Chapter Megaceros to Melanosis of M by Webster's Dictionary (1913 Edition)

Mekhitarist
(Mekh"i*tar*ist) n. (Eccl. Hist.) See Mechitarist.

Melaconite
(Me*lac"o*nite) n. [Gr. me`las black + dust.] (Min.) An earthy black oxide of copper, arising from the decomposition of other ores.

Melada
(||Me*la"da ||Me*la"do) n. [Sp., prop. p. p. of melar to sugar, candy, fr. L. mel honey. See Molasses.] A mixture of sugar and molasses; crude sugar as it comes from the pans without being drained.

Melæna
(||Me*læ"na) n. [NL., fr. Gr. me`las, m., me`laina, f., black.] (Med.) A discharge from the bowels of black matter, consisting of altered blood.

Melain
(Mel"ain) n. [See Melæna.] The dark coloring matter of the liquid of the cuttlefish.

Melainotype
(Me*lai"no*type) n. See Melanotype.

Melam
(Me"lam) n. [Cf. F. mélam.] (Chem.) A white or buff-colored granular powder, C₆H₉N₁₁, obtained by heating ammonium sulphocyanate.

Melamine
(Me*lam"ine) n. (Chem.) 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.

Melampode
(Mel"am*pode) n. [Gr. melampo`dion; of uncertain origin.] The black hellebore. [Obs.] Spenser.

Melampyrin
(Mel`am*py"rin Mel`am*py"rite) n. [NL. Melampyrum cowwheat; Gr. me`las black + pyro`s wheat.] (Chem.) The saccharine substance dulcite; — so called because found in the leaves of cowwheat See Dulcite.

Melanæmia
(||Mel`a*næ"mi*a) n. [NL., fr. Gr. me`las, -anos, black + a"i^ma blood.] (Med.) A morbid condition in which the blood contains black pigment either floating freely or imbedded in the white blood corpuscles.

Melanagogue
(Me*lan"a*gogue) n. [Gr. me`las, -anos, black + leading, driving, to lead.] (Med.) A medicine supposed to expel black bile or choler. [Obs.]

Melancholia
(||Mel`an*cho"li*a) n. [L. See Melancholy.] (Med.) 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
(Mel`an*cho"li*an) n. A person affected with melancholy; a melancholic. [Obs.] Dr. J. Scott.

Melancholic
(Mel"an*chol`ic) a. [L. melancholicus, Gr. : cf. F. mélancholique.] Given to melancholy; depressed; melancholy; dejected; unhappy.

Just as the melancholic eye
Sees fleets and armies in the sky.

Prior.

Melancholic
(Mel"an*chol`ic), n. [Obs.]

1. One affected with a gloomy state of mind. J. Spenser.

2. A gloomy state of mind; melancholy. Clarendon.

Melancholily
(Mel"an*chol`i*ly) adv. In a melancholy manner.

Melancholiness
(Mel"an*chol`i*ness), n. The state or quality of being melancholy. Hallywell.