Part 6937

<h1>Meiosis</h1> <Xpage=909>

<hw>Mei*o"sis</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[NL., fr. Gr. <?/, fr. <?/ to make smaller, from <?/. See <er>Meionite</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Rhet.)</fld> <def>Diminution; a species of hyperbole, representing a thing as being less than it really is.</def>

<h1>Melostemonous</h1> <Xpage=909>

<hw>Mel`o*stem"o*nous</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/ smaller + <?/ warp, thread.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>Having fever stamens than the parts of the corolla.</def>

<h1>Meistersinger</h1> <Xpage=909>

<hw>Meis"ter*sing`er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[G.]</ety> <def>See <er>Mastersinger</er>.</def>

<h1>Mekhitarist</h1> <Xpage=909>

<hw>Mekh"i*tar*ist</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Ecc. Hist.)</fld> <def>See <er>Mechitarist</er>.</def>

<h1>Melaconite</h1> <Xpage=909>

<hw>Me*lac"o*nite</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/ black + <?/ dust.]</ety> <fld>(Min.)</fld> <def>An earthy black oxide of copper, arising from the decomposition of other ores.</def>

<h1>Melada, Melado</h1> <Xpage=909>

<hw><hw>Me*la"da</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>Me*la"do</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>,<hw> <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Sp., prop. p. p. of <ets>melar</ets> to sugar, candy, fr. L. <ets>mel</ets> honey. See <er>Molasses</er>.]</ety> <def>A mixture of sugar and molasses; crude sugar as it comes from the pans without being drained.</def>

<h1>Mel\'91na</h1> <Xpage=909>

<hw>Me*l\'91"na</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[NL., fr. Gr. <?/, m., <?/, f., black.]</ety> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>A discharge from the bowels of black matter, consisting of altered blood.</def>

<h1>Melain</h1> <Xpage=909>

<hw>Mel"ain</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Mel</er><?/<er>na</er>.]</ety> <def>The dark coloring matter of the liquid of the cuttlefish.</def>

<h1>Melainotype</h1> <Xpage=909>

<hw>Me*lai"no*type</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>See <er>Melanotype</er>.</def>

<h1>Melam</h1> <Xpage=909>

<hw>Me"lam</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>m\'82lam</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>A white or buff-colored granular powder, <?/<?/<?/, obtained by heating ammonium sulphocyanate.</def>

<h1>Melamine</h1> <Xpage=909>

<hw>Me*lam"ine</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>A strong nitrogenous base, <chform>C3H6N6</chform>, produced from several cyanogen compounds, and obtained as a white crystalline substance, -- formerly supposed to be produced by the decomposition of <i>melam</i>. Called also <altname>cyanuramide</altname>.</def>

<h1>Melampode</h1> <Xpage=909>

<hw>Mel"am*pode</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/; of uncertain origin.]</ety> <def>The black hellebore.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Spenser.</i>

<h1>Melampyrin, Melampyrite</h1> <Xpage=909>

<hw><hw>Mel`am*py"rin</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>Mel`am*py"rite</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>,<hw> <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[NL. <ets>Melampyrum</ets> cowwheat; Gr. <?/ black + <?/ wheat.]</ety> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>The saccharine substance dulcite; -- so called because found in the leaves of cowwheat (<spn>Melampyrum</spn>). See <er>Dulcite</er>.</def>

<h1>Melan\'91mia</h1> <Xpage=909>