Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter M - Page 35
Menial (n.) A person of a servile character or disposition.
Menial (a.) Used of unskilled work (especially domestic work) [syn: humble, menial, lowly].
Menial (n.) A domestic servant.
Meniere's disease () (Med.) A disease characterized by deafness and vertigo, resulting in incoordination of movement. It is supposed to depend upon a morbid condition of the semicircular canals of the internal ear. Named after Meniere, a French physician.
Compare: Opal
Opal (n.) (Min.) A mineral consisting, like quartz, of silica, but inferior to quartz in hardness and specific gravity.
Note: The precious opal presents a peculiar play of colors of delicate tints, and is highly esteemed as a gem. One kind, with a varied play of color in a reddish ground, is called the harlequin opal. The fire opal has colors like the red and yellow of flame. Common opal has a milky appearance. Menilite is a brown impure variety, occurring in concretions at Menilmontant, near Paris. Other varieties are cacholong, girasol, hyalite, and geyserite.
Menilite (n.) (Min.) 矽乳石 See Opal.
Menilite (n.) Is a greyish-brown form of the mineraloid opal. [1] It is also known as liver opal or leberopal (German), due to its color. It is called menilite because it was first described from Ménilmontant (Paris), France, [1] where it occurs as concretions within bituminous Early Oligocene Menilite Shales.
Meningeal (a.) (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the meninges.
Meningeal (a.) Relating to the meninges.
Meninges (n. pl.) (Anat.) The three membranes that envelop the brain and spinal cord; the pia mater, dura mater, and arachnoid membrane.
Meninges (n.) A membrane (one of 3) that envelops the brain and spinal cord [syn: meninx, meninges].
Meningitis (n.) (Med.) Inflammation of the membranes of the brain or spinal cord.
Cerebro-spinal meningitis. See under Cerebro-spinal.
Meningitis (n.) Infectious disease characterized by inflammation of the meninges (the tissues that surround the brain or spinal cord) usually caused by a bacterial infection; symptoms include headache and stiff neck and fever and nausea.
Meniscal (a.) Pertaining to, or having the form of, a meniscus.
Meniscoid (a.) Concavo-convex, like a meniscus.
Menisci (n. pl. ) of Meniscus.
Meniscuses (n. pl. ) of Meniscus.
Meniscus (n.) A crescent.
Meniscus (n.) (Opt.) A lens convex on one side and concave on the other.
Meniscus (n.) (Anat.) An interarticular synovial cartilage or membrane; esp., one of the intervertebral synovial disks in some parts of the vertebral column of birds.
Converging meniscus, Diverging meniscus. See Lens.
Menispermaceous (a.) (Bot.) Pertaining to a natural order ({Menispermace) of climbing plants of which moonseed ({Menispermum) is the type.
Menispermic (a.) Pertaining to, or obtained from, moonseed ({Menispermum), or other plants of the same family, as the Anamirta Cocculus.
Menispermine (n.) (Chem.) An alkaloid distinct from picrotoxin and obtained from the cocculus indicus (The fruit of Anamirta Cocculus, formerly Menispermum Cocculus) as a white, crystalline, tasteless powder; -- called also menispermina.
Meniver (n.) Same as Miniver. Mennonist
Mennonist (n.) Alt. of Mennonite.
Mennonite (n.) One of a small denomination of Christians, so called from Menno Simons of Friesland, their founder. They believe that the New Testament is the only rule of faith, that there is no original sin, that infants should not be baptized, and that Christians ought not to take oath, hold office, or render military service. menobranch
Menobranch (n.) Alt. of Menobranchus.
Menobranchus (n.) A large aquatic American salamander of the genus Necturus, having permanent external gills.
Compare: Salamander
Salamander (n.) (pl. Salamanders) [C] 【動】蠑螈；（傳說中生活在火中的）火蜥蜴，火蛇；火精，火怪；能耐高溫的物件；烤板；撥火棒；輕便烤箱 An animal like a lizard, with short legs and a long tail, that is an amphibian (= lives on both land and in water).
Menologia (n. pl. ) of Menology.
Menologies (n. pl. ) of Menology.
Menologium (n.) Alt. of Menology.
Menology (n.) A register of months.
Menology (n.) A brief calendar of the lives of the saints for each day in the year, or a simple remembrance of those whose lives are not written.
Menopause (n.) The period of natural cessation of menstruation. See Change of life, under Change.
Menopause (n.) [ U ] (Informal the change (of life)) 停經，停經期；更年期 The time in a woman's life when she gradually stops having periods (= blood flow from her uterus each month).
// Most women go through menopause (UK also the menopause) between the ages of 45 and 55.
Menopoma (n.) Alt. of Menopome
Menopome (n.) The hellbender.
Menorrhagia (n.) Profuse menstruation.
Menorrhagia (n.) Any profuse bleeding from the uterus; Metrorrhagia.
