Merton
— Noun
– English
~ United States sociologist (1910-2003)
Meryta
— Noun
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~ small to medium evergreen dioecious trees of oceanic climates: puka
mesa
— Noun
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~ flat tableland with steep edges; "the tribe was relatively safe on the mesa but they had to descend into the valley for water"
Mesa
— Noun
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~ a city in Arizona just to the east of Phoenix; originally a suburb of Phoenix
mesalliance
— Noun
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~ a marriage with a person of inferior social status
Mesantoin
— Noun
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~ a toxic anticonvulsant drug (trade name Mesantoin) used in the treatment of epilepsy when less toxic anticonvulsants have been ineffective
Mesasamkranti
— Noun
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~ Hindu solar holiday at the beginning of the new astrological year when the sun enters the constellation Aries
mescal
— Noun
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~ a small spineless globe-shaped cactus; source of mescal buttons
mescal
— Noun
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~ a colorless Mexican liquor distilled from fermented juices of certain desert plants of the genus Agavaceae (especially the century plant)
mescal button
— Noun
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~ the button-shaped top of the mescal cactus; a source of psilocybin
mescal bean
— Noun
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~ shrub or small tree having pinnate leaves poisonous to livestock and dense racemes of intensely fragrant blue flowers and red beans
mescaline
— Noun
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~ the hallucinatory alkaloid that is the active agent in mescal buttons
Mesembryanthemum edule
— Noun
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~ low-growing South African succulent plant having a capsular fruit containing edible pulp
Mesembryanthemum crystallinum
— Noun
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~ Old World annual widely naturalized in warm regions having white flowers and fleshy foliage covered with hairs that resemble ice
Mesembryanthemum
— Noun
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~ South African annual or biennial plants having flowers that open only in bright sunlight
mesencephalon
— Noun
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~ the middle portion of the brain
mesenchyme
— Noun
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~ mesodermal tissue that forms connective tissue and blood and smooth muscles
mesenteric artery
— Noun
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~ one of two branches of the aorta that pass between the two layers of the mesentery to the intestines
mesenteric
— Adjective
– English
~ of or relating to or located in a mesentery
mesentery
— Noun
– English
~ a double layer of peritoneum that attaches to the back wall of the abdominal cavity and supports the small intestines