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  • meniscectomy — the surgical excision of a meniscus, as of the knee joint.
  • menstruation — the periodic discharge of blood and mucosal tissue from the uterus, occurring approximately monthly from puberty to menopause in nonpregnant women and females of other primate species.
  • mental block — inability to recall
  • meridionally — In a meridional manner.
  • meroplankton — a floating mass of eggs and larvae of organisms that are nektonic or benthic in their adult stage; temporary plankton.
  • mesoamerican — Alternative form of Mesoamerican.
  • mesoappendix — the mesentery of the vermiform appendix.
  • mesocyclones — Plural form of mesocyclone.
  • mesognathous — having medium, slightly protruding jaws.
  • mesoplankton — plankton that live at middle depths.
  • mesopotamian — an ancient region in W Asia between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers: now part of Iraq.
  • metabolising — Present participle of metabolise.
  • metabolizing — Present participle of metabolize.
  • metabonomics — (biochemistry, genetics) metabolomics.
  • metachronism — An error in chronological ordering in which a character or an event is placed at too late a time.
  • metachronous — Medicine/Medical. occurring at a different time than a similar event: metachronous tumors.
  • metafictions — Plural form of metafiction.
  • metafunction — (computing, programming) A function which calls all the other functions of a certain program; the only function that can be called independently.
  • metagenomics — (genetics) The study of genomes recovered from environmental samples; especially the differentiation of genomes from multiple organisms or individuals, either in a symbiotic relationship, or at a crime scene.
  • metagnathous — Ornithology. having the tips of the mandibles crossed, as the crossbills.
  • metallogenic — relating to metallogeny
  • metallophone — any musical instrument consisting of a graduated series of metal bars that may either be struck by hammers operated manually or played with a keyboard.
  • metalorganic — (chemistry) organometallic.
  • metalworking — the act or technique of making metal objects.
  • methanometer — an instrument that measures the concentration of methane in the air of mines
  • methaqualone — a nonbarbiturate sedative-hypnotic substance, C 1 6 H 1 4 N 2 O, used to induce sleep: also widely used as an illicit drug.
  • metronomical — a mechanical or electrical instrument that makes repeated clicking sounds at an adjustable pace, used for marking rhythm, especially in practicing music.
  • metropolitan — of, noting, or characteristic of a metropolis or its inhabitants, especially in culture, sophistication, or in accepting and combining a wide variety of people, ideas, etc.
  • mexican onyx — a translucent, banded variety of calcite, used for ornamental and decorative pieces.
  • mezzotintoed — Simple past tense and past participle of mezzotinto.
  • michel baron — Michel [mee-shel] /miˈʃɛl/ (Show IPA), (Michel Boyron) 1653–1729, French actor.
  • michelangelo — (Michelangelo Buonarroti) 1475–1564, Italian sculptor, painter, architect, and poet.
  • microbalance — a balance for weighing minute quantities of material.
  • microbrewing — Small-scale commercial brewing, as carried out in a microbrewery.
  • microcentury — One CS professor used to characterise the standard length of his lectures as a microcentury - that is, about 52.6 minutes (see also attoparsec, nanoacre, and especially microfortnight).
  • microelement — Trace element.
  • microfinance — (finance) Finance that is provided to unemployed or low-income people or groups.
  • microgranite — an igneous rock with an identical composition and mineral content to granite, but having a finer texture
  • microinsurer — (insurance) An insurer providing microinsurance, small low-cost policies aimed at underserved groups.
  • microlending — the lending of very small amounts of money at low interest, especially to a start-up company or self-employed person.
  • micromanaged — Simple past tense and past participle of micromanage.
  • micromanager — One who micromanages.
  • micronucleus — the smaller of the two types of nuclei occurring in ciliate protozoans.
  • micropayment — A very small payment made each time a user accesses an Internet page or service.
  • microplanner — A subset of PLANNER, implemented in Lisp by Gerald Sussman et al at MIT. Its important features were goal-oriented, pattern-directed procedure invocation, an embedded knowledge base, and automatic backtracking. microPLANNER was superseded by Conniver.
  • microprinted — printed in microprint
  • microseconds — Plural form of microsecond.
  • microsegment — a stretch of speech preceded and followed but not interrupted by juncture.
  • microsurgeon — a person who performs microsurgery
  • midafternoon — the part of the afternoon centering approximately on three o'clock; the period approximately halfway between noon and sunset.
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