Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter M - Page 29
Meconium (n.) Opium. [Obs.]
Meconium (n.) The contents of the fetal intestine; hence, first excrement.
Meconium (n.) Thick dark green mucoid material that is the first feces of a newborn child.
Medal (n.) A piece of metal in the form of a coin, struck with a device, and intended to preserve the remembrance of a notable event or 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. "Medaled by the king." -- Thackeray.
Medal (n.) An award for winning a championship or commemorating some other event [syn: decoration, laurel wreath, medal, medallion, palm, ribbon].
Medal (n.) A small metal disk given as a reward for virtues, attainments or services more or less authentic.
It is related of Bismark, who had been awarded a medal for gallantly rescuing a drowning person, that, being asked the meaning of the medal, he replied: "I save lives sometimes." And sometimes he didn't.
Medalet (n.) A small medal.
Medalist (n.) [Written also medallist.] 獎牌設計者；獎牌製作者；得到獎牌的人；獎牌收藏家 A person that is skilled or curious in medals; a collector of medals. -- Addison.
Medalist (n.) A designer of medals. -- Macaulay.
Medalist (n.) One who has gained a medal as the reward of merit ; as, the gold medalist in downhill skiing.
Medallist (n.) Someone who has won a medal [syn: medalist, medallist].
Medallist (n.) (Golf) The winner at medal play of a tournament [syn: medalist, medallist, medal winner].
Medallic (a.) Of or pertaining to a medal, or to medals. "Our medallic history." -- Walpole.
Medallion (n.) A large medal or memorial coin.
Medallion (n.) A circular or oval (or, sometimes, square) tablet bearing a figure or figures represented in relief.
Medallion (n.) Any of various large ancient Greek coins.
Medallion (n.) A circular helping of food (especially a boneless cut of meat); "medallions of veal".
Medallion (n.) An emblem indicating that a taxicab is registered.
Medallion (n.) An award for winning a championship or commemorating some other event [syn: decoration, laurel wreath, medal, medallion, palm, ribbon].
Medalurgy (n.) The art of making and striking medals and coins. [Written also medallurgy.]
Meddled (imp. & p. p.) of Meddle.
Meddling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Meddle.
Meddle (v. t.) To mix; to mingle. [Obs.] -- Chaucer.
"Wine meddled with gall." -- Wyclif (Matt. xxvii. 34).
Meddle (v. i.) 干涉；管閒事 [（+in/ with）]；擅自摸弄（別人的物品）[（+with）] To mix; to mingle. [Obs.]
More to know Did never meddle with my thoughts. -- Shak.
Meddle (v. i.) To interest or engage one's self; to have to do; -- in a good sense. [Obs.] -- Barrow.
Study to be quiet, and to meddle with your own business. -- Tyndale.
Meddle (v. i.) To interest or engage one's self unnecessarily or impertinently, to interfere or busy one's self improperly with another's affairs; specifically, to handle or distrub another's property without permission; -- often followed by with or in.
Why shouldst thou meddle to thy hurt? -- 2 Kings xiv. 10.
The civil lawyers . . . have meddled in a matter that belongs not to them. -- Locke.
{To meddle and make}, To intrude one's self into another person's concerns. [Archaic] -- Shak.
Syn: To interpose; interfere; intermeddle.
Meddle (v.) Intrude in other people's affairs or business; interfere unwantedly; "Don't meddle in my affairs!" [syn: {meddle}, {tamper}].
Meddler (n.) One who meddles; one who interferes or busies himself with things in which he has no concern; an officious person; a busybody.
Meddler (n.) An officious annoying person who interferes with others.
Meddlesome (a.) Given to meddling; apt to interpose in the affairs of others; officiously intrusive. -- Med"dle*some*ness, n.
Meddlesome (a.) Intrusive in a meddling or offensive manner; "an interfering old woman"; "bustling about self-importantly making an officious nuisance of himself"; "busy about other people's business" [syn: interfering, meddlesome, meddling, officious, busy, busybodied].
