10-letter words containing as
- metaphasic — Relating to metaphase.
- metaphrase — a literal translation.
- metaphrast — a person who translates or changes a literary work from one form to another, as prose into verse.
- metaplasia — the transformation of one type of tissue into another.
- metaplasis — the second of three stages of ontogenetic development proposed by Ernst Heinrich Haeckel, in which the development of the individual is complete
- metastable — Metallurgy. chemically unstable in the absence of certain conditions that would induce stability, but not liable to spontaneous transformation.
- metastably — In a metastable way.
- metastases — (medicine) Plural form of metastasis.
- metastasio — (Pietro Antonio Domenico Bonaventura Trapassi) 1698–1782, Italian poet and dramatist.
- metastasis — Pathology. the transference of disease-producing organisms or of malignant or cancerous cells to other parts of the body by way of the blood or lymphatic vessels or membranous surfaces. the condition produced by this.
- metastatic — Pathology. the transference of disease-producing organisms or of malignant or cancerous cells to other parts of the body by way of the blood or lymphatic vessels or membranous surfaces. the condition produced by this.
- metasyntax — (grammar) Syntax used to describe syntax. The best known example is BNF and its variants such as EBNF. A metasyntactic variable is a variable used in metasyntax.
- miaskovsky — Nikolai Yakovlevich [nik-uh-lahy;; Russian nyi-kuh-lahy yuh-kaw-vlyuh-vyich] /ˈnɪk əˌlaɪ;; Russian nyɪ kʌˈlaɪ yʌˈkɔ vlyə vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1881–1950, Russian composer.
- miasmatous — producing a miasma
- michaelmas — a festival celebrated on September 29 in honor of the archangel Michael.
- mid-mashie — a club with an iron head the face of which has more slope than a midiron but less slope than a mashie iron.
- mid-season — the middle of a season of the year or of a sporting season
- milk glass — an opaque white glass.
- milk-toast — easily dominated; extremely mild; ineffectual; namby-pamby; wishy-washy.
- minibeasts — Plural form of minibeast.
- misfashion — To form or fashion wrongly.
- mishmashes — Plural form of mishmash.
- mismeasure — a unit or standard of measurement: weights and measures.
- mistassini — a lake in E Canada, in Quebec province. 840 sq. mi. (2176 sq. km).
- mizzenmast — the third mast from forward in a vessel having three or more masts.
- moccasined — Wearing moccasins.
- molasseses — (nonstandard,proscribed) Plural form of molasses.
- monastical — Alternative form of monastic.
- monegasque — a native or inhabitant of Monaco
- moniliasis — (formerly) candidiasis.
- monochasia — Plural form of monochasium.
- monodramas — Plural form of monodrama.
- monomanias — Plural form of monomania.
- monophasia — (pathology) A type of aphasia where the sufferer is only able to speak a single word or sentence.
- monophasic — having one phase.
- moor grass — a grass characteristic of moors, esp purple moor grass (Molinia caerulea) of heath and fenland and blue moor grass (Sesleria caerulea) of limestone uplands
- most-asper — harsh; rough.
- muff glass — sheet glass made from a blown cylinder (muff) that is split and flattened.
- multiflash — (of a photographic image) created using several flashes in quick succession in order to depict the successive stages of a movement or action sequence
- multiphase — having many phases, stages, aspects, or the like.
- mushy peas — dried peas that have been soaked, boiled and mashed - often eaten with fish and chips
- music case — a kind of briefcase for carrying sheet music
- myasthenia — muscle weakness.
- myasthenic — Of, pertaining to, or suffering from myasthenia.
- mycoplasma — any of numerous parasitic microorganisms of the class Mollicutes, comprising the smallest self-reproducing prokaryotes, lacking a true cell wall and able to survive without oxygen: a common cause of pneumonia and urinary tract infections.
- myeloblast — an immature myelocyte.
- myoblastic — of or relating to a myoblast or myoblasts
- myofascial — Of or relating to the layer of loose tissue (fascia) surrounding the muscle tissues.
- mythoclast — a destroyer or debunker of myths.
- nabonassar — died 733? b.c, king of Babylon 747?–733?.