Mel*lif"er*ous (?), a. [L. mellifer; mel, mellis, honey + ferre to
bear.] Producing honey.
Mel*lif"ic (?), a. [L. mel, mellis, honey + -ficare (in comp.) to make.
See - fy.] Producing honey.
Mel`li*fi*ca"tion (?), n. [L. mellificare to make honey: cf. F.
mellification. See Mellific.] The making or production of honey.
Mel*lif"lu*ence (?), n. A flow of sweetness, or a sweet, smooth flow.
Mel*lif"lu*ent (?), a. [L. mellifluens. See Mellifluous.] Flowing as
with honey; smooth; mellifluous.
Mel*lif"lu*ent*ly, adv. In a mellifluent manner.
Mel*lif"lu*ous (?), a. [L. mellifluus; mel, mellis, honey (akin to Gr.
&?;, Goth. milip) + fluere to flow. See Mildew, Fluent, and cf.
Marmalade.] Flowing as with honey; smooth; flowing sweetly or smoothly;
as, a mellifluous voice. -- Mel*lif"lu*ous*ly, adv.
Mel*lig"e*nous (?), a. [L. mel, mellis + -genous.] Having the qualities
of honey. [R.]
||Mel*li"go (?), n. [L.] Honeydew.
Mel*lil"o*quent (?), a. [L. mel, mellis honey + loquens speaking, p.
pr. of loqui to speak.] Speaking sweetly or harmoniously.
Mel*liph"a*gan (?), n. See Meliphagan.
Mel*liph"a*gous (?), a. See Meliphagous.
Mel"li*tate (?), n. [Cf. F. mellitate. See Mellitic.] (Chem.) A salt of
mellitic acid.
Mel"lite (?), n. [L. mel, mellis, honey: cf. F. mellite.] (Min.) A
mineral of a honey color, found in brown coal, and partly the result of
vegetable decomposition; honeystone. It is a mellitate of alumina.
Mel*lit"ic (?), a. [Cf. F. mellitique. See Mellite.] (Chem.) (a)
Containing saccharine matter; marked by saccharine secretions; as,
mellitic diabetes. (b) Pertaining to, or derived from, the mineral
mellite.
Mellitic acid (Chem.), a white, crystalline, organic substance,
C6(CO2H)6, occurring naturally in combination with aluminium in the
mineral mellite, and produced artificially by the oxidation of coal,
graphite, etc., and hence called also graphitic acid.
Mel"lone (?), n. (Chem.) A yellow powder, C6H3N9, obtained from certain
sulphocyanates. It has acid properties and forms compounds called
mellonides.
Mel"lon*ide (?), n. See Mellone.
Mel"low (?), a. [Compar. Mellower (?); superl. Mellowest.] [OE. melwe;
cf. AS. mearu soft, D. murw, Prov. G. mollig soft, D. malsch, and E.
meal flour.]
1. Soft or tender by reason of ripeness; having a tender pulp; as, a
mellow apple.
2. Hence: (a) Easily worked or penetrated; not hard or rigid; as, a
mellow soil. "Mellow glebe." Drayton (b) Not coarse, rough, or harsh;
subdued; soft; rich; delicate; -- said of sound, color, flavor, style,
etc. "The mellow horn." Wordsworth. "The mellow-tasted Burgundy."
Thomson.
The tender flush whose mellow stain imbues Heaven with all freaks
of light.
Percival.