Name Report For First Name MELANTHIUS:

MELANTHIUS

First name MELANTHIUS's origin is Greek. MELANTHIUS means "myth name (sides with penelope's suitors against his master odysseus)". You can find other first names and English words that rhymes with MELANTHIUS below. Ryhme list involves the matching sounds according to the first letters, last letters and first&last letters of melanthius.(Brown names are of the same origin (Greek) with MELANTHIUS and Red names are first names with English/Anglo-Saxon origin)

Rhymes with MELANTHIUS - Names & Words

First Names Rhyming MELANTHIUS

FIRST NAMES WHICH INCLUDES MELANTHƯUS AS A WHOLE:

 

NAMES RHYMING WITH MELANTHƯUS (According to last letters):

Rhyming Names According to Last 9 Letters (elanthius) - Names That Ends with elanthius:

Rhyming Names According to Last 8 Letters (lanthius) - Names That Ends with lanthius:

Rhyming Names According to Last 7 Letters (anthius) - Names That Ends with anthius:

Rhyming Names According to Last 6 Letters (nthius) - Names That Ends with nthius:

Rhyming Names According to Last 5 Letters (thius) - Names That Ends with thius:

boethius halirrhothius

Rhyming Names According to Last 4 Letters (hius) - Names That Ends with hius:

Rhyming Names According to Last 3 Letters (ius) - Names That Ends with ius:

iasius ambrosius basilius bonifacius cecilius clementius egidius eugenius eustatius darius guiderius marsilius acrisius aesculapius anastasius demetrius dionysius dolius epeius erichthonius eusebius gelasius icarius ignatius laius mezentius nauplius pancratius persius phemius philoetius trophonius marius pius achaius aurelius brenius cacanisius caius claudius cocidius cornelius darrius julius lucius lueius thaddius flavius

Rhyming Names According to Last 2 Letters (us) - Names That Ends with us:

el-nefous enygeus caeneus cestus lotus negus maccus dabbous dassous fanous abdul-quddus boulus butrus yunus dryhus thaddeus bagdemagus brademagus isdernus peredurus britomartus luxovious nemausus ondrus argus batholomeus theodorus horus aldous brutus cassibellaunus lorineus ferragus senapus brus marcus seorus alemannus klaus abderus absyrtus acastus achelous aconteus admetus adrastus aeacus aegeus aegisthus aegyptus

NAMES RHYMING WITH MELANTHƯUS (According to first letters):

Rhyming Names According to First 9 Letters (melanthiu) - Names That Begins with melanthiu:

Rhyming Names According to First 8 Letters (melanthi) - Names That Begins with melanthi:

Rhyming Names According to First 7 Letters (melanth) - Names That Begins with melanth:

melantha melanthe melantho

Rhyming Names According to First 6 Letters (melant) - Names That Begins with melant:

Rhyming Names According to First 5 Letters (melan) - Names That Begins with melan:

melanee melania melanie melanippus

Rhyming Names According to First 4 Letters (mela) - Names That Begins with mela:

melaina melaine melampus

Rhyming Names According to First 3 Letters (mel) - Names That Begins with mel:

mel melborn melbourne melburn melby melbyrne melchoir meldon meldri meldrick meldrik meldryk mele meleagant meleager melecertes melechan melek melena melesse meleta meletios meli melia meliadus melina melinda meliodas melisande melisenda melissa melisse melita melleta mellisa melodia melodie melody melosa melosia melpomene melrone melusina melva melville melvin melvina melvon melvyn melwas melynda melyon

Rhyming 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

NAMES BOTH FIRST AND LAST LETTERS RHYMING WITH MELANTHƯUS:

First Names which starts with 'mela' and ends with 'hius':

First Names which starts with 'mel' and ends with 'ius':

First Names which starts with 'me' and ends with 'us':

menelaus menoeceus

First Names which starts with 'm' and ends with 's':

maahes macinnes mads magnus maheloas makis manasses mannis mannuss manus maponus marcas marcellus marcelus marcos maris markos markus marlis marliss marlys marquis mars marsyas mathers mathews mathias matias matthias mattias matyas maurits mavis maximus memphis menes menzies mercedes mertys metis midas mikhalis mikhos mikolas mikolaus milagritos milagros miles mimis minos mirias miruts mogens moises momus montes mopsus morcades mordrayans morris moses moss mounafes mozes myles

