MEROPE
First name MEROPE's origin is Greek. MEROPE means "myth name (foster mother of oedipus)". You can find other first names and English words that rhymes with MEROPE below. Ryhme list involves the matching sounds according to the first letters, last letters and first&last letters of merope.(Brown names are of the same origin (Greek) with MEROPE and Red names are first names with English/Anglo-Saxon origin)
First Names Rhyming MEROPE
FIRST NAMES WHICH INCLUDES MEROPE AS A WHOLE:
NAMES RHYMING WITH MEROPE (According to last letters):
Rhyming Names According to Last 5 Letters (erope) - Names That Ends with erope:
Rhyming Names According to Last 4 Letters (rope) - Names That Ends with rope:
Rhyming Names According to Last 3 Letters (ope) - Names That Ends with ope:
antiope dryope kalliope penelope calliope stanhope hopeRhyming Names According to Last 2 Letters (pe) - Names That Ends with pe:
bupe anippe alcippe euterpe leucippe maipe nape xochipepe godalupe guadalupe lupe chepe felipe felippe kempe pepe philippe phillipe wilpe philipe thorpe kepe olympe guiseppeNAMES RHYMING WITH MEROPE (According to first letters):
Rhyming Names According to First 5 Letters (merop) - Names That Begins with merop:
Rhyming Names According to First 4 Letters (mero) - Names That Begins with mero:
Rhyming Names According to First 3 Letters (mer) - Names That Begins with mer:
meranda mercede mercedes mercer merci mercia mercie mercilla mercina mercy meredith merestun merewo merewode merewood meri merial meridel meriel merla merle merlin merlion merlow merlyn merna merri merric merrick merrie merril merrilee merrill merritt merry merryl merryn mersc mert mert-sekert merta mertice mertise merton mertys mertysa mervin mervyn merwyn merylRhyming Names According to First 2 Letters (me) - Names That Begins with me:
mead meade meadghbh meadhbh meadhra meadow meagan mealcoluim meara mearr mecatl meccus meda medb medea medina medora medoro medr medredydd medrod medus medusa medwin medwine medwyn meeda meena megan megane megara megdn megedagik meghan mehadi mehdi mehemet mehetabel meheytabel mehitabelle mehitahelle meht-urt mei-yin meika meilseoir meinhard meinke meino meinrad meinyardNAMES BOTH FIRST AND LAST LETTERS RHYMING WITH MEROPE:
First Names which starts with 'me' and ends with 'pe':
First Names which starts with 'm' and ends with 'e':
mabelle mable macaire macalpine macauliffe macayle macbride mace macee macfarlane macfie macie mackaylie mackenzie mackinzie mackynsie maclaine maclane macquarrie macrae madale madalene madalyne maddalene maddie maddisynne maddy-rose madelaine madeleine madelene madeline madge madie madntyre madre mae maelee maelwine maerewine maethelwine maetthere maeve mafuane magaere magaskawee magdalene magee maggie magnilde mahpee maibe maible maidie maiele maile maille maiolaine maire maisie maitane maite maitilde makaela-marie makahlie makale makawee makenzie maldue maledysaunte malene malerie malleville mallorie malmuirie malone malvine mamie mandie mane manette manneville mannie manute manville maolmuire maoltuile marce marceline marcelle marchelle mare maree margarethe margawse margerie marguerite mariamne mariane marianne maribelleEnglish Words Rhyming MEROPE
ENGLISH WORDS WHICH INCLUDES MEROPE AS A WHOLE:
ENGLISH WORDS RHYMING WITH MEROPE (According to last letters):
Rhyming Words According to Last 5 Letters (erope) - English Words That Ends with erope:
asterope | noun (n.) One of the Pleiades; -- called also Sterope. |
noun (n.) A double star in the Pleiades (21 k and 22 l Pleiadum, of the 5.8 and 6.4 magnitude respectively), appearing as a single star of the 5.3 magnitude to the naked eye. |
orycterope | noun (n.) Same as Oryctere. |
ridgerope | noun (n.) See Life line (a), under Life. |
Rhyming Words According to Last 4 Letters (rope) - English Words That Ends with rope:
anisotrope | adjective (a.) Alt. of Anisotropic |
boltrope | noun (n.) A rope stitched to the edges of a sail to strengthen the sail. |
breastrope | noun (n.) See Breastband. |
chromatrope | noun (n.) An instrument for exhibiting certain chromatic effects of light (depending upon the persistence of vision and mixture of colors) by means of rapidly rotating disks variously colored. |
noun (n.) A device in a magic lantern or stereopticon to produce kaleidoscopic effects. |
