas. See Marsh gas, under Gas.'),('Metheglin','n.','A fermented beverage made of honey and water; mead.'),('Methene','n.','See Methylene.'),('Methenyl','n.','The hypothetical hydrocarbon radical CH, regarded as an\n   essential residue of certain organic compounds.'),('Methide','n.','A binary compound of methyl with some element; as,\n   aluminium methide, Al2(CH3)6.'),('Methought','imp.','of Methinks'),('Methinks','v. impers.','It seems to me; I think. See Me.'),('Methionate','n.','A salt of methionic acid.'),('Methionic','a.','Of, pertaining to, or designating, a sulphonic (thionic)\n   acid derivative of methane, obtained as a stable white crystalline\n   substance, CH2.(SO3H)2, which forms well defined salts.'),('Method','n.','An orderly procedure or process; regular manner of doing\n   anything; hence, manner; way; mode; as, a method of teaching languages;\n   a method of improving the mind.'),('Method','n.','Orderly arrangement, elucidation, development, or\n   classification; clear and lucid exhibition; systematic arrangement\n   peculiar to an individual.'),('Method','n.','Classification; a mode or system of classifying natural\n   objects according to certain common characteristics; as, the method of\n   Theophrastus; the method of Ray; the Linnaean method.'),('Methodic','a.','Alt. of Methodical'),('Methodical','a.','Arranged with regard to method; disposed in a suitable\n   manner, or in a manner to illustrate a subject, or to facilitate\n   practical observation; as, the methodical arrangement of arguments; a\n   methodical treatise.'),('Methodical','a.','Proceeding with regard to method; systematic.'),('Methodical','a.','Of or pertaining to the ancient school of physicians\n   called methodists.'),('Methodios','n.','The art and principles of method.'),('Methodism','n.','The system of doctrines, polity, and worship, of the\n   sect called Methodists.'),('Methodist','n.','One who observes method.'),('Methodist','n.','One of an ancient school of physicians who rejected\n   observation and founded their practice on reasoning and theory.'),('Methodist','n.','One of a sect of Christians, the outgrowth of a small\n   association called the \"Holy Club,\" formed at Oxford University, A.D.\n   1729, of which the most conspicuous members were John Wesley and his\n   brother Charles; -- originally so called from the methodical strictness\n   of members of the club in all religious duties.'),('Methodist','n.','A person of strict piety; one who lives in the exact\n   observance of religious duties; -- sometimes so called in contempt or\n   ridicule.'),('Methodist','a.','Of or pertaining to the sect of Methodists; as,\n   Methodist hymns; a Methodist elder.'),('Methodistic','a.','Alt. of Methodistical'),('Methodistical','a.','Of or pertaining to methodists, or to the\n   Methodists.'),('Methodization','n.','The act or process of methodizing, or the state of\n   being methodized.'),('Methodized','imp. & p. p.','of Methodize'),('Methodizing','p. pr. & vb. n.','of Methodize'),('Methodize','v. t.','To reduce to method; to dispose in due order; to\n   arrange in a convenient manner; as, to methodize one\'s work or\n   thoughts.'),('Methodizer','n.','One who methodizes.'),('Methodological','a.','Of or pertaining to methodology.'),('Methodology','n.','The science of method or arrangement; a treatise on\n   method.'),('Methol','n.','The technical name of methyl alcohol or wood spirit; also,\n   by extension, the class name of any of the series of alcohols of the\n   methane series of which methol proper is the type. See Methyl alcohol,\n   under Methyl.'),('Methoxyl','n.','A hypothetical radical, CH3O, analogous to hydroxyl.'),('Methyl','n.','A hydrocarbon radical, CH3, not existing alone but regarded\n   as an essential residue of methane, and appearing as a component part\n   of many derivatives; as, methyl alcohol, methyl ether, methyl amine,\n   etc.'),('Methylal','n.','A light, volatile liquid, H2C(OCH3)2, regarded as a\n   complex ether, and having a pleasant ethereal odor. It is obtained by\n   the partial oxidation of methyl alcohol. Called also formal.'),('Methylamine','n.','See Methyl amine, under Methyl.'),('Methylate','n.','An alcoholate of methyl alcohol in which the hydroxyl\n   hydrogen is replaced by a metal, after the analogy of a hydrate; as,\n   sodium methylate, CH3ONa.'),('Methylate','v. t.','To impregnate or mix with methyl or methyl alcohol.'),('Methylated','a.','Impregnated with, or containing, methyl alcohol or wood\n   spirit; as, methylated spirits.'),('Methylene','n.','A hydrocarbon radical, CH2, not known in the free state,\n   but regarded as an essential residue and component of certain\n   derivatives of methane; as, methylene bromide, CH2Br2; -- formerly\n   called also methene.'),('Methylic','a.','Pertaining to, derived from, or containing, methyl;\n   specifically, designating methyl alcohol. See under Methyl.'),('Methysticin','n.','A white, silky, crystalline substance extracted from\n   the thick rootstock of a species of pepper (Piper methysticum) of the\n   South Sea Islands; -- called also kanakin.'),('Metic','n.','A sojourner; an immigrant; an alien resident in a Grecian\n   city, but not a citizen.'),('Meticulous','a.','Timid; fearful.'),('Metif','n. f.','Alt. of Metive'),('Metive','n. f.','See Metis.'),('Metis','n. f.','Alt. of Metisse'),('Metisse','n. f.','The offspring of a white person and an American Indian.'),('Metisse','n. f.','The offspring of a white person and a quadroon; an\n   octoroon.'),('Metoche','n.','The space between two dentils.'),('Metoche','n.','The space between two triglyphs.'),('Metonic','a.','Pertaining to, or discovered by, Meton, the Athenian.'),('Metonymic','a.','Alt. of Metonymical'),('Metonymical','a.','Used by way of metonymy.'),('Metonymy','n.','A trope in which one word is put for another that\n   suggests it; as, we say, a man keeps a good table instead of good\n   provisions; we read Virgil, that is, his poems; a man has a warm heart,\n   that is, warm affections.'),('Metope','n.','The space between two triglyphs of the Doric frieze, which,\n   among the ancients, was often adorned with carved work. See Illust. of\n   Entablature.'),('Metope','n.','The face of a crab.'),('Metopic','a.','Of or pertaining to the forehead or frontal bones;\n   frontal; as, the metopic suture.'),('Metopomancy','n.','Fortune telling by physiognomy.'),('Metoposcopic','a.','Alt. of Metoposcopical'),('Metoposcopical','a.','Of or relating to metoposcopy.'),('Metoposcopist','n.','One versed in metoposcopy.'),('Metoposcopy','n.','The study of physiognomy; the art of discovering the\n   character of persons by their features, or the lines of the face.'),('Metosteon','n.','The postero-lateral ossification in the sternum of\n   birds; also, the part resulting from such ossification.'),('Metre','n.','See Meter.'),('Metric','a.','Relating to measurement; involving, or proceeding by,\n   measurement.'),('Metric','a.','Of or pertaining to the meter as a standard of measurement;\n   of or pertaining to the decimal system of measurement of which a meter\n   is the unit; as, the metric system; a metric measurement.'),('Metrical','a.','Of or pertaining to the meter; arranged in meter;\n   consisting of verses; as, metrical compositions.'),('Metrical','a.','Of or pertaining to measurement; as, the inch, foot,\n   yard, etc., are metrical terms; esp., of or pertaining to the metric\n   system.'),('Metrically','adv.','In a metrical manner.'),('Metrician','n.','A composer of verses.'),('Metric system','','See Metric, a.'),('Metrification','n.','Composition in metrical form; versification.'),('Metrify','v. i.','To make verse.'),('Metrist','n.','A maker of verses.'),('Metritis','n.','Inflammation of the womb.'),('Metrochrome','n.','An instrument for measuring colors.'),('Metrograph','n.','An instrument attached to a locomotive for recording\n   its speed and the number and duration of its stops.'),('Metrological','a.','Of or pertaining to metrology.'),('Metrology','n.','The science of, or a system of, weights and measures;\n   also, a treatise on the subject.'),('Metromania','n.','A mania for writing verses.'),('Metromaniac','n.','One who has metromania.'),('Metrometer','n.','An instrument for measuring the size of the womb.'),('Metronome','n.','An instrument consisting of a short pendulum with a\n   sliding weight. It is set in motion by clockwork, and serves to measure\n   time in music.'),('Metronomy','n.','Measurement of time by an instrument.'),('Metronymic','a.','Derived from the name of one\'s mother, or other female\n   ancestor; as, a metronymic name or appellation. -- A metronymic\n   appellation.'),('Metropole','n.','A metropolis.'),('Metropolis','n.','The mother city; the chief city of a kingdom, state, or\n   country.'),('Metropolis','n.','The seat, or see, of the metropolitan, or highest\n   church dignitary.'),('Metropolitan','a.','Of or pertaining to the capital or principal city of\n   a country; as, metropolitan luxury.'),('Metropolitan','a.','Of, pertaining to, or designating, a metropolitan or\n   the presiding bishop of a country or province, his office, or his\n   dignity; as, metropolitan authority.'),('Metropolitan','n.','The superior or presiding bishop of a country or\n   province.'),('Metropolitan','n.','An archbishop.'),('Metropolitan','n.','A bishop whose see is civil metropolis. His rank is\n   intermediate between that of an archbishop and a patriarch.'),('Metropolitanate','n.','The see of a metropolitan bishop.'),('Metropolite','n.','A metropolitan.'),('Metropolitical','a.','Of or pertaining to a metropolis; being a\n   metropolis; metropolitan; as, the metropolitical chair.'),('Metrorrhagia','n.','Profuse bleeding from the womb, esp. such as does not\n   occur at the menstrual period.'),('Metroscope','n.','A modification of the stethoscope, for directly\n   auscultating the uterus from the vagina.'),('Metrosideros','n.','A myrtaceous genus of trees or shrubs, found in\n   Australia and the South Sea Islands, and having very hard wood.\n   Metrosideros vera is the true ironwood.'),('Metrotome','n.','An instrument for cutting or scarifying the uterus or\n   the neck of the uterus.'),('Metrotomy','n.','The operation of cutting into the uterus; hysterotomy;\n   the Caesarean section.'),('-metry','','A suffix denoting the art, process, or science, of measuring;\n   as, acidmetry, chlorometry, chronometry.'),('Mette','','imp. of Mete, to dream.'),('Mettle','n.','Substance or quality of temperament; spirit, esp. as\n   regards honor, courage, fortitude, ardor, etc.; disposition; -- usually\n   in a good sense.'),('Mettled','a.','Having mettle; high-spirited; ardent; full of fire.'),('Mettlesome','a.','Full of spirit; possessing constitutional ardor; fiery;\n   as, a mettlesome horse.'),('Meute','n.','A cage for hawks; a mew. See 4th Mew, 1.'),('Meve','v. t. & i.','To move.'),('Mew','n.','A gull, esp. the common British species (Larus canus); called\n   also sea mew, maa, mar, mow, and cobb.'),('Mewed','imp. & p. p.','of Mew'),('Mewing','p. pr. & vb. n.','of Mew'),('Mew','v. t.','To shed or cast; to change; to molt; as, the hawk mewed his\n   feathers.'),('Mew','v. i.','To cast the feathers; to molt; hence, to change; to put on\n   a new appearance.'),('Mew','n.','A cage for hawks while mewing; a coop for fattening fowls;\n   hence, any inclosure; a place of confinement or shelter; -- in the\n   latter sense usually in the plural.'),('Mew','n.','A stable or range of stables for horses; -- compound used in\n   the plural, and so called from the royal stables in London, built on\n   the site of the king\'s mews for hawks.'),('Mew','v. t.','To shut up; to inclose; to confine, as in a cage or other\n   inclosure.'),('Mew','v. i.','To cry as a cat.'),('Mew','n.','The common cry of a cat.'),('Mewled','imp. & p. p.','of Mewl'),('Mewling','p. pr. & vb. n.','of Mewl'),('Mewl','v. i.','To cry, as a young child; to squall.'),('Mewler','n.','One that mewls.'),('Mews','n. sing. & pl.','An alley where there are stables; a narrow\n   passage; a confined place.'),('Mexal','mexcal.','Alt. of Mexical'),('Mexical','mexcal.','See Mescal.'),('Mexican','a.','Of or pertaining to Mexico or its people.'),('Mexican','n.','A native or inhabitant of Mexico.'),('Mexicanize','v. t.','To cause to be like the Mexicans, or their country,\n   esp. in respect of frequent revolutions of government.'),('Mexicanize','v. i.','To become like the Mexicans, or their country or\n   government.'),('Neyne','n.','Same as Meine.'),('Mezcal','n.','Same as Mescal.'),('Mezereon','n.','A small European shrub (Daphne Mezereum), whose acrid\n   bark is used in medicine.'),('Mezquita','n.','A mosque.'),('Mezuzoth','n.','A piece of parchment bearing the Decalogue and attached\n   to the doorpost; -- in use among orthodox Hebrews.'),('Mezzanine','n.','Same as Entresol.'),('Mezzanine','n.','A partial story which is not on the same level with the\n   story of the main part of the edifice, as of a back building, where the\n   floors are on a level with landings of the staircase of the main house.'),('Mezza voce','','With a medium fullness of sound.'),('Mezzo','a.','Mean; not extreme.'),('Mezzo-relievo','n.','Mezzo-rilievo.'),('Mezzo-rilievo','n.','A middle degree of relief in figures, between high\n   and low relief.'),('Mezzo-rilievo','n.','Sculpture in this kind of relief. See under\n   Alto-rilievo.'),('Mezzo-soprano','a.','Having a medium compass between the soprano and\n   contralto; -- said of the voice of a female singer.'),('Mezzo-soprano','n.','A mezzo-soprano voice.'),('Mezzo-soprano','n.','A person having such a voice.'),('Mezzotint','n.','A manner of engraving on copper or steel by drawing upon\n   a surface previously roughened, and then removing the roughness in\n   places by scraping, burnishing, etc., so as to produce the requisite\n   light and shade. Also, an engraving so produced.'),('Mezzotint','v. t.','To engrave in mezzotint.'),('Mezzotinter','n.','One who engraves in mezzotint.'),('Mezzotinto','n.','Mezzotint.'),('Mezzotintoed','imp. & p. p.','of Mezzotinto'),('Mezzotintoing','p. pr. & vb. n.','of Mezzotinto'),('Mezzotinto','v. t.','To engrave in mezzotint; to represent by mezzotint.'),('Mhorr','n.','See Mohr.'),('Mi','n.','A syllable applied to the third tone of the scale of C, i. e.,\n   to E, in European solmization, but to the third tone of any scale in\n   the American system.'),('Miamis','n. pl.','A tribe of Indians that formerly occupied the country\n   between the Wabash and Maumee rivers.'),('Miargyrite','n.','A mineral of an iron-black color, and very sectile,\n   consisting principally of sulphur, antimony, and silver.'),('Mias','n.','The orang-outang.'),('Miascite','n.','A granitoid rock containing feldspar, biotite, elaeolite,\n   and sodalite.'),('Miasm','n.','Miasma.'),('Miasmata','pl. ','of Miasma'),('Miasma','n.','Infectious particles or germs floating in the air; air made\n   noxious by the presence of such particles or germs; noxious effluvia;\n   malaria.'),('Miasmal','a.','Containing miasma; miasmatic.'),('Miasmatic','a.','Alt. of Miasmatical'),('Miasmatical','a.','Containing, or relating to, miasma; caused by miasma;\n   as, miasmatic diseases.'),('Miasmatist','n.','One who has made a special study of miasma.'),('Miasmology','n.','That department of medical science which treats of\n   miasma.'),('Miauled','imp. & p. p.','of Miaul'),('Miauling','p. pr. & vb. n.','of Miaul'),('Miaul','v. i.','To cry as a cat; to mew; to caterwaul.'),('Miaul','n.','The crying of a cat.'),('Mica','n.','The name of a group of minerals characterized by highly\n   perfect cleavage, so that they readily separate into very thin leaves,\n   more or less elastic. They differ widely in composition, and vary in\n   color from pale brown or yellow to green or black. The transparent\n   forms are used in lanterns, the doors of stoves, etc., being popularly\n   called isinglass. Formerly called also cat-silver, and glimmer.'),('Micaceo-calcareous','a.','Partaking of the nature of, or consisting of,\n   mica and lime; -- applied to a mica schist containing carbonate of\n   lime.'),('Micaceous','a.','Pertaining to, or containing, mica; splitting into\n   laminae or leaves like mica.'),('Mice','n.','pl of Mouse.'),('Micellae','pl. ','of Micella'),('Micella','n.','A theoretical aggregation of molecules constituting a\n   structural particle of protoplasm, capable of increase or diminution\n   without change in chemical nature.'),('Mich','v. i.','Alt. of Miche'),('Miche','v. i.','To lie hid; to skulk; to act, or carry one\'s self,\n   sneakingly.'),('Michaelmas','n.','The feat of the archangel Michael, a church festival,\n   celebrated on the 29th of September. Hence, colloquially, autumn.'),('Micher','n.','One who skulks, or keeps out of sight; hence, a truant; an\n   idler; a thief, etc.'),('Michery','n.','Theft; cheating.'),('Miching','a.','Hiding; skulking; cowardly.'),('Mickle','a.','Much; great.'),('Micmacs','n. pl.','A tribe of Indians inhabiting Nova Scotia and New\n   Brunswick.'),('Mico','n.','A small South American monkey (Mico melanurus), allied to the\n   marmoset. The name was originally applied to an albino variety.'),('Micracoustic','a.','Same as Microustic.'),('Micraster','n.','A genus of sea urchins, similar to Spatangus, abounding\n   in the chalk formation; -- from the starlike disposal of the ambulacral\n   furrows.'),('Micrencephalous','','Having a small brain.'),('Micro-','','Alt. of Micr-'),('Micr-','','A combining form'),('Micr-','','Small, little, trivial, slight; as, microcosm, microscope.'),('Micr-','','A millionth part of; as, microfarad, microohm, micrometer.'),('Microampere','n.','One of the smaller measures of electrical currents;\n   the millionth part of one ampere.'),('Microbacteria','n. pl.','In the classification of Cohn, one of the four\n   tribes of Bacteria.'),('Microbe','n.','Alt. of Microbion'),('Microbion','n.','A microscopic organism; -- particularly applied to\n   bacteria and especially to pathogenic forms; as, the microbe of fowl\n   cholera.'),('Microbian','a.','Of, pertaining to, or caused by, microbes; as, the\n   microbian theory; a microbian disease.'),('Microbic','a.','Of or pertaining to a microbe.'),('Microbicide','n.','Any agent detrimental to, or destructive of, the life\n   of microbes or bacterial organisms.'),('Microcephalic','a.','Alt. of Microcephalous'),('Microcephalous','a.','Having a small head; having the cranial cavity\n   small; -- opposed to megacephalic.'),('Micro-chemical','a.','Of or pertaining to micro-chemistry; as, a\n   micro-chemical test.'),('Micro-chemistry','n.','The application of chemical tests to minute\n   objects or portions of matter, magnified by the use of the microscopy;\n   -- distinguished from macro-chemistry.'),('Microchronometer','n.','A chronoscope.'),('Microcline','n.','A mineral of the feldspar group, like orthoclase or\n   common feldspar in composition, but triclinic in form.'),('Micrococcal','a.','Of or pertaining to micrococci; caused by micrococci.'),('Micrococci','pl. ','of Micrococcus'),('Micrococcus','n.','A genus of Spherobacteria, in the form of very small\n   globular or oval cells, forming, by transverse division, filaments, or\n   chains of cells, or in some cases single organisms shaped like\n   dumb-bells (Diplococcus), all without the power of motion. See Illust.\n   of Ascoccus.'),('Microcosm','n.','A little world; a miniature universe. Hence (so called\n   by Paracelsus), a man, as a supposed epitome of the exterior universe\n   or great world. Opposed to macrocosm.'),('Microcosmic','a.','Alt. of Microcosmical'),('Microcosmical','a.','Of or pertaining to the microcosm.'),('Microcosmography','n.','Description of man as a microcosm.'),('Microcoulomb','n.','A measure of electrical quantity; the millionth part\n   of one coulomb.'),('Microcoustic','a.','Pertaining, or suited, to the audition of small\n   sounds; fitted to assist hearing.'),('Microcoustic','n.','An instrument for making faint sounds audible, as to\n   a partially deaf person.'),('Microcrith','n.','The weight of the half hydrogen molecule, or of the\n   hydrogen atom, taken as the standard in comparing the atomic weights of\n   the elements; thus, an atom of oxygen weighs sixteen microcriths. See\n   Crith.'),('Microcrystalline','a.','Crystalline on a fine, or microscopic, scale;\n   consisting of fine crystals; as, the ground mass of certain porphyrics\n   is microcrystalline.'),('Microcyte','n.','One of the elementary granules found in blood. They are\n   much smaller than an ordinary corpuscle, and are particularly\n   noticeable in disease, as in anaemia.'),('Microdont','a.','Having small teeth.'),('Microfarad','n.','The millionth part of a farad.'),('Microform','n.','A microscopic form of life; an animal or vegetable\n   organism microscopic size.'),('Micro-geological','a.','Of or pertaining to micro-geology.'),('Micro-geology','n.','The part of geology relating to structure and\n   organisms which require to be studied with a microscope.'),('Micrograph','n.','An instrument for executing minute writing or\n   engraving.'),('Micrographic','a.','Of or pertaining to micrography.'),('Micrography','n.','The description of microscopic objects.'),('Microhm','n.','The millionth part of an ohm.'),('Microlepidoptera','n. pl.','A tribe of Lepidoptera, including a vast\n   number of minute species, as the plume moth, clothes moth, etc.'),('Microlestes','n.','An extinct genus of small Triassic mammals, the oldest\n   yet found in European strata.'),('Microlite','n.','A rare mineral of resinous luster and high specific\n   gravity. It is a tantalate of calcium, and occurs in octahedral\n   crystals usually very minute.'),('Microlite','n.','A minute inclosed crystal, often observed when minerals\n   or rocks are examined in thin sections under the microscope.'),('Microlith','n.','Same as Microlite, 2.'),('Microlithic','a.','Formed of small stones.'),('Micrologic','a.','Alt. of Micrological'),('Micrological','a.','Of or pertaining to micrology; very minute; as,\n   micrologic examination.'),('Micrology','n.','That part of science which treats of microscopic\n   objects, or depends on microscopic observation.'),('Micrology','n.','Attention to petty items or differences.'),('Micromere','n.','One of the smaller cells, or blastomeres, resulting from\n   the complete segmentation of a telolecithal ovum.'),('Micrometer','n.','An instrument, used with a telescope or microscope, for\n   measuring minute distances, or the apparent diameters of objects which\n   subtend minute angles. The measurement given directly is that of the\n   image of the object formed at the focus of the object glass.'),('Micrometric','a.','Alt. of Micrometrical'),('Micrometrical','a.','Belonging to micrometry; made by the micrometer.'),('Micrometry','n.','The art of measuring with a micrometer.'),('Micromillimeter','n.','The millionth part of a meter.'),('Micron','n.','A measure of length; the thousandth part of one millimeter;\n   the millionth part of a meter.'),('Micronesian','a.','Of or pertaining to Micronesia, a collective\n   designation of the islands in the western part of the Pacific Ocean,\n   embracing the Marshall and Gilbert groups, the Ladrones, the Carolines,\n   etc.'),('Micronesians','n. pl.','A dark race inhabiting the Micronesian Islands.