English Words Rhyming MELANTHIUS

ENGLISH WORDS WHICH INCLUDES MELANTHƯUS AS A WHOLE:



ENGLISH WORDS RHYMING WITH MELANTHƯUS (According to last letters):


Rhyming Words According to Last 9 Letters (elanthius) - English Words That Ends with elanthius:



Rhyming Words According to Last 8 Letters (lanthius) - English Words That Ends with lanthius:



Rhyming Words According to Last 7 Letters (anthius) - English Words That Ends with anthius:



Rhyming Words According to Last 6 Letters (nthius) - English Words That Ends with nthius:



Rhyming Words According to Last 5 Letters (thius) - English Words That Ends with thius:



Rhyming Words According to Last 4 Letters (hius) - English Words That Ends with hius:


antibacchiusnoun (n.) A foot of three syllables, the first two long, and the last short (#).

bacchiusnoun (n.) A metrical foot composed of a short syllable and two long ones; according to some, two long and a short.

xiphiusnoun (n.) A genus of cetaceans having a long, pointed, bony beak, usually two tusklike teeth in the lower jaw, but no teeth in the upper jaw.


Rhyming Words According to Last 3 Letters (ius) - English Words That Ends with ius:


aesculapiusnoun (n.) The god of medicine. Hence, a physician.

apocrisiariusnoun (n.) A delegate or deputy; especially, the pope's nuncio or legate at Constantinople.

aquariusnoun (n.) The Water-bearer; the eleventh sign in the zodiac, which the sun enters about the 20th of January; -- so called from the rains which prevail at that season in Italy and the East.
 noun (n.) A constellation south of Pegasus.

bathybiusnoun (n.) A name given by Prof. Huxley to a gelatinous substance found in mud dredged from the Atlantic and preserved in alcohol. He supposed that it was free living protoplasm, covering a large part of the ocean bed. It is now known that the substance is of chemical, not of organic, origin.

cassiusnoun (n.) A brownish purple pigment, obtained by the action of some compounds of tin upon certain salts of gold. It is used in painting and staining porcelain and glass to give a beautiful purple color. Commonly called Purple of Cassius.

celsiusnoun (n.) The Celsius thermometer or scale, so called from Anders Celsius, a Swedish astronomer, who invented it. It is the same as the centigrade thermometer or scale.

chelidoniusnoun (n.) A small stone taken from the gizzard of a young swallow. -- anciently worn as a medicinal charm.

congiusnoun (n.) A liquid measure containing about three quarts.
 noun (n.) A gallon, or four quarts.

denariusnoun (n.) A Roman silver coin of the value of about fourteen cents; the "penny" of the New Testament; -- so called from being worth originally ten of the pieces called as.

dochmiusnoun (n.) A foot of five syllables (usually / -- -/ -).

ericiusnoun (n.) The Vulgate rendering of the Hebrew word qip/d, which in the "Authorized Version" is translated bittern, and in the Revised Version, porcupine.

esculapiusnoun (n.) Same as Aesculapius.

gastrocnemiusnoun (n.) The muscle which makes the greater part of the calf of the leg.

geniusnoun (n.) A good or evil spirit, or demon, supposed by the ancients to preside over a man's destiny in life; a tutelary deity; a supernatural being; a spirit, good or bad. Cf. Jinnee.
 noun (n.) The peculiar structure of mind with whoch each individual is endowed by nature; that disposition or aptitude of mind which is peculiar to each man, and which qualifies him for certain kinds of action or special success in any pursuit; special taste, inclination, or disposition; as, a genius for history, for poetry, or painting.
 noun (n.) Peculiar character; animating spirit, as of a nation, a religion, a language.
 noun (n.) Distinguished mental superiority; uncommon intellectual power; especially, superior power of invention or origination of any kind, or of forming new combinations; as, a man of genius.
 noun (n.) A man endowed with uncommon vigor of mind; a man of superior intellectual faculties; as, Shakespeare was a rare genius.

