English words: melannein to Melitenian

300 English words, part 54 of 159 of the words starting with M, A to Z. 20 have a page of their own.

English words melannein to Melitenian

melannein noun: A neoflavonoid found in Dalbergia species and others.
melano- prefix: Black (color, of anything).
melanoacanthoma noun: A benign, darkly pigmented cutaneous condition characterized by a skin lesion with a dull or lackluster surface, and involving a proliferation of...
melanoblast noun: The precursor cell of a melanocyte.
melanoblastic adjective: Relating to melanoblasts.
melanocarcinoma noun: melanoma
melanocarcinomatous adjective: Relating to melanocarcinoma.
melanocetid noun: Any fish in the family Melanocetidae.
melanochalcite noun: Synonym of tenorite.
Melanochroi noun: A division of the human population, consisting of the darker-skinned among the white races.
melanochroic adjective: Having a dark complexion; dark-skinned
melanochroite noun: Synonym of phoenicochroite.
melanochrome noun: A dimeric indole intermediate in the biosynthesis of eumelanins
melanochroous adjective: melanochroic; dark-complexioned
melanocomous adjective: Dark-haired or black-haired.
melanocompetent adjective: Having sufficient melanin to protect against damage by sunlight
melanocompromised adjective: Having insufficient melanin to protect against damage by sunlight
melanocortic adjective: Relating to melanocortins
melanocortin noun: Any of a group of pituitary peptide hormones
melanocortinergic adjective: Produced or activated by melanocortin
melanocratic adjective: Dark in color, containing at least 50-60% mafic minerals.
melanocrocin noun: A polyene pigment found in the subterranean fungus Melanogaster broomeianus.
melanocyte noun: A cell in the skin that produces the pigment melanin.
melanocyte-stimulating hormone noun: Any of a class of peptide hormones released by the pituitary gland that are involved in regulating the production of melanin.
melanocytic adjective: Of or pertaining to melanocytes.
melanocytoma noun: A tumour derived from melanocytes
melanocytosis noun: The presence of an excessive number of melanocytes.
melanocytotic adjective: Of or relating to melanocytosis.
melanocytotoxic adjective: Cytotoxic to melanocytes.
melanocytotoxicity noun: The quality of being melanocytotoxic.
melanoderm noun: A person with dark skin.
melanoderma noun: An unusual darkening of the skin.
melanodermia noun: Alternative form of melanoderma.
melanodermic adjective: Relating to melanoderma.
melanofibril noun: A fibril that contains melanin
melanofilament noun: A coil of melanin that develops into a melanotubule and finally a melanosome
melanogaster noun: Any of several fungi of the genus Melanogaster.
melanogen noun: A chromogen in urine which is converted into melanin.
melanogenesis noun: The production of melanin in human skin
melanogenetic adjective: Relating to melanogenesis.
melanogenic adjective: That produces melanin
melanoglossia noun: Blackening of the tongue, usually caused by a bacterial infection or allergic reaction.
melanogogue noun: Alternative form of melanagogue.
melanoheliophobia noun: The irrational fear of (astrophysical) black holes.
melanoic adjective: Relating to melanocytes
melanoid adjective, noun: Relating to, or resembling, melanin.
melanoidin noun: Any of a class of brown polymers typically formed when food is browned (by means of the Maillard reaction).
melanoiridoblast noun: An iridoblast that differentiates into a melanocyte or an iridophore
melanoleucophore noun: A leucophore arising from a melanophore.
melanolipofuscin noun: A form of melanosome that contains lipofuscin
melanolysosomal adjective: Relating to melanolysosomes.
melanolysosome noun: A dark-coloured lysosome.
melanoma noun /mɛləˈnoʊmə/: A dark-pigmented, usually malignant tumor arising from a melanocyte and occurring most commonly in the skin.
melanomacrophage noun: An aggregate of macrophages, containing melanin, found in some fish
melanomacrophagic adjective: Relating to melanomacrophages
melanomagenesis noun: The formation and development of melanomas
melanomagenic adjective: Relating to melanomagenesis
melanomal adjective: Relating to or composed of melanomas.
melanomatosis noun: A condition in which multiple melanomas are present on the body.
melanomatous adjective: Relating to melanoma.
melanommataceous adjective: Of or relating to the Melanommataceae.
melanonid noun: Any member of the family Melanonidae of deep-sea fish.
melanonychia noun: A black or brown pigmentation of the nail plate.