enorthotrope | noun (n.) An optical toy; a card on which confused or imperfect figures are drawn, but which form to the eye regular figures when the card is rapidly revolved. See Thaumatrope. |
epitrope | noun (n.) A figure by which permission is either seriously or ironically granted to some one, to do what he proposes to do; e. g., "He that is unjust, let him be unjust still." |
footrope | noun (n.) The rope rigged below a yard, upon which men stand when reefing or furling; -- formerly called a horse. |
noun (n.) That part of the boltrope to which the lower edge of a sail is sewed. |
headrope | noun (n.) That part of a boltrope which is sewed to the upper edge or head of a sail. |
heliotrope | noun (n.) An instrument or machine for showing when the sun arrived at the tropics and equinoctial line. |
noun (n.) A plant of the genus Heliotropium; -- called also turnsole and girasole. H. Peruvianum is the commonly cultivated species with fragrant flowers. | |
noun (n.) An instrument for making signals to an observer at a distance, by means of the sun's rays thrown from a mirror. | |
noun (n.) See Bloodstone (a). |
hemitrope | noun (n.) That which is hemitropal in construction; (Crystallog.) a twin crystal having a hemitropal structure. |
adjective (a.) Half turned round; half inverted; (Crystallog.) having a twinned structure. |
hydrotrope | noun (n.) A device for raising water by the direct action of steam; a pulsometer. |
lycanthrope | noun (n.) A human being fabled to have been changed into a wolf; a werewolf. |
noun (n.) One affected with lycanthropy. |
manrope | noun (n.) One of the side ropes to the gangway of a ship. |
misanthrope | noun (n.) A hater of mankind; a misanthropist. |
phalarope | noun (n.) Any species of Phalaropus and allied genera of small wading birds (Grallae), having lobate toes. They are often seen far from land, swimming in large flocks. Called also sea goose. |
philanthrope | noun (n.) A philanthropist. |
platetrope | noun (n.) One of a pair of a paired organs. |
pyrope | noun (n.) A variety of garnet, of a poppy or blood-red color, frequently with a tinge of orange. It is used as a gem. See the Note under Garnet. |
reotrope | noun (n.) See Rheotrope. |
rheotrope | noun (n.) An instrument for reversing the direction of an electric current. |
rope | noun (n.) A large, stout cord, usually one not less than an inch in circumference, made of strands twisted or braided together. It differs from cord, line, and string, only in its size. See Cordage. |
noun (n.) A row or string consisting of a number of things united, as by braiding, twining, etc.; as, a rope of onions. | |
noun (n.) The small intestines; as, the ropes of birds. | |
verb (v. i.) To be formed into rope; to draw out or extend into a filament or thread, as by means of any glutinous or adhesive quality. | |
verb (v. t.) To bind, fasten, or tie with a rope or cord; as, to rope a bale of goods. | |
verb (v. t.) To connect or fasten together, as a party of mountain climbers, with a rope. | |
verb (v. t.) To partition, separate, or divide off, by means of a rope, so as to include or exclude something; as, to rope in, or rope off, a plot of ground; to rope out a crowd. | |
verb (v. t.) To lasso (a steer, horse). | |
verb (v. t.) To draw, as with a rope; to entice; to inveigle; to decoy; as, to rope in customers or voters. | |
verb (v. t.) To prevent from winning (as a horse), by pulling or curbing. | |
() A guide rope. |
sematrope | noun (n.) An instrument for signaling by reflecting the rays of the sun in different directions. |
thaumatrope | noun (n.) An optical instrument or toy for showing the presistence of an impression upon the eyes after the luminous object is withdrawn. |
towrope | noun (n.) A rope used in towing vessels. |
trope | noun (n.) The use of a word or expression in a different sense from that which properly belongs to it; the use of a word or expression as changed from the original signification to another, for the sake of giving life or emphasis to an idea; a figure of speech. |
noun (n.) The word or expression so used. |
zoetrope | noun (n.) An optical toy, in which figures made to revolve on the inside of a cylinder, and viewed through slits in its circumference, appear like a single figure passing through a series of natural motions as if animated or mechanically moved. |
Rhyming Words According to Last 3 Letters (ope) - English Words That Ends with ope:
