Name Report For First Name MEL:

MEL

First name MEL's origin is English. MEL means "meaning uncertain but possibly friend of michael". You can find other first names and English words that rhymes with MEL below. Ryhme list involves the matching sounds according to the first letters, last letters and first&last letters of mel.(Brown names are of the same origin (English) with MEL and Red names are first names with English/Anglo-Saxon origin)

Rhymes with MEL - Names & Words

First Names Rhyming MEL

FIRST NAMES WHICH INCLUDES MEL AS A WHOLE:

melissa carmel melodia melantha melantho melpomene pamela philomela semele melia kimimela meli camelia abdimelech melesse melchoir matsimela melampus melanippus melanthius meleager melecertes meletios amelia amelie camella camellia camelot carmela carmelina carmeline carmelita carmella demelza emele emelene emeline emmeline imelda jaimelynn jamelia kamelia karmelit karmelita melaina melaine melanee melania melanie melina melinda melisande melisenda melita melody melosa melosia melusina melva melvina melynda abimelech amell camelon carmelide carmelo hamelstun jamel melborn melburn melbyrne meldrik meldryk meliodas melrone melville melvin melvon melvyn pommelraie tahmelapachme avimelech meldri meldrick melby melbourne hamelatun meliadus mele philomel meleta melleta mellisa melisse melena melanthe melek meldon melodie meleagant melechan melwas melyon karmel bemelle

NAMES RHYMING WITH MEL (According to last letters):

Rhyming Names According to Last 2 Letters (el) - Names That Ends with el:

engel hadeel trudel maribel ya-el ysabel mabel izel barbel azekel basel daleel galeel gameel zameel asadel hilel crudel dodinel danel gabirel hoel kozel axel mikkel niel karel vogel nouel pinabel kermichael stoffel abiel haskel hillel vencel tlacaelel tlacelel anghel aurel costel apsel fishel yankel yossel abaigael annabel ardel ariel ariellel averyel avriel aziel bel celestiel chanel chantel chauntel christabel christel cindel claribel ethel gael grizel gunnel haesel hazel isabel isobel jennabel jezebel karasel katriel kestrel lael laurel lauriel liezel liriel loriel lyriel madel maidel maricel meheytabel meridel meriel mettabel moriel muiel murel muriel nicquel norabel orabel rachael rakel raquel raychel

NAMES RHYMING WITH MEL (According to first letters):

Rhyming Names According to First 2 Letters (me) - Names That Begins with me:

mead meade meadghbh meadhbh meadhra meadow meagan mealcoluim meara mearr mecatl meccus meda medb medea medina medora medoro medr medredydd medrod medus medusa medwin medwine medwyn meeda meena megan megane megara megdn megedagik meghan mehadi mehdi mehemet mehetabel mehitabelle mehitahelle meht-urt mei-yin meika meilseoir meinhard meinke meino meinrad meinyard meir meira mejra meka mekhi mekledoodum mekonnen memdi memphis menachem menachema menachemah menassah mendi menelaus menelik menes menhalom menkaura menoeceus mensah mentor menw menzies meoquanee meranda mercede mercedes mercer merci mercia mercie mercilla mercina mercy meredith merestun merewo merewode merewood meri merial merla merle merlin merlion merlow merlyn merna merope merri

NAMES BOTH FIRST AND LAST LETTERS RHYMING WITH MEL:

First Names which starts with 'm' and ends with 'l':

maccoll macdomhnall macdonell macdougal macdoughall macdubhgall macneill macniall macnicol mahal maichail mal malinalxochitl manal mandel mantel manuel marcail marcel marchl mardel mariel marisol markel markell marschall marshal marshall martel martell marvel marybell maryl mash'al mathil matlal matlalihuitl maxwell mazatl mazel merril merrill merryl meryl mical michael michal micheal micheil michel miguel mika'il mikael mikeal mikel mikhail mikil minal miquel mitcbel mitchel mitchell miyaoaxochitl mizquixaual moibeal montel montrel montrell morell muireall muirgheal mychal mykal

English Words Rhyming MEL

ENGLISH WORDS WHICH INCLUDES MEL AS A WHOLE:

amelcornnoun (n.) A variety of wheat from which starch is produced; -- called also French rice.

ameliorableadjective (a.) Capable of being ameliorated.

amelioratingnoun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Ameliorate

ameliorationnoun (n.) The act of ameliorating, or the state of being ameliorated; making or becoming better; improvement; melioration.

ameliorativeadjective (a.) Tending to ameliorate; producing amelioration or improvement; as, ameliorative remedies, efforts.

amelioratornoun (n.) One who ameliorates.

bechamelnoun (n.) A rich, white sauce, prepared with butter and cream.

bepommelingnoun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Bepommel

bilamellateadjective (a.) Alt. of Bilamellated

bilamellatedadjective (a.) Formed of two plates, as the stigma of the Mimulus; also, having two elevated ridges, as in the lip of certain flowers.

blamelessadjective (a.) Free from blame; without fault; innocent; guiltless; -- sometimes followed by of.

blamelessnessnoun (n.) The quality or state of being blameless; innocence.

bromeliaceousadjective (a.) Pertaining to, or resembling, a family of endogenous and mostly epiphytic or saxicolous plants of which the genera Tillandsia and Billbergia are examples. The pineapple, though terrestrial, is also of this family.

calomelnoun (n.) Mild chloride of mercury, Hg2Cl2, a heavy, white or yellowish white substance, insoluble and tasteless, much used in medicine as a mercurial and purgative; mercurous chloride. It occurs native as the mineral horn quicksilver.

camelnoun (n.) A large ruminant used in Asia and Africa for carrying burdens and for riding. The camel is remarkable for its ability to go a long time without drinking. Its hoofs are small, and situated at the extremities of the toes, and the weight of the animal rests on the callous. The dromedary (Camelus dromedarius) has one bunch on the back, while the Bactrian camel (C. Bactrianus) has two. The llama, alpaca, and vicu–a, of South America, belong to a related genus (Auchenia).
 noun (n.) A water-tight structure (as a large box or boxes) used to assist a vessel in passing over a shoal or bar or in navigating shallow water. By admitting water, the camel or camels may be sunk and attached beneath or at the sides of a vessel, and when the water is pumped out the vessel is lifted.

