Mellifluently (adv.) In a mellifluent manner.
Mellifluous (a.) Flowing as with honey; smooth; flowing sweetly or smoothly; as, a mellifluous voice.
Melligenous (a.) Having the qualities of honey.
Melligo (n.) Honeydew.
Melliloquent (a.) Speaking sweetly or harmoniously.
Melliphagan (n.) See Meliphagan.
Melliphagous (a.) See Meliphagous.
Mellitate (n.) A salt of mellitic acid.
Mellite (n.) A mineral of a honey color, found in brown coal, and partly the result of vegetable decomposition; honeystone. It is a mellitate of alumina.
Mellitic (a.) Containing saccharine matter; marked by saccharine secretions; as, mellitic diabetes.
Mellitic (a.) Pertaining to, or derived from, the mineral mellite.
Mellone (n.) A yellow powder, C6H3N9, obtained from certain sulphocyanates. It has acid properties and forms compounds called mellonides.
Mellonide (n.) See Mellone.
Mellow (superl.) Soft or tender by reason of ripeness; having a tender pulp; as, a mellow apple.
Mellow (superl.) Easily worked or penetrated; not hard or rigid; as, a mellow soil.
Mellow (superl.) Not coarse, rough, or harsh; subdued; soft; rich; delicate; -- said of sound, color, flavor, style, etc.
Mellow (superl.) Well matured; softened by years; genial; jovial.
Mellow (superl.) Warmed by liquor; slightly intoxicated.
Mellowed (imp. & p. p.) of Mellow
Mellowing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Mellow
Mellow (v. t.) To make mellow.
Mellow (v. i.) To become mellow; as, ripe fruit soon mellows.
Mellowly (adv.) In a mellow manner.
Mellowness (n.) Quality or state of being mellow.
Mellowy (a.) Soft; unctuous.
Melluco (n.) A climbing plant (Ullucus officinalis) of the Andes, having tuberous roots which are used as a substitute for potatoes.
Melne (n.) A mill.
Melocoton (n.) Alt. of Melocotoon
Melocotoon (n.) A quince.
Melocotoon (n.) A kind of peach having one side deep red, and the flesh yellow.
Melodeon (n.) A kind of small reed organ; -- a portable form of the seraphine.
Melodeon (n.) A music hall.
Melodic (a.) Of the nature of melody; relating to, containing, or made up of, melody; melodious.
Melodics (n.) The department of musical science which treats of the pitch of tones, and of the laws of melody.
Melodiograph (n.) A contrivance for preserving a record of music, by recording the action of the keys of a musical instrument when played upon.
Melodious (a.) Containing, or producing, melody; musical; agreeable to the ear by a sweet succession of sounds; as, a melodious voice.
Melodist (n.) A composer or singer of melodies.
Melodized (imp. & p. p.) of Melodize
Melodizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Melodize
Melodize (v. t.) To make melodious; to form into, or set to, melody.
Melodize (v. i.) To make melody; to compose melodies; to harmonize.
Melodrama (n.) Formerly, a kind of drama having a musical accompaniment to intensify the effect of certain scenes. Now, a drama abounding in romantic sentiment and agonizing situations, with a musical accompaniment only in parts which are especially thrilling or pathetic. In opera, a passage in which the orchestra plays a somewhat descriptive accompaniment, while the actor speaks; as, the melodrama in the gravedigging scene of Beethoven's "Fidelio".
Melodramatic (a.) Of or pertaining to melodrama; like or suitable to a melodrama; unnatural in situation or action.
Melodramatist (n.) One who acts in, or writes, melodramas.
Melodrame (n.) Melodrama.
Melodies (pl. ) of Melody
Melody (n.) A sweet or agreeable succession of sounds.
Melody (n.) A rhythmical succession of single tones, ranging for the most part within a given key, and so related together as to form a musical whole, having the unity of what is technically called a musical thought, at once pleasing to the ear and characteristic in expression.
Melody (n.) The air or tune of a musical piece.
Meloe () A genus of beetles without wings, but having short oval elytra; the oil beetles. These beetles are sometimes used instead of cantharides for raising blisters. See Oil beetle, under Oil.
