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  • intraarticular — (anatomy) Situated within a joint.
  • intracutaneous — within the skin.
  • intramercurial — within Mercury's orbit
  • intramolecular — existing or occurring within a molecule.
  • irresuscitable — incapable of being resuscitated
  • irresuscitably — in an irresuscitable manner
  • jackass gunter — a gunter having a wire rope with a traveler in place of the usual upper iron.
  • judas iscariot — Also called Judas Iscariot. the disciple who betrayed Jesus. Mark 3:19.
  • jump the track — to go suddenly off the rails
  • jurisdictional — the right, power, or authority to administer justice by hearing and determining controversies.
  • kangaroo court — a self-appointed or mob-operated tribunal that disregards or parodies existing principles of law or human rights, especially one in a frontier area or among criminals in prison.
  • karnatak music — the classical music of South India
  • leafcutter ant — any of various South American ants of the genus Atta that cut pieces of leaves and use them as fertilizer for the fungus on which they feed
  • leafcutter bee — any of various solitary bees of the genus Megachile that nest in soil or rotten wood, constructing the cells in which they lay their eggs from pieces of leaf
  • liquid crystal — a liquid having certain crystalline characteristics, especially different optical properties in different directions when exposed to an electric field.
  • logic emulator — A system of FPGAs, programmable interconnect and software which automatically configures itself into an operating prototype of a large-scale logic design, such as a microprocessor. An emulated design can be connected into the target system and really operated and tested before the design is made into an integrated circuit.
  • lunar distance — the observed angle between the moon and another celestial body.
  • lunatic fringe — members on the periphery of any group, especially political, social, or religious, who hold extreme or fanatical views.
  • mackinaw trout — lake trout.
  • macro-mutation — a mutation that has a profound effect on the resulting organism, as a change in a regulatory gene that controls the expression of many structural genes.
  • macrodactylous — related to or having macrodactyly
  • macroevolution — major evolutionary transition from one type of organism to another occurring at the level of the species and higher taxa.
  • macronutrients — Plural form of macronutrient.
  • macrostructure — the gross structure of a metal, as made visible to the naked eye by deep etching.
  • manufacturable — the making of goods or wares by manual labor or by machinery, especially on a large scale: the manufacture of television sets.
  • march fracture — a hairline crack in a bone, especially of a foot or leg, caused by repeated or prolonged stress and often occurring in runners, dancers, and soldiers (march fracture)
  • margaritaceous — resembling mother-of-pearl; pearly.
  • margin account — an account opened by a customer with a brokerage house in which listed securities can be purchased on margin.
  • master butcher — a butcher who is fully qualified to practise his trade and to train others in it
  • material cause — a person or thing that acts, happens, or exists in such a way that some specific thing happens as a result; the producer of an effect: You have been the cause of much anxiety. What was the cause of the accident?
  • mcclure strait — an arm of the Beaufort Sea between Banks Island in the south and Melville Island and Eglinton Island to the north, in the Northwest Territories, Canada. About 170 miles (270 km) long and 60 miles (90 km) wide.
  • mental cruelty — behaviour that causes distress to another person but that does not involve physical assault
  • mercapto group — the univalent group –SH.
  • mercaptopurine — a yellow, crystalline, water-insoluble powder, C 5 H 4 N 4 S, used in the treatment of leukemia.
  • merchant guild — a medieval guild composed of merchants.
  • microminiature — built on an extremely small scale, smaller than subminiature, especially of electronic equipment with small solid-state components in the place of vacuum tubes.
  • micropulsation — a very minor fluctuation in the strength of the earth's magnetic field
  • microstomatous — having an unusually small mouth
  • minicalculator — a very small handheld calculator
  • mirabile dictu — wonderful to relate; amazing to say
  • mockumentaries — Plural form of mockumentary.
  • motion capture — a process by which a device can be used to capture patterns of live movement; the data is then transmitted to a computer, where simulation software displays it applied to a virtual actor
  • mount victoria — a mountain in SE Papua New Guinea: the highest peak of the Owen Stanley Range. Height: 4073 m (13 363 ft)
  • much-travelled — A much-travelled person has travelled a lot in foreign countries.
  • multarticulate — having multiple joints
  • multiarticular — of or relating to the joints.
  • multichambered — comprising or involving several chambers
  • multicharacter — (of a book, play, film, etc) involving or relating to several characters
  • multichromatic — Involving more than one colour.
  • multicollinear — Of, pertaining to, or exhibiting multicollinearity.
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