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  • machine washable — suitable for washing in a washing machine
  • machine-readable — of or relating to data encoded on an appropriate medium and in a form suitable for processing by computer.
  • machinist's mate — a petty officer trained to operate, repair, etc. ships' engines
  • magical thinking — a conviction that thinking is equivalent to doing, occurring in dreams, the thought patterns of children, and some types of mental disorders, especially obsessive-compulsive disorder.
  • magnesiochromite — (mineral) A chromite species with the formula MgCr2O4.
  • magnetochemistry — the study of magnetic and chemical phenomena in their relation to one another.
  • main chance, the — one's own advantage or self-interest
  • maleic anhydride — a colorless crystalline, unsaturated compound, C 4 H 2 O 3 , that is soluble in acetone and hydrolyzes in water: used in the production of polyester resins, pesticides, and fumaric and tartaric acids.
  • mandarin chinese — the official language of China since 1917; the form of Chinese spoken by about two thirds of the population and taught in schools throughout China
  • marsh cinquefoil — a variety of cinquefoil, Potentilla palustris, that grows in marshy areas
  • matrix mechanics — a formulation of non-relativistic quantum mechanics in which physical quantities are represented by matrices and matrix algebra is used to predict the outcome of physical measurements.
  • mechanochemistry — the field of chemistry that deals with the direct conversion of chemical into mechanical energy.
  • mechanoreception — The action of a mechanoreceptor.
  • mechanoreceptive — Responsive to mechanical stimuli such as sound and touch.
  • medieval cornish — the Cornish language of the Middle Ages, usually dated from the 14th century to 1600.
  • memoria technica — a method or device for assisting the memory
  • merchant service — A merchant service is a provider of credit card processing services.
  • mexican hairless — one of a breed of small dogs having no hair except for a tuft on the top of the head and a little fuzz on the lower part of the tail.
  • microangiopathic — Of, pertaining to or accompanied by microangiopathy.
  • mineral charcoal — a fibrous substance resembling charcoal and having a high carbon content, often occurring in thin layers in bituminous coal.
  • misanthropically — In a misanthropic manner.
  • missile launcher — system that fires missiles
  • mit lisp machine — Lisp Machine
  • mnemotechnically — In a mnemotechnic manner; using mnemotechny.
  • monochromaticity — of or having one color.
  • monotheistically — In a monotheistic manner.
  • moulding machine — a machine for pressing sand into a mould
  • multi-way branch — switch statement
  • munching squares — A display hack dating back to the PDP-1 (ca. 1962, reportedly discovered by Jackson Wright), which employs a trivial computation (repeatedly plotting the graph Y = X XOR T for successive values of T - see HAKMEM items 146--148) to produce an impressive display of moving and growing squares that devour the screen. The initial value of T is treated as a parameter, which, when well-chosen, can produce amazing effects. Some of these, later (re)discovered on the LISP Machine, have been christened "munching triangles" (try AND for XOR and toggling points instead of plotting them), "munching w's", and "munching mazes". More generally, suppose a graphics program produces an impressive and ever-changing display of some basic form, foo, on a display terminal, and does it using a relatively simple program; then the program (or the resulting display) is likely to be referred to as "munching foos". [This is a good example of the use of the word foo as a metasyntactic variable.]
  • nanotechnologies — Plural form of nanotechnology.
  • nanotechnologist — Someone who does research into nanotechnology; someone studying things on the scale of nanometers.
  • narcotics charge — a criminal charge or accusation concerning the use or dealing of illegal drugs
  • national charter — the principles or movement of a party of political reformers, chiefly workingmen, in England from 1838 to 1848: so called from the document (People's Charter or National Charter) that contained a statement of their principles and demands.
  • neo-christianity — any interpretation of Christianity based on the prevalent philosophy of a given period.
  • nephrocalcinosis — (medicine) The deposition of calcium salts in the renal parenchyma due to hyperparathyroidism.
  • neurasthenically — In a neurasthenic way.
  • neuropsychiatric — Of or pertaining to neuropsychiatry; simultaneously neurological and psychiatric.
  • nicholas of cusa — 1401–64, German cardinal, philosopher, and mathematician: anticipated Copernicus in asserting that the earth revolves around the sun
  • non-alphabetical — in the order of the letters of the alphabet: alphabetical arrangement.
  • non-cohabitation — to live together as if married, usually without legal or religious sanction.
  • non-geographical — of or relating to geography.
  • non-hierarchical — of, belonging to, or characteristic of a hierarchy.
  • non-metaphysical — pertaining to or of the nature of metaphysics.
  • nonarchitectural — Not architectural.
  • nonharmonic tone — a tone sounding with a chord of which it is not a chord tone.
  • nonphysiological — of or relating to physiology.
  • north carolinian — a state in the SE United States, on the Atlantic coast. 52,586 sq. mi. (136,198 sq. km). Capital: Raleigh. Abbreviation: NC (for use with zip code), N.C.
  • nucleophilically — In a nucleophilic manner.
  • ohmic resistance — resistance (def 3a).
  • open scholarship — a scholarship which anyone can apply for
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