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Melanian
- - One of a family of fresh-water pectinibranchiate mollusks, having a turret-shaped shell.
Melanins
- noun - insoluble pigments that account for the color of e.g. skin and scales and feathers
Melanise
- verb - convert into, or infiltrate with melanin
- make or become black; "The smoke blackened the ceiling"; "The ceiling blackened"
Melanism
- noun - a condition characterized by abnormal deposits of melanin (especially in the skin)
Melanite
- - A black variety of garnet.
Melanize
- verb - convert into, or infiltrate with melanin
- make or become black; "The smoke blackened the ceiling"; "The ceiling blackened"
Menacing
- verb - act in a threatening manner; "A menacing person"
- express a threat either by an utterance or a gesture; "he menaced the bank manager with a stick"
- pose a threat to; present a danger to; "The pollution is endangering the crops"
- threatening or foreshadowing evil or tragic developments;
Metacism
- - A defect in pronouncing the letter m, or a too frequent use of it.