10-letter words containing o, m, t
- mellow out — soft, sweet, and full-flavored from ripeness, as fruit.
- melon foot — a bun foot having vertical channels.
- memoirists — Plural form of memoirist.
- memorative — (obsolete) commemorative.
- mennonites — a member of an evangelical Protestant sect, originating in Europe in the 16th century, that opposes infant baptism, practices baptism of believers only, restricts marriage to members of the denomination, opposes war and bearing arms, and is noted for simplicity of living and plain dress.
- menostaxis — an abnormally prolonged period of menstruation.
- menstruous — pertaining to menstruation.
- mentioners — Plural form of mentioner.
- mentioning — to refer briefly to; name, specify, or speak of: Don't forget to mention her contribution to the project.
- mentorship — a wise and trusted counselor or teacher.
- meritocrat — a member of a meritocracy.
- merozoites — Plural form of merozoite.
- mesenteron — midgut.
- mesoblasts — Plural form of mesoblast.
- mesocratic — (of an igneous rock) composed of light and dark minerals in nearly equal amounts.
- mesokurtic — (of a frequency distribution or its graphical representation) having the same kurtosis as the normal distribution.
- mesolectal — any variety of language in a creole continuum that is intermediate between the basilect and the acrolect.
- mesolithic — of, relating to, or characteristic of a transitional period of the Stone Age intermediate between the Paleolithic and the Neolithic periods, characterized by adaptation to a hunting, collecting, and fishing economy based on the use of forest, lakeside, and seashore environments; Epipaleolithic.
- mesophytes — Plural form of mesophyte.
- mesophytic — Relating to a mesophyte.
- mesorectum — the mesentery of the rectum.
- mesotendon — A vinculum, in vertebrate anatomy.
- mesothelia — Plural form of mesothelium.
- mesothorax — the middle segment of the three divisions of the thorax of an insect, bearing the second pair of legs and the first pair of wings.
- mess about — a dirty, untidy, or disordered condition: The room was in a mess.
- met office — (in Britain) a national weather-forecasting service
- met report — a statement saying what the weather will be like the next day or for the next few days
- metabiosis — a mode of living in which one organism is dependent on another for preparation of an environment in which it can live.
- metabiotic — a mode of living in which one organism is dependent on another for preparation of an environment in which it can live.
- metabolise — Alternative spelling of metabolize.
- metabolism — Biology, Physiology. the sum of the physical and chemical processes in an organism by which its material substance is produced, maintained, and destroyed, and by which energy is made available. Compare anabolism, catabolism.
- metabolite — a product of metabolic action.
- metabolize — (of a body or organ) process (a substance) by metabolism.
- metabolome — (biochemistry, genetics) The complete set of metabolites found in a biological sample; especially that found in a person's body under normal conditions, and when suffering from a disease.
- metagenome — (genetics) all the genetic material present in an environmental sample, consisting of the genomes of many individual organisms.
- metal wood — a structural material consisting of a sheet of metal glued between two veneers or of a veneer glued between two sheets of metal.
- metalloids — Plural form of metalloid.
- metalworks — Plural form of metalwork.
- metaphoric — a figure of speech in which a term or phrase is applied to something to which it is not literally applicable in order to suggest a resemblance, as in “A mighty fortress is our God.”. Compare mixed metaphor, simile (def 1).
- metapodial — (anatomy, zoology) Of or pertaining to the human metacarpal bones (between the wrist and fingers) or the metatarsal bones (between the ankle and toes); of or pertaining to the equivalent bones in animals.
- metapontum — an ancient Greek city in SE Italy, on the Gulf of Taranto: home of Pythagoras in exile.
- metastasio — (Pietro Antonio Domenico Bonaventura Trapassi) 1698–1782, Italian poet and dramatist.
- metatheory — a theory devised to analyze a theory.
- metathorax — the posterior division of the thorax of an insect, bearing the third pair of legs and the second pair of wings.
- meteorites — a mass of stone or metal that has reached the earth from outer space; a fallen meteoroid.
- meteoritic — (astronomy) Of or pertaining to meteorites.
- meteoroids — Plural form of meteoroid.
- meterology — Misspelling of meteorology.
- methanogen — any of a diverse group of widely distributed archaebacteria that occur in anaerobic environments, as the intestinal tracts of animals, freshwater and marine sediments, and sewage, and are capable of producing methane from a limited number of substrates, including carbon dioxide and hydrogen, acetate, and methylamines: an important source of natural gas.
- methanolic — Submersed or dissolved in, or obtained with the use of methanol.