Emily Dickinson Lexicon

mellow, adj. [ME 'soft'.]

1. Soft to the ear.
2. Soft or easy to the eye.

melody, n. [OFr < late L. 'singing, chanting'.]

1. Agreeable succession of sounds arranged according to rhythm, measure and consisting of a single voice.
2. [Fig.] praise to God consisting of a joyful and thankful disposition, ascribing to him the honor due to his name.

melt, v. [OE.]

Dissolve; make liquid; liquefy; reduce from a solid to a liquid or flowing state by heat.

member (-s), n. [ME < Fr. < L. 'limb'.]

Individual of a community or society.

memento mori, n. [L. lit. 'be mindful of death'; fig. 'remember that you have to die'.]

Warning of death; symbolic object of death.

Memnon, proper n. [Gk, 'skilled builder'; possibly related to Egyptian Ammenemes or Amenhotep.]

Ethiopian king; son of Eos, the dawn goddess; demigod conqueror in Greek mythology; builder of the walled city Susa; hero killed by Achilles in the Trojan War but granted immortality by Zeus; [fig.] warrior; strong one.

memorial, adj. [L.]

1. Monument to remember a deceased person or past event.
2. Token given in remembrance.

memory (-ies, -'ry), n. [OFr.] (webplay: escape, mind, oblivion, past, recall, recollection, remember, time).

1. Retainment of an idea, notion, or experience.
2. [Fig.] personification of the ability of the mind to recall past events, feelings, etc.
3. Collection of events, experiences, etc. stored in the mind.
4. In active recollection.
5. Portion of the mind where remembrances of past experience are stored.

menace (-s), n. [Fr.]

Indication of catastrophic or threatening intentions.

menace (menacing), v. [see menace, n.]

Bother with determination to harm.