Webster's Dictionary 1913

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Mellifluous

Mel‐lif″lu‐ous (?), a. [L. mellifluus; mel, mellis, honey (akin to Gr. �, Goth. milip) + fluere to flow. See Mildew, Fluent, and cf. Marmalade.] Flowing as with honey; smooth; f...

2189

Melligenous

Mel‐lig″e‐nous (?), a. [L. mel, mellis + -genous.] Having the qualities of honey.

2190

Melligo

‖Mel‐li″go (?), n. Honeydew.

2191

Melliloquent

Mel‐lil″o‐quent (?), a. [L. mel, mellis honey + loquens speaking, p. pr. of loqui to speak.] Speaking sweetly or harmoniously.

2192

Melliphagan

Mel‐liph″a‐gan (?), n. See Meliphagan.

2193

Melliphagous

Mel‐liph″a‐gous (?), a. See Meliphagous.

2194

Mellitate

Mel″li‐tate (?), n. [Cf. F. mellitate. See Mellitic.] (Chem.) A salt of mellitic acid.

2195

Mellite

Mel″lite (?), n. [L. mel, mellis, honey: cf. F. mellite.] (Min.) A mineral of a honey color, found in brown coal, and partly the result of vegetable decomposition; honeystone. I...

2196

Mellitic

Mel‐lit″ic (?), a. [Cf. F. mellitique. See Mellite.] (Chem.) (a) Containing saccharine matter; marked by saccharine secretions; as, mellitic diabetes. (b) Pertaining to, or deri...

2197

Mellone

Mel″lone (?), n.(Chem.) A yellow powder, C6H3N9, obtained from certain sulphocyanates. It has acid properties and forms compounds called mellonides.

2198

Mellonide

Mel″lon‐ide (?), n. See Mellone.

2199

Mellow

Mel″low (?), a. [Compar.Mellower (?); superl.Mellowest.] [OE. melwe; cf. AS. mearu soft, D. murw, Prov. G. mollig soft, D. malsch, and E. meal flour.]1. Soft or tender by reason...

2200

Mellow (2)

Mel″low, v. t. [imp. & p. p.Mellowed (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Mellowing.] To make mellow. Shak.If the Weather prove frosty to mellow it, they do not plow it again till April. Mortime...

2201

Mellow (3)

Mel″low, v. i. To become mellow; as, ripe fruit soon mellows. “Prosperity begins to mellow.” Shak.

2202

Mellowly

Mel″low‐ly, adv. In a mellow manner.

2203

Mellowness

Mel″low‐ness, n. Quality or state of being mellow.

2204

Mellowy

Mel″low‐y (?), a. Soft; unctuous. Drayton.

2205

Melluco

‖Mel‐lu″co (?), n.(Bot.) A climbing plant (Ullucus officinalis) of the Andes, having tuberous roots which are used as a substitute for potatoes.

2206

Melne

Mel″ne (?), n. A mill. Chaucer.

2207

Melocoton

{ Mel′o‐co‐ton″, Mel′o‐co‐toon″ } (?), n. [Sp. melocoton a kind of peach tree and its fruit, L. malum cotonium, or cotonea, or Cydonia, a quince, or quince tree, lit., apple of ...

2208

Melodeon

Me‐lo″de‐on (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. � musical. See Melody, and cf. Odeon.]1. (Mus.) A kind of small reed organ; — a portable form of the seraphine.2. A music hall.

2209

Melodic

Me‐lod″ic (?), a. [L. melodicus, Gr. �: cf. F. mélodique.] Of the nature of melody; relating to, containing, or made up of, melody; melodious.

2210

Melodics

Me‐lod″ics (?), n. The department of musical science which treats of the pitch of tones, and of the laws of melody.

2211

Melodiograph

Me‐lo″di‐o‐graph (?), n. [Melody + -graph.] A contrivance for preserving a record of music, by recording the action of the keys of a musical instrument when played upon.

2212

Melodious

Me‐lo″di‐ous (?), a. [Cf. F. mélodieux. See Melody.] Containing, or producing, melody; musical; agreeable to the ear by a sweet succession of sounds; as, a melodious voice. “A m...

2213

Melodist

Mel″o‐dist (?), n. [Cf. F. mélodiste.] A composer or singer of melodies.

2214

Melodize

Mel″o‐dize (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Melodized (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Melodizing (?).] To make melodious; to form into, or set to, melody.