gladiusnoun (n.) The internal shell, or pen, of cephalopods like the squids.

gordiusnoun (n.) A genus of long, slender, nematoid worms, parasitic in insects until near maturity, when they leave the insect, and live in water, in which they deposit their eggs; -- called also hair eel, hairworm, and hair snake, from the absurd, but common and widely diffused, notion that they are metamorphosed horsehairs.

hyporadiusnoun (n.) One of the barbs of the hypoptilum, or aftershaft of a feather. See Feather.

internunciusnoun (n.) Internuncio.

mediusnoun (n.) The third or middle finger; the third digit, or that which corresponds to it.

metanaupliusnoun (n.) A larval crustacean in a stage following the nauplius, and having about seven pairs of appendages.

modiusnoun (n.) A dry measure, containing about a peck.

naupliusnoun (n.) A crustacean larva having three pairs of locomotive organs (corresponding to the antennules, antennae, and mandibles), a median eye, and little or no segmentation of the body.

noniusnoun (n.) A vernier.

nunciusnoun (n.) A messenger.
 noun (n.) The information communicated.

polygordiusnoun (n.) A genus of marine annelids, believed to be an ancient or ancestral type. It is remarkable for its simplicity of structure and want of parapodia. It is the type of the order Archiannelida, or Gymnotoma. See Loeven's larva.

radiusnoun (n.) A right line drawn or extending from the center of a circle to the periphery; the semidiameter of a circle or sphere.
 noun (n.) The preaxial bone of the forearm, or brachium, corresponding to the tibia of the hind limb. See Illust. of Artiodactyla.
 noun (n.) A ray, or outer floret, of the capitulum of such plants as the sunflower and the daisy. See Ray, 2.
 noun (n.) The barbs of a perfect feather.
 noun (n.) Radiating organs, or color-markings, of the radiates.
 noun (n.) The movable limb of a sextant or other angular instrument.

regiusadjective (a.) Of or pertaining to a king; royal.

retiariusnoun (n.) A gladiator armed with a net for entangling his adversary and a trident for despatching him.

sagittariusnoun (n.) The ninth of the twelve signs of the zodiac, which the sun enters about November 22, marked thus [/] in almanacs; the Archer.
 noun (n.) A zodiacal constellation, represented on maps and globes as a centaur shooting an arrow.

sardiusnoun (n.) A precious stone, probably a carnelian, one of which was set in Aaron's breastplate.

sartoriusnoun (n.) A muscle of the thigh, called the tailor's muscle, which arises from the hip bone and is inserted just below the knee. So named because its contraction was supposed to produce the position of the legs assumed by the tailor in sitting.

serpentariusnoun (n.) A constellation on the equator, lying between Scorpio and Hercules; -- called also Ophiuchus.

siriusnoun (n.) The Dog Star. See Dog Star.

spleniusnoun (n.) A flat muscle of the back of the neck.

tarsiusnoun (n.) A genus of nocturnal lemurine mammals having very large eyes and ears, a long tail, and very long proximal tarsal bones; -- called also malmag, spectral lemur, podji, and tarsier.

ENGLISH WORDS RHYMING WITH MELANTHƯUS (According to first letters):


Rhyming Words According to First 9 Letters (melanthiu) - Words That Begins with melanthiu:



Rhyming Words According to First 8 Letters (melanthi) - Words That Begins with melanthi:



Rhyming Words According to First 7 Letters (melanth) - Words That Begins with melanth:



Rhyming Words According to First 6 Letters (melant) - Words That Begins with melant:


melanteritenoun (n.) A hydrous sulphate of iron of a green color and vitreous luster; iron vitriol.


