Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter M - Page 37
Merge (v. t.) To cause to be swallowed up; to immerse; to sink; to absorb.
Merge (v. i.) To be sunk, swallowed up, or lost.
Merger (n.) One who, or that which, merges.
Merger (n.) An absorption of one estate, or one contract, in another, or of a minor offense in a greater.
Merger (n.) [ C ] (C2) （公司、企業等的）合併 An occasion when two or more companies join together to make one larger company.
// She's an attorney who advises companies about mergers and takeovers.
// The merger of these two companies would create the world's biggest accounting firm.
Mericarp (n.) One carpel of an umbelliferous fruit. See Cremocarp.
Meride (n.) A permanent colony of cells or plastids which may remain isolated, like Rotifer, or may multiply by gemmation to form higher aggregates, termed zoides.
Meridian (a.) 頂點的；全盛期的；【天】【測】子午線的，經線的 Being at, or pertaining to, midday; belonging to, or passing through, the highest point attained by the sun in his diurnal course. "Meridian hour." -- Milton.
Tables . . . to find the altitude meridian. -- Chaucer.
Meridian (a.) Pertaining to the highest point or culmination; as, meridian splendor.
Meridian (n.) 【天】【測】子午線，經線 [C]；（太陽等天體對地面而言的）最高點 [the S] Midday; noon.
Meridian (n.) Hence: The highest point, as of success, prosperity, or the like; culmination.
I have touched the highest point of all my greatness,
And from that full meridian of my glory I haste now to my setting. -- Shak.
Meridian (n.) (Astron.) A great circle of the sphere passing through the poles of the heavens and the zenith of a given place. It is crossed by the sun at midday.
Meridian (n.) (Geog.) A great circle on the surface of the earth, passing through the poles and any given place; also, the half of such a circle included between the poles.
Note: The planes of the geographical and astronomical meridians coincide. Meridians, on a map or globe, are lines drawn at certain intervals due north and south, or in the direction of the poles.
{Calculated for the meridian of}, or {Fitted to the meridian of}, or {Adapted to the meridian of}, Suited to the local circumstances, capabilities, or special requirements of.
All other knowledge merely serves the concerns of this life, and is fitted to the meridian thereof. -- Sir M. Hale.
{First meridian} or {Prime meridian}, The meridian from which longitudes are reckoned. The meridian of Greenwich is the one commonly employed in calculations of longitude by geographers, and in actual practice, although in various countries other and different meridians, chiefly those which pass through the capitals of the countries, are occasionally used; as, in France, the meridian of Paris; in the United States, the meridian of Washington, etc.
{Guide meridian} (Public Land Survey), A line, marked by monuments, running North and South through a section of country between other more carefully established meridians called principal meridians, used for reference in surveying. [U.S.]
{Magnetic meridian}, A great circle, passing through the zenith and coinciding in direction with the magnetic needle, or a line on the earth's surface having the same direction.
{Meridian circle} (Astron.), An instrument consisting of a telescope attached to a large graduated circle and so mounted that the telescope revolves like the transit instrument in a meridian plane. By it the right ascension and the declination of a star may be measured in a single observation.
{Meridian instrument} (Astron.), Any astronomical instrument having a telescope that rotates in a meridian plane.
{Meridian of a globe}, or {Brass meridian}, A graduated circular ring of brass, in which the artificial globe is suspended and revolves.
Meridian (a.) Of or happening at noon; "meridian hour"
Meridian (a.) Being at the best stage of development; "our manhood's prime vigor"- Robert Browning [syn: {prime}, {meridian}].
Meridian (n.) The highest level or degree attainable; the highest stage of development; "his landscapes were deemed the acme of beauty"; "the artist's gifts are at their acme"; "at the height of her career"; "the peak of perfection"; "summer was at its peak"; "...catapulted Einstein to the pinnacle of fame"; "the summit of his ambition"; "so many highest superlatives achieved by man"; "at the top of his profession" [syn: {acme}, {height}, {elevation}, {peak}, {pinnacle}, {summit}, {superlative}, {meridian}, {tiptop}, {top}].
