Melassic
Me‐las″sic (?), a. [See Molasses.] (Chem.) Pertaining to, or designating, an acid obtained from molasses or glucose, and probably identical with saccharic acid. See Saccharic.
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, C. & G. Merriam Co., 1913.
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Melastoma
‖Me‐las″to‐ma (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. μέλασ black + στόμα mouth.] (Bot.) A genus of evergreen tropical shrubs; — so called from the black berries of some species, which stain the ...
Melastomaceous
Mel′a‐sto‐ma″ceous (?), a.(Bot.) Belonging to the order of which Melastoma is the type.
Melchite
Mel″chite (?), n. [Heb. melek king.] (Eccl. Hist.) One of a sect, chiefly in Syria and Egypt, which acknowledges the authority of the pope, but adheres to the liturgy and ceremo...
Meld
Meld (?), v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p.Melded; p. pr. & vb. n.Melding.] [G. melden to announce.] (Card Playing) In the game of pinochle, to declare or announce for a score; as, to me...
Meld (2)
Meld, n.(Card Playing) Any combination or score which may be declared, or melded, in pinochle.
Meleagrine
Mel′e‐a″grine (?), a.(Zoöl.) Of or pertaining to the genus Meleagris.
Meleagris
‖Mel′e‐a″gris (?), n.(Zoöl.) A genus of American gallinaceous birds, including the common and the wild turkeys.
Mêlée
‖Mê′lée″ (mā̍′lā̍″), n. [F., fr. mêler to mix. See Meddle, Mell, and cf. Mellay.] A fight in which the combatants are mingled in one confused mass; a hand to hand conflict; an a...
Mêlée (2)
‖Mê′lée″ (?), n. A cavalry exercise in which two groups of riders try to cut paper plumes off the helmets of their opponents, the contest continuing until no member of one group...
Melena
‖Me‐le″na (?), n.(Med.) See Melæna.
Melene
Mel″ene (?), n. [Melissic + ethylene.] (Chem.) An unsaturated hydrocarbon, C30H60, of the ethylene series, obtained from beeswax as a white, scaly, crystalline wax; — called als...
Melenite
Mel″e‐nite (?), n. [Gr. μέλι honey.] An explosive of great destructive power; — so called from its color, which resembles honey.
Meletin
Mel″e‐tin (?), n.(Chem.) See Quercitin.
Melezitose
Me‐lez″i‐tose′ (?), n. [F. mélèze the larch + melitose.] (Chem.) A variety of sugar, isomeric with sucrose, extracted from the manna of the larch (Larix). [Written also melicito...
Meliaceous
Me′li‐a″ceous (?), a.(Bot.) Pertaining to a natural order (Meliacæ) of plants of which the genus Melia is the type. It includes the mahogany and the Spanish cedar.
Melibean
{ Mel′i‐be″an (?), Mel′i‐b�″an }, a. [From L. Meliboeus, one of the interlocutors in Virgil's first Eclogue.] (Rhet.) Alternately responsive, as verses.
Melic
Mel″ic (?), Of or pertaining to song; lyric; tuneful.
Melic grass
Mel″ic grass′ (?). (Bot.) A genus of grasses (Melica) of little agricultural importance.
Melicerous
Me‐lic″er‐ous (?), a. [L. meliceris a kind of tumor, fr. Gr. �; μέλι honey + � wax.] (Med.) Consisting of or containing matter like honey; — said of certain encysted tumors.
Melicotoon
Mel′i‐co‐toon″ (?), n.(Bot.) See Melocoton.
Melicratory
Me‐lic″ra‐to‐ry (?), n. [Gr. μελίκρατον.] A meadlike drink.
Melilite
Mel″i‐lite (mĕl″ĭ‐līt), n. [Gr. μέλι honey + -lite; cf. F. mélilithe.] (Min.) A mineral occurring in small yellow crystals, found in the lavas (melilite basalt) of Vesuvius, and...
Melilot
Mel″i‐lot (–lŏt), n. [F. mélilot, L. melilotus, fr. Gr. �, �, a kind of clover containing honey; μέλι honey + � lotus.] (Bot.) Any species of Melilotus, a genus of leguminous he...
Melilotic
Mel′i‐lot″ic (?), a.(Chem.) Of, pertaining to, or obtained from, sweet clover or melilot; specifically, designating an acid of the aromatic series, obtained from melilot as a wh...
Mélinite
Mé″lin‐ite (?), n.(Chem.) A high explosive similar to lyddite, consisting principally of picric acid, used in the French military service.
Meliorate
Mel″io‐rate (mēl″yō̍‐rāt), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Meliorated (–rā′tĕd); p. pr. & vb. n.Meliorating.] [L. melioratus, p. p. of meliorare to meliorate, fr. melior better; akin to Gr. ...