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English words: Mercosur to Merlin's grass

300 English words, part 60 of 159 of the words starting with M, A to Z. 33 have a page of their own.

English words Mercosur to Merlin's grass

  1. Mercosur proper noun: A trade bloc formed by Argentina, Brasil, Bolivia, Paraguay, Uruguay, and formerly Venezuela (2006–2017).
  2. mercow noun: Any of several marine mammals of the order Sirenia, including the manatee and dugong; sea-cow.
  3. mercreature noun: A creature of the sea, especially one which is mythical.
  4. mercuhydrin noun: Synonym of meralluride.
  5. mercurammonium noun: The cation Hg(NH₄)₂⁴⁺
  6. mercurate noun: Any oxyanion of mercury; any salt containing such an ion
  7. Mercure proper noun: A surname from French.
  8. Mercurean adjective, noun: Alternative form of Mercurian.
  9. mercurial adjective, noun /məːˈkjʊə.ɹɪ.əl/: Any of the plants known as mercury, especially the annual mercury or French mercury (Mercurialis annua).
  10. mercurial finger noun: The little finger.
  11. mercurial phosphorus noun: a glow produced by friction when mercury is shaken in an evacuated glass vessel; the luminous barometer
  12. mercurialine noun: A volatile oil found in Mercurialis perennis (dog's mercury), consisting mostly of methylamine.
  13. mercurialisation noun: Alternative spelling of mercurialization
  14. mercurialise verb: Alternative form of mercurialize.
  15. mercurialism noun: Chronic mercury poisoning.
  16. mercurialist noun: A doctor who uses mercury or supports its use in medicine.
  17. mercuriality noun: Mercurial behaviour.
  18. mercurialization noun: A treatment with the metal mercury (now known to be toxic).
  19. mercurialize verb: To treat with mercury (the metal).
  20. mercurially adverb: In a mercurial manner.
  21. mercurialness noun: Quality of being mercurial; mercuriality.
  22. mercurian adjective, noun /mɜː(ɹ)ˈkjʊəɹ.i.ən/: Of or relating to the planet Mercury.
  23. mercuriation noun: Any reaction that introduces a covalent mercury bond into a compound
  24. mercuric adjective: Pertaining to or derived from mercury.
  25. mercuric chloride noun: The salt of mercury and hydrochloric acid, HgCl₂
  26. mercuric sulfide noun: The sulfide of mercury, HgS, that occurs as the mineral cinnabar.
  27. mercuricals noun: Medicines made from mercury, generally used for purgative purposes from the 17th to the 19th century in European and American medicine.
  28. mercurico- prefix: mercuric
  29. mercuriferous adjective: Containing or producing mercury.
  30. mercurification noun: The process or operation of obtaining mercury, in its fluid form, from mercuric minerals.
  31. mercurify verb: To obtain mercury from (a mineral, etc.).
  32. Mercurio proper noun: A surname from Italian.
  33. mercuriocyclization noun: Any reaction that involves both cyclization and mercuriation
  34. mercuriousness noun: The quality of being mercurious (like Mercury in celerity).
  35. mercurise verb: Alternative spelling of mercurize
  36. mercurism noun: mercury poisoning
  37. Mercurius noun: A male given name from Latin.
  38. mercurization noun: The process of treating with mercury.
  39. mercurize verb: To treat with mercury.
  40. mercuroan adjective: Containing univalent mercury.
  41. mercurochrome noun: merbromin
  42. mercurocuprate noun: Any of several cuprates that contain mercury
  43. mercurophen noun: The germicide sodium oxymercury orthonitrophenolate.
  44. mercurous adjective: Pertaining to or derived from mercury.
  45. mercurous chloride noun: Synonym of calomel.
  46. mercurous iodide noun: Synonym of mercury(I) iodide.
  47. mercury noun, verb /ˈmɜːkjʊ.ɹi/: A silvery-coloured, metallic chemical element with the atomic number 80; it is liquid at room temperature, and toxic.
  48. mercury arc rectifier noun: A rectifier which converts alternating current to direct current, using a cathode tube with a pool of liquid mercury. Now superseded by solid-state rectifiers.
  49. mercury barometer noun: A barometer which indicates the atmospheric pressure by measuring the height of a column of mercury in a vertical, evacuated tube.
