A speeding motorist was caught by radar from a police helicopter in the sky.
An officer pulled him over and began to issue a traffic ticket.
"How did you know I was speeding?" the frustrated driver asked.
The police officer pointed somberly toward the sky.
"You mean," asked the motorist, "that even He is against me?"
n. (pl. Medusae or -s) jellyfish. [greek medousa, name of a gorgon]
MEGOHM
n. One million ohms.
MELLOW
—adj. - (of sound, colour, light) soft and rich, free from harshness.
- (of character) gentle; mature.
- genial, jovial.
- euphem. Partly intoxicated.
- (of fruit) soft, sweet, and juicy.
- (of wine) well-matured, smooth.
- (of earth) rich, loamy. —v. Make or become mellow. mellowly adv. Mellowness n. [origin unknown]
MELODY
n. (pl. -ies) 1 single notes arranged to make a distinctive recognizable pattern; tune.
- principal part in harmonized music.
- musical arrangement of words.
- sweet music, tunefulness. [greek melos song: related to *ode]
MEMBER
n. - person etc. Belonging to a society, team, group, etc.
- (member) person elected to certain assemblies etc.
- part of a larger structure, e.g. Of a group of figures or a mathematical set.
- a part or organ of the body, esp. A limb. B = *penis. [latin membrum limb]
MEMOIR
n. - historical account etc. Written from personal knowledge or special sources.
- (in pl.) Autobiography, esp. Partial or dealing with specific events or people.
- essay on a learned subject. [french memoire: related to *memory]
MEMORY
lane n. (usu. Prec. By down, along) joc. Sentimental remembering.
- n. (pl. -ies) 1 faculty by which things are recalled to or kept in the mind.
- a this in an individual (my memory is failing). B store of things remembered (deep in my memory).
- recollection; remembrance, esp. Of a person etc.; person or thing remembered (memory of better times; his mother's memory).
- storage capacity of a computer etc.
- posthumous reputation (his memory lives on; of blessed memory).
- length of remembered time of a specific person, group, etc. (within living memory).
- remembering (deed worthy of memory). from memory as remembered (without checking). In memory of to keep alive the remembrance of. [latin memoria from memor mindful]
MENACE
—n. - threat.
- dangerous thing or person.
- joc. Pest, nuisance. —v. (-cing) threaten. menacingly adv. [latin minax from minor threaten]
MENAGE
n. Household. [latin: related to *manor]
- à trois n. (pl. Menages à trois) household of three, usu. A married couple and a lover. [french, = household of three]
MENHIR
n. Usu. Prehistoric monument of a tall upright stone. [breton men stone, hir long]
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