\n   They are supposed to be a mixed race, derived from Polynesians and\n   Papuans.'),('Micronometer','n.','An instrument for noting minute portions of time.'),('Microorganism','n.','Any microscopic form of life; -- particularly\n   applied to bacteria and similar organisms, esp. such are supposed to\n   cause infectious diseases.'),('Micropantograph','n.','A kind of pantograph which produces copies\n   microscopically minute.'),('Micropegmatite','n.','A rock showing under the microscope the structure\n   of a graphic granite (pegmatite).'),('Microphone','n.','An instrument for intensifying and making audible very\n   feeble sounds. It produces its effects by the changes of intensity in\n   an electric current, occasioned by the variations in the contact\n   resistance of conducting bodies, especially of imperfect conductors,\n   under the action of acoustic vibrations.'),('Microphonics','n.','The science which treats of the means of increasing\n   the intensity of low or weak sounds, or of the microphone.'),('Microphonous','a.','Serving to augment the intensity of weak sounds;\n   microcoustic.'),('Microphotograph','n.','A microscopically small photograph of a picture,\n   writing, printed page, etc.'),('Microphotograph','n.','An enlarged representation of a microscopic\n   object, produced by throwing upon a sensitive plate the magnified image\n   of an object formed by a microscope or other suitable combination of\n   lenses.'),('Microphotography','n.','The art of making microphotographs.'),('Microphthalmia','n.','Alt. of Microphthalmy'),('Microphthalmy','n.','An unnatural smallness of the eyes, occurring as the\n   result of disease or of imperfect development.'),('Microphyllous','a.','Small-leaved.'),('Microphytal','a.','Pertaining to, or of the nature of, microphytes.'),('Microphyte','n.','A very minute plant, one of certain unicellular algae,\n   such as the germs of various infectious diseases are believed to be.'),('Micropyle','n.','An opening in the membranes surrounding the ovum, by\n   which nutrition is assisted and the entrance of the spermatozoa\n   permitted.'),('Micropyle','n.','An opening in the outer coat of a seed, through which\n   the fecundating pollen enters the ovule.'),('Microscopal','a.','Pertaining to microscopy, or to the use of the\n   microscope.'),('Microscope','n.','An optical instrument, consisting of a lens, or\n   combination of lenses, for making an enlarged image of an object which\n   is too minute to be viewed by the naked eye.'),('Microscopial','a.','Microscopic.'),('Microscopic','a.','Alt. of Microscopical'),('Microscopical','a.','Of or pertaining to the microscope or to microscopy;\n   made with a microscope; as, microscopic observation.'),('Microscopical','a.','Able to see extremely minute objects.'),('Microscopical','a.','Very small; visible only by the aid of a microscope;\n   as, a microscopic insect.'),('Microscopically','adv.','By the microscope; with minute inspection; in a\n   microscopic manner.'),('Microscopist','n.','One skilled in, or given to, microscopy.'),('Microscopy','n.','The use of the microscope; investigation with the\n   microscope.'),('Microseme','a.','Having the orbital index relatively small; having the\n   orbits broad transversely; -- opposed to megaseme.'),('Microspectroscope','n.','A spectroscope arranged for attachment to a\n   microscope, for observation of the spectrum of light from minute\n   portions of any substance.'),('Microsporangium','n.','A sporangium or conceptacle containing only very\n   minute spores. Cf. Macrosporangium.'),('Microspore','n.','One of the exceedingly minute spores found in certain\n   flowerless plants, as Selaginella and Isoetes, which bear two kinds of\n   spores, one very much smaller than the other. Cf. Macrospore.'),('Microsporic','a.','Of or pertaining to microspores.'),('Microsthene','n.','One of a group of mammals having a small size as a\n   typical characteristic. It includes the lower orders, as the\n   Insectivora, Cheiroptera, Rodentia, and Edentata.'),('Microsthenic','a.','Having a typically small size; of or pertaining to\n   the microsthenes.'),('Microtasimeter','n.','A tasimeter, especially when arranged for measuring\n   very small extensions. See Tasimeter.'),('Microtome','n.','An instrument for making very thin sections for\n   microscopical examination.'),('Microtomist','n.','One who is skilled in or practices microtomy.'),('Microtomy','n.','The art of using the microtome; investigation carried on\n   with the microtome.'),('Microvolt','n.','A measure of electro-motive force; the millionth part of\n   one volt.'),('Microweber','n.','The millionth part of one weber.'),('Microzoa','n. pl.','The Infusoria.'),('Microzoospore','n.','A small motile spore furnished with two vibratile\n   cilia, found in certain green algae.'),('Microzyme','n.','A microorganism which is supposed to act like a ferment\n   in causing or propagating certain infectious or contagious diseases; a\n   pathogenic bacterial organism.'),('Micturition','n.','The act of voiding urine; also, a morbidly frequent\n   passing of the urine, in consequence of disease.'),('Mid','superl.','Denoting the middle part; as, in mid ocean.'),('Mid','superl.','Occupying a middle position; middle; as, the mid finger;\n   the mid hour of night.'),('Mid','superl.','Made with a somewhat elevated position of some certain\n   part of the tongue, in relation to the palate; midway between the high\n   and the low; -- said of certain vowel sounds; as, a (ale), / (/ll), /\n   (/ld). See Guide to Pronunciation, // 10, 11.'),('Mid','n.','Middle.'),('Mid','prep.','See Amid.'),('Mida','n.','The larva of the bean fly.'),('Midas','n.','A genus of longeared South American monkeys, including\n   numerous species of marmosets. See Marmoset.'),('Midas\'s ear','','A pulmonate mollusk (Auricula, / Ellobium, aurismidae);\n   -- so called from resemblance to a human ear.'),('Midbrain','n.','The middle segment of the brain; the mesencephalon. See\n   Brain.'),('Midday','a.','The middle part of the day; noon.'),('Midday','a.','Of or pertaining to noon; meridional; as, the midday sun.'),('Midden','n.','A dunghill.'),('Midden','n.','An accumulation of refuse about a dwelling place;\n   especially, an accumulation of shells or of cinders, bones, and other\n   refuse on the supposed site of the dwelling places of prehistoric\n   tribes, -- as on the shores of the Baltic Sea and in many other places.\n   See Kitchen middens.'),('Midden crow','','The common European crow.'),('Middest','superl.','Situated most nearly in the middle; middlemost;\n   midmost.'),('Middest','n.','Midst; middle.'),('Midding','n.','Same as Midden.'),('Middle','a.','Equally distant from the extreme either of a number of\n   things or of one thing; mean; medial; as, the middle house in a row; a\n   middle rank or station in life; flowers of middle summer; men of middle\n   age.'),('Middle','a.','Intermediate; intervening.'),('Middle','a.','The point or part equally distant from the extremities or\n   exterior limits, as of a line, a surface, or a solid; an intervening\n   point or part in space, time, or order of series; the midst; central\n   portion'),('Middle','a.','the waist.'),('Middle-age','','Of or pertaining to the Middle Ages; mediaeval.'),('Middle-aged','a.','Being about the middle of the ordinary age of man;\n   between 30 and 50 years old.'),('Middle-earth','n.','The world, considered as lying between heaven and\n   hell.'),('Middle-ground','n.','That part of a picture between the foreground and\n   the background.'),('Middlemen','pl. ','of Middleman'),('Middleman','n.','An agent between two parties; a broker; a go-between;\n   any dealer between the producer and the consumer; in Ireland, one who\n   takes land of the proprietors in large tracts, and then rents it out in\n   small portions to the peasantry.'),('Middleman','n.','A person of intermediate rank; a commoner.'),('Middleman','n.','The man who occupies a central position in a file of\n   soldiers.'),('Middlemost','a.','Being in the middle, or nearest the middle; midmost.'),('Middler','n.','One of a middle or intermediate class in some schools and\n   seminaries.'),('Middling','a.','Of middle rank, state, size, or quality; about equally\n   distant from the extremes; medium; moderate; mediocre; ordinary.'),('Middlings','n. pl.','A combination of the coarser parts of ground wheat\n   the finest bran, separated from the fine flour and coarse bran in\n   bolting; -- formerly regarded as valuable only for feed; but now, after\n   separation of the bran, used for making the best quality of flour.\n   Middlings contain a large proportion of gluten.'),('Middlings','n. pl.','In the southern and western parts of the United\n   States, the portion of the hog between the ham and the shoulder; bacon;\n   -- called also middles.'),('Middies','pl. ','of Middy'),('Middy','n.','A colloquial abbreviation of midshipman.'),('Midfeather','n.','A vertical water space in a fire box or combustion\n   chamber.'),('Midfeather','n.','A support for the center of a tunnel.'),('Midgard','n.','The middle space or region between heaven and hell; the\n   abode of human beings; the earth.'),('Midge','n.','Any one of many small, delicate, long-legged flies of the\n   Chironomus, and allied genera, which do not bite. Their larvae are\n   usually aquatic.'),('Midge','n.','A very small fly, abundant in many parts of the United\n   States and Canada, noted for the irritating quality of its bite.'),('Midget','n.','A minute bloodsucking fly.'),('Midget','n.','A very diminutive person.'),('Midgut','n.','The middle part of the alimentary canal from the stomach,\n   or entrance of the bile duct, to, or including, the large intestine.'),('Midheaven','n.','The midst or middle of heaven or the sky.'),('Midheaven','n.','The meridian, or middle line of the heavens; the point\n   of the ecliptic on the meridian.'),('Midland','a.','Being in the interior country; distant from the coast or\n   seashore; as, midland towns or inhabitants.'),('Midland','a.','Surrounded by the land; mediterranean.'),('Midland','n.','The interior or central region of a country; -- usually in\n   the plural.'),('Midmain','n.','The middle part of the main or sea.'),('Midmost','a.','Middle; middlemost.'),('Midnight','n.','The middle of the night; twelve o\'clock at night.'),('Midnight','a.','Being in, or characteristic of, the middle of the night;\n   as, midnight studies; midnight gloom.'),('Midrashim','pl. ','of Midrash'),('Midrashoth','pl. ','of Midrash'),('Midrash','n.','A talmudic exposition of the Hebrew law, or of some part\n   of it.'),('Midrib','n.','A continuation of the petiole, extending from the base to\n   the apex of the lamina of a leaf.'),('Midriff','n.','See Diaphragm, n., 2.'),('Mid sea','','Alt. of Mid-sea'),('Mid-sea','','The middle part of the sea or ocean.'),('Midship','a.','Of or pertaining to, or being in, the middle of a ship.'),('Midshipmen','pl. ','of Midshipman'),('Midshipman','n.','Formerly, a kind of naval cadet, in a ship of war,\n   whose business was to carry orders, messages, reports, etc., between\n   the officers of the quarter-deck and those of the forecastle, and\n   render other services as required.'),('Midshipman','n.','In the English naval service, the second rank attained\n   by a combatant officer after a term of service as naval cadet. Having\n   served three and a half years in this rank, and passed an examination,\n   he is eligible to promotion to the rank of lieutenant.'),('Midshipman','n.','In the United States navy, the lowest grade of officers\n   in line of promotion, being graduates of the Naval Academy awaiting\n   promotion to the rank of ensign.'),('Midshipman','n.','An American marine fish of the genus Porichthys, allied\n   to the toadfish.'),('Midships','adv.','In the middle of a ship; -- properly amidships.'),('Midships','n. pl.','The timbers at the broadest part of the vessel.'),('Midst','n.','The interior or central part or place; the middle; -- used\n   chiefly in the objective case after in; as, in the midst of the forest.'),('Midst','n.','Hence, figuratively, the condition of being surrounded or\n   beset; the press; the burden; as, in the midst of official duties; in\n   the midst of secular affairs.'),('Midst','prep.','In the midst of; amidst.'),('Midst','adv.','In the middle.'),('Midsummer','n.','The middle of summer.'),('Midward','a.','Situated in the middle.'),('Midward','adv.','In or toward the midst.'),('Midway','n.','The middle of the way or distance; a middle way or course.'),('Midway','a.','Being in the middle of the way or distance; as, the midway\n   air.'),('Midway','adv.','In the middle of the way or distance; half way.'),('Midweek','n.','The middle of the week. Also used adjectively.'),('Midwives','pl. ','of Midwife'),('Midwife','n.','A woman who assists other women in childbirth; a female\n   practitioner of the obstetric art.'),('Midwife','v. t.','To assist in childbirth.'),('Midwife','v. i.','To perform the office of midwife.'),('Midwifery','n.','The art or practice of assisting women in childbirth;\n   obstetrics.'),('Midwifery','n.','Assistance at childbirth; help or cooperation in\n   production.'),('Midwinter','n.','The middle of winter.'),('Midwive','v. t.','To midwife.'),('Mien','n.','Aspect; air; manner; demeanor; carriage; bearing.'),('Miff','n.','A petty falling out; a tiff; a quarrel; offense.'),('Miff','v. t.','To offend slightly.'),('Might','','imp. of May.'),('Might','v.','Force or power of any kind, whether of body or mind; energy\n   or intensity of purpose, feeling, or action; means or resources to\n   effect an object; strength; force; power; ability; capacity.'),('Mightful','a.','Mighty.'),('Mightily','adv.','In a mighty manner; with might; with great earnestness;\n   vigorously; powerfully.'),('Mightily','adv.','To a great degree; very much.'),('Mightiness','n.','The quality of being mighty; possession of might;\n   power; greatness; high dignity.'),('Mightiness','n.','Highness; excellency; -- with a possessive pronoun, a\n   title of dignity; as, their high mightinesses.'),('Mightless','a.','Without; weak.'),('Mighty','n.','Possessing might; having great power or authority.'),('Mighty','n.','Accomplished by might; hence, extraordinary; wonderful.'),('Mighty','n.','Denoting and extraordinary degree or quality in respect of\n   size, character, importance, consequences, etc.'),('Mighties','pl. ','of Mighty'),('Mighty','n.','A warrior of great force and courage.'),('Mighty','adv.','In a great degree; very.'),('Migniard','a.','Soft; dainty.'),('Migniardise','n.','Delicate fondling.'),('Mignon','a.','See 3d Minion.'),('Mignon','v. t.','To flatter.'),('Mignonette','n.','A plant (Reseda odorata) having greenish flowers with\n   orange-colored stamens, and exhaling a delicious fragrance. In Africa\n   it is a low shrub, but further north it is usually an annual herb.'),('Migraine','n.','Same as Megrim.'),('Migrant','a.','Migratory.'),('Migrant','n.','A migratory bird or other animal.'),('Migrated','imp. & p. p.','of Migrate'),('Migrating','p. pr. & vb. n.','of Migrate'),('Migrate','v. i.','To remove from one country or region to another, with a\n   view to residence; to change one\'s place of residence; to remove; as,\n   the Moors who migrated from Africa into Spain; to migrate to the West.'),('Migrate','v. i.','To pass periodically from one region or climate to\n   another for feeding or breeding; -- said of certain birds, fishes, and\n   quadrupeds.'),('Migration','n.','The act of migrating.'),('Migratory','a.','Removing regularly or occasionally from one region or\n   climate to another; as, migratory birds.'),('Migratory','a.','Hence, roving; wandering; nomad; as, migratory habits; a\n   migratory life.'),('Mikado','n.','The popular designation of the hereditary sovereign of\n   Japan.'),('Mikmaks','n.','Same as Micmacs.'),('Milage','n.','Same as Mileage.'),('Milanese','a.','Of or pertaining to Milan in Italy, or to its\n   inhabitants.'),('Milanese','n. sing. & pl.','A native or inhabitant of Milan; people of\n   Milan.'),('Milch','a.','Giving milk; -- now applied only to beasts.'),('Milch','a.','Tender; pitiful; weeping.'),('Mild','superl.','Gentle; pleasant; kind; soft; bland; clement; hence,\n   moderate in degree or quality; -- the opposite of harsh, severe,\n   irritating, violent, disagreeable, etc.; -- applied to persons and\n   things; as, a mild disposition; a mild eye; a mild air; a mild\n   medicine; a mild insanity.'),('Milden','v. t.','To make mild, or milder.'),('Mildew','n.','A growth of minute powdery or webby fungi, whitish or of\n   different colors, found on various diseased or decaying substances.'),('Mildewed','imp. & p. p.','of Mildew'),('Mildewing','p. pr. & vb. n.','of Mildew'),('Mildew','v. t.','To taint with mildew.'),('Mildew','v. i.','To become tainted with mildew.'),('Mildly','adv.','In a mild manner.'),('Mildness','n.','The quality or state of being mild; as, mildness of\n   temper; the mildness of the winter.'),('Mile','n.','A certain measure of distance, being equivalent in England\n   and the United States to 320 poles or rods, or 5,280 feet.'),('Mileage','n.','An allowance for traveling expenses at a certain rate per\n   mile.'),('Mileage','n.','Aggregate length or distance in miles; esp., the sum of\n   lengths of tracks or wires of a railroad company, telegraph company,\n   etc.'),('Milepost','n.','A post, or one of a series of posts, set up to indicate\n   spaces of a mile each or the distance in miles from a given place.'),('Milesian','a.','Of or pertaining to Miletus, a city of Asia Minor, or to\n   its inhabitants.'),('Milesian','a.','Descended from King Milesius of Spain, whose two sons are\n   said to have conquered Ireland about 1300 b. c.; or pertaining to the\n   descendants of King Milesius; hence, Irish.'),('Milesian','n.','A native or inhabitant of Miletus.'),('Milesian','n.','A native or inhabitant of Ireland.'),('Milestone','n.','A stone serving the same purpose as a milepost.'),('Milfoil','n.','A common composite herb (Achillea Millefolium) with white\n   flowers and finely dissected leaves; yarrow.'),('Miliaria','n.','A fever accompanied by an eruption of small, isolated,\n   red pimples, resembling a millet seed in form or size; miliary fever.'),('Miliary','a.','Like millet seeds; as, a miliary eruption.'),('Miliary','a.','Accompanied with an eruption like millet seeds; as, a\n   miliary fever.'),('Miliary','a.','Small and numerous; as, the miliary tubercles of Echini.'),('Miliary','n.','One of the small tubercles of Echini.'),('Milice','n.','Militia.'),('Miliola','n.','A genus of Foraminifera, having a porcelanous shell with\n   several longitudinal chambers.'),('Miliolite','n.','A fossil shell of, or similar to, the genus Miliola.'),('Miliolite','a.','The same Milliolitic.'),('Miliolitic','a.','Of or pertaining to the genus Miliola; containing\n   miliolites.'),('Militancy','n.','The state of being militant; warfare.'),('Militancy','n.','A military spirit or system; militarism.'),('Militant','a.','Engaged in warfare; fighting; combating; serving as a\n   soldier.'),('Militar','a.','Military.'),('Militarily','adv.','In a military manner.'),('Militarism','n.','A military state or condition; reliance on military\n   force in administering government; a military system.'),('Militarism','n.','The spirit and traditions of military life.'),('Militarist','n.','A military man.'),('Military','a.','Of or pertaining to soldiers, to arms, or to war;\n   belonging to, engaged in, or appropriate to, the affairs of war; as, a\n   military parade; military discipline; military bravery; military\n   conduct; military renown.'),('Military','a.','Performed or made by soldiers; as, a military election; a\n   military expedition.'),('Military','n.','The whole body of soldiers; soldiery; militia; troops;\n   the army.'),('Militated','imp. & p. p.','of Militate'),('Militating','p. pr. & vb. n.','of Militate'),('Militate','v. i.','To make war; to fight; to contend; -- usually followed\n   by against and with.'),('Militia','n.','In the widest sense, the whole military force of a nation,\n   including both those engaged in military service as a business, and\n   those competent and available for such service; specifically, the body\n   of citizens enrolled for military instruction and discipline, but not\n   subject to be called into actual service except in emergencies.'),('Militia','n.','Military service; warfare.'),('Militiamen','pl. ','of Militiaman'),('Militiaman','n.','One who belongs to the militia.'),('Militiate','v. i.','To carry on, or prepare for, war.'),('Milk','n.','A white fluid secreted by the mammary glands of female\n   mammals for the nourishment of their young, consisting of minute\n   globules of fat suspended in a solution of casein, albumin, milk sugar,\n   and inorganic salts.'),('Milk','n.','A kind of juice or sap, usually white in color, found in\n   certain plants; latex. See Latex.'),('Milk','n.','An emulsion made by bruising seeds; as, the milk of almonds,\n   produced by pounding almonds with sugar and water.'),('Milk','n.','The ripe, undischarged spat of an oyster.'),('Milked','imp. & p. p.','of Milk'),('Milking','p. pr. & vb. n.','of Milk'),('Milk','v. t.','To draw or press milk from the breasts or udder of, by the\n   hand or mouth; to withdraw the milk of.'),('Milk','v. t.','To draw from the breasts or udder; to extract, as milk;\n   as, to milk wholesome milk from healthy cows.'),('Milk','v. t.','To draw anything from, as if by milking; to compel to\n   yield profit or advantage; to plunder.'),('Milk','v. i.','To draw or to yield milk.'),('Milken','a.','Consisting of milk.'),('Milker','n.','One who milks; also, a mechanical apparatus for milking\n   cows.'),('Milker','n.','A cow or other animal that gives milk.'),('Milkful','a.','Full of milk; abounding with food.'),('Milkily','adv.','In a milky manner.'),('Milkiness','n.','State or quality of being milky.'),('Milk-livered','a.','White-livered; cowardly; timorous.'),('Milkmaid','n.','A woman who milks cows or is employed in the dairy.'),('Milkmen','pl. ','of Milkman'),('Milkman','n.','A man who sells milk or delivers is to customers.'),('Milksop','n.','A piece of bread sopped in milk; figuratively, an\n   effeminate or weak-minded person.'),('Milk vetch','','A leguminous herb (Astragalus glycyphyllos) of Europe and\n   Asia, supposed to increase the secretion of milk in goats.'),('Milkweed','n.','Any plant of the genera Asclepias and Acerates, abounding\n   in a milky juice, and having its seed attached to a long silky down;\n   silkweed. The name is also applied to several other plants with a milky\n   juice, as to several kinds of spurge.'),('Milkwort','n.','A genus of plants (Polygala) of many species. The common\n   European P. vulgaris was supposed to have the power of producing a flow\n   of milk in nurses.'),('Milky','a.','Consisting of, or containing, milk.'),('Milky','a.','Like, or somewhat like, milk; whitish and turbid; as, the\n   water is milky. \"Milky juice.