Webster's Dictionary 1913

2296

Mendable

Mend″a‐ble (?), a. Capable of being mended.

2297

Mendacious

Men‐da″cious (?), a. [L. mendax, -acis, lying, cf. mentiri to lie.] 1. Given to deception or falsehood; lying; as, a mendacious person.2. False; counterfeit; containing falsehoo...

2298

Mendacity

Men‐dac″i‐ty (?), n.; pl.Mendacities (#). [L. mendacitas.] 1. The quality or state of being mendacious; a habit of lying. Macaulay.2. A falsehood; a lie. Sir T. Browne.Syn. — Ly...

2299

Mendel's law

Men″del's law (?). A principle governing the inheritance of many characters in animals and plants, discovered by Gregor J. Mendel (Austrian Augustinian abbot, 1822-84) in breedi...

2300

Mendelian

Men‐de″li‐an (?), a. [See Mendel's law.] (Biol.) Pert. to Mendel, or to Mendel's law. — Men‐de″li‐an‐ism (#), Men‐del″ism (#), n.

2301

Mendelian character

Mendelian character. (Biol.) A character which obeys Mendel's law in regard to its hereditary transmission.

2302

Mender

Mend″er (?), n. One who mends or repairs.

2303

Mendiant

Men″di‐ant (?), n. See Mendinant.

2304

Mendicancy

Men″di‐can‐cy (?), n. The condition of being mendicant; beggary; begging. Burke.

2305

Mendicant

Men″di‐cant (?), a. [L. mendicans, -antis, p. pr. of mendicare to beg, fr. mendicus beggar, indigent.] Practicing beggary; begging; living on alms; as, mendicant friars.Mendican...

2306

Mendicant (2)

Men″di‐cant, n. A beggar; esp., one who makes a business of begging; specifically, a begging friar.

2307

Mendicate

Men″di‐cate (?), v. t. & i. [L. mendicatus, p. p. of mendicare to beg.] To beg. Johnson.

2308

Mendication

Men′di‐ca″tion (?), n. The act or practice of begging; beggary; mendicancy. Sir T. Browne.

2309

Mendicity

Men‐dic″i‐ty (?), n. [L. mendicitas: cf. F. mendicité. See Mendicant.] The practice of begging; the life of a beggar; mendicancy. Rom. of R.

2310

Mendinant

Men″di‐nant (?), n. A mendicant or begging friar. Chaucer.

2311

Mendment

Mend″ment (?), n. Amendment.

2312

Mendole

Men″dole (mĕn″dōl), n. [Cf. F. mendol, mendole.] (Zoöl.) The cackerel.

2313

Mendregal

Men″dre‐gal (?), n.(Zoöl.) Medregal.

2314

Mends

Mends (mĕndz), n. See Amends. Shak.

2315

Menge

Menge (mĕnj), v. i. [imp.Mente, Meinte; p. p.Ment, Meint.] [See Mingle.] To mix. Spenser.

2316

Menhaden

Men‐ha″den (?), n.(Zoöl.) An American marine fish of the Herring family (Brevoortia tyrannus), chiefly valuable for its oil and as a component of fertilizers; — called also moss...

2317

Menhir

Men″hir (?), n. [F. Armor. men stone + hir high.] A large stone set upright in olden times as a memorial or monument. Many, of unknown date, are found in Brittany and throughout...

2318

Menial

Men″ial (?), a. [OE. meneal, fr. meine, maine, household, OF. maisniée, maisnie, LL. mansionaticum. See Mansion, and cf. Meine, n., Meiny.]1. Belonging to a retinue or train of ...

2319

Menial (2)

Men″ial, n. 1. A domestic servant or retainer, esp. one of humble rank; one employed in low or servile offices.2. A person of a servile character or disposition.

2320

Ménière's disease

Mé′nière's″ dis‐ease″ (?). (Med.) A disease characterized by deafness and vertigo, resulting in incoördination of movement. It is supposed to depend upon a morbid condition of t...

2321

Menilite

Men″i‐lite (?), n. [F. ménilite; — so called because it is found at Ménilmontant, near Paris.] (Min.) See Opal.

2322

Meningeal

Me‐nin″ge‐al (mē̍‐nĭn″jē̍‐al), a.(Anat.) Of or pertaining to the meninges.