  50. Mercury dime noun: A ten-cent coin struck by the United States Mint from late 1916 to 1945, bearing on its obverse the depiction of a young Liberty in a winged Phrygian cap.
  51. mercury fulminate noun: An explosive crystalline compound of mercury with the chemical formula Hg(ONC)₂.
  52. mercury gilding noun: amalgam gilding
  53. mercury(I) iodide noun: A chemical compound of mercury and iodine, Hg₂I₂.
  54. mercury of life noun: butter of antimony, antimony trichloride
  55. Mercury retrograde problem noun: A concept that communication, travel, and technology are prone to disruptions, delays, and misinterpretations when the planet Mercury appears to move...
  56. Mercury's staff noun: A caduceus.
  57. mercury soap noun: Synonym of quicksilver plaster.
  58. mercury sulfide noun: A binary compound of sulfur and mercury that occurs naturally as cinnabar
  59. mercury sulphide noun: Alternative spelling of mercury sulfide.
  60. mercury switch noun: A switch that opens and closes an electric circuit through a small amount of liquid mercury.
  61. mercury-vapor lamp noun: Alternative spelling of mercury-vapour lamp.
  62. mercury-vapour lamp noun: a gaseous discharge lamp in which the arc discharge takes place in mercury vapour; used for highway illumination and as an industrial source of ultraviolet...
  63. mercuryless adjective: Lacking mercury.
  64. mercuryquake noun: A quake on the planet Mercury.
  65. Mercutian adjective, noun: Synonym of Mercurian (“of or relating to the planet Mercury”).
  66. Mercutio proper noun: One of the main characters of William Shakespeare's play Romeo and Juliet.
  67. mercy interjection, noun, verb /ˈmɜːsi/: Relenting; forbearance to cause or allow harm to another.
  68. mercy bucket phrase: Pronunciation spelling of merci beaucoup.
  69. mercy buckets phrase: Thanks very much.
  70. mercy chair noun: A small, ornately carved wooden protrusion in a cathedral wall, allowing a person to rest against it without actually sitting during long religious services.
  71. mercy flush noun: An additional toilet flush to reduce odor or decrease the likelihood of the toilet pipes becoming clogged.
  72. mercy killer noun: A person who commits a mercy killing.
  73. mercy killing noun, verb: Alternative form of mercy killing.
  74. mercy me interjection: Expressing surprise or alarm.
  75. mercy rule noun: A rule that ends a one-sided contest prior to its natural conclusion.
  76. mercy sake's alive interjection: A mild oath.
  77. mercy seat noun: The lid of the Ark of the Covenant, on which God is said to have been enthroned; taken to represent the throne in heaven.
  78. merdaughter noun: A mermaid daughter.
  79. merdeka noun /mɜːˈdɛkə/: Alternative letter-case form of Merdeka.
  80. merdiban noun: A traditional accounting method used in the Ottoman Empire and elsewhere, with amounts recorded in descending order.
  81. merdivorous adjective /mɜːˈdɪvəɹəs/: Dung-eating, coprophagous.
  82. merdog noun /ˈmɝˌdɔɡ/: A mermaid dog.
  83. merdurinous adjective: Consisting of excrement and urine.
  84. mere adjective, noun, suffix, verb /mɪə̯/: Just, only; no more than, pure and simple, neither more nor better than might be expected.
  85. mere exposure effect noun: The phenomenon whereby people tend to develop a preference for something merely because they are familiar with it.
  86. mere mortal noun: One who is not a god; a human being.
  87. mere pool noun: A mere or pond.
  88. Meredith proper noun /məˈɹɛdɪθ/: A male given name from Welsh.
  89. Meredithian adjective: Of or pertaining to George Meredith (1828-1909), English poet and novelist.
  90. mereheadite noun: A monoclinic-prismatic mineral containing chlorine, hydrogen, lead, and oxygen.
  91. mereing noun: An administrative or property boundary on a map.
  92. mereiterite noun: A monoclinic-prismatic pale yellow mineral containing hydrogen, iron, oxygen, potassium, and sulfur.
  93. mereletinib noun: The drug osimertinib.
  94. merels noun: nine men's morris
  95. merely adverb /ˈmɪəli/: Without any other reason etc.; only, just, and nothing more.
