Webster's Dictionary 1913

3295

Milleped

Mil″le‐ped (mĭl″lē̍‐pĕdĭ), n. [L. millepeda; mille a thousand + pes, pedis, foot: cf. F. mille-pieds.] (Zoöl.) A myriapod with many legs, esp. a chilognath, as the galleyworm. [...

3296

Millepora

‖Mil‐le‐po″ra (mĭl‐lē̍‐pō″rȧ), n.(Zoöl.) A genus of Hydrocorallia, which includes the millipores.

3297

Millepore

Mil″le‐pore (mĭl″lē̍‐pōr), n. [L. mille thousand + porus pore: cf. F. millépore.] (Zoöl.) Any coral of the genus Millepora, having the surface nearly smooth, and perforated with...

3298

Milleporite

Mil″le‐po‐rite (?), n.(Paleon.) A fossil millepore.

3299

Miller

Mill″er (mĭl″ẽr), n. 1. One who keeps or attends a flour mill or gristmill.2. A milling machine.3. (Zoöl.) (a) A moth or lepidopterous insect; — so called because the wings appe...

3300

Millerite

Mil″ler‐ite (?), n. A believer in the doctrine of William Miller (d. 1849), who taught that the end of the world and the second coming of Christ were at hand.

3301

Millerite (2)

Mil″ler‐ite, n. [From W. H. Miller, of Cambridge, Eng.] (Min.) A sulphide of nickel, commonly occurring in delicate capillary crystals, also in incrustations of a bronze yellow;...

3302

Millesimal

Mil‐les″i‐mal (?), a. [L. millesimus, fr. mille a thousand.] Thousandth; consisting of thousandth parts; as, millesimal fractions.

3303

Millet

Mil″let (mĭl″lĕt), n. [F., dim. of mil, L. milium; akin to Gr. μελίνη, AS. mil.] (Bot.) The name of several cereal and forage grasses which bear an abundance of small roundish g...

3304

Milli-

Mil″li– (mĭl″lĭ–). [From L. mille a thousand.] (Metric System, Elec., Mech., etc.) A prefix denoting a thousandth part of; as, millimeter, milligram, milliampère.

3305

Milliampère

Mil′li‐am′père″ (mĭl″lĭ‐äN′pâr″), n. [Milli- + ampère.] (Elec.) The thousandth part of one ampère.

3306

Milliard

‖Mil′liard″ (F. mē̍l′yȧr″; E. mĭl″lĭ‐ärd), n. [F., from mille, mil, thousand, L. mille.] A thousand millions; — called also billion. See Billion.

3307

Milliary

Mil″li‐a‐ry (mĭl″lĭ‐ā̍‐ry̆), a. [L. milliarius containing a thousand, fr. mille thousand: cf. F. milliaire milliary. See Mile.] Of or pertaining to a mile, or to distance by mil...

3308

Milliary (2)

Mil″li‐a‐ry, n.; pl.Milliaries (#). [L. milliarium. See Milliary, a.] A milestone.

3309

Millier

‖Mil′lier″ (?), n. [F., fr. mille thousand.] A weight of the metric system, being one million grams; a metric ton.

3310

Millifold

Mil″li‐fold′ (?), a. [L. mille thousand + E. fold times.] Thousandfold. Davies (Holy Roode).

3311

Milligram

{ Mil″li‐gram, Mil″li‐gramme } (?), n. [F. milligramme; milli- milli- + gramme. See 3d Gram.] A measure of weight, in the metric system, being the thousandth part of a gram, equ...

3312

Milliliter

{ Mil″li‐li′ter, Mil″li‐li′tre } (?), n. [F. millilitre; milli- milli- + litre. See Liter.] A measure of capacity in the metric system, containing the thousandth part of a liter...

3313

Millimeter

{ Mil″li‐me′ter, Mil″li‐me′tre } (?), n. [F. millimètre; milli- milli- + mètre. See 3d Meter.] A lineal measure in the metric system, containing the thousandth part of a meter; ...

3314

Millimicron

Mil″li‐mi′cron (?), n. [Milli- + micron.] The thousandish part of a micron or the millionth part of a millimeter; — a unit of length used in measuring light waves, etc.

3315

Milliner

Mil″li‐ner (?), n. [From Milaner an inhabitant of Milan, in Italy; hence, a man from Milan who imported women's finery.]1. Formerly, a man who imported and dealt in small articl...

3316

Millinery

Mil″li‐ner‐y (?), n. 1. The articles made or sold by milliners, as headdresses, hats or bonnets, laces, ribbons, and the like.2. The business of work of a milliner.

3317

Millinet

Mil′li‐net″ (?), n. A stiff cotton fabric used by milliners for lining bonnets.

3318

Milling

Mill″ing (?), n. The act or employment of grinding or passing through a mill; the process of fulling; the process of making a raised or intented edge upon coin, etc.; the proces...

3319

Million

Mil″lion (mĭl″yŭn), n. [F., from LL. millio, fr. L. mille a thousand. See Mile.] 1. The number of ten hundred thousand, or a thousand thousand, — written 1,000,000. See the Note...

3320

Millionaire

Mil′lion‐aire″ (?; 277), n. [F. millionnaire.] One whose wealth is counted by millions of francs, dollars, or pounds; a very rich person; a person worth a million or more. [Writ...

3321

Millionairess

Mil′lion‐air″ess, n. A woman who is a millionaire, or the wife of a millionaire. Holmes.