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Mercaptan
- - Any one of series of compounds having an -SH radical attached to a carbon atom, also considered as hydrosulphides of alcohol radicals, in composition resembling the alcohols, but containing sulphur in place of oxygen, and hence called also the sulphur alcohols. In general, they are colorless liquids having a strong, repulsive, garlic odor. The name is specifically applied to ethyl mercaptan, C2H5SH. So called from its avidity for mercury, and other metals.
Meroistic
- - Applied to the ovaries of insects when they secrete vitelligenous cells, as well as ova.
Mesonotum
- - The dorsal portion of the mesothorax of insects.
Mesquites
- noun - any of several small spiny trees or shrubs of the genus Prosopis having small flowers in axillary cylindrical spikes followed by large pods rich in sugar
Messmates
- noun - (nautical) an associate with whom you share meals in the same mess (as on a ship)
- Australian hardwood Eucalyptus obliqua
Metanotum
- - The dorsal portion of the metaphorax of insects.
Micraster
- - A genus of sea urchins, similar to Spatangus, abounding in the chalk formation; -- from the starlike disposal of the ambulacral furrows.
Mid-Water
- noun - the water that is well below the surface but also well above the bottom; "many marine fishes inhabit the mid-waters"
Middleton
- noun - English playwright and pamphleteer (1570-1627)
Midinette
- noun - a Parisian salesgirl
- a seamstress or assistant in a Parisian fashion house.