melanophage noun: A phagocyte that engulfs melanin
melanophagic adjective: Relating to melanophages or to melanophagy
melanophagosome noun: The phagosome of a melanocyte
melanophagy noun: The loss (by "eating away") of melanin
melanophilin noun: A carrier protein that encodes a member of the exophilin subfamily of Rab effector proteins.
melanophlogite noun: A tetragonal-ditetragonal dipyramidal mineral containing carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, silicon, and sulfur.
melanophobia noun: Fear, hate, or dislike of black people.
melanophore noun: A cell containing melanin or other black pigment, such as are found in fish, amphibians, and reptiles
melanophoric adjective: Relating to a melanophore
melanophoroma noun: A tumour composed of melanophores
melanopic adjective: Describing the part of vision related to melatonin and to the circadian rhythm
melanopline noun: Any grasshopper of the subfamily Melanoplinae
melanoprotein noun: Any protein that contains melanin as a chromagen
melanoproteinase noun: Any proteinase that acts on a melanoprotein
melanopsid noun: Any freshwater snail in the family Melanopsidae.
melanopsin noun: A type of photopigment (an opsin) found in the retina; it is involved in the regulation of circadian rhythms
melanopsin-containing retinal ganglion cell noun: An intrinsically photosensitive retinal ganglion cell
melanoregulin noun: A protein (and associated gene) that regulates the activity of melanosomes
melanorite noun: A dark norite
melanorosaurid noun: Any dinosaur of the Melanorosauridae.
melanosarcoma noun: A malignant form of deeply pigmented sarcoma containing melanin.
melanoscope noun: A device made from colored glass, designed so that only medium red tints of light can pass through.
melanose noun: A fungal disease of citrus, caused by Diaporthe citri.
melanosed adjective: Affected with melanosis.
melanosis noun: The morbid deposition of black matter, often of a malignant character, causing pigmented tumours.
melanosity noun: The condition of being melanous; darkness of complexion.
melanosomal adjective: relating to, or containing melanosomes
melanosome noun: Any organelle that contains melanin.
melanosperm noun: An alga of any kind that produces blackish spores, or seed dust. They were historically grouped together in Melanosperm
melanospermous adjective: Of or relating to melanosperms.
melanosphere noun: A spherical aggregate of cells in a melanoma
melanostatin noun: Melanocyte-inhibiting factor (an endogenous peptide fragment derived from cleavage of the hormone oxytocin).
melanostibite noun: A trigonal-rhombohedral mineral containing antimony, iron, manganese, and oxygen.
melanotaeniid noun: Any fish in the family Melanotaeniidae, the rainbowfishes.
melanotekite noun: An orthorhombic-disphenoidal mineral containing iron, lead, oxygen, and silicon.
melanothallite noun: An orthorhombic-dipyramidal mineral containing chlorine, copper, and oxygen.
melanotic adjective: Relating to melanosis.
melanotically adverb: With regard to melanosis
melanotransferrin noun: A cell-surface glycoprotein found on melanoma cells, sharing sequence similarity and iron-binding properties with members of the transferrin superfamily.
melanotrope noun: melanotroph
melanotroph noun: A cell in the pituitary gland that generates melanocyte-stimulating hormone from its precursor proopiomelanocortin.
melanotropic adjective: That promotes the formation of melanin
melanotropin noun: Synonym of melanocyte-stimulating hormone.
melanotubule noun: A tubule, formed from thickened melanofilaments, that develops into a melanosome.
melanotype noun: Alternative form of melainotype.
melanous adjective: Having a dark complexion.
melanovanadite noun: A triclinic-pinacoidal black mineral containing calcium, hydrogen, oxygen, and vanadium.
Melanson proper noun: A surname.
melanterite noun: a widespread green, mostly fibrous mineral composed of hydrated ferrous sulphate
melanthaceous adjective: Alternative form of melanthiaceous.
melanthiaceous adjective: Of or relating to the Melanthiaceae.
melanure noun: A small fish of the Mediterranean, saddled seabream (Oblada melanura)
melanurenic acid noun: Alternative form of melanuric acid.
melanuria noun: The excretion of urine of an abnormally dark colour, caused by the presence of melanin or other pigments or by the action of phenol, creosote, resorcin, and...
melanuric adjective: Relating to melanuria.
melanuric acid noun: ammelide
melanurin noun: A dark pigment found in the urine in cases of melanuria.
