Words |
Parts of Speech |
Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
mercat |
noun |
Market; trade. |
mercer |
noun |
Originally, a dealer in any kind of goods or wares; now restricted to a dealer in textile fabrics, as silks or woolens. |
merely |
adverb |
Purely; unmixedly; absolutely., Not otherwise than; simply; barely; only. |
merged |
imp. & past participle |
of Merge |
merger |
noun |
One who, or that which, merges., An absorption of one estate, or one contract, in another, or of a minor offense in a greater. |
meride |
noun |
A permanent colony of cells or plastids which may remain isolated, like Rotifer, or may multiply by gemmation to form higher aggregates, termed zoides. |
merils |
noun |
A boy’s play, called also fivepenny morris. See Morris. |
merino |
adjective |
Of or pertaining to a variety of sheep with very fine wool, originally bred in Spain., Made of the wool of the merino sheep., A breed of sheep originally from Spain, noted for the fineness of its wool., A fine fabric of merino wool. |
merkin |
noun |
Originally, a wig; afterwards, a mop for cleaning cannon. |
merlin |
noun |
A small European falcon (Falco lithofalco, or F. aesalon). |
merlon |
noun |
One of the solid parts of a battlemented parapet; a battlement. See Illust. of Battlement. |
mermen |
plural |
of Merman |
merman |
noun |
The male corresponding to mermaid; a sea man, or man fish. |