  96. merenchyma noun /ˌmɛɹɪŋˈkaɪmə/: tissue composed of spheroidal cells
  97. merenchymatous adjective: Of or relating to merenchyma.
  98. merengue noun, verb /məˈɹɛŋɡeɪ/: A type of music common in the Caribbean, originally associated with the Dominican Republic.
  99. merenguito noun: A meringue cookie.
  100. merenskyite noun: A trigonal-ditrigonal pyramidal white mineral containing bismuth, palladium, platinum, and tellurium.
  101. mereological adjective /ˌmɪəɹiəˈlɒd͡ʒɪkəl/: Of or pertaining to mereology, a collection of axiomatic first-order theories dealing with parts and their respective wholes.
  102. mereologically adverb: In mereological terms.
  103. mereologist noun: One who studies mereology.
  104. mereology noun /ˌmɪəɹiˈɒləd͡ʒi/: The discipline which deals with the relationship of parts with their respective wholes.
  105. mereotopological adjective: Relating to mereotopology.
  106. mereotopology noun /ˌmɛɹɪətəˈpɒləd͡ʒi/: A theory combining mereology and topology, investigating relations between parts and wholes and boundaries between them.
  107. merese noun: A flat, sharp-edged button, often a disc-shaped knob, separating the stem of a drinking-glass from the foot.
  108. meresman noun: An officer who ascertained marks and meres (boundaries) on maps.
  109. merestake noun: A pollard or tree standing as a mark or boundary for the division of parts or parcels in a grove, thicket, or woods.
  110. merestead noun: The land within the boundaries of a farm; a farmstead.
  111. merestone noun: A stone designating a limit or boundary; a boundary stone.
  112. mereswine noun /ˈmɪə(ɹ)ˌswaɪn/: A porpoise or dolphin.
  113. meretricious adjective /ˌmɛɹɪˈtɹɪʃəs/: Tastelessly gaudy; superficially attractive but having in reality no value or substance; falsely alluring.
  114. meretriciously adverb: In a meretricious manner.
  115. meretriciousness noun: The property of being meretricious.
  116. meretrix noun: A prostitute in Ancient Rome.
  117. Merewether proper noun: A surname.
  118. merfamily noun: A family of merfolk.
  119. merfather noun: A father merman.
  120. merfold noun: A Hungarian mile, a unit of distance varying from 8.3790 to 8.9374 kilometres before being standardized as 8.3536 km.
  121. merfolk noun: Mythical creatures that are human from the waist up and fish from the waist down.
  122. merfolks noun: Alternative form of merfolk.
  123. merfriend noun: A friend who is a merperson.
  124. merfur noun: A furry character with an anthro upper half and a piscine lower half; a furry merperson.
  125. merganser noun /məˈɡænsə/: Any of various diving ducks of the genera Mergus or Lophodytes, which feed on fish and have a sharply serrated bill.
  126. merge noun, verb /mɜːd͡ʒ/: To combine into a whole.
  127. merge game noun: A puzzle genre in which the player combines two or more identical items on a game board to create a new, higher-level object.
  128. merge lane noun: Synonym of acceleration lane.
  129. merge-purge verb: To combine two lists of data, removing any duplicate entries.
  130. merge request noun: Synonym of pull request.
  131. merge sort noun, verb: Synonym of mergesort.
  132. mergeability noun: The quality of being mergeable.
  133. mergeable adjective: Capable of being merged.
  134. mergeburst noun: An outburst of energy following a merger of two stars.
  135. merged adjective, verb: joined by merging
  136. mergee noun: One who or that which undergoes a merge.
  137. Mergen proper noun: A surname.
  138. mergence noun: The act of merging.
  139. Mergenthaler proper noun: A surname from German.
  140. merger noun /ˈmɜː.d͡ʒə/: One that merges.
  141. mergerless adjective: Without a merger.
  142. mergers and acquisitions noun: Business transactions in which the ownership of companies are transferred to or consolidated with another company or business organization.
  143. mergesort noun, verb: A divide and conquer sorting algorithm that operates by dividing the items to be sorted into many small lists and gradually merging them together.
  144. merging noun, verb: The act, or the result, of being merged.
  145. mergirl noun: A mermaid.