Melany proper noun: A female given name.
melaphidine noun: Any aphid of the genus Melaphis
melaphyre noun: Various dark-coloured volcanic igneous rocks rich in augite, similar to and in some definitions including basalt, principally of Paleozoic age
Melara proper noun: A surname.
melarsomine noun: melaminylthioarsenate, a trypanocidal agent
melarsoprol noun /mɛˈlaː.sə(ʊ).pɹɒl/: An organic arsenic compound, C₁₂H₁₅AsN₆OS₂, administered intravenously to treat late-stage African trypanosomiasis (sleeping sickness).
melas noun: Synonym of leprosy, particularly contagious forms causing dark spots on the skin.
melasma noun: A tan or dark skin discoloration, particularly common in pregnant women, thought to be caused by the stimulation of melanocytes by estrogen and progesterone.
melasmic adjective: Relating to melasma.
melaspileacean noun: Any species of lichen fungus in the family Melaspileaceae.
melassic acid noun: An acid obtained from molasses or glucose, probably identical with saccharic acid.
melassigenic adjective: Forming molasses.
melastatin noun: A gene expressed in melanocytes and involved in nevomelanocytic development; down-regulated in cases of melanoma
melastatine noun: Alternative form of melastatin.
melastin noun: A protein immunomodulator produced by Streptomyces
melastoma noun: Any of the genus Melastoma of flowering plants.
melastomaceous adjective: Of or relating to the order of which Melastoma is the type.
melastomataceous adjective: Of or relating to the family Melastomataceae.
melastome noun: Any of the genus Melastoma of plants.
melasyenite noun: A syenite that has a higher content of mafic minerals.
melatonergic adjective, noun: That directly modulates the melatonin system in the body or brain.
melatonin noun /ˌmɛləˈtəʊnɪn/: A hormone, related to serotonin, that is secreted by the pineal gland, and stimulates colour change in the skin of reptiles, and is involved in the sleep...
melatoninergic adjective: Alternative form of melatonergic.
melatope noun: An eye shape of concentric coloured optical fringes seen on a conoscopic interference pattern surrounding an optical axis. For biaxial minerals there are a...
melatroctolite noun: A melanocratic troctolite.
melaxuma noun: A disease of walnut trees, characterized by cankers that exude a dark watery substance.
Melayu noun: The Malay ethnic group.
Melb proper noun: Melbourne (Australian city)
melba noun: A dessert made originally from peach (now also other fruits), ice cream, and raspberry.
melba finch noun: Pytilia melba, an estrildid finch of Africa.
Melba sauce noun: A kind of raspberry sauce used in desserts such as Peach Melba.
Melba toast noun: A form of very dry, crisp and thinly sliced toast.
Melbourn proper noun: A large village and civil parish in South Cambridgeshire district, Cambridgeshire, England (OS grid ref TL3844).
Melbourne proper noun /ˈmelbn̩/: The capital city of Victoria, Australia and former capital of Australia (1901–1927).
Melbourne shuffle noun: A style of dancing in the rave scene, with fast-paced steps and heel-and-toe movements, T-steps, the running man, etc.
Melbournian adjective, noun: Alternative form of Melburnian (person from Melbourne).
Melburnian adjective, noun: A native or inhabitant of the city of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
Melby proper noun: A surname.
Melcher proper noun: A surname.
Melchert proper noun: A surname.
Melchior noun /ˈmɛl.ki.ɔː(ɹ)/: A very large wine bottle (named after the King) with the capacity of about 18 liters, equivalent to 24 standard bottles.
Melchite noun: Alternative form of Melkite.
Melchitic adjective: Of or relating to the Melchites.
Melchizedek noun /mɛlˈkɪzədɛk/: A very large champagne bottle (named after the King) with the capacity of about 30 liters, equivalent to 40 standard bottles.
Melchizedekian adjective: Of or relating to Melchizedek.
Melchor proper noun: A surname.
meld noun, verb /mɛld/: To combine (multiple things) together; to blend, to fuse.
meldable adjective: That can be melded
melder noun: One who melds.
melding noun, verb: A composite or hybrid, the result of being melded.
Meldola's blue noun: A blue synthetic oxazine dye.
meldometer noun: An instrument for measuring the melting point of a material.
Meldon proper noun: A hamlet and nearby quarry in Okehampton Hamlets parish, West Devon district, Devon, England (OS grid ref SX5592).
meldonium noun: A drug used to treat ischemia, sometimes illicitly used by athletes to enhance performance.
Meldrew proper noun: A surname.
Meldrewesque adjective: Synonym of Meldrewish.
Meldrewish adjective: grumpy; prone to peevish exasperation
Meldrum proper noun: A surname.
meldub noun: Abbreviation of melodic dubstep.
mele noun, verb /ˈmeɪleɪ/: A chant in Polynesia, especially Hawaii, typically in praise of a leader or to commemorate some significant event.
