Skip to content A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z Mekbuda Zeta Geminorum. meke A traditional dance of Fiji. Mekele The capital city of Tigray, Ethiopia. Mekeo A language of Papua New Guinea. Meker A surname from French. mekhela A traditional garment worn by Assamese women, consisting of a length of cloth worn (typically with a chador) from the waist to the ankles and often pleated. Mekhelee Another name of Meitei people. Mekheli Another name of Meitei people. Mekhi A male given name originating as a coinage, of African-American usage. Mekhlee Another name of Meitei people. Mekla A town and commune in Tizi Ouzou province, Algeria. Meknes A city in the region of Fez-Meknes, Morocco. mekometer A kind of precision rangefinder. Mekon A hyperintelligent alien being with a huge brain and otherwise atrophied body, the fictional archenemy of Dan Dare. Mekong a river in Southeast Asia that flows about 4,183 km (2,600 miles) from Qinghai, Tibet, and Yunnan in China, through Myanmar, Laos, Thailand, Cambodia, and Vietnam, into the South China Sea Mekonnen A surname from Amharic. mekosuchine Any extinct crocodile of the subfamily Mekosuchinae mekubbal Synonym of kabbalist. mel A unit of pitch on a scale of pitches perceived by listeners to be equally spaced from one another. mela A Hindu religious festival. melabasanite A black basanite melacacidin A particular leucoanthocyanidin compound. Melachim Either one of the two Books of Kings (1 Kings = Melachim Aleph; 2 Kings = Melachim Bet). melaconite tenorite. melado a mixture of sugar and molasses; crude sugar as it comes from the pans without being drained meladrazine A drug used in urology as an antispasmodic. melagabbro A form of gabbro that is relatively darkly colored. melagabbroic Relating to or composed of melagabbro. melagatran An anticoagulant drug. melainotype A ferrotype or tintype. melakarta A collection of fundamental ragas (scales) in Carnatic music (South Indian classical music). melakhah Any of the types of work forbidden on Shabbat. Melaky A region of Madagascar. Melalap A settlement and state constituency in Tenom district, Sabah, Malaysia. Melale A barangay of Laak, Davao de Oro, Philippines. melaleuca Any member of the genus Melaleuca of shrubs and trees in the myrtle family. melalgia Pain in a limb. melam A condensation product of melamine, originally found in the residue of heating ammonium thiocyanate. melamed A religious teacher or instructor in general, especially in the Talmudic period. melamine A strong aromatic heterocyclic base, triaminotriazine, used in combination with formaldehyde to manufacture melamine resins; any such resin, such as Formica melaminylthioarsenate melarsomine melamphaid Any fish in the family Melamphaidae. melampitta Any member of the family Melampittidae of birds from New Guinea. melampodium Any plant of the genus Melampodium. melampolide Any of a class of organic compounds found in Melampodium and related plants. melampsoraceous Of or relating to the Melampsoraceae. Melampus A legendary soothsayer and healer, originally of Pylos, who ruled at Argos. melampyrin melampyrite melampyrite galactitol Melan A town in Albania. melanaemia A morbid state in which the blood contains black pigment, either floating freely or embedded in the white blood cells; either a disease or a sign of one, ambiguously. melanaemic Having or relating to melanaemia. melanagogue A medicine supposed to expel black bile or choler. melanate Any salt or ester of melanic acid. melanated Containing melanin. Melanau A member of people who live on the island of Borneo, primarily in Sarawak, Malaysia, but also in Kalimantan, Indonesia. Melanchlaeni A Scythian tribe which dwelt in Pontus melancholia Deep sadness or gloom; melancholy melancholiac Synonym of melancholic. melancholian A person affected with melancholy; a melancholic. melancholic Filled with or affected by melancholy—great sadness or depression, especially of a thoughtful or introspective nature. melancholically In a melancholic manner. melancholily In a melancholy manner. melancholiness The quality of being melancholy. melancholious melancholy melancholiously In a melancholious manner. melancholish Somewhat melancholic. melancholist One affected with melancholy or dejection. melancholize To make melancholy. melancholous melancholic melancholy Black bile, formerly thought to be one of the four "cardinal humours" of animal bodies. Melanchthon A surname. Melanchthonian Of or relating to Philip Melanchthon (born Philipp Schwartzerdt; 1497–1560), German Lutheran reformer. Melanchthonic Of or relating to Philip Melanchthon (1497–1560), German Lutheran reformer. melanchyme A bituminous substance found in masses in the brown coal of Zweifelsruth, Bohemia, former Czechoslovakia. Melancon