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Myristate (mĭrĭst�t), n. (Chem.) A salt of myristic acid.
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Myristic (mĭrĭstĭk), a. (Chem.) Pertaining to, or derived from, the nutmeg (Myristica). Specifically, designating an acid (C14H28O2) found in nutmeg oil and otoba fat, and extracted as a white crystalline waxy substance.
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Myristin (?), n. (Chem.) The myristate of glycerin, -- found as a vegetable fat in nutmeg butter, etc.
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Myristone (?), n. [Myristic + -one.] (Chem.) The ketone of myristic acid, obtained as a white crystalline substance.
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Myrmecophaga prop. n. (Zool.) The type genus of the Myrmecophagidae; the South American ant bear.
Syn. -- genus Myrmecophaga.
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Myrmecophagidae prop. n. (Zool.) A natural family of New World anteaters.
Syn. -- family Myrmecophagidae.
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myrmecophagous adj. (Biol.) feeding on ants but usually not living with them.
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myrmecophile n. (Biol.) An organism such as an insect that habitually shares the nest of a species of ant.
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myrmecophilous adj. (Biol.) Associated with, or benefitted by ants through sharing their nest.
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Myrmecophyte (?), n. [Gr. myrmhx, myrmhkos, ant + fyton plant.] (Bot.) A plant that affords shelter and food to certain species of ants which live in symbiotic relations with it. Special adaptations for this purpose exist; thus, Acacia spadicigera has large hollows thorns, and species of Cecropia have stem cavities. -- Myrmecophytic (#), a.
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myrmecophytic adj. Of or pertaining to a myrmecophyte.
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Myrmeleon prop. n. The type genus of the Myrmeleontidae, including the antlions.
Syn. -- genus Myrmeleon.
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Myrmeleontidae prop. n. A natural family of the order Neuroptera, including the antlions.
Syn. -- family Myrmeleontidae.
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Myrmicine (?), a. (Zoöl.) Of or pertaining to Myrmica, a genus of ants including the small house ant (Myrmica molesta), and many others.
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Myrmidon (?), n. [L. Myrmidones, Gr. Myrmidones, pl.] 1. One of a fierce tribe or troop who accompanied Achilles, their king, to the Trojan war.
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2. A soldier or a subordinate civil officer who executes cruel orders of a superior without protest or pity; -- sometimes applied to bailiffs, constables, etc. Thackeray.
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With unabated ardor the vindictive man of law and his myrmidons pressed forward.
W. H. Ainsworth.
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Myrmidonian (?), a. Consisting of, or like, myrmidons. Pope.
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Myrmotherine (?), a. [Gr. myrmhx an ant + qhra^n to hunt.] (Zoöl.) Feeding upon ants; -- said of certain birds.
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{ Myrobalan (?), Myrobolan (?), } n. [L. myrobalanum the fruit of a palm tree from which a balsam was made, Gr. myrobalanos; myron any sweet juice distilling from plants, any prepared unguent or sweet oil + balanos an acorn or any similar fruit: cf. F. myrobolan.] A dried astringent fruit much resembling a prune. It contains tannin, and was formerly used in medicine, but is now chiefly used in tanning and dyeing. Myrobolans are produced by various species of Terminalia of the East Indies, and of Spondias of South America.
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Myronic (?), a. [Gr. myron a sweet-smelling unguent.] (Chem.) Pertaining to, or obtained from, mustard; -- used specifically to designate a glucoside called myronic acid, found in mustard seed.
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Myropolist (?), n. [Gr. myropwlhs; myron unguent + pwlei^n to sell.] One who sells unguents or perfumery. [Obs.] Jonhson.
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Myrosin (?), n. (Chem.) An enzyme, resembling diastase, found in mustard seeds.
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Myroxylon (?), prop. n. [NL., fr. Gr. myron a sweet juice distilling from a plant + xylon wood.] (Bot.) A genus of leguminous trees of tropical America, the different species of which yield balsamic products, among which are balsam of Peru, and balsam of Tolu. The species were formerly referred to Myrospermum.
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Myrrh (?), n. [OE. mirre, OF. mirre, F. myrrhe, L. myrrha, murra, Gr. �; cf. Ar. murr bitter, also myrrh, Heb. mar bitter.] A gum resin, usually of a yellowish brown or amber color, of an aromatic odor, and a bitter, slightly pungent taste. It is valued for its odor and for its medicinal properties. It exudes from the bark of a shrub of Abyssinia and Arabia, the Commiphora Myrrha (syn. Balsamodendron Myrrha) of the family Burseraceae, or from the Commiphora abyssinica. The myrrh of the Bible is supposed to have been partly the gum above named, and partly the exudation of species of Cistus, or rockrose.