cameleonnoun (n.) See Chaceleon.

camellianoun (n.) An Asiatic genus of small shrubs, often with shining leaves and showy flowers. Camellia Japonica is much cultivated for ornament, and C. Sassanqua and C. oleifera are grown in China for the oil which is pressed from their seeds. The tea plant is now referred to this genus under the name of Camellia Thea.
 noun (n.) An ornamental greenhouse shrub (Thea japonica) with glossy evergreen leaves and roselike red or white double flowers.

camelopardnoun (n.) An African ruminant; the giraffe. See Giraffe.

camelotnoun (n.) See Camelet.

camelshairadjective (a.) Of camel's hair.

caramelnoun (n.) Burnt sugar; a brown or black porous substance obtained by heating sugar. It is soluble in water, and is used for coloring spirits, gravies, etc.
 noun (n.) A kind of confectionery, usually a small cube or square of tenacious paste, or candy, of varying composition and flavor.

carmelitenoun (n.) A friar of a mendicant order (the Order of Our Lady of Mount Carmel) established on Mount Carmel, in Syria, in the twelfth century; a White Friar.
 noun (n.) A nun of the Order of Our lady of Mount Carmel.
 adjective (a.) Alt. of Carmelin

carmelinadjective (a.) Of or pertaining to the order of Carmelites.

caromelnoun (n.) See Caramel.

chameleonnoun (n.) A lizardlike reptile of the genus Chamaeleo, of several species, found in Africa, Asia, and Europe. The skin is covered with fine granulations; the tail is prehensile, and the body is much compressed laterally, giving it a high back.

charmelnoun (n.) A fruitful field.

cimeliarchnoun (n.) A superintendent or keeper of a church's valuables; a churchwarden.

columellanoun (n.) An axis to which a carpel of a compound pistil may be attached, as in the case of the geranium; or which is left when a pod opens.
 noun (n.) A columnlike axis in the capsules of mosses.
 noun (n.) A term applied to various columnlike parts; as, the columella, or epipterygoid bone, in the skull of many lizards; the columella of the ear, the bony or cartilaginous rod connecting the tympanic membrane with the internal ear.
 noun (n.) The upright pillar in the axis of most univalve shells.
 noun (n.) The central pillar or axis of the calicles of certain corals.

columelliformadjective (a.) Shaped like a little column, or columella.

comelinessnoun (n.) The quality or state of being comely.

contumeliousadjective (a.) Exhibiting contumely; rudely contemptuous; insolent; disdainful.
 adjective (a.) Shameful; disgraceful.

contumelynoun (n.) Rudeness compounded of haughtiness and contempt; scornful insolence; despiteful treatment; disdain; contemptuousness in act or speech; disgrace.

crimelessadjective (a.) Free from crime; innocent.

cyamelidenoun (n.) A white amorphous substance, regarded as a polymeric modification of isocyanic acid.

cyamellonenoun (n.) A complex derivative of cyanogen, regarded as an acid, and known chiefly in its salts; -- called also hydromellonic acid.

camelrynoun (n.) Troops that are mounted on camels.

enamelingnoun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Enamel

enamelnoun (n.) Any one of various preparations for giving a smooth, glossy surface like that of enamel.
 noun (n.) A cosmetic intended to give the appearance of a smooth and beautiful complexion.
 adjective (a.) Relating to the art of enameling; as, enamel painting.
 verb (v. t.) A variety of glass, used in ornament, to cover a surface, as of metal or pottery, and admitting of after decoration in color, or used itself for inlaying or application in varied colors.
 verb (v. t.) A glassy, opaque bead obtained by the blowpipe.
 verb (v. t.) That which is enameled; also, any smooth, glossy surface, resembling enamel, especially if variegated.
 verb (v. t.) The intensely hard calcified tissue entering into the composition of teeth. It merely covers the exposed parts of the teeth of man, but in many animals is intermixed in various ways with the dentine and cement.
 verb (v. t.) To lay enamel upon; to decorate with enamel whether inlaid or painted.
 verb (v. t.) To variegate with colors as if with enamel.
 verb (v. t.) To form a glossy surface like enamel upon; as, to enamel card paper; to enamel leather or cloth.
 verb (v. t.) To disguise with cosmetics, as a woman's complexion.
 verb (v. i.) To practice the art of enameling.

enamelaradjective (a.) Consisting of enamel; resembling enamel; smooth; glossy.

enameledadjective (a.) Coated or adorned with enamel; having a glossy or variegated surface; glazed.
  (imp. & p. p.) of Enamel

enamelernoun (n.) Alt. of Enamelist

enamelistnoun (n.) One who enamels; a workman or artist who applies enamels in ornamental work.

ermelinnoun (n.) Alt. of Ermilin

extremelessadjective (a.) Having no extremes; infinite.

famelessadjective (a.) Without fame or renown.

flamelessadjective (a.) Destitute of flame.

flameletnoun (n.) A small flame.

formellnoun (n.) The female of a hawk or falcon.

fumelessadjective (a.) Free from fumes.

ENGLISH WORDS RHYMING WITH MEL (According to last letters):


Rhyming Words According to Last 2 Letters (el) - English Words That Ends with el:


aielnoun (n.) See Ayle.

algazelnoun (n.) The true gazelle.

aludelnoun (n.) One of the pear-shaped pots open at both ends, and so formed as to be fitted together, the neck of one into the bottom of another in succession; -- used in the process of sublimation.

amselnoun (n.) Alt. of Amzel

amzelnoun (n.) The European ring ousel (Turdus torquatus).

angelnoun (n.) A messenger.
 noun (n.) A spiritual, celestial being, superior to man in power and intelligence. In the Scriptures the angels appear as God's messengers.
 noun (n.) One of a class of "fallen angels;" an evil spirit; as, the devil and his angels.
 noun (n.) A minister or pastor of a church, as in the Seven Asiatic churches.
 noun (n.) Attendant spirit; genius; demon.
 noun (n.) An appellation given to a person supposed to be of angelic goodness or loveliness; a darling.
 noun (n.) An ancient gold coin of England, bearing the figure of the archangel Michael. It varied in value from 6s. 8d. to 10s.

