mekanomorfos-o*: mechanomorphosis.
melankoli-o: (of persons) melancholy; (med.) melancholia; -oza: melancholy, dispirited, gloomy (of mind); (cf. trista). Ant.: gayeso. — DEFIRS
melanism-o*: (biol.) melanism.
melas-o: molasses, treacle. — DeFIS
mele-o*: melee; a general had to hand fight. — EF
melinit-o: melinite (-powder). — DEFIRS
melis-o: (bot.) balm, balm-mint (Melissa officinalis). — DeFIS
melk-ar: (tr.) to milk (an animal). — DE
melodi-o: melody; -a, -ala, -oza, -atra: melodious, musical, sweet, tuneful. — DEFIRS
melodram-o: melodrama. — DEFIRS
melolont-o: maybeetle, cockchafer (Melolontha vulgaris). — IL
melon-o: melon, muskmelon (Cucumis Melo); aquo- -o: watermelon (Cucumis Citrulis); kantalupo- -o: cantaloup. — DEFS
melope-o: (mus.) melopoeia. — eFIRS
mem: (adv.) even, still, (in comparson); (emphasis) really, indeed (cf. ya); mem se: even if; mem plu bona: still better, better yet; yes, me konfesas, ke mea manui esas mem tre sordida: yes, I admit that my hands a really very dirty; ica pano esas bona, ma ita esas mem plu bona: that bread is good but that is even better; il meritas estimo, mem amo: he merits esteem, even love. — F
membr-o: member (of society, community, party, parliament, of an equation); limb (of body); -o (di frazo): clause (cf. klauzo); -i, -aro: members, limbs; -oza: limbered, membered. — EFIS
membran-o: (anat., bot.) membrane. — DEFIS
«memento»: (R.C. ch.) memento: prayers for living and dead.
memor-ar: (tr.) to remember, recollect, have a memory of; (cf. merkar); -igar: to cause (ulu) to remember, remind, bring to mind, commemorate; -(ad)o: (act, faculty) memory, remembrance; -ajo: what is rembered, recollection; -ig-ilo: reminder, souvenir, keepsake; -e: by heart; -inda: memorable; -igo: commemoration, remembrance; -ig-iva, -ala: commemorative; -noto: note of reminder, memorandum; -libro: memo. book; ri- -o: reminiscence, recollection. — EFIRS
memorand-o: memorandum; (of societies, academies); (dipl.) memoriaclass="underline" a note or informal state paper used in diplomacy. — DEF
memorial-o: memoir. Def.: Historiala verko, en qua l’autoro naracas l’eventi di sua vivo o di sua tempo; IV-172. — DEFIS
menaj-o: housekeeping: administration, cleaning and general management of a house, especially apart from mere cooking arrangements; -isto, -ulo, -ino, -estro: housekeeper. Def.: Domal (hemala) ekonomio o servado; IV-66. — F
menajeri-o: menagerie. Def.: Kolekturo de animali rara o sovaja por expozo; III-327. — DEF
mencion-ar: (tr.) to mention, make mention of; honor-oza, -iz-anta -o: honorable mention. V. exp.: vid. citar. — EFIS
mendik-ar: (tr.) to beg (for alms); -anto, -ero, -isto: beggar, mendicant. — EFIS
menhir-o*: menhir: standing stone. — DEF
mening-o, -i: (anat.) meninx, meninges. — EFIS
meningit-o: (med.) meningitis; -o cerebro-spinala: cerebro-spinal m. — EFIS
menisk-o*: (opt., phys.) meniscus. — DEFIS
mens-o*: (of abbeys) revenue; (fig.) table-money, allowance for table. — F
menstru-ar: (intr., physiol.) to menstruate, have the monthly flow; -o: menses. — DEFIRS
ment-o: mind: seat of consciousness, thought, volition and feeling; mentality: cast or habit of mind (cf. spirito, psiko, intelekto); -ala: mental; -o milit-ist-ala: a military mind: an intelligence which looks at all matters from a soldier’s viewpoint; -o partis-ala: a partisan mind or spirit; -o publika: public spirit or mind; -o-mediko: physician of the mind, alienist. ?EFIS
menti-ar: (intr.) to lie, tell a falsehood (pri, per); -etar: to fib. — FIS
menton-o: chin; -o sali-anta: prominent c.; -o du-pada: double c.; -barbo: c. beard; (cf. infra labio-barbo); -bandajo: c. bandage; -kateno: (horses) curb-chain; menton-umo: c.piece, c.-band, -strap. Def.: (menton-umo): Bendo ek stofo, ledro o metalo por renar kapvesto sur la kapo; anke kuseneto od utensilo por violino fixa dum ke on pleas; III-10. — FI
mentor-o: mentor (counselor). — DEFIRS
menu-o: menu, bill of fare. — DEFS
menueto: minuet (dance or air). — DEFIRS
menuz-ar: (intr.) to do fine carpenter’s or joiner’s work; -isto: cabinet-worker, joiner (cf. eben-isto). V. exp.: vid. karpentar. — F
mercenari-o: (milit.) mercenery (soldier) — EFIS
mercer-o: (Eng.) mercer’s business, haberdasher’s trade. (U.S.) dry-goods business; -isto: mercer, haberdasher: a dealer in textile fabrics, trimmings, and small articles of dress. — EFIS
meridian-a lineo, meridiano: meridian. — DEFIRS
merin-o: merino (-sheep); -lano: merino wool. — DEFIRS
mering-o: (cook.) meringue: a kind of icing and cake made of it. — DEFIS
meristem-o*: (bot.) meristem. — DEFIS
merit-ar: (tr.) to deserve, merit (ulo de ulu); -o: merit, worth, desert. Ex.: Meritar laudo, puniso, rekompenso. — EFIS
meriz-o: wild cherry; -iero: wild cherry tree (Prunus avium). — F
merk-ar: (tr.) to mark, to impress (ulo) on one’s memory, to retain or remember) a thing, keep in mind, (cf. memorar); vorti facile merk-ebla: words easy to keep in mind; merkez mea vorti: mark my words; me merkos to: I will bear that in mind; -o-vorto: catch-word, cue-word, key-word. V. exp.: Merkar expresas ideo simila a lernar, tamen min konsideranta la peno e l’intenco; III-495. — De
merkat-o: (aslo fig. as in polit. econ.) market: public place for selling. Def.: Vendeyo publika; III-466. Stando di la ofro e demando di vari en un urbo o loko; II-76. — DEFIS