Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter M - Page 32
Melancholia (n.) (Med.) 【醫】憂鬱症 A kind of mental unsoundness characterized by extreme depression of spirits, ill-grounded fears, delusions, and brooding over one particular subject or train of ideas.
Melancholia (n.) Extreme depression characterized by tearful sadness and irrational fears.
Melancholia (n.) med. jur. A name given by the ancients to a species of partial intellectual mania, now more generally known by the name of monomania. (q.v.) It bore this name because it was supposed to be always attended by dejection of mind and gloomy ideas. Vide Mania.,
Melancholian (n.) A person affected with melancholy; a melancholic. [Obs.] -- Dr. J. Scott.
Melancholic (a.) 憂鬱的；患憂鬱症的 Given to melancholy; depressed; melancholy; dejected; unhappy.
Just as the melancholic eye Sees fleets and armies in the sky. -- Prior.
Melancholic (n.) [Obs.] 憂鬱症患者 One affected with a gloomy state of mind. -- J. Spenser.
Melancholic (n.) [Obs.] A gloomy state of mind; melancholy. -- Clarendon.
Melancholic (a.) Characterized by or causing or expressing sadness; "growing more melancholy every hour"; "her melancholic smile"; "we acquainted him with the melancholy truth" [syn: melancholy, melancholic].
Melancholic (n.) Someone subject to melancholia [syn: melancholic, melancholiac].
Melancholily (adv.) In a melancholy manner.
Melancholiness (n.) The state or quality of being melancholy. -- Hallywell.
Melancholious (a.) Melancholy. [R.] -- Milton.
Melancholist (n.) One affected with melancholy or dejection. [Obs.] -- Glanvill.
Melancholize (v. i.) To become gloomy or dejected in mind. -- Barrow.
Melancholize (v. t.) To make melancholy.
Melancholy (n.) [U] 憂鬱；憂思，愁思 Depression of spirits; a gloomy state continuing a considerable time; deep dejection; gloominess. -- Shak.
Melancholy (n.) Great and continued depression of spirits, amounting to mental unsoundness; melancholia.
Melancholy (n.) Pensive maditation; serious thoughtfulness. [Obs.] "Hail, divinest Melancholy !" -- Milton.
Melancholy (n.) Ill nature. [Obs.] -- Chaucer.
Melancholy (a.) 憂鬱的，鬱悶的；令人沮喪的；可悲的 Depressed in spirits; dejected; gloomy dismal. -- Shak.
Melancholy (a.) Producing great evil and grief; causing dejection; calamitous; afflictive; as, a melancholy event.
Melancholy (a.) Somewhat deranged in mind; having the jugment impaired. [Obs.] -- Bp. Reynolds.
Melancholy (a.) Favorable to meditation; somber.
A pretty, melancholy seat, well wooded and watered. -- Evelin.
Syn: Gloomy; sad; dispirited; low-spirited; downhearted; unhappy; hypochondriac; disconsolate; heavy, doleful; dismal; calamitous; afflictive.
Melancholy (a.) Characterized by or causing or expressing sadness; "growing more melancholy every hour"; "her melancholic smile"; "we acquainted him with the melancholy truth" [syn: melancholy, melancholic].
Melancholy (a.) Grave or even gloomy in character; "solemn and mournful music"; "a suit of somber black"; "a somber mood" [syn: somber, sombre, melancholy].
Melancholy (n.) A feeling of thoughtful sadness.
Melancholy (n.) A constitutional tendency to be gloomy and depressed.
Melancholy (n.) A humor that was once believed to be secreted by the kidneys or spleen and to cause sadness and melancholy [syn: black bile, melancholy].
Melanesian (prop. a.) 美拉尼西亞（人、語）的 Of or pertaining to Melanesia.
Melanesian (a.) Of or relating to Melanesia or its people or culture.
Melanesian (n.) 美拉尼西亞人 A member of the dominant native group of Melanesia
Melanesian (n.) 美拉尼西亞語 A language group consisting of the Austronesian languages of Melanesia.
Melange (n.) 【法】混合物；（文學作品等的）雜集 A mixture; a medley.
Melange (n.) A motley assortment of things [syn: odds and ends, oddments, melange, farrago, ragbag, mishmash, mingle-mangle, hodgepodge, hotchpotch, gallimaufry, omnium-gatherum].
Melanian (n.) (Zool.) One of a family of fresh-water pectinibranchiate mollusks, having a turret-shaped shell.
Melanic (a.) 黑色素過多的；黑變病的 Melanotic.
