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<HTML> <HEAD><TITLE>MIXER</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="mixer"> mixer, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. a thing that mixes. Ex. a bread mixer, an electric mixer. <DD> 2. a person who mixes. A person who gets along well with others is called a good mixer. <DD> 3. (U.S.) an informal social gathering or dance. <DD> 4. soda, juice, syrup, or water, used with alcoholic liquors for mixing drinks. <DD> 5. (Electronics.) <DD> a. a device used for sound in television and motion pictures, consisting of two or more signal inputs and a common output. It combines the outputs of individual microphones linearly and in the desired proportions, to produce the final audio output signal. <DD> b. a similar device which combines the outputs of two or more cameras, used in television and motion pictures. <DD> 6. a person who blends the individual sound tracks for the dialogue, music, and sound effects of a motion picture or television show. </DL> <A NAME="mixingbowl"> mixing bowl,<DL COMPACT><DD> a bowl in which foods or ingredients are mixed before cooking or serving. </DL> <A NAME="mixingfaucet"> mixing faucet,<DL COMPACT><DD> a faucet attached to a hot and a cold water pipe each controlled by a mixing valve. </DL> <A NAME="mixingvalve"> mixing valve,<DL COMPACT><DD> a valve that automatically controls the flow of hot and cold water out of a common spout, usually thermostatically and by pressure. </DL> <A NAME="mixologist"> mixologist, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Slang.) a skilled mixer of drinks; bartender. </DL> <A NAME="mixology"> mixology, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Slang.) the art or skill of mixing alcoholic drinks. </DL> <A NAME="mixolydian"> mixolydian, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> of or having to do with the mixolydian mode. Ex. mixolydian chords. The song is recognizably mixolydian (London Times). </DL> <A NAME="mixolydianmode"> mixolydian mode,<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. the highest in pitch of the modes in ancient Greek music. <DD> 2. a mode of medieval church music, beginning and ending on the note G. </DL> <A NAME="mixt"> mixt, verb.<DL COMPACT><DD> mixed; a past tense and a past participle of mix. </DL> <A NAME="mixtec"> Mixtec, noun, pl. -tecs or -tec, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD>noun 1. a member of a large, pre-Toltec American Indian people living in southern Mexico since before the Spanish Conquest. <DD> 2. the language of this people; Mixtecan. <DD>adj. of or having to do with the ancient culture of the Mixtecs. Ex. the Mixtec Empire, Mixtec mythology. </DL> <A NAME="mixtecan"> Mixtecan, noun, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD>noun the language of the Mixtecs. <DD>adj. of the Mixtecs or theircivilization. Ex. the Mixtecan civilization. </DL> <A NAME="mixture"> mixture, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. the action or fact of mixing. Ex. The mixture of the paints took three hours. (SYN) blending, fusing. <DD> 2. a mixed condition. Ex. His mixture of relief and disappointment left him speechless. <DD> 3. something that has been mixed; product of mixing. Ex. Orange is a mixture of yellow and red. Many teas and tobaccos are mixtures. This suit is made of a mixture of Dacron and wool. (SYN) blend. <DD> 4. (Chemistry, Physics.) the product of two or more substances mixed together, but not chemically combined. <DD> 5. a fabric woven of variegated or mottled yarns. Ex. an oxford mixture. </DL> <A NAME="mixup"> mix-up, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. confusion; mess; muddle. <DD> 2. (Informal.) a confused fight. Ex. The son took no part in the mix-up. </DL> <A NAME="mizar"> Mizar, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a bright star in the handle of the Big Dipper. With its companion, Alcor, it forms a visual binary. </DL> <A NAME="mizzen"> mizzen or mizen, noun, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD>noun 1. a fore-and-aft sail on the mizzenmast; spanker. <DD> 2. =mizzenmast. <DD>adj. of or on the mizzenmast. </DL> <A NAME="mizzenmast"> mizzenmast, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the mast nearest the stern in a two-masted or three-masted ship, or the third mast from the bow in a ship having four or more masts. </DL> <A NAME="mizzenroyalmast"> mizzen-royal mast, sail, yard,<DL COMPACT><DD> the mast, sail, yard, etc., near the top of the mizzenmast of a square-rigged vessel next above the mizzen-topgallant mast, sail, yard. </DL> <A NAME="mizzensheet"> mizzensheet, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a rope used to control a fore-and-aft mizzen or spanker. </DL> <A NAME="mizzenstay"> mizzenstay, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the fore-and-aft stay which helps support a mizzen lower mast. </DL> <A NAME="mizzenstaysail"> mizzenstaysail, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a triangular sail set on the mizzenstay. </DL> <A NAME="mizzentop"> mizzentop, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a platform on a mizzenmast, just below the mizzen-topmast. </DL> <A NAME="mizzentopgallantmast"> mizzen-topgallant mast, sail, yard,<DL COMPACT><DD> the mast, sail, yard, etc., on the mizzen-topmast, mizzen-topsail, topsail yard. </DL> <A NAME="mizzentopmast"> mizzen-topmast, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the mast on the mizzenmast next above the lower mast, especially on a square-rigged vessel. </DL> <A NAME="mizzentopsail"> mizzen-topsail or yard,<DL COMPACT><DD> the sail or yard, or either of two sails or yards, on the mizzen-top. </DL> <A NAME="mizzenyard"> mizzenyard, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the yard holding the mizzen on the lower section of the mizzenmast of a square rigged vessel; crossjack yard. </DL> <A NAME="mizzle"> mizzle (1), noun, verb, -zled, -zling.