Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter M - Page 38
Mesaraic (a.) (Anat.) Mesenteric.
Mesaticephalic (a.) (Anat.) Having the ratio of the length to the breadth of the cranium a medium one; neither brachycephalic nor dolichocephalic.
Mesaticephalous (a.) (Anat.) Mesaticephalic.
Compare: Maguey
Maguey (n.) (Bot.) Any of several species of Agave, such as the century plant ({Agave Americana}), a plant requiring many years to come to maturity and blossoming only once before dying; and the Agave atrovirens, a Mexican plant used especially for making pulque, the source of the colorless Mexican liquor mescal;+and+the+mescal; and the cantala ({Agave cantala), a Philippine plant yielding a hard fibre used in making coarse twine. See Agave.
Maguey (n.) A hard fibre used in making coarse twine, derived from the Philippine Agave cantala ({Agave cantala); also called cantala.
Mescal (n.) [Sp.] A distilled liquor prepared in Mexico from a species of agave. See Agave.
Compare: Agave
Agave (prop. n.) (Bot.) A genus of plants (order Amaryllidaceae) of which the chief species is the maguey or century plant ({Agave Americana), wrongly called Aloe. It takes from ten to seventy years, according to climate, to attain maturity, when it produces a gigantic flower stem, sometimes forty feet in height, and perishes. The juice has purgative and diuretic properties.
The fermented juice is the pulque of the Mexicans; distilled, it yields mescal. A strong thread and a tough paper are made from the leaves, and the wood has many uses.
Mescal (n.) A small spineless globe-shaped cactus; source of mescal buttons [syn: mescal, mezcal, peyote, Lophophora williamsii].
Mescal (n.) A colorless Mexican liquor distilled from fermented juices of certain desert plants of the genus Agavaceae (especially the century plant).
Madame (n.; pl. Mesdames.) My lady; -- a French title formerly given to ladies of quality; now, in France, given to all married women. -- Chaucer. Mad-apple
Madam (n.; pl. Madams, or Mesdames.) [See Madame.] A gentlewoman; -- an appellation or courteous form of address given to a lady, especially an elderly or a married lady; -- much used in the address, at the beginning of a letter, to a woman. The corresponding word in addressing a man is Sir; often abbreviated ma'am when used as a term of address.
Madam (n.; pl. Madams, or Mesdames.) The woman who is in charge of a household.
Madam (n.; pl. Madams, or Mesdames.) The woman who is in charge of a brothel.
Mesdames (n.) pl. of Madame and Madam.
Meseemed (imp.) of Meseems.
Meseems (v. impers.) It seems to me. [Poetic]
Measle (n.) A leper. [Obs.] [Written also meazel, and mesel.] -- Wyclif (Matt. x. 8. ).
Mesel (n.) A leper. [Obs.]
Meselry (n.) Leprosy. [Obs.] -- Chaucer.
Mesembryanthemum (n.) (Bot.) A genus of herbaceous or suffruticose plants, chiefly natives of South Africa. The leaves are opposite, thick, and fleshy.
The flowers usually open about midday, whence the name.
Mesembryanthemum (n.) South African annual or biennial plants having flowers that open only in bright sunlight [syn: Mesembryanthemum, genus Mesembryanthemum].
Mesencephalic (a.) (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the mesencephalon or midbrain.
Mesencephalon (n.) (Anat.) The middle segment of the brain; the midbrain. Sometimes abbreviated to mesen. See Brain.
Mesencephalon (n.) The middle portion of the brain [syn: midbrain, mesencephalon].
Mesenchyma (n.) (Biol.) The part of the mesoblast which gives rise to the connective tissues and blood.
Mesenteric (a.) (Anat.) Pertaining to a mesentery; mesaraic.
Mesenteric (a.) Of or relating to or located in a mesentery.
Mesenteron (n.) (Anat.) All that part of the alimentary canal which is developed from the primitive enteron and is lined with hypoblast. It is distinguished from the stomodaeum, a part at the anterior end of the canal, including the cavity of the mouth, and the proctodaeum, a part at the posterior end, which are formed by invagination and are lined with epiblast.
Mesentery (n.) (Anat.) The membranes, or one of the membranes (consisting of a fold of the peritoneum and inclosed tissues), which connect the intestines and their appendages with the dorsal wall of the abdominal cavity. The mesentery proper is connected with the jejunum and ilium, the other mesenteries being called mesocaecum, mesocolon, mesorectum, etc.
