Meliphagan
(Me*liph"a*gan), n. (Zoöl.) Any bird of the genus Meliphaga and allied genera; a honey
eater; — called also meliphagidan.
Meliphagous
(Me*liph"a*gous) a. [See Meliphagan.] (Zool.) Eating, or feeding upon, honey.
Melisma
(||Me*lis"ma) n.; pl. Melismata [NL., fr. Gr. me`lisma a song.] (Mus.) (a) A piece of melody; a
song or tune, — as opposed to recitative or musical declamation. (b) A grace or embellishment.
Melissa
(||Me*lis"sa) n. [NL., fr. Gr. me`lissa a bee, honey.] (Bot.) A genus of labiate herbs, including
the balm, or bee balm (Melissa officinalis).
Melissic
(Me*lis"sic) a. [Gr. me`lissa a bee, honey.] (Chem.) Pertaining to, or derived from, beeswax; specif.,
denoting an acid obtained by oxidation of myricin.
Melissyl
(Me*lis"syl) n. [Melissic +yl.] (Chem.) See Myricyl.
Melissylene
(Me*lis"sy*lene) n. [Melissic + -yl + -ene.] (Chem.) See Melene.
Melitose
(Mel"i*tose`) n. [Gr. me`li honey.] (Chem.) 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
(Mell) v. i. & t. [F. mêler, OF. meller, mester. See Meddle.] To mix; to meddle. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Mell
(Mell), n. [See Mellifluous.] Honey. [Obs.] Warner.
Mell
(Mell), n. A mill. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Mellate
(Mel"late) n. [L. mel, mellis, honey. Cf. Mellitate.] (Chem.) A mellitate. [R.]
Mellay
(Mel"lay) n. A mêlée; a conflict. Tennyson.
Mellic
(Mel"lic) a. (Chem.) See Mellitic. [R.]
Melliferous
(Mel*lif"er*ous) a. [L. mellifer; mel, mellis, honey + ferre to bear.] Producing honey.
Mellific
(Mel*lif"ic) a. [L. mel, mellis, honey + -ficare (in comp.) to make. See - fy.] Producing honey.
Mellification
(Mel`li*fi*ca"tion) n. [L. mellificare to make honey: cf. F. mellification. See Mellific.] The
making or production of honey.
Mellifluence
(Mel*lif"lu*ence) n. A flow of sweetness, or a sweet, smooth flow.
Mellifluent
(Mel*lif"lu*ent) a. [L. mellifluens. See Mellifluous.] Flowing as with honey; smooth; mellifluous.
Mellifluently
(Mel*lif"lu*ent*ly), adv. In a mellifluent manner.
Mellifluous
(Mel*lif"lu*ous) a. [L. mellifluus; mel, mellis, honey (akin to Gr. Goth. milip) + fluere to
flow. See Mildew, Fluent, and cf. Marmalade.] Flowing as with honey; smooth; flowing sweetly or
smoothly; as, a mellifluous voice. — Mel*lif"lu*ous*ly, adv.
Melligenous
(Mel*lig"e*nous) a. [L. mel, mellis + -genous.] Having the qualities of honey. [R.]
Melligo
(||Mel*li"go) n. [L.] Honeydew.
Melliloquent
(Mel*lil"o*quent) a. [L. mel, mellis honey + loquens speaking, p. pr. of loqui to speak.]
Speaking sweetly or harmoniously.