antechapelnoun (n.) The outer part of the west end of a collegiate or other chapel.

antiparalleladjective (a.) Running in a contrary direction.

apparelnoun (n.) External clothing; vesture; garments; dress; garb; external habiliments or array.
 noun (n.) A small ornamental piece of embroidery worn on albs and some other ecclesiastical vestments.
 noun (n.) The furniture of a ship, as masts, sails, rigging, anchors, guns, etc.
 verb (v. t.) To make or get (something) ready; to prepare.
 verb (v. t.) To furnish with apparatus; to equip; to fit out.
 verb (v. t.) To dress or clothe; to attire.
 verb (v. t.) To dress with external ornaments; to cover with something ornamental; to deck; to embellish; as, trees appareled with flowers, or a garden with verdure.

archangelnoun (n.) A chief angel; one high in the celestial hierarchy.
 noun (n.) A term applied to several different species of plants (Angelica archangelica, Lamium album, etc.).

asphodelnoun (n.) A general name for a plant of the genus Asphodelus. The asphodels are hardy perennial plants, several species of which are cultivated for the beauty of their flowers.

astelnoun (n.) An arch, or ceiling, of boards, placed over the men's heads in a mine.

astrofelnoun (n.) Alt. of Astrofell

astrophelnoun (n.) See Astrofel.

auncelnoun (n.) A rude balance for weighing, and a kind of weight, formerly used in England.

appelnoun (n.) A tap or stamp of the foot as a warning of intent to attack; -- called also attack.

arielnoun (n.) In the Cabala, a water spirit; in later folklore, a light and graceful spirit of the air.
  () Alt. of Ariel gazelle

babelnoun (n.) The city and tower in the land of Shinar, where the confusion of languages took place.
 noun (n.) Hence: A place or scene of noise and confusion; a confused mixture of sounds, as of voices or languages.

barbastelnoun (n.) A European bat (Barbastellus communis), with hairy lips.

barbelnoun (n.) A slender tactile organ on the lips of certain fished.
 noun (n.) A large fresh-water fish ( Barbus vulgaris) found in many European rivers. Its upper jaw is furnished with four barbels.
 noun (n.) Barbs or paps under the tongued of horses and cattle. See 1st Barb, 3.

barbicelnoun (n.) One of the small hooklike processes on the barbules of feathers.

barrelnoun (n.) A round vessel or cask, of greater length than breadth, and bulging in the middle, made of staves bound with hoops, and having flat ends or heads.
 noun (n.) The quantity which constitutes a full barrel. This varies for different articles and also in different places for the same article, being regulated by custom or by law. A barrel of wine is 31/ gallons; a barrel of flour is 196 pounds.
 noun (n.) A solid drum, or a hollow cylinder or case; as, the barrel of a windlass; the barrel of a watch, within which the spring is coiled.
 noun (n.) A metallic tube, as of a gun, from which a projectile is discharged.
 noun (n.) A jar.
 noun (n.) The hollow basal part of a feather.
 verb (v. t.) To put or to pack in a barrel or barrels.

battelnoun (n.) A single combat; as, trial by battel. See Wager of battel, under Wager.
 noun (n.) Provisions ordered from the buttery; also, the charges for them; -- only in the pl., except when used adjectively.
 adjective (a.) Fertile; fruitful; productive.
 verb (v. i.) To be supplied with provisions from the buttery.
 verb (v. i.) To make fertile.

bawrelnoun (n.) A kind of hawk.

bedelnoun (n.) Alt. of Bedell

belnoun (n.) The Babylonian name of the god known among the Hebrews as Baal. See Baal.
 noun (n.) A thorny rutaceous tree (Aegle marmelos) of India, and its aromatic, orange-like fruit; -- called also Bengal quince, golden apple, wood apple. The fruit is used medicinally, and the rind yields a perfume and a yellow dye.

besaielnoun (n.) Alt. of Besayle

betelnoun (n.) A species of pepper (Piper betle), the leaves of which are chewed, with the areca or betel nut and a little shell lime, by the inhabitants of the East Indies. It is a woody climber with ovate many-nerved leaves.

bethelnoun (n.) A place of worship; a hallowed spot.
 noun (n.) A chapel for dissenters.
 noun (n.) A house of worship for seamen.

bevelnoun (n.) Any angle other than a right angle; the angle which one surface makes with another when they are not at right angles; the slant or inclination of such surface; as, to give a bevel to the edge of a table or a stone slab; the bevel of a piece of timber.
 noun (n.) An instrument consisting of two rules or arms, jointed together at one end, and opening to any angle, for adjusting the surfaces of work to the same or a given inclination; -- called also a bevel square.
 adjective (a.) Having the slant of a bevel; slanting.
 adjective (a.) Hence: Morally distorted; not upright.
 verb (v. t.) To cut to a bevel angle; to slope the edge or surface of.
 verb (v. i.) To deviate or incline from an angle of 90¡, as a surface; to slant.

bezelnoun (n.) The rim which encompasses and fastens a jewel or other object, as the crystal of a watch, in the cavity in which it is set.

boltelnoun (n.) See Boultel.

bonnibelnoun (n.) A handsome girl.

bonspielnoun (n.) A cur/ing match between clubs.

bordelnoun (n.) Alt. of Bordello

borelnoun (n.) See Borrel.

borrelnoun (n.) Coarse woolen cloth; hence, coarse clothing; a garment.
 noun (n.) A kind of light stuff, of silk and wool.
 noun (n.) Ignorant, unlearned; belonging to the laity.

boultelnoun (n.) Alt. of Boultin

bowelnoun (n.) One of the intestines of an animal; an entrail, especially of man; a gut; -- generally used in the plural.
 noun (n.) Hence, figuratively: The interior part of anything; as, the bowels of the earth.
 noun (n.) The seat of pity or kindness. Hence: Tenderness; compassion.
 noun (n.) Offspring.
 verb (v. t.) To take out the bowels of; to eviscerate; to disembowel.