Meridian (n.) A town in eastern Mississippi
Meridian (n.) An imaginary great circle on the surface of the earth passing through the north and south poles at right angles to the equator; "all points on the same meridian have the same longitude" [syn: {meridian}, {line of longitude}].
Meridian (n.) [ C ] 子午線，經線 An imaginary line between the North Pole and the South Pole, drawn on maps to help to show the position of a place.
// The prime meridian of longitude is in Greenwich, London.
Meridional (a.) 【天】子午線的；歐洲南部的；南方的；在南方的；南北方向的 Of or pertaining to the meridian.
Meridional (a.) Having a southern aspect; southern; southerly.
Offices that require heat . . . should be meridional. -- Sir H. Wotton.
{Meridional distance}, The distance or departure from the meridian; the easting or westing.
{Meridional parts}, Parts of the meridian in Mercator's projection, corresponding to each minute of latitude from the equator up to 70 or 80 degrees; tabulated numbers representing these parts used in projecting charts, and in solving cases in Mercator's sailing.
Meridional (a.) Of or relating to a meridian
Meridional (a.) Located in the south or characteristic of southern people or places.
Meridional (n.) （常作M-）南歐人 An inhabitant of the south, especially the south of France.
Meridionality (n.) 經向性 The state of being in the meridian.
Meridionality (n.) Position in the south; aspect toward the south.
Meridionality (n.) (Rare) The state of being on the meridian or aligned with a meridian; north–south orientation.
Meridionality (n.) (Obsolete) The quality or state of being meridional or on the meridian : position in the south.
Meridionally (adv.) In the direction of the meridian.
Meridionally (adv.) Along a meridian or meridians; in a north–south direction.
Merils (n.) A boy's play, called also fivepenny morris. See Morris.
Meringue (n.) A delicate pastry made of powdered sugar and the whites of eggs whipped up, -- with jam or cream added.
Merino (a.) Of or pertaining to a variety of sheep with very fine wool, originally bred in Spain.
Merino (a.) Made of the wool of the merino sheep.
Merinos (n. pl. ) of Merino
Merino (n.) A breed of sheep originally from Spain, noted for the fineness of its wool.
Merino (n.) A fine fabric of merino wool.
Merismatic (a.) Dividing into cells or segments; characterized by separation into two or more parts or sections by the formation of internal partitions; as, merismatic growth, where one cell divides into many.
Meristem (n.) A tissue of growing cells, or cells capable of further division.
Merit (n.) The quality or state of deserving well or ill; desert.
Merit (n.) Esp. in a good sense: The quality or state of deserving well; worth; excellence.
Merit (n.) Reward deserved; any mark or token of excellence or approbation; as, his teacher gave him ten merits.
Merited (imp. & p. p.) of Merit
Meriting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Merit
Merit (n.) To earn by service or performance; to have a right to claim as reward; to deserve; sometimes, to deserve in a bad sense; as, to merit punishment.
Merit (n.) To reward.
Merit (v. i.) To acquire desert; to gain value; to receive benefit; to profit.
Meritable (a.) Deserving of reward.
Merited (a.) 該得的；理所當然的；merit的動詞過去式、過去分詞 Properly deserved; "a merited success" [syn: {merited}, {deserved}] [ant: {unmerited}].
Meritedly (adv.) 應得地；當然地 By merit; deservedly.
Merithal (n.) Alt. of Merithallus
Merithallus (n.) (Botany) Same as Internode.
Compare: Internode
Internode (n.) （神經或枝莖等之）節間部分 A slender part between two nodes or joints.
Internode (n.) (Botany) A part of a plant stem between two of the nodes from which leaves emerge.
Internode (n.) (Anatomy) A stretch of a nerve cell axon sheathed in myelin, between two nodes of Ranvier.
Meritmonger (n.) One who depends on merit for salvation. [Obs.] -- Milner.
