You can't do it all at once but it can be done. Once you have your mesh list up hold down the shift key and select the first mesh you want, the list will disappear, bring it up again and just repeat the step until you have selected all the meshes you want. Alternatively you can first click "select all meshes" and then subtract from the list using the same method. This is definately a slow and tedious process if you want to select/de-select a lot a meshes, but it is an option.