- Medea n. Greek Mythology A princess and sorceress of Colchis who helped Jason

  obtain the Golden Fleece, lived as his consort, and killed their children as

  revenge for his infidelity.

- medevac n. 1. Air transport of persons to a place where they can receive

  medical or surgical care; medical evacuation. 2. A helicopter or other

  aircraft used for such transport. tr.v.

- mediagenic adj. Attractive as a subject for reporting by news media: "a minor

  leaguer of bumptious manner and mediagenic good looks." (Larry Martz)

- median strip n. The dividing area, either paved or landscaped, between

  opposing lanes of traffic on some highways. Also called median; also called

  regionally boulevard, mall, medial strip, meridian, neutral ground.

- medical law n. The branch of law that deals with the application of medical

  knowledge to legal problems. See medicolegal.

- medicide n. suicide accomplished with the aid of a physician.

- medicine show n. A traveling show, popular especially in the 19th century,

  that offered varied entertainment, between the acts of which medicines were

  peddled.

- Medigap adj. Private health insurance designed to supplement the coverage

  provided under governmental programs such as Medicare.

- medusa n. The tentacled, usually bell-shaped, free-swimming sexual stage in

  the life cycle of a coelenterate, such as a jellyfish.

- medusoid n. 1. A shape resembling a jellyfish. 2. A jellyfish. adj.

- meed n. 1. A fitting recompense. 2. Archaic A merited gift or wage.

- meet2 adj. Fitting; proper: "It seems not meet, nor wholesome to my place"

  (Shakespeare).

- megadeath n. One million deaths. Used as a unit in reference to nuclear

  warefare.

- megalith n. A very large stone used in various prehistorical architectures or

  monumental styles, notably in western Europe during the 2nd millennium B.C.

  --megalithic adj.

- megalomania n. 1. A psychological condition characterized by delusional

  fantasies of wealth, power, or omnipotence. 2. An obsession with grandiose or

  extravagant things or actions.

  Other interesting mega's: megabuck, megachurch, megafauna, megahit,

  megalopolis, megalosaur, megaphone, megapode, megavitamin.

- melano or melan- pref. Black; dark: melanin.

- melancholia n. A mental disorder characterized by severe depression, guilt,

  hopelessness, and withdrawal.

- melanoma n. A dark-pigmented, usually malignant tumor arising from a

  melanocyte and occurring most commonly in skin.

- Melba toast n. Very thinly sliced crisp toast. [After Dame Nellie Melba.]

- melee n. 1a. Confused, hand-to-hand fighting in a pitched battle. b. A violent

  free-for-all. 2. A confused tumultuous mingling, as of a crowd: the rush-hour

  melee.

- meliorate v. -tr. To make better; improve. -intr. To grow better. -meliorable

  adj. -meliorative adj. &n.

- meliorism n. The belief that improvement of society depends on human effort.

- mellifluous adj. 1. Flowing with sweetness or honey. 2. Smooth and sweet:

  "polite and cordial, with a mellifluous, well-educated voice" (H.W. Crocker).

- mellow adj. 1a. Soft, sweet, juicy, and full-flavored because of ripeness: a

  mellow fruit. b. Suggesting softness or sweetness: "The mellow air brought in

  the feel of imminent autumn" (Thomas Hardy). 2. Rich and soft in quality: a

  mellow sound; a mellow wine. 3. Having the gentleness, wisdom, or tolerance

  often characteristic of maturity. 4. Relaxed and unhurried; easygoing: a

  mellow friend; a mellow conversation 5. Slang a. Slightly and pleasantly

  intoxicated. b. Pleasantly high from a drug, especially from smoking

  marijuana. 6. Moist, rich, soft, and loamy. Used of soil. tr.&intr.v. To make

  or become mellow.

- melt v. -intr. 3. To disappear or vanish gradually as if by dissolving: The

  crowd melted away after the rally. 5. To become softened in feeling: Our

  hearts melted at the child's tears. n. A usually open sandwich topped with

  melted cheese: a tuna melt.

- member n. 2. A part or an organ of a human or animal body, as: a. A limb, such

  as an arm or a leg. b. The penis.

- memetics n. The study of memes and their social and cultural effects.

- memory n. 10. The capacity of a material, such as plastic or metal, to return

  to a previous shape after deformation. 11. Immunology The ability of the

  immune system to respond faster and more powerfully to subsequent exposure to

  an antigen.

- menage n. 1. People living together as a unit; a household. 2. The management

  of a household.

- menage a trois n. A relationship in which three people, such as a married

  couple and a lover, living together.

- menagerie n. 1a. A collection of live wild animals on exhibition. b. An

  enclosure in which wild animals are kept. 2. A diverse or miscellaneous group.