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  • 71mehrenteils — meh|ren|teils <Adv.> (österr. ugs.): zum größeren Teil; meist: Die gesamte Beute waren a paar Lanzen, und die waren m. zerbrochen (Doderer, Dämonen 587) …

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  • 72mehrest... — ∙meh|rest...: Sup. von ↑mehr: Nun hab ich nicht verhindern können, dass die mehresten Edeldamen der Stadt Zuschauerinnen sein werden (Schiller, Fiesco III, 10); die mehresten dieser Unglücklichen dienen jetzt ihren Gläubigern als Sklaven… …

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  • 73Mehlis' gland — Meh·lis gland mā lis n one of the large unicellular glands surrounding the ootype of a flatworm and possibly playing a part in eggshell formation also the group of such glands in a worm Mehlis Karl Friedrich Eduard (1796 1832) German physician.… …

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  • 74mehrerere — meh rererepl mehrere.ScherzhafterweiterteMehrzahl,umanzudeuten,daßessichumsehrvielmehralsnurumzweihandelt.1870ff …

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  • 75maître d’hôtel —    (MEH treu doh TEL) [French: master of the hotel] Currently, a headwaiter; also, a steward, butler, or the manager or owner of a hotel. In cooking, sauce maître d’hôtel consists of melted butter, lemon juice, or vinegar and parsley.    who… …

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  • 76mega- —    (MEH gah) [Greek] A prefix meaning large, as in megadose or megastructure. In the metric system, it indicates one million times, as in megabytes, megahertz, megavolts, etc …

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  • 77megillah —    (meh GIL lah) [Yiddish: scroll; Hebrew: the Book of Esther] An overly detailed account or narrative; an unnecessarily lengthy explanation.    The President and First Lady wanted it to be less of a megillah Time, January 20, 1997 …

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  • 78memento mori —    (meh MEN toh MOH ree) [Latin: remember that you die] A reminder or emblem of death or mortality, such as a skull or a hangman’s noose.    He said that memory, especially memento mori, is of particular significance now in Hong Kong, where… …

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  • 79memorabilia —    (meh moh rah BEE lyah) [Latin] Souvenirs; mementos; things or events that merit remembering and recording.    In Minneapolis, a memorabilia store called Startifacts is asking $15,000 for a toupee once worn by Frank Sinatra The St. Louis Post… …

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  • 80menorah —    (meh NOH rah) [Hebrew: lamp stand] In Jewish worship, a ceremonial candelabrum with seven or more branches …

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