Compare: Salvation
Salvation (n.) [Mass noun] 救助，拯救 [U]；救星；救助的手段（或工具）[the S]；【宗】拯救，救世 [U] Preservation or deliverance from harm, ruin, or loss.
‘They try to sell it to us as economic salvation.’
Salvation (n.) (One's salvation) A source or means of being saved from harm, ruin, or loss.
‘His only salvation was to outfly the enemy.’
Salvation (n.) (Theology) Deliverance from sin and its consequences, believed by Christians to be brought about by faith in Christ.
‘The Christian gospel of salvation for all mankind.’
Meritorious (a.) 有功績的；有價值的；值得稱讚的；令人敬佩的 Possessing merit; deserving of reward or honor; worthy of recompense; valuable.
And meritorious shall that hand be called, Canonized, and worshiped as a saint. -- Shak. -- {Mer`i*to"ri*ous*ly}, adv. -- {Mer`i*to"ri*ous*ness}, n.
Meritorious (a.) Deserving reward or praise; "a lifetime of meritorious service"; "meritorious conduct" [syn: {meritorious}, {meritable}].
Meritorious (a.) Deserving reward or praise.
‘A medal for meritorious conduct.’
Meritorious (a.) (North American Law) (Of an action or claim) Likely to succeed on the merits of the case.
‘The costs involved in civil litigation may prevent a meritorious appeal.’
Meritory (a.) Meritorious.
Meritot (n.) A play of children, in swinging on ropes, or the like, till they are dizzy.
Merk (n.) An old Scotch silver coin; a mark or marc.
Merk (n.) A mark; a sign.
Merke (a.) Murky.
Merkin (n.) Originally, a wig; afterwards, a mop for cleaning cannon.
Merl (n.) Alt. of Merle
Merle (n.) The European blackbird. See Blackbird.
Merlin (n.) A small European falcon (Falco lithofalco, or F. aesalon).
Merling (n.) The European whiting.
Merlon (n.) One of the solid parts of a battlemented parapet; a battlement. See Illust. of Battlement.
Merluce (n.) The European hake; -- called also herring hake and sea pike.
Mermaid (n.) A fabled marine creature, typically represented as having the upper part like that of a woman, and the lower like a fish; a sea nymph, sea woman, or woman fish.
Mermen (n. pl. ) of Merman
Merman (n.) The male corresponding to mermaid; a sea man, or man fish.
Meroblast (n.) An ovum, as that of a mammal, only partially composed of germinal matter, that is, consisting of both a germinal portion and an albuminous or nutritive one; -- opposed to holoblast.
Meroblastic (a.) Consisting only in part of germinal matter; characterized by partial segmentation only; as, meroblastic ova, in which a portion of the yolk only undergoes fission; meroblastic segmentation; -- opposed to holoblastic.
Merocele (n.) Hernia in the thigh; femoral hernia .
Meroistic (a.) Applied to the ovaries of insects when they secrete vitelligenous cells, as well as ova.
Meropidan (n.) One of a family of birds (Meropidae), including the bee-eaters.
Meropodite (n.) The fourth joint of a typical appendage of Crustacea.
Merorganization (n.) Organization in part.
Meros (n.) The plain surface between the channels of a triglyph.
Meros (n.) The proximal segment of the hind limb; the thigh.
Merosome (n.) One of the serial segments, or metameres, of which the bodies of vertebrate and articulate animals are composed.
Merostomata (n. pl.) A class of Arthropoda, allied to the Crustacea. It includes the trilobites, Eurypteroidea, and Limuloidea. All are extinct except the horseshoe crabs of the last group. See Limulus.
Merou (n.) See Jack, 8 (c).
Merovingian (a.) Of or pertaining to the first Frankish dynasty in Gaul or France.
Merovingian (n.) One of the kings of this dynasty.
Merrily (adv.) In a merry manner; with mirth; with gayety and laughter; jovially. See Mirth, and Merry.
Merrimake (n.) See Merrymake, n.
Merrimake (v. i.) See Merrymake, v.