aeroscope | noun (n.) An apparatus designed for collecting spores, germs, bacteria, etc., suspended in the air. |
aethrioscope | noun (n.) An instrument consisting in part of a differential thermometer. It is used for measuring changes of temperature produced by different conditions of the sky, as when clear or clouded. |
alethoscope | noun (n.) An instrument for viewing pictures by means of a lens, so as to present them in their natural proportions and relations. |
altiscope | noun (n.) An arrangement of lenses and mirrors which enables a person to see an object in spite of intervening objects. |
anemoscope | noun (n.) An instrument which shows the direction of the wind; a wind vane; a weathercock; -- usually applied to a contrivance consisting of a vane above, connected in the building with a dial or index with pointers to show the changes of the wind. |
angioscope | noun (n.) An instrument for examining the capillary vessels of animals and plants. |
anorthoscope | noun (n.) An optical toy for producing amusing figures or pictures by means of two revolving disks, on one of which distorted figures are painted. |
antelope | noun (n.) One of a group of ruminant quadrupeds, intermediate between the deer and the goat. The horns are usually annulated, or ringed. There are many species in Africa and Asia. |
antipope | noun (n.) One who is elected, or claims to be, pope in opposition to the pope canonically chosen; esp. applied to those popes who resided at Avignon during the Great Schism. |
apocope | noun (n.) The cutting off, or omission, of the last letter, syllable, or part of a word. |
noun (n.) A cutting off; abscission. |
astroscope | noun (n.) An old astronomical instrument, formed of two cones, on whose surface the constellations were delineated. |
auriscope | noun (n.) An instrument for examining the condition of the ear. |
anamorphoscope | noun (n.) An instrument for restoring a picture or image distorted by anamorphosis to its normal proportions. It usually consists of a cylindrical mirror. |
baroscope | noun (n.) Any instrument showing the changes in the weight of the atmosphere; also, less appropriately, any instrument that indicates -or foreshadows changes of the weather, as a deep vial of liquid holding in suspension some substance which rises and falls with atmospheric changes. |
bioscope | noun (n.) A view of life; that which gives such a view. |
noun (n.) An animated picture machine for screen projection; a cinematograph (which see). |
calliope | noun (n.) The Muse that presides over eloquence and heroic poetry; mother of Orpheus, and chief of the nine Muses. |
noun (n.) One of the asteroids. See Solar. | |
noun (n.) A musical instrument consisting of a series of steam whistles, toned to the notes of the scale, and played by keys arranged like those of an organ. It is sometimes attached to steamboat boilers. | |
noun (n.) A beautiful species of humming bird (Stellula Calliope) of California and adjacent regions. |
ceraunoscope | noun (n.) An instrument or apparatus employed in the ancient mysteries to imitate thunder and lightning. |
chromascope | noun (n.) An instrument for showing the optical effects of color. |
chromatoscope | noun (n.) A reflecting telescope, part of which is made to rotate eccentrically, so as to produce a ringlike image of a star, instead of a point; -- used in studying the scintillation of the stars. |
chronoscope | noun (n.) An instrument for measuring minute intervals of time; used in determining the velocity of projectiles, the duration of short-lived luminous phenomena, etc. |
cope | noun (n.) A covering for the head. |
noun (n.) Anything regarded as extended over the head, as the arch or concave of the sky, the roof of a house, the arch over a door. | |
noun (n.) An ecclesiastical vestment or cloak, semicircular in form, reaching from the shoulders nearly to the feet, and open in front except at the top, where it is united by a band or clasp. It is worn in processions and on some other occasions. | |
noun (n.) An ancient tribute due to the lord of the soil, out of the lead mines in Derbyshire, England. | |
noun (n.) The top part of a flask or mold; the outer part of a loam mold. | |
verb (v. i.) To form a cope or arch; to bend or arch; to bow. | |
verb (v. t.) To pare the beak or talons of (a hawk). | |
verb (v. i.) To exchange or barter. | |