bowtelnoun (n.) See Boultel.

breastwheelnoun (n.) A water wheel, on which the stream of water strikes neither so high as in the overshot wheel, nor so low as in the undershot, but generally at about half the height of the wheel, being kept in contact with it by the breasting. The water acts on the float boards partly by impulse, partly by its weight.

bretzelnoun (n.) See Pretzel.

brocatelnoun (n.) A kind of coarse brocade, or figured fabric, used chiefly for tapestry, linings for carriages, etc.
 noun (n.) A marble, clouded and veined with white, gray, yellow, and red, in which the yellow usually prevails. It is also called Siena marble, from its locality.

broteladjective (a.) Brittle.

brothelnoun (n.) A house of lewdness or ill fame; a house frequented by prostitutes; a bawdyhouse.

bulbelnoun (n.) A separable bulb formed on some flowering plants.

bultelnoun (n.) A bolter or bolting cloth; also, bran.

burelnoun (n. & a.) Same as Borrel.

burhelnoun (n.) Alt. of Burrhel

burrhelnoun (n.) The wild Himalayan, or blue, sheep (Ovis burrhel).

ENGLISH WORDS RHYMING WITH MEL (According to first letters):


Rhyming Words According to First 2 Letters (me) - Words That Begins with me:


merchetnoun (n.) In old English and in Scots law, a fine paid to the lord of the soil by a tenant upon the marriage of one the tenant's daughters.

meacocknoun (n.) An uxorious, effeminate, or spiritless man.

meadnoun (n.) A fermented drink made of water and honey with malt, yeast, etc.; metheglin; hydromel.
 noun (n.) A drink composed of sirup of sarsaparilla or other flavoring extract, and water. It is sometimes charged with carbonic acid gas.
 noun (n.) A meadow.

meadownoun (n.) A tract of low or level land producing grass which is mown for hay; any field on which grass is grown for hay.
 noun (n.) Low land covered with coarse grass or rank herbage near rives and in marshy places by the sea; as, the salt meadows near Newark Bay.
 adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to a meadow; of the nature of a meadow; produced, growing, or living in, a meadow.

meadowsweetnoun (n.) Alt. of Meadowwort

meadowwortnoun (n.) The name of several plants of the genus Spiraea, especially the white- or pink-flowered S. salicifolia, a low European and American shrub, and the herbaceous S. Ulmaria, which has fragrant white flowers in compound cymes.

meadowyadjective (a.) Of or pertaining to meadows; resembling, or consisting of, meadow.

meageradjective (a.) Alt. of Meagre
 verb (v. t.) Alt. of Meagre

meagrenoun (n.) A large European sciaenoid fish (Sciaena umbra or S. aquila), having white bloodless flesh. It is valued as a food fish.
 adjective (a.) Destitue of, or having little, flesh; lean.
 adjective (a.) Destitute of richness, fertility, strength, or the like; defective in quantity, or poor in quality; poor; barren; scanty in ideas; wanting strength of diction or affluence of imagery.
 adjective (a.) Dry and harsh to the touch, as chalk.
 verb (v. t.) To make lean.

meagernessnoun (n.) Alt. of Meagreness

meagrenessnoun (n.) The state or quality of being meager; leanness; scantiness; barrenness.

meaknoun (n.) A hook with a long handle.

meakingnoun (n.) The process of picking out the oakum from the seams of a vessel which is to be recalked.

mealnoun (n.) A part; a fragment; a portion.
 noun (n.) The portion of food taken at a particular time for the satisfaction of appetite; the quantity usually taken at one time with the purpose of satisfying hunger; a repast; the act or time of eating a meal; as, the traveler has not eaten a good meal for a week; there was silence during the meal.
 noun (n.) Grain (esp. maize, rye, or oats) that is coarsely ground and unbolted; also, a kind of flour made from beans, pease, etc.; sometimes, any flour, esp. if coarse.
 noun (n.) Any substance that is coarsely pulverized like meal, but not granulated.
 verb (v. t.) To sprinkle with, or as with, meal.
 verb (v. t.) To pulverize; as, mealed powder.

mealiesnoun (n. pl.) Maize or Indian corn; -- the common name in South Africa.

mealinessnoun (n.) The quality or state of being mealy.

mealtimenoun (n.) The usual time of eating a meal.

meaningnoun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Mean
 noun (n.) That which is meant or intended; intent; purpose; aim; object; as, a mischievous meaning was apparent.
 noun (n.) That which is signified, whether by act lanquage; signification; sence; import; as, the meaning of a hint.
 noun (n.) Sense; power of thinking.

meannoun (n.) That which is mean, or intermediate, between two extremes of place, time, or number; the middle point or place; middle rate or degree; mediocrity; medium; absence of extremes or excess; moderation; measure.
 noun (n.) A quantity having an intermediate value between several others, from which it is derived, and of which it expresses the resultant value; usually, unless otherwise specified, it is the simple average, formed by adding the quantities together and dividing by their number, which is called an arithmetical mean. A geometrical mean is the square root of the product of the quantities.
 noun (n.) That through which, or by the help of which, an end is attained; something tending to an object desired; intermediate agency or measure; necessary condition or coagent; instrument.
 noun (n.) Hence: Resources; property, revenue, or the like, considered as the condition of easy livelihood, or an instrumentality at command for effecting any purpose; disposable force or substance.
 noun (n.) A part, whether alto or tenor, intermediate between the soprano and base; a middle part.
 noun (n.) Meantime; meanwhile.
 noun (n.) A mediator; a go-between.
 adjective (a.) Occupying a middle position; middle; being about midway between extremes.
 adjective (a.) Intermediate in excellence of any kind.
 adjective (a.) Average; having an intermediate value between two extremes, or between the several successive values of a variable quantity during one cycle of variation; as, mean distance; mean motion; mean solar day.
 superlative (superl.) Destitute of distinction or eminence; common; low; vulgar; humble.
 superlative (superl.) Wanting dignity of mind; low-minded; base; destitute of honor; spiritless; as, a mean motive.
 superlative (superl.) Of little value or account; worthy of little or no regard; contemptible; despicable.
 superlative (superl.) Of poor quality; as, mean fare.
 superlative (superl.) Penurious; stingy; close-fisted; illiberal; as, mean hospitality.
 verb (v. t.) To have in the mind, as a purpose, intention, etc.; to intend; to purpose; to design; as, what do you mean to do ?
 verb (v. t.) To signify; to indicate; to import; to denote.
 verb (v. i.) To have a purpose or intention.

