Nouns

metonymy

noun

substituting the name of an attribute or feature for the nam...

metralgia

noun

pain in the uterus

metrazol

noun

a drug used as a circulatory and respiratory stimulant; larg...

metritis

noun

inflammation of the lining of the uterus (of the endometrium...

metrology

noun

the scientific study of measurement

metronymic

noun

a name derived from the name of your mother or a maternal an...

metrorrhagia

noun

bleeding from the uterus that is not due to menstruation; us...

meyerhof

noun

United States biochemist (born in Germany) who studied the m...

mezereum

noun

the dried bark of the shrub mezereon

mezuza

noun

religious texts from Deuteronomy inscribed on parchment and...

mezereon

noun

small European deciduous shrub with fragrant lilac-colored f...

mezzotint

noun

print produced by an engraving that has been scraped to repr...

miaul

noun

the sound made by a cat (or any sound resembling this)

micawber

noun

fictional character created by Charles Dickens; an eternal o...

micelle

noun

an electrically charged particle built up from polymeric mol...

micheas

noun

an Old Testament book telling the prophecies of Micah forete...

michener

noun

United States writer of historical novels (1907-1997)

michelson

noun

United States physicist (born in Germany) who collaborated w...

micmac

noun

a member of the Algonquian people inhabiting the Maritime Pr...

microcephaly

noun

an abnormally small head and underdeveloped brain

microcircuit

noun

a microelectronic computer circuit incorporated into a chip...

microcode

noun

(computer science) coded instructions that are stored perman...

micrococcus

noun

type genus of the family Micrococcaceae

microcyte

noun

an abnormally small red blood cell (less than 5 microns in d...

microdot

noun

photograph reduced to the size of a dot (usually for purpose...

microeconomics

noun

the branch of economics that studies the economy of consumer...

microfarad

noun

a unit of capacitance equal to one millionth of a farad

microfossil

noun

a fossil that must be studied microscopically

microglia

noun

neuroglial tissue of mesodermal origin that can become phago...

microgram

noun

one millionth (1/1,000,000) gram

micrometeorite

noun

a meteorite or meteoroid so small that it drifts down to ear...

micrometer

noun

a metric unit of length equal to one millionth of a meter

micrometry

noun

measuring with a micrometer

micromillimeter

noun

a metric unit of length equal to one billionth of a meter

micropaleontology

noun

the paleontology of microfossils

microphage

noun

a neutrophil that ingests small things (as bacteria)

microphotometer

noun

special kind of densitometer that measures density variation...

micropyle

noun

minute opening in the wall of an ovule through which the pol...

microscopist

noun

a scientist who specializes in research with the use of micr...

microseism

noun

a small earthquake

microsome

noun

a tiny granule in the cytoplasm that is where protein synthe...

microsporangium

noun

a plant structure that produces microspores

microspore

noun

smaller of the two types of spore produced in heterosporous...

microsporophyll

noun

in non-flowering plants, a sporophyll that bears only micros...

microtome

noun

scientific instrument that cuts thin slices of something for...

microtubule

noun

a microscopically small tubule

microvolt

noun

a unit of potential equal to one millionth of a volt

micturition

noun

the discharge of urine

midafternoon

noun

the middle part of the afternoon

midbrain

noun

the middle portion of the brain