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<HTML> <HEAD><TITLE>DICTIONARY: milliped - mimetite</TITLE></HEAD> <BODY BGCOLOR="#ffffff"> <A HREF="a.dic">A</A> <A HREF="b.dic">B</A> <A HREF="c.dic">C</A> <A HREF="d.dic">D</A> <A HREF="e.dic">E</A> <A HREF="f.dic">F</A> <A HREF="g.dic">G</A> <A HREF="h.dic">H</A> <A HREF="i.dic">I</A> <A HREF="j.dic">J</A> <A HREF="k.dic">K</A> <A HREF="l.dic">L</A> <A HREF="m.dic">M</A> <A HREF="n.dic">N</A> <A HREF="o.dic">O</A> <A HREF="p.dic">P</A> <A HREF="q.dic">Q</A> <A HREF="r.dic">R</A> <A HREF="s.dic">S</A> <A HREF="t.dic">T</A> <A HREF="u.dic">U</A> <A HREF="v.dic">V</A> <A HREF="w.dic">W</A> <A HREF="x.dic">X</A> <A HREF="y.dic">Y</A> <A HREF="z.dic">Z</A> <A NAME="milliped"> milliped, noun. =millipede.</DL> <A NAME="millipede"> millipede, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> any one of a class of small, wormlike arthropods having a body consisting of many segments, most of which bear two pairs of legs; diplopod. Ex. Millipedes do not rank as a major agricultural pest (Science News). <DL COMPACT><DD> Also, milleped, millepede, milliped. </DL> </DL> <A NAME="millipore"> Millipore, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Trademark.) a plastic, semipermeable membrane of molecular dimension, used to filter bacteria from water, air, or other fluid, and in surgical operations to repair and protect tissues. Ex. The apparatus consisted of a Millipore filter soaked in haemoglobin solution (New Scientist). </DL> <A NAME="millipound"> millipound, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> one thousandth of a pound. Ex. NASA has ... determined that the 6.3 millipound-thrust ion engine would not interfere with radio transmission (Science News). </DL> <A NAME="millirad"> millirad, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> one thousandth of a rad. </DL> <A NAME="millirem"> millirem, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> one thousandth of a rem. </DL> <A NAME="milliroentgen"> milliroentgen, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> one thousandth of a roentgen. Ex. The present level of radiostrontium in the bones of young children ... is about two milliroentgens per year (Science News Letter). </DL> <A NAME="millisec"> millisec, noun. =millisecond.</DL> <A NAME="millisecond"> millisecond, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> one thousandth of a second. Ex. delayed in time by several hundred milliseconds (Science News). <DL COMPACT><DD> (Abbr:) ms (no period). </DL> </DL> <A NAME="millistere"> millistere, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a unit of volume in the metric system, equal to one thousandth of a stere, or one cubic decimeter. </DL> <A NAME="millivolt"> millivolt, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a unit of electrical voltage, equivalent to one thousandth of a volt. </DL> <A NAME="milliwatt"> milliwatt, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> one thousandth of a watt. </DL> <A NAME="millman"> millman, noun, pl. -men.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. a worker in any type of mill. Ex. Miners and millmen agreed to return to work after negotiation of a new one-year contract (Wall Street Journal). <DD> 2. Also, mill man. (Informal.) a person who owns or operates a mill. </DL> <A NAME="millpond"> millpond, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. a pond supplying water to drive a mill wheel, especially such a pond formed by a milldam. <DD> 2. the Atlantic, especially that part of the ocean crossed by ships passing between Great Britain and North America (used in a humorous way). </DL> <A NAME="millrace"> millrace, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. the current of water that drives a mill wheel. Ex. The millrace is fast enough to run a large wheel. <DD> 2. the trough in which the water flows to the mill. Ex. The millrace collapsed under the weight of the ice. (SYN) sluice. </DL> <A NAME="millsbomb"> Mills bomb or grenade,<DL COMPACT><DD> a type of hand grenade long standard in the British and many other armies, about the size and shape of a goose egg and weighing about 1 1/2 pounds. Ex. Our retaliation was to put twelve Mills bombs into the building (Lord Louis Mountbatten). </DL> <A NAME="millstone"> millstone, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. either of a pair of round, flat stones used for grinding corn, wheat, or other grain. The upper millstone rotates upon the lower millstone. Ex. An enormous millstone, a relic of the original mill, is imbedded in the terrace (Wall Street Journal). <DD> 2. a type of stone, especially a hard sandstone suitable for the making of millstones. <DD> 3. (Figurative.) a heavy burden. Ex. The widow worked hard to carry the millstone of a large family. <DD> 4. (Figurative.) anything that grinds or crushes. Ex. the millstone of war. </DL> <A NAME="millstream"> millstream, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the stream in a millrace. </DL> <A NAME="millwheel"> mill wheel,<DL COMPACT><DD> a wheel that is turned by water and supplies power for a mill. </DL> <A NAME="millwork"> millwork, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. doors, windows, moldings, and other woodwork made separately from the main structure of a building in a planning mill. <DD> 2. work done in a mill. </DL> <A NAME="millwright"> millwright, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. a person who designs, builds, or sets up mills or machinery for mills. <DD> 2. a mechanic who sets up and takes care of machinery in a factory. </DL> <A NAME="milo"> milo, noun, pl. -los.