Meleager proper noun: A hero venerated in his temenos at Calydon in Aetolia, famed as the host of the Calydonian boar hunt, and mentioned as one of the Argonauts.
Meleagrian adjective: Of or relating to Meleager.
meleagridid noun: Any bird in the family Meleagrididae, now considered to be the phasianid subfamily Meleagridinae, the turkeys.
meleagrin noun: Any of a group of bioactive benzylisoquinoline alkaloids made by various species of Penicillium fungi.
meleagrine adjective /ˌmɛl.iˈeɪ.ɡɹaɪn/: Of or pertaining to the genus Meleagris, including turkeys.
melee adjective, noun, verb /ˈmɛˌleɪ/: A battle fought at close range, (especially) one not involving ranged weapons; hand-to-hand combat; brawling.
melegueta noun: Alternative form of malagueta
melem noun: The heptazine with three amino substituents.
melena noun /mɪˈliːnə/: The passage of dark, tarry stools containing blood, a result of upper gastrointestinal bleeding.
Melendez proper noun: A surname.
melene noun: An unsaturated hydrocarbon, C₃₀H₆₀, of the ethylene series, obtained from beeswax as a white, scaly, crystalline wax.
melengestrol noun: A steroidal progestin and antineoplastic.
melengket noun: A soft form of copal.
melenite noun: Alternative spelling of melinite (“explosive”).
Meletian adjective, noun: A member of a large group of denominations in early Christian history.
Meletius proper noun: A male given name.
Meletus proper noun /məˈliːtəs/: A male given name from Ancient Greek, of historical usage.
melezitose noun: A non-reducing trisaccharide sugar produced by many insects that consume plant sap.
Melfi proper noun: A surname from Italian.
Melford proper noun: A surname.
Melgar proper noun: A surname from Spanish.
melhfa noun: A traditional cloth commonly found across the Sahel and Sahara regions of Africa.
Melhuish proper noun: A surname from Old English.
Meli proper noun: A surname from Italian.
-melia suffix: A condition of the limb(s).
meliaceous adjective: Of or relating to the family Meliaceae of plants of mahogany and its close relatives.
meliacin noun: A type of limonoid chemical.
meliacinolin noun: A triterpenoid derivative that inhibits glucosidase and amylase activity and is used in the treatment of diabetes mellitus.
Melian adjective, noun: Of or relating to the Greek island of Milos.
melianol noun: A tetracyclic triterpene found in Melia species.
melianone noun: A tetracyclic triterpene found in Melia species.
Melibean adjective, noun: Alternative form of Meliboean.
melibiase noun: A galactosidase that catalyzes the hydrolysis of melibiose into galactose and glucose.
melibionic adjective: Relating to melibionic acid and its derivatives
melibionic acid noun: A disaccharide formed from glucose and gluconic acid
melibiose noun: A disaccharide consisting of glucose and galactose residues
melibiulose noun: A disaccharide formed from fructose and galactose, similar to melibiose.
Meliboean adjective, noun: alternately responsive
melic adjective, noun /ˈmɛlɪk/: Of or pertaining to Greek lyric verse.
meliceric adjective: Alternative form of melicerous.
melicerous adjective: Consisting of or containing honeylike matter; said of certain encysted tumours.
melicgrass noun: A grass of the genus Melica; melic
Melichar proper noun: A surname from Czech.
melicitose noun: Alternative form of melezitose.
melick noun: Alternative spelling of melic.
melicopicine noun: An acridone alkaloid, chemical compound, C₁₈H₁₉NO₅.
melicotoon noun: Alternative form of melocoton.
melid noun: Any member of the family Melidae, now usually subfamily Melinae in family Mustelidae, of badgers.
melidectes noun: Any of a number of birds in the genus Melidectes in the honeyeater family, endemic to New Guinea and New Britain.
Méliès proper noun: A surname from French, usually applying to Georges Méliès.
Mélièsian adjective: Of or relating to Georges Méliès (1861–1938), French filmmaker, or his films.
melik noun: A member of hereditary nobility in certain Armenian principalities, especially in Artsakh
melikdom noun: The territory of a melik.
melilite noun: any mineral consisting of a solid solution of gehlenite (Ca₂Al₂SiO₇) and akermanite (Ca₂MgSi₂O₇)
melilitic adjective: Relating to or composed of melilite.
melilitite noun: A form of melilite containing less than 10% olivine
melilititic adjective: Of or relating to the mineral melilite.
melilitolite noun: A plutonic rock containing more than 10% melilite and where there is more melilite than foids
Melilla proper noun /məˈliː.(j)ə/: An autonomous city of Spain and exclave at the edge of Morocco.