Menostasis (n.) Stoppage of the mences.
Menostation (n.) Same as Menostasis.
Menow (n.) A minnow.
Men-pleaser (n.) One whose motive is to please men or the world, rather than God.
Mensal (a.) Belonging to the table; transacted at table; as, mensal conversation.
Mensal (a.) Occurring once in a month; monthly.
Mensch (n.) [ C ] (Mainly US informal) 受尊敬的人；公正的人；好人 A good, honest person.
// I like him. He's a mensch.
Mense (n.) Manliness; dignity; comeliness; civility.
Mense (v. t.) To grace.
Menses (n. pl.) The catamenial or menstrual discharge, a periodic flow of blood or bloody fluid from the uterus or female generative organs.
Menses (n.) (Formal) [ C ] 月經期 An occasion when a woman menstruates.
// Her daughter's first menses.
Menses (n.) (pl.) 月經 Blood and other substances that flow from a woman's body during menstruation.
Menstrual (a.) 月經的；每月的 Recurring once a month; monthly; gone through in a month; as, the menstrual revolution of the moon; pertaining to monthly changes; as, the menstrual equation of the sun's place.
Menstrual (a.) Of or pertaining to the menses; as, menstrual discharges; the menstrual period;[syn: {catamenial}].
Menstrual (a.) Of or pertaining to a menstruum.
Menstruant (a.) Subject to monthly flowing or menses.
Menstruate (a.) 月經的 Menstruous. [Obs.]
Menstruated (imp. & p. p.) of Menstruate.
Menstruating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Menstruate.
Menstruate (v. i.) 月經來潮，行經 To discharge the menses; to have the catamenial flow.
Menstruate (v.) Undergo menstruation; "She started menstruating at the age of 11" [syn: {menstruate}, {flow}].
Menstruate (v.) [ I ] (Formal) 行經，月經來潮 When a woman menstruates, blood flows from her uterus for a few days every month.
Menstruation (n.) The discharge of the menses; also, the state or the period of menstruating.
Menstruation (n.) [ U ] (Formal) 行經，月經來潮 An occasion when a woman menstruates.
// The onset of menstruation.
Menstrue (n.) The menstrual flux; menses.
Menstruous (a.) 月經的 Having the monthly flow or discharge; menstruating.
Menstruous (a.) Of or pertaining tj the monthly flow; catamenial.
Menstruums (n. pl. ) of Menstruum.
Menstrua (n. pl. ) of Menstruum.
Menstruum (n.) Any substance which dissolves a solid body; a solvent.
The proper menstruum to dissolve metal. -- Bacon.
All liquors are called menstruums which are used as dissolvents, or to extract the virtues of ingredients by infusion or decoction. -- Quincy.
Note: The use is supposed to have originated in some notion of the old chemists about the influence of the moon in the preparation of dissolvents. -- Johnson.
Menstruum (n.) (Archaic) A solvent.
Menstruum (n.) The monthly discharge of blood from the uterus of nonpregnant women from puberty to menopause; "the women were sickly and subject to excessive menstruation"; "a woman does not take the gout unless her menses be stopped" -- Hippocrates; "the semen begins to appear in males and to be emitted at the same time of life that the catamenia begin to flow in females" -- Aristotle [syn: menstruation, menses, menstruum, catamenia, period, flow].
Mensurability (n.) The quality of being mensurable.
Mensurable (a.) Capable of being measured; measurable.
Mensurable (a.) Having notes of fixed rhythmic value [syn: mensural, measured, mensurable].
Mensurable (a.) Capable of being measured; "measurable depths" [syn: measurable, mensurable] [ant: immeasurable, immensurable, unmeasurable, unmeasured].
Mensurableness (n.) The quality or state of being mensurable; measurableness.
Mensural (a.) Of or pertaining to measure.
Mensural (a.) Of or relating to measure.
Mensural (a.) Having notes of fixed rhythmic value [syn: mensural, measured, mensurable].
Mensurate (v. t.) To measure. [Obs.]
Mensurate (v.) Determine the measurements of something or somebody, take measurements of; "Measure the length of the wall" [syn: measure, mensurate, measure out].
Mensuration (n.) The act, process, or art, of measuring.
Mensuration (n.) That branch of applied geometry which gives rules for finding the length of lines, the areas of surfaces, or the volumes of solids, from certain simple data of lines and angles.
Mensuration (n.) The act or process of assigning numbers to phenomena according to a rule; "the measurements were carefully done"; "his mental measurings proved remarkably accurate" [syn: measurement, measuring, measure, mensuration].
-ment () A suffix denoting that which does a thing; an act or process; the result of an act or process; state or condition; as, aliment, that which nourishes, ornament, increment; fragment, piece broken, segment; abridgment, act of abridging, imprisonment, movement, adjournment; amazement, state of being amazed, astonishment.
Ment () p. p. of Menge.
Mentagra (n.) Sycosis.