\"'),('Milky','a.','Yielding milk.'),('Milky','a.','Mild; tame; spiritless.'),('Mill','n.','A money of account of the United States, having the value of\n   the tenth of a cent, or the thousandth of a dollar.'),('Mill','n.','A machine for grinding or comminuting any substance, as\n   grain, by rubbing and crushing it between two hard, rough, or intented\n   surfaces; as, a gristmill, a coffee mill; a bone mill.'),('Mill','n.','A machine used for expelling the juice, sap, etc., from\n   vegetable tissues by pressure, or by pressure in combination with a\n   grinding, or cutting process; as, a cider mill; a cane mill.'),('Mill','n.','A machine for grinding and polishing; as, a lapidary mill.'),('Mill','n.','A common name for various machines which produce a\n   manufactured product, or change the form of a raw material by the\n   continuous repetition of some simple action; as, a sawmill; a stamping\n   mill, etc.'),('Mill','n.','A building or collection of buildings with machinery by which\n   the processes of manufacturing are carried on; as, a cotton mill; a\n   powder mill; a rolling mill.'),('Mill','n.','A hardened steel roller having a design in relief, used for\n   imprinting a reversed copy of the design in a softer metal, as copper.'),('Mill','n.','An excavation in rock, transverse to the workings, from which\n   material for filling is obtained.'),('Mill','n.','A passage underground through which ore is shot.'),('Mill','n.','A milling cutter. See Illust. under Milling.'),('Mill','n.','A pugilistic.'),('Milled','imp. & p. p.','of Mill'),('Milling','p. pr. & vb. n.','of Mill'),('Mill','n.','To reduce to fine particles, or to small pieces, in a mill;\n   to grind; to comminute.'),('Mill','n.','To shape, finish, or transform by passing through a machine;\n   specifically, to shape or dress, as metal, by means of a rotary cutter.'),('Mill','n.','To make a raised border around the edges of, or to cut fine\n   grooves or indentations across the edges of, as of a coin, or a screw\n   head; also, to stamp in a coining press; to coin.'),('Mill','n.','To pass through a fulling mill; to full, as cloth.'),('Mill','n.','To beat with the fists.'),('Mill','n.','To roll into bars, as steel.'),('Mill','v. i.','To swim under water; -- said of air-breathing creatures.'),('Millboard','n.','A kind of stout pasteboard.'),('Mill-cake','n.','The incorporated materials for gunpowder, in the form of\n   a dense mass or cake, ready to be subjected to the process of\n   granulation.'),('Milldam','n.','A dam or mound to obstruct a water course, and raise the\n   water to a height sufficient to turn a mill wheel.'),('Milled','a.','Having been subjected to some process of milling.'),('Millefiore glass','','Slender rods or tubes of colored glass fused\n   together and embedded in clear glass; -- used for paperweights and\n   other small articles.'),('Millenarian','a.','Consisting of a thousand years; of or pertaining to\n   the millennium, or to the Millenarians.'),('Millenarian','n.','One who believes that Christ will personally reign on\n   earth a thousand years; a Chiliast.'),('Millenarianism','n.','Alt. of Millenarism'),('Millenarism','n.','The doctrine of Millenarians.'),('Millenary','a.','Consisting of a thousand; millennial.'),('Millenary','n.','The space of a thousand years; a millennium; also, a\n   Millenarian.'),('Millennial','a.','Of or pertaining to the millennium, or to a thousand\n   years; as, a millennial period; millennial happiness.'),('Millennialist','n.','One who believes that Christ will reign personally\n   on earth a thousand years; a Chiliast; also, a believer in the\n   universal prevalence of Christianity for a long period.'),('Millennialism','n.','Alt. of Millenniarism'),('Millenniarism','n.','Belief in, or expectation of, the millennium;\n   millenarianism.'),('Millennist','n.','One who believes in the millennium.'),('Millennium','n.','A thousand years; especially, the thousand years\n   mentioned in the twentieth chapter in the twentieth chapter of\n   Revelation, during which holiness is to be triumphant throughout the\n   world. Some believe that, during this period, Christ will reign on\n   earth in person with his saints.'),('Milleped','n.','A myriapod with many legs, esp. a chilognath, as the\n   galleyworm.'),('Millepora','n.','A genus of Hydrocorallia, which includes the millipores.'),('Millepore','n.','Any coral of the genus Millepora, having the surface\n   nearly smooth, and perforated with very minute unequal pores, or cells.\n   The animals are hydroids, not Anthozoa. See Hydrocorallia.'),('Milleporite','n.','A fossil millepore.'),('Miller','n.','One who keeps or attends a flour mill or gristmill.'),('Miller','n.','A milling machine.'),('Miller','n.','A moth or lepidopterous insect; -- so called because the\n   wings appear as if covered with white dust or powder, like a miller\'s\n   clothes. Called also moth miller.'),('Miller','n.','The eagle ray.'),('Miller','n.','The hen harrier.'),('Millerite','n.','A believer in the doctrine of William Miller (d. 1849),\n   who taught that the end of the world and the second coming of Christ\n   were at hand.'),('Millerite','n.','A sulphide of nickel, commonly occurring in delicate\n   capillary crystals, also in incrustations of a bronze yellow; --\n   sometimes called hair pyrites.'),('Millesimal','a.','Thousandth; consisting of thousandth parts; as,\n   millesimal fractions.'),('Millet','n.','The name of several cereal and forage grasses which bear an\n   abundance of small roundish grains. The common millets of Germany and\n   Southern Europe are Panicum miliaceum, and Setaria Italica.'),('Milli-','','A prefix denoting a thousandth part of; as, millimeter,\n   milligram, milliampere.'),('Milliampere','n.','The thousandth part of one ampere.'),('Milliard','n.','A thousand millions; -- called also billion. See Billion.'),('Milliary','a.','Of or pertaining to a mile, or to distance by miles;\n   denoting a mile or miles.'),('Milliaries','pl. ','of Milliary'),('Milliary','a.','A milestone.'),('Millier','n.','A weight of the metric system, being one million grams; a\n   metric ton.'),('Millifold','a.','Thousandfold.'),('Milligram','n.','Alt. of Milligramme'),('Milligramme','n.','A measure of weight, in the metric system, being the\n   thousandth part of a gram, equal to the weight of a cubic millimeter of\n   water, or .01543 of a grain avoirdupois.'),('Milliliter','n.','Alt. of Millilitre'),('Millilitre','n.','A measure of capacity in the metric system, containing\n   the thousandth part of a liter. It is a cubic centimeter, and is equal\n   to .061 of an English cubic inch, or to .0338 of an American fluid\n   ounce.'),('Millimeter','n.','Alt. of Millimetre'),('Millimetre','n.','A lineal measure in the metric system, containing the\n   thousandth part of a meter; equal to .03937 of an inch. See 3d Meter.'),('Milliner','n.','Formerly, a man who imported and dealt in small articles\n   of a miscellaneous kind, especially such as please the fancy of women.'),('Milliner','n.','A person, usually a woman, who makes, trims, or deals in\n   hats, bonnets, headdresses, etc., for women.'),('Millinery','n.','The articles made or sold by milliners, as headdresses,\n   hats or bonnets, laces, ribbons, and the like.'),('Millinery','n.','The business of work of a milliner.'),('Millinet','n.','A stiff cotton fabric used by milliners for lining\n   bonnets.'),('Milling','n.','The act or employment of grinding or passing through a\n   mill; the process of fulling; the process of making a raised or\n   intented edge upon coin, etc.; the process of dressing surfaces of\n   various shapes with rotary cutters. See Mill.'),('Million','n.','The number of ten hundred thousand, or a thousand\n   thousand, -- written 1,000, 000. See the Note under Hundred.'),('Million','n.','A very great number; an indefinitely large number.'),('Million','n.','The mass of common people; -- with the article the.'),('Millionaire','n.','One whose wealth is counted by millions of francs,\n   dollars, or pounds; a very rich person; a person worth a million or\n   more.'),('Millionairess','n.','A woman who is a millionaire, or the wife of a\n   millionaire.'),('Millionary','a.','Of or pertaining to millions; consisting of millions;\n   as, the millionary chronology of the pundits.'),('Millioned','a.','Multiplied by millions; innumerable.'),('Millionnaire','n.','Millionaire.'),('Millionth','a.','Being the last one of a million of units or objects\n   counted in regular order from the first of a series or succession;\n   being one of a million.'),('Millionth','n.','The quotient of a unit divided by one million; one of a\n   million equal parts.'),('Milliped','n.','The same Milleped.'),('Millistere','n.','A liter, or cubic decimeter.'),('Milliweber','n.','The thousandth part of one weber.'),('Millrea','n.','Alt. of Millreis'),('Millree','n.','Alt. of Millreis'),('Millreis','n.','See Milreis.'),('Millrind','n.','Alt. of Millrynd'),('Millrynd','n.','A figure supposed to represent the iron which holds a\n   millstone by being set into its center.'),('Mill-sixpence','n.','A milled sixpence; -- the sixpence being one of the\n   first English coins milled (1561).'),('Millstone','n.','One of two circular stones used for grinding grain or\n   other substance.'),('Millwork','n.','The shafting, gearing, and other driving machinery of\n   mills.'),('Millwork','n.','The business of setting up or of operating mill\n   machinery.'),('Millwright','n.','A mechanic whose occupation is to build mills, or to\n   set up their machinery.'),('Milreis','n.','A Portuguese money of account rated in the treasury\n   department of the United States at one dollar and eight cents; also, a\n   Brazilian money of account rated at fifty-four cents and six mills.'),('Milt','n.','The spleen.'),('Milt','n.','The spermatic fluid of fishes.'),('Milt','n.','The testes, or spermaries, of fishes when filled with\n   spermatozoa.'),('Milt','v. t.','To impregnate (the roe of a fish) with milt.'),('Milter','n.','A male fish.'),('Miltonian','a.','Miltonic.'),('Miltonic','a.','Of, pertaining to, or resembling, Milton, or his\n   writings; as, Miltonic prose.'),('Miltwaste','','A small European fern (Asplenium Ceterach) formerly used\n   in medicine.'),('Milvine','a.','Of or resembling birds of the kite kind.'),('Milvine','n.','A bird related to the kite.'),('Milvus','n.','A genus of raptorial birds, including the European kite.'),('Mime','n.','A kind of drama in which real persons and events were\n   generally represented in a ridiculous manner.'),('Mime','n.','An actor in such representations.'),('Mime','v. i.','To mimic.'),('Mimeograph','n.','An autographic stencil copying device invented by\n   Edison.'),('Mimesis','n.','Imitation; mimicry.'),('Mimetene','n.','See Mimetite.'),('Mimetic','','Alt. of Mimetical'),('Mimetical','','Apt to imitate; given to mimicry; imitative.'),('Mimetical','','Characterized by mimicry; -- applied to animals and\n   plants; as, mimetic species; mimetic organisms. See Mimicry.'),('Mimetism','n.','Same as Mimicry.'),('Mimetite','n.','A mineral occurring in pale yellow or brownish hexagonal\n   crystals. It is an arseniate of lead.'),('Mimic','a.','Alt. of Mimical'),('Mimical','a.','Imitative; mimetic.'),('Mimical','a.','Consisting of, or formed by, imitation; imitated; as,\n   mimic gestures.'),('Mimical','a.','Imitative; characterized by resemblance to other forms; --\n   applied to crystals which by twinning resemble simple forms of a higher\n   grade of symmetry.'),('Mimic','n.','One who imitates or mimics, especially one who does so for\n   sport; a copyist; a buffoon.'),('Mimicked','imp. & p. p.','of Mimic'),('Mimicking','p. pr. & vb. n.','of Mimic'),('Mimic','v. t.','To imitate or ape for sport; to ridicule by imitation.'),('Mimic','v. t.','To assume a resemblance to (some other organism of a\n   totally different nature, or some surrounding object), as a means of\n   protection or advantage.'),('Mimically','adv.','In an imitative manner.'),('Mimicker','n.','One who mimics; a mimic.'),('Mimicker','n.','An animal which imitates something else, in form or\n   habits.'),('Mimicry','n.','The act or practice of one who mimics; ludicrous imitation\n   for sport or ridicule.'),('Mimicry','n.','Protective resemblance; the resemblance which certain\n   animals and plants exhibit to other animals and plants or to the\n   natural objects among which they live, -- a characteristic which serves\n   as their chief means of protection against enemies; imitation; mimesis;\n   mimetism.'),('Mimographer','n.','A writer of mimes.'),('Mimosa','n.','A genus of leguminous plants, containing many species, and\n   including the sensitive plants (Mimosa sensitiva, and M. pudica).'),('Mimotannic','a.','Pertaining to, or designating, a variety of tannin or\n   tannic acid found in Acacia, Mimosa, etc.'),('Minae','pl. ','of Mina'),('Minas','pl. ','of Mina'),('Mina','n.','An ancient weight or denomination of money, of varying value.\n   The Attic mina was valued at a hundred drachmas.'),('Mina','n.','See Myna.'),('Minable','a.','Such as can be mined; as, minable earth.'),('Minacious','a.','Threatening; menacing.'),('Minacity','n.','Disposition to threaten.'),('Minaret','n.','A slender, lofty tower attached to a mosque and surrounded\n   by one or more projecting balconies, from which the summon to prayer is\n   cried by the muezzin.'),('Minargent','n.','An alloy consisting of copper, nickel, tungsten, and\n   aluminium; -- used by jewelers.'),('Minatorially','adv.','Alt. of Minatorily'),('Minatorily','adv.','In a minatory manner; with threats.'),('Minatory','a.','Threatening; menacing.'),('Minaul','n.','Same as Manul.'),('Minced','imp. & p. p.','of Mince'),('Minging','p. pr. & vb. n.','of Mince'),('Mince','v. t.','To cut into very small pieces; to chop fine; to hash; as,\n   to mince meat.'),('Mince','v. t.','To suppress or weaken the force of; to extenuate; to\n   palliate; to tell by degrees, instead of directly and frankly; to clip,\n   as words or expressions; to utter half and keep back half of.'),('Mince','v. t.','To affect; to make a parade of.'),('Mince','v. i.','To walk with short steps; to walk in a prim, affected\n   manner.'),('Mince','v. i.','To act or talk with affected nicety; to affect delicacy\n   in manner.'),('Mince','n.','A short, precise step; an affected manner.'),('Mince-meat','n.','Minced meat; meat chopped very fine; a mixture of\n   boiled meat, suet, apples, etc., chopped very fine, to which spices and\n   raisins are added; -- used in making mince pie.'),('Mince pie','','A pie made of mince-meat.'),('Mincer','n.','One who minces.'),('Mincing','a.','That minces; characterized by primness or affected nicety.'),('Mincingly','adv.','In a mincing manner; not fully; with affected nicety.'),('Mind','v.','The intellectual or rational faculty in man; the\n   understanding; the intellect; the power that conceives, judges, or\n   reasons; also, the entire spiritual nature; the soul; -- often in\n   distinction from the body.'),('Mind','v.','The state, at any given time, of the faculties of thinking,\n   willing, choosing, and the like; psychical activity or state; as: (a)\n   Opinion; judgment; belief.'),('Mind','v.','Choice; inclination; liking; intent; will.'),('Mind','v.','Courage; spirit.'),('Mind','v.','Memory; remembrance; recollection; as, to have or keep in\n   mind, to call to mind, to put in mind, etc.'),('Minded','imp. & p. p.','of Mind'),('Minding','p. pr. & vb. n.','of Mind'),('Mind','n.','To fix the mind or thoughts on; to regard with attention; to\n   treat as of consequence; to consider; to heed; to mark; to note.'),('Mind','n.','To occupy one\'s self with; to employ one\'s self about; to\n   attend to; as, to mind one\'s business.'),('Mind','n.','To obey; as, to mind parents; the dog minds his master.'),('Mind','n.','To have in mind; to purpose.'),('Mind','n.','To put in mind; to remind.'),('Mind','v. i.','To give attention or heed; to obey; as, the dog minds\n   well.'),('Minded','a.','Disposed; inclined; having a mind.'),('Minder','n.','One who minds, tends, or watches something, as a child, a\n   machine, or cattle; as, a minder of a loom.'),('Minder','n.','One to be attended; specif., a pauper child intrusted to\n   the care of a private person.'),('Mindful','a.','Bearing in mind; regardful; attentive; heedful; observant.'),('Minding','n.','Regard; mindfulness.'),('Mindless','a.','Not indued with mind or intellectual powers; stupid;\n   unthinking.'),('Mindless','a.','Unmindful; inattentive; heedless; careless.'),('Mine','n.','See Mien.'),('Mine','pron. & a.','Belonging to me; my. Used as a pronominal to me; my.\n   Used as a pronominal adjective in the predicate; as, \"Vengeance is\n   mine; I will repay.