Rhyming Words According to First 5 Letters (melan) - Words That Begins with melan:


melanaemianoun (n.) A morbid condition in which the blood contains black pigment either floating freely or imbedded in the white blood corpuscles.

melanagoguenoun (n.) A medicine supposed to expel black bile or choler.

melancholianoun (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.

melancholiannoun (n.) A person affected with melancholy; a melancholic.

melancholicnoun (n.) One affected with a gloomy state of mind.
 noun (n.) A gloomy state of mind; melancholy.
 adjective (a.) Given to melancholy; depressed; melancholy; dejected; unhappy.

melancholinessnoun (n.) The state or quality of being melancholy.

melancholiousadjective (a.) Melancholy.

melancholistnoun (n.) One affected with melancholy or dejection.

melancholynoun (n.) Depression of spirits; a gloomy state continuing a considerable time; deep dejection; gloominess.
 noun (n.) Great and continued depression of spirits, amounting to mental unsoundness; melancholia.
 noun (n.) Pensive maditation; serious thoughtfulness.
 noun (n.) Ill nature.
 adjective (a.) Depressed in spirits; dejected; gloomy dismal.
 adjective (a.) Producing great evil and grief; causing dejection; calamitous; afflictive; as, a melancholy event.
 adjective (a.) Somewhat deranged in mind; having the jugment impaired.
 adjective (a.) Favorable to meditation; somber.

melanesianadjective (a.) Of or pertaining to Melanesia.

melangenoun (n.) A mixture; a medley.

melaniannoun (n.) One of a family of fresh-water pectinibranchiate mollusks, having a turret-shaped shell.

melanicadjective (a.) Melanotic.
 adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to the black-haired races.

melanilinenoun (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.

melaninnoun (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.

melanismnoun (n.) An undue development of dark-colored pigment in the skin or its appendages; -- the opposite of albinism.
 noun (n.) A disease; black jaundice. See Mel/na.
 noun (n.) The character of having a high degree of pigmentation, as shown in dark skin, eyes, and hair.

melanisticadjective (a.) Affected with melanism; of the nature of melanism.

melanitenoun (n.) A black variety of garnet.

melanochroinoun (n. pl.) A group of the human race, including the dark whites.

melanochroicadjective (a.) Having a dark complexion; of or pertaining to the Melanochroi.

melanochroitenoun (n.) A mineral of a red, or brownish or yellowish red color. It is a chromate of lead; -- called also phoenicocroite.

melanocomousadjective (a.) Having very dark or black hair; black-haired.

melanorrhoeanoun (n.) An East Indian genus of large trees. Melanorrh/a usitatissima is the lignum-vitae of Pegu, and yelds a valuable black varnish.

melanoscopenoun (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.

melanospermnoun (n.) An alga of any kind that produces blackish spores, or seed dust. The melanosperms include the rockweeds and all kinds of kelp.

melanoticadjective (a.) Melanistic.

melanotypenoun (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.

melanurenoun (n.) A small fish of the Mediterranean; a gilthead. See Gilthead (a).

melanuricadjective (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.

melanconiaceaenoun (n. pl.) A family of fungi constituting the order Melanconiales.

melanconialesnoun (n. pl.) The smallest of the three orders of Fungi Imperfecti, including those with no asci nor pycnidia, but as a rule having the spores in cavities without special walls. They cause many of the plant diseases known as anthracnose.

melanomanoun (n.) A tumor containing dark pigment.
 noun (n.) Development of dark-pigmented tumors.


Rhyming Words According to First 4 Letters (mela) - Words That Begins with mela:


melaconitenoun (n.) An earthy black oxide of copper, arising from the decomposition of other ores.

meladanoun (n.) Alt. of Melado

meladonoun (n.) A mixture of sugar and molasses; crude sugar as it comes from the pans without being drained.

melaenanoun (n.) A discharge from the bowels of black matter, consisting of altered blood.

melainnoun (n.) The dark coloring matter of the liquid of the cuttlefish.

melainotypenoun (n.) See Melanotype.

melamnoun (n.) A white or buff-colored granular powder, C6H9N11, obtained by heating ammonium sulphocyanate.

melaminenoun (n.) A strong nitrogenous base, C3H6N6, produced from several cyanogen compounds, and obtained as a white crystalline substance, -- formerly supposed to be produced by the decomposition of melam. Called also cyanuramide.

melampodenoun (n.) The black hellebore.

