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A hydrous sulphate of iron of a green color and vitreous luster; iron vitriol.

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

Any one of several dark-colored augitic, eruptive rocks allied to basalt.

A dark discoloration of the skin, usually local; as, Addison's melasma, or Addison's disease. -- Me*las"mic, a.

See Molasses.

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

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

Belonging to the order of which Melastoma is the type.

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.

In the game of pinochle, to declare or announce for a score; as, to meld a sequence.

Of or pertaining to the genus Meleagris.

A genus of American gallinaceous birds, including the common and the wild turkeys.

A fight in which the combatants are mingled

See Mel.

ethylene series, obtained from beeswax as a white, scaly, crystalline wax; -- called also melissene, and melissylene.

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

See Quercitin.

A variety of sugar, isomeric with sucrose, extracted from the manna of the larch (Larix). [Written also melicitose.]

Pertaining to a natural order (Meliacæ) of plants of which the genus Melia is the type. It includes the mahogany and the Spanish cedar.