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Showing words for MELANISM using the English dictionary
8 Letter Words for Melanism
melanism, slimeman
7 Letter Words for Melanism
almsmen, ammelin, ammines, isleman, lammies, limeman, mailmen, malines, maselin, melamin, melisma, menials, mismean, misname, salmine, selamin, seminal
6 Letter Words for Melanism
aliens, amines, ammine, animes, asimen, asmile, elains, emails, immane, insame, inseam, lammie, lemans, lemmas, lianes, limans, limens, limmas, lineas, mailes, maline, malism, mamies, manies, manism, maslin, menial, mensal, mesail, mesial, mesian, mislen, neslia, saline, salmin, samiel, sammel, semian, semina, silane, simnel
5 Letter Words for Melanism
aisle, alien, almes, amens, amies, amine, amins, amsel, anile, anils, anime, anise, elain, elans, elsin, email, emmas, enami, imams, insea, islam, ismal, laine, lames, lamin, lanes, leams, leans, leman, lemma, lemna, lenis, liane, liens, liman, limas, limen, limes, limma, limns, linea, lines, maile, mails, maims, maine, mains, maise, males, malie, malis, malms, mamie, manei, manes, manie, manis, manse, mansi, meals, means, meins, melam, melas, melia, melis, mensa, mesal, miasm, miens, milan, miles, mimes, minae, mines, nails, names, neals, nelis, nemas, saine, salem, salmi, samel, samen, selma, senal, senam, siena, silen, simal, sinal, slain, slane, slime, sline, smalm, smile, snail
4 Letter Words for Melanism
aiel, aile, ails, aims, aine, ains, alem, alen, ales, alin, alme, alms, amel, amen, amie, amil, amin, amis, amli, ammi, anes, anil, anim, anis, ansi, asem, asin, eans, eila, elan, elms, emma, enam, ilea, imam, iman, isle, laen, lain, lame, lamm, lams, lane, lase, leam, lean, leas, leis, lena, lens, lias, lien, lies, lima, lime, limn, lina, line, lins, maes, mail, maim, main, male, mali, malm, mals, mams, mane, mani, mans, mase, meal, mean, meas, mein, mela, mels, mems, mens, mesa, miae, mian, mias, mien, mila, mile, mils, mima, mime, mine, mins, mnas, mnem, nael, nail, nais, nale, name, nams, nasi, neal, nema, nies, nile, nils, nims, sail, saim, sain, sale, same, sami, sane, seal, seam, sean, seil, semi, sena, sial, siam, sian, sien, sila, sile, sima, sime, sina, sine, slam, slim
3 Letter Words for Melanism
aes, ail, aim, ain, ais, ale, aln, als, ame, ami, ane, ans, ase, asl, eam, ean, eas, ela, eli, elm, els, ems, enl, ens, esm, ile, ins, ise, isl, ism, isn, lai, lam, lan, las, lea, lei, lem, les, lie, lim, lin, lis, mae, mal, mam, man, mas, mea, mei, mel, mem, men, mes, mia, mil, mim, min, mis, mls, mna, msl, nae, nam, nas, nea, nei, nie, nil, nim, nis, sai, sal, sam, san, sea, sei, sel, sem, sen, sie, sil, sim, sin, sla, sle, sma, sml
Definitions for Melanism
[1] Ethnology . the condition in human beings of having a high amount of melanin granules in the skin, hair, and eyes.
[2] Zoology . the condition in which an unusually high concentration of melanin occurs in the skin, plumage, or pelage of an animal.
[3] the condition in man and animals of having dark-coloured or black skin, feathers, etc. Industrial melanism is the occurrence of dark varieties of animals, esp moths, in smoke-blackened industrial regions, in which they are well camouflaged
[4] another name for melanosis
Words nearby Melanism
melanie, melaniferous, melanin, melanion, melanippus, melanism, melanite, melano-, melanoameloblastoma, melanoblast, melanoblastoma
Origin of Melanism
First recorded in 1835–45; melan- + -ism
Other words from Melanism
mel·a·nis·tic , adjective