melampyrinnoun (n.) Alt. of Melampyrite

melampyritenoun (n.) The saccharine substance dulcite; -- so called because found in the leaves of cowwheat (Melampyrum). See Dulcite.

melaphyrenoun (n.) Any one of several dark-colored augitic, eruptive rocks allied to basalt.

melasmanoun (n.) A dark discoloration of the skin, usually local; as, Addison's melasma, or Addison's disease.

melassesnoun (n.) See Molasses.

melassicadjective (a.) Pertaining to, or designating, an acid obtained from molasses or glucose, and probably identical with saccharic acid. See Saccharic.

melastomanoun (n.) A genus of evergreen tropical shrubs; -- so called from the black berries of some species, which stain the mouth.

melastomaceousadjective (a.) Belonging to the order of which Melastoma is the type.


Rhyming Words According to First 3 Letters (mel) - Words That Begins with mel:


melostemonousadjective (a.) Having fever stamens than the parts of the corolla.

melchitenoun (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.

meleagrineadjective (a.) Of or pertaining to the genus Meleagris.

meleagrisnoun (n.) A genus of American gallinaceous birds, including the common and the wild turkeys.

meleenoun (n.) A fight in which the combatants are mingled in one confused mass; a hand to hand conflict; an affray.
 noun (n.) A cavalry exercise in which two groups of riders try to cut paper plumes off the helmets of their opponents, the contest continuing until no member of one group retains his plume; -- sometimes called Balaklava melee.

melenanoun (n.) See Melaena.

melenenoun (n.) An unsaturated hydrocarbon, C30H60, of the ethylene series, obtained from beeswax as a white, scaly, crystalline wax; -- called also melissene, and melissylene.

melenitenoun (n.) An explosive of great destructive power; -- so called from its color, which resembles honey.

meletinnoun (n.) See Quercitin.

melezitosenoun (n.) A variety of sugar, isomeric with sucrose, extracted from the manna of the larch (Larix).

meliaceousadjective (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.

melibeanadjective (a.) Alt. of Melib/an

melib/anadjective (a.) Alternately responsive, as verses.

melicerousadjective (a.) Consisting of or containing matter like honey; -- said of certain encysted tumors.

melicotoonnoun (n.) See Melocoton.

melicratorynoun (n.) A meadlike drink.

melilitenoun (n.) A mineral occurring in small yellow crystals, found in the lavas (melilite basalt) of Vesuvius, and elsewhere.

melilotnoun (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.

meliloticadjective (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.

melioratingnoun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Meliorate

melioraternoun (n.) Same as Meliorator.

meliorationnoun (n.) The act or operation of meliorating, or the state of being meliorated; improvement.

melioratornoun (n.) One who meliorates.

meliorismnoun (n.) The doctrine that there is a tendency throughout nature toward improvement.

melioritynoun (n.) The state or quality of being better; melioration.

meliphagannoun (n.) Any bird of the genus Meliphaga and allied genera; a honey eater; -- called also meliphagidan.
 adjective (a.) Belonging to the genus Meliphaga.

meliphagousadjective (a.) Eating, or feeding upon, honey.

melismanoun (n.) A piece of melody; a song or tune, -- as opposed to recitative or musical declamation.
 noun (n.) A grace or embellishment.

melissanoun (n.) A genus of labiate herbs, including the balm, or bee balm (Melissa officinalis).

melissicadjective (a.) Pertaining to, or derived from, beeswax; specif., denoting an acid obtained by oxidation of myricin.

melissylnoun (n.) See Myricyl.

melissylenenoun (n.) See Melene.

melitosenoun (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).

mellnoun (n.) Honey.
 noun (n.) A mill.
 verb (v. i. & t.) To mix; to meddle.

mellatenoun (n.) A mellitate.

mellaynoun (n.) A melee; a conflict.

mellicadjective (a.) See Mellitic.

melliferousadjective (a.) Producing honey.

mellificadjective (a.) Producing honey.

mellificationnoun (n.) The making or production of honey.

mellifluencenoun (n.) A flow of sweetness, or a sweet, smooth flow.

mellifluentadjective (a.) Flowing as with honey; smooth; mellifluous.

mellifluousadjective (a.) Flowing as with honey; smooth; flowing sweetly or smoothly; as, a mellifluous voice.

melligenousadjective (a.) Having the qualities of honey.

melligonoun (n.) Honeydew.

melliloquentadjective (a.) Speaking sweetly or harmoniously.

melliphagannoun (n.) See Meliphagan.

melliphagousadjective (a.) See Meliphagous.

mellitatenoun (n.) A salt of mellitic acid.

mellitenoun (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.