A surname. melanconiaceous Belonging to the Melanconiaceae, a family of fungi. melanconidaceous Of or relating to the Melanconidaceae. Melancthon A male given name. Melancton A male given name. Melander A surname. melandrioside A particular steroid glycoside. melandryid Any beetle in the family Melandryidae. melanephelinite A dark nephelinite. Melanesia A continental region of Oceania, consisting of New Guinea, the Bismarck Archipelago, the Solomon Islands, New Caledonia, Vanuatu and Fiji. Melanesian Of or relating to Melanesia. Melanesianist An anthropologist who studies the societies of Melanesia. Melanesid A proposed subrace of the Australoid race. melanettin The neoflavone 6-hydroxy-4-(4-hydroxyphenyl)-7-methoxycoumarin. melange A mixture of different things; a disordered mixture. melangeur A machine for grinding ingredients and mixing them when making chocolate (or rarely nut butter, etc), consisting of roller stones inside a drum. Melania A female given name. melanian One of a family (Melaniidae) of freshwater pectinibranchiate mollusks with a turret-shaped shell, now considered a synonym of the family Thiaridae, but also containing many species since reclassified into other families. melanic Of, relating to, or exhibiting melanism. Melanie A female given name from Ancient Greek. melaniferous Bearing melanin. melaniid Any in the family of freshwater snails Melaniidae (synonym of family Thiaridae). melaniline A complex nitrogenous hydrocarbon obtained artificially (as by the action of cyanogen chloride on aniline) as a white crystalline substance; diphenyl guanidin. melanin Any of a group of naturally occurring dark pigments, especially the pigment found in skin, hair, fur, and feathers. melaninization melanization melaninlike Resembling or characteristic of melanin. melaninogenesis The formation of melanin. Melanippe A female given name, masculine equivalent Melanippus Melanippus A male given name, feminine equivalent Melanippe melanism Congenital abundance or excess of melanin pigmentation in the skin, hair, feathers and/or eyes, more than is typical for the species. melanist A person with melanism. melanistic Of, pertaining to, or exhibiting melanism. melanite A black variety of andradite. melanitic Relating to the mineral picotite. melanization Conversion into melanin, or an increase in the concentration of melanin within (a tissue or organism) melanize To convert into melanin, or to deposit melanin in. melanized Treated with melanin melanizing That causes melanization melannein A neoflavonoid found in Dalbergia species and others. Melano A village and former municipality in Lugano district, Ticino canton, Switzerland, now in Val Mara municipality. melanoacanthoma A benign, darkly pigmented cutaneous condition characterized by a skin lesion with a dull or lackluster surface, and involving a proliferation of keratinocytes and melanocytes. melanoblast The precursor cell of a melanocyte. melanoblastic Relating to melanoblasts. melanocarcinoma melanoma melanocarcinomatous Relating to melanocarcinoma. melanocetid Any fish in the family Melanocetidae. melanochalcite Synonym of tenorite. Melanochroi A division of the human population, consisting of the darker-skinned among the white races. melanochroic Having a dark complexion; dark-skinned melanochroite Synonym of phoenicochroite. melanochrome A dimeric indole intermediate in the biosynthesis of eumelanins melanochroous melanochroic; dark-complexioned melanocomous Dark-haired or black-haired. melanocompetent Having sufficient melanin to protect against damage by sunlight melanocompromised Having insufficient melanin to protect against damage by sunlight melanocortic Relating to melanocortins melanocortin Any of a group of pituitary peptide hormones melanocortinergic Produced or activated by melanocortin melanocratic Dark in color, containing at least 50-60% mafic minerals. melanocrocin A polyene pigment found in the subterranean fungus Melanogaster broomeianus. melanocyte A cell in the skin that produces the pigment melanin. melanocytic Of or pertaining to melanocytes. melanocytoma A tumour derived from melanocytes melanocytosis The presence of an excessive number of melanocytes. melanocytotic Of or relating to melanocytosis. melanocytotoxic Cytotoxic to melanocytes. melanocytotoxicity The quality of being melanocytotoxic. melanoderm A person with dark skin. melanoderma An unusual darkening of the skin. melanodermic Relating to melanoderma. melanofibril A fibril that contains melanin melanofilament A coil of melanin that develops into a melanotubule and finally a melanosome melanogaster Any of several fungi of the genus Melanogaster. melanogen A chromogen in urine which is converted into melanin. melanogenesis The production of melanin in human skin