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Coloq. False myrrh . See the Note under .
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Myrrhic (?), a. Of, pertaining to, or obtained from, myrrh.
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Myrrhine (?), a. Murrhine.
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Myrtaceae prop. n. A natural family of trees and shrubs yielding fragrant oils, including the myrtles, eucalyptus, clove, allspice, and guava; the myrtle family.
Syn. -- family Myrtaceae, myrtle family.
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Myrtaceous (?), a. [L. myrtaceus.] (Bot.) Of, pertaining to, or resembling, a large and important natural family of trees and shrubs (Myrtaceæ of the order Myrtales), of which the myrtle (Myrtus) is the type. It includes the genera Eucalyptus, Pimenta, Lechythis, and about seventy more.
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Myrtales prop. n. A natural order of trees and shrubs including the myrtle family, Myrtaceae; Combretaceae; Elaeagnaceae; Haloragidaceae; Melastomaceae; Lecythidaceae; Lythraceae; Rhizophoraceae; Onagraceae; Lecythidaceae; and Punicaceae.
Syn. -- order Myrtales, Thymelaeales, order Thymelaeales.
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Myrtiform (?), a. [L. myrtus myrtle + -form: cf. F. myrtiforme.] Resembling myrtle or myrtle berries; having the form of a myrtle leaf.
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Myrtillocactus prop. n. A small genus of arborescent cacti of Mexico and Central America.
Syn. -- genus Myrtillocactus.
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Myrtle (mẽrt'l), n. [F. myrtil bilberry, prop., a little myrtle, from myrte myrtle, L. myrtus, murtus, Gr. myrtos; cf. Per. mūrd.] (Bot.) A species of the genus Myrtus, especially Myrtus communis. The common myrtle has a shrubby, upright stem, eight or ten feet high. Its branches form a close, full head, thickly covered with ovate or lanceolate evergreen leaves. It has solitary axillary white or rosy flowers, followed by black several-seeded berries. The ancients considered it sacred to Venus. The flowers, leaves, and berries are used variously in perfumery and as a condiment, and the beautifully mottled wood is used in turning.
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☞ The name is also popularly but wrongly applied in America to two creeping plants, the blue-flowered periwinkle and the yellow-flowered moneywort. In the West Indies several myrtaceous shrubs are called myrtle.
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Coloq. Bog myrtle , the sweet gale. -- Coloq. Crape myrtle . See under . -- Coloq. Myrtle warbler (Zoöl.), a North American wood warbler (Dendroica coronata); -- called also myrtle bird, yellow-rumped warbler, and yellow-crowned warbler. -- Coloq. Myrtle wax . (Bot.) See Bayberry tallow, under . -- Coloq. Sand myrtle , a low, branching evergreen shrub (Leiophyllum buxifolium), growing in New Jersey and southward. -- Coloq. Wax myrtle (Myrica cerifera). See .
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Myrtus prop. n. The type genus of the Myrtaceae.
Syn. -- genus Myrtus.
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Myself (?), pron.; pl. Ourselves (�). I or me in person; -- used for emphasis, my own self or person; as I myself will do it; I have done it myself; -- used also instead of me, as the object of the first person of a reflexive verb, without emphasis; as, I will defend myself.
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Myselven (?), pron. Myself. [Obs.]
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Mysidacea prop. n. An order of crustaceans including the opossum shrimp.
Syn. -- order Mysidacea.
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Mysidae prop. n. A natural family of small shrimplike crustaceans.
Syn. -- family Mysidae.
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Mysis (?), prop. n. [NL., fr. Gr. � a closing of the lips or eyes.] (Zoöl.) A genus of small schizopod shrimps found both in fresh and salt water; the opossum shrimps. One species inhabits the Great Lakes of North America, and is largely eaten by the whitefish. The marine species form part of the food of right whales.
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Mystacal (?), a. [Gr. mystax mustache.] (Zoöl.) Of or pertaining to the upper lip, or mustache.
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{ Mystagogic (?), Mystagogical (?), } a. Of or pertaining to interpretation of mysteries or to mystagogue; of the nature of mystagogy.
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Mystagogue (?), n. [L. mystagogus, Gr. �; � one initiated in mysteries + � leading, n., a leader, fr. � to lead: cf. F. mystagogue. See 1st .] 1. One who interprets mysteries, especially of a religious kind.
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2. One who keeps and shows church relics.
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Mystagogy (?), n. The doctrines, principles, or practice of a mystagogue; interpretation of mysteries.
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Mysterial (?), a. Mysterious. [Obs.]
