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- legacy system — (jargon) A computer system or application program which continues to be used because of the cost of replacing or redesigning it and often despite its poor competitiveness and compatibility with modern equivalents. The implication is that the system is large, monolithic and difficult to modify. If legacy software only runs on antiquated hardware the cost of maintaining this may eventually outweigh the cost of replacing both the software and hardware unless some form of emulation or backward compatibility allows the software to run on new hardware.
- leiomyomatous — a benign tumor composed of nonstriated muscular tissue.
- lymphadenitis — inflammation of a lymphatic gland.
- magisterially — In a magisterial manner; authoritatively.
- martyrologies — Plural form of martyrology.
- mass hysteria — a condition affecting a group of persons, characterized by excitement or anxiety, irrational behavior or beliefs, or inexplicable symptoms of illness.
- master policy — a single policy covering a group of people, typically employees of a company, issued to an employer.
- mastoidectomy — the removal of part of a mastoid process, usually for draining an infection.
- measurability — capable of being measured.
- megasporocyte — a diploid cell in plants that undergoes meiosis to create four haploid megaspores.
- mensurability — The quality of being mensurable.
- mesaticephaly — the state or condition of being mesaticephalic or mesocephalic
- meta-analysis — a research study that combines and analyzes statistics gathered from multiple independent studies
- metaphysician — a person who creates or develops metaphysical theories.
- metaphysicist — a person who creates or develops metaphysical theories.
- metaphysicize — to think, write, etc, metaphysically
- metastability — An unstable but potentially long-lived state of a system; for example, a supersaturated solution or an excited atom.
- methylsulfate — a colorless or yellow, slightly water-soluble, poisonous liquid, (CH 3) 2 SO 2 , used chiefly in organic synthesis.
- micropayments — Plural form of micropayment.
- military base — a facility for the storage of military equipment and the training of soldiers
- ministerially — In the character or capacity of a minister.
- mixed crystal — a crystal consisting of a solid solution of two or more distinct compounds
- modesty panel — a panel across the front of a desk, especially an office desk, designed to conceal the legs of a person seated at it.
- money matters — issues concerning finances or money, esp your own finances or money
- mount stanley — a mountain in central Africa, between Uganda and the Democratic Republic of Congo: the highest peak of the Ruwenzori range. Height: 5109 m (16 763 ft)
- multisyllable — polysyllable.
- musicotherapy — the treatment of mental disorders with music
- mycetophagous — That feeds on fungi.
- myelin sheath — a wrapping of myelin around certain nerve axons, serving as an electrical insulator that speeds nerve impulses to muscles and other effectors.
- myelinisation — Alt form myelinization.
- mythographies — Plural form of mythography.
- nanochemistry — (chemistry) The synthesis, analysis and characterization of chemical compounds at the nanoscale.
- nonsystematic — Not systematic.
- party manners — polite behaviour
- payment terms — the terms or conditions concerning the payment of something
- plastic money — credit cards, used instead of cash
- plethysmogram — the recording of a plethysmograph.
- pneumatolysis — the process by which rocks are altered or minerals and ores are formed by the action of vapors given off by magma.
- portal system — a vascular arrangement in which blood from the capillaries of one organ is transported to the capillaries of another organ by a connecting vein or veins.
- postvasectomy — of or occurring in the period after a vasectomy
- primary tense — in Latin, Greek, and Sanskrit, a tense referring to present or future time
- prostatectomy — excision of part or all of the prostate gland.
- pythian games — (in ancient Greece) the second most important Panhellenic festival, celebrated in the third year of each Olympiad near Delphi. The four-year period between celebrations was known as a Pythiad (ˈpɪθɪˌæd )
- remonstrantly — in a remonstrant or opposing manner
- remonstratory — characterized by protest or expostulation
- resystematize — to systematize again
- saccharimetry — the process of measuring the amount of sugar in a sample, as with a saccharimeter or by polarimetry.
- saccharometry — the process of determining the quantity of sugar in a solution
- sacramentally — of, relating to, or of the nature of a sacrament, especially the sacrament of the Eucharist.
- safety helmet — protective hard hat