\" Rom. xii. 19. Also, in the old style, used\n   attributively, instead of my, before a noun beginning with a vowel.'),('Mine','v. i.','To dig a mine or pit in the earth; to get ore, metals,\n   coal, or precious stones, out of the earth; to dig in the earth for\n   minerals; to dig a passage or cavity under anything in order to\n   overthrow it by explosives or otherwise.'),('Mine','v. i.','To form subterraneous tunnel or hole; to form a burrow or\n   lodge in the earth; as, the mining cony.'),('Mined','imp. & p. p.','of Mine'),('Mining','p. pr. & vb. n.','of Mine'),('Mine','v. t.','To dig away, or otherwise remove, the substratum or\n   foundation of; to lay a mine under; to sap; to undermine; hence, to\n   ruin or destroy by slow degrees or secret means.'),('Mine','v. t.','To dig into, for ore or metal.'),('Mine','v. t.','To get, as metals, out of the earth by digging.'),('Mine','v. i.','A subterranean cavity or passage'),('Mine','v. i.','A pit or excavation in the earth, from which metallic\n   ores, precious stones, coal, or other mineral substances are taken by\n   digging; -- distinguished from the pits from which stones for\n   architectural purposes are taken, and which are called quarries.'),('Mine','v. i.','A cavity or tunnel made under a fortification or other\n   work, for the purpose of blowing up the superstructure with some\n   explosive agent.'),('Mine','v. i.','Any place where ore, metals, or precious stones are got by\n   digging or washing the soil; as, a placer mine.'),('Mine','v. i.','Fig.: A rich source of wealth or other good.'),('Miner','n.','One who mines; a digger for metals, etc.; one engaged in the\n   business of getting ore, coal, or precious stones, out of the earth;\n   one who digs military mines; as, armies have sappers and miners.'),('Miner','n.','Any of numerous insects which, in the larval state, excavate\n   galleries in the parenchyma of leaves. They are mostly minute moths and\n   dipterous flies.'),('Miner','n.','The chattering, or garrulous, honey eater of Australia\n   (Myzantha garrula).'),('Mineral','v. i.','An inorganic species or substance occurring in nature,\n   having a definite chemical composition and usually a distinct\n   crystalline form. Rocks, except certain glassy igneous forms, are\n   either simple minerals or aggregates of minerals.'),('Mineral','v. i.','A mine.'),('Mineral','v. i.','Anything which is neither animal nor vegetable, as in\n   the most general classification of things into three kingdoms (animal,\n   vegetable, and mineral).'),('Mineral','a.','Of or pertaining to minerals; consisting of a mineral or\n   of minerals; as, a mineral substance.'),('Mineral','a.','Impregnated with minerals; as, mineral waters.'),('Mineralist','n.','One versed in minerals; mineralogist.'),('Mineralization','n.','The process of mineralizing, or forming a mineral\n   by combination of a metal with another element; also, the process of\n   converting into a mineral, as a bone or a plant.'),('Mineralization','n.','The act of impregnating with a mineral, as water.'),('Mineralization','n.','The conversion of a cell wall into a material of a\n   stony nature.'),('Mineralized','imp. & p. p.','of Mineralize'),('Mineralizing','p. pr. & vb. n.','of Mineralize'),('Mineralize','v. t.','To transform into a mineral.'),('Mineralize','v. t.','To impregnate with a mineral; as, mineralized water.'),('Mineralize','v. i.','To go on an excursion for observing and collecting\n   minerals; to mineralogize.'),('Mineralizer','n.','An element which is combined with a metal, thus\n   forming an ore. Thus, in galena, or lead ore, sulphur is a mineralizer;\n   in hematite, oxygen is a mineralizer.'),('Mineralogical','a.','Of or pertaining to mineralogy; as, a mineralogical\n   table.'),('Mineralogically','adv.','According to the principles of, or with\n   reference to, mineralogy.'),('Mineralogist','n.','One versed in mineralogy; one devoted to the study of\n   minerals.'),('Mineralogist','n.','A carrier shell (Phorus).'),('Mineralogize','v. i.','To study mineralogy by collecting and examining\n   minerals.'),('Mineralogies','pl. ','of Mineralogy'),('Mineralogy','n.','The science which treats of minerals, and teaches how\n   to describe, distinguish, and classify them.'),('Mineralogy','n.','A treatise or book on this science.'),('Minerva','n.','The goddess of wisdom, of war, of the arts and sciences,\n   of poetry, and of spinning and weaving; -- identified with the Grecian\n   Pallas Athene.'),('Minette','n.','The smallest of regular sizes of portrait photographs.'),('Minever','n.','Same as Miniver.'),('Minge','v. t.','To mingle; to mix.'),('Minge','n.','A small biting fly; a midge.'),('Mingled','imp. & p. p.','of Mingle'),('Mingling','p. pr. & vb. n.','of Mingle'),('Mingle','v. t.','To mix; intermix; to combine or join, as an individual\n   or part, with other parts, but commonly so as to be distinguishable in\n   the product; to confuse; to confound.'),('Mingle','v. t.','To associate or unite in society or by ties of\n   relationship; to cause or allow to intermarry; to intermarry.'),('Mingle','v. t.','To deprive of purity by mixture; to contaminate.'),('Mingle','v. t.','To put together; to join.'),('Mingle','v. t.','To make or prepare by mixing the ingredients of.'),('Mingle','v. i.','To become mixed or blended.'),('Mingle','n.','A mixture.'),('Mingleable','a.','That can be mingled.'),('Mingledly','adv.','Confusedly.'),('Mingle-mangle','v. t.','To mix in a disorderly way; to make a mess of.'),('Mingle-mangle','n.','A hotchpotch.'),('Minglement','n.','The act of mingling, or the state of being mixed.'),('Mingler','n.','One who mingles.'),('Minglingly','adv.','In a mingling manner.'),('Minaceous','a.','Of the color of minium or red lead; miniate.'),('Miniard','a.','Migniard.'),('Miniardize','v. t.','To render delicate or dainty.'),('Miniated','imp. & p. p.','of Miniate'),('Miniating','p. pr. & vb. n.','of Miniate'),('Miniate','v. t.','To paint or tinge with red lead or vermilion; also, to\n   decorate with letters, or the like, painted red, as the page of a\n   manuscript.'),('Miniate','a.','Of or pertaining to the color of red lead or vermilion;\n   painted with vermilion.'),('Miniature','v.','Originally, a painting in colors such as those in\n   mediaeval manuscripts; in modern times, any very small painting,\n   especially a portrait.'),('Miniature','v.','Greatly diminished size or form; reduced scale.'),('Miniature','v.','Lettering in red; rubric distinction.'),('Miniature','v.','A particular feature or trait.'),('Miniature','a.','Being on a small; much reduced from the reality; as, a\n   miniature copy.'),('Miniature','v. t.','To represent or depict in a small compass, or on a\n   small scale.'),('Miniaturist','n.','A painter of miniatures.'),('Minibus','n.','A kind of light passenger vehicle, carrying four persons.'),('Minie ball','','A conical rifle bullet, with a cavity in its base plugged\n   with a piece of iron, which, by the explosion of the charge, is driven\n   farther in, expanding the sides to fit closely the grooves of the\n   barrel.'),('Minie rifle','','A rifle adapted to minie balls.'),('Minified','imp. & p. p.','of Minify'),('Minifying','p. pr. & vb. n.','of Minify'),('Minify','v. t.','To make small, or smaller; to diminish the apparent\n   dimensions of; to lessen.'),('Minify','v. t.','To degrade by speech or action.'),('Minikin','n.','A little darling; a favorite; a minion.'),('Minikin','n.','A little pin.'),('Minikin','a.','Small; diminutive.'),('Minim','n.','Anything very minute; as, the minims of existence; --\n   applied to animalcula; and the like.'),('Minim','n.','The smallest liquid measure, equal to about one drop; the\n   sixtieth part of a fluid drachm.'),('Minim','n.','A small fish; a minnow.'),('Minim','n.','A little man or being; a dwarf.'),('Minim','n.','One of an austere order of mendicant hermits of friars\n   founded in the 15th century by St. Francis of Paola.'),('Minim','n.','A time note, formerly the shortest in use; a half note,\n   equal to half a semibreve, or two quarter notes or crotchets.'),('Minim','n.','A short poetical encomium.'),('Minim','a.','Minute.'),('Miniment','n.','A trifle; a trinket; a token.'),('Minimization','n.','The act or process of minimizing.'),('Minimized','imp. & p. p.','of Minimize'),('Minimizimg','p. pr. & vb. n.','of Minimize'),('Minimize','v. t.','To reduce to the smallest part or proportion possible;\n   to reduce to a minimum.'),('Minima','pl. ','of Minimum'),('Minimum','n.','The least quantity assignable, admissible, or possible, in\n   a given case; hence, a thing of small consequence; -- opposed to\n   maximum.'),('Minimi','pl. ','of Minimus'),('Minimus','n.','A being of the smallest size.'),('Minimus','n.','The little finger; the fifth digit, or that corresponding\n   to it, in either the manus or pes.'),('Mining','v. i.','The act or business of making mines or of working them.'),('Mining','a.','Of or pertaining to mines; as, mining engineer; mining\n   machinery; a mining region.'),('Minion','n.','Minimum.'),('Minion','n.','A loved one; one highly esteemed and favored; -- in a good\n   sense.'),('Minion','n.','An obsequious or servile dependent or agent of another; a\n   fawning favorite.'),('Minion','n.','A small kind of type, in size between brevier and\n   nonpareil.'),('Minion','n.','An ancient form of ordnance, the caliber of which was about\n   three inches.'),('Minion','a.','Fine; trim; dainty.'),('Minionette','a.','Small; delicate.'),('Minionette','n.','A size of type between nonpareil and minion; -- used in\n   ornamental borders, etc.'),('Minioning','n.','Kind treatment.'),('Minionize','v. t.','To flavor.'),('Minionlike','a. & adv.','Alt. of Minionly'),('Minionly','a. & adv.','Like a minion; daintily.'),('Minionship','n.','State of being a minion.'),('Minious','a.','Of the color of red or vermilion.'),('Minish','a.','To diminish; to lessen.'),('Minishment','n.','The act of diminishing, or the state of being\n   diminished; diminution.'),('Minister','n.','A servant; a subordinate; an officer or assistant of\n   inferior rank; hence, an agent, an instrument.'),('Minister','n.','An officer of justice.'),('Minister','n.','One to whom the sovereign or executive head of a\n   government intrusts the management of affairs of state, or some\n   department of such affairs.'),('Minister','n.','A representative of a government, sent to the court, or\n   seat of government, of a foreign nation to transact diplomatic\n   business.'),('Minister','n.','One who serves at the altar; one who performs sacerdotal\n   duties; the pastor of a church duly authorized or licensed to preach\n   the gospel and administer the sacraments.'),('Ministered','imp. & p. p.','of Minister'),('Ministering','p. pr. & vb. n.','of Minister'),('Minister','n.','To furnish or apply; to afford; to supply; to administer.'),('Minister','v. i.','To act as a servant, attendant, or agent; to attend\n   and serve; to perform service in any office, sacred or secular.'),('Minister','v. i.','To supply or to things needful; esp., to supply\n   consolation or remedies.'),('Ministerial','a.','Of or pertaining to ministry or service; serving;\n   attendant.'),('Ministerial','a.','Of or pertaining to the office of a minister or to the\n   ministry as a body, whether civil or sacerdotal.'),('Ministerial','a.','Tending to advance or promote; contributive.'),('Ministerialist','n.','A supporter of the ministers, or the party in\n   power.'),('Ministerially','adv.','In a ministerial manner; in the character or\n   capacity of a minister.'),('Ministery','n.','See Ministry.'),('Ministracy','n.','Ministration.'),('Ministral','a.','Ministerial.'),('Ministrant','a.','Performing service as a minister; attendant on service;\n   acting under command; subordinate.'),('Ministrant','n.','One who ministers.'),('Ministration','n.','The act of ministering; service; ministry.'),('Ministrative','a.','Serving to aid; ministering.'),('Ministress','n.','A woman who ministers.'),('Ministry','n.','The act of ministering; ministration; service.'),('Ministry','n.','Agency; instrumentality.'),('Ministry','n.','The office, duties, or functions of a minister, servant,\n   or agent; ecclesiastical, executive, or ambassadorial function or\n   profession.'),('Ministry','n.','The body of ministers of state; also, the clergy, as a\n   body.'),('Ministry','n.','Administration; rule; term in power; as, the ministry of\n   Pitt.'),('Ministryship','n.','The office of a minister.'),('Minium','n.','A heavy, brilliant red pigment, consisting of an oxide of\n   lead, Pb3O4, obtained by exposing lead or massicot to a gentle and\n   continued heat in the air. It is used as a cement, as a paint, and in\n   the manufacture of flint glass. Called also red lead.'),('Miniver','n.','A fur esteemed in the Middle Ages as a part of costume. It\n   is uncertain whether it was the fur of one animal only or of different\n   animals.'),('Minivet','n.','A singing bird of India of the family Campephagidae.'),('Mink','n.','A carnivorous mammal of the genus Putorius, allied to the\n   weasel. The European mink is Putorius lutreola. The common American\n   mink (P. vison) varies from yellowish brown to black. Its fur is highly\n   valued. Called also minx, nurik, and vison.'),('Minnesinger','n.','A love-singer; specifically, one of a class of German\n   poets and musicians who flourished from about the middle of the twelfth\n   to the middle of the fourteenth century. They were chiefly of noble\n   birth, and made love and beauty the subjects of their verses.'),('Minnow','n.','A small European fresh-water cyprinoid fish (Phoxinus\n   laevis, formerly Leuciscus phoxinus); sometimes applied also to the\n   young of larger kinds; -- called also minim and minny. The name is also\n   applied to several allied American species, of the genera Phoxinus,\n   Notropis, or Minnilus, and Rhinichthys.'),('Minnow','n.','Any of numerous small American cyprinodont fishes of the\n   genus Fundulus, and related genera. They live both in fresh and in salt\n   water. Called also killifish, minny, and mummichog.'),('Minny','n.','A minnow.'),('Mino bird','','An Asiatic bird (Gracula musica), allied to the starlings.\n   It is black, with a white spot on the wings, and a pair of flat yellow\n   wattles on the head. It is often tamed and taught to pronounce words.'),('Minor','a.','Inferior in bulk, degree, importance, etc.; less; smaller;\n   of little account; as, minor divisions of a body.'),('Minor','a.','Less by a semitone in interval or difference of pitch; as, a\n   minor third.'),('Minor','n.','A person of either sex who has not attained the age at which\n   full civil rights are accorded; an infant; in England and the United\n   States, one under twenty-one years of age.'),('Minor','n.','The minor term, that is, the subject of the conclusion;\n   also, the minor premise, that is, that premise which contains the minor\n   term; in hypothetical syllogisms, the categorical premise. It is the\n   second proposition of a regular syllogism, as in the following: Every\n   act of injustice partakes of meanness; to take money from another by\n   gaming is an act of injustice; therefore, the taking of money from\n   another by gaming partakes of meanness.'),('Minor','n.','A Minorite; a Franciscan friar.'),('Minorate','v. t.','To diminish.'),('Minoration','n.','A diminution.'),('Minoress','n.','See Franciscan Nuns, under Franciscan, a.'),('Minorite','n.','A Franciscan friar.'),('Minorities','pl. ','of Minority'),('Minority','a. & n.','The state of being a minor, or under age.'),('Minority','a. & n.','State of being less or small.'),('Minority','a. & n.','The smaller number; -- opposed to majority; as, the\n   minority must be ruled by the majority.'),('Minos','n.','A king and lawgiver of Crete, fabled to be the son of\n   Jupiter and Europa. After death he was made a judge in the Lower\n   Regions.'),('Minotaur','n.','A fabled monster, half man and half bull, confined in the\n   labyrinth constructed by Daedalus in Crete.'),('Minow','n.','See Minnow.'),('Minster','n.','A church of a monastery. The name is often retained and\n   applied to the church after the monastery has ceased to exist (as\n   Beverly Minster, Southwell Minster, etc.), and is also improperly used\n   for any large church.'),('Minstrel','n.','In the Middle Ages, one of an order of men who subsisted\n   by the arts of poetry and music, and sang verses to the accompaniment\n   of a harp or other instrument; in modern times, a poet; a bard; a\n   singer and harper; a musician.'),('Minstrelsy','n.','The arts and occupation of minstrels; the singing and\n   playing of a minstrel.'),('Minstrelsy','n.','Musical instruments.'),('Minstrelsy','n.','A collective body of minstrels, or musicians; also, a\n   collective body of minstrels\' songs.'),('Mint','n.','The name of several aromatic labiate plants, mostly of the\n   genus Mentha, yielding odoriferous essential oils by distillation. See\n   Mentha.'),('Mint','n.','A place where money is coined by public authority.'),('Mint','n.','Any place regarded as a source of unlimited supply; the\n   supply itself.'),('Minted','imp. & p. p.','of Mint'),('Minting','p. pr. & vb. n.','of Mint'),('Mint','v. t.','To make by stamping, as money; to coin; to make and stamp\n   into money.'),('Mint','v. t.','To invent; to forge; to fabricate; to fashion.'),('Mintage','n.','The coin, or other production, made in a mint.'),('Mintage','n.','The duty paid to the mint for coining.'),('Minter','n.','One who mints.'),('Mintmen','pl. ','of Mintman'),('Mintman','n.','One skilled in coining, or in coins; a coiner.'),('Mint-master','n.','The master or superintendent of a mint. Also used\n   figuratively.'),('Minuend','n.','The number from which another number is to be subtracted.'),('Minuet','n.','A slow graceful dance consisting of a coupee, a high step,\n   and a balance.'),('Minuet','n.','A tune or air to regulate the movements of the dance so\n   called; a movement in suites, sonatas, symphonies, etc., having the\n   dance form, and commonly in 3-4, sometimes 3-8, measure.'),('Minum','n.','A small kind of printing type; minion.'),('Minum','n.','A minim.'),('Minus','a.','Less; requiring to be subtracted; negative; as, a minus\n   quantity.'),('Minuscule','n.','Any very small, minute object.'),('Minuscule','n.','A small Roman letter which is neither capital nor\n   uncial; a manuscript written in such letters.'),('Minuscule','a.','Of the size and style of minuscules; written in\n   minuscules.'),('Minutary','a.','Pertaining to, or consisting of, minutes.'),('Minute','n.','The sixtieth part of an hour; sixty seconds. (Abbrev. m.;\n   as, 4 h. 30 m.)'),('Minute','n.','The sixtieth part of a degree; sixty seconds (Marked thus\n   (\'); as, 10¡ 20\').'),('Minute','n.','A nautical or a geographic mile.'),('Minute','n.','A coin; a half farthing.'),('Minute','n.','A very small part of anything, or anything very small; a\n   jot; a tittle.'),('Minute','n.','A point of time; a moment.'),('Minute','n.','The memorandum; a record; a note to preserve the memory of\n   anything; as, to take minutes of a contract; to take minutes of a\n   conversation or debate.'),('Minute','n.','A fixed part of a module. See Module.'),('Minute','a.','Of or pertaining to a minute or minutes; occurring at or\n   marking successive minutes.'),('Minute','p. pr. & vb. n.','To set down a short sketch or note of; to jot\n   down; to make a minute or a brief summary of.'),('Minute','a.','Very small; little; tiny; fine; slight; slender;\n   inconsiderable.'),('Minute','a.','Attentive to small things; paying attention to details;\n   critical; particular; precise; as, a minute observer; minute\n   observation.'),('Minute-jack','n.','A figure which strikes the hour on the bell of some\n   fanciful clocks; -- called also jack of the clock house.'),('Minute-jack','n.','A timeserver; an inconstant person.'),('Minutely','adv.','In a minute manner; with minuteness; exactly; nicely.'),('Minutely','a.','Happening every minute; continuing; unceasing.'),('Minutely','adv.','At intervals of a minute; very often and regularly.'),('Minutemen','pl. ','of Minuteman'),('Minuteman','n.','A militiaman who was to be ready to march at a moment\'s\n   notice; -- a term used in the American Revolution.'),('Minuteness','n.','The quality of being minute.'),('Minutiae','pl. ','of Minutia'),('Minutia','n.','A minute particular; a small or minor detail; -- used\n   chiefly in the plural.'),('Minx','n.','A pert or a wanton girl.'),('Minx','n.','A she puppy; a pet dog.'),('Minx','n.','The mink; -- called also minx otter.'),('Miny','a.','Abounding with mines; like a mine.'),('Miocene','a.','Of or pertaining to the middle division of the Tertiary.'),('Miocene','n.','The Miocene period. See Chart of Geology.'),('Miohippus','n.','An extinct Miocene mammal of the Horse family, closely\n   related to the genus Anhithecrium, and having three usable hoofs on\n   each foot.'),('Miquelet','n.','An irregular or partisan soldier; a bandit.'),('Mir','n.','A Russian village community.'),('Mir','n.','Same as Emir.'),('Mira','n.','A remarkable variable star in the constellation Cetus (/\n   Ceti).'),('Mirabilaries','pl. ','of Mirabilary'),('Mirabilary','n.','One who, or a work which, narrates wonderful things;\n   one who writes of wonders.'),('Mirabilis','n.','A genus of plants. See Four-o\'clock.'),('Mirabilite','n.','Native sodium sulphate; Glauber\'s salt.'),('Mirable','a.','Wonderful; admirable.'),('Miracle','n.','A wonder or wonderful thing.'),('Miracle','n.','Specifically: An event or effect contrary to the\n   established constitution and course of things, or a deviation from the\n   known laws of nature; a supernatural event, or one transcending the\n   ordinary laws by which the universe is governed.'),('Miracle','n.','A miracle play.'),('Miracle','n.','A story or legend abounding in miracles.'),('Miracle','v. t.','To make wonderful.'),('Miraculize','v. t.','To cause to seem to be a miracle.'),('Miraculous','a.','Of the nature of a miracle; performed by supernatural\n   power; effected by the direct agency of almighty power, and not by\n   natural causes.'),('Miraculous','a.','Supernatural; wonderful.'),('Miraculous','a.','Wonder-working.'),('Mirador','n.','Same as Belvedere.'),('Mirage','n.','An optical effect, sometimes seen on the ocean, but more\n   frequently in deserts, due to total reflection of light at the surface\n   common to two strata of air differently heated. The reflected image is\n   seen, commonly in an inverted position, while the real object may or\n   may not be in sight. When the surface is horizontal, and below the eye,\n   the appearance is that of a sheet of water in which the object is seen\n   reflected; when the reflecting surface is above the eye, the image is\n   seen projected against the sky. The fata Morgana and looming are\n   species of mirage.'),('Mirbane','n.','See Nitrobenzene.'),('Mire','n.','An ant.'),('Mire','n.','Deep mud; wet, spongy earth.'),('Mired','imp. & p. p.','of Mire'),('Miring','p. pr. & vb. n.','of Mire'),('Mire','v. t.','To cause or permit to stick fast in mire; to plunge or fix\n   in mud; as, to mire a horse or wagon.'),('Mire','v. t.','To soil with mud or foul matter.'),('Mire','v. i.','To stick in mire.'),('Mirific','a.','Alt. of Mirifical'),('Mirifical','a.','Working wonders; wonderful.'),('Mirificent','a.','Wonderful.'),('Miriness','n.','The quality of being miry.'),('Mirk','a.','Dark; gloomy; murky.'),('Mirk','n.','Darkness; gloom; murk.'),('Mirksome','a.','Dark; gloomy; murky.'),('Mirky','a.','Dark; gloomy. See Murky.'),('Mirror','n.','A looking-glass or a speculum; any glass or polished\n   substance that forms images by the reflection of rays of light.'),('Mirror','n.','That which gives a true representation, or in which a true\n   image may be seen; hence, a pattern; an exemplar.'),('Mirror','n.','See Speculum.'),('Mirrored','imp. & p. p.','of Mirror'),('Mirroring','p. pr. & vb. n.','of Mirror'),('Mirror','v. t.','To reflect, as in a mirror.'),('Mirth','n.','Merriment; gayety accompanied with laughter; jollity.'),('Mirth','n.','That which causes merriment.'),('Mirthful','a.','Full of mirth or merriment; merry; as, mirthful children.'),('Mirthful','a.','Indicating or inspiring mirth; as, a mirthful face.'),('Mirthless','a.','Without mirth.'),('Miry','a.','Abounding with deep mud; full of mire; muddy; as, a miry\n   road.'),('Mirza','n.','The common title of honor in Persia, prefixed to the surname\n   of an individual. When appended to the surname, it signifies Prince.'),('Mis-','','A prefix used adjectively and adverbially in the sense of\n   amiss, wrong, ill, wrongly, unsuitably; as, misdeed, mislead, mischief,\n   miscreant.'),('Mis','a. & adv.','Wrong; amiss.'),('Misacceptation','n.','Wrong acceptation; understanding in a wrong sense.'),('Misaccompt','v. t.','To account or reckon wrongly.'),('Misadjust','v. t.','To adjust wrongly of unsuitably; to throw of\n   adjustment.'),('Misadjustment','n.','Wrong adjustment; unsuitable arrangement.'),('Misadventure','n.','Mischance; misfortune; ill lick; unlucky accident;\n   ill adventure.'),('Misadventured','a.','Unfortunate.'),('Misadventurous','a.','Unfortunate.'),('Misadvertence','n.','Inadvertence.'),('Misadvice','n.','Bad advice.'),('Misadvise','v. t.','To give bad counsel to.'),('Misadvised','a.','Ill advised.'),('Misaffect','v. t.','To dislike.'),('Misaffected','a.','Ill