Melillan adjective, noun: From, or pertaining to, Melilla.
Melillo proper noun: A surname from Italian.
melilot noun /ˈmɛlɪlɒt/: A fragrant plant of the genus Melilotus, often having small yellow or white flowers.
melilotate noun: Any salt or ester of melilotic acid
melilotic acid noun: The carboxylic acid 3-(2-hydroxyphenyl)propanoic acid present in melilot
Melin proper noun: A surname.
Melina proper noun: A female given name.
Melinda proper noun /məˈlɪn.də/: A female given name originating as a coinage.
meline adjective: Having the qualities of or relating to a badger.
melinite noun /ˈmɛl.ɪ.naɪt/: A yellow clay mineral from Bavaria.
melinitic adjective: Of or relating to melinite.
melinjo noun: An evergreen tree, Gnetum gnemon, native to Indonesia and widely used in local cuisine.
melioidosis noun: An infectious disease caused by the bacterium Burkholderia pseudomallei, endemic to some areas of Southeast Asia and northern Australia.
melioidotic adjective: Relating to melioidosis.
meliolaceous adjective: Of or relating to the Meliolaceae.
melioline adjective: Of or relating to fungi of the order Meliolales or black mildews.
meliorability noun: The ability to be improved.
meliorable adjective: Able to be improved.
meliorant noun: Alternative form of ameliorant.
meliorate verb /ˈmiːli.əɹeɪt/: To make better; to improve; to solve a problem.
meliorated adjective, verb: Made better; improved.
meliorater noun: Alternative form of meliorator.
meliorative adjective /ˈmiːlɪɒɹətɪv/: That meliorates; curative, improving, salutary.
meliorator noun: One who meliorates; an improver.
meliorbiosis noun: A positive deviation from eubiosis
meliorbiotic adjective: Relating to meliorbiosis
meliorism noun /ˈmiːlɪəɹɪz(ə)m/: The view or doctrine that the world can be improved through human effort (often understood as an intermediate outlook between optimism and pessimism).
meliorist adjective, noun: A proponent of meliorism
melioristic adjective: Of or related to meliorism, the belief that the world can be made better through human efforts.
melioristically adverb: in a melioristic fashion
meliority noun: The state or quality of being better; melioration.
meliorize verb: To meliorate; to make better.
meliphaga noun: Any of various honeyeaters.
meliphagid noun: Any bird of the family Meliphagidae; a honeyeater.
meliphagous adjective: Of an animal, that feeds on honey or nectar.
meliphanite noun: A tetragonal-disphenoidal mineral containing aluminum, beryllium, calcium, fluorine, hydrogen, oxygen, silicon, and sodium.
meliponary noun: A collection of meliponine beehives.
meliponiculture noun: The raising of meliponines (stingless bees) for the production of honey
meliponid noun: Any bee in the family Meliponidae, now considered to be the apid tribe Meliponini.
meliponine noun: Any (stingless) bee of the tribe Meliponini.
melipramine noun: imipramine
melism noun: Alternative form of melisma (“passage of multiple notes for a single syllable”).
melisma noun /məˈlɪzmə/: A passage of several notes sung to one syllable of text.
melismatic adjective: Of, relating to, or being a melisma; the style of singing several notes to one syllable of text.
melismatically adverb: In a melismatic way.
melismatics noun: melisma
meliss- prefix: Bee, honey.
melissa noun /məˈlɪsə/: A plant of the genus Melissa, especially lemon balm (Melissa officinalis), often used medicinally.
melissate noun: Any salt or ester of melissic acid.
melissene noun: melene
melissic adjective: Related to beewax.
melissic acid noun: Synonym of triacontanoic acid.
melisso- prefix: Bee, honey.
melissopalynological adjective: Of or pertaining to melissopalynology.
melissopalynologist noun: One who studies melissopalynology.
melissopalynology noun: The study of pollen from bees and in their honey
melissophobia noun: A morbid fear of bees.
melissyl noun: myricyl
melissylene noun: melene
Melita proper noun: Synonym of Malta.
Melitenian adjective, noun: Of, from or relating to Melitene

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0): each word's first meaning. A word with a page of its own links to it; for the rest, this line is PlainSpell's entry. Total under M: 47,683 words, in 159 parts.