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  • lophotrichous — (biology, of bacteria) Having multiple flagella located at the same point, so that they can act in concert to drive the bacterium in a single direction.
  • loss function — (in decision theory) a function that expresses the loss incurred when a decision is made in terms of various factors.
  • lounge jacket — a man's jacket for formal use during the daytime where a suit is not required
  • low countries — the lowland region of W Europe, on the North Sea: consists of Belgium, Luxembourg, and the Netherlands
  • lucretia mott — John Raleigh, 1865–1955, U.S. religious leader: Nobel Peace Prize 1946.
  • lunch counter — a counter, as in a store or restaurant, where light meals and snacks are served or are sold to be taken out.
  • luncheon meat — any of various sausages or molded loaf meats, usually sliced and served cold, as in sandwiches or as garnishes for salads.
  • luncheonettes — Plural form of luncheonette.
  • lycanthropous — Lycanthropic.
  • macromutation — 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.
  • macronucleate — having a macronucleus.
  • macronutrient — Nutrition. any of the nutritional components of the diet that are required in relatively large amounts: protein, carbohydrate, fat, and the macrominerals.
  • malfunctional — Not functioning as intended.
  • malfunctioned — Simple past tense and past participle of malfunction.
  • mango chutney — chutney which contains or is made from the fruit mango
  • manon lescaut — a novel (1731) by Antoine François Prévost.
  • manufactories — Plural form of manufactory.
  • matriculation — to enroll in a college or university as a candidate for a degree.
  • matriculatory — relating to matriculation
  • mayor's court — a city court presided over by a mayor.
  • meat products — foods that consist of or contain meat
  • medicamentous — of or relating to medicaments
  • medium octavo — a size of book, about 6 × 9½ inches (15 × 24 cm), untrimmed. Abbreviation: medium 8vo.
  • memo function — (programming)   (Or "memoised function") A function that remembers which arguments it has been called with and the result returned and, if called with the same arguments again, returns the result from its memory rather than recalculating it. Memo functions were invented by Professor Donald Michie of Edinburgh University. The idea was further developed by Robin Popplestone in his Pop2 language long before it was ever worked into LISP. This same principle is found at the hardware level in computer architectures which use a cache to store recently accessed memory locations. A Common Lisp package by Marty Hall <[email protected]> ftp://archive.cs.umbc.edu/pub/Memoization.
  • mescal button — one of the dried, buttonlike tops of a mescal of the genus Lophophora, used as a hallucinogen, especially by certain Indians of Mexico and the southwestern U.S. during religious ceremonies; peyote.
  • metafunctions — Plural form of metafunction.
  • microcircuits — Plural form of microcircuit.
  • microcomputer — a compact computer, with less capacity and capability than a minicomputer, consisting of a microprocessor and other components.
  • microcultural — Of or pertaining to a microculture.
  • micronucleate — having a micronucleus.
  • micronutrient — an essential nutrient, as a trace mineral or vitamin, that is required by an organism in minute amounts.
  • micropuncture — the puncture of a cell, renal tubule, etc., by a laser beam or micropipette
  • military coup — a coup organized and carried out by members of the armed forces
  • milk products — dairy produce, items made with milk
  • minicomputers — a computer with processing and storage capabilities smaller than those of a mainframe but larger than those of a microcomputer.
  • miscalculator — A person who miscalculates.
  • misconjecture — the formation or expression of an opinion or theory without sufficient evidence for proof.
  • misconstruing — Present participle of misconstrue.
  • missouri city — a city in SE Texas.
  • monodactylous — having only one digit or claw.
  • mononucleated — having a single nucleus
  • monster truck — a pick-up truck with extremely large tyres, often used for racing over rough terrain
  • mosquito coil — a spiral coil which burns slowly and releases a smoke that prevents mosquitoes from biting
  • mother church — a church from which other churches have had their origin or derived their authority.
  • motherfucking — a mean, despicable, or vicious person.
  • mount clemens — a city in SE Michigan.
  • moustache cup — mustache cup.
  • mucocutaneous — Of or pertaining to the mucous membranes and the skin.
  • multi-product — a thing produced by labor: products of farm and factory; the product of his thought.
  • multi-section — a part that is cut off or separated.
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