verb (v. i.) To encounter; to meet; to have to do with. | |
verb (v. i.) To enter into or maintain a hostile contest; to struggle; to combat; especially, to strive or contend on equal terms or with success; to match; to equal; -- usually followed by with. | |
verb (v. t.) To bargain for; to buy. | |
verb (v. t.) To make return for; to requite; to repay. | |
verb (v. t.) To match one's self against; to meet; to encounter. |
cycloscope | noun (n.) A machine for measuring at any moment velocity of rotation, as of a wheel of a steam engine. |
cyclonoscope | noun (n.) An apparatus to assist in locating the center of a cyclone. |
cymoscope | noun (n.) Any device for detecting the presence of electric waves. The influence of electric waves on the resistance of a particular kind of electric circuit, on the magnetization of steel, on the polarization of an electrolytic cell, or on the electric condition of a vacuum has been applied in the various cymoscopes. |
debuscope | noun (n.) A modification of the kaleidoscope; -- used to reflect images so as to form beautiful designs. |
diacope | noun (n.) Tmesis. |
diaphanoscope | noun (n.) A dark box constructed for viewing transparent pictures, with or without a lens. |
dichroiscope | noun (n.) Same as Dichroscope. |
dichroscope | noun (n.) An instrument for examining the dichroism of crystals. |
dipleidoscope | noun (n.) An instrument for determining the time of apparent noon. It consists of two mirrors and a plane glass disposed in the form of a prism, so that, by the reflections of the sun's rays from their surfaces, two images are presented to the eye, moving in opposite directions, and coinciding at the instant the sun's center is on the meridian. |
dope | noun (n.) Any thick liquid or pasty preparation, as of opium for medicinal purposes, of grease for a lubricant, etc. |
noun (n.) Any preparation, as of opium, used to stupefy or, in the case of a race horse, to stimulate. | |
noun (n.) An absorbent material; esp., in high explosives, the sawdust, infusorial earth, mica, etc., mixed with nitroglycerin to make a damp powder (dynamite, etc.) less dangerous to transport, and ordinarily explosive only by suitable fulminating caps. | |
noun (n.) Information concerning the previous performances of race horses, or other facts concerning them which may be of assistance in judging of their chances of winning future races; sometimes, similar information concerning other sports. | |
verb (v. t.) To treat or affect with dope; as, to dope nitroglycerin; | |
verb (v. t.) To give stupefying drugs to; to drug. | |
verb (v. t.) To administer a stimulant to (a horse) to increase his speed. It is a serious offense against the laws of racing. | |
verb (v. t.) To judge or guess; to predict the result of, as by the aid of dope. |
ebullioscope | noun (n.) An instrument for observing the boiling point of liquids, especially for determining the alcoholic strength of a mixture by the temperature at which it boils. |
echoscope | noun (n.) An instrument for intensifying sounds produced by percussion of the thorax. |
electroscope | noun (n.) An instrument for detecting the presence of electricity, or changes in the electric state of bodies, or the species of electricity present, as by means of pith balls, and the like. |
endoscope | noun (n.) An instrument for examining the interior of the rectum, the urethra, and the bladder. |
engiscope | noun (n.) A kind of reflecting microscope. |
envelope | noun (n.) Alt. of Envelop |
fluoroscope | noun (n.) An instrument for observing or exhibiting fluorescence. |
noun (n.) A fluorescent screen, with hood to protect the eyes, used for observing the shadows cast by objects placed in the path of the X rays. |
galvanoscope | noun (n.) An instrument or apparatus for detecting the presence of electrical currents, especially such as are of feeble intensity. |
gantlope | noun (n.) See Gantlet. |
gasoscope | noun (n.) An apparatus for detecting the presence of any dangerous gas, from a gas leak in a coal mine or a dwelling house. |
gastroscope | noun (n.) An instrument for viewing or examining the interior of the stomach. |
graphiscope | noun (n.) See Graphoscope. |
graphoscope | noun (n.) An optical instrument for magnifying engravings, photographs, etc., usually having one large lens and two smaller ones. |
