mel
noun
mel
1 American
[mel]
/ mɛl /
noun
Mel
2
American
[mel]
/ mɛl /
noun
mel
British
/ mɛl /
noun
Etymology
Origin of mel
From Latin
Example Sentences
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This calculation is misleading because we don’t know how many mel alleles that interact with lethal recessives reside in the X chromosome.
From Science Magazine • Sep. 15, 2011
From the end of the '40s until well into the '60s, the late Nat "King" Cole held sway with mel low, foggy-voiced renditions of easygoing ballads like Too Young and Red Sails in the Sunset.
From Time Magazine Archive
Do they bear mel Why don’t they move* She sat, folding her hands in her lap.
From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin
Simili modo de suis arboribus mel elicitur, et vinum liquitur: excepto quod illa non sicut gramina prima desiccantur.
From The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation — Volume 08 Asia, Part I by Hakluyt, Richard
Quam dulcia faucibus meis eloquia tua, super mel ori meo.
From Printers' Marks A Chapter in the History of Typography by Roberts, W. (William)
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