| metabola | (noun) insects that undergo complete metamorphosis | Synonyms: holometabola |
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| metabolic | (adjective) undergoing metamorphosis | Synonyms: metabolous |
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| (adjective) of or relating to metabolism | - |
| metabolically | (adverb) involving metabolism | - |
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| metabolise | (verb) produce by metabolism | Synonyms: metabolize |
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| metabolism | (noun) the organic processes (in a cell or organism) that are necessary for life | Synonyms: metabolic process |
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| (noun) the marked and rapid transformation of a larva into an adult that occurs in some animals | Synonyms: metamorphosis |
| metabolite | (noun) any substance involved in metabolism (either as a product of metabolism or as necessary for metabolism) | - |
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| metabolize | (verb) produce by metabolism | Synonyms: metabolise |
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| metabolous | (adjective) undergoing metamorphosis | Synonyms: metabolic |
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| metacarpal | (adjective) of or relating to the metacarpus | - |
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| (noun) any bone of the hand between the wrist and fingers | Synonyms: metacarpal bone |
| metacarpus | (noun) the part of the hand between the carpus and phalanges | - |
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| metacenter | (noun) (shipbuilding) the point of intersection between two vertical lines, one line through the center of buoyancy of the hull of a ship in equilibrium and the other line through the center of buoyancy of the hull when the ship is inclined to one side; the distance of this intersection above the center of gravity is an indication of the stability of the ship | Synonyms: metacentre |
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| metacentre | (noun) (shipbuilding) the point of intersection between two vertical lines, one line through the center of buoyancy of the hull of a ship in equilibrium and the other line through the center of buoyancy of the hull when the ship is inclined to one side; the distance of this intersection above the center of gravity is an indication of the stability of the ship | Synonyms: metacenter |
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| metacentric | (adjective) having two equal arms because of the median position of the centromere | - |
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| (adjective) of or relating to the metacenter | - |
| metacyesis | (noun) pregnancy resulting from gestation elsewhere than in the uterus | Synonyms: eccyesis, ectopic gestation, ectopic pregnancy, extrauterine gestation, extrauterine pregnancy |
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| metadata | (noun) data about data | - |
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| metagenesis | (noun) alternation of sexual and asexual generations | Synonyms: digenesis |
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| metagrabolised | (adjective) totally perplexed and mixed up | Synonyms: metagrabolized, metagrobolised, metagrobolized, mystified |
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| metagrabolized | (adjective) totally perplexed and mixed up | Synonyms: metagrabolised, metagrobolised, metagrobolized, mystified |
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| metagrobolised | (adjective) totally perplexed and mixed up | Synonyms: metagrabolised, metagrabolized, metagrobolized, mystified |
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| metagrobolized | (adjective) totally perplexed and mixed up | Synonyms: metagrabolised, metagrabolized, metagrobolised, mystified |
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| metaknowledge | (noun) knowledge about knowledge | - |
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| metal | (adjective) containing or made of or resembling or characteristic of a metal | Synonyms: metallic |
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| (noun) any of several chemical elements that are usually shiny solids that conduct heat or electricity and can be formed into sheets etc. | Synonyms: metallic element |
| (noun) a mixture containing two or more metallic elements or metallic and nonmetallic elements usually fused together or dissolving into each other when molten | Synonyms: alloy |
| (verb) cover with metal | - |
| metalanguage | (noun) a language that can be used to describe languages | - |
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| metalepsis | (noun) substituting metonymy of one figurative sense for another | - |
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| metalhead | (noun) a fan of heavy metal music | - |
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| metalize | (verb) coat with metal | Synonyms: metallize |
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| metallic | (adjective) containing or made of or resembling or characteristic of a metal | Synonyms: metal |
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| (noun) a yarn made partly or entirely of metal | - |
| (noun) a fabric made of a yarn that is partly or entirely of metal | - |
| metallicity | (noun) The state of possessing a similar aural resonance to metal. | - |
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| metallike | (adjective) resembling metal | Synonyms: metal-looking, metallic-looking |
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| metallize | (verb) coat with metal | Synonyms: metalize |
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| metalloid | (adjective) of or being a nonmetallic element that has some of the properties of metal | - |
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| metallurgic | (adjective) of or relating to metallurgy | Synonyms: metallurgical |
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| metallurgical | (adjective) of or relating to metallurgy | Synonyms: metallurgic |
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| metallurgist | (noun) an engineer trained in the extraction and refining and alloying and fabrication of metals | Synonyms: metallurgical engineer |
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| metallurgy | (noun) the science and technology of metals | - |
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| metalware | (noun) household articles made of metal (especially for use at table) | - |