Meddling (a.) 愛管閒事的；好干涉的 Meddlesome. -- Macaulay.
Meddling (a.) Intrusive in a meddling or offensive manner; "an interfering old woman"; "bustling about self-importantly making an officious nuisance of himself"; "busy about other people's business" [syn: {interfering}, {meddlesome}, {meddling}, {officious}, {busy}, {busybodied}].
Meddling (n.) 干預；瞎管 The act of altering something secretly or improperly [syn: {meddling}, {tampering}].
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 (n. pl. ) of Media.
Media (n.) (Phonetics) One of the sonant mutes [beta], [delta], [gamma] (b, d, g), in Greek, or of their equivalents in other languages, so named as intermediate between the tenues, [pi], [tau], [kappa] (p, t, k), and the aspiratae (aspirates) [phi], [theta], [chi] (ph or f, th, ch). Also called {middle mute}, or {medial}, and sometimes {soft mute}.
Mediacy (n.) The state or quality of being mediate.
Mediaeval (a.) Of or relating to the Middle Ages; as, mediaeval architecture.
Mediaevalism (n.) The method or spirit of the Middle Ages; devotion to the institutions and practices of the Middle Ages; a survival from the Middle Ages.
Mediaevalist (n.) One who has a taste for, or is versed in, the history of the Middle Ages; one in sympathy with the spirit or forms of the Middle Ages.
Mediaevally (adv.) In the manner of the Middle Ages; in accordance with 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 alligation.
Medial (n.) See 2d Media.
Medialuna (n.) See Half-moon.
Median (a.) Being in the middle; running through the middle; as, a median groove.
Median (a.) Situated in the middle; lying in a plane dividing a bilateral animal into right and left halves; -- said of unpaired organs and parts; as, median coverts.
Median (n.) A median line or point.
Mediant (n.) The third above the keynote; -- so called because it 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 pleura (and the space included between them) which divide the thorax into a right and left cavity. The space included between these folds of the pleura, called the mediastinal space, contains the heart and gives passage to the esophagus and great blood vessels.
Mediate (a.) Being between the two extremes; middle; interposed; intervening; intermediate.
Mediate (a.) Acting by means, or by an intervening cause or instrument; not direct or immediate; acting or suffering through an intervening 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, esp. for the purpose of effecting a reconciliation or agreement; as, to mediate between nations.
Mediate (v. t.) To effect by mediation or interposition; to bring about 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; 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 interposed; action as a necessary condition, means, or instrument; interposition; intervention.
Mediation (a.) Hence, specifically, agency between parties at variance, with a view to reconcile them; entreaty for another; intercession.
Mediative (a.) Pertaining to mediation; used in mediation; as, 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 subordinate position; to annex; -- specifically applied to the annexation during the former German empire of a smaller German state to a larger, while allowing it a nominal sovereignty, and its prince his rank.
Mediator (n.) One who mediates; especially, one who interposes between parties at variance for the purpose of reconciling them; hence, an intercessor.
Mediatorial (a.) Of or pertaining to a mediator, or to mediation; 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 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 healed.
Medical (a.) 醫學的；醫術的；醫療的；內科的 Of, pertaining to, or having to do with, the art of healing disease, or the science of medicine; as, the medical profession; medical services; a medical dictionary; medical jurisprudence.
Medical (a.) Containing medicine; used in medicine; medicinal; as, the medical properties of a plant.
Medical (a.) Relating to the study or practice of medicine; "the medical profession"; "a medical student"; "medical school."
Medical (a.) Requiring or amenable to treatment by medicine especially as opposed to surgery; "medical treatment"; "pneumonia is a medical disease" [ant: {operative}, {surgical}].
Medical (a.) Of or belonging to Aesculapius or the healing art [syn: {aesculapian}, {medical}].