noun (n.) An optical device for showing (or photographing) an image when projected upon the atmosphere as a screen. |
gyroscope | noun (n.) A rotating wheel, mounted in a ring or rings, for illustrating the dynamics of rotating bodies, the composition of rotations, etc. It was devised by Professor W. R. Johnson, in 1832, by whom it was called the rotascope. |
noun (n.) A form of the above apparatus, invented by M. Foucault, mounted so delicately as to render visible the rotation of the earth, through the tendency of the rotating wheel to preserve a constant plane of rotation, independently of the earth's motion. |
haematoscope | noun (n.) A haemoscope. |
haemoscope | noun (n.) An instrument devised by Hermann, for regulating and measuring the thickness of a layer of blood for spectroscopic examination. |
hagioscope | noun (n.) An opening made in the interior walls of a cruciform church to afford a view of the altar to those in the transepts; -- called, in architecture, a squint. |
haloscope | noun (n.) An instrument for exhibition or illustration of the phenomena of halos, parhelia, and the like. |
helioscope | noun (n.) A telescope or instrument for viewing the sun without injury to the eyes, as through colored glasses, or with mirrors which reflect but a small portion of light. |
ENGLISH WORDS RHYMING WITH MEROPE (According to first letters):
Rhyming Words According to First 5 Letters (merop) - Words That Begins with merop:
meropidan | noun (n.) One of a family of birds (Meropidae), including the bee-eaters. |
meropodite | noun (n.) The fourth joint of a typical appendage of Crustacea. |
Rhyming Words According to First 4 Letters (mero) - Words That Begins with mero:
meroblast | noun (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 | adjective (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 | noun (n.) Hernia in the thigh; femoral hernia . |
meroistic | adjective (a.) Applied to the ovaries of insects when they secrete vitelligenous cells, as well as ova. |
merorganization | noun (n.) Organization in part. |
meros | noun (n.) The plain surface between the channels of a triglyph. |
noun (n.) The proximal segment of the hind limb; the thigh. |
merosome | noun (n.) One of the serial segments, or metameres, of which the bodies of vertebrate and articulate animals are composed. |
merostomata | noun (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 | noun (n.) See Jack, 8 (c). |
merovingian | noun (n.) One of the kings of this dynasty. |
adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to the first Frankish dynasty in Gaul or France. |
mero | noun (n.) Any of several large groupers of warm seas, esp. the guasa (Epinephelus guaza), the red grouper (E. morio), the black grouper (E. nigritas), distinguished as Me"ro de lo al"to (/), and a species called also rock hind, distinguished as Me"ro ca*brol"la (/). |
merozoite | noun (n.) A form of spore, usually elongate or falciform, and somewhat amoeboid, produced by segmentation of the schizonts of certain Sporozoa, as the malaria parasite. |
Rhyming Words According to First 3 Letters (mer) - Words That Begins with mer:
merchet | noun (n.) In old English and in Scots law, a fine paid to the lord of the soil by a tenant upon the marriage of one the tenant's daughters. |
meracious | adjective (a.) Being without mixture or adulteration; hence, strong; racy. |
mercable | adjective (a.) Capable of being bought or sold. |
mercantile | adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to merchants, or the business of merchants; having to do with trade, or the buying and selling of commodities; commercial. |
mercaptal | noun (n.) Any one of a series of compounds of mercaptans with aldehydes. |
mercaptan | noun (n.) Any one of series of compounds, hydrosulphides of alcohol radicals, in composition resembling the alcohols, but containing sulphur in place of oxygen, and hence called also the sulphur alcohols. In general, they are colorless liquids having a strong, repulsive, garlic odor. The name is specifically applied to ethyl mercaptan, C2H5SH. So called from its avidity for mercury, and other metals. |
mercaptide | noun (n.) A compound of mercaptan formed by replacing its sulphur hydrogen by a metal; as, potassium mercaptide, C2H5SK. |
mercat | noun (n.) Market; trade. |
mercatante | noun (n.) A foreign trader. |
mercature | noun (n.) Commerce; traffic; trade. |
mercenaria | noun (n.) The quahog. |