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| metalwork | (noun) the activity of making things out of metal in a skillful manner | Synonyms: metalworking |
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| (noun) the metal parts of something | - |
| metalworker | (noun) someone who works metal (especially by hammering it when it is hot and malleable) | Synonyms: smith |
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| metalworking | (noun) the activity of making things out of metal in a skillful manner | Synonyms: metalwork |
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| metalworks | (noun) factory where metal castings are produced | Synonyms: foundry |
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| metamathematics | (noun) the logical analysis of mathematical reasoning | - |
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| metamere | (noun) one of a series of similar body segments into which some animals are divided longitudinally | Synonyms: somite |
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| metameric | (adjective) having the body divided into successive metameres or segments, as in earthworms or lobsters | Synonyms: segmental, segmented |
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| metamorphic | (adjective) characterized by metamorphosis or change in physical form or substance | - |
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| (adjective) of or relating to metamorphosis (especially of rocks) | Synonyms: metamorphous |
| metamorphism | (noun) change in the structure of rock by natural agencies such as pressure or heat or introduction of new chemical substances | - |
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| metamorphopsia | (noun) a defect of vision in which objects appear to be distorted; usually due to a defect in the retina | - |
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| metamorphose | (verb) change completely the nature or appearance of | Synonyms: transfigure, transmogrify |
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| (verb) change in outward structure or looks | Synonyms: transform, transmute |
| metamorphosis | (noun) a complete change of physical form or substance especially as by magic or witchcraft | - |
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| (noun) a striking change in appearance or character or circumstances | Synonyms: transfiguration |
| (noun) the marked and rapid transformation of a larva into an adult that occurs in some animals | Synonyms: metabolism |
| metamorphous | (adjective) of or relating to metamorphosis (especially of rocks) | Synonyms: metamorphic |
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| (adjective) produced by metamorphosis | - |
| metaphase | (noun) the second stage of mitosis | - |
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| (noun) the second stage of meiosis | - |
| metaphor | (noun) a figure of speech in which an expression is used to refer to something that it does not literally denote in order to suggest a similarity | - |
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| metaphoric | (adjective) expressing one thing in terms normally denoting another | Synonyms: metaphorical |
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| metaphorical | (adjective) expressing one thing in terms normally denoting another | Synonyms: metaphoric |
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| metaphorically | (adverb) in a metaphorical manner | - |
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| metaphysical | (adjective) pertaining to or of the nature of metaphysics | - |
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| (adjective) transcending physical matter or the laws of nature | - |
| (adjective) highly abstract and overly theoretical | - |
| metaphysically | (adverb) in a metaphysical manner | - |
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| metaphysics | (noun) the philosophical study of being and knowing | - |
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| metaphysis | (noun) the growing part of a long bone between the diaphysis and the epiphysis | - |
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| metaproterenol | (noun) a bronchodilator (trade name Alupent) used to treat asthma and emphysema and other lung conditions; available in oral or inhalant forms; side effects include tachycardia and shakiness | Synonyms: Alupent |
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| metarule | (noun) a rule that describes how other rules should be used (as in AI) | - |
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| metasequoia | (noun) large fast-growing Chinese monoecious tree having flat bright-green deciduous leaves and small globular cones; commonly cultivated in United States as an ornamental; known as a fossil before being discovered in China | Synonyms: dawn redwood, Metasequoia glyptostrodoides |
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| metastability | (noun) the quality of a physical system that persists in its existing equilibrium when undisturbed (or only slightly disturbed) but able to pass to a more stable equilibrium when sufficiently disturbed | - |
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| metastable | (adjective) (of physical systems) continuing in its present state of equilibrium unless sufficiently disturbed to pass to a more stable state of equilibrium | - |
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| metastasis | (noun) the spreading of a disease (especially cancer) to another part of the body | - |
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| metastasise | (verb) spread throughout the body | Synonyms: metastasize |
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| metastasize | (verb) spread throughout the body | Synonyms: metastasise |
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| metastatic | (adjective) relating to or affected by metastasis | - |
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| metatarsal | (adjective) of or relating to the metatarsus | - |
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| (noun) any bone of the foot between the ankle and the toes | - |
| metatarsus | (noun) the skeleton of the human foot between the toes and the tarsus; the corresponding part of the foot in birds or of the hind foot in quadrupeds | - |
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| metatherian | (noun) primitive pouched mammals found mainly in Australia and the Americas | - |
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| metathesis | (noun) a chemical reaction between two compounds in which parts of each are interchanged to form two new compounds (AB+CD=AD+CB) | Synonyms: double decomposition, double decomposition reaction |
