nun's thread
originally Scottish
noun
A fine, white thread, formerly spun by nuns.
Origin
Early 17th century.
- melley
- melliferous
- mellification
- mellifluence
- mellifluent
- mellifluous
- mellifluously
- mellifluousness
- mellilite
- melling
- Mellin inversion formula
- Mellin's inversion formula
- Mellin transform
- mellitate
- mellite
- mellitic acid
- mellitimide
- mellituria
- mellivorous
- mell of a hess
- Mellon, Andrew
- mellophone
- mellophonist
- mellophonium
- mellorine