Mesentery (n.) (Zool.) One of the vertical muscular radiating partitions which divide the body cavity of Anthozoa into chambers.
Mesentery (n.) A double layer of peritoneum that attaches to the back wall of the abdominal cavity and supports the small intestines.
Meseraic (a.) (Anat.) Mesaraic.
Mesethmoid (a.) (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the middle of the ethmoid region or ethmoid bone.
Mesethmoid (n.) (Anat.) The median vertical plate, or median element, of the ethmoid bone.
Mesh (n.) The opening or space inclosed by the threads of a net between knot and knot, or the threads inclosing such a space; network; a net.
A golden mesh to entrap the hearts of men. -- Shak.
Mesh (n.) (Gearing) The engagement of the teeth of wheels, or of a wheel and rack.
Mesh stick, A stick on which the mesh is formed in netting.
Meshed (imp. & p. p.) of Mesh.
Meshing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Mesh.
Mesh (v. t.) To catch in a mesh. -- Surrey.
Mesh (v. i.) (Gearing) To engage with each other, as the teeth of wheels.
Mesh (n.) The number of openings per linear inch of a screen; measures size of particles; "a 100 mesh screen"; "100 mesh powdered cellulose".
Mesh (n.) Contact by fitting together; "the engagement of the clutch"; "the meshing of gears" [syn: engagement, mesh, meshing, interlocking].
Mesh (n.) The topology of a network whose components are all connected directly to every other component [syn: mesh topology, mesh].
Mesh (n.) An open fabric of string or rope or wire woven together at regular intervals [syn: net, network, mesh, meshing, meshwork].
Mesh (n.) The act of interlocking or meshing; "an interlocking of arms by the police held the crowd in check" [syn: mesh, meshing, interlock, interlocking].
Mesh (v.) Keep engaged; "engaged the gears" [syn: engage, mesh, lock, operate] [ant: disengage, withdraw].
Mesh (v.) Coordinate in such a way that all parts work together effectively [syn: interlock, mesh].
Mesh (v.) Work together in harmony.
Mesh (v.) Entangle or catch in (or as if in) a mesh [syn: enmesh, mesh, ensnarl].
Mesh (n.) [ C or U ] (A piece of) （金屬絲、塑膠或線織成的）網，網狀物 Material like a net with spaces in it, made from wire, plastic, or thread.
// A sieve with a fine/ large mesh.
// A wire mesh fence.
Mesh (v.) [ I ] (Suit) 緊密配合；相互協調 When different things or people mesh, they suit each other or work well together.
// The members of the team just didn't mesh.
// I need a job that meshes with my family life, as I have two little kids.
Mesh (v.) [ I ] (Join) (Specialized) (Engineering) 嚙合 To join together in the correct position.
// The car's gears aren't meshing correctly.
Meshed (a.) Mashed; brewed. [Obs.] -- Shak.
Meshed (a.) Resembling a network; "a meshed road system".
Meshed (a.) (Used of toothed parts or gears) Interlocked and interacting; "the gears are engaged"; "meshed gears"; "intermeshed twin rotors" [syn: engaged, meshed, intermeshed].
Meshed (n.) The holy city of Shiite Muslims; located in northeastern Iran [syn: Mashhad, Meshed].
Meshy (a.) Formed with meshes; netted.
Mesiad (adv.) (Anat.) Toward, or on the side toward, the mesial plane; mesially; -- opposed to laterad.
Mesial (a.) (Anat.) Middle; median; in, or in the region of, the mesial plane; internal; -- opposed to lateral.
Mesial plane. (Anat.) See Meson.
Mesial (a.) Being in or directed toward the midline or mesial plane of the body [ant: distal].
Mesially (adv.) (Anat.) In, near, or toward, the mesial plane; mesiad.
Mesityl (n.) (Chem.) A hypothetical radical formerly supposed to exist in mesityl oxide.
Mesityl oxide (Chem.), A volatile liquid having the odor of peppermint, obtained by certain dehydrating agents from acetone; -- formerly called also dumasin.
Mesitylenate (n.) (Chem.) A salt of mesitylenic acid.
Mesitylene (n.) (Chem.) A colorless, fragrant liquid, C6H3 (CH3) 3, of the benzene series of hydrocarbons, obtained by distilling acetone with sulphuric acid. -- Me*sit`y*len"ic, a.