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Dialect.) <DD>noun a drizzle. Ex. The rain, a mere mizzle when I left the restaurant ... had got heavier (New Yorker). <DD>v.i. to drizzle. Ex. It is mizzling. <DD>v.t. (of a cloud) to send down in a drizzle. </DL> <A NAME="mizzle"> mizzle (2), intransitive verb, -zled, -zling.<DL COMPACT><DD> (British Slang.) to disappear suddenly; decamp; vanish. Ex. Bealby had not "mizzled" although he was conspicuously not in evidence about the camp (H. G. Wells). </DL> <A NAME="mizzly"> mizzly, adjective, -zlier, -zliest.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Dialect.) drizzly; misty. </DL> <A NAME="mjolnir"> Mjolnir, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Norse Mythology.) Thor's hammer, made for him by the dwarfs. </DL> <A NAME="mk"> mk., pl. mks.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. mark (2) (unit of money). <DD> 2. markka. </DL> <A NAME="mks"> MKS (no periods), mks (no periods), or M.K.S.,<DL COMPACT><DD> meter-kilogram-second. </DL> <A NAME="mkssystem"> MKS system,<DL COMPACT><DD> a system of units in which the meter, kilogram, and second are considered as the basic units of length, mass, and time. </DL> <A NAME="mkt"> mkt.,<DL COMPACT><DD> market. </DL> <A NAME="ml"> ml.,<DL COMPACT><DD> milliliter or milliliters. </DL> <A NAME="ml"> Ml.,<DL COMPACT><DD> (British.) mail. </DL> <A NAME="ml"> ML (no periods) or ML.,<DL COMPACT><DD> Medieval Latin. </DL> <A NAME="ml"> M.L. or ML.,<DL COMPACT><DD> Medieval Latin. </DL> <A NAME="mla"> MLA (no periods) or M.L.A.,<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. Modern Language Association. <DD> 2. Member of the Legislative Assembly. </DL> <A NAME="mld"> MLD (no periods) or m.l.d.,<DL COMPACT><DD> minimum lethal dose. </DL> <A NAME="mlf"> MLF (no periods) or M.L.F.,<DL COMPACT><DD> multilateral force (a proposed mixed-manned fleet of surface ships armed with nuclear weapons). </DL> <A NAME="mlg"> MLG (no periods) or MLG.,<DL COMPACT><DD> Middle Low German. </DL> <A NAME="mlle"> Mlle.,<DL COMPACT><DD> Mademoiselle. </DL> <A NAME="mlles"> Mlles.,<DL COMPACT><DD> Mesdemoiselles (plural of Mademoiselle). </DL> <A NAME="mlr"> MLR (no periods),<DL COMPACT><DD> minimum lending rate (the lowest rate of interest charged by banks in Great Britain, corresponding to the prime rate in the United States). Ex. Pressure for lower rates is building up and a 12 per cent MLR is expected fairly soon (Manchester Guardian Weekly). </DL> <A NAME="mls"> MLS (no periods),<DL COMPACT><DD> Macrowave Landing System. </DL> <A NAME="mls"> M.L.S.,<DL COMPACT><DD> Master of Library Science. </DL> <A NAME="mm"> mm. or mm (no period),<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. millimeter or millimeters. <DD> 2. thousands (Latin, millia). </DL> <A NAME="mm"> MM.,<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. (Their) Majesties. <DD> 2. Messieurs. </DL> <A NAME="mm"> M.M.,<DL COMPACT><DD> Master of Music. </DL> <A NAME="mme"> Mme.,<DL COMPACT><DD> Madame. </DL> <A NAME="mmed"> M.M.Ed.,<DL COMPACT><DD> Master of Music Education. </DL> <A NAME="mmes"> Mmes.,<DL COMPACT><DD> Mesdames (plural of Madame). </DL> <A NAME="mmf"> mmf (no periods) or m.m.f.,<DL COMPACT><DD> magnetomotive force. </DL> <A NAME="mmfd"> mmfd (no period) or mmfd.,<DL COMPACT><DD> micromicrofarad. </DL> <A NAME="mmpi"> MMPI (no periods),<DL COMPACT><DD> Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (a personality test originally designed to sort out the mentally ill). </DL> <A NAME="mmus"> M.Mus.,<DL COMPACT><DD> Master of Music. </DL> <A NAME="mmused"> M.Mus.Ed.,<DL COMPACT><DD> Master of Music Education. </DL> <A NAME="mn"> Mn (no period),<DL COMPACT><DD> manganese (chemical element). </DL> <A NAME="mn"> MN (no periods),<DL COMPACT><DD> Minnesota (with postal Zip Code). </DL> <A NAME="mnaghtenrule"> M'Naghten Rule,<DL COMPACT><DD> (Law.) the rule that an accused person is not criminally responsible if at the time of committing the crime he was unable to distinguish between right and wrong. Also, McNaughten Rule. </DL> <A NAME="mnemonic"> mnemonic, adjective, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD>adj. 1. aiding the memory. <DD> 2. intended to aid the memory. Ex. The strongly mnemonic nature of the catchword system certainly supports the idea that the writing grew out of a memory-aid device (Scientific American). <DD> 3. of or having to do with the memory. <DD>noun 1. a mnemonic device. <DD> 2. =mnemonics. adv. mnemonically. </DL> <A HREF="mnemosyn.dic">NEXT</A>