mercenarian | noun (n.) A mercenary. |
mercenariness | noun (n.) The quality or state of being mercenary; venality. |
mercenary | noun (n.) One who is hired; a hireling; especially, a soldier hired into foreign service. |
adjective (a.) Acting for reward; serving for pay; paid; hired; hireling; venal; as, mercenary soldiers. | |
adjective (a.) Hence: Moved by considerations of pay or profit; greedy of gain; sordid; selfish. |
mercer | noun (n.) Originally, a dealer in any kind of goods or wares; now restricted to a dealer in textile fabrics, as silks or woolens. |
mercership | noun (n.) The business of a mercer. |
mercery | noun (n.) The trade of mercers; the goods in which a mercer deals. |
merchandisable | adjective (a.) Such as can be used or transferred as merchandise. |
merchandise | noun (n.) The objects of commerce; whatever is usually bought or sold in trade, or market, or by merchants; wares; goods; commodities. |
noun (n.) The act or business of trading; trade; traffic. | |
verb (v. i.) To trade; to carry on commerce. | |
verb (v. t.) To make merchandise of; to buy and sell. |
merchandising | noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Merchandise |
merchandiser | noun (n.) A trader. |
merchandry | noun (n.) Trade; commerce. |
merchant | noun (n.) One who traffics on a large scale, especially with foreign countries; a trafficker; a trader. |
noun (n.) A trading vessel; a merchantman. | |
noun (n.) One who keeps a store or shop for the sale of goods; a shopkeeper. | |
adjective (a.) Of, pertaining to, or employed in, trade or merchandise; as, the merchant service. | |
verb (v. i.) To be a merchant; to trade. |
merchantable | adjective (a.) Fit for market; such as is usually sold in market, or such as will bring the ordinary price; as, merchantable wheat; sometimes, a technical designation for a particular kind or class. |
merchantly | adjective (a.) Merchantlike; suitable to the character or business of a merchant. |
merchantman | noun (n.) A merchant. |
noun (n.) A trading vessel; a ship employed in the transportation of goods, as, distinguished from a man-of-war. |
merchantry | noun (n.) The body of merchants taken collectively; as, the merchantry of a country. |
noun (n.) The business of a merchant; merchandise. |
merciable | adjective (a.) Merciful. |
merciful | adjective (a.) Full of mercy; having or exercising mercy; disposed to pity and spare offenders; unwilling to punish. |
adjective (a.) Unwilling to give pain; compassionate. |
merciless | adjective (a.) Destitute of mercy; cruel; unsparing; -- said of animate beings, and also, figuratively, of things; as, a merciless tyrant; merciless waves. |
mercurammonium | noun (n.) A radical regarded as derived from ammonium by the substitution of mercury for a portion of the hydrogen. |
mercurial | noun (n.) A person having mercurial qualities. |
noun (n.) A preparation containing mercury. | |
adjective (a.) Having the qualities fabled to belong to the god Mercury; swift; active; sprightly; fickle; volatile; changeable; as, a mercurial youth; a mercurial temperament. | |
adjective (a.) Having the form or image of Mercury; -- applied to ancient guideposts. | |
adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to Mercury as the god of trade; hence, money-making; crafty. | |
adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to, or containing, mercury; as, mercurial preparations, barometer. See Mercury, 2. | |
adjective (a.) Caused by the use of mercury; as, mercurial sore mouth. |
mercurialist | noun (n.) One under the influence of Mercury; one resembling Mercury in character. |
noun (n.) A physician who uses much mercury, in any of its forms, in his practice. |
mercurializing | noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Mercurialize |
mercuric | adjective (a.) Of, pertaining to, or derived from, mercury; containing mercury; -- said of those compounds of mercury into which this element enters in its lowest proportion. |
mercurification | noun (n.) The process or operation of obtaining the mercury, in its fluid form, from mercuric minerals. |
noun (n.) The act or process of compounding, or the state of being compounded, with mercury. |
mercurifying | noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Mercurify |
mercurism | noun (n.) A communication of news; an announcement. |