meandernoun (n.) A winding, crooked, or involved course; as, the meanders of the veins and arteries.
 noun (n.) A tortuous or intricate movement.
 noun (n.) Fretwork. See Fret.
 verb (v. t.) To wind, turn, or twist; to make flexuous.
 verb (v. i.) To wind or turn in a course or passage; to be intricate.

meanderingnoun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Meander

meandrianadjective (a.) Winding; having many turns.

meandrinanoun (n.) A genus of corals with meandering grooves and ridges, including the brain corals.

meandrousadjective (a.) Alt. of Meandry

meandryadjective (a.) Winding; flexuous.

meannessnoun (n.) The condition, or quality, of being mean; want of excellence; poorness; lowness; baseness; sordidness; stinginess.
 noun (n.) A mean act; as, to be guilty of meanness.

meantimenoun (n.) Alt. of Meanwhile
 adverb (adv.) Alt. of Meanwhile

meanwhilenoun (n.) The intervening time; as, in the meantime (or mean time).
 adverb (adv.) In the intervening time; during the interval.

mearnoun (n.) A boundary. See Mere.

measenoun (n.) Five hundred; as, a mease of herrings.

measelrynoun (n.) Leprosy.

measlenoun (n.) A leper.
 noun (n.) A tapeworm larva. See 2d Measles, 4.

measledadjective (a.) Infected or spotted with measles, as pork.

measlesnoun (n.) Leprosy; also, a leper.
 noun (n.) A contagious febrile disorder commencing with catarrhal symptoms, and marked by the appearance on the third day of an eruption of distinct red circular spots, which coalesce in a crescentic form, are slightly raised above the surface, and after the fourth day of the eruption gradually decline; rubeola.
 noun (n.) A disease of cattle and swine in which the flesh is filled with the embryos of different varieties of the tapeworm.
 noun (n.) A disease of trees.
 noun (n.) The larvae of any tapeworm (Taenia) in the cysticerus stage, when contained in meat. Called also bladder worms.

measlyadjective (a.) Infected with measles.
 adjective (a.) Containing larval tapeworms; -- said of pork and beef.

measurableadjective (a.) Capable of being measured; susceptible of mensuration or computation.
 adjective (a.) Moderate; temperate; not excessive.

measurenoun (n.) A standard of dimension; a fixed unit of quantity or extent; an extent or quantity in the fractions or multiples of which anything is estimated and stated; hence, a rule by which anything is adjusted or judged.
 noun (n.) An instrument by means of which size or quantity is measured, as a graduated line, rod, vessel, or the like.
 noun (n.) The dimensions or capacity of anything, reckoned according to some standard; size or extent, determined and stated; estimated extent; as, to take one's measure for a coat.
 noun (n.) The contents of a vessel by which quantity is measured; a quantity determined by a standard; a stated or limited quantity or amount.
 noun (n.) Extent or degree not excessive or beyong bounds; moderation; due restraint; esp. in the phrases, in measure; with measure; without or beyond measure.
 noun (n.) Determined extent, not to be exceeded; limit; allotted share, as of action, influence, ability, or the like; due proportion.
 noun (n.) The quantity determined by measuring, especially in buying and selling; as, to give good or full measure.
 noun (n.) Undefined quantity; extent; degree.
 noun (n.) Regulated division of movement
 noun (n.) A regulated movement corresponding to the time in which the accompanying music is performed; but, especially, a slow and stately dance, like the minuet.
 noun (n.) The group or grouping of beats, caused by the regular recurrence of accented beats.
 noun (n.) The space between two bars.
 noun (n.) To ascertain by use of a measuring instrument; to compute or ascertain the extent, quantity, dimensions, or capacity of, by a certain rule or standard; to take the dimensions of; hence, to estimate; to judge of; to value; to appraise.
 noun (n.) To serve as the measure of; as, the thermometer measures changes of temperature.
 noun (n.) To pass throught or over in journeying, as if laying off and determining the distance.
 noun (n.) To adjust by a rule or standard.
 noun (n.) To allot or distribute by measure; to set off or apart by measure; -- often with out or off.
 adjective (a.) The manner of ordering and combining the quantities, or long and short syllables; meter; rhythm; hence, a foot; as, a poem in iambic measure.
 adjective (a.) A number which is contained in a given number a number of times without a remainder; as in the phrases, the common measure, the greatest common measure, etc., of two or more numbers.
 adjective (a.) A step or definite part of a progressive course or policy; a means to an end; an act designed for the accomplishment of an object; as, political measures; prudent measures; an inefficient measure.
 adjective (a.) The act of measuring; measurement.
 adjective (a.) Beds or strata; as, coal measures; lead measures.
 verb (v. i.) To make a measurement or measurements.
 verb (v. i.) To result, or turn out, on measuring; as, the grain measures well; the pieces measure unequally.
 verb (v. i.) To be of a certain size or quantity, or to have a certain length, breadth, or thickness, or a certain capacity according to a standard measure; as, cloth measures three fourths of a yard; a tree measures three feet in diameter.

measuringnoun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Measure
 adjective (a.) Used in, or adapted for, ascertaining measurements, or dividing by measure.

measuredadjective (a.) Regulated or determined by a standard; hence, equal; uniform; graduated; limited; moderated; as, he walked with measured steps; he expressed himself in no measured terms.
  (imp. & p. p.) of Measure

measurelessadjective (a.) Without measure; unlimited; immeasurable.

measurementnoun (n.) The act or result of measuring; mensuration; as, measurement is required.
 noun (n.) The extent, size, capacity, amount. or quantity ascertained by measuring; as, its measurement is five acres.

measurernoun (n.) One who measures; one whose occupation or duty is to measure commondities in market.

meatnoun (n.) Food, in general; anything eaten for nourishment, either by man or beast. Hence, the edible part of anything; as, the meat of a lobster, a nut, or an egg.
 noun (n.) The flesh of animals used as food; esp., animal muscle; as, a breakfast of bread and fruit without meat.
 noun (n.) Specifically, dinner; the chief meal.
 verb (v. t.) To supply with food.

meataladjective (a.) Of or pertaining to a meatus; resembling a meatus.

meatedadjective (a.) Fed; fattened.
 adjective (a.) Having (such) meat; -- used chiefly in composition; as, thick-meated.

meathnoun (n.) Alt. of Meathe

meathenoun (n.) A sweet liquor; mead.

meatinessnoun (n.) Quality of being meaty.

meatlessadjective (a.) Having no meat; without food.

meatoscopenoun (n.) A speculum for examining a natural passage, as the urethra.

