Melancholia (n.) 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.
Melancholian (n.) A person affected with melancholy; a melancholic.
Melancholic (a.) Given to melancholy; depressed; melancholy; dejected; unhappy.
Melancholic (n.) One affected with a gloomy state of mind.
Melancholic (n.) A gloomy state of mind; melancholy.
Melancholily (adv.) In a melancholy manner.
Melancholiness (n.) The state or quality of being melancholy.
Melancholious (a.) Melancholy.
Melancholist (n.) One affected with melancholy or dejection.
Melancholize (v. i.) To become gloomy or dejected in mind.
Melancholize (v. t.) To make melancholy.
Melancholy (n.) Depression of spirits; a gloomy state continuing a considerable time; deep dejection; gloominess.
Melancholy (n.) Great and continued depression of spirits, amounting to mental unsoundness; melancholia.
Melancholy (n.) Pensive maditation; serious thoughtfulness.
Melancholy (n.) Ill nature.
Melancholy (a.) Depressed in spirits; dejected; gloomy dismal.
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.
Melancholy (a.) Favorable to meditation; somber.
Melanesian (a.) Of or pertaining to Melanesia.
Melange (n.) A mixture; a medley.
Melanian (n.) One of a family of fresh-water pectinibranchiate mollusks, having a turret-shaped shell.
Melanic (a.) Melanotic.
Melanic (a.) Of or pertaining to the black-haired races.
Melaniline (n.) 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.) 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.
Melanism (n.) An undue development of dark-colored pigment in the skin or its appendages; -- the opposite of albinism.
Melanism (n.) A disease; black jaundice. See Mel/na.
Melanistic (a.) Affected with melanism; of the nature of melanism.
Melanite (n.) A black variety of garnet.
Melanochroi (n. pl.) A group of the human race, including the dark whites.
Melanochroic (a.) Having a dark complexion; of or pertaining to the Melanochroi.
Melanochroite (n.) 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.
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.
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.) A fight in which the combatants are mingled in one confused mass; a hand to hand conflict; an affray.
Melena (n.) See Melaena.
Melene (n.) 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.
Meletin (n.) 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 Melib/an
Melib/an (a.) Alternately responsive, as verses.
Melic () Of or pertaining to song; lyric; tuneful.
Melicerous (a.) Consisting of or containing matter like honey; -- said of certain encysted tumors.
Melic grass () A genus of grasses (Melica) of little agricultural importance.
Melicotoon (n.) See Melocoton.
Melicratory (n.) A meadlike drink.
Melilite (n.) A mineral occurring in small yellow crystals, found in the lavas (melilite basalt) of Vesuvius, and elsewhere.
Melilot (n.) 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.
Melilotic (a.) 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.
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.
Meliorate (v. i.) To grow better.
Meliorater (n.) Same as Meliorator.
Melioration (n.) The act or operation of meliorating, or the state of being meliorated; improvement.
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 (pl. ) of Melisma
Melisma (n.) A piece of melody; a song or tune, -- as opposed to recitative or musical declamation.
Melisma (n.) A grace or embellishment.
Melissa (n.) A genus of labiate herbs, including the balm, or bee balm (Melissa officinalis).
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.
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.