mercurous | adjective (a.) Of, pertaining to, or derived from, mercury; containing mercury; -- said of those compounds of mercury in which it is present in its highest proportion. |
mercury | noun (n.) A Latin god of commerce and gain; -- treated by the poets as identical with the Greek Hermes, messenger of the gods, conductor of souls to the lower world, and god of eloquence. |
noun (n.) A metallic element mostly obtained by reduction from cinnabar, one of its ores. It is a heavy, opaque, glistening liquid (commonly called quicksilver), and is used in barometers, thermometers, ect. Specific gravity 13.6. Symbol Hg (Hydrargyrum). Atomic weight 199.8. Mercury has a molecule which consists of only one atom. It was named by the alchemists after the god Mercury, and designated by his symbol, /. | |
noun (n.) One of the planets of the solar system, being the one nearest the sun, from which its mean distance is about 36,000,000 miles. Its period is 88 days, and its diameter 3,000 miles. | |
noun (n.) A carrier of tidings; a newsboy; a messenger; hence, also, a newspaper. | |
noun (n.) Sprightly or mercurial quality; spirit; mutability; fickleness. | |
noun (n.) A plant (Mercurialis annua), of the Spurge family, the leaves of which are sometimes used for spinach, in Europe. | |
verb (v. t.) To wash with a preparation of mercury. |
mercy | noun (n.) Forbearance to inflict harm under circumstances of provocation, when one has the power to inflict it; compassionate treatment of an offender or adversary; clemency. |
noun (n.) Compassionate treatment of the unfortunate and helpless; sometimes, favor, beneficence. | |
noun (n.) Disposition to exercise compassion or favor; pity; compassion; willingness to spare or to help. | |
noun (n.) A blessing regarded as a manifestation of compassion or favor. |
merd | noun (n.) Ordure; dung. |
mere | noun (n.) A pool or lake. |
noun (n.) A boundary. | |
noun (n.) A mare. | |
verb (v. t.) To divide, limit, or bound. | |
(Superl.) Unmixed; pure; entire; absolute; unqualified. | |
(Superl.) Only this, and nothing else; such, and no more; simple; bare; as, a mere boy; a mere form. |
merenchyma | noun (n.) Tissue composed of spheroidal cells. |
meresman | noun (n.) An officer who ascertains meres or boundaries. |
merestead | noun (n.) The land within the boundaries of a farm; a farmstead or farm. |
merestone | noun (n.) A stone designating a limit or boundary; a landmark. |
meretricious | adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to prostitutes; having to do with harlots; lustful; as, meretricious traffic. |
adjective (a.) Resembling the arts of a harlot; alluring by false show; gaudily and deceitfully ornamental; tawdry; as, meretricious dress or ornaments. |
merganser | noun (n.) Any bird of the genus Merganser, and allied genera. They are allied to the ducks, but have a sharply serrated bill. |
merging | noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Merge |
ENGLISH WORDS BOTH FIRST AND LAST LETTERS RHYMING WITH MEROPE:
English Words which starts with 'me' and ends with 'pe':
meatoscope | noun (n.) A speculum for examining a natural passage, as the urethra. |
megalethoscope | noun (n.) An optical apparatus in which pictures are viewed through a large lens with stereoptical effects. It is often combined with the stereoscope. |
megascope | noun (n.) A modification of the magic lantern, used esp. for throwing a magnified image of an opaque object on a screen, solar or artificial light being used. |
melainotype | noun (n.) See Melanotype. |
melanoscope | noun (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. |
melanotype | noun (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. |
melotype | noun (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. |
mesotype | noun (n.) An old term covering natrolite or soda mesolite, scolecite or lime mesotype, and mesolite or lime-soda mesotype. |
meteoroscope | noun (n.) An astrolabe; a planisphere. |
noun (n.) An instrument for measuring the position, length, and direction, of the apparent path of a shooting star. |
metope | noun (n.) The space between two triglyphs of the Doric frieze, which, among the ancients, was often adorned with carved work. See Illust. of Entablature. |
noun (n.) The face of a crab. |
metroscope | noun (n.) A modification of the stethoscope, for directly auscultating the uterus from the vagina. |