Medical (n.) 【口】健康檢查 [C] A thorough physical examination; includes a variety of tests depending on the age and sex and health of the person [syn: {checkup}, {medical checkup}, {medical examination}, {medical exam}, {medical}, {health check}].
Medically (adv.) 醫學上地；醫藥上地 In a medical manner; with reference to healing, or to the principles of the healing art.
Medically (adv.) Involving medical practice; "medically trained nurses"; "medically correct treatment".
Medicament (n.) 醫藥，藥劑 Anything used for healing diseases or wounds; a medicine; a healing application.
Medicament (n.) (medicine) Something that treats or prevents or alleviates the symptoms of disease [syn: {medicine}, {medication}, {medicament}, {medicinal drug}].
Medicamental (a.) Of or pertaining to medicaments or healing applications; having the qualities of medicaments.
Medicamental (a.) (Rare) Of the nature of a medicine, medicinal; involving a medicine.
Medicaster (n.) 庸醫 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 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, the Medicean Venus.
Compare: Medici
Medici (n.) Aristocratic Italian family of powerful merchants and bankers who ruled Florence in the 15th century.
Compare: Aristocratic
Aristocratic (a.) 貴族的；有貴族氣派的；儀態高貴的；贊成貴族的；主張貴族統治的 Of, belonging to, or typical of the aristocracy.
‘An aristocratic family.’
‘A stately, aristocratic manner.’
Compare: Aristocracy
Aristocracy (n.) (Aristocracies) (Treated as singular or plural) (Usually the aristocracy)（總稱）貴族 [the S] [G]；特權階級；上層社會 [the S] [G]；貴族的統治；貴族統治的國家 [U] [C] The highest class in certain societies, typically comprising people of noble birth holding hereditary titles and offices.
‘Members of the aristocracy.’
Aristocracy (n.) A form of government in which power is held by the nobility.
Aristocracy (n.) A state in which governing power is held by the nobility.
Aristocracy (n.) A group regarded as privileged or superior in a particular sphere.
‘Britain's pop aristocracy.’
‘A new aristocracy of talented young people.’
Medicean planets (Astron.) 「麥迪奇行星」（木星的衛星） A name given by Galileo to the satellites of Jupiter.
Medicinable (a.) 醫藥的 Medicinal; having the power of healing. [Obs.] -- Shak.
Medicinal (a.) 藥的；藥用的；有藥效的 Having curative or palliative properties; used for the cure or alleviation of bodily disorders; as, medicinal tinctures, plants, or springs.
Drop tears as fast as the Arabian trees Their medicinal gum. -- Shak.
Compare: Curative
Curative (a.) 治病的 Able to cure disease.
‘The curative properties of herbs.’
Curative (n.) 醫藥；治療藥 A curative medicine or agent.
Compare: Palliative
Palliative (a.) 緩和的；減輕的；保守（治療）的；掩飾的 (Of a medicine or medical care) Relieving pain without dealing with the cause of the condition.
‘Orthodox medicines tend to be palliative rather than curative.’
Palliative (a.) (Of an action) Intended to alleviate a problem without addressing the underlying cause.
‘Short-term palliative measures had been taken.’
Palliative (n.) 辯解；緩和劑；暫時姑息的手段 A palliative medicine, measure, etc.
‘Antibiotics and other palliatives.’
‘Social projects presented as palliatives for the urban crisis.’
Medicinal (a.) Of or pertaining to medicine; medical.
Medicinal (a.) Having the properties of medicine; "medicative drugs"; "medicinal herbs"; "medicinal properties" [syn: medicative, medicinal].
Medicinally (adv.) 當做藥；用藥物 In a medicinal manner.
Medicine (n.) The science which relates to the prevention, cure, or alleviation of disease.
Medicine (n.) Any substance administered in the treatment of disease; a 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 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 ventricle of the brain; the middle or soft commissure.
Medicornua (n. pl. ) of Medicornu.
Medicornu (n.) The middle or inferior horn of each lateral ventricle of the brain.