mealˈiness noun

mealˈy or (Scot) mealˈie adjective

1. Like meal in texture, powdery, floury
2. Containing oatmeal (Scot)
3. Covered with, or as if with, meal
4. Having a powdery surface
5. Speckled, flecked
6. Whitish, pale

mealˈ-ark noun (Scot)

A large chest for holding oatmeal

mealie pudding noun (Scot)

A white pudding

mealˈ-man or mealˈ-monger noun (obsolete)

A dealer in meal

Meal Monday noun

The second Monday in February, a St Andrews (and formerly, Edinburgh) University holiday, orig to allow the students to go home and replenish their stock of meal

meal moth noun

A small moth (Pyralis farinalis) whose larvae are a serious pest of stored grain

mealˈ-poke noun (Scot)

A bag for oatmeal, formerly esp one carried by a beggar

mealˈ-tree noun

The wayfaring tree, from its mealy leaves and shoots

mealˈworm noun

The larva of a beetle (genus Tenebrio) frequently found in granaries and flour-stores

mealy bug noun

A hothouse pest, a coccus insect with a white powdery appearance

mealˈy-mouthed /-mowdhd/ adjective

1. Smooth-tongued
2. Over-squeamish, esp in choice of words

mealy-mouthˈedness noun