Melanic (a.) (Ethnol.) Of or pertaining to the black-haired races. -- Prichard.
Melaniline (n.) (Chem.) 蜜苯胺；二苯胍 A complex nitrogenous hydrocarbon obtained artificially (as by the action of cyanogen chloride on aniline) as a white, crystalline substance; -- called also diphenyl guanidin.
Melanin (n.) (Physiol.) A black pigment found in the pigment-bearing cells of the skin (particularly in the skin of the negro), in the epithelial cells of the external layer of the retina (then called fuscin), in the outer layer of the choroid, and elsewhere. It is supposed to be derived from the decomposition of hemoglobin.
Melanin (n.) Insoluble pigments that account for the color of e.g. skin and scales and feathers.
Melanism (n.) An undue development of dark-colored pigment in the skin or its appendages; -- the opposite of albinism.
Melanism (n.) (Med.) A disease; black jaundice. See Melaena.
Melanism (n.) (Ethnol.) The character of having a high degree of pigmentation, as shown in dark skin, eyes, and hair.
Melanism (n.) A condition characterized by abnormal deposits of melanin (especially in the skin) [syn: melanosis, melanism].
Melanistic (a.) Affected with melanism; of the nature of melanism.
Melanite (n.) (Min.) A black variety of garnet.
Melanochroi (n. pl.) (Ethnol.) A group of the human race, including the dark whites.
Melanochroic (a.) Having a dark complexion; of or pertaining to the Melanochroi.
Melanochroite (n.) (Min.) A mineral of a red, or brownish or yellowish red color. It is a chromate of lead; -- called also phoenicocroite.
Melanocomous (a.) Having very dark or black hair; black-haired. -- Prichard.
Malignant melanoma (n.) (Med.) Any of several malignant neoplasms (usually of the skin) consisting of melanocytes; called also melanoma. It is classed as a type of skin cancer.
Melanoma (n.; L. pl. -nomata.) (Med.) (a) A tumor containing dark pigment. Such tumors are usually malignant and often fatal.
Melanoma (n.; L. pl. -nomata.) (Med.) (b) Development of dark-pigmented tumors.
Melanoma (n.) Any of several malignant neoplasms (usually of the skin) consisting of melanocytes [syn: melanoma, malignant melanoma].
Melanoma (n.) (Melanomas, melanomata) (Medicine) 黑色素瘤 (Melanoma) 屬於皮膚癌 (Skin cancer) 的一種，佔所有皮膚癌的比例不高，但是卻是造成皮膚癌患者死亡的最主要類型 A tumor of melanin-forming cells, especially a malignant tumor associated with skin cancer.
‘Melanomas can appear anywhere on the body.’
‘The incidence of melanoma is rising steadily.’
Compare: Malignant
Malignant (a.) 有惡意的，邪惡的；極有害的；【醫】惡性的，致命的 Malevolent.
‘In the hands of malignant fate.’
Malignant (a.) (Of a disease) Very virulent or infectious.
Malignant (a.) (Of a tumor) Tending to invade normal tissue or to recur after removal; cancerous.
Contrasted with benign.
Malignant (n.) 不滿者 [C] A man of extreme enmity or evil intentions. -- Hooker.
Malignant (n.) (Eng. Hist.) One of the adherents of Charles I. or Charles II.; -- so called by the opposite party.
Melanorrhoea (n.) An East Indian genus of large trees. Melanorrh/a usitatissima is the lignum-vitae of Pegu, and yelds a valuable black varnish.
Melanoscope (n.) An instrument containing a combination of colored glasses such that they transmit only red light, so that objects of other colors, as green leaves, appear black when seen through it. It is used for viewing colored flames, to detect the presence of potassium, lithium, etc., by the red light which they emit.
Melanosis () The morbid deposition of black matter, often of a malignant character, causing pigmented tumors.
Melanosperm (n.) An alga of any kind that produces blackish spores, or seed dust. The melanosperms include the rockweeds and all kinds of kelp.
Melanotic (a.) Melanistic.
Melanotype (n.) A positive picture produced with sensitized collodion on a smooth surface of black varnish, coating a thin plate of iron; also, the process of making such a picture.
Melanterite (n.) A hydrous sulphate of iron of a green color and vitreous luster; iron vitriol.
Melanure (n.) A small fish of the Mediterranean; a gilthead. See Gilthead (a).
Melanuric (a.) Pertaining to, or designating, a complex nitrogenous acid obtained by decomposition of melam, or of urea, as a white crystalline powder; -- called also melanurenic acid.
Melaphyre (n.) Any one of several dark-colored augitic, eruptive rocks allied to basalt.