Melograph (n.) Same as Melodiograph.
Melolonthidian (n.) A beetle of the genus Melolontha, and allied genera. See May beetle, under May.
Melon (n.) The juicy fruit of certain cucurbitaceous plants, as the muskmelon, watermelon, and citron melon; also, the plant that produces the fruit.
Melon (n.) A large, ornamental, marine, univalve shell of the genus Melo.
Melopiano (n.) A piano having a mechanical attachment which enables the player to prolong the notes at will.
Meloplastic (a.) Of or pertaining to meloplasty, or the artificial formation of a new cheek.
Meloplasty (n.) The process of restoring a cheek which has been destroyed wholly or in part.
Melop/ia (n.) The art of forming melody; melody; -- now often used for a melodic passage, rather than a complete melody.
Melotype (n.) A picture produced by a process in which development after exposure may be deferred indefinitely, so as to permit transportation of exposed plates; also, the process itself.
Melpomene (n.) The Muse of tragedy.
Melpomene (n.) The eighteenth asteroid.
Melrose (n.) Honey of roses.
Melt (n.) See 2d Milt.
Melted (imp. & p. p.) of Melt
Molten (p. p.) of Melt
Melting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Melt
Melt (v.) To reduce from a solid to a liquid state, as by heat; to liquefy; as, to melt wax, tallow, or lead; to melt ice or snow.
Melt (v.) Hence: To soften, as by a warming or kindly influence; to relax; to render gentle or susceptible to mild influences; sometimes, in a bad sense, to take away the firmness of; to weaken.
Melt (v. i.) To be changed from a solid to a liquid state under the influence of heat; as, butter and wax melt at moderate temperatures.
Melt (v. i.) To dissolve; as, sugar melts in the mouth.
Melt (v. i.) Hence: To be softened; to become tender, mild, or gentle; also, to be weakened or subdued, as by fear.
Melt (v. i.) To lose distinct form or outline; to blend.
Melt (v. i.) To disappear by being dispersed or dissipated; as, the fog melts away.
Meltable (a.) Capable of being melted.
Melter (n.) One who, or that which, melts.
Melting (n.) Liquefaction; the act of causing (something) to melt, or the process of becoming melted.
Melting (a.) Causing to melt; becoming melted; -- used literally or figuratively; as, a melting heat; a melting appeal; a melting mood.
Melton (n.) A kind of stout woolen cloth with unfinished face and without raised nap. A commoner variety has a cotton warp.
Member (v. t.) To remember; to cause to remember; to mention.
Member (n.) A part of an animal capable of performing a distinct office; an organ; a limb.
Member (n.) Hence, a part of a whole; an independent constituent of a body
Member (n.) A part of a discourse or of a period or sentence; a clause; a part of a verse.
Member (n.) Either of the two parts of an algebraic equation, connected by the sign of equality.
Member (n.) Any essential part, as a post, tie rod, strut, etc., of a framed structure, as a bridge truss.
Member (n.) Any part of a building, whether constructional, as a pier, column, lintel, or the like, or decorative, as a molding, or group of moldings.
Member (n.) One of the persons composing a society, community, or the like; an individual forming part of an association; as, a member of the society of Friends.
Membered (a.) Having limbs; -- chiefly used in composition.
Membered (a.) Having legs of a different tincture from that of the body; -- said of a bird in heraldic representations.
Membership (n.) The state of being a member.
Membership (n.) The collective body of members, as of a society.
Membral (a.) Relating to a member.
Membranaceous (a.) Same as Membranous.
Membranaceous (a.) Thin and rather soft or pliable, as the leaves of the rose, peach tree, and aspen poplar.
Membrane (n.) A thin layer or fold of tissue, usually supported by a fibrous network, serving to cover or line some part or organ, and often secreting or absorbing certain fluids.
Membraneous (a.) See Membranous.
Membraniferous (a.) Having or producing membranes.
Membraniform (a.) Having the form of a membrane or of parchment.
Membranology (n.) The science which treats of membranes.
Membranous (a.) Pertaining to, consisting of, or resembling, membrane; as, a membranous covering or lining.
Membranous (a.) Membranaceous.