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| (noun) a linguistic process of transposition of sounds or syllables within a word or words within a sentence | - |
| metazoan | (noun) any animal of the subkingdom Metazoa; all animals except protozoans and sponges | - |
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| mete | (noun) a line that indicates a boundary | Synonyms: border, borderline, boundary line, delimitation |
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| metempsychosis | (noun) after death the soul begins a new cycle of existence in another human body | Synonyms: rebirth |
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| metencephalon | (noun) the part of the hindbrain that develops into the pons and the cerebellum | - |
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| meteor | (noun) (astronomy) any of the small solid extraterrestrial bodies that hits the earth's atmosphere | Synonyms: meteoroid |
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| (noun) a streak of light in the sky at night that results when a meteoroid hits the earth's atmosphere and air friction causes the meteoroid to melt or vaporize or explode | Synonyms: shooting star |
| meteoric | (adjective) pertaining to or consisting of meteors or meteoroids | - |
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| (adjective) of or pertaining to atmospheric phenomena, especially weather and weather conditions | Synonyms: meteorologic, meteorological |
| (adjective) like a meteor in speed or brilliance or transience | - |
| meteorite | (noun) stony or metallic object that is the remains of a meteoroid that has reached the earth's surface | - |
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| meteoritic | (adjective) of or relating to or caused by meteorites | Synonyms: meteoritical |
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| meteoritical | (adjective) of or relating to or caused by meteorites | Synonyms: meteoritic |
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| meteoroid | (noun) (astronomy) any of the small solid extraterrestrial bodies that hits the earth's atmosphere | Synonyms: meteor |
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| meteorologic | (adjective) of or pertaining to atmospheric phenomena, especially weather and weather conditions | Synonyms: meteoric, meteorological |
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| meteorological | (adjective) of or pertaining to atmospheric phenomena, especially weather and weather conditions | Synonyms: meteoric, meteorologic |
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| meteorologically | (adverb) with respect to the weather | - |
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| meteorologist | (noun) a specialist who studies processes in the earth's atmosphere that cause weather conditions | - |
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| meteorology | (noun) the earth science dealing with phenomena of the atmosphere (especially weather) | - |
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| (noun) predicting what the weather will be | Synonyms: weather forecasting |
| meteortropism | (noun) an effect of climate on biological processes (as the effect on joint pains etc.) | - |
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| meter | (noun) any of various measuring instruments for measuring a quantity | - |
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| (noun) rhythm as given by division into parts of equal duration | Synonyms: metre, time |
| (noun) (prosody) the accent in a metrical foot of verse | Synonyms: beat, cadence, measure, metre |
| (noun) the basic unit of length adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites (approximately 1.094 yards) | Synonyms: m, metre |
| (verb) measure with a meter | - |
| (verb) stamp with a meter indicating the postage | - |
| meterstick | (noun) a rule one meter long (usually marked off in centimeters and millimeters) | Synonyms: metrestick |
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| metformin | (noun) an antidiabetic drug (trade name Glucophage) prescribed to treat type II diabetes | Synonyms: Glucophage |
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| meth | (noun) an amphetamine derivative (trade name Methedrine) used in the form of a crystalline hydrochloride; used as a stimulant to the nervous system and as an appetite suppressant | Synonyms: chalk, chicken feed, crank, deoxyephedrine, glass, ice, methamphetamine, methamphetamine hydrochloride, Methedrine, shabu, trash |
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| methacholine | (noun) parasympathomimetic drug (trademark Mecholyl) that stimulates secretions and smooth muscle activity | Synonyms: Mecholyl |
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| methadon | (noun) synthetic narcotic drug similar to morphine but less habit-forming; used in narcotic detoxification and maintenance of heroin addiction | Synonyms: dolophine hydrochloride, fixer, methadone, methadone hydrochloride, synthetic heroin |
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| methadone | (noun) synthetic narcotic drug similar to morphine but less habit-forming; used in narcotic detoxification and maintenance of heroin addiction | Synonyms: dolophine hydrochloride, fixer, methadon, methadone hydrochloride, synthetic heroin |
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| methamphetamine | (noun) an amphetamine derivative (trade name Methedrine) used in the form of a crystalline hydrochloride; used as a stimulant to the nervous system and as an appetite suppressant | Synonyms: chalk, chicken feed, crank, deoxyephedrine, glass, ice, meth, methamphetamine hydrochloride, Methedrine, shabu, trash |
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| methanal | (noun) a colorless poisonous gas; made by the oxidation of methanol | Synonyms: formaldehyde |
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| methane | (noun) a colorless odorless gas used as a fuel | - |
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| methanogen | (noun) archaebacteria found in anaerobic environments such as animal intestinal tracts or sediments or sewage and capable of producing methane; a source of natural gas | - |
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| methanol | (noun) a light volatile flammable poisonous liquid alcohol; used as an antifreeze and solvent and fuel and as a denaturant for ethyl alcohol | Synonyms: methyl alcohol, wood alcohol, wood spirit |
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| methapyrilene | (noun) antihistamine used to treat allergic responses (as rhinitis or dermatitis or pruritus) | - |
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