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Merritt Beason
Merritt Beason, American opposite hitter from Gardendale, Alabama; Florida then Nebraska All-American; 2024 PVF No. 1 pick (Atlanta Vibe), Omaha Supernovas, US Women's National Team.
Merritt Butrick
Merritt Butrick (Merritt R. Butrick), American actor (1959–1989) born in Gainesville, Florida; played Dr. David Marcus in Star Trek II and III and Johnny Slash in Square Pegs; died in Los Angeles of toxoplasmosis complicated by AIDS.
Merritt Hummer
Merritt Hummer is a venture capital investor and Partner at Bain Capital Ventures, where she backs growth-stage B2B software companies including Pleo, Socure, Apollo.io, Whop, and MaintainX.
Merritt Island, Florida
Merritt Island, Florida: unincorporated Brevard County CDP between the Indian and Banana rivers, population 34,518 (2020), home to Kennedy Space Center and the Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge on its northern portion.
Merritt Lyndon Fernald
Merritt Lyndon Fernald (1873–1950) was an American systematic botanist who spent nearly sixty years at Harvard's Gray Herbarium and led the study of eastern North American plants.
Merritt Parkway
The Merritt Parkway is a 37.5-mile limited-access parkway carrying Connecticut Route 15 across Fairfield County, completed in 1940 and known for its Art Deco bridges.
Merritt Patterson
Merritt Patterson, Canadian actress born 1990 in Whistler, B.C.; Olivia Matheson in Ravenswood, Ophelia Pryce in The Royals, and a Hallmark/Great American Family holiday-film leading lady since 2017.
Merritt Wever
Merritt Wever, full name Merritt Carmen Wever, is an American actress known for playing nurse Zoey Barkow on Nurse Jackie and winning three Primetime Emmy Awards, most recently for Severance in 2025.
Merritt, British Columbia
Merritt, British Columbia: a city at the junction of the Nicola and Coldwater Rivers, southwest of Kamloops; incorporated 1911, renamed 1906 for William Hamilton Merritt, evacuated in the November 2021 flood.
Merrivale Linea
Merrivale Linea, a 1,600 km linea (linear fracture feature) on Jupiter's moon Europa, IAU-approved in 2003, centered at -41.00°, 299.50°, named after the Merrivale stone row in England.
Merriweather 6/30/85
Merriweather 6/30/85 is a 2026 Rhino live album of the Grateful Dead's June 30, 1985 Merriweather Post Pavilion concert, famed for its 15-minute Shakedown Street, released on 3CD and 4LP from the Summer Magic 1985 box.
Merriweather Post Pavilion (album)
Merriweather Post Pavilion is Animal Collective's ninth studio album, released January 2009 on Domino, produced by Ben Allen in Oxford, Mississippi as a trio; a critically acclaimed electronic pop breakthrough named 2009's best album by several outlets.
Merry Berry Love (メリーベリーラブ)
Merry Berry Love (メリーベリーラブ, 메리 베리 러브) is a 2026 Japan-Korea romantic comedy drama, the first Nippon TV–CJ ENM co-production, starring Ji Chang-wook and Mio Imada as a ruined Korean designer and a strawberry farmer on Charo Island, streaming on Disney+.
Merry Christmas (1984 film)
Merry Christmas (圣诞快乐, Sing dan fai lok) is a 1984 Hong Kong comedy directed by Clifton Ko and starring Karl Maka, Paula Tsui, Danny Chan, and Leslie Cheung.
Merry Christmas (2023 film)
Merry Christmas (मेरी क्रिसमस) is a 2023 Indian bilingual mystery thriller by Sriram Raghavan, starring Katrina Kaif and Vijay Sethupathi, adapted from Frédéric Dard's Le Monte-charge, shot separately in Hindi and Tamil, released January 12, 2024, and streaming on Netflix.
Merry Christmas (Mariah Carey album)
Merry Christmas is Mariah Carey's 1994 Columbia holiday album, produced with Walter Afanasieff, mixing standards with originals including All I Want for Christmas Is You; Diamond-certified in the US.
Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence (戦場のメリークリスマス)
Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence (戦場のメリークリスマス, Furyo) is Nagisa Ōshima's 1983 Japanese-British-New Zealand POW drama set on Java, starring David Bowie, Tom Conti, Ryuichi Sakamoto, and Takeshi Kitano, with Sakamoto's BAFTA-winning theme and the single Forbidden Colours.
Merry Clayton
Merry Clayton is an American gospel and soul singer from New Orleans, best known for her guest vocal on the Rolling Stones' 1969 song "Gimme Shelter."
Merry Happy Whatever
Merry Happy Whatever is a 2019 Netflix holiday sitcom created by Tucker Cawley, starring Dennis Quaid as patriarch Don Quinn, with Bridgit Mendler and Brent Morin; 8 episodes released November 28, 2019, canceled after one season.
Merry Lepper
Merry Lepper is an American long-distance runner who in December 1963 became the first woman to finish a standard 26.2-mile marathon in the United States, running 3:37:07.
Merry Little Batman
Merry Little Batman (2023) is a Warner Bros. Animation holiday action comedy on Prime Video, directed by Mike Roth, starring Yonas Kibreab as Damian Wayne and Luke Wilson as Batman, with Ronald Searle-inspired animation and a Bat-Fam spinoff series.
Merry Men
The Merry Men are Robin Hood's outlaw band of English legend, also called Companions of Robin Hood; up to 140 men in Pyle's 1883 retelling, including Little John, Friar Tuck, Will Scarlett, Much, Marian, and Allan-a-Dale.
Merry Pranksters
The Merry Pranksters were Ken Kesey's 1960s counterculture group, known for the 1964 Day-Glo bus Furthur trip to New York and the Acid Tests with the Grateful Dead.
Merry Xmas Everybody
Merry Xmas Everybody, Slade's 1973 glam rock Christmas single written by Noddy Holder and Jim Lea, was Christmas Number 1 1973, Slade's sixth UK Number 1, and has re-charted nearly every holiday season since.
Merry-Go-Round (1956 film)
Merry-Go-Round (Körhinta) is a 1956 Hungarian black-and-white drama by Zoltán Fábri, based on Imre Sarkadi, starring Mari Törőcsik; a Cannes 1956 competition entry and Budapest 12 classic.
Merry-Go-Round (1981 film)
Merry-Go-Round (1981) is Jacques Rivette's French mystery-drama starring Maria Schneider and Joe Dallesandro, shot in 1977, released in France in 1983 after Schneider quit and Rivette suffered a breakdown; third of the unfinished Scènes de la vie parallèle series.
MERS-related coronavirus
MERS-related coronavirus (MERS-CoV), a Betacoronavirus first identified in Saudi Arabia and Jordan in 2012, causes Middle East respiratory syndrome; dromedary camels are its reservoir, DPP4 its receptor, with about 2,637 cases and roughly 37% reported case fatality.
Mersa Gawasis
Mersa Gawasis, also called Wadi Gawasis and known anciently as Saww, is an ancient Egyptian harbor on the Red Sea used for Middle Kingdom expeditions to Punt.
Mersal (மெர்சல்)
Mersal (மெர்சல்), 2017 Tamil action thriller directed by Atlee, starring Vijay in a triple role as Vetrimaaran, magician Vetri, and doctor Maaran fighting medical corruption; A. R. Rahman music, Diwali release, ₹235 crore gross, GST controversy.
Mersalyl
Mersalyl (Salyrgan), sodium salt of mersalyl acid, an organomercury diuretic introduced in 1924 for edema; acts by binding protein sulfhydryl groups, toxic, discontinued by FDA, replaced by thiazides and loop diuretics.