  146. mergism noun: The condition of being a mergist; the condition of favoring merging over other actions.
  147. mergist noun: Someone who generally favors merging.
  148. merguard noun: A merperson guard.
  149. merguez noun /mɛəˈɡɛz/: A red, spicy sausage from North Africa, made with lamb or beef.
  150. Mergui proper noun /mɚˈɡwi/: A city in southern Burma; modern Myeik.
  151. merguy noun: A male merperson.
  152. merhorse noun: A seahorse.
  153. merhusband noun: A merman, especially one who is married; a merman taken as a husband.
  154. Meriah noun: A victim of human sacrifice by the Khond people of India.
  155. Meriam noun: A member of an Aboriginal people who live on Mer (Murray Island), in the eastern group of Torres Strait Islands off the northern tip of Australia.
  156. meribendan noun: A cardiotonic drug.
  157. Merica noun: Alternative form of 'Murica.
  158. mericarp noun: An individual carpel of a schizocarp, having a single seed
  159. mericarpal adjective: Of or relating to a mericarp.
  160. mericarpic adjective: Relating to a mericarp.
  161. mericarpium noun: Synonym of mericarp.
  162. mericarpous adjective: Relating to a mericarp.
  163. mericitabine noun: A particular antiviral drug.
  164. Mericle proper noun: A surname.
  165. mericlinal adjective: partially periclinal
  166. mericlone noun: A plant (especially an orchid) that has been cloned via meristem propagation
  167. Merida proper noun /ˈmɛ(ə)ɹ.ɪ.də/: A city in Spain’s western region Estremadura, in Badajoz province
  168. meridamycin noun: A macrolide present in Streptomyces hygroscopicus
  169. meride noun: An interval of pitch equal to 1/43 of an octave.
  170. Meriden proper noun: A village and civil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of Solihull, West Midlands, England, historically in Warwickshire (OS grid ref SP2482).
  171. Merideth proper noun: A surname.
  172. meridian adjective, noun, verb /məˈɹɪ.dɪ.ən/: In full celestial meridian: a great circle passing through the poles of the celestial sphere and the zenith for a particular point on the Earth's surface.
  173. meridian fennel noun: Synonym of caraway (Carum carvi)
  174. meridian termite noun: magnetic termite
  175. meridianal adjective: Alternative form of meridional.
  176. meridianally adverb: Along the lines of meridian, longitudinally.
  177. meridianed adjective, verb /məˈɹɪ.dɪ.ənd/: Having one or more meridians.
  178. meridic adjective: of which only some of its components are chemically defined
  179. meridiem noun: Midday, noon.
  180. meridienne noun: An asymmetrical daybed with a high head-rest, and a lower foot-rest, joined by a sloping piece.
  181. meridiolestidan noun: Any extinct mammal of the clade †Meridiolestida
  182. meridional adjective, noun /mɪˈɹɪdɪənəl/: located in the south, southern; later especially, often pertaining to the southern parts of Europe.
  183. meridional ray noun: A ray that passes through the axis of the optical fiber.
  184. meridional wind noun: The component of a wind along a particular meridian
  185. meridionality noun: The state of being in the meridian.
  186. meridionalization noun: The movement of fish to warmer, more southern waters
  187. meridionally adverb: In a meridional manner
  188. Meridith proper noun: A female given name from Welsh, variant of Meredith.
  189. meridiungulate noun: Any of the South American mammals of the extinct clade †Meridiungulata.
  190. meriki noun: Alternative form of moeriki.
  191. Merikin noun: One of the African-American refugees of the War of 1812: freed black slaves who fought for the British against the USA in the Corps of Colonial Marines and...
  192. Merillat proper noun: A surname from French.
  193. merils noun: Alternative spelling of merels.
  194. Merimbula proper noun: A town in the Bega Valley Shire council area, south eastern New South Wales, Australia
  195. merimepodib noun: A particular antiviral drug.
  196. Merina noun: A member of the a highlander Malagasy ethnic group in Madagascar whose core territory corresponds to the former Antananarivo Province in the centre of the...
  197. meringue noun, verb /məˈɹæŋ/: A mixture consisting of beaten egg whites and either sugar or other flavorings; it is often baked to brown the surface and may be used as a topping or in...