ENGLISH WORDS BOTH FIRST AND LAST LETTERS RHYMING WITH MEL:

English Words which starts with 'm' and ends with 'l':

machinaladjective (a.) Of or pertaining to machines.

mackerelnoun (n.) A pimp; also, a bawd.
 noun (n.) Any species of the genus Scomber, and of several related genera. They are finely formed and very active oceanic fishes. Most of them are highly prized for food.

macrodactylnoun (n.) One of a group of wading birds (Macrodactyli) having very long toes.

macrodiagonalnoun (n.) The longer of two diagonals, as of a rhombic prism. See Crystallization.

macropodaladjective (a.) Having long or large feet, or a long stem.

macroscopicaladjective (a.) Visible to the unassisted eye; -- as opposed to microscopic.

macrouraladjective (a.) Same as Macrura, Macrural, etc.

macruraladjective (a.) Same as Macrurous.

madreperlnoun (n.) Mother-of-pearl.

madrigalnoun (n.) A little amorous poem, sometimes called a pastoral poem, containing some tender and delicate, though simple, thought.
 noun (n.) An unaccompanied polyphonic song, in four, five, or more parts, set to secular words, but full of counterpoint and imitation, and adhering to the old church modes. Unlike the freer glee, it is best sung with several voices on a part. See Glee.

magicaladjective (a.) Pertaining to the hidden wisdom supposed to be possessed by the Magi; relating to the occult powers of nature, and the producing of effects by their agency.
 adjective (a.) Performed by, or proceeding from, occult and superhuman agencies; done by, or seemingly done by, enchantment or sorcery. Hence: Seemingly requiring more than human power; imposing or startling in performance; producing effects which seem supernatural or very extraordinary; having extraordinary properties; as, a magic lantern; a magic square or circle.

magisterialadjective (a.) Of or pertaining to a master or magistrate, or one in authority; having the manner of a magister; official; commanding; authoritative. Hence: Overbearing; dictatorial; dogmatic.
 adjective (a.) Pertaining to, produced by, or of the nature of, magistery. See Magistery, 2.

magistralnoun (n.) A sovereign medicine or remedy.
 noun (n.) A magistral line.
 noun (n.) Powdered copper pyrites used in the amalgamation of ores of silver, as at the Spanish mines of Mexico and South America.
 adjective (a.) Pertaining to a master; magisterial; authoritative; dogmatic.
 adjective (a.) Commanded or prescribed by a magister, esp. by a doctor; hence, effectual; sovereign; as, a magistral sirup.
 adjective (a.) Formulated extemporaneously, or for a special case; -- opposed to officinal, and said of prescriptions and medicines.

magistraticaladjective (a.) Of, pertaining to, or proceeding from, a magistrate; having the authority of a magistrate.

magneticaladjective (a.) Pertaining to the magnet; possessing the properties of the magnet, or corresponding properties; as, a magnetic bar of iron; a magnetic needle.
 adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to, or characterized by, the earth's magnetism; as, the magnetic north; the magnetic meridian.
 adjective (a.) Capable of becoming a magnet; susceptible to magnetism; as, the magnetic metals.
 adjective (a.) Endowed with extraordinary personal power to excite the feelings and to win the affections; attractive; inducing attachment.
 adjective (a.) Having, susceptible to, or induced by, animal magnetism, so called; as, a magnetic sleep. See Magnetism.

magnificaladjective (a.) Grand; splendid; illustrious; magnificent.

maieuticaladjective (a.) Serving to assist childbirth.
 adjective (a.) Fig. : Aiding, or tending to, the definition and interpretation of thoughts or language.

maikelnoun (n.) A South American carnivore of the genus Conepatus, allied to the skunk, but larger, and having a longer snout. The tail is not bushy.

mailnoun (n.) A spot.
 noun (n.) A small piece of money; especially, an English silver half-penny of the time of Henry V.
 noun (n.) Rent; tribute.
 noun (n.) A flexible fabric made of metal rings interlinked. It was used especially for defensive armor.
 noun (n.) Hence generally, armor, or any defensive covering.
 noun (n.) A contrivance of interlinked rings, for rubbing off the loose hemp on lines and white cordage.
 noun (n.) Any hard protective covering of an animal, as the scales and plates of reptiles, shell of a lobster, etc.
 noun (n.) A bag; a wallet.
 noun (n.) The bag or bags with the letters, papers, papers, or other matter contained therein, conveyed under public authority from one post office to another; the whole system of appliances used by government in the conveyance and delivery of mail matter.
 noun (n.) That which comes in the mail; letters, etc., received through the post office.
 noun (n.) A trunk, box, or bag, in which clothing, etc., may be carried.
 verb (v. t.) To arm with mail.
 verb (v. t.) To pinion.
 verb (v. t.) To deliver into the custody of the postoffice officials, or place in a government letter box, for transmission by mail; to post; as, to mail a letter.

mainsailnoun (n.) The principal sail in a ship or other vessel.

majestataladjective (a.) Majestic.

majesticaladjective (a.) Majestic.

malarialadjective (a.) Alt. of Malarious

maleficialadjective (a.) Injurious.

maleylnoun (n.) A hypothetical radical derived from maleic acid.