disposed.'),('Misaffection','n.','An evil or wrong affection; the state of being ill\n   affected.'),('Misaffirm','v. t.','To affirm incorrectly.'),('Misaimed','a.','Not rightly aimed.'),('Misallegation','n.','A erroneous statement or allegation.'),('Misallege','v. t.','To state erroneously.'),('Misalliance','n.','A marriage with a person of inferior rank or social\n   station; an improper alliance; a mesalliance.'),('Misallied','a.','Wrongly allied or associated.'),('Misallotment','n.','A wrong allotment.'),('Misalter','v. t.','To alter wrongly; esp., to alter for the worse.'),('Misanthrope','n.','A hater of mankind; a misanthropist.'),('Misanthropic','a.','Alt. of Misanthropical'),('Misanthropical','a.','Hating or disliking mankind.'),('Misanthropist','n.','A misanthrope.'),('Misanthropos','n.','A misanthrope.'),('Misanthropy','n.','Hatred of, or dislike to, mankind; -- opposed to\n   philanthropy.'),('Misapplication','n.','A wrong application.'),('Misapplied','imp. & p. p.','of Misapply'),('Misapplying','p. pr. & vb. n.','of Misapply'),('Misapply','v. t.','To apply wrongly; to use for a wrong purpose; as, to\n   misapply a name or title; to misapply public money.'),('Misappreciated','a.','Improperly appreciated.'),('Misapprehend','v. t.','To take in a wrong sense; to misunderstand.'),('Misapprehension','n.','A mistaking or mistake; wrong apprehension of\n   one\'s meaning of a fact; misconception; misunderstanding.'),('Misapprehensively','adv.','By, or with, misapprehension.'),('Misappropriate','v. t.','To appropriate wrongly; to use for a wrong\n   purpose.'),('Misappropriation','n.','Wrong appropriation; wrongful use.'),('Misarranged','imp. & p. p.','of Misarrange'),('Misarranging','p. pr. & vb. n.','of Misarrange'),('Misarrange','v. t.','To place in a wrong order, or improper manner.'),('Misarrangement','n.','Wrong arrangement.'),('Misarcribe','v. t.','To ascribe wrongly.'),('Misassay','v. t.','To assay, or attempt, improperly or unsuccessfully.'),('Misassign','v. t.','To assign wrongly.'),('Misattend','v. t.','To misunderstand; to disregard.'),('Misaventure','n.','Misadventure.'),('Misavize','v. t.','To misadvise.'),('Misbear','v. t.','To carry improperly; to carry (one\'s self) wrongly; to\n   misbehave.'),('Misbecome','v. t.','Not to become; to suit ill; not to befit or be\n   adapted to.'),('Misbecoming','a.','Unbecoming.'),('Misbode','imp.','of Misbede'),('Misboden','p. p.','of Misbede'),('Misbede','v. t.','To wrong; to do injury to.'),('Misbefitting','a.','No befitting.'),('Misbegot','p. a.','Alt. of Misbegotten'),('Misbegotten','p. a.','Unlawfully or irregularly begotten; of bad origin;\n   pernicious.'),('Misbehaved','imp. & p. p.','of Misbehave'),('Misbehaving','p. pr. & vb. n.','of Misbehave'),('Misbehave','v. t. & i.','To behave ill; to conduct one\'s self improperly;\n   -- often used with a reciprocal pronoun.'),('Misbehaved','a.','Guilty of ill behavior; illbred; rude.'),('Misbehavior','n.','Improper, rude, or uncivil behavior; ill conduct.'),('Misbelief','n.','Erroneous or false belief.'),('Misbelieve','v. i.','To believe erroneously, or in a false religion.'),('Misbeliever','n.','One who believes wrongly; one who holds a false\n   religion.'),('Misbeseem','v. t.','To suit ill.'),('Misbestow','v. t.','To bestow improperly.'),('Misbestowal','n.','The act of misbestowing.'),('Misbileve','n.','Misbelief; unbelief; suspicion.'),('Misbode','','imp. of Misbede.'),('Misboden','','p. p. of Misbede.'),('Misborn','a.','Born to misfortune.'),('Miscalculate','v. t. & i.','To calculate erroneously; to judge wrongly.'),('Miscall','v. t.','To call by a wrong name; to name improperly.'),('Miscall','v. t.','To call by a bad name; to abuse.'),('Miscarriage','n.','Unfortunate event or issue of an undertaking; failure\n   to attain a desired result or reach a destination.'),('Miscarriage','n.','Ill conduct; evil or improper behavior; as, the\n   failings and miscarriages of the righteous.'),('Miscarriage','n.','The act of bringing forth before the time; premature\n   birth.'),('Miscarriageable','a.','Capable of miscarrying; liable to fail.'),('Miscarried','imp. & p. p.','of Miscarry'),('Miscarrying','p. pr. & vb. n.','of Miscarry'),('Miscarry','v. i.','To carry, or go, wrong; to fail of reaching a\n   destination, or fail of the intended effect; to be unsuccessful; to\n   suffer defeat.'),('Miscarry','v. i.','To bring forth young before the proper time.'),('Miscast','v. t.','To cast or reckon wrongly.'),('Miscast','n.','An erroneous cast or reckoning.'),('Miscegenation','n.','A mixing of races; amalgamation, as by intermarriage\n   of black and white.'),('Miscellanarian','a.','Of or pertaining to miscellanies.'),('Miscellanarian','n.','A writer of miscellanies.'),('Miscellane','n.','A mixture of two or more sorts of grain; -- now called\n   maslin and meslin.'),('Miscellanea','n. pl.','A collection of miscellaneous matters; matters of\n   various kinds.'),('Miscellaneous','a.','Mixed; mingled; consisting of several things; of\n   diverse sorts; promiscuous; heterogeneous; as, a miscellaneous\n   collection.'),('Miscellanist','n.','A writer of miscellanies; miscellanarian.'),('Miscellanies','pl. ','of Miscellany'),('Miscellany','n.','A mass or mixture of various things; a medley; esp., a\n   collection of compositions on various subjects.'),('Miscellany','a.','Miscellaneous; heterogeneous.'),('Miscensure','v. t.','To misjudge.'),('Miscensure','n.','Erroneous judgment.'),('Mischance','n.','Ill luck; ill fortune; mishap.'),('Mischance','v. i.','To happen by mischance.'),('Mischanceful','a.','Unlucky.'),('Mischaracterize','v. t.','To characterize falsely or erroneously; to give\n   a wrong character to.'),('Mischarge','v. t.','To charge erroneously, as in account.'),('Mischarge','n.','A mistake in charging.'),('Mischief','n.','Harm; damage; esp., disarrangement of order; trouble or\n   vexation caused by human agency or by some living being, intentionally\n   or not; often, calamity, mishap; trivial evil caused by\n   thoughtlessness, or in sport.'),('Mischief','n.','Cause of trouble or vexation; trouble.'),('Mischief','v. t.','To do harm to.'),('Mischiefable','a.','Mischievous.'),('Mischiefful','a.','Mischievous.'),('Mischief-maker','n.','One who makes mischief; one who excites or\n   instigates quarrels or enmity.'),('Mischief-making','a.','Causing harm; exciting enmity or quarrels.'),('Mischief-making','n.','The act or practice of making mischief, inciting\n   quarrels, etc.'),('Mischievous','a.','Causing mischief; harmful; hurtful; -- now often\n   applied where the evil is done carelessly or in sport; as, a\n   mischievous child.'),('Mischna','n.','See Mishna.'),('Mischnic','a.','See Mishnic.'),('Mischose','imp.','of Mischoose'),('Mischosen','p. p.','of Mischoose'),('Mischoosing','p. pr. & vb. n.','of Mischoose'),('Mischoose','v. t.','To choose wrongly.'),('Mischoose','v. i.','To make a wrong choice.'),('Mischristen','v. t.','To christen wrongly.'),('Miscibility','n.','Capability of being mixed.'),('Miscible','a.','Capable of being mixed; mixable; as, water and alcohol\n   are miscible in all proportions.'),('Miscitation','n.','Erroneous citation.'),('Miscite','v. t.','To cite erroneously.'),('Misclaim','n.','A mistaken claim.'),('Miscognizant','a.','Not cognizant; ignorant; not knowing.'),('Miscognize','v. t.','To fail to apprehend; to misunderstand.'),('Miscollocation','n.','Wrong collocation.'),('Miscolor','v. t.','To give a wrong color to; figuratively, to set forth\n   erroneously or unfairly; as, to miscolor facts.'),('Miscomfort','n.','Discomfort.'),('Miscomprehend','v. t.','To get a wrong idea of or about; to\n   misunderstand.'),('Miscomputation','n.','Erroneous computation; false reckoning.'),('Miscompute','v. t.','To compute erroneously.'),('Misconceit','n.','Misconception.'),('Misconceived','imp. & p. p.','of Misconceive'),('Misconceiving','p. pr. & vb. n.','of Misconceive'),('Misconceive','v. t. & i.','To conceive wrongly; to interpret incorrectly;\n   to receive a false notion of; to misjudge; to misapprehend.'),('Misconceiver','n.','One who misconceives.'),('Misconception','n.','Erroneous conception; false opinion; wrong\n   understanding.'),('Misconclusion','n.','An erroneous inference or conclusion.'),('Misconduct','n.','Wrong conduct; bad behavior; mismanagement.'),('Misconduct','v. t.','To conduct amiss; to mismanage.'),('Misconduct','v. i.','To behave amiss.'),('Misconfident','a.','Having a mistaken confidence; wrongly trusting.'),('Misconjecture','n.','A wrong conjecture or guess.'),('Misconjecture','v. t. & i.','To conjecture wrongly.'),('Misconsecrate','v. t.','To consecrate amiss.'),('Misconsecration','n.','Wrong consecration.'),('Misconsequence','n.','A wrong consequence; a false deduction.'),('Misconstruable','a.','Such as can be misconstrued, as language or\n   conduct.'),('Misconstruct','v. t.','To construct wrongly; to construe or interpret\n   erroneously.'),('Misconstruction','n.','Erroneous construction; wrong interpretation.'),('Misconstrued','imp. & p. p.','of Misconstrue'),('Misconstruing','p. pr. & vb. n.','of Misconstrue'),('Misconstrue','v. t.','To construe wrongly; to interpret erroneously.'),('Misconstruer','n.','One who misconstrues.'),('Miscontent','a.','Discontent.'),('Miscontinuance','n.','Discontinuance; also, continuance by undue process.'),('Miscopy','v. t.','To copy amiss.'),('Miscopy','n.','A mistake in copying.'),('Miscorrect','v. t.','To fail or err in attempting to correct.'),('Miscounsel','v. t.','To counsel or advise wrongly.'),('Miscount','v. t. & i.','To count erroneously.'),('Miscount','n.','An erroneous counting.'),('Miscovet','v. t.','To covet wrongfully.'),('Miscreance','n.','Alt. of Miscreancy'),('Miscreancy','n.','The quality of being miscreant; adherence to a false\n   religion; false faith.'),('Miscreant','n.','One who holds a false religious faith; a misbeliever.'),('Miscreant','n.','One not restrained by Christian principles; an\n   unscrupulous villain; a while wretch.'),('Miscreant','a.','Holding a false religious faith.'),('Miscreant','a.','Destitute of conscience; unscrupulous.'),('Miscreate','a.','Miscreated; illegitimate; forged; as, miscreate titles.'),('Miscreate','v. t.','To create badly or amiss.'),('Miscreated','a.','Formed unnaturally or illegitimately; deformed.'),('Miscreative','a.','Creating amiss.'),('Miscredent','n.','A miscreant, or believer in a false religious doctrine.'),('Miscredulity','n.','Wrong credulity or belief; misbelief.'),('Miscue','n.','A false stroke with a billiard cue, the cue slipping from\n   the ball struck without impelling it as desired.'),('Misdated','imp. & p. p.','of Misdate'),('Misdating','p. pr. & vb. n.','of Misdate'),('Misdate','v. t.','To date erroneously.'),('Misdealt','imp. & p. p.','of Misdeal'),('Misdealing','p. pr. & vb. n.','of Misdeal'),('Misdeal','v. t. & i.','To deal or distribute wrongly, as cards; to make a\n   wrong distribution.'),('Misdeal','n.','The act of misdealing; a wrong distribution of cards to\n   the players.'),('Misdeed','n.','An evil deed; a wicked action.'),('Misdeem','v. t.','To misjudge.'),('Misdemean','v. t.','To behave ill; -- with a reflexive pronoun; as, to\n   misdemean one\'s self.'),('Misdemeanant','n.','One guilty of a misdemeanor.'),('Misdemeanor','n.','Ill behavior; evil conduct; fault.'),('Misdemeanor','n.','A crime less than a felony.'),('Misdempt','','p. p. of Misdeem.'),('Misdepart','v. t.','To distribute wrongly.'),('Misderive','v. t.','To turn or divert improperly; to misdirect.'),('Misderive','v. t.','To derive erroneously.'),('Misdescribe','v. t.','To describe wrongly.'),('Misdesert','n.','Ill desert.'),('Misdevotion','n.','Mistaken devotion.'),('Misdiet','n.','Improper.'),('Misdiet','v. t.','To diet improperly.'),('Misdight','a.','Arrayed, prepared, or furnished, unsuitably.'),('Misdirect','v. t.','To give a wrong direction to; as, to misdirect a\n   passenger, or a letter; to misdirect one\'s energies.'),('Misdirection','n.','The act of directing wrongly, or the state of being\n   so directed.'),('Misdirection','n.','An error of a judge in charging the jury on a matter\n   of law.'),('Misdisposition','n.','Erroneous disposal or application.'),('Misdistinguish','v. t.','To make wrong distinctions in or concerning.'),('Misdivide','v. t.','To divide wrongly.'),('Misdivision','n.','Wrong division.'),('Misdid','imp.','of Misdo'),('Misdone','p. p.','of Misdo'),('Misdoing','p. pr. & vb. n.','of Misdo'),('Misdo','v.','To do wrongly.'),('Misdo','v.','To do wrong to; to illtreat.'),('Misdo','v. i.','To do wrong; to commit a fault.'),('Misdoer','n.','A wrongdoer.'),('Misdoing','n.','A wrong done; a fault or crime; an offense; as, it was my\n   misdoing.'),('Misdoubt','v. t. & i.','To be suspicious of; to have suspicion.'),('Misdoubt','n.','Suspicion.'),('Misdoubt','n.','Irresolution; hesitation.'),('Misdoubtful','a','Misgiving; hesitating.'),('Misdread','n.','Dread of evil.'),('Mise','n.','The issue in a writ of right.'),('Mise','n.','Expense; cost; disbursement.'),('Mise','n.','A tax or tallage; in Wales, an honorary gift of the people to\n   a new king or prince of Wales; also, a tribute paid, in the country\n   palatine of Chester, England, at the change of the owner of the\n   earldom.'),('Misease','n.','Want of ease; discomfort; misery.'),('Miseased','a.','Having discomfort or misery; troubled.'),('Miseasy','a.','Not easy; painful.'),('Misedition','n.','An incorrect or spurious edition.'),('Miseducate','v. t.','To educate in a wrong manner.'),('Misemploy','v. t.','To employ amiss; as, to misemploy time, advantages,\n   talents, etc.'),('Misemployment','n.','Wrong or mistaken employment.'),('Misenter','v. t.','To enter or insert wrongly, as a charge in an account.'),('Misentreat','v. t.','To treat wrongfully.'),('Misentry','n.','An erroneous entry or charge, as of an account.'),('Miser','n.','A wretched person; a person afflicted by any great\n   misfortune.'),('Miser','n.','A despicable person; a wretch.'),('Miser','n.','A covetous, grasping, mean person; esp., one having wealth,\n   who lives miserably for the sake of saving and increasing his hoard.'),('Miser','n.','A kind of large earth auger.'),('Miserable','a.','Very unhappy; wretched.'),('Miserable','a.','Causing unhappiness or misery.'),('Miserable','a.','Worthless; mean; despicable; as, a miserable fellow; a\n   miserable dinner.'),('Miserable','a.','Avaricious; niggardly; miserly.'),('Miserable','n.','A miserable person.'),('Miserableness','n.','The state or quality of being miserable.'),('Miserably','adv.','In a miserable; unhappily; calamitously; wretchedly;\n   meanly.'),('Miseration','n.','Commiseration.'),('Miserere','n.','The psalm usually appointed for penitential acts, being\n   the 50th psalm in the Latin version. It commences with the word\n   miserere.'),('Miserere','n.','A musical composition adapted to the 50th psalm.'),('Miserere','n.','A small projecting boss or bracket, on the under side of\n   the hinged seat of a church stall (see Stall). It was intended, the\n   seat being turned up, to give some support to a worshiper when\n   standing. Called also misericordia.'),('Miserere','n.','Same as Ileus.'),('Misericorde','n.','Compassion; pity; mercy.'),('Misericorde','n.','Same as Misericordia, 2.'),('Misericordia','n.','An amercement.'),('Misericordia','n.','A thin-bladed dagger; so called, in the Middle Ages,\n   because used to give the death wound or \"mercy\" stroke to a fallen\n   adversary.'),('Misericordia','n.','An indulgence as to food or dress granted to a member\n   of a religious order.'),('Miserly','a.','Like a miser; very covetous; sordid; niggardly.'),('Miseries','pl. ','of Misery'),('Misery','n.','Great unhappiness; extreme pain of body or mind;\n   wretchedness; distress; woe.'),('Misery','n.','Cause of misery; calamity; misfortune.'),('Misery','n.','Covetousness; niggardliness; avarice.'),('Misesteem','n.','Want of esteem; disrespect.'),('Misestimate','v. t.','To estimate erroneously.'),('Misexplanation','n.','An erroneous explanation.'),('Misexplication','n.','Wrong explication.'),('Misexposition','n.','Wrong exposition.'),('Misexpound','v. t.','To expound erroneously.'),('Misexpression','n.','Wrong expression.'),('Misfaith','n.','Want of faith; distrust.'),('Misfell','imp.','of Misfall'),('Misfallen','p. p.','of Misfall'),('Misfalling','p. pr. & vb. n.','of Misfall'),('Misfall','v. t.','To befall, as ill luck; to happen to unluckily.'),('Misfare','v. i.','To fare ill.'),('Misfare','n.','Misfortune.'),('Misfashion','v. t.','To form wrongly.'),('Misfeasance','n.','A trespass; a wrong done; the improper doing of an act\n   which a person might lawfully do.'),('Misfeature','n.','Ill feature.'),('Misfeeling','a.','Insensate.'),('Misfeign','v. i.','To feign with an evil design.'),('Misfit','n.','The act or the state of fitting badly; as, a misfit in\n   making a coat; a ludicrous misfit.'),('Misfit','n.','Something that fits badly, as a garment.'),('Misformed','imp. & p. p.','of Misform'),('Misforming','p. pr. & vb. n.','of Misform'),('Misform','v. t.','To make in an ill form.'),('Misformation','n.','Malformation.'),('Misfortunate','a.','Producing misfortune.'),('Misfortune','n.','Bad fortune or luck; calamity; an evil accident;\n   disaster; mishap; mischance.'),('Misfortune','v. i.','To happen unluckily or unfortunately; to miscarry;\n   to fail.'),('Misfortuned','a.','Unfortunate.'),('Misframe','v. t.','To frame wrongly.'),('Misget','v. t.','To get wrongfully.'),('Misgie','v. t.','See Misgye.'),('Misgave','imp.','of Misgive'),('Misgiven','p. p.','of Misgive'),('Misgiving','p. pr. & vb. n.','of Misgive'),('Misgive','v. t.','To give or grant amiss.'),('Misgive','v. t.','Specifically: To give doubt and apprehension to,\n   instead of confidence and courage; to impart fear to; to make\n   irresolute; -- usually said of the mind or heart, and followed by the\n   objective personal pronoun.'),('Misgive','v. t.','To suspect; to dread.'),('Misgive','v. i.','To give out doubt and apprehension; to be fearful or\n   irresolute.'),('Misgiving','n.','Evil premonition; doubt; distrust.'),('Migo','v. i.','To go astray.'),('Misgotten','a.','Unjustly gotten.'),('Misgovern','v. t.','To govern ill; as, to misgovern a country.'),('Misgovernance','n.','Misgovernment; misconduct; misbehavior.'),('Misgoverned','a.','Ill governed, as a people; ill directed.'),('Misgovernment','n.','Bad government; want of government.'),('Misgracious','a.','Not gracious.'),('Misgraff','v. t.','To misgraft.'),('Misgraft','v. t.','To graft wrongly.'),('Misground','v. t.','To found erroneously.'),('Misgrowth','n.','Bad growth; an unnatural or abnormal growth.'),('Misguess','v. t. & i.','To guess wrongly.'),('Misguidance','n.','Wrong guidance.'),('Misguide','v. t.','To guide wrongly; to lead astray; as, to misguide the\n   understanding.'),('Misguide','n.','Misguidance; error.'),('Misguiding','a.','Misleading.'),('Misgye','v. t.','To misguide.'),('Mishandle','v. t.','To handle ill or wrongly; to maltreat.'),('Mishap','n.','Evil accident; ill luck; misfortune; mischance.'),('Mishap','v. i.','To happen unluckily; -- used impersonally.'),('Mishappen','v. i.','To happen ill or unluckily.'),('Mishappy','a.','Unhappy.'),('Mishcup','n.','The scup.'),('Mishear','v. t. & i.','To hear incorrectly.'),('Mishmash','n.','A hotchpotch.'),('Mishna','n.','A collection or digest of Jewish traditions and\n   explanations of Scripture, forming the text of the Talmud.'),('Mishnic','a.','Of or pertaining to the Mishna.'),('Misimagination','n.','Wrong imagination; delusion.'),('Misimprove','v. t.','To use for a bad purpose; to abuse; to misuse; as,\n   to misimprove time, talents, advantages, etc.'),('Misimprovement','n.','Ill use or employment; use for a bad purpose.'),('Misincline','v. t.','To cause to have a wrong inclination or tendency; to\n   affect wrongly.'),('Misinfer','v. t.','To infer incorrectly.'),('Misinform','v. t.','To give untrue information to; to inform wrongly.'),('Misinform','v. i.','To give untrue information; (with against) to\n   calumniate.'),('Misinformant','n.','A misinformer.'),('Misinformation','n.','Untrue or incorrect information.'),('Misinformer','n.','One who gives or incorrect information.'),('Misinstruct','v. t.','To instruct amiss.'),('Misinstruction','n.','Wrong or improper instruction.'),('Misintelligence','n.','Wrong information; misinformation.'),('Misintelligence','n.','Disagreement; misunderstanding.'),('Misintend','v. t.','To aim amiss.'),('Misinterpret','v. t.','To interpret erroneously; to understand or to\n   explain in a wrong sense.'),('Misinterpretable','a.','Capable of being misinterpreted; liable to be\n   misunderstood.'),('Misinterpretation','n.','The act of interpreting erroneously; a mistaken\n   interpretation.'),('Misinterpreter','n.','One who interprets erroneously.'),('Misjoin','v. t.','To join unfitly or improperly.'),('Misjoinder','n.','An incorrect union of parties or of causes of action in\n   a procedure, criminal or civil.'),('Misjudge','v. t. & i.','To judge erroneously or unjustly; to err in\n   judgment; to misconstrue.'),('Misjudgment','n.','A wrong or unjust judgment.'),('Miskeep','v. t.','To keep wrongly.'),('Misken','v. t.','Not to know.'),('Miskin','n.','A little bagpipe.'),('Miskindle','v. t.','To kindle amiss; to inflame to a bad purpose; to\n   excite wrongly.'),('Misknow','v. t.','To have a mistaken notion of or about.'),('Mislactation','n.','Defective flow or vitiated condition of the milk.'),('Mislaid','imp. & p. p.','of Mislay'),('Mislaying','p. pr. & vb. n.','of Mislay'),('Mislay','v. t.','To lay in a wrong place; to ascribe to a wrong source.'),('Mislay','v. t.','To lay in a place not recollected; to lose.'),('Mislayer','n.','One who mislays.'),('Misled','imp. & p. p.','of Misle'),('Misling','p. pr. & vb. n.','of Misle'),('Misle','v. i.','To rain in very fine drops, like a thick mist; to mizzle.'),('Misle','n.','A fine rain; a thick mist; mizzle.'),('Misled','imp. & p. p.','of Mislead'),('Misleading','p. pr. & vb. n.','of Mislead'),('Mislead','v. t.','To lead into a wrong way or path; to lead astray; to\n   guide into error; to cause