  198. meringue glacé noun: ice cream with a casing of meringue
  199. meringue horn noun: A pastry similar to a cream horn but filled with meringue.
  200. meringuelike adjective: Resembling meringue.
  201. meringuey adjective: meringuelike
  202. merino noun /məˈɹiːnəʊ/: A sheep of a Spanish breed with long, fine hair.
  203. Meriones proper noun: A hero of the Trojan War, the Cretan son of Molus and Melphis or Euippe.
  204. Merioneth proper noun: Synonym of Merionethshire.
  205. Merionethshire proper noun /ˌmɛɹiˈɒnɛθʃə(ɹ)/: A maritime traditional county of Wales, bounded to the north by Caernarfonshire, to the east by Denbighshire, to the south by Montgomeryshire and...
  206. merisa noun: a form of millet beer popular in South Sudan
  207. merisis noun: Any form of growth; specifically, growth by increase in number of cells.
  208. merism noun /ˈmɛrɪz(ə)m/: A reference to something by its polar extremes, as in "we searched high and low".
  209. merismatic adjective: Dividing into cells or segments.
  210. merismoid adjective: Having a branched or laciniate pileus.
  211. merismus noun /məˈɹɪzməs/: A metonymic term to describe a type of synecdoche in which two parts of a thing, perhaps contrasting or complementary parts, are made to stand for the whole.
  212. merispore noun: A secondary spore resulting from division of another spore.
  213. Merissa proper noun: A female given name, variant of Marissa.
  214. meristele noun: Each of the apparently isolated units of a dictyostele.
  215. meristelic adjective: Of or relating to a meristele.
  216. meristem noun: The plant tissue composed of totipotent cells that allows plant growth.
  217. meristematic adjective: Of or pertaining to the meristem
  218. meristematically adverb: In a meristematic way.
  219. meristemic adjective: Of or pertaining to the meristem
  220. meristemless adjective: That lacks a meristem
  221. meristemoid adjective, noun: A small, triangular stomatal precursor cell that functions temporarily as a stem cell in a meristem.
  222. meristemoidal adjective: Relating to a meristemoid
  223. meristic adjective, noun: Relating to meristics.
  224. meristically adverb: In terms of meristics.
  225. meristics noun /məˈɹɪstɪks/: The counting of quantitative features of a fish, such as its number of fins or of scales.
  226. meristoderm noun: A meristem layer on the surface of brown algae.
  227. meristogenetic adjective: Produced from the meristem.
  228. meristogenous adjective: Synonym of meristogenetic.
  229. merit noun, verb /ˈmɛɹɪt/: A claim to commendation or a reward.
  230. merit badge noun /ˈmɛɹɪt ˌbæd͡ʒ/: An embroidered cloth patch awarded to a youth member of the Boy Scouts of America or other scouting organization who successfully completes an activity...
  231. merit badge college noun: Synonym of merit badge university.
  232. merit badge university noun: A usually annual event, held in many areas of the United States, where educational courses are hosted with the purpose of helping Boy Scouts to achieve...
  233. merit badger noun: A Boy Scout who is pursuing a certain merit badge or merit badges.
  234. merit badging noun: The act of pursuing merit badges.
  235. merit-based adjective: Derived from one's academic or extracurricular achievements rather than one's financial need.
  236. merit field noun: a pictorial representation, usually represented on a thangka, of the triratna and lama for the purpose of veneration when taking Refuge.
  237. merit good noun: A commodity that an individual or society should have on the basis of some concept of need, rather than ability and willingness to pay.
  238. merit-monger noun: Alternative form of meritmonger.
  239. meritable adjective /ˈmɛɹɪtəbl̩/: Deserving of reward.
  240. Meritage noun /ˈmɛɹɪtɪd͡ʒ/: A red or white Bordeaux-style wine, usually from the United States.
  241. merited adjective, verb: deserved
  242. meritedly adverb: By merit; deservedly; meritously
  243. meritedness noun: The state or condition of being merited; deservedness.
  244. meriter noun /ˈmɛɹɪtə/: Someone or something that merits.
  245. meritful adjective: Full of merit; meritorious.
  246. merithal noun: merithallus
  247. merithallus noun: An internode.
  248. meritious adjective: Having merit.
  249. meritless adjective /ˈmɛɹɪtlɪs/: Without merit.