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Mysteriarch (?), n. [L. mysteriarches, Gr. �; � mystery + � chief.] One presiding over mysteries. [Obs.]
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Mysterious (?), a. [F. mystèrieux. See 1st .] Of or pertaining to mystery; containing a mystery; difficult or impossible to understand; inexplicable; obscure; not revealed or explained; enigmatical; incomprehensible.
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God at last
To Satan, first in sin, his doom applied,
Thought in mysterious terms.
Milton.
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Syn. -- Obscure; secret; occult; dark; mystic; cabalistic; enigmatical; unintelligible; inexplicable; incomprehensible.
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Mysteriously, adv. In a mysterious manner.
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Mysteriousness, n. 1. The state or quality of being mysterious.
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2. Something mysterious; a mystery. [R.] Jer. Taylor.
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Mysterize (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Mysterized (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Mysterizing (?).] To make mysterious; to make a mystery of.
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Mystery (mĭstẽr�), n.; pl. Mysteries (mĭstẽrĭz). [L. mysterium, Gr. mysthrion, fr. mysths one initiated in mysteries; cf. myei^n to initiate into the mysteries, fr. myein to shut the eyes. Cf. , a.] 1. A profound secret; something wholly unknown, or something kept cautiously concealed, and therefore exciting curiosity or wonder; something which has not been or can not be explained; hence, specifically, that which is beyond human comprehension.
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We speak the wisdom of God in a mystery.
1 Cor. ii. 7.
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If God should please to reveal unto us this great mystery of the Trinity, or some other mysteries in our holy religion, we should not be able to understand them, unless he would bestow on us some new faculties of the mind.
Swift.
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2. A kind of secret religious celebration, to which none were admitted except those who had been initiated by certain preparatory ceremonies; -- usually plural; as, the Eleusinian mysteries.
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3. pl. The consecrated elements in the eucharist.
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4. Anything artfully made difficult; an enigma.
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Mystery, n.; pl. Mysteries. [OE. mistere, OF. mestier, F. métier, L. ministerium. See .] 1. A trade; a handicraft; hence, any business with which one is usually occupied.
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Fie upon him, he will discredit our mystery.
Shak.
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And that which is the noblest mystery
Brings to reproach and common infamy.
Spenser.
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2. A dramatic representation of a Scriptural subject, often some event in the life of Christ; a dramatic composition of this character; as, the Chester Mysteries, consisting of dramas acted by various craft associations in that city in the early part of the 14th century.
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“Mystery plays,” so called because acted by craftsmen.
Skeat.
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{ Mystic (?), Mystical (?), } a. [L. mysticus, Gr. � belonging to secret rites, from � one initiated: cf. F. mystique. See 1st , .] 1. Remote from or beyond human comprehension; baffling human understanding; unknowable; obscure; mysterious.
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Heaven's numerous hierarchy span
The mystic gulf from God to man.
Emerson.
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God hath revealed a way mystical and supernatural.
Hooker.
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2. Importing or implying mysticism; involving some secret meaning; allegorical; emblematical; as, a mystic dance; mystic Babylon.
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Thus, then, did the spirit of unity and meekness inspire every joint and sinew of the mystical body.
Milton.
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3. employing mysticism; as, mystical intuition; mystical explanations; -- contrasted to logical, rational, analytical.
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-- Mystically, adv. -- Mysticalness, n.
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Mystic (?), n. One given to mysticism; one who holds mystical views, interpretations, etc.; especially, in ecclesiastical history, one who professed mysticism. See .
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Mysticete (?), n. [Gr. mystax the upper lip, also, the mustache + kh^tos a whale.] (Zoöl.) Any right whale, or whalebone whale. See .
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Mysticeti prop. n. A suborder including baleen whales: right whales; rorquals; blue whales; and humpbacks.
Syn. -- suborder Mysticeti.
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Mysticism (?), n. [Cf. F. mysticisme.] 1. Obscurity of doctrine.
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2. (Eccl. Hist.) The doctrine of the Mystics, who professed a pure, sublime, and wholly disinterested devotion, and maintained that they had direct intercourse with the divine Spirit, and aquired a knowledge of God and of spiritual things unattainable by the natural intellect, and such as can not be analyzed or explained.
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3. (Philos.) The doctrine that the ultimate elements or principles of knowledge or belief are gained by an act or process akin to feeling or faith.
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Mystification (?), n. [Cf. F. mystification.] The act of mystifying, or the state of being mystied; also, something designed to, or that does, mystify.
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The reply of Pope seems very much as though he had been playing off a mystification on his Grace.
De Quincey.
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Mystificator (?), n. One who mystifies.
