n. [ Bromine + Gr. &unr_; silver. ] (Min.) Silver bromide, a rare mineral; -- called also bromargyrite. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. an tall East Indian and Chinese shrub (Lagerstroemia indica of the loosestrife family, commonly planted in Southern and Western U. S. as an ornamental shrub. It has clusters of red, white, purple, or pink flowers.
Syn. -- crepe myrtle, crepe flower, Lagerstroemia indica. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

‖n. [ NL., fr. Gr. &unr_; beyond + &unr_; countless + &unr_; view. ] A show or exhibition having a great number of scenes or views. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL. ] (Bot.) A large genus of tropical American trees and shrubs, nearly related to the true myrtles (Myrtus), from which they differ in having very few seeds in each berry. [ 1913 Webster ]

[ Gr. &unr_; a myriad. See Myriad. ] A prefix, esp. in the metric system, indicating ten thousand, ten thousand times; as, myriameter. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. &unr_; numberless + 'a`kanqa a spine. ] (Zool.) Having numerous spines, as certain fishes. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_;, &unr_;, fr. &unr_; numberless, pl. &unr_; ten thousand: cf. F. myriade. ] 1. The number of ten thousand; ten thousand persons or things. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. An immense number; a very great many; an indefinitely large number. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Consisting of a very great, but indefinite, number; as, myriad stars. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. [ F. myriagramme. See Myria-, and 3d Gram. ] A metric weight, consisting of ten thousand grams or ten kilograms. It is equal to 22.046 lbs. avoirdupois. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. [ F. myrialitre. See Myria-, and Liter. ] A metric measure of capacity, containing ten thousand liters. It is equal to 2641.7 wine gallons. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. [ F. myriamètre. See Myria-, and Meter. ] A metric measure of length, containing ten thousand meters. It is equal to 6.2137 miles. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. myriapode. ] (Zool.) One of the Myriapoda. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ NL., fr. Gr. &unr_; numberless + -poda. ] (Zool.) A class, or subclass, of arthropods, related to the hexapod insects, from which they differ in having the body made up of numerous similar segments, nearly all of which bear true jointed legs. They have one pair of antennae, three pairs of mouth organs, and numerous tracheae, similar to those of true insects. The larvae, when first hatched, often have but three pairs of legs. See Centiped, Galleyworm, Milliped. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ The existing Myriapoda are divided into three orders: Chilopoda, Chilognatha or Diplopoda, and Pauropoda (see these words in the Vocabulary). Large fossil species (very different from any living forms) are found in the Carboniferous formation. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_;, &unr_;; &unr_; ten thousand + &unr_; chief. ] A captain or commander of ten thousand men. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. See Myria-, and 2d Are. ] A measure of surface in the metric system containing ten thousand ares, or one million square meters. It is equal to about 247.1 acres. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖prop. n. [ L., fr. Gr. &unr_; tamarisk. ] (Bot.) A widely dispersed genus of shrubs and trees, usually with aromatic foliage. It includes the bayberry or wax myrtle, the sweet gale, and the North American sweet fern, so called. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. myricine. Prob. so called from a fancied resemblance to the wax of the bayberry (Myrica). ] (Chem.) A silky, crystalline, waxy substance, forming the less soluble part of beeswax, and regarded as a palmitate of a higher alcohol of the paraffin series; -- called also myricyl alcohol. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Myricin + -yl. ] (Chem.) A hypothetical radical regarded as the essential residue of myricin; -- called also melissyl. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of or relating to a myriologue. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who composes or sings a myriologue. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. myriologue, myriologie, NGr. &unr_;, &unr_;, fr. Gr. Moi^ra the goddess of fate or death + lo`gos speech, discourse. ] An extemporaneous funeral song, composed and sung by a woman on the death of a friend. [ Modern Greece ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. &unr_; numberless + fy`llon leaf. ] (Bot.) Having an indefinitely great or countless number of leaves. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. See Myriapoda. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; numberless + &unr_; a sight, fr. &unr_; to see. ] A picture made up of several smaller pictures, drawn upon separate pieces in such a manner as to admit of combination in many different ways, thus producing a great variety of scenes or landscapes. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; numberless + -scope. ] A form of kaleidoscope. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Chem.) A salt of myristic acid. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Chem.) The myristate of glycerin, -- found as a vegetable fat in nutmeg butter, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Myristic + -one. ] (Chem.) The ketone of myristic acid, obtained as a white crystalline substance. [ 1913 Webster ]

prop. n. (Zool.) The type genus of the Myrmecophagidae; the South American ant bear.
Syn. -- genus Myrmecophaga. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

prop. n. (Zool.) A natural family of New World anteaters.
Syn. -- family Myrmecophagidae. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

adj. (Biol.) feeding on ants but usually not living with them. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. (Biol.) An organism such as an insect that habitually shares the nest of a species of ant. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

adj. (Biol.) Associated with, or benefitted by ants through sharing their nest. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ Gr. my`rmhx, my`rmhkos, ant + fyto`n 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. -- Myr`me*co*phyt"ic a. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

adj. Of or pertaining to a myrmecophyte. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

prop. n. The type genus of the Myrmeleontidae, including the antlions.
Syn. -- genus Myrmeleon. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

prop. n. A natural family of the order Neuroptera, including the antlions.
Syn. -- family Myrmeleontidae. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. (Zool.) Of or pertaining to Myrmica, a genus of ants including the small house ant (Myrmica molesta), and many others. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. Myrmidones, Gr. Myrmido`nes, pl. ] 1. One of a fierce tribe or troop who accompanied Achilles, their king, to the Trojan war. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

With unabated ardor the vindictive man of law and his myrmidons pressed forward. W. H. Ainsworth. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Consisting of, or like, myrmidons. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. my`rmhx an ant + qhra^n to hunt. ] (Zool.) Feeding upon ants; -- said of certain birds. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. [ L. myrobalanum the fruit of a palm tree from which a balsam was made, Gr. myroba`lanos; my`ron any sweet juice distilling from plants, any prepared unguent or sweet oil + ba`lanos 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. my`ron a sweet-smelling unguent. ] (Chem.) Pertaining to, or obtained from, mustard; -- used specifically to designate a glucoside called myronic acid, found in mustard seed. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. myropw`lhs; my`ron unguent + pwlei^n to sell. ] One who sells unguents or perfumery. [ Obs. ] Jonhson. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Chem.) An enzyme, resembling diastase, found in mustard seeds. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖prop. n. [ NL., fr. Gr. my`ron a sweet juice distilling from a plant + xy`lon 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. mirre, OF. mirre, F. myrrhe, L. myrrha, murra, Gr. &unr_;; 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

False myrrh. See the Note under Bdellium. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of, pertaining to, or obtained from, myrrh. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Murrhine. [ 1913 Webster ]