<DL COMPACT><DD> any one of several grain sorghums with slender, pithy stalks, introduced into the United States soon after 1880, and cultivated for grain and forage. </DL> <A NAME="milometer"> milometer, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (British.) an instrument that registers the number of miles traveled by an automobile or other motor vehicle. </DL> <A NAME="milontin"> Milontin, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Trademark.) an anticonvulsant administered orally in the treatment of petit mal. </DL> <A NAME="milor"> milor, noun. =milord.</DL> <A NAME="milord"> milord, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. my lord. <DD> 2. an English lord, nobleman, or gentleman. </DL> <A NAME="milpa"> milpa, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a field in Central America made by clearing the jungle, farmed for only a few seasons, after which it is abandoned. </DL> <A NAME="milquetoast"> milquetoast or Milquetoast, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> an extremely timid person. Ex. Foreign policy planners fear the U.S. gets a Milquetoast reputation abroad (Wall Street Journal). </DL> <A NAME="milreis"> milreis, noun, pl. -reis.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. a former Brazilian silver coin and monetary unit, worth 1,000 reis. <DD> 2. an old Portuguese gold coin. </DL> <A NAME="milt"> milt (1), noun, verb.<DL COMPACT><DD>noun 1. the sperm cells of male fishes with the milky fluid containing them. <DD> 2. the reproductive gland in male fishes when containing this fluid. <DD>v.t. to impregnate (fish eggs) with milt. </DL> <A NAME="milt"> milt (2), noun. =spleen.</DL> <A NAME="milter"> milter, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a male fish in breeding season. </DL> <A NAME="miltonian"> Miltonian, adjective. =Miltonic.</DL> <A NAME="miltonic"> Miltonic, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. of or having to do with John Milton (1608-1674). <DD> 2. resembling Milton's literary style; solemn and majestic. </DL> <A NAME="miltown"> Miltown, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Trademark.) meprobamate. </DL> <A NAME="milvine"> milvine, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> having to do with or resembling the kites (birds). </DL> <A NAME="milwaukeean"> Milwaukeean, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a native or inhabitant of Milwaukee, Wisconsin. </DL> <A NAME="mim"> mim, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Dialect.) primly quiet; affectedly modest; prim. </DL> <A NAME="mimbar"> mimbar, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the pulpit in a mosque. </DL> <A NAME="mime"> mime, noun, verb, mimed, miming.<DL COMPACT><DD>noun 1. a mimic, jester, clown, or buffoon. Ex. Della Scala stood among his courtiers with mimes and buffoons ... making him heartily merry (Thomas Carlyle). <DD> 2. among the ancient Greeks and Romans: <DD> a. a farce using funny actions and gestures and the ludicrous representation of familiar types and events. Ex. No more shall wayward grief abuse The genial hour with mask and mime (Tennyson). <DD> b. an actor in such a farce. <DD> c. a dialogue written for it. <DD> 3. an actor or dancer. <DD> 4a. =pantomimist. <DD> b. =pantomime. Ex. the art of mime. <DD>v.t. 1. to imitate; mimic. Ex. miming Chinese laundrymen, Swedish servant girls and balloonpants Dutch comics (Time). <DD> 2. to act or play (a part), usually without words. Ex. A gang of leaping fiends ... introduced a horrid wizard (mimed by Frederick Ashton) (Time). <DD>v.i. to act without using words; act in a pantomime. noun mimer. </DL> <A NAME="mimeo"> mimeo, noun, verb. mimeoed, mimeoing.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Informal.) <DD>noun a mimeographed bulletin, newsletter, memorandum, or other copy. <DD>v.t. to mimeograph. Ex. We learn later that the statement was mimeoed (Harper's). </DL> <A NAME="mimeograph"> mimeograph, noun, verb.<DL COMPACT><DD>noun a machine for making copies of written or typewritten materials by means of stencils. <DD>v.t. to make (copies) with a mimeograph. Ex. A resolution ... was mimeographed on official conference stationery (New York Times). </DL> <A NAME="mimesis"> mimesis, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. imitation; mimicry. <DD> 2. resemblance of one animal to another or to its surroundings, which gives protection; mimicry. <DD> 3. Also, mimosis. the assuming by one disease of the symptoms of another. <DD> 4. imitation or reproduction of the supposed words of another, in order to represent his character. <DD> 5. the representation, by means of details from ordinary life, of reality in works of literature or art. Ex. It implies an attempt to deny that art itself is art, a mimesis, a make-believe (Atlantic). </DL> <A NAME="mimetic"> mimetic, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. imitative. Ex. mimetic gestures. <DD> 2. mimic or make-believe. Ex. mimetic games of children. <DD> 3. having to do with or exhibiting mimicry. Ex. It is difficult for dancing to portray the beauty of physical rapture ... since it must not be mimetic (London Times). adv. mimetically. </DL> <A NAME="mimetite"> mimetite, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a mineral arsenate and chloride of lead, of a yellow to brown color, usually occurring in crystals. </DL> <A HREF="mimic.dic">NEXT</A>