Merriment (n.) Gayety, with laughter; mirth; frolic.
Merriness (n.) The quality or state of being merry; merriment; mirth; gayety, with laughter.
Merry (n.) (Bot.) A kind of wild red cherry.
Merry (a.) Laughingly gay; overflowing with good humor and good spirits; jovial; inclined to laughter or play ; sportive.
They drank, and were merry with him. -- Gen. xliii. 34.
I am never merry when I hear sweet music. -- Shak.
Merry (a.) Cheerful; joyous; not sad; happy.
Is any merry? let him sing psalms. -- Jas. v. 13.
Merry (a.) Causing laughter, mirth, gladness, or delight; as, a merry jest. "Merry wind and weather." -- Spenser.
{Merry dancers}. See under {Dancer}.
{Merry men}, Followers; retainers. [Obs.]
His merie men commanded he
To make him bothe game and glee. -- Chaucer.
{To make merry}, To be jovial; to indulge in hilarity; to feast with mirth. -- Judg. ix. 27.
Syn: Cheerful; blithe; lively; sprightly; vivacious; gleeful; joyous; mirthful; jocund; sportive; hilarious.
Merry (a.) Full of or showing high-spirited merriment; "when hearts were young and gay"; "a poet could not but be gay, in such a jocund company"- Wordsworth; "the jolly crowd at the reunion"; "jolly old Saint Nick"; "a jovial old gentleman"; "have a merry Christmas"; "peals of merry laughter"; "a mirthful laugh" [syn: {gay}, {jocund}, {jolly}, {jovial}, {merry}, {mirthful}].
Merry (a.) Offering fun and gaiety; "a festive (or festal) occasion"; "gay and exciting night life"; "a merry evening" [syn: {gay}, {festal}, {festive}, {merry}].
Merry (a.) Quick and energetic; "a brisk walk in the park"; "a lively gait"; "a merry chase"; "traveling at a rattling rate"; "a snappy pace"; "a spanking breeze" [syn: {alert}, {brisk}, {lively}, {merry}, {rattling}, {snappy}, {spanking}, {zippy}].
Merry-andrew (n.) One whose business is to make sport for others; a buffoon; a zany; especially, one who attends a mountebank or quack doctor.
Merry-go-round (n.) Any revolving contrivance for affording amusement; esp., a ring of flying hobbyhorses.
Merrymake (n.) Mirth; frolic; a meeting for mirth; a festival.
Merrymake (v. i.) To make merry; to be jolly; to feast.
Merrymaker (n.) One who makes merriment or indulges in conviviality; a jovial comrade.
Merrymaking (a.) Making or producing mirth; convivial; jolly.
Merrymaking (n.) The act of making merry; conviviality; merriment; jollity.
Merrymeeting (n.) A meeting for mirth.
Merrythought (n.) The forked bone of a fowl's breast; -- called also wishbone. See Furculum.
Mersion (n.) Immersion.
Merulidan (n.) A bird of the Thrush family.
Merus (n.) See Meros.
Mervaille (n.) Marvel.
Mes- () See Meso-.
Mesa (n.) [Sp.] A high tableland; a plateau on a hill. [Southwestern U.S.] -- Bartlett.
Mesa (n.) Flat tableland with steep edges; "the tribe was relatively safe on the mesa but they had to descend into the valley for water" [syn: {mesa}, {table}].
Mesa (n.) A city in Arizona just to the east of Phoenix; originally a suburb of Phoenix.
MESA (n.) MetaEmailSearchAgent (WWW, Internet)
Mesaconate (n.) A salt of mesaconic acid.
Mesaconic (a.) Pertaining to, or designating, one of several isomeric acids obtained from citric acid.
Mesad (adv.) Same as Mesiad.
Mesal (a.) Same as Mesial.
Mesalliance (n.) A marriage with a person of inferior social position; a misalliance.
Mesally (adv.) Same as Mesially.
Mesam/boid (n.) One of a class of independent, isolated cells found in the mesoderm, while the germ layers are undergoing differentiation.