to mistake; to deceive.'),('Misleader','n.','One who leads into error.'),('Misleading','a.','Leading astray; delusive.'),('Mislearn','v. t.','To learn wrongly.'),('Misled','','imp. & p. p. of Mislead.'),('Milen','n.','See Maslin.'),('Misletoe','n.','See Mistletoe.'),('Mislight','v. t.','To deceive or lead astray with a false light.'),('Misliked','imp. & p. p.','of Mislike'),('Misliking','p. pr. & vb. n.','of Mislike'),('Mislike','v.','To dislike; to disapprove of; to have aversion to; as, to\n   mislike a man.'),('Mislike','n.','Dislike; disapprobation; aversion.'),('Misliker','n.','One who dislikes.'),('Misliking','n.','Dislike; aversion.'),('Mislin','n. & a.','See Maslin.'),('Mislive','v. i.','To live amiss.'),('Mislodge','v. t.','To lodge amiss.'),('Misluck','n.','Ill luck; misfortune.'),('Misly','a.','Raining in very small drops.'),('Mistake','v. t.','To make or form amiss; to spoil in making.'),('Mismanage','v. t. & i.','To manage ill or improperly; as, to mismanage\n   public affairs.'),('Mismanagement','n.','Wrong or bad management; as, he failed through\n   mismagement.'),('Mismanager','n.','One who manages ill.'),('Mismark','v. t.','To mark wrongly.'),('Mismatch','v. t.','To match unsuitably.'),('Mismate','v. t.','To mate wrongly or unsuitably; as, to mismate gloves or\n   shoes; a mismated couple.'),('Mismeasure','v. t.','To measure or estimate incorrectly.'),('Mismeasurement','n.','Wrong measurement.'),('Mismeter','v. t.','To give the wrong meter to, as to a line of verse.'),('Misname','v. t.','To call by the wrong name; to give a wrong or\n   inappropriate name to.'),('Misnomer','n.','The misnaming of a person in a legal instrument, as in a\n   complaint or indictment; any misnaming of a person or thing; a wrong or\n   inapplicable name or title.'),('Misnomer','v. t.','To misname.'),('Misnumber','v. t.','To number wrongly.'),('Misnurture','v. t.','To nurture or train wrongly; as, to misnurture\n   children.'),('Misobedience','n.','Mistaken obedience; disobedience.'),('Misobserve','v. t.','To observe inaccurately; to mistake in observing.'),('Misobserver','n.','One who misobserves; one who fails to observe\n   properly.'),('Misogamist','n.','A hater of marriage.'),('Misogamy','n.','Hatre/ of marriage.'),('Misogynist','n.','A woman hater.'),('Misogynous','a.','Hating women.'),('Misogyny','n.','Hatred of women.'),('Misology','n.','Hatred of argument or discussion; hatred of\n   enlightenment.'),('Misopinion','n.','Wrong opinion.'),('Misorder','v. t.','To order ill; to manage erroneously; to conduct badly.'),('Misorder','n.','Irregularity; disorder.'),('Misorderly','a.','Irregular; disorderly.'),('Misordination','n.','Wrong ordination.'),('Misotheism','n.','Hatred of God.'),('Mispaint','v. t.','To paint ill, or wrongly.'),('Mispassion','n.','Wrong passion or feeling.'),('Mispay','v. t.','To dissatisfy.'),('Mispell','v. t.','Alt. of Mispend'),('Mispend','v. t.','See Misspell, Misspend, etc.'),('Mispense','n.','See Misspense.'),('Misperception','n.','Erroneous perception.'),('Mispersuade','v. t.','To persuade amiss.'),('Mispersuasion','n.','A false persuasion; wrong notion or opinion.'),('Mispickel','n.','Arsenical iron pyrites; arsenopyrite.'),('Misplaced','imp. & p. p.','of Misplace'),('Misplacing','p. pr. & vb. n.','of Misplace'),('Misplace','v. t.','To put in a wrong place; to set or place on an\n   improper or unworthy object; as, he misplaced his confidence.'),('Misplacement','n.','The act of misplacing, or the state of being\n   misplaced.'),('Misplead','v. i.','To err in pleading.'),('Mispleading','n.','An error in pleading.'),('Mispoint','v. t.','To point improperly; to punctuate wrongly.'),('Mispolicy','n.','Wrong policy; impolicy.'),('Mispractice','n.','Wrong practice.'),('Mispraise','v. t.','To praise amiss.'),('Misprint','v. t.','To print wrong.'),('Misprint','n.','A mistake in printing; a deviation from the copy; as, a\n   book full of misprints.'),('Misprise','v. t.','See Misprize.'),('Misprise','v. t.','To mistake.'),('Misprision','n.','The act of misprising; misapprehension; misconception;\n   mistake.'),('Misprision','n.','Neglect; undervaluing; contempt.'),('Misprision','n.','A neglect, negligence, or contempt.'),('Misprize','v.','To slight or undervalue.'),('Misproceeding','n.','Wrong or irregular proceding.'),('Misprofess','v. i.','To make a false profession; to make pretensions to\n   skill which is not possessed.'),('Misprofess','v. t.','To make a false profession of.'),('Mispronounced','imp. & p. p.','of Mispronounce'),('Mispronouncing','p. pr. & vb. n.','of Mispronounce'),('Mispronounce','v. t. & i.','To pronounce incorrectly.'),('Mispronunciation','n.','Wrong or improper pronunciation.'),('Misproportion','v. t.','To give wrong proportions to; to join without due\n   proportion.'),('Misproud','a.','Viciously proud.'),('Mispunctuate','v. t.','To punctuate wrongly or incorrectly.'),('Misquotation','n.','Erroneous or inaccurate quotation.'),('Misquote','v. t. & i.','To quote erroneously or incorrectly.'),('Misraise','v. t.','To raise or exite unreasonable.'),('Misrate','v. t.','To rate erroneously.'),('Misread','imp. & p. p.','of Misread'),('Misreading','p. pr. & vb. n.','of Misread'),('Misread','v. t.','To read amiss; to misunderstand in reading.'),('Misreceive','v. t.','To receive wrongly.'),('Misrecital','n.','An inaccurate recital.'),('Misrecite','v. t. & i.','To recite erroneously.'),('Misreckon','v. t. & i.','To reckon wrongly; to miscalculate.'),('Misreckoning','n.','An erroneous computation.'),('Misrecollect','v. t. & i.','To have an erroneous remembrance of; to\n   suppose erroneously that one recollects.'),('Misrecollection','n.','Erroneous or inaccurate recollection.'),('Misreform','v. t.','To reform wrongly or imperfectly.'),('Misregard','n.','Wrong understanding; misconstruction.'),('Misregulate','v. t.','To regulate wrongly or imperfectly; to fail to\n   regulate.'),('Misrehearse','v. t.','To rehearse or quote incorrectly.'),('Misrelate','v. t.','To relate inaccurately.'),('Misrelation','n.','Erroneous relation or narration.'),('Misreligion','n.','False religion.'),('Misremember','v. t. & i.','To mistake in remembering; not to remember\n   correctly.'),('Misrender','v. t.','To render wrongly; to translate or recite wrongly.'),('Misrepeat','v. t.','To repeat wrongly; to give a wrong version of.'),('Misreport','v. t. & i.','To report erroneously; to give an incorrect\n   account of.'),('Misreport','n.','An erroneous report; a false or incorrect account given.'),('Misrepresent','v. t.','To represent incorrectly (almost always,\n   unfacorably); to give a false erroneous representation of, either\n   maliciously, ignirantly, or carelessly.'),('Misrepresent','v. i.','To make an incorrect or untrue representation.'),('Misrepresentation','n.','Untrue representation; false or incorrect\n   statement or account; -- usually unfavorable to the thing represented;\n   as, a misrepresentation of a person\'s motives.'),('Misrepresentative','a.','Tending to convey a wrong impression;\n   misrepresenting.'),('Misrepresenter','n.','One who misrepresents.'),('Misrepute','v. t.','To have in wrong estimation; to repute or estimate\n   erroneously.'),('Misrule','v. t. & i.','To rule badly; to misgovern.'),('Misrule','n.','The act, or the result, of misruling.'),('Misrule','n.','Disorder; confusion; tumult from insubordination.'),('Misruly','a.','Unruly.'),('Misses','pl. ','of Miss'),('Miss','n.','A title of courtesy prefixed to the name of a girl or a woman\n   who has not been married. See Mistress, 5.'),('Miss','n.','A young unmarried woman or a girl; as, she is a miss of\n   sixteen.'),('Miss','n.','A kept mistress. See Mistress, 4.'),('Miss','n.','In the game of three-card loo, an extra hand, dealt on the\n   table, which may be substituted for the hand dealt to a player.'),('Missed','imp. & p. p.','of Miss'),('Missing','p. pr. & vb. n.','of Miss'),('Miss','v. t.','To fail of hitting, reaching, getting, finding, seeing,\n   hearing, etc.; as, to miss the mark one shoots at; to miss the train by\n   being late; to miss opportunites of getting knowledge; to miss the\n   point or meaning of something said.'),('Miss','v. t.','To omit; to fail to have or to do; to get without; to\n   dispense with; -- now seldom applied to persons.'),('Miss','v. t.','To discover the absence or omission of; to feel the want\n   of; to mourn the loss of; to want.'),('Miss','v. i.','To fail to hit; to fly wide; to deviate from the true\n   direction.'),('Miss','v. i.','To fail to obtain, learn, or find; -- with of.'),('Miss','v. i.','To go wrong; to err.'),('Miss','v. i.','To be absent, deficient, or wanting.'),('Miss','n.','The act of missing; failure to hit, reach, find, obtain, etc.'),('Miss','n.','Loss; want; felt absence.'),('Miss','n.','Mistake; error; fault.'),('Miss','n.','Harm from mistake.'),('Missae','pl. ','of Missa'),('Missa','n.','The service or sacrifice of the Mass.'),('Missal','n.','The book containing the service of the Mass for the entire\n   year; a Mass book.'),('Missal','a.','Of or pertaining to the Mass, or to a missal or Mass book.'),('Missay','v. t.','To say wrongly.'),('Missay','v. t.','To speak evil of; to slander.'),('Missay','v. i.','To speak ill.'),('Misseek','v. t.','To seek for wrongly.'),('Misseem','v. i.','To make a false appearance.'),('Misseem','v. i.','To misbecome; to be misbecoming.'),('Missel','n.','Mistletoe.'),('Misseldine','n.','The mistletoe.'),('Misseltoe','n.','See Mistletoe.'),('Missemblance','n.','False resemblance or semblance.'),('Missend','v. t.','To send amiss or incorrectly.'),('Misserve','v. t. & i.','To serve unfaithfully.'),('Misset','v. t.','To set pr place wrongly.'),('Misshape','v. t.','To shape ill; to give an ill or unnatural from to; to\n   deform.'),('Misshapen','a.','Having a bad or ugly form.'),('Missheathed','a.','Sheathed by mistake; wrongly sheathed; sheathed in a\n   wrong place.'),('Missificate','v. i.','To perform Mass.'),('Missile','a.','Capable of being thrown; adapted for hurling or to be\n   projected from the hand, or from any instrument or rngine, so as to\n   strike an object at a distance.'),('Missile','n.','A weapon thrown or projected or intended to be projcted,\n   as a lance, an arrow, or a bullet.'),('Missing','v. i.','Absent from the place where it was expected to be\n   found; lost; wanting; not present when called or looked for.'),('Missingly','adv.','With a sense of loss.'),('Mission','n.','The act of sending, or the state of being sent; a being\n   sent or delegated by authority, with certain powers for transacting\n   business; comission.'),('Mission','n.','That with which a messenger or agent is charged; an\n   errand; business or duty on which one is sent; a commission.'),('Mission','n.','Persons sent; any number of persons appointed to perform\n   any service; a delegation; an embassy.'),('Mission','n.','An assotiation or organization of missionaries; a station\n   or residence of missionaries.'),('Mission','n.','An organization for worship and work, dependent on one or\n   more churches.'),('Mission','n.','A course of extraordinary sermons and services at a\n   particular place and time for the special purpose of quickening the\n   faith and zeal participants, and of converting unbelievers.'),('Mission','n.','Dismission; discharge from service.'),('Mission','v. t.','To send on a mission.'),('Missionaries','pl. ','of Missionary'),('Missionary','n','One who is sent on a mission; especially, one sent to\n   propagate religion.'),('Missionary','a.','Of or pertaining to missions; as, a missionary meeting;\n   a missionary fund.'),('Missioner','n.','A missionary; an envoy; one who conducts a mission. See\n   Mission, n., 6.'),('Missis','n.','A mistress; a wife; -- so used by the illiterate.'),('Missish','a.','Like a miss; prim; affected; sentimental.'),('Missit','v. t.','To sit badly or imperfectly upon; to misbecome.'),('Missive','n.','Specially sent; intended or prepared to be sent; as, a\n   letter missive.'),('Missive','n.','Missile.'),('Missive','n.','That which is sent; a writing containing a message.'),('Missive','n.','One who is sent; a messenger.'),('Missound','v. t.','To sound wrongly; to utter or pronounce incorrectly.'),('Misspeak','v. i.','To err in speaking.'),('Misspeak','v. t.','To utter wrongly.'),('Misspeech','n.','Wrong speech.'),('Misspelled','imp. & p. p.','of Misspell'),('Misspelt','','of Misspell'),('Misspelling','p. pr. & vb. n.','of Misspell'),('Misspell','v. t.','To spell incorrectly.'),('Misspelling','n.','A wrong spelling.'),('Misspent','imp. & p. p.','of Misspend'),('Misspending','p. pr. & vb. n.','of Misspend'),('Misspend','v. t.','To spend amiss or for wrong purposes; to aquander; to\n   waste; as, to misspend time or money.'),('Misspender','n.','One who misspends.'),('misspense','n.','A spending improperly; a wasting.'),('Misspent','','imp. & p. p. of Misspend.'),('Misstate','v. t.','To state wrongly; as, to misstate a question in\n   debate.'),('Misstatement','n.','An incorrect statement.'),('Misstayed','a.','Having missed stays; -- said of a ship.'),('Misstep','n.','A wrong step; an error of conduct.'),('Misstep','v. i.','To take a wrong step; to go astray.'),('Missuccess','n.','Failure.'),('Missuggestion','n.','Wrong or evil suggestion.'),('Missummation','n.','Wrong summation.'),('Misswear','v. i.','To swear falsely.'),('Missy','n.','See Misy.'),('Missy','n.','An affectionate, or contemptuous, form of miss; a young\n   girl; a miss.'),('Missy','a.','Like a miss, or girl.'),('Mist','n.','Visible watery vapor suspended in the atmosphere, at or near\n   the surface of the earth; fog.'),('Mist','n.','Coarse, watery vapor, floating or falling in visible\n   particles, approaching the form of rain; as, Scotch mist.'),('Mist','n.','Hence, anything which dims or darkens, and obscures or\n   intercepts vision.'),('Misted','imp. & p. p.','of Mist'),('Misting','p. pr. & vb. n.','of Mist'),('Mist','v. t.','To cloud; to cover with mist; to dim.'),('Mist','v. i.','To rain in very fine drops; as, it mists.'),('Mistakable','a.','Liable to be mistaken; capable of being misconceived.'),('Mistook','imp. & obs. p. p.','of Mistake'),('Mistaken','p. p.','of Mistake'),('Mistaking','p. pr. & vb. n.','of Mistake'),('Mistake','v. t.','To take or choose wrongly.'),('Mistake','v. t.','To take in a wrong sense; to misunderstand\n   misapprehend, or misconceive; as, to mistake a remark; to mistake one\'s\n   meaning.'),('Mistake','v. t.','To substitute in thought or perception; as, to mistake\n   one person for another.'),('Mistake','v. t.','To have a wrong idea of in respect of character,\n   qualities, etc.; to misjudge.'),('Mistake','v. i.','To err in knowledge, perception, opinion, or judgment;\n   to commit an unintentional error.'),('Mistake','n.','An apprehending wrongly; a misconception; a\n   misunderstanding; a fault in opinion or judgment; an unintentional\n   error of conduct.'),('Mistake','n.','Misconception, error, which when non-negligent may be\n   ground for rescinding a contract, or for refusing to perform it.'),('Mistaken','p.a.','Being in error; judging wrongly; having a wrong opinion\n   or a misconception; as, a mistaken man; he is mistaken.'),('Mistaken','p.a.','Erroneous; wrong; as, a mistaken notion.'),('Mistakenly','adv.','By mistake.'),('Mistakenness','n.','Erroneousness.'),('Mistaker','n.','One who mistakes.'),('Mistaking','n.','An error; a mistake.'),('Mistakingly','adv.','Erroneously.'),('Mistaught','a.','Wrongly taught; as, a mistaught youth.'),('Mistaught','imp. & p. p.','of Misteach'),('Misteaching','p. pr. & vb. n.','of Misteach'),('Misteach','v. t.','To teach wrongly; to instruct erroneously.'),('Mistold','imp. & p. p.','of Mistell'),('Mistelling','p. pr. & vb. n.','of Mistell'),('Mistell','v. t.','To tell erroneously.'),('Mistemper','v. t.','To temper ill; to disorder; as, to mistemper one\'s\n   head.'),('Mister','n.','A title of courtesy prefixed to the name of a man or youth.\n   It is usually written in the abbreviated form Mr.'),('Mister','v. t.','To address or mention by the title Mr.; as, he mistered\n   me in a formal way.'),('Mister','n.','A trade, art, or occupation.'),('Mister','n.','Manner; kind; sort.'),('Mister','n.','Need; necessity.'),('Mister','v. i.','To be needful or of use.'),('Misterm','v. t.','To call by a wrong name; to miscall.'),('Mistery','n.','See Mystery, a trade.'),('Mistful','a.','Clouded with, or as with, mist.'),('Misthink','v. i.','To think wrongly.'),('Misthink','v. t.','To have erroneous thoughts or judgment of; to think\n   ill of.'),('Misthought','n.','Erroneous thought; mistaken opinion; error.'),('Misthrive','v. i.','To thrive poorly; to be not thrifty or prosperous.'),('Misthrow','v. t.','To throw wrongly.'),('Mistic','n.','Alt. of Mistico'),('Mistico','n.','A kind of small sailing vessel used in the Mediterranean.\n   It is rigged partly like a xebec, and partly like a felucca.'),('Mistide','v. i.','To happen or come to pass unfortunately; also, to\n   suffer evil fortune.'),('Mistigris','n.','Alt. of Mistigri'),('Mistigri','n.','A variety of the game of poker in which the joker is\n   used, and called mistigris or mistigri.'),('Mistihead','n.','Mistiness.'),('Mistily','adv.','With mist; darkly; obscurely.'),('Mistime','v. t.','To time wrongly; not to adapt to the time.'),('Mistiness','n.','State of being misty.'),('Mistion','n.','Mixture.'),('Mistitle','v. t.','To call by a wrong title.'),('Mistle','v. i.','To fall in very fine drops, as rain.'),('Mistletoe','n.','A parasitic evergreen plant of Europe (Viscum album),\n   bearing a glutinous fruit. When found upon the oak, where it is rare,\n   it was an object of superstitious regard among the Druids. A bird lime\n   is prepared from its fruit.'),('Mistonusk','n.','The American badger.'),('Mistook','','imp. & obs. p. p. of Mistake.'),('Mistradition','n.','A wrong tradition.'),('Mistrain','v. t.','To train amiss.'),('Mistral','n.','A violent and cold northwest wind experienced in the\n   Mediterranean provinces of France, etc.'),('Mistranslate','v. t.','To translate erroneously.'),('Mistranslation','n.','Wrong translation.'),('Mistransport','v. t.','To carry away or mislead wrongfully, as by\n   passion.'),('Mistreading','n.','Misstep; misbehavior.'),('Mistreat','v. t.','To treat amiss; to abuse.'),('Mistreatment','n.','Wrong treatment.'),('Mistress','n.','A woman having power, authority, or ownership; a woman\n   who exercises authority, is chief, etc.; the female head of a family, a\n   school, etc.'),('Mistress','n.','A woman well skilled in anything, or having the mastery\n   over it.'),('Mistress','n.','A woman regarded with love and devotion; she who has\n   command over one\'s heart; a beloved object; a sweetheart.'),('Mistress','n.','A woman filling the place, but without the rights, of a\n   wife; a concubine; a loose woman with whom one consorts habitually.'),('Mistress','n.','A title of courtesy formerly prefixed to the name of a\n   woman, married or unmarried, but now superseded by the contracted\n   forms, Mrs., for a married, and Miss, for an unmarried, woman.'),('Mistress','n.','A married woman; a wife.'),('Mistress','n.','The old name of the jack at bowls.'),('Mistress','v. i.','To wait upon a mistress; to be courting.'),('Mistressship','n.','Female rule or dominion.'),('Mistressship','n.','Ladyship, a style of address; -- with the personal\n   pronoun.'),('Mistrial','n.','A false or erroneous trial; a trial which has no result.'),('Mistrist','v. t.','To mistrust.'),('Mistrow','v. i.','To think wrongly.'),('Mistrust','n.','Want of confidence or trust; suspicion; distrust.'),('Mistrust','v. t.','To regard with jealousy or suspicion; to suspect; to\n   doubt the integrity of; to distrust.'),('Mistrust','v. t.','To forebode as near, or likely to occur; to surmise.'),('Mistruster','n.','One who mistrusts.'),('Mistrustful','a.','Having or causing mistrust, suspicions, or\n   forebodings.'),('Mistrustingly','adv.','With distrust or suspicion.'),('Mistrustless','a.','Having no mistrust or suspicion.'),('Mistune','v. t.','To tune wrongly.'),('Mistura','n.','A mingled compound in which different ingredients are\n   contained in a liquid state; a mixture. See Mixture, n., 4.'),('Mistura','n.','Sometimes, a liquid medicine containing very active\n   substances, and which can only be administered by drops.'),('Misturn','v. t.','To turn amiss; to pervert.'),('Mistutor','v. t.','To instruct amiss.'),('Misty','superl.','Accompained with mist; characterized by the presence of\n   mist; obscured by, or overspread with, mist; as, misty weather; misty\n   mountains; a misty atmosphere.'),('Misty','superl.','Obscured as if by mist; dim; obscure; clouded; as,\n   misty sight.'),('Misunderstood','imp. & p. p.','of Misunderstand'),('Misunderstanding','p. pr. & vb. n.','of Misunderstand'),('Misunderstand','v. t.','To misconceive; to mistake; to miscomprehend; to\n   take in a wrong sense.'),('Misunderstander','n.','One who misunderstands.'),('Misunderstanding','n.','Mistake of the meaning; error; misconception.'),('Misunderstanding','n.','Disagreement; difference of opinion; dissension;\n   quarrel.'),('Misurato','a.','Measured; -- a direction to perform a passage in strict\n   or measured time.'),('Misusage','n.','Bad treatment; abuse.'),('Misuse','v. t.','To treat or use improperly; to use to a bad purpose; to\n   misapply; as, to misuse one\'s talents.'),('Misuse','v. t.','To abuse; to treat ill.'),('Misuse','n.','Wrong use; misapplication; erroneous or improper use.'),('Misuse','n.','Violence, or its effects.'),('Misusement','n.','Misuse.'),('Misuser','n.','One who misuses.'),('Misuser','n.','Unlawful use of a right; use in excess of, or varying\n   from, one\'s right.'),('Misvalue','v. t.','To value wrongly or too little; to undervalue.'),('Misvouch','v. t.','To vouch falsely.'),('Miswander','v. i.','To wander in a wrong path; to stray; to go astray.'),('Misway','n.','A wrong way.'),('Miswear','v. t.','To wear ill.'),('Miswed','v. t.','To wed improperly.'),('Misween','v. i.','To ween amiss; to misjudge; to distrust; to be\n   mistaken.'),('Miswend','v. i.','To go wrong; to go astray.'),('Misword','v. t.','To