Words containing melan
7 letter words containing melan
- gamelan — an Indonesian orchestra consisting of bowed stringed instruments, flutes, and a great variety of percussion instruments.
- melange — a mixture; medley.
- melanic — Pathology. melanotic.
- melanie — a female given name.
- melanin — any of a class of insoluble pigments, found in all forms of animal life, that account for the dark color of skin, hair, fur, scales, feathers, etc.
8 letter words containing melan
- gamelans — Plural form of gamelan.
- homeland — one's native land.
- melanian — a freshwater mollusc of the former family Melaniidae. The Melaniidae family is now separated into the Thiaridae, Pleuroceridae, and Melanopsidae families.
- melanion — a youth of Arcadia, usually identified with Hippomenes as the successful suitor of Atalanta.
- melanise — Alt form melanize.
9 letter words containing melan
- eumelanin — a form of melanin found in human skin and hair, more common in people with dark skin
- homelands — Plural form of homeland.
- melanesia — one of the three principal divisions of Oceania, comprising the island groups in the S Pacific NE of Australia.
- melanitic — containing, or relating to, melanite
- melanomas — Plural form of melanoma.
10 letter words containing melan
- melanaemia — an abnormal condition in which melanin is present in the blood
- melancholy — sober thoughtfulness; pensiveness.
- melanesian — of or relating to Melanesia, its inhabitants, or their languages.
- melanippus — a Theban who killed Tydeus in the battle of the Seven against Thebes and who was, in turn, slain by Amphiaraus.
- melanising — Present participle of melanise.
11 letter words containing melan
- amelanchier — A tree or shrub of a genus that includes the juneberries.
- hyalomelane — a type of basaltic glass
- melancholia — a mental condition characterized by great depression of spirits and gloomy forebodings.
- melancholic — disposed to or affected with melancholy; gloomy.
- melanchthon — Philipp [fil-ip;; German fee-lip] /ˈfɪl ɪp;; German ˈfi lɪp/ (Show IPA), (Philipp Schwarzert) 1497–1560, German Protestant reformer.
12 letter words containing melan
- lepidomelane — (mineralogy) A black iron-potash mica, usually found in granitic rocks in small six-sided tables, or as an aggregation of minute opaque scales.
- melancholiac — affected with melancholia.
- melancholics — Plural form of melancholic.
- melancholies — a gloomy state of mind, especially when habitual or prolonged; depression.
- melanization — the process of melanizing, or the state of being melanized
13 letter words containing melan
- melancholious — (obsolete) melancholy.
- melanochroous — having dark-coloured or black skin
- melanogenesis — the production of melanin
14 letter words containing melan
- melancholiness — a gloomy state of mind, especially when habitual or prolonged; depression.
- melanospermous — having dark spores, as certain seaweeds.
- neo-melanesian — a pidgin language based on English and spoken in Melanesia, New Guinea, and NE Australia.
- xanthomelanous — of or relating to olive-skinned and dark-haired peoples, belonging to the Xanthomelanoi division
15 letter words containing melan
- melancholically — disposed to or affected with melancholy; gloomy.
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