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A million ergs; a megerg.

Pertaining to, or in honor of, Cybele; as, the Megalesian games at Rome.

An optical apparatus in which pictures are viewed through a large lens with stereoptical effects. It is often combined with the stereoscope.

A large stone; especially, a large stone used in ancient building. -- Meg`a*lith"ic, a.

See Meg-.

The condition of having an abnormally large head. -- Meg`a*lo*ce*phal"ic (#), a.

A large, flattened corpuscle, twice the diameter of the ordinary red corpuscle, found in considerable numbers in the blood in profound anæmia.

A form of mental alienation in which the patient has grandiose delusions.

An extinct quaternary mammal, of great size, allied to the sloth.

Having a loud voice.

A chief city; a metropolis. [R.]

A larva, in a stage following the zoëa, in the development of most crabs. In this stage the legs and abdominal appendages have appeared, the abdomen is relatively long, and the eyes are large. Also used adjectively.

Greatness of soul. [Obs. & R.]

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

Medregal.

A lava field. [Mexico & Western U.S.]

Fully equal. [Obs.] Chaucer. "Peregal to the best." Spenser.

Exceeding the limits of law. [R.]

Of or pertaining to a king; kingly; royal; as, regal authority, pomp, or sway. "The regal title." Shak. He made a scorn of his regal oath. Milton.

To enertaas, to regale the taste, the eye, or the ear.