ENGLISH WORDS BOTH FIRST AND LAST LETTERS RHYMING WITH MELANTHƯUS:

English Words which starts with 'mela' and ends with 'hius':



English Words which starts with 'mel' and ends with 'ius':



English Words which starts with 'me' and ends with 'us':

meandrousadjective (a.) Alt. of Meandry

meatusnoun (n. sing. & pl.) A natural passage or canal; as, the external auditory meatus. See Illust. of Ear.

medioxumousadjective (a.) Intermediate.

mediterraneousadjective (a.) Inland.

megacephalousadjective (a.) Large headed; -- applied to animals, and to plants when they have large flower heads.

megalophonousadjective (a.) Having a loud voice.

megalosaurusnoun (n.) A gigantic carnivorous dinosaur, whose fossil remains have been found in England and elsewhere.

melodiousadjective (a.) Containing, or producing, melody; musical; agreeable to the ear by a sweet succession of sounds; as, a melodious voice.

membranaceousadjective (a.) Same as Membranous.
 adjective (a.) Thin and rather soft or pliable, as the leaves of the rose, peach tree, and aspen poplar.

membraneousadjective (a.) See Membranous.

membraniferousadjective (a.) Having or producing membranes.

membranousadjective (a.) Pertaining to, consisting of, or resembling, membrane; as, a membranous covering or lining.
 adjective (a.) Membranaceous.

mendaciousadjective (a.) Given to deception or falsehood; lying; as, a mendacious person.
 adjective (a.) False; counterfeit; containing falsehood; as, a mendacious statement.

meniscusnoun (n.) A crescent.
 noun (n.) A lens convex on one side and concave on the other.
 noun (n.) An interarticular synovial cartilage or membrane; esp., one of the intervertebral synovial disks in some parts of the vertebral column of birds.

menispermaceousadjective (a.) Pertaining to a natural order (Menispermace/) of climbing plants of which moonseed (Menispermum) is the type.

menobranchusnoun (n.) A large aquatic American salamander of the genus Necturus, having permanent external gills.

menstruousadjective (a.) Having the monthly flow or discharge; menstruating.
 adjective (a.) Of or pertaining tj the monthly flow; catamenial.

meraciousadjective (a.) Being without mixture or adulteration; hence, strong; racy.

mercurousadjective (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.

meretriciousadjective (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.

merithallusnoun (n.) Same as Internode.

meritoriousadjective (a.) Possessing merit; deserving of reward or honor; worthy of recompense; valuable.

merusnoun (n.) See Meros.

mesaticephalousadjective (a.) Mesaticephalic.

mesocephalousadjective (a.) Mesocephalic.

mesognathousadjective (a.) Having the jaws slightly projecting; between prognathous and orthognathous. See Gnathic index, under Gnathic.

mesohippusnoun (n.) An extinct mammal of the Horse family, but not larger than a sheep, and having three toes on each foot.

mesomyodousadjective (a.) Having the intrinsic muscles of the larynx attached to the middle of the semirings.

metacarpusnoun (n.) That part of the skeleton of the hand or forefoot between the carpus and phalanges. In man it consists of five bones. See Illust. of Artiodactyla.

metagnathousadjective (a.) Cross-billed; -- said of certain birds, as the crossbill.

metalliferousadjective (a.) Producing metals; yielding metals.

metatarsusnoun (n.) That part of the skeleton of the hind or lower limb between the tarsus and phalanges; metatarse. It consists, in the human foot, of five bones. See Illustration in Appendix.

meteorousadjective (a.) Of the nature or appearance of a meteor.

meticulousadjective (a.) Timid; fearful.