Part of Oceania, made up of New Guinea, the Bismarck Archipelago, the Solomon Islands, New Caledonia, Vanuatu and Fiji.

A mixture of different things; a disordered mixture. / A Viennese coffee speciality, half steamed milk and half coffee.

Filled with or affected by melancholy—great sadness or depression, especially of a thoughtful or introspective nature. / (dated) Pertaining to black bile (melancholy).

A person who is habitually melancholy.

Any of a group of naturally occurring dark pigments, especially the pigment found in skin, hair, fur, and feathers.

Congenital excess of melanin pigmentation in the skin, hair, feathers and/or eyes.

Deep sadness or gloom; melancholy / (pathology) depression, characterised by irrational fears, guilt and apathy

(chemistry) any thermosetting resin, such as Formica, manufactured from melamine and an aldehyde, used to make surface coatings etc

(chemistry) A strong aromatic heterocyclic base, triaminotriazine, used in combination with formaldehyde to manufacture melamine resins; any such resin, such as Formica

Alternative spelling of melena