Mental (a.) Of or pertaining to the chin; genian; as, the mental nerve; the mental region.
Mental (n.) A plate or scale covering the mentum or chin of a fish or reptile.
Mental (a.) Of or pertaining to the mind; intellectual; as, mental faculties; mental operations, conditions, or exercise.
Mentality (n.) Quality or state of mind.
Mentality (n.) [ C usually singular ] (C1) 心態，心性，思想方法 A person's particular way of thinking about things.
// I can't understand the mentality of people who hurt animals.
// He hopes that closer links between Britain and the rest of Europe will change the British mentality towards foreigners.
Mentally (adv.) In the mind; in thought or meditation; intellectually; in idea.
Mentally (adv.) (B2) 心理上，精神上 Connected with or related to the mind.
// Mentally ill.
// It's going to be a tough competition but I'm mentally prepared for it.
Mentha (n.) A widely distributed genus of fragrant herbs, including the peppermint, spearmint, etc. The plants have small flowers, usually arranged in dense axillary clusters.
Menthene (n.) A colorless liquid hydrocarbon resembling oil of turpentine, obtained by dehydrating menthol. It has an agreeable odor and a cooling taste.
Menthol (n.) A white, crystalline, aromatic substance resembling camphor, extracted from oil of peppermint (Mentha); -- called also mint camphor or peppermint camphor.
Menthyl (n.) A compound radical forming the base of menthol.
Menticultural (a.) Of or pertaining to mental culture; serving to improve or strengthen the mind.
Mention (n.) A speaking or notice of anything, -- usually in a brief or cursory manner. Used especially in the phrase to make mention of.
Mentioned (imp. & p. p.) of Mention.
Mentioning (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Mention.
Mention (v. t.) To make mention of; to speak briefly of; to name.
Mentionable (a.) Fit to be mentioned.
Mentomeckelian (a.) Of or pertaining to the chin and lower jaw.
Mentomeckelian (n.) The bone or cartilage forming the anterior extremity of the lower jaw in some adult animals and the young of others.
Mentor (n.) A wise and faithful counselor or monitor.
Mentorial (a.) Containing advice or admonition.
Mentum (n.) The front median plate of the labium in insects. See Labium.
Menu (n.) The details of a banquet; a bill of fare.
Menuse (v. i.) See Amenuse.
Meow (v. i. & n.) See 6th and 7th Mew.
Mephistophelian (a.) Pertaining to, or resembling, the devil Mephistopheles, "a crafty, scoffing, relentless fiend;" devilish; crafty.
Mephitic (a.) Alt. of Mephitical.
Mephitical (a.) 臭氣的；惡臭的；有毒的 Tending to destroy life; poisonous; noxious; as, mephitic exhalations; mephitic regions.
Mephitical (a.) Offensive to the smell; as, mephitic odors.
{Mephitic air} (Chem.), Carbon dioxide; -- so called because of its deadly suffocating power. See {Carbonic acid}, under {Carbonic}.
Mephitic (a.) Of noxious stench from atmospheric pollution [syn: {miasmic}, {mephitic}].
Mephitis (n.) Noxious, pestilential, or foul exhalations from decomposing substances, filth, or other source.
Mephitis (n.) A genus of mammals, including the skunks.
Mephitism (n.) Same as Mephitis, 1.
Meracious (a.) Being without mixture or adulteration; hence, strong; racy.
Mercable (a.) Capable of being bought or sold.
Mercantile (a.) 商人的；商業的，貿易的；重商主義的 Of or pertaining to merchants, or the business of merchants; having to do with trade, or the buying and selling of commodities; commercial.
The expedition of the Argonauts was partly mercantile, partly military. -- Arbuthnot.
Mercantile agency, An agency for procuring information of the standing and credit of merchants in different parts of the country, for the use of dealers who sell to them.
Mercantile marine, The persons and vessels employed in commerce, taken collectively.
Mercantile paper, The notes or acceptances given by merchants for goods bought, or received on consignment; drafts on merchants for goods sold or consigned. -- McElrath.
Syn: Mercantile, Commercial.
Usage: Commercial is the wider term, being sometimes used to embrace mercantile. In their stricter use, commercial relates to the shipping, freighting, forwarding, and other business connected with the commerce of a country (whether external or internal), that is, the exchange of commodities; while mercantile applies to the sale of merchandise and goods when brought to market. As the two employments are to some extent intermingled, the two words are often interchanged.
Mercaptal (n.) (Chem.) Any one of a series of compounds of mercaptans with aldehydes.
Mercaptan (n.) (Chem.) Any one of series of compounds, hydrosulphides of alcohol radicals, in composition resembling the alcohols, but containing sulphur in place of oxygen, and hence called also the sulphur alcohols. In general, they are colorless liquids having a strong, repulsive, garlic odor. The name is specifically applied to ethyl mercaptan, C2H5SH. So called from its avidity for mercury, and other metals.