Melasma (n.) A dark discoloration of the skin, usually local; as, Addison's melasma, or Addison's disease.
Melasses (n.) See Molasses.
Melassic (a.) Pertaining to, or designating, an acid obtained from molasses or glucose, and probably identical with saccharic acid. See Saccharic.
Melastoma (n.) A genus of evergreen tropical shrubs; -- so called from the black berries of some species, which stain the mouth.
Melastomaceous (a.) Belonging to the order of which Melastoma is the type.
Melbourne (n.) 墨爾本（英語：Melbourne，縮寫為MEL）簡稱墨城，是位於澳洲東岸維多利亞州南部的一座城市。墨爾本是維多利亞州首府和最大城市，亦是澳洲人口排名的第2大城市，也曾是世界最佳宜居城市的首榜 [5]。大墨爾本地區面積達到3858.1平方英里（9992.5平方公里），是全球最廣大的都會區之一。墨爾本中央商業區 [6] 是整個大都會區的中心，經1993年的行政改制後，現時中央商業區人口約20,000 [7]。大墨爾本坐落於菲利普港灣旁，一直往內陸伸延。中央商業區位處港灣的北端，亦即是雅拉河河口灣 [6]。市民大多數居住在中央商業區周邊30公里範圍內，大都會區截止2016年共有488萬人。[8] [9] [10] [11] [12] 都會區由墨爾本市及31個地方政府區域組成 [13]。
Is the capital and most populous city of the Australian state of Victoria, and the second most populous city in Australia and Oceania. [1] Its name refers to an urban agglomeration of 9,993 km2 (3,858 sq mi), [10] comprising a metropolitan area with 31 municipalities, [11] and is also the common name for its city centre. The city occupies much of the coastline of Port Phillip bay (Kulin: Naarm) and spreads into the Hinterland towards the Dandenong and Macedon ranges, Mornington Peninsula and Yarra Valley. It has a population of 5 million (19% of the population of Australia), and its inhabitants are referred to as "Melburnians". [note 2]
Melchite (n.) One of a sect, chiefly in Syria and Egypt, which acknowledges the authority of the pope, but adheres to the liturgy and ceremonies of the Eastern Church.
Meleagrine (a.) Of or pertaining to the genus Meleagris.
Meleagris (n.) A genus of American gallinaceous birds, including the common and the wild turkeys.
Melee (n.) 【法】互毆；混戰；混亂 A fight in which the combatants are mingled in one confused mass; a hand to hand conflict; an affray.
Melee (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 retains his plume; -- sometimes called Balaklava melee.
Melee (n.) A noisy riotous fight [syn: melee, scrimmage, battle royal].
Melena (n.) (Med.) See Melaena.
Melena (n.) Abnormally dark tarry feces containing blood (usually from gastrointestinal bleeding) [syn: melena, melaena].
Melene (n.) (Chem.) An unsaturated hydrocarbon, C30H60, of the ethylene series, obtained from beeswax as a white, scaly, crystalline wax; -- called also melissene, and melissylene.
Melenite (n.) An explosive of great destructive power; -- so called from its color, which resembles honey.
Compare: Quercitin
Quercitin (n.) (Chem.) A yellow crystalline substance, occurring quite widely distributed in the vegetable kingdom, as in apple-tree bark, horse-chestnut leaves, etc., but originally obtained by the decomposition of quercitrin. Called also meletin.
Meletin (n.) (Chem.) See Quercitin.
Melezitose (n.) A variety of sugar, isomeric with sucrose, extracted from the manna of the larch (Larix).
Meliaceous (a.) Pertaining to a natural order (Meliacae) of plants of which the genus Melia is the type. It includes the mahogany and the Spanish cedar.
Melibean (a.) Alt. of Meliboean.
Meliboean (a.) Alternately responsive, as verses.
Melic () Of or pertaining to song; lyric; tuneful.
Melicerous (a.) (Med.) Consisting of or containing matter like honey; -- said of certain encysted tumors.
Melic grass () (Bot.) A genus of grasses ({Melica) of little agricultural importance.
Melicotoon (n.) (Bot.) See Melocoton.
Melicratory (n.) A meadlike drink. [Obs.]
Melilite (n.) (Min.) A mineral occurring in small yellow crystals, found in the lavas (melilite basalt) of Vesuvius, and elsewhere. [Written also mellilite.].
Melilot (n.) (Bot.) Any species of Melilotus, a genus of leguminous herbs having a vanillalike odor; sweet clover; hart's clover. The blue melilot (Melilotus caerulea) is used in Switzerland to give color and flavor to sapsago cheese.
