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- mason-dixon line — the boundary between Pennsylvania and Maryland, partly surveyed by Charles Mason and Jeremiah Dixon between 1763 and 1767, popularly considered before the end of slavery as a line of demarcation between free and slave states.
- mass destruction — devastation on a large scale
- mass observation — the study of the social habits of people through observation, interviews, etc
- mechanochemistry — the field of chemistry that deals with the direct conversion of chemical into mechanical energy.
- medieval cornish — the Cornish language of the Middle Ages, usually dated from the 14th century to 1600.
- megacorporations — Plural form of megacorporation.
- megasporogenesis — the formation and development of megaspores.
- menstrual period — the bleeding from the womb that occurs approximately monthly in nonpregnant women of reproductive age
- mercator sailing — sailing according to rhumb lines, which appear as straight lines on a Mercator chart.
- meretriciousness — alluring by a show of flashy or vulgar attractions; tawdry.
- metamorphosising — Present participle of metamorphosise.
- mexican standoff — a stalemate or impasse; a confrontation that neither side can win.
- microaggressions — Plural form of microaggression.
- microconstituent — a microscopically small constituent of a metal or alloy.
- microcrystalline — minutely crystalline; composed of microscopic crystals.
- microelectronics — the technology dealing with the design, development, and construction of electronic systems utilizing extremely small elements, especially solid-state devices employing microminiaturization.
- microencapsulate — (transitive) To embed by means of microencapsulation.
- microenterprises — Plural form of microenterprise.
- microtransmitter — a small electronic device which transmits television or radio signals
- middle stone age — the Mesolithic period.
- milk of magnesia — a milky white suspension in water of magnesium hydroxide, Mg (OH) 2 , used as an antacid or laxative.
- mineral deposits — amounts of minerals that occur naturally in particular areas
- minerva software — A company producing software for the Acorn Archimedes.
- misapprehensions — Plural form of misapprehension.
- miscomprehension — the act or process of comprehending.
- miss one's guess — to fail to guess or predict accurately
- missionary ridge — a ridge in NW Georgia and SE Tennessee: Civil War battle 1863.
- misspecification — An incorrect specification.
- modern synthesis — a consolidation of the results of various lines of investigation from the 1920s through the 1950s that supported and reconciled the Darwinian theory of evolution and the Mendelian laws of inheritance in terms of natural selection acting on genetic variation.
- monkey's wedding — a combination of sunshine and light rain
- monoline insurer — insurer who pays the principal and interest on a bond in the event of a default
- monotheistically — In a monotheistic manner.
- montes apenninus — a mountain range in the first and second quadrants of the visible face of the moon, forming the SE border of Mare Imbrium: about 600 miles (970 km) long.
- morning sickness — nausea occurring in the early part of the day, especially as a characteristic symptom in the first months of pregnancy.
- mos technologies — MOS Technology
- mosquito netting — netting used in the making of mosquito nets.
- most wanted list — an actual or supposed listing of the names of persons who are urgently being sought for a specific reason, as apprehension for an alleged crime.
- mothering sunday — Laetare Sunday.
- moulding process — the process of shaping or compacting a material into a frame or mould
- mourne mountains — a mountain range in SE Northern Ireland. Highest peak: Slieve Donard, 853 m (2798 ft)
- mourning clothes — clothes worn as a symbol of grief at a bereavement, esp black clothes
- mousseline sauce — a light sauce, made by adding whipped cream or egg whites to hollandaise sauce
- movies on demand — Movies on demand is a service that allows you to choose and watch a movie on your television.
- moving staircase — Also called moving staircase, moving stairway. a continuously moving stairway on an endless loop for carrying passengers up or down.
- multidimensional — Mathematics. a property of space; extension in a given direction: A straight line has one dimension, a parallelogram has two dimensions, and a parallelepiped has three dimensions. the generalization of this property to spaces with curvilinear extension, as the surface of a sphere. the generalization of this property to vector spaces and to Hilbert space. the generalization of this property to fractals, which can have dimensions that are noninteger real numbers. extension in time: Space-time has three dimensions of space and one of time.
- multifariousness — (uncountable) The characteristic of being multifarious.
- multiple fission — fission into more than two new organisms.
- musique concrete — tape-recorded musical and natural sounds, often electronically distorted, arranged in planned combinations, sequences, and rhythmic patterns to create an artistic work.
- muskegon heights — a city in W Michigan, on Lake Michigan.
- mutation testing — (testing) A method to determine test set thoroughness by measuring the extent to which a test set can discriminate the program from slight variants of the program.