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A light wine, usually white, produced in the vicinity of the river Moselle.

Of, pertaining to, or discovered by, Johannes Müller. Müllerian ducts (Anat.), a pair of embryonic ducts which give rise to the genital passages in the female, but disappear in the male. -- Müllerian fibers (Anat.), the sustentacular or connective-tissue fibers which form the framework of the retina.…

Consisting of, or having, many cells or more than one cell.

ver. It is valued as a food fish. [Written also maskallonge, maskinonge, muskallonge, muskellonge, and muskelunjeh.]

A small boat. [Obs.]

See under Yellow.

A person who never does, or fares, well; a good for nothing.

Same as Romaic.

Hellenism as surviving or revival in modern times; the practice or pursuit of ancient Greek ideals in modern life, art, or literature, as in the Renaissance.

One who practices the style of ornamentation called niello.

A metallic alloy of a deep black color.

See Gun cotton, under Gun.

A person newly rich.

See Nucleus, 3 (a).

The shell or hard external covering in which the kernel of a nut is inclosed.

Of or pertaining to ocelli.

Same as Ocellated.

Marked with eyelike spots of color; as, the ocellated blenny. Ocellated turkey (Zoöl.), the wild turkey of Central America (Meleagris ocellata).

A little eye; a minute simple eye found in many invertebrates.

A member of a secret order, or fraternity, styled the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, established for mutual aid and social enjoyment.