Melilot (n.) Erect annual or biennial plant grown extensively especially for hay and soil improvement [syn: melilotus, melilot, sweet clover].
Melilotic (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 white crystalline substance.
Melioidosis (n.) 類鼻疽 Melioidosis is an infectious disease caused by a Gram-negative bacterium called Burkholderia pseudomallei. [1] Most people infected with B. pseudomallei experience no symptoms, but those who do experience symptoms have signs and symptoms that range from mild, such as fever, skin changes, pneumonia, and abscesses, to severe with inflammation of the brain, inflammation of the joints, and dangerously low blood pressure that causes death. [1] About 10% of people with melioidosis develop symptoms that last longer than two months, termed "chronic melioidosis". [1]
Meliorated (imp. & p. p.) of Meliorate.
Meliorating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Meliorate.
Meliorate (v. t.) To make better; to improve; to ameliorate; to soften; to make more tolerable.
Nature by art we nobly meliorate. -- Denham.
The pure and benign light of revelation has had a meliorating influence on mankind. -- Washington.
Meliorate (v. i.) To grow better.
Meliorate (v.) To make better; "The editor improved the manuscript with his changes" [syn: better, improve, amend, ameliorate, meliorate] [ant: aggravate, exacerbate, exasperate, worsen].
Meliorate (v.) Get better; "The weather improved toward evening" [syn: better, improve, ameliorate, meliorate] [ant: decline, worsen].
Meliorater (n.) Same as Meliorator.
Melioration (n.) The act or operation of meliorating, or the state of being meliorated; improvement. (Syn: amelioration)
Meliorator (n.) One who meliorates.
Meliorism (n.) The doctrine that there is a tendency throughout nature toward improvement.
Meliority (n.) The state or quality of being better; melioration.
Meliphagan (a.) Belonging to the genus Meliphaga.
Meliphagan (n.) Any bird of the genus Meliphaga and allied genera; a honey eater; -- called also meliphagidan.
Meliphagous (a.) Eating, or feeding upon, honey.
Melismata (n. pl. ) of Melisma.
Melisma (n.) (Mus.) 【音】單音節裝飾句；裝飾音 A piece of melody; a song or tune, -- as opposed to recitative or musical declamation.
Melisma (n.) (Mus.) A grace or embellishment.
Melisma (n.) (pl. Melismata) A group of notes or tones sung on one syllable in plainsong.
Melisma (n.) Melodic embellishment.
Melisma (n.) Cadenza.
Melissa (n.) A genus of labiate herbs, including the balm, or bee balm (Melissa officinalis).
Compare: Labiate
Labiate (n.) (Botany) 脣形科植物 A plant of the mint family (Labiatae), with a distinctive two-lobed flower.
‘In common with other labiates, Basil furnishes an aromatic, volatile oil, and on this account is much employed in France for flavouring soups, especially turtle soup.’
Labiate (a.) (Botany) 脣形的；【植】脣形科的 Relating to or denoting plants of the mint family.
Labiate (a.) (Botany Zoology) Resembling or possessing a lip or labium.
Melissic (a.) Pertaining to, or derived from, beeswax; specif., denoting an acid obtained by oxidation of myricin.
Melissyl (n.) See Myricyl.
Melissylene (n.) See Melene.
Melitose (n.) A variety of sugar isomeric with sucrose, extracted from cotton seeds and from the so-called Australian manna (a secretion of certain species of Eucalyptus).
Mell (v. i. & t.) To mix; to meddle.
Mell (n.) Honey.
Mell (n.) A mill.
Mellate (n.) A mellitate.
Mellay (n.) A melee; a conflict.
Meller (n.) [Theater Slang.] [俚] 攝製成影片的通俗劇 Melodrama (def. 1).
Compare: Melodrama
Melodrama (n.) 音樂劇；情節劇；傳奇劇；聳人聽聞的事件 A dramatic form that does not observe the laws of cause and effect and that exaggerates emotion and emphasizes plot or action at the expense of characterization.
Melodrama (n.) Melodramatic behavior or events.
Melodrama (n.) (In the 17th, 18th, and early 19th centuries) A romantic dramatic composition with music interspersed.
Mellic (a.) See Mellitic.
Melliferous (a.) Producing honey.
Mellific (a.) Producing honey.
Mellification (n.) The making or production of honey.
Mellifluence (n.) A flow of sweetness, or a sweet, smooth flow.
Mellifluent (a.) Flowing as with honey; smooth; mellifluous.