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Mystify (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Mystified (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Mystifying (?).] [F. mystifier, fr. Gr. � + L. -ficare (in comp.) to make. See 1st , and .] 1. To involve in mystery; to make obscure or difficult to understand; as, to mystify a passage of Scripture.
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2. To perplex the mind of; to puzzle; to impose upon the credulity of; to baffle; as, to mystify an opponent.
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He took undue advantage of his credulity and mystified him exceedingly.
Ld. Campbell.
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mystique n. 1. An aura of reverence or mystery stemming from feelings of high value or interest or meaning surrounding a person or thing; as, the Kennedy mystique.
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2. The aura of mystery surrounding the esoteric knowledge and skills required in certain occupations, or the power of those possessing those skills; as, the mystique of the astrophysicists.
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Mytacism (?), n. [Gr. �. Cf. .] Too frequent use of the letter m, or of the sound represented by it.
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Myth (mĭth), n. [Written also mythe.] [Gr. my^qos myth, fable, tale, talk, speech: cf. F. mythe.] 1. A story of great but unknown age which originally embodied a belief regarding some fact or phenomenon of experience, and in which often the forces of nature and of the soul are personified; an ancient legend of a god, a hero, the origin of a race, etc.; a wonder story of prehistoric origin; a popular fable which is, or has been, received as historical.
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2. A person or thing existing only in imagination, or whose actual existence is not verifiable.
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As for Mrs. Primmins's bones, they had been myths these twenty years.
Ld. Lytton.
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Coloq. Myth history , history made of, or mixed with, myths.
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Mythe (?), n. See . Grote.
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{ Mythic (?), Mythical (?), } a. [L. mythicus, Gr. �. See .] Of or relating to myths; described in a myth; of the nature of a myth; fabulous; imaginary; fanciful; mythological. -- Mythically, adv.
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The mythic turf where danced the nymphs.
Mrs. Browning.
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Hengist and Horsa, Vortigern and Rowena, Arthur and Mordred, are mythical persons, whose very existence may be questioned.
Macaulay.
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Mythographer (?), n. [Gr. myqografos; my^qos + grafein to write.] A composer of fables.
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Mythologer (?), n. A mythologist.
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Mythologian (?), n. A mythologist.
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{ Mythologic (?), Mythological (?), } a. [L. mythologicus: cf. F. mytholigique.] 1. Of or pertaining to mythology or to myths; as, mythological creatures. -- Mythologically, adv.
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2. based on or told of in traditional stories; lacking factual basis or historical validity; mythical; fabulous.
Syn. -- fabulous, mythic, mythical.
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mythologisation n. mythologization. [Chiefly Brit.]
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Mythologist (?), n. [Cf. F. mythologiste.] One versed in, or who writes on, mythology or myths.
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mythologization n. The construction of a myth; the restatement of a message as a myth.
Syn. -- mythologisation.
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Mythologize (?), v. i. [Cf. F. mythologiser.] 1. To relate, classify, and explain, or attempt to explain, myths; to write upon myths.
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2. To construct and propagate myths.
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Mythologizer (?), n. One who, or that which, mythologizes.
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Imagination has always been, and still is, in a narrower sense, the great mythologizer.
Lowell.
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Mythologue (?), n. [See .] A fabulous narrative; a myth. [R.]
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May we not . . . consider his history of the fall as an excellent mythologue, to account for the origin of human evil?
Geddes.
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Mythology (?), n.; pl. Mythologies (#). [F. mythologie, L. mythologia, Gr. myqologia; my^qos, fable, myth + logos speech, discourse.] 1. The science which treats of myths; a treatise on myths.
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2. A body of myths; esp., the collective myths which describe the gods of a heathen people; as, the mythology of the Greeks.
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Mythoplasm (?), n. [Gr. my^qos myth + plassein to form.] A narration of mere fable.
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Mythopœic (?), a. [Gr. myqopoios making myths; my^qos myth + poiei^n to make.] Making or producing myths; giving rise to mythical narratives.
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The mythopœic fertility of the Greeks.
Grote.
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Mythopoetic (?), a. [Gr. my^qos myth + � able to make, producing, fr. poiei^n to make.] Making or producing myths or mythical tales.
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Mytiloid (?), a. [Mytilus + -oid.] (Zoöl.) Like, or pertaining to, the genus Mytilus, or family Mytilidæ.
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Mytilotoxine (?), n. [Mytilus + toxic.] (Physiol. Chem.) A poisonous base (leucomaine) found in the common mussel. It either causes paralysis of the muscles, or gives rise to convulsions, including death by an accumulation of carbonic acid in the blood.