word wrongly; as, to misword a message, or a\n   sentence.'),('Misword','n.','A word wrongly spoken; a cross word.'),('Misworship','n.','Wrong or false worship; mistaken practices in religion.'),('Misworship','v. t.','To worship wrongly.'),('Misworshiper','n.','One who worships wrongly.'),('Miswrite','v. t.','To write incorrectly.'),('Miswrought','a.','Badly wrought.'),('Misy','n.','An impure yellow sulphate of iron; yellow copperas or\n   copiapite.'),('Misyoke','v. t.','To yoke improperly.'),('Miszealous','a.','Mistakenly zealous.'),('Mite','n.','A minute arachnid, of the order Acarina, of which there are\n   many species; as, the cheese mite, sugar mite, harvest mite, etc. See\n   Acarina.'),('Mite','n.','A small coin formerly circulated in England, rated at about a\n   third of a farthing. The name is also applied to a small coin used in\n   Palestine in the time of Christ.'),('Mite','n.','A small weight; one twentieth of a grain.'),('Mite','n.','Anything very small; a minute object; a very little quantity\n   or particle.'),('Miter','n.','Alt. of Mitre'),('Mitre','n.','A covering for the head, worn on solemn occasions by church\n   dignitaries. It has been made in many forms, the present form being a\n   lofty cap with two points or peaks.'),('Mitre','n.','The surface forming the beveled end or edge of a piece where\n   a miter joint is made; also, a joint formed or a junction effected by\n   two beveled ends or edges; a miter joint.'),('Mitre','n.','A sort of base money or coin.'),('Mitered','imp. & p. p.','of Mitre'),('Mitred','','of Mitre'),('Mitering','p. pr. & vb. n.','of Mitre'),('Mitring','','of Mitre'),('Miter','v. t.','Alt. of Mitre'),('Mitre','v. t.','To place a miter upon; to adorn with a miter.'),('Mitre','v. t.','To match together, as two pieces of molding or brass rule\n   on a line bisecting the angle of junction; to bevel the ends or edges\n   of, for the purpose of matching together at an angle.'),('Miter','v. i.','Alt. of Mitre'),('Mitre','v. i.','To meet and match together, as two pieces of molding, on\n   a line bisecting the angle of junction.'),('Miterwort','n.','Any plant of the genus Mitella, -- slender, perennial\n   herbs with a pod slightly resembling a bishop\'s miter; bishop\'s cap.'),('Mithic','a.','See Mythic.'),('Mithras','n.','The sun god of the Persians.'),('Mithridate','n.','An antidote against poison, or a composition in form of\n   an electuary, supposed to serve either as a remedy or a preservative\n   against poison; an alexipharmic; -- so called from King Mithridates,\n   its reputed inventor.'),('Mithridatic','a.','Of or pertaining to King Mithridates, or to a\n   mithridate.'),('Mitigable','a.','Admitting of mitigation; that may be mitigated.'),('Mitigant','a.','Tending to mitigate; mitigating; lentitive.'),('Mitigated','imp. & p. p.','of Mitigate'),('Mitigating','p. pr. & vb. n.','of Mitigate'),('Mitigate','v. t.','To make less severe, intense, harsh, rigorous,\n   painful, etc.; to soften; to meliorate; to alleviate; to diminish; to\n   lessen; as, to mitigate heat or cold; to mitigate grief.'),('Mitigate','v. t.','To make mild and accessible; to mollify; -- applied to\n   persons.'),('Mitigation','n.','The act of mitigating, or the state of being mitigated;\n   abatement or diminution of anything painful, harsh, severe, afflictive,\n   or calamitous; as, the mitigation of pain, grief, rigor, severity,\n   punishment, or penalty.'),('Mitigative','a.','Tending to mitigate; alleviating.'),('Mitigator','n.','One who, or that which, mitigates.'),('Mitigatory','a.','Tending to mitigate or alleviate; mitigative.'),('Miting','n.','A little one; -- used as a term of endearment.'),('Mitome','n.','The denser part of the protoplasm of a cell.'),('Mitosis','n.','See Karyokinesis.'),('Mitraille','n.','Shot or bits of iron used sometimes in loading cannon.'),('Mitrailleur','n.','One who serves a mitrailleuse.'),('Mitrailleuse','n.','A breech-loading machine gun consisting of a number\n   of barrels fitted together, so arranged that the barrels can be fired\n   simultaneously, or successively, and rapidly.'),('Mitral','a.','Pertaining to a miter; resembling a miter; as, the mitral\n   valve between the left auricle and left ventricle of the heart.'),('Mitre','n. & v.','See Miter.'),('Mitriform','a.','Having the form of a miter, or a peaked cap; as, a\n   mitriform calyptra.'),('Mitt','n.','A mitten; also, a covering for the wrist and hand and not for\n   the fingers.'),('Mitten','n.','A covering for the hand, worn to defend it from cold or\n   injury. It differs from a glove in not having a separate sheath for\n   each finger.'),('Mitten','n.','A cover for the wrist and forearm.'),('Mittened','a.','Covered with a mitten or mittens.'),('Mittent','a.','Sending forth; emitting.'),('Mittimus','n.','A precept or warrant granted by a justice for committing\n   to prison a party charged with crime; a warrant of commitment to\n   prison.'),('Mittimus','n.','A writ for removing records from one court to another.'),('Mitter\'s green','','A pigment of a green color, the chief constituent of\n   which is oxide of chromium.'),('Mitty','n.','The stormy petrel.'),('Mitu','n.','A South American curassow of the genus Mitua.'),('Mity','a.','Having, or abounding with, mites.'),('Mixed','imp. & p. p.','of Mix'),('Mixt','','of Mix'),('Mixing','p. pr. & vb. n.','of Mix'),('Mix','v. t.','To cause a promiscuous interpenetration of the parts of, as\n   of two or more substances with each other, or of one substance with\n   others; to unite or blend into one mass or compound, as by stirring\n   together; to mingle; to blend; as, to mix flour and salt; to mix wines.'),('Mix','v. t.','To unite with in company; to join; to associate.'),('Mix','v. t.','To form by mingling; to produce by the stirring together of\n   ingredients; to compound of different parts.'),('Mix','v. i.','To become united into a compound; to be blended\n   promiscuously together.'),('Mix','v. i.','To associate; to mingle.'),('Mixable','a.','Capable of being mixed.'),('Mixed','a.','Formed by mixing; united; mingled; blended. See Mix, v. t. &\n   i.'),('Mixedly','adv.','In a mixed or mingled manner.'),('Mixen','n.','A compost heap; a dunghill.'),('Mixer','n.','One who, or that which, mixes.'),('Mixogamous','a.','Pairing with several males; -- said of certain fishes\n   of which several males accompany each female during spawning.'),('Mixolydian mode','','The seventh ecclesiastical mode, whose scale\n   commences on G.'),('Mixtilineal','a.','Alt. of Mixtilinear'),('Mixtilinear','a.','Containing, or consisting of, lines of different\n   kinds, as straight, curved, and the like; as, a mixtilinear angle, that\n   is, an angle contained by a straight line and a curve.'),('Mixtion','n.','Mixture.'),('Mixtion','n.','A kind of cement made of mastic, amber, etc., used as a\n   mordant for gold leaf.'),('Mixtly','adv.','With mixture; in a mixed manner; mixedly.'),('Mixture','n.','The act of mixing, or the state of being mixed; as, made\n   by a mixture of ingredients.'),('Mixture','n.','That which results from mixing different ingredients\n   together; a compound; as, to drink a mixture of molasses and water; --\n   also, a medley.'),('Mixture','n.','An ingredient entering into a mixed mass; an additional\n   ingredient.'),('Mixture','n.','A kind of liquid medicine made up of many ingredients;\n   esp., as opposed to solution, a liquid preparation in which the solid\n   ingredients are not completely dissolved.'),('Mixture','n.','A mass of two or more ingredients, the particles of which\n   are separable, independent, and uncompounded with each other, no matter\n   how thoroughly and finely commingled; -- contrasted with a compound;\n   thus, gunpowder is a mechanical mixture of carbon, sulphur, and niter.'),('Mixture','n.','An organ stop, comprising from two to five ranges of\n   pipes, used only in combination with the foundation and compound stops;\n   -- called also furniture stop. It consists of high harmonics, or\n   overtones, of the ground tone.'),('Mizmaze','n.','A maze or labyrinth.'),('Mizzen','a.','Hindmost; nearest the stern; as, the mizzen shrouds, sails,\n   etc.'),('Mizzen','n.','The hindmost of the fore and aft sails of a three-masted\n   vessel; also, the spanker.'),('Mizzenmast','n.','The hindmost mast of a three-masted vessel, or of a\n   yawl-rigged vessel.'),('Mizzled','imp. & p. p.','of Mizzle'),('Mizzling','p. pr. & vb. n.','of Mizzle'),('Mizzle','v. i.','To rain in very fine drops.'),('Mizzle','v. i.','To take one\'s self off; to go.'),('Mizzle','n.','Mist; fine rain.'),('Mizzy','n.','A bog or quagmire.'),('Mnemonic','a.','Alt. of Mnemonical'),('Mnemonical','a.','Assisting in memory.'),('Mnemonician','n.','One who instructs in the art of improving or using the\n   memory.'),('Mnemonics','n.','The art of memory; a system of precepts and rules\n   intended to assist the memory; artificial memory.'),('Mnemosyne','n.','The goddess of memory and the mother of the Muses.'),('Mnemotechny','n.','Mnemonics.'),('Mo','a., adv., & n.','More; -- usually, more in number.'),('-mo','','A suffix added to the names of certain numerals or to the\n   numerals themselves, to indicate the number of leaves made by folding a\n   sheet of paper; as, sixteenmo or 16mo; eighteenmo or 18mo. It is taken\n   from the Latin forms similarly used; as, duodecimo, sextodecimo, etc. A\n   small circle, placed after the number and near its top, is often used\n   for -mo; as, 16¡, 18¡, etc.'),('Moa','n.','Any one of several very large extinct species of wingless\n   birds belonging to Dinornis, and other related genera, of the suborder\n   Dinornithes, found in New Zealand. They are allied to the apteryx and\n   the ostrich. They were probably exterminated by the natives before New\n   Zealand was discovered by Europeans. Some species were much larger than\n   the ostrich.'),('Moabite','n.','One of the posterity of Moab, the son of Lot. (Gen. xix.\n   37.) Also used adjectively.'),('Moabitess','n.','A female Moabite.'),('Moabitish','a.','Moabite.'),('Moaned','imp. & p. p.','of Moan'),('Moaning','p. pr. & vb. n.','of Moan'),('Moan','v. i.','To make a low prolonged sound of grief or pain, whether\n   articulate or not; to groan softly and continuously.'),('Moan','v. i.','To emit a sound like moan; -- said of things inanimate;\n   as, the wind moans.'),('Moan','v. t.','To bewail audibly; to lament.'),('Moan','v. t.','To afflict; to distress.'),('Moan','v. i.','A low prolonged sound, articulate or not, indicative of\n   pain or of grief; a low groan.'),('Moan','v. i.','A low mournful or murmuring sound; -- of things.'),('Moanful','a.','Full of moaning; expressing sorrow.'),('Moat','n.','A deep trench around the rampart of a castle or other\n   fortified place, sometimes filled with water; a ditch.'),('Moat','v. t.','To surround with a moat.'),('Moate','v. i.','To void the excrement, as a bird; to mute.'),('Mob','n.','A mobcap.'),('Mob','v. t.','To wrap up in, or cover with, a cowl.'),('Mob','n.','The lower classes of a community; the populace, or the lowest\n   part of it.'),('Mob','n.','A throng; a rabble; esp., an unlawful or riotous assembly; a\n   disorderly crowd.'),('Mobbed','imp. & p. p.','of Mob'),('Mobbing','p. pr. & vb. n.','of Mob'),('Mob','v. t.','To crowd about, as a mob, and attack or annoy; as, to mob a\n   house or a person.'),('Mobbish','a.','Like a mob; tumultuous; lawless; as, a mobbish act.'),('Mobcap','n.','A plain cap or headdress for women or girls; especially,\n   one tying under the chin by a very broad band, generally of the same\n   material as the cap itself.'),('Mobile','a.','Capable of being moved; not fixed in place or condition;\n   movable.'),('Mobile','a.','Characterized by an extreme degree of fluidity; moving or\n   flowing with great freedom; as, benzine and mercury are mobile liquids;\n   -- opposed to viscous, viscoidal, or oily.'),('Mobile','a.','Easily moved in feeling, purpose, or direction; excitable;\n   changeable; fickle.'),('Mobile','a.','Changing in appearance and expression under the influence\n   of the mind; as, mobile features.'),('Mobile','a.','Capable of being moved, aroused, or excited; capable of\n   spontaneous movement.'),('Mobile','a.','The mob; the populace.'),('Mobility','n.','The quality or state of being mobile; as, the mobility of\n   a liquid, of an army, of the populace, of features, of a muscle.'),('Mobility','n.','The mob; the lower classes.'),('Mobilization','n.','The act of mobilizing.'),('Mobilized','imp. & p. p.','of Mobilize'),('Mobilizing','p. pr. & vb. n.','of Mobilize'),('Mobilize','v. t.','To put in a state of readiness for active service in\n   war, as an army corps.'),('Moble','v. t.','To wrap the head of in a hood.'),('Mobles','n. pl.','See Moebles.'),('Mobocracy','n.','A condition in which the lower classes of a nation\n   control public affairs without respect to law, precedents, or vested\n   rights.'),('Mobocrat','n.','One who favors a form of government in which the\n   unintelligent populace rules without restraint.'),('Mobocratic','a.','Of, or relating to, a mobocracy.'),('Moccasin','n.','A shoe made of deerskin, or other soft leather, the sole\n   and upper part being one piece. It is the customary shoe worn by the\n   American Indians.'),('Moccasin','n.','A poisonous snake of the Southern United States. The\n   water moccasin (Ancistrodon piscivorus) is usually found in or near\n   water. Above, it is olive brown, barred with black; beneath, it is\n   brownish yellow, mottled with darker. The upland moccasin is\n   Ancistrodon atrofuscus. They resemble rattlesnakes, but are without\n   rattles.'),('Moccasined','a.','Covered with, or wearing, a moccasin or moccasins.'),('Mocha','n.','A seaport town of Arabia, on the Red Sea.'),('Mocha','n.','A variety of coffee brought from Mocha.'),('Mocha','n.','An Abyssinian weight, equivalent to a Troy grain.'),('Moche','n.','A bale of raw silk.'),('Moche','a.','Much.'),('Mochel','a. & adv.','Much.'),('Mochila','n.','A large leather flap which covers the saddletree.'),('Mocked','imp. & p. p.','of Mock'),('Mocking','p. pr. & vb. n.','of Mock'),('Mock','v. t.','To imitate; to mimic; esp., to mimic in sport, contempt,\n   or derision; to deride by mimicry.'),('Mock','v. t.','To treat with scorn or contempt; to deride.'),('Mock','v. t.','To disappoint the hopes of; to deceive; to tantalize; as,\n   to mock expectation.'),('Mock','v. i.','To make sport contempt or in jest; to speak in a scornful\n   or jeering manner.'),('Mock','n.','An act of ridicule or derision; a scornful or contemptuous\n   act or speech; a sneer; a jibe; a jeer.'),('Mock','n.','Imitation; mimicry.'),('Mock','a.','Imitating reality, but not real; false; counterfeit; assumed;\n   sham.'),('Mockable','a.','Such as can be mocked.'),('Mockado','n.','A stuff made in imitation of velvet; -- probably the same\n   as mock velvet.'),('Mockadour','n.','See Mokadour.'),('Mockage','n.','Mockery.'),('Mockbird','n.','The European sedge warbler (Acrocephalus phragmitis).'),('Mocker','n.','One who, or that which, mocks; a scorner; a scoffer; a\n   derider.'),('Mocker','n.','A deceiver; an impostor.'),('Mocker','n.','A mocking bird.'),('Mockeries','pl. ','of Mockery'),('Mockery','n.','The act of mocking, deriding, and exposing to contempt, by\n   mimicry, by insincere imitation, or by a false show of earnestness; a\n   counterfeit appearance.'),('Mockery','n.','Insulting or contemptuous action or speech; contemptuous\n   merriment; derision; ridicule.'),('Mockery','n.','Subject of laughter, derision, or sport.'),('Mocking','a.','Imitating, esp. in derision, or so as to cause derision;\n   mimicking; derisive.'),('Mockingly','adv.','By way of derision; in a contemptuous or mocking\n   manner.'),('Mockingstock','n.','A butt of sport; an object of derision.'),('Mockish','a.','Mock; counterfeit; sham.'),('Mockle','a.','See Mickle.'),('Moco','n.','A South American rodent (Cavia rupestris), allied to the\n   Guinea pig, but larger; -- called also rock cavy.'),('Modal','a.','Of or pertaining to a mode or mood; consisting in mode or\n   form only; relating to form; having the form without the essence or\n   reality.'),('Modal','a.','Indicating, or pertaining to, some mode of conceiving\n   existence, or of expressing thought.'),('Modalist','n.','One who regards Father, Son, and Spirit as modes of\n   being, and not as persons, thus denying personal distinction in the\n   Trinity.'),('Modality','n.','The quality or state of being modal.'),('Modality','n.','A modal relation or quality; a mode or point of view\n   under which an object presents itself to the mind. According to Kant,\n   the quality of propositions, as assertory, problematical, or\n   apodeictic.'),('Modally','adv.','In a modal manner.'),('Mode','n.','Manner of doing or being; method; form; fashion; custom; way;\n   style; as, the mode of speaking; the mode of dressing.'),('Mode','n.','Prevailing popular custom; fashion, especially in the phrase\n   the mode.'),('Mode','n.','Variety; gradation; degree.'),('Mode','n.','Any combination of qualities or relations, considered apart\n   from the substance to which they belong, and treated as entities; more\n   generally, condition, or state of being; manner or form of arrangement\n   or manifestation; form, as opposed to matter.'),('Mode','n.','The form in which the proposition connects the predicate and\n   subject, whether by simple, contingent, or necessary assertion; the\n   form of the syllogism, as determined by the quantity and quality of the\n   constituent proposition; mood.'),('Mode','n.','Same as Mood.'),('Mode','n.','The scale as affected by the various positions in it of the\n   minor intervals; as, the Dorian mode, the Ionic mode, etc., of ancient\n   Greek music.'),('Mode','n.','A kind of silk. See Alamode, n.'),('Model','n.','A miniature representation of a thing, with the several\n   parts in due proportion; sometimes, a facsimile of the same size.'),('Model','n.','Something intended to serve, or that may serve, as a pattern\n   of something to be made; a material representation or embodiment of an\n   ideal; sometimes, a drawing; a plan; as, the clay model of a sculpture;\n   the inventor\'s model of a machine.'),('Model','n.','Anything which serves, or may serve, as an example for\n   imitation; as, a government formed on the model of the American\n   constitution; a model of eloquence, virtue, or behavior.'),('Model','n.','That by which a thing is to be measured; standard.'),('Model','n.','Any copy, or resemblance, more or less exact.'),('Model','n.','A person who poses as a pattern to an artist.'),('Model','a.','Suitable to be taken as a model or pattern; as, a model\n   house; a model husband.'),('Modeled','imp. & p. p.','of Model'),('Modelled','','of Model'),('Modeling','p. pr. & vb. n.','of Model'),('Modelling','','of Model'),('Model','v. t.','To plan or form after a pattern; to form in model; to\n   form a model or pattern for; to shape; to mold; to fashion; as, to\n   model a house or a government; to model an edifice according to the\n   plan delineated.'),('Model','v. i.','To make a copy or a pattern; to design or imitate forms;\n   as, to model in wax.'),('Modeler','n.','One who models; hence, a worker in plastic art.'),('Modeling','n.','The act or art of making a model from which a work of art\n   is to be executed; the formation of a work of art from some plastic\n   material. Also, in painting, drawing, etc., the expression or\n   indication of solid form.'),('Modelize','v. t.','To model.'),('Modena','n.','A certain crimsonlike color.'),('Modenese','a.','Of or pertaining to Modena or its inhabitants.'),('Modenese','n. sing. & pl.','A native or inhabitant of Modena; the people\n   of Modena.'),('Moder','n.','A mother.'),('Moder','n.','The principal piece of an astrolabe, into which the others\n   are fixed.'),('Moder','v. t.','To moderate.'),('Moderable','a.','Modeate; temperate.'),('Moderance','n.','Moderation.'),('Moderate','a.','Kept within due bounds; observing reasonable limits; not\n   excessive, extreme, violent, or rigorous; limited; restrained'),('Moderate','a.','Limited in quantity; sparing; temperate; frugal; as,\n   moderate in eating or drinking; a moderate table.'),('Moderate','a.','Limited in degree of activity, energy, or excitement;\n   reasonable; calm; slow; as, moderate language; moderate endeavors.'),('Moderate','a.','Not extreme in opinion, in partisanship, and the like;\n   as, a moderate Calvinist.'),('Moderate','a.','Not violent or rigorous; temperate; mild; gentle; as, a\n   moderate winter.'),('Moderate','a.','Limited as to degree of progress; as, to travel at\n   moderate speed.'),('Moderate','a.','Limited as to the degree in which a quality, principle,\n   or faculty appears; as, an infusion of moderate strength; a man of\n   moderate abilities.'),('Moderate','a.','Limited in scope or effects; as, a reformation of a\n   moderate kind.'),('Moderate','n.','One of a party in the Church of Scotland in the 18th\n   century, and part of the 19th, professing moderation in matters of\n   church government, in discipline, and in doctrine.'),('Moderated','imp. & p. p.','of Moderate'),('Moderating','p. pr. & vb. n.','of Moderate'),('Moderate','v. t.','To restrain from excess of any kind; to reduce from a\n   state of violence, intensity, or excess; to keep within bounds; to make\n   temperate; to lessen; to allay; to repress; to temper; to qualify; as,\n   to moderate rage, action, desires, etc.; to moderate heat or wind.'),('Moderate','v. t.','To preside over, direct, or regulate, as a public\n   meeting; as, to moderate a synod.'),('Moderate','v. i.','To become less violent, severe, rigorous, or intense;\n   as, the wind has moderated.'),('Moderate','v. i.','To preside as a moderator.'),('Moderately','adv.','In a moderate manner or degree; to a moderate extent.'),('Moderateness','n.','The quality or state of being moderate;\n   temperateness; moderation.'),('Moderation','n.','The act of moderating, or of imposing due restraint.'),('Moderation','n.','The state or quality of being mmoderate.'),('Moderation','n.','Calmness of