Mesitylol (n.) (Chem.) A crystalline substance obtained from mesitylene.
Compare: Maslin
Maslin (a.) Composed of different sorts; as, maslin bread, which is made of rye mixed with a little wheat. [Written also meslin, mislin, etc.]
Maslin (n.) A mixture composed of different materials; especially:
Maslin (n.) (a) A mixture of metals resembling brass.
Maslin (n.) (b) A mixture of different sorts of grain, as wheat and rye. [Written also meslin, mislin, maselyn, mastlin.]
Maslin (n.) A vessel made of maslin, 1 (a) . [Obs.]
Mead eke in a maselyn. -- Chaucer.
Meslin (n.) See Maslin.
Miscellane (n.) A mixture of two or more sorts of grain; -- now called maslin and meslin. -- Bacon.
Mesmeree (n.) A person subjected to mesmeric influence; one who is mesmerized. [R.] Mesmeric
Mesmeric (a.) Alt. of Mesmerical.
Mesmeric, Mesmerical (a.) Of, pertaining to, or induced by, mesmerism; as, mesmeric sleep.
Mesmeric (a.) Attracting and holding interest as if by a spell; "read the bedtime story in a hypnotic voice"; "she had a warm mesmeric charm"; "the sheer force of his presence was mesmerizing"; "a spellbinding description of life in ancient Rome" [syn: hypnotic, mesmeric, mesmerizing, spellbinding].
Mesmerism (n.) 催眠術；催眠狀態；難以抗拒的魅力 An earlier name for {hypnosis} or {hypnotism}, the art of inducing an extraordinary or abnormal state of the nervous system, in which the actor claims to control the actions, and communicate directly with the mind, of the recipient. It is believed to be a state between sleep and wakefulness, in which a person is more susceptible to suggestion than when awake. See {Animal magnetism}, under {Magnetism}.
Mesmerism (n.) The act of inducing hypnosis [syn: {hypnotism}, {mesmerism}, {suggestion}].
Mesmerism (n.) Hypnotism before it wore good clothes, kept a carriage and asked Incredulity to dinner.
Mesmerism (n.) Hypnotic induction held to involve animal magnetism; broadly : Hypnotism.
Mesmerism (n.) Hypnotic appeal. -- Mesmerist (n.)
Mesmerist (n.) 催眠師 One who practices, or believes in, mesmerism.
Mesmerist (n.) A person who induces hypnosis [syn: {hypnotist}, {hypnotizer}, {hypnotiser}, {mesmerist}, {mesmerizer}].
Mesmerization (n.) 催眠狀態 The act of mesmerizing; the state of being mesmerized.
Mesmerized (imp. & p. p.) of Mesmerize.
Mesmerizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Mesmerize.
Mesmerize (v. t.) 對……施催眠術；迷住；迷惑 To bring into a state of mesmeric sleep; to hypnotize.
Mesmerize (v. t.) To produce an intense fascination in; to spellbind.
Mesmerize (v.) Attract strongly, as if with a magnet; "She magnetized the audience with her tricks" [syn: {magnetize}, {mesmerize}, {mesmerise}, {magnetise}, {bewitch}, {spellbind}].
Mesmerize (v.) Induce hypnosis in [syn: {hypnotize}, {hypnotise}, {mesmerize}, {mesmerise}].
Mesmerize (v. ) Mesmerized, Mesmerizing, Mesmerizer (n.), To hold the attention of (someone) entirely : to interest or amaze (someone) so much that nothing else is seen or noticed.
Mesmerize (v. t.) To subject to mesmerism; also : Hypnotize.
Mesmerize (v. t.) Spellbind.
Mesmerizer (n.) One who mesmerizes.
Mesmerizer (n.) A person who induces hypnosis [syn: {hypnotist}, {hypnotizer}, {hypnotiser}, {mesmerist}, {mesmerizer}].
Mesne (a.) (Law) 中間的 Middle; intervening; as, a mesne lord, that is, a lord who holds land of a superior, but grants a part of it to another person, in which case he is a tenant to the superior, but lord or superior to the second grantee, and hence is called the mesne lord.
{Mesne process}, Intermediate process; process intervening between the beginning and end of a suit, sometimes understood to be the whole process preceding the execution. -- Blackstone. -- Burrill.