  250. meritlessly adverb: In a meritless fashion.
  251. meritlessness noun: The state or condition of being meritless.
  252. meritmonger noun: One who depends on merit for salvation.
  253. meritocracy noun /mɛɹɪˈtɒkɹəsi/: Rule by merit and talent.
  254. meritocrat noun: An advocate of meritocracy.
  255. meritocratic adjective: Pertaining to a meritocracy.
  256. meritocratically adverb: In a meritocratic way.
  257. meritocratism noun: Advocacy or partisanship in support of meritocracy.
  258. meritorious adjective /ˌmɛɹɪˈtɔɹi.əs/: Deserving of merit or commendation; deserving reward.
  259. meritorious mast noun: A modern version of the mast (naval disciplinary hearing) in which the commanding officer singles out a crewmember for formal discipline.
  260. meritoriously adverb: In a meritorious manner.
  261. meritoriousness noun: The property of being meritorious.
  262. meritory adjective: meritorious; deserving
  263. merits noun, verb /ˈmɛɹ.ɪts/: plural of merit
  264. Meritt proper noun: A surname.
  265. Meriwether proper noun: A surname.
  266. meriyasu noun: A style of instrumental music used as scoring in kabuki
  267. merjet noun: Alternative form of merkhet.
  268. merk noun, verb: Obsolete spelling of mark.
  269. Merkabah proper noun: A school of early Jewish mysticism, circa 100 BCE – 1000 CE, based around visions.
  270. Merkava proper noun /mɛɹˈkɑvə/: A tank developed and used by the Israeli Defense Forces.
  271. merked adjective, verb: ugly, unattractive.
  272. Merkel proper noun /ˈmɜː.kəl/: A surname from German; variant form Merkley.
  273. Merkel cell noun: An oval receptor cell having synaptic contacts with somatosensory afferents, found in the skin of vertebrates and associated with the sense of light touch...
  274. Merkel-Ranvier cell noun: A Merkel cell.
  275. Merkelian adjective: Of or pertaining to Angela Merkel (born 1954), German politician and chancellor of Germany from 2005 to 2021.
  276. Merkelism noun: The politics of German politician Angela Merkel (born 1954).
  277. Merkelvellian adjective: Pertaining to the tactics of German Chancellor Angela Merkel.
  278. Merker proper noun: A surname.
  279. merkhet noun: An ancient surveying and timekeeping instrument, consisting of a bar with a plumb line, attached to a handle.
  280. merkid noun: A young merperson.
  281. merkin adjective, noun /ˈmɜːkɪn/: A woman's pubic wig. Worn for nude stage appearances and by women, originally after shaving their pubic hair to eliminate lice or for other reasons, now...
  282. merking noun: A mermaid king; the king of the merfolk.
  283. merkingdom noun: A kingdom of merfolk.
  284. merkland noun: Alternative form of markland.
  285. Merkle proper noun: A surname.
  286. Merkle-Patricia tree noun: A tree data structure that combines properties of Merkle trees and Patricia trees.
  287. Merkle tree noun: A binary hash tree.
  288. Merkley proper noun /ˈmɜː(ɹ)kli/: A surname from German.
  289. merknight noun: A merperson knight.
  290. Merkur proper noun: A defunct automobile brand produced by the Ford Motor Company in the late 1980s.
  291. merl noun: Alternative form of merle (blackbird)
  292. merlad noun: A young male merperson, male equivalent of mermaid
  293. merlady noun: A mermaid.
  294. merle noun /mɜːl/: A Eurasian blackbird, Turdus merula.
  295. Merleau-Pontian adjective, noun: Of or relating to Maurice Merleau-Ponty (1898–1983), French phenomenological philosopher.
  296. merled adjective: With a coat in a merle pattern.
  297. merlette noun /məːˈlɛt/: In French heraldry, a depiction of a mythological bird without beak or feet.
  298. merlin noun /ˈmɝlɪn/: A small falcon, Falco columbarius, that breeds in northern North America, Europe, and Asia.
  299. Merlin chair noun: A type of early wheelchair, which the occupant propels by means of crank-handles in the armrests.
  300. Merlin's grass noun: lake quillwort, Isoetes lacustris

Part 59 · Part 61 · English words: M

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.