| blastoderm | (noun) a layer of cells on the inside of the blastula | Synonyms: blastodisc, germinal area, germinal disc |
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| brooder | (noun) apparatus consisting of a box designed to maintain a constant temperature by the use of a thermostat; used for chicks or premature infants | Synonyms: incubator |
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| chordamesoderm | (noun) the area of mesoderm that forms the notochord | Synonyms: chordomesoderm |
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| chordomesoderm | (noun) the area of mesoderm that forms the notochord | Synonyms: chordamesoderm |
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| chyloderma | (noun) swelling of the scrotum resulting from chronic lymphatic obstruction | Synonyms: elephantiasis scroti |
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| coder | (noun) a person who designs and writes and tests computer programs | Synonyms: computer programmer, programmer, software engineer |
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| decoder | (noun) a machine that converts a coded text into ordinary language | - |
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| (noun) the kind of intellectual who converts messages from a code to plain text | Synonyms: decipherer |
| echinoderm | (noun) marine invertebrates with tube feet and five-part radially symmetrical bodies | - |
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| ectoderm | (noun) the outer germ layer that develops into skin and nervous tissue | Synonyms: ectoblast, exoderm |
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| endoderm | (noun) the inner germ layer that develops into the lining of the digestive and respiratory systems | Synonyms: endoblast, entoblast, entoderm, hypoblast |
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| entoderm | (noun) the inner germ layer that develops into the lining of the digestive and respiratory systems | Synonyms: endoblast, endoderm, entoblast, hypoblast |
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| erythroderma | (noun) any skin disorder involving abnormal redness | - |
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| exoderm | (noun) the outer germ layer that develops into skin and nervous tissue | Synonyms: ectoblast, ectoderm |
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| hypodermic | (noun) a piston syringe that is fitted with a hypodermic needle for giving injections | Synonyms: hypo, hypodermic syringe |
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| hypodermis | (noun) layer of cells that secretes the chitinous cuticle in e.g. arthropods | - |
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| immoderateness | (noun) the quality of being excessive and lacking in moderation | Synonyms: immoderation |
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| immoderation | (noun) the quality of being excessive and lacking in moderation | Synonyms: immoderateness |
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| keratoderma | (noun) any skin disorder consisting of a growth that appears horny | Synonyms: keratodermia |
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| keratodermia | (noun) any skin disorder consisting of a growth that appears horny | Synonyms: keratoderma |
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| leukoderma | (noun) a congenital skin condition characterized by spots or bands of unpigmented skin | - |
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| melanoderma | (noun) abnormally dark skin caused by increased deposits of melatonin | - |
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| mesoderm | (noun) the middle germ layer that develops into muscle and bone and cartilage and blood and connective tissue | Synonyms: mesoblast |
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| moderate | (noun) a person who takes a position in the political center | Synonyms: centrist, middle of the roader, moderationist |
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| moderateness | (noun) quality of being moderate and avoiding extremes | Synonyms: moderation |
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| (noun) the property of being moderate in price or expenditures | Synonyms: modestness, reasonableness |
| moderation | (noun) the action of lessening in severity or intensity | Synonyms: mitigation |
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| (noun) quality of being moderate and avoiding extremes | Synonyms: moderateness |
| (noun) the trait of avoiding excesses | Synonyms: temperance |
| (noun) a change for the better | Synonyms: easing, relief |
| moderationism | (noun) the policy of being moderate or acting with moderation | - |
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| moderationist | (noun) a person who takes a position in the political center | Synonyms: centrist, middle of the roader, moderate |
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| (noun) a moderate drinker (as opposed to a total abstainer) | - |
| moderatism | (noun) a political philosophy of avoiding the extremes of left and right by taking a moderate position or course of action | Synonyms: centrism |
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| moderator | (noun) someone who mediates disputes and attempts to avoid violence | - |
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| (noun) someone who presides over a forum or debate | - |
| (noun) in the Presbyterian church, the officer who presides over a synod or general assembly | - |
| (noun) any substance used to slow down neutrons in nuclear reactors | - |
| moderatorship | (noun) the position of moderator | - |
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| modern | (noun) a typeface (based on an 18th century design by Gianbattista Bodoni) distinguished by regular shape and hairline serifs and heavy downstrokes | Synonyms: Bodoni, Bodoni font, modern font |
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| (noun) a contemporary person | - |
| modernisation | (noun) making modern in appearance or behavior | Synonyms: modernization |
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| modernism | (noun) practices typical of contemporary life or thought | - |
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| (noun) genre of art and literature that makes a self-conscious break with previous genres | - |
| (noun) the quality of being current or of the present | Synonyms: contemporaneity, contemporaneousness, modernity, modernness |
| modernist | (noun) an artist who makes a deliberate break with previous styles | - |
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| modernity | (noun) the quality of being current or of the present | Synonyms: contemporaneity, contemporaneousness, modernism, modernness |
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| modernization | (noun) making modern in appearance or behavior | Synonyms: modernisation |
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| (noun) a modernized version (as of a play) | - |
| modernness | (noun) the quality of being current or of the present | Synonyms: contemporaneity, contemporaneousness, modernism, modernity |
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| neurodermatitis | (noun) dermatitis in which localized areas (especially the forearms or back of the neck or outer part of the ankle) itch persistently; cause is unknown | - |
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| ostracoderm | (noun) extinct fish-like jawless vertebrate having a heavily armored body; of the Paleozoic | - |
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| placoderm | (noun) fish-like vertebrate with bony plates on head and upper body; dominant in seas and rivers during the Devonian; considered the earliest vertebrate with jaws | - |
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| postmodernism | (noun) genre of art and literature and especially architecture in reaction against principles and practices of established modernism | - |
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| scleroderma | (noun) an autoimmune disease that affects the blood vessels and connective tissue; fibrous connective tissue is deposited in the skin | Synonyms: dermatosclerosis |
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| ultramodernity | (noun) The property of being extremely modern. | - |
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| xeroderma | (noun) a mild form of ichthyosis characterized by abnormal dryness and roughness of the skin | Synonyms: xerodermia |
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| xerodermia | (noun) a mild form of ichthyosis characterized by abnormal dryness and roughness of the skin | Synonyms: xeroderma |
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