{Mesne profits}, Profits of premises during the time the owner has been wrongfully kept out of the possession of his estate. -- Burrill. Meso
Mesne (a.) The middle between two extremes, that part between the commencement and the end, as it relates to time.
Mesne (a.). Hence the profits which a man receives between disseisin and recovery of lands are called mesne profits. (q.v.) Process which is issued in a suit between the original and final process, is called mesne process. (q.v.)
Mesne (a.). In England, the word mesne also applies to a dignity: those persons who hold lordships or manors of some superior who is called lord paramount, and grant the same to inferior persons, are called mesne lords.
Mesne (a.) Writ of. The name of an ancient writ, which lies when: the lord paramount distrains on the tenant paravail; the latter shall have a writ of mesne against the lord who is mesne. F. N. B. 316.
Mes- () See Meso-.
Meso- () A combining form denoting in the middle, intermediate.
Meso- () Specif. (Chem.), Denoting a type of hydrocarbons which are regarded as methenyl derivatives. Also used adjectively.
Meso- () (Chem.) Optically inactive due to compensating optical activity at two or more asymmetric centers, often due to a plane of symmetry within the molecular structure; as, meso-tartaric acid.
Meso- ()Attached to a carbon atom located between two hereoatoms in a heterocyclic ring.
Mesoarium (n.) (Anat.) The fold of peritoneum which suspends the ovary from the dorsal wall of the body cavity ; the mesovarium.
Mesoblast (n.) (Biol.) The mesoderm.
Mesoblast (n.) (Biol.) The cell nucleus; mesoplast.
Mesoblastic (a.) (Biol.) Relating to the mesoblast; as, the mesoblastic layer.
Mesobranchial (a.) (Zool.) Of or pertaining to a region of the carapace of a crab covering the middle branchial region.
Mesobronchia (n. pl. ) of Mesobronchium.
Mesobronchium (n.) (Anat.) The main bronchus of each lung.
Mesocaecum (n.) (Anat.) The fold of peritoneum attached to the caecum. -- Mes`o*cae"cal, a.
Mesocarp (n.) (Bot.) The middle layer of a pericarp which consists of three distinct or dissimilar layers. -- Gray.
Mesocephalic (a.) (Anat.) Of or pertaining to, or in the region of, the middle of the head; as, the mesocephalic flexure.
Mesocephalic (a.) (Anat.) Having the cranial cavity of medium capacity; neither megacephalic nor microcephalic.
Mesocephalic (a.) (Anat.) Having the ratio of the length to the breadth of the cranium a medium one; mesaticephalic.
Mesocephalon (n.) (Anat.) The pons Varolii.
Mesocephalous (a.) (Anat.) Mesocephalic. Mesocoele
Mesocoele (n.) Alt. of Mesocoelia
Mesocoelia (n.) (Anat.) The cavity of the mesencephalon; the iter.
Mesocolon (n.) (Anat.) The fold of peritoneum, or mesentery, attached to the colon. -- Mes`o*col"ic, a.
Mesocoracoid (n.) (Anat.) A process from the middle of the coracoid in some animals. Mesocuneiform
Mesocuneiform (n.) Alt. of Mesocuniform.
Mesocuniform (n.) (Anat.) One of the bones of the tarsus. See 2d Cuneiform.
Compare: Cuneiform
Cuneiform, Cuniform (n.) The wedge-shaped characters used in ancient Persian and Assyrian inscriptions. -- I. Taylor (The Alphabet).
Cuneiform, Cuniform (n.) (Anat.) (a) One of the three tarsal bones supporting the first, second third metatarsals. They are usually designated as external, middle, and internal, or ectocuniform, mesocuniform, and entocuniform, respectively.
Cuneiform, Cuniform (n.) (Anat.) (b) One of the carpal bones usually articulating with the ulna; -- called also pyramidal and ulnare.
Mesoderm (n.) (Biol.)【動】中胚層 The layer of the blastoderm, between the ectoderm and endoderm; mesoblast. See Illust. of {Blastoderm} and {Ectoderm}.
Mesoderm (n.) (Biol.) The middle body layer in some invertebrates.
Mesoderm (n.) (Biol.) The middle layer of tissue in some vegetable structures.
Mesoderm (n.) The middle germ layer that develops into muscle and bone and cartilage and blood and connective tissue [syn: {mesoderm}, {mesoblast}].
