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Merka
Merka was a high official and priest at the court of King Qa'a near the end of Egypt's 1st Dynasty, known from his funerary stela and mastaba 3505 at North Saqqara.
Merkabah mysticism
Merkabah mysticism, also called Throne mysticism, is a stream of Jewish esoteric tradition centered on Ezekiel's throne-chariot vision and the visionary's perilous ascent through seven heavenly palaces to the divine throne.
Merkare
Merkare was a pharaoh of the Thirteenth Dynasty of ancient Egypt, one of the late rulers during the Second Intermediate Period, before the dynasty fell to the Hyksos around 1650 BC.
Merkava (מרכבה)
The Merkava (מרכבה, "chariot") is a main battle tank designed and built in Israel for the Israel Defense Forces, first fielded in 1979 under Major General Israel Tal.
Merkel cell
Merkel cell (Tastzelle), an epidermal mechanosensory cell in the basal skin layer, forming the Merkel cell-neurite complex with Aβ SA1 fibers for light touch; PIEZO2-dependent, ATOH1-specified, epidermal origin; linked to Merkel cell carcinoma.
Merkel Henry Jacobs
Merkel Henry Jacobs (1885–1955) was an American cell physiologist at the University of Pennsylvania known for work on cell permeability, especially red blood cells, and director of the Marine Biological Laboratory.
Merkel-cell carcinoma
Merkel-cell carcinoma (MCC), also called trabecular cancer, is a rare aggressive neuroendocrine skin cancer linked to Merkel cell polyomavirus in about 80% of cases; incidence is rising, and anti-PD-1/PD-L1 immunotherapy is first-line for advanced disease.
Merkel-Raute
The Merkel-Raute, or Merkel diamond (power triangle), is the diamond-shaped steeple hand gesture of German Chancellor Angela Merkel, held in front of the stomach with fingertips touching; CDU campaign icon since 2013.
Merkezefendi
Merkezefendi (Merkezefendi İlçesi), a central district of Denizli, Turkey, with Pamukkale the city's other central district. Population 351,085 (2025), 50 neighborhoods, home to ancient Laodikeia; named after Merkez Efendi (1463).
Merkheperre
Merkheperre was a pharaoh of Egypt's Thirteenth Dynasty, known only from his throne name in the Turin King List and a stone weight in the Petrie Museum.
Merkin
A merkin, also called a pelvic toupée, is a pubic wig, first recorded in English in 1617 and used today mainly in film and theater nude scenes.
Merkits
The Merkits, also spelled Merkid or Mergid, were a tribal people of the Mongolian plateau along the lower Selenge River who fought Temüjin, the future Chinggis Khan.
Merkle Manufactory Inc.
Merkle Manufactory Inc. is a Delaware software company founded in 2021 by former Coinbase executives Dan Romero and Varun Srinivasan, best known for the Farcaster social network.
Merkle tree
A Merkle tree, also called a Merkle hash tree, is a hash-based binary tree, introduced by Ralph Merkle in 1979, whose root hash tamper-evidently commits to a dataset.
Merkorios
Abune Merkorios (አቡነ መርቆሬዎስ), born Abba Ze-Libanos Fanta, was the fourth Patriarch of the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church, forced from office in 1991 and restored as co-patriarch in 2018.
Merkur
Merkur was a short-lived Ford brand of the Lincoln-Mercury division that sold the German-built XR4Ti coupe and Scorpio sedan in the US and Canada from 1985 to 1989.
Merkur Spiel Arena
Merkur Spiel-Arena (LTU Arena, Esprit Arena) is Düsseldorf's multifunctional stadium, home of Fortuna Düsseldorf, 54,600 seats, closable roof and heating, opened 2004, Pollstar rank 23 worldwide 2025.
Merkur XR4Ti
The Merkur XR4Ti was a three-door sporty hatchback sold in the US and Canada from 1985 to 1989, a federalized Ford Sierra XR4i with a turbocharged four-cylinder engine.
Merkurios of Makuria
Merkurios (Ⲙⲉⲣⲟⲩⲣⲓⲟⲥ) was a king of Makuria, the Nubian kingdom centered on Old Dongola, reigning from about 697 to 710 and called the "New Constantine."
Merlangius merlangus
Merlangius merlangus, the whiting, a gadid fish of the northeast Atlantic, Mediterranean, and Black Sea; benthopelagic at 30–100 m, three dorsal fins, no chin barbel, major North Sea fishery with ICES stock-by-stock advice.
Merle (dog coat)
Merle (dapple) is a semi-dominant dog coat pattern of dark patches on a diluted background, caused by a SINE insertion in the PMEL (SILV) gene; double merles risk deafness and blindness.
Merle A. Sande
Merle A. Sande (1939–2007) was an American infectious-diseases physician-researcher who led San Francisco General Hospital's early AIDS response, co-developed universal precautions, and built HIV treatment capacity in Uganda.
Merle Collins
Merle Collins, born in 1950, is a Grenadian poet, novelist, and academic whose work centers on Grenada and the 1979–1983 Grenada Revolution; her books include the novel Angel (1987).
Merle Dandridge
Merle Dandridge (born 1975, Okinawa, Japan) is an American actress and singer known as Grace Greenleaf in Greenleaf, Alyx Vance in Half-Life 2, and Marlene in The Last of Us games and the HBO series, with Broadway roles in Aida, Tarzan, Spamalot, and Once on This Island.
Merle Dixon
Merle Dixon, Michael Rooker's character in AMC's The Walking Dead, is Daryl Dixon's older brother; created for the TV show (not the comics), he first appears in S1E2 "Guts", loses a hand on an Atlanta rooftop, returns as the Governor's Woodbury lieutenant, and dies in Season 3.
Merle Haggard
Merle Haggard was an American country music singer and songwriter who helped create the Bakersfield Sound, recorded 38 No. 1 Billboard country singles, and wrote "Okie from Muskogee."
Merle Oberon
Merle Oberon, born Estelle Merle Thompson, was a British and Hollywood film actress of the 1930s and 1940s, nominated for an Academy Award for The Dark Angel (1935).
Merle Travis
Merle Travis (1917-1983), American country guitarist and songwriter from Rosewood, Kentucky, namesake of the Travis picking fingerstyle technique; wrote "Sixteen Tons" and "Dark as a Dungeon", built a pioneering 1948 Bigsby solid-body electric, and won a 1975 Grammy with Chet Atkins.
Merle Tuve
Merle Tuve (1901–1982) was an American experimental physicist who built an early accelerator-based nuclear physics program and led development of the radio proximity fuze in World War II.
MerleFest
MerleFest, an annual four-day bluegrass, Americana, and roots music festival in Wilkesboro, North Carolina, founded in 1988 by Doc Watson in memory of his son Merle Watson as a fundraiser for Wilkes Community College.