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Mytilus (?), n. [L., a sea mussel, Gr. �.] (Zoöl.) A genus of marine bivalve shells, including the common mussel. See Illust. under .
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Myxa (?), n. [L., a lamp nozzle, Gr. �.] (Zoöl.) The distal end of the mandibles of a bird.
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myxedema n. (Med.) A pathological condition due to severe hyperthyroidism, marked by dry skin and swellings around lips and nose as well as mental and physical deterioration. [Also spelled myxœdema.]
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Myxine (?), prop. n. (Zoöl.) A genus of marsipobranchs, including the hagfish. See , 4.
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Myxinoid (?), a. (Zoöl.) Like, or pertaining to, the genus Myxine. -- n. A hagfish.
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Myxinoidei prop. n. A suborder of hagfishes as distinguished from lampreys.
Syn. -- Myxiniformes, suborder Myxiniformes, Hyperotreta, suborder Hyperotreta, Myxinoidea, suborder Myxinoidei.
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Myxobacter prop. n. (Microbiol.) One genus of .
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myxobacterium n.; pl. myxobacteria (#). A type of bacteria that form colonies in self-produced slime; they inhabit moist soils or decaying plant matter or animal waste.
Syn. -- myxobacterium, myxobacter, gliding bacteria, slime bacteria.
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Myxobacteriaceae prop. n. A family of bacteria living mostly in soils and on dung; called also Polyangiaceae.
Syn. -- Polyangiaceae, family Polyangiaceae, family Myxobacteriaceae.
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Myxocephalus prop. n. A genus of fish including the grubb (Myxocephalus aenaeus), a type of sculpin.
Syn. -- genus Myxocephalus.
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Myxocystodea (?), n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. � mucus + � a bladder.] (Zoöl.) A division of Infusoria including the Noctiluca. See .
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Myxœdema (?), n. [NL. fr. Gr. � mucus + œdema.] (Med.) A disease producing a peculiar cretinoid appearance of the face, slow speech, and dullness of intellect, and due to failure of the functions of the thyroid gland. [Also spelled myxedema.]-- Myxœdematous (#), a., Myxœdemic (#), a.
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Myxoma (?), n.; pl. Myxomata (#). [NL., fr. Gr. � mucus + -oma.] (Med.) A tumor made up of a gelatinous tissue resembling that found in the umbilical cord.
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myxomatosis n. (Biol.) a viral disease (usually fatal) of rabbits.
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myxomycete n. 1. (Biol.) an organism of the class Myxomycetes.
Syn. -- true slime mold, acellular slime mold, plasmodial slime mold.
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Myxomycetes (?), n. pl. [NL.; Gr. � mucus, slime + myceles.] (Bot.) A class of peculiar organisms, the slime molds, formerly regarded as animals (Mycetozoa), but now generally thought to be plants and often separated as a distinct phylum (Myxophyta); essentially equivalent to the division Myxomycota. They are found on damp earth and decaying vegetable matter, and consist of naked masses of protoplasm, often of considerable size, which creep very slowly over the surface and ingest solid food. -- Myxomycetous (#), a.
Syn. -- true slime molds, acellular slime molds, plasmodial slime molds.
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Myxomycota n. (Biol.) The slime molds; organisms having a noncellular and multinucleate creeping vegetative phase and a propagative spore-producing stage: comprises Myxomycetes and Acrasiomycetes and Plasmodiophoromycetes; in some classifications placed in the kingdom Protoctista.
Syn. -- division Myxomycota, Gymnomycota, division Gymnomycota.
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Myxophyceae prop. n. (Biol.) A former term for the natural family Cyanophyceae.
Syn. -- family Myxophyceae, Schizophyceae, family Schizophyceae.
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Myxophyta (?), n. pl. [NL.; Gr. � mucus, slime + � plant.] (Bot.) A phylum of the vegetable kingdom consisting of the class Myxomycetes. By some botanists it is not separated from the Thallophyta.
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Myxopod (?), n. [Gr. � mucus, slime + -pod.] (Zoöl.) A rhizopod or moneran. Also used adjectively; as, a myxopod state.
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Myxosporidia prop. n. An order of sporozoans.
Syn. -- order Myxosporidia.
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myxosporidian n. An organism of the order Myxosporidia, mostly parasitic in fishes and including various serious pathogens.
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Myzontes (?), n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. myzein to suck.] (Zoöl.) The Marsipobranchiata.
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Myzostomata (?), prop. n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. myzein to suck + stoma, -atos, mouth.] (Zoöl.) An order of curious parasitic worms found on crinoids. The body is short and disklike, with four pairs of suckers and five pairs of hook-bearing parapodia on the under side.
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