8-letter words starting with mel
- mel kaye — (person) The hero of The Story of Mel, a Real Programmer. The preface to the manuals for the Royal McBee LGP-30 ACT 1 (Algebraic Compiler and Translator) compiler (dated 1959) contain the following attribution from Clay S. Boswell, Jr. (apparently ACT 1's designer): I wish to acknowledge my appreciation to the many people who offered suggestions and criticisms of the ACT 1 System. In particular, Mel Kaye of Royal McBee who did the bulk of the programming. (2008-08-04)
- melamine — a white, crystalline, slightly water-soluble solid, C 3 N 3 (NH 2) 3 , used chiefly in organic synthesis and in the manufacture of resins, especially melamine resins.
- melammed — melamed.
- melampus — the first seer and healer: his ears were licked by serpents he had raised, enabling him to understand the speech and wisdom of animals.
- melanian — a freshwater mollusc of the former family Melaniidae. The Melaniidae family is now separated into the Thiaridae, Pleuroceridae, and Melanopsidae families.
- melanion — a youth of Arcadia, usually identified with Hippomenes as the successful suitor of Atalanta.
- melanise — Alt form melanize.
- melanism — Ethnology. the condition in human beings of having a high amount of melanin granules in the skin, hair, and eyes.
- melanist — a melanistic person
- melanite — a deep black variety of andradite garnet.
- melanize — To convert into melanin, or to deposit melanin in.
- melanoid — of or characterized by melanosis.
- melanoma — any of several types of skin tumors characterized by the malignant growth of melanocytes.
- melanous — having a dark, swarthy complexion and dark-colored hair.
- melaxuma — a disease of trees, especially walnuts, characterized by an inky-black liquid oozing from the affected twigs, branches, and trunk, and by bark cankers, caused by any of several fungi, as Dothiorella gregaria.
- melchers — Gari [gair-ee] /ˈgɛər i/ (Show IPA), 1860–1932, U.S. painter.
- melchior — one of the three Magi.
- melchite — a Christian in Egypt and Syria who accepted the definition of faith adopted by the Council of Chalcedon in a.d. 451.
- meleager — flourished 1st century b.c, Greek epigrammatist.
- melilite — a sorosilicate mineral group, consisting chiefly of sodium, calcium, and aluminum silicates, occurring in igneous rocks.
- melilots — Plural form of melilot.
- melinite — a high explosive containing picric acid.
- melitene — ancient name of Malatya.
- melitose — raffinose.
- melittin — a polypeptide that is the main toxic component in bee venom
- mellitic — (of an acid) obtained from mellite
- mellitum — mellite.
- mellowed — soft, sweet, and full-flavored from ripeness, as fruit.
- mellower — soft, sweet, and full-flavored from ripeness, as fruit.
- mellowly — In a mellow manner.
- melodeon — a small reed organ.
- melodica — A wind instrument with a small keyboard controlling a row of reeds, and a mouthpiece at one end.
- melodics — the branch of musical science concerned with the pitch and succession of tones.
- melodies — a female given name.
- melodion — a small reed organ.
- melodise — to make melodious.
- melodist — a composer or a singer of melodies.
- melodize — to make melodious.
- meltable — to become liquefied by warmth or heat, as ice, snow, butter, or metal.
- meltages — (very, rare) Plural form of meltage.
- meltdown — network meltdown
- melville — Herman, 1819–91, U.S. novelist.
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