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mélassique: melassic; extracted from or drawn out of molasses
mélatonine: melatonin
mélecture: misreading
méli-mélo: mishmash, hodgepodge (a collection of miscellany)
mélia: frangipani or any of several similar plants of the genus Melia
mélilot: melilot
mélinite: melinite
mélioratif: meliorative (serving to improve); approving, favorable
mélique: melic
mélismatique: melismatic
mélismatiquement: melismatically
mélisme: melisma
mélisse: melissa (Melissa officinalis)
mélissique: melissic
mélissière: bastard balm (Melittis melissophyllum)
mélissot: bastard balm (Melittis melissophyllum)
mélitose: melitose
mélitte: A plant in the Melittis genus
méliésien: Mélièsian
mélo: clipping of mélodrame (“melodrama”)
mélo: clipping of mélodramatique (“melodramatic”)
mélodica: melodica
mélodie: melody (sequence of notes that makes up a musical phrase)
mélodieusement: melodiously
mélodieux: sweet, melodious (having a pleasant sound)
mélodique: melodic
mélodiquement: melodically
mélodiste: melodist
mélodium: A type of reed organ, similar to a harmonium.
mélodramatique: melodramatic, overdramatic
mélodramatiser: to melodramatize
mélodrame: melodrama
mélomane: music lover, melomaniac
mélomane: melomaniacal (relating to the love of music)
mélomanie: melomania
mélongine: aubergine
mélophage: sheep louse
mélopée: melopoeia; monotonous chant, dirge
mélèze: larch, larch tree (Larix)
mélèze commun: European larch (Larix decidua)
mélèze d'Europe: European larch (Larix decidua)
méléagrine: pearl mussel
méléna: melena
mémento: memento, reminder; mortuary image
mémo: memo
mémoire: memo; dissertation, paper; memoir; brief; bill, invoice
mémoire: memory
mémoire collective: collective memory
mémoire d'éléphant: extremely good memory
mémoire de poisson rouge: memory of a goldfish (extremely bad memory)
mémoire de travail: working memory
mémoire déclarative: declarative memory
mémoire morte: ROM, read-only memory
mémoire musculaire: muscle memory (physiological adaptation of the body to repetition of a specific physical activity, resulting in increased neuromuscular control when performing that activity again)
mémoire photographique: photographic memory, eidetic memory
mémoire procédurale: procedural memory
mémoire sélective: selective memory
mémoire sémantique: semantic memory
mémoire vive: RAM, random access memory
mémoire à court terme: short-term memory