These are the meanings of the letters AEMTINLN when you unscramble them.
- Ailment (n.)
Indisposition; morbid affection of the body; -- not applied ordinarily to acute diseases.
- Aliment (n.)
An allowance for maintenance.
- Aliment (n.)
That which nourishes; food; nutriment; anything which feeds or adds to a substance in natural growth. Hence: The necessaries of life generally: sustenance; means of support.
- Aliment (v. t.)
To nourish; to support.
- Aliment (v. t.)
To provide for the maintenance of.
- Lineman (n.)
A man employed to examine the rails of a railroad to see if they are in good condition; also, a man employed to repair telegraph lines.
- Lineman (n.)
One who carries the line in surveying, etc.
- Mannite (n.)
A sweet white efflorescence from dried fronds of kelp, especially from those of the Laminaria saccharina, or devil's apron.
- Mannite (n.)
A white crystalline substance of a sweet taste obtained from a so-called manna, the dried sap of the flowering ash (Fraxinus ornus); -- called also mannitol, and hydroxy hexane. Cf. Dulcite.
- Melanin (n.)
A black pigment found in the pigment-bearing cells of the skin (particularly in the skin of the negro), in the epithelial cells of the external layer of the retina (then called fuscin), in the outer layer of the choroid, and elsewhere. It is supposed to be derived from the decomposition of hemoglobin.