mind; equanimity; as, to bear adversity\n   with moderation.'),('Moderation','n.','The first public examinations for degrees at the\n   University of Oxford; -- usually contracted to mods.'),('Moderatism','n.','Moderation in doctrines or opinion, especially in\n   politics or religion.'),('Moderato','a. & adv.','With a moderate degree of quickness; moderately.'),('Moderator','n.','One who, or that which, moderates, restrains, or\n   pacifies.'),('Moderator','n.','The officer who presides over an assembly to preserve\n   order, propose questions, regulate the proceedings, and declare the\n   votes.'),('Moderator','n.','In the University of Oxford, an examiner for\n   moderations; at Cambridge, the superintendant of examinations for\n   degrees; at Dublin, either the first (senior) or second (junior) in\n   rank in an examination for the degree of Bachelor of Arts.'),('Moderator','n.','A mechamical arrangement for regulating motion in a\n   machine, or producing equality of effect.'),('Moderatorship','n.','The office of a moderator.'),('Moderatress','n.','A female moderator.'),('Moderatrix','n.','A female moderator.'),('Modern','a.','Of or pertaining to the present time, or time not long\n   past; late; not ancient or remote in past time; of recent period; as,\n   modern days, ages, or time; modern authors; modern fashions; modern\n   taste; modern practice.'),('Modern','a.','New and common; trite; commonplace.'),('Modern','n.','A person of modern times; -- opposed to ancient.'),('Modernism','n.','Modern practice; a thing of recent date; esp., a modern\n   usage or mode of expression.'),('Modernist','n.','One who admires the moderns, or their ways and fashions.'),('Modernity','n.','Modernness; something modern.'),('Modernization','n.','The act of rendering modern in style; the act or\n   process of causing to conform to modern of thinking or acting.'),('Modernized','imp. & p. p.','of Modernize'),('Modernizing','p. pr. & vb. n.','of Modernize'),('Modernize','v. t.','To render modern; to adapt to modern person or\n   things; to cause to conform to recent or present usage or taste.'),('Modernizer','n.','One who modernizes.'),('Modernly','adv.','In modern times.'),('Modernness','n.','The quality or state of being modern; recentness;\n   novelty.'),('Modest','a.','Restraining within due limits of propriety; not forward,\n   bold, boastful, or presumptious; rather retiring than pushing one\'s\n   self forward; not obstructive; as, a modest youth; a modest man.'),('Modest','a.','Observing the proprieties of the sex; not unwomanly in act\n   or bearing; free from undue familiarity, indecency, or lewdness; decent\n   in speech and demeanor; -- said of a woman.'),('Modest','a.','Evincing modestly in the actor, author, or speaker; not\n   showing presumption; not excessive or extreme; moderate; as, a modest\n   request; modest joy.'),('Modestly','adv.','In a modest manner.'),('Modesty','n.','The quality or state of being modest; that lowly temper\n   which accompanies a moderate estimate of one\'s own worth and\n   importance; absence of self-assertion, arrogance, and presumption;\n   humility respecting one\'s own merit.'),('Modesty','n.','Natural delicacy or shame regarding personal charms and\n   the sexual relation; purity of thought and manners; due regard for\n   propriety in speech or action.'),('Modicity','n.','Moderateness; smallness; meanness.'),('Modicum','n.','A little; a small quantity; a measured simply.'),('Modifiability','n.','Capability of being modified; state or quality of\n   being modifiable.'),('Modifiable','a.','Capable of being modified; liable to modification.'),('Modificable','a.','Modifiable.'),('Modificate','v. t.','To qualify.'),('Modification','n.','The act of modifying, or the state of being modified;\n   a modified form or condition; state as modified; a change; as, the\n   modification of an opinion, or of a machine; the various modifications\n   of light.'),('Modificative','n.','That which modifies or qualifies, as a word or\n   clause.'),('Modificatory','a.','Tending or serving to modify; modifying.'),('Modifier','n.','One who, or that which, modifies.'),('Modified','imp. & p. p.','of Modify'),('Modifying','p. pr. & vb. n.','of Modify'),('Modify','v. t.','To change somewhat the form or qualities of; to alter\n   somewhat; as, to modify a contrivance adapted to some mechanical\n   purpose; to modify the terms of a contract.'),('Modify','v. t.','To limit or reduce in extent or degree; to moderate; to\n   qualify; to lower.'),('Modillion','n.','The enriched block or horizontal bracket generally found\n   under the cornice of the Corinthian and Composite entablature, and\n   sometimes, less ornamented, in the Ionic and other orders; -- so called\n   because of its arrangement at regulated distances.'),('Modiolar','a.','Shaped like a bushel measure.'),('Modioli','pl. ','of Modiolus'),('Modiolus','n.','The central column in the osseous cochlea of the ear.'),('Modish','a.','According to the mode, or customary manner; conformed to\n   the fashion; fashionable; hence, conventional; as, a modish dress; a\n   modish feast.'),('Modist','n.','One who follows the fashion.'),('Modiste','n.','A female maker of, or dealer in, articles of fashion,\n   especially of the fashionable dress of ladies; a woman who gives\n   direction to the style or mode of dress.'),('Modii','pl. ','of Modius'),('Modius','n.','A dry measure, containing about a peck.'),('Modocs','n. pl.','A tribe of warlike Indians formerly inhabiting Northern\n   California. They are nearly extinct.'),('Modular','a.','Of or pertaining to mode, modulation, module, or modius;\n   as, modular arrangement; modular accent; modular measure.'),('Modulated','imp. & p. p.','of Modulate'),('Modulating','p. pr. & vb. n.','of Modulate'),('Modulate','v. t.','To form, as sound, to a certain key, or to a certain\n   portion.'),('Modulate','v. t.','To vary or inflect in a natural, customary, or musical\n   manner; as, the organs of speech modulate the voice in reading or\n   speaking.'),('Modulate','v. i.','To pass from one key into another.'),('Modulation','n.','The act of modulating, or the state of being modulated;\n   as, the modulation of the voice.'),('Modulation','n.','Sound modulated; melody.'),('Modulation','n.','A change of key, whether transient, or until the music\n   becomes established in the new key; a shifting of the tonality of a\n   piece, so that the harmonies all center upon a new keynote or tonic;\n   the art of transition out of the original key into one nearly related,\n   and so on, it may be, by successive changes, into a key quite remote.\n   There are also sudden and unprepared modulations.'),('Modulator','n.','One who, or that which, modulates.'),('Module','n.','A model or measure.'),('Module','n.','The size of some one part, as the diameter of semi-diameter\n   of the base of a shaft, taken as a unit of measure by which the\n   proportions of the other parts of the composition are regulated.\n   Generally, for columns, the semi-diameter is taken, and divided into a\n   certain number of parts, called minutes (see Minute), though often the\n   diameter is taken, and any dimension is said to be so many modules and\n   minutes in height, breadth, or projection.'),('Module','n.','To model; also, to modulate.'),('Moduli','pl. ','of Modulus'),('Modulus','n.','A quantity or coefficient, or constant, which expresses\n   the measure of some specified force, property, or quality, as of\n   elasticity, strength, efficiency, etc.; a parameter.'),('Modi','pl. ','of Modus'),('Modus','n.','The arrangement of, or mode of expressing, the terms of a\n   contract or conveyance.'),('Modus','n.','A qualification involving the idea of variation or departure\n   from some general rule or form, in the way of either restriction or\n   enlargement, according to the circumstances of the case, as in the will\n   of a donor, an agreement between parties, and the like.'),('Modus','n.','A fixed compensation or equivalent given instead of payment\n   of tithes in kind, expressed in full by the phrase modus decimandi.'),('Mody','a.','Fashionable.'),('Moe','n.','A wry face or mouth; a mow.'),('Moe','v. i.','To make faces; to mow.'),('Moe','a., adv., & n.','More. See Mo.'),('Moebles','n. pl.','Movables; furniture; -- also used in the singular\n   (moeble).'),('Moelline','n.','An unguent for the hair.'),('Moellon','n.','Rubble masonry.'),('Moesogothic','a.','Belonging to the Moesogoths, a branch of the Goths who\n   settled in Moesia.'),('Moesogothic','n.','The language of the Moesogoths; -- also called Gothic.'),('Moeve','v. t. & i.','To move.'),('Moff','n.','A thin silk stuff made in Caucasia.'),('Moggan','n.','A closely fitting knit sleeve; also, a legging of knitted\n   material.'),('Mogul','n.','A person of the Mongolian race.'),('Mogul','n.','A heavy locomotive for freight traffic, having three pairs\n   of connected driving wheels and a two-wheeled truck.'),('Moha','n.','A kind of millet (Setaria Italica); German millet.'),('Mohair','n.','The long silky hair or wool of the Angora goat of Asia\n   Minor; also, a fabric made from this material, or an imitation of such\n   fabric.'),('Mohammedan','a.','Of or pertaining to Mohammed, or the religion and\n   institutions founded by Mohammed.'),('Mohammedan','n.','A follower of Mohammed, the founder of Islamism; one\n   who professes Mohammedanism or Islamism.'),('Mohammedanism','n.','Alt. of Mohammedism'),('Mohammedism','n.','The religion, or doctrines and precepts, of Mohammed,\n   contained in the Koran; Islamism.'),('Mohammedanize','v. t.','Alt. of Mohammedize'),('Mohammedize','v. t.','To make conformable to the principles, or customs\n   and rites, of Mohammedanism.'),('Mohawk','n.','One of a tribe of Indians who formed part of the Five\n   Nations. They formerly inhabited the valley of the Mohawk River.'),('Mohawk','n.','One of certain ruffians who infested the streets of London\n   in the time of Addison, and took the name from the Mohawk Indians.'),('Mohicans','n. pl.','A tribe of Lenni-Lenape Indians who formerly\n   inhabited Western Connecticut and Eastern New York.'),('Moho','n.','A gallinule (Notornis Mantelli) formerly inhabiting New\n   Zealand, but now supposed to be extinct. It was incapable of flight.\n   See Notornis.'),('Mohock','n.','See Mohawk.'),('Moholi','n.','See Maholi.'),('Mohr','n.','A West African gazelle (Gazella mohr), having horns on which\n   are eleven or twelve very prominent rings. It is one of the species\n   which produce bezoar.'),('Mohur','n.','A British Indian gold coin, of the value of fifteen silver\n   rupees, or $7.21.'),('Mohurrum','n.','Alt. of Muharram'),('Muharram','n.','The first month of the Mohammedan year.'),('Muharram','n.','A festival of the Shiah sect of the Mohammedans held\n   during the first ten days of the month Mohurrum.'),('Moider','v. i.','To toil.'),('Moidore','n.','A gold coin of Portugal, valued at about 27s. sterling.'),('Moieties','pl. ','of Moiety'),('Moiety','a.','One of two equal parts; a half; as, a moiety of an estate,\n   of goods, or of profits; the moiety of a jury, or of a nation.'),('Moiety','a.','An indefinite part; a small part.'),('Moiled','imp. & p. p.','of Moil'),('Moiling','p. pr. & vb. n.','of Moil'),('Moil','v. t.','To daub; to make dirty; to soil; to defile.'),('Moil','v. i.','To soil one\'s self with severe labor; to work with painful\n   effort; to labor; to toil; to drudge.'),('Moil','n.','A spot; a defilement.'),('Moile','n.','A kind of high shoe anciently worn.'),('Moineau','n.','A small flat bastion, raised in the middle of an overlong\n   curtain.'),('Moira','n.','The deity who assigns to every man his lot.'),('Moire','n.','Originally, a fine textile fabric made of the hair of an\n   Asiatic goat; afterwards, any textile fabric to which a watered\n   appearance is given in the process of calendering.'),('Moire','n.','A watered, clouded, or frosted appearance produced upon\n   either textile fabrics or metallic surfaces.'),('Moire metallique','','A crystalline or frosted appearance produced by\n   some acids on tin plate; also, the tin plate thus treated.'),('Moist','a.','Moderately wet; damp; humid; not dry; as, a moist atmosphere\n   or air.'),('Moist','a.','Fresh, or new.'),('Moist','v. t.','To moisten.'),('Moistened','imp. & p. p.','of Moisten'),('Moistening','p. pr. & vb. n.','of Moisten'),('Moisten','v. t.','To make damp; to wet in a small degree.'),('Moisten','v. t.','To soften by making moist; to make tender.'),('Moistener','n.','One who, or that which, moistens.'),('Moistful','a.','Full of moisture.'),('Moistless','a.','Without moisture; dry.'),('Moistness','n.','The quality or state of being moist.'),('Moisture','n.','A moderate degree of wetness.'),('Moisture','n.','That which moistens or makes damp or wet; exuding fluid;\n   liquid in small quantity.'),('Moistureless','a.','Without moisture.'),('Moisty','a.','Moist.'),('Moither','v. t.','To perplex; to confuse.'),('Moither','v. i.','To toil; to labor.'),('Mokadour','n.','A handkerchief.'),('Moke','n.','A donkey.'),('Moke','n.','A mesh of a net, or of anything resembling a net.'),('Moky','a.','Misty; dark; murky; muggy.'),('Mola','n.','See Sunfish, 1.'),('Molar','a.','Of or pertaining to a mass of matter; -- said of the\n   properties or motions of masses, as distinguished from those of\n   molecules or atoms.'),('Molar','a.','Having power to grind; grinding; as, the molar teeth; also,\n   of or pertaining to the molar teeth.'),('Molar','n.','Any one of the teeth back of the incisors and canines. The\n   molar which replace the deciduous or milk teeth are designated as\n   premolars, and those which are not preceded by deciduous teeth are\n   sometimes called true molars. See Tooth.'),('Molary','a.','Same as 2d Molar.'),('Molasse','n.','A soft Tertiary sandstone; -- applied to a rock occurring\n   in Switzerland. See Chart of Geology.'),('Molasses','n.','The thick, brown or dark colored, viscid,\n   uncrystallizable sirup which drains from sugar, in the process of\n   manufacture; any thick, viscid, sweet sirup made from vegetable juice\n   or sap, as of the sorghum or maple. See Treacle.'),('Mold','n.','A spot; a blemish; a mole.'),('Mold','v.','Alt. of Mould'),('Mould','v.','Crumbling, soft, friable earth; esp., earth containing the\n   remains or constituents of organic matter, and suited to the growth of\n   plants; soil.'),('Mould','v.','Earthy material; the matter of which anything is formed;\n   composing substance; material.'),('Molded','imp. & p. p.','of Mould'),('Moulded','','of Mould'),('Molding','p. pr. & vb. n.','of Mould'),('Moulding','','of Mould'),('Mold','v. t.','Alt. of Mould'),('Mould','v. t.','To cover with mold or soil.'),('Mold','n.','Alt. of Mould'),('Mould','n.','A growth of minute fungi of various kinds, esp. those of the\n   great groups Hyphomycetes, and Physomycetes, forming on damp or\n   decaying organic matter.'),('Mold','v. t.','Alt. of Mould'),('Mould','v. t.','To cause to become moldy; to cause mold to grow upon.'),('Mold','v. i.','Alt. of Mould'),('Mould','v. i.','To become moldy; to be covered or filled, in whole or in\n   part, with a mold.'),('Mold','n.','Alt. of Mould'),('Mould','n.','The matrix, or cavity, in which anything is shaped, and from\n   which it takes its form; also, the body or mass containing the cavity;\n   as, a sand mold; a jelly mold.'),('Mould','n.','That on which, or in accordance with which, anything is\n   modeled or formed; anything which serves to regulate the size, form,\n   etc., as the pattern or templet used by a shipbuilder, carpenter, or\n   mason.'),('Mould','n.','Cast; form; shape; character.'),('Mould','n.','A group of moldings; as, the arch mold of a porch or\n   doorway; the pier mold of a Gothic pier, meaning the whole profile,\n   section, or combination of parts.'),('Mould','n.','A fontanel.'),('Mould','n.','A frame with a wire cloth bottom, on which the pump is\n   drained to form a sheet, in making paper by hand.'),('Mold','v. t.','Alt. of Mould'),('Mould','v. t.','To form into a particular shape; to shape; to model; to\n   fashion.'),('Mould','v. t.','To ornament by molding or carving the material of; as, a\n   molded window jamb.'),('Mould','v. t.','To knead; as, to mold dough or bread.'),('Mould','v. t.','To form a mold of, as in sand, in which a casting may be\n   made.'),('Moldable','a.','Alt. of Mouldable'),('Mouldable','a.','Capable of being molded or formed.'),('Moldboard','n.','Alt. of Mouldboard'),('Mouldboard','n.','A curved plate of iron (originally of wood) back of the\n   share of a plow, which turns over the earth in plowing.'),('Mouldboard','n.','A follow board.'),('Molder','n.','Alt. of Moulder'),('Moulder','n.','One who, or that which, molds or forms into shape;\n   specifically (Founding), one skilled in the art of making molds for\n   castings.'),('Moldered','imp. & p. p.','of Moulder'),('Mouldered','','of Moulder'),('Moldering','p. pr. & vb. n.','of Moulder'),('Mouldering','','of Moulder'),('Molder','v. i.','Alt. of Moulder'),('Moulder','v. i.','To crumble into small particles; to turn to dust by\n   natural decay; to lose form, or waste away, by a gradual separation of\n   the component particles, without the presence of water; to crumble\n   away.'),('Molder','v. t.','Alt. of Moulder'),('Moulder','v. t.','To turn to dust; to cause to crumble; to cause to waste\n   away.'),('Moldery','a.','Alt. of Mouldery'),('Mouldery','a.','Covered or filled with mold; consisting of, or\n   resembling, mold.'),('Moldiness','n.','Alt. of Mouldiness'),('Mouldiness','n.','The state of being moldy.'),('Molding','n.','Alt. of Moulding'),('Moulding','n.','The act or process of shaping in or on a mold, or of\n   making molds; the art or occupation of a molder.'),('Moulding','n.','Anything cast in a mold, or which appears to be so, as\n   grooved or ornamental bars of wood or metal.'),('Moulding','n.','A plane, or curved, narrow surface, either sunk or\n   projecting, used for decoration by means of the lights and shades upon\n   its surface. Moldings vary greatly in pattern, and are generally used\n   in groups, the different members of each group projecting or\n   retreating, one beyond another. See Cable, n., 3, and Crenelated\n   molding, under Crenelate, v. t.'),('Molding','p.a.','Alt. of Moulding'),('Moulding','p.a.','Used in making a mold or moldings; used in shaping\n   anything according to a pattern.'),('Moldwarp','n.','Alt. of Mouldwarp'),('Mouldwarp','n.','See Mole the animal.'),('Moldy','superl.','Alt. of Mouldy'),('Mouldy','superl.','Overgrown with, or containing, mold; as, moldy cheese\n   or bread.'),('Mole','n.','A spot; a stain; a mark which discolors or disfigures.'),('Mole','n.','A spot, mark, or small permanent protuberance on the human\n   body; esp., a spot which is dark-colored, from which commonly issue one\n   or more hairs.'),('Mole','n.','A mass of fleshy or other more or less solid matter generated\n   in the uterus.'),('Mole','n.','A mound or massive work formed of masonry or large stones,\n   etc., laid in the sea, often extended either in a right line or an arc\n   of a circle before a port which it serves to defend from the violence\n   of the waves, thus protecting ships in a harbor; also, sometimes, the\n   harbor itself.'),('Mole','n.','Any insectivore of the family Talpidae. They have minute eyes\n   and ears, soft fur, and very large and strong fore feet.'),('Mole','n.','A plow of peculiar construction, for forming underground\n   drains.'),('Moled','imp. & p. p.','of Mole'),('Moling','p. pr. & vb. n.','of Mole'),('Mole','v. t.','To form holes in, as a mole; to burrow; to excavate; as,\n   to mole the earth.'),('Mole','v. t.','To clear of molehills.'),('Molebut','n.','The sunfish (Orthagoriscus, or Mola).'),('Molecast','n.','A little elevation of earth made by a mole; a molehill.'),('Molech','n.','The fire god of the Ammonites, to whom human sacrifices\n   were offered; Moloch.'),('Molecular','a.','Pertaining to, connected with, produced by, or\n   consisting of, molecules; as, molecular forces; molecular groups of\n   atoms, etc.'),('Molecularity','n.','The state of consisting of molecules; the state or\n   quality of being molecular.'),('Molecularly','adv.','With molecules; in the manner of molecules.'),('Molecule','n.','One of the very small invisible particles of which all\n   matter is supposed to consist.'),('Molecule','n.','The smallest part of any substance which possesses the\n   characteristic properties and qualities of that substance, and which\n   can exist alone in a free state.'),('Molecule','n.','A group of atoms so united and combined by chemical\n   affinity that they form a complete, integrated whole, being the\n   smallest portion of any particular compound that can exist in a free\n   state; as, a molecule of water consists of two atoms of hydrogen and\n   one of oxygen. Cf. Atom.'),('Mole-eyed','a.','Having eyes like those of the mole; having imperfect\n   sight.'),('Molehill','n.','A little hillock of earth thrown up by moles working\n   under ground; hence, a very small hill, or an insignificant obstacle or\n   difficulty.'),('Molendinaceous','a.','Alt. of Molendinarious'),('Molendinarious','a.','Resembling the sails of a windmill.'),('Moleskin','n.','Any fabric having a thick soft shag, like the fur of a\n   mole; esp., a kind of strong twilled fustian.'),('Molested','imp. & p. p.','of Molest'),('Molesting','p. pr. & vb. n.','of Molest'),('Molest','v. t.','To trouble; to disturb; to render uneasy; to interfere\n   with; to vex.'),('Molest','n.','Molestation.'),('Molestation','n.','The act of molesting, or the state of being molested;\n   disturbance; annoyance.'),('Molester','n.','One who molests.'),('Molestful','a.','Troublesome; vexatious.'),('Molestie','n.','Alt. of Molesty'),('Molesty','n.','Molestation.'),('Molewarp','n.','See Moldwarp.'),('Moliminous','a.','Of great bulk or consequence; very important.'),('Moline','n.','The crossed iron that supports the upper millstone by\n   resting on the spindle; a millrind.'),('Molinism','n.','The doctrines of the Molinists, somewhat resembling the\n   tenets of the Arminians.'),