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Megametre :: Megametre (n.) In the metric system, one million meters, or one thousand kilometers..

Earthquake :: Earthquake (n.) A shaking, trembling, or concussion of the earth, due to subterranean causes, often accompanied by a rumbling noise. The wave of shock sometimes traverses half a hemisphere, destroying cities and many thousand lives; -- called also earthdin, earthquave, and earthshock..

Myriagramme :: Myriagramme (n.) A metric weight, consisting of ten thousand grams or ten kilograms. It is equal to 22.046 lbs. avoirdupois..

Mill :: Mill (n.) A money of account of the United States, having the value of the tenth of a cent, or the thousandth of a dollar..

Millenarian :: Millenarian (n.) One who believes that Christ will personally reign on earth a thousand years; a Chiliast.

Olive :: Olive (n.) A tree (Olea Europaea) with small oblong or elliptical leaves, axillary clusters of flowers, and oval, one-seeded drupes. The tree has been cultivated for its fruit for thousands of years, and its branches are the emblems of peace. The wood is yellowish brown and beautifully variegated..

Thousand :: Thousand (a.) Consisting of ten hundred; being ten times one hundred.

Myrialitre :: Myrialitre (n.) A metric measure of capacity, containing ten thousand liters. It is equal to 2641.7 wine gallons..

Tunny :: Tunny (n.) Any one of several species of large oceanic fishes belonging to the Mackerel family, especially the common or great tunny (Orcynus / Albacora thynnus) native of the Mediterranean Sea and the Atlantic Ocean. It sometimes weighs a thousand pounds or more, and is extensively caught in the Mediterranean. On the American coast it is called horse mackerel. See Illust. of Horse mackerel, under Horse..

Chiliahedron :: Chiliahedron (n.) A figure bounded by a thousand plane surface.

Millimetre :: Millimetre (n.) A lineal measure in the metric system, containing the thousandth part of a meter; equal to .03937 of an inch. See 3d Meter..

Net :: Net (v. t.) To produce or gain as clear profit; as, he netted a thousand dollars by the operation..

Huso :: Huso (n.) A large European sturgeon (Acipenser huso), inhabiting the region of the Black and Caspian Seas. It sometimes attains a length of more than twelve feet, and a weight of two thousand pounds. Called also hausen..

Kilowatt :: Kilowatt (n.) One thousand watts.

Banyan :: Banyan (n.) A tree of the same genus as the common fig, and called the Indian fig (Ficus Indica), whose branches send shoots to the ground, which take root and become additional trunks, until it may be the tree covers some acres of ground and is able to shelter thousands of men..

Head :: Head (n.) Each one among many; an individual; -- often used in a plural sense; as, a thousand head of cattle..

Milliampere :: Milliampere (n.) The thousandth part of one ampere.

Millilitre :: Millilitre (n.) A measure of capacity in the metric system, containing the thousandth part of a liter. It is a cubic centimeter, and is equal to .061 of an English cubic inch, or to .0338 of an American fluid ounce..

Milli- :: Milli- () A prefix denoting a thousandth part of; as, millimeter, milligram, milliampere..

Thousandth :: Thousandth (a.) Occurring as being one of, or the last one of, a very great number; very small; minute; -- used hyperbolically; as, to do a thing for the thousandth time..

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