MENSE, mens, _n._ (_Scot._) propriety: ornament: credit.--_v.t._ to grace
or set off something.--_adjs._ MENSE'FUL, decorous: respectable;
MENSE'LESS, graceless, uncivil. [M. E. _mensk_--A.S. _mennisc_, mannish.]
MENSES, men's[=e]z, _n.pl._ the monthly discharge from the uterus.--_ns._
MEN'OPAUSE, the final cessation of the menses; MENORRH[=A]'GIA (_phys._),
the ordinary flow of the menses: (_path._) an immoderate menstrual
discharge.--_adj._ MENORRHAG'IC.--_n._ MENOS'TASIS, the retention of the
menses.--_n.pl._ MEN'STRUA, the menses.--_adjs._ MEN'STRUAL, monthly;
MEN'STRUANT, subject to menses.--_v.i._ MEN'STRU[=A]TE, to discharge the
menses.--_n._ MENSTRU[=A]'TION.--_adj._ MEN'STRUOUS, having or belonging to
menses. [Pl. of L. _mensis_, a month.]
MENSTRUUM, men'str[=oo]-um, _n._ any fluid substance which dissolves a
solid body.
MENSURABLE, mens'[=u]-ra-bl, _adj._ that can be measured: measurable.--_n._
MENSURABIL'ITY, quality of being mensurable.--_adj._ MENS'URAL, pertaining
to measure.--_n._ MENSUR[=A]'TION, the act or art of finding by measurement
and calculation the length, area, volume, &c. of bodies.--_adj._
MENSUR[=A]'TIVE. [L. _mensur[=a]re_, to measure.]
MENT, ment (_obs._), _pa.t._ and _pa.p._ of _ming_, to mix.
MENTAL, men'tal, _adj._ pertaining to the mind: done in the mind.--_ns._
MENTAL'ITY, MENT[=A]'TION.--_adv._ MEN'TALLY.--_adjs._ MENTICUL'TURAL,
improving the mind; MENTIF'EROUS, conveying thought, telepathic.--MENTAL
ALIENATION, insanity; MENTAL ARITHMETIC, arithmetic performed without the
help of written figures. [Fr.,--L. _mens_, _mentis_, the mind.]
MENTHOL, men'thol, _n._ a camphor obtained from oil of peppermint by
cooling, which gives relief in neuralgia, &c. [L. _mentha_, mint.]
MENTION, men'shun, _n._ a brief notice: a hint.--_v.t._ to notice briefly:
to remark: to name.--_adj._ MEN'TIONABLE, fit to be mentioned. [L.
_mentio_, _-onis_.]
MENTONNIÈRE, men-ton-ny[=a]r', _n._ a piece of armour attached to the
helmet, worn to protect the chin and throat. [Fr., _menton_, the chin--L.
_mentum_.]
MENTOR, men'tor, _n._ a wise counsellor.--_adj._ MENTOR'IAL. [Gr.
_Ment[=o]r_, the tutor of Telemachus.]
MENTUM, men'tum, _n._ the chin: the central part of the labium in insects:
(_bot._) a projection in front of the flower in some orchids.--_n._
MENTAG'RA, an eruption about the chin forming a crust.--_adj._ MEN'TAL
(_anat._), pertaining to the chin. [L., the chin.]