252 GLOSSARY. 



Latitude, distance or degrees north and south. 



Laminated, in lamina, layers or leaves. 



Lunar, pertaining to the moon. 



Limpid, pure, clear, transparent: thin when used in reference 

 to some fluids. 



Marine, pertaining to the sea. 



Microscopic, objects which are too small to be seen without the 

 aid of the microscope. 



Macerate, to soak, dissolve. 



Maximum, the greatest number or quantity attainable in any 

 given case. 



Magnetism, the power or force which causes the magnetic 

 needle to point north and south. 



Molecules, the ultimate or minute particles of matter. 



Mirror, a looking-glass. 



Mercury, quicksilver. 



Mucilage, a slimy fluid, one of the proximate elements of plants. 



Mordant, any substance used by dyers to set colors, or render 

 them permanent. 



Must, the juice of grapes which has not fermented, new wine. 



Metamorphosis, change, transformation. 



Meteorology, the branch of science which treats of changes of 

 weather and other atmospheric phenomena. 



Meteor, any appearance or phenomena observed in the atmos- 

 phere. 



Mean temperature, that point which lies midway between the 

 two extremes of heat and cold. 



Mist, fog, vapor. 



Maritime, relating or pertaining to the sea. 



Monsoon, a periodical wind which blows six months in one di- 

 rection, and then changes and blows six months in the op- 

 posite direction. 



Moor, a marsh or fen, or land overgrown with heath and other 

 shrubs. 