Mesodermal (a.) (Biol.) 中胚層的 Pertaining to, or derived from, the mesoderm; as, mesodermal tissues.
Mesodermal (a.) Relating to or derived from the mesoderm [syn: {mesoblastic}, {mesodermal}].
Mesodermic (a.) (Biology) 中胚層的 Same as {Mesodermal}.
Mesodont (a.) (Anat.) 中型牙的 Having teeth of moderate size.
Mesogaster (n.) (Anat.) 胃系膜 The fold of peritoneum connecting the stomach with the dorsal wall of the abdominal cavity; the mesogastrium.
Mesogastric (a.) (Anat.) [醫] 胃系膜的 Of or pertaining to the middle region of the abdomen, or of the stomach.
Mesogastric (a.) (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the mesogaster.
Mesogastric (a.) Of or pertaining to the middle gastric lobe of the carapace of a crab.
Mesogastrium (n.) (Anat.) 胃系膜; 中腹部 The umbilical region.
Mesogastrium (n.) (Anat.) The mesogaster.
Mesogloea (n.) (Zool.) 中膠層 A thin gelatinous tissue separating the ectoderm and endoderm in certain coelenterates. -- Mes`o*gl[oe]"al, a.
Mesognathous (a.) (Not comparable) (Anat.)（人）有中型而微突之頷的 Having the jaws slightly projecting; between prognathous and orthognathous. See Gnathic index, under Gnathic.
Mesohepar (n.) (Anat.) A fold of the peritoneum connecting the liver with the dorsal wall of the abdominal cavity.
Mesohippus (n.) (Paleon.) An extinct mammal of the Horse family, but not larger than a sheep, and having three toes on each foot.
Mesohippus (n.) North American three-toed Oligocene animal; probably not directly ancestral to modern horses.
Mesolabe (n.) An instrument of the ancients for finding two mean proportionals between two given lines, required in solving the problem of the duplication of the cube. -- Brande & C.
Mesole (n.) (Min.) Same as Thomsonite.
Compare: Thomsonite
Thomsonite (n.) (Min.) A zeolitic mineral, occurring generally in masses of a radiated structure. It is a hydrous silicate of aluminia, lime, and soda. Called also mesole, and comptonite.
Mesolite (n.) (Min.) A zeolitic mineral, grayish white or yellowish, occuring in delicate groups of crystals, also fibrous massive. It is a hydrous silicate of alumina, lime, and soda.
Mesologarithm (n.) (Math.) A logarithm of the cosine or cotangent. [Obs.] -- Kepler. Hutton.
Mesometrium (n.) (Anat.) The fold of the peritoneum supporting the oviduct.
Mesomyodian (n.) (Zool.) A bird having a mesomyodous larynx.
Mesomyodous (a.) (Zool.) Having the intrinsic muscles of the larynx attached to the middle of the semirings.
Meson (n.) (Anat.) The mesial plane dividing the body of an animal into similar right and left halves. The line in which it meets the dorsal surface has been called the dorsimeson, and the corresponding ventral edge the ventrimeson. -- B. G. Wilder.
Meson (n.) (Physics) An elementary particle made up of two quarks; a hadron having a baryon number of zero; any hadron other than a baryon. Mesons are bosons with integral values of spin, having a mass intermediate between those of the electron and a nucleon; they may have positive or negative charges, or may be neutral. Mesons are of three types: the pion ([pi]-meson), kaon (K-mesons), and [eta]-mesons.
Mu meson (Physics) The former name for the muon, a particle which is not a true meson[2]. The term is no longer used in technical literature, except historically.
Meson (n.) An elementary particle responsible for the forces in the atomic nucleus; a hadron with a baryon number of 0 [syn: meson, mesotron].
Mesonasal (a.) (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the middle portion of the nasal region.
Mesonephric (a.) (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the mesonephros; as, the mesonephric, or Wolffian, duct.
Mesonephros (n.) (Anat.) The middle one of the three pairs of embryonic renal organs developed in most vertebrates; the Wolffian body.
Mesonotum (n.) (Zool.) 中胸背板 (昆蟲) The dorsal portion of the mesothorax of insects.
Mesophloeum (n.) (Bot.) The middle bark of a tree; the green layer of bark, usually soon covered by the outer or corky layer, and obliterated.
Mesophryon (n.) (Anat.) See Glabella.