mallnoun (n.) A large heavy wooden beetle; a mallet for driving anything with force; a maul.
 noun (n.) A heavy blow.
 noun (n.) An old game played with malls or mallets and balls. See Pall-mall.
 noun (n.) A place where the game of mall was played. Hence: A public walk; a level shaded walk.
 noun (n.) Formerly, among Teutonic nations, a meeting of the notables of a state for the transaction of public business, such meeting being a modification of the ancient popular assembly.
 noun (n.) A court of justice.
 noun (n.) A place where justice is administered.
 noun (n.) A place where public meetings are held.
 verb (v. t.) To beat with a mall; to beat with something heavy; to bruise; to maul.

mallealadjective (a.) Pertaining to the malleus.

malonylnoun (n.) A hydrocarbon radical, CH2.(CO)2, from malonic acid.

mammalnoun (n.) One of the Mammalia.

mammalogicaladjective (a.) Of or pertaining to mammalogy.

managerialadjective (a.) Of or pertaining to management or a manager; as, managerial qualities.

manchineelnoun (n.) A euphorbiaceous tree (Hippomane Mancinella) of tropical America, having a poisonous and blistering milky juice, and poisonous acrid fruit somewhat resembling an apple.

manderilnoun (n.) A mandrel.

mandilnoun (n.) A loose outer garment worn the 16th and 17th centuries.

mandrelnoun (n.) A bar of metal inserted in the work to shape it, or to hold it, as in a lathe, during the process of manufacture; an arbor.
 noun (n.) The live spindle of a turning lathe; the revolving arbor of a circular saw. It is usually driven by a pulley.

mandrillnoun (n.) a large West African baboon (Cynocephalus, / Papio, mormon). The adult male has, on the sides of the nose, large, naked, grooved swellings, conspicuously striped with blue and red.

manerialadjective (a.) See Manorial.

manfuladjective (a.) Showing manliness, or manly spirit; hence, brave, courageous, resolute, noble.

mangoldwurzelnoun (n.) See Mangel-wurzel.

mangonelnoun (n.) A military engine formerly used for throwing stones and javelins.

maniacaladjective (a.) Affected with, or characterized by, madness; maniac.

mannitolnoun (n.) The technical name of mannite. See Mannite.

manometricaladjective (a.) Of or pertaining to the manometer; made by the manometer.

manorialadjective (a.) Of or pertaining to a manor.

mantelnoun (n.) The finish around a fireplace, covering the chimney-breast in front and sometimes on both sides; especially, a shelf above the fireplace, and its supports.

manualadjective (a.) Of or pertaining to the hand; done or made by the hand; as, manual labor; the king's sign manual.
 adjective (a.) A small book, such as may be carried in the hand, or conveniently handled; a handbook; specifically, the service book of the Roman Catholic Church.
 adjective (a.) A keyboard of an organ or harmonium for the fingers, as distinguished from the pedals; a clavier, or set of keys.
 adjective (a.) A prescribed exercise in the systematic handing of a weapon; as, the manual of arms; the manual of the sword; the manual of the piece (cannon, mortar, etc.).

manubialadjective (a.) Belonging to spoils; taken in war.

manubrialadjective (a.) Of or pertaining to a manubrium; shaped like a manubrium; handlelike.

manufacturaladjective (a.) Of or pertaining to manufactures.

manulnoun (n.) A wild cat (Felis manul), having long, soft, light-colored fur. It is found in the mountains of Central Asia, and dwells among rocks.

manurialadjective (a.) Relating to manures.

manuscriptaladjective (a.) Manuscript.

marcasiticaladjective (a.) Containing, or having the nature of, marcasite.

mareschalnoun (n.) A military officer of high rank; a marshal.

marginaladjective (a.) Of or pertaining to a margin.
 adjective (a.) Written or printed in the margin; as, a marginal note or gloss.

marginicidaladjective (a.) Dehiscent by the separation of united carpels; -- said of fruits.

maritimaladjective (a.) Alt. of Maritimale

marlnoun (n.) A mixed earthy substance, consisting of carbonate of lime, clay, and sand, in very varivble proportions, and accordingly designated as calcareous, clayey, or sandy. See Greensand.
 noun (n.) To overspread or manure with marl; as, to marl a field.
 verb (v. t.) To cover, as part of a rope, with marline, marking a pecular hitch at each turn to prevent unwinding.

marmorealadjective (a.) Alt. of Marmorean

marshalnoun (n.) Originally, an officer who had the care of horses; a groom.
 noun (n.) An officer of high rank, charged with the arrangement of ceremonies, the conduct of operations, or the like
 noun (n.) One who goes before a prince to declare his coming and provide entertainment; a harbinger; a pursuivant.
 noun (n.) One who regulates rank and order at a feast or any other assembly, directs the order of procession, and the like.
 noun (n.) The chief officer of arms, whose duty it was, in ancient times, to regulate combats in the lists.
 noun (n.) The highest military officer.
 noun (n.) A ministerial officer, appointed for each judicial district of the United States, to execute the process of the courts of the United States, and perform various duties, similar to those of a sheriff. The name is also sometimes applied to certain police officers of a city.
 verb (v. t.) To dispose in order; to arrange in a suitable manner; as, to marshal troops or an army.
 verb (v. t.) To direct, guide, or lead.
 verb (v. t.) To dispose in due order, as the different quarterings on an escutcheon, or the different crests when several belong to an achievement.

marsupialnoun (n.) One of the Marsupialia.
 adjective (a.) Having a pouch for carrying the immature young; of or pertaining to the Marsupialia.
 adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to a marsupium; as, the marsupial bones.

martialadjective (a.) Of, pertaining to, or suited for, war; military; as, martial music; a martial appearance.
 adjective (a.) Practiced in, or inclined to, war; warlike; brave.
 adjective (a.) Belonging to war, or to an army and navy; -- opposed to civil; as, martial law; a court-martial.
 adjective (a.) Pertaining to, or resembling, the god, or the planet, Mars.
 adjective (a.) Pertaining to, or containing, iron; chalybeate; as, martial preparations.

