-v. 2. meow, miaow, purr, Fr. miauler, cry, mewl, whine, whimper, pule; caterwaul, howl, screech, squall.
mew1, n. 1. cage, pen, coop, hutch, kennel, run,
enclosure, corral; shed, barn, stable, Brit. byre.
-v. 2. pen up or in, coop or coop up, cage, encage; confine, corral, enclose, shut up or in, impound, immure, imprison, embar.
mew3, v. shed, shed the skin, molt, exuviate, cast off, slough; come off, peel off, peel, exfoliate, Pathol. desquamate.
mewl, v. cry, whimper, whine, pule, snivel; bawl,
blubber, sob, boohoo, weep.
mezzanine, n. entresol. miasma, n. mephitis, mofette, Archaic, malaria; fetor, reek, stench, effluvium, exhalation; Mining. chokedamp or blackdamp. miasmaI, adj. mephitic, miasmic, miasmatic, mias-matical; fetid, noxious, noisome, fulsome, virulent, vile, foul, putrid, bad; malodorous, odorous, stinking, reeking; poisonous, toxic; unhealthful, unwholesome, insalubrious, unsalutary, deleterious, morbific. microbe, n. microorganism, schizomycete, micro-zoon, microparasite, Bacteriol. micrococcus, Bacteri-
01. vibrio; germ, germ cell, bacillus, bacterium, pathogen, coccus, Bacteriol. spirillum, Bacteriol. spirochete, Inf. bug. microphone, n. Inf. mike, Inf. local mike, Inf. lapel mike, radiomicrophone, Inf. radio mike; dictaphone; hidden microphone, tap, wire-tap, wire-tapping device, pick-up, SI. bug; loudspeaker, bullhorn, hailer. microscope, n. magnifier, (loosely) magnifying glass; magnifying lens, meniscus. microscopic, adj. 1. infinitesimal, minute, atomic, microbic, microorganic; invisible, imperceptible, indiscernible, unseeable.
2. tiny, wee, minuscule, diminutive, pocket-sized, vest-pocket, Inf. teeny, Baby Talk, teeny-weeny or teensy-weensy, Baby Talk, itty-bitty or itsy-bitsy.
3. exact, precise, pinpoint; strict, severe, rigorous, rigid. mid, adj. middle, mean, medial, mesial, median, medium. See also middle (def. 2). midday, n. noon, noontime, noontide, noonday, high noon, midnoon, Chiefly Dial, nooning, twelve o'clock, eight bells. middle, adj. 1. central, centric, focal; equidistant, midway, halfway; midmost, middlemost, center-most.
2. intervening, intervenient, intermediary, intermediate, intermedial, interjacent, Law. mesne; mean, mediate, medial, mesial, medium, mid, mezzo; moderate, middle-of-the-road, MOR.
-n. 3. center, midpoint, Archaic, mid; epicenter, dead center, bull's eye; midst, thick, thick of things, thick of it.
4. midriff, Inf. midsection, waist, waistline; abdomen, stomach, belly, SI. gut, SI. breadbasket; diaphragm, Anat. solar plexus, Anat. celiac plexus.
5. mean, median, medium, happy medium, golden mean; middle of the road, middle ground, middle course, Latin, via media; average, norm, normal, par, par for the course, rule, run, generality. middle age, n. 1. the middle years, middle life, meridian of life, wrong side of forty; dangerous age, midlife crisis.
2. maturity, adulthood, prime of life, peak or pinnacle of one's powers.
middle-aged, adj. 1. mid-life, Fr. entre deux ages;