martingalnoun (n.) A strap fastened to a horse's girth, passing between his fore legs, and fastened to the bit, or now more commonly ending in two rings, through which the reins pass. It is intended to hold down the head of the horse, and prevent him from rearing.
 noun (n.) A lower stay of rope or chain for the jib boom or flying jib boom, fastened to, or reeved through, the dolphin striker. Also, the dolphin striker itself.
 noun (n.) The act of doubling, at each stake, that which has been lost on the preceding stake; also, the sum so risked; -- metaphorically derived from the bifurcation of the martingale of a harness.

martyrologicaladjective (a.) Pertaining to martyrology or martyrs; registering, or registered in, a catalogue of martyrs.

marvelnoun (n.) That which causes wonder; a prodigy; a miracle.
 noun (n.) Wonder.
 verb (v. i.) To be struck with surprise, astonishment, or wonder; to wonder.
 verb (v. t.) To marvel at.
 verb (v. t.) To cause to marvel, or be surprised; -- used impersonally.

masoreticaladjective (a.) Of or relating to the Masora, or to its authors.

masterfuladjective (a.) Inclined to play the master; domineering; imperious; arbitrary.
 adjective (a.) Having the skill or power of a master; indicating or expressing power or mastery.

mastfuladjective (a.) Abounding in mast; producing mast in abundance; as, the mastful forest; a mastful chestnut.

mastoidaladjective (a.) Same as Mastoid.

materialnoun (n.) The substance or matter of which anything is made or may be made.
 adjective (a.) Consisting of matter; not spiritual; corporeal; physical; as, material substance or bodies.
 adjective (a.) Hence: Pertaining to, or affecting, the physical nature of man, as distinguished from the mental or moral nature; relating to the bodily wants, interests, and comforts.
 adjective (a.) Of solid or weighty character; not insubstantial; of cinsequence; not be dispensed with; important.
 adjective (a.) Pertaining to the matter, as opposed to the form, of a thing. See Matter.
 verb (v. t.) To form from matter; to materialize.

materialisticaladjective (a.) Of or pertaining to materialism or materialists; of the nature of materialism.

materielnoun (n.) That in a complex system which constitutes the materials, or instruments employed, in distinction from the personnel, or men; as, the baggage, munitions, provisions, etc., of an army; or the buildings, libraries, and apparatus of a college, in distinction from its officers.

maternaladjective (a.) Of or pertaining to a mother; becoming to a mother; motherly; as, maternal love; maternal tenderness.

mathematicaladjective (a.) Of or pertaining to mathematics; according to mathematics; hence, theoretically precise; accurate; as, mathematical geography; mathematical instruments; mathematical exactness.

matinaladjective (a.) Relating to the morning, or to matins; matutinal.

matriarchaladjective (a.) Of or pertaining to a matriarch; governed by a matriarch.

matricidaladjective (a.) Of or pertaining to matricide.

matrimonialadjective (a.) Of or pertaining to marriage; derived from marriage; connubial; nuptial; hymeneal; as, matrimonial rights or duties.

matronaladjective (a.) Of or pertaining to a matron; suitable to an elderly lady or to a married woman; grave; motherly.

matutinaladjective (a.) Of or pertaining to the morning; early.

maulnoun (n.) A heavy wooden hammer or beetle.
 verb (v. t.) To beat and bruise with a heavy stick or cudgel; to wound in a coarse manner.
 verb (v. t.) To injure greatly; to do much harm to.

maundrilnoun (n.) A pick with two prongs, to pry with.

maxilloturbinalnoun (n.) The maxillo-turbinal, or inferior turbinate, bone.
 adjective (a.) Pertaining to the maxillary and turbinal regions of the skull.

mayoralnoun (n.) The conductir of a mule team; also, a head shepherd.

mazefuladjective (a.) Mazy.

mazologicaladjective (a.) Of or pertaining to mazology.

meazelnoun (n.) See 1st Measle.

mechanicalnoun (n.) A mechanic.
 adjective (a.) Pertaining to, governed by, or in accordance with, mechanics, or the laws of motion; pertaining to the quantitative relations of force and matter, as distinguished from mental, vital, chemical, etc.; as, mechanical principles; a mechanical theory; mechanical deposits.
 adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to a machine or to machinery or tools; made or formed by a machine or with tools; as, mechanical precision; mechanical products.
 adjective (a.) Done as if by a machine; uninfluenced by will or emotion; proceeding automatically, or by habit, without special intention or reflection; as, mechanical singing; mechanical verses; mechanical service.
 adjective (a.) Made and operated by interaction of forces without a directing intelligence; as, a mechanical universe.
 adjective (a.) Obtained by trial, by measurements, etc.; approximate; empirical. See the 2d Note under Geometric.

medalnoun (n.) A piece of metal in the form of a coin, struck with a device, and intended to preserve the remembrance of a notable event or an illustrious person, or to serve as a reward.
 verb (v. t.) To honor or reward with a medal.

mediaevaladjective (a.) Of or relating to the Middle Ages; as, mediaeval architecture.

medialnoun (n.) See 2d Media.
 adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to a mean or average; mean; as, medial alligation.

mediastinaladjective (a.) Of or pertaining to a mediastinum.

mediatorialadjective (a.) Of or pertaining to a mediator, or to mediation; mediatory; as, a mediatorial office.

medicaladjective (a.) Of, pertaining to, or having to do with, the art of healing disease, or the science of medicine; as, the medical profession; medical services; a medical dictionary; medical jurisprudence.
 adjective (a.) Containing medicine; used in medicine; medicinal; as, the medical properties of a plant.

medicamentaladjective (a.) Of or pertaining to medicaments or healing applications; having the qualities of medicaments.

medicinaladjective (a.) Having curative or palliative properties; used for the cure or alleviation of bodily disorders; as, medicinal tinctures, plants, or springs.
 adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to medicine; medical.

mediocraladjective (a.) Mediocre.

mediostapedialnoun (n.) The mediostapedial part of the columella.
 adjective (a.) Pertaining to that part of the columella of the ear which, in some animals, connects the stapes with the other parts of the columella.

medregalnoun (n.) See Bonito, 3.

meedfuladjective (a.) Worthy of meed, reward, or recompense; meritorious.