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- mastigium — an extensible, lashlike, anal organ in certain caterpillars.
- mastigure — Any of the spiny-tailed lizards of the genus Uromastyx.
- mastocyte — Mast cell.
- mastodons — Plural form of mastodon.
- mastodont — Mastodon.
- mastoidal — Mastoid.
- mastology — Mammalogy.
- mastopexy — fixation of a pendulous breast.
- mat grass — a widespread perennial European grass, Nardus stricta, with dense tufts of bristly leaves, characteristic of peaty moors
- matelasse — an embossed, compound fabric woven on a dobby or Jacquard loom.
- may i ask — You can say 'may I ask' as a formal way of asking a question, which shows you are annoyed or suspicious about something.
- mcglashan — Don(ald). born 1959, New Zealand musician and songwriter in the bands Blam Blam Blam, the Front Lawn, and the Mutton Birds
- measurers — Plural form of measurer.
- measuring — Ascertain the size, amount, or degree of (something) by using an instrument or device marked in standard units or by comparing it with an object of known size.
- megabases — Plural form of megabase.
- megamaser — (astronomy) Any celestial object exhibiting enormous maser activity.
- megascope — A modification of the magic lantern, used especially for throwing a magnified image of an opaque object on a screen, solar or artificial light being used.
- megaspore — the larger of the two kinds of spores characteristically produced by seed plants and a few fern allies, developing into a female gametophyte. Compare microspore.
- megastars — Plural form of megastar.
- megastore — A very large store, typically one specializing in a particular type of product.
- megastorm — a very powerful storm that causes catastrophic damage
- melanomas — Plural form of melanoma.
- melastome — any of various tropical flowering plants of the family Melastomataceae
- meshugaas — foolishness; insanity; senselessness.
- mesoblast — the mesoderm.
- metabasis — (rhetoric) A change from one subject to another.
- metaclass — (programming) The class of a class in an object-oriented programming language. A metaclass is a class whose instances are themselves classes. Typically there will only be one metaclass, called "Class" or similar, which is the class of all classes including itself. In some languages there will be no metaclass. The idea of a metaclass is closely associated with introspection - the ability of a program to access the structure and logic of itself or other programs.
- metaphase — the stage in mitosis or meiosis in which the duplicated chromosomes line up along the equatorial plate of the spindle.
- metaplasm — Cell Biology. the nonliving matter or inclusions, as starch or pigments, within a cell.
- metascope — a device for converting infrared radiation into visible light.
- methylase — any of a class of enzymes that catalyse methylation
- miasmatic — noxious exhalations from putrescent organic matter; poisonous effluvia or germs polluting the atmosphere.
- midas-www — (web) A Motif-based browser for WWW based on the Midas toolkit.
- midseason — The middle part of a season, such as a sporting, television, or growing season.
- milktoast — milquetoast.
- minibeast — (informal) An insect / bug etc.
- misassign — to give or allocate; allot: to assign rooms at a hotel.
- misfeasor — a person who is guilty of misfeasance.
- mishegaas — meshugaas.
- misphrase — to phrase badly or incorrectly
- misplease — (transitive) To fail in pleasing; displease.
- mixmaster — a disc jockey
- mizenmast — Alternative spelling of mizzenmast.
- mocassins — Plural form of mocassin.
- moccasins — Plural form of moccasin.
- mold wash — a coating applied in liquid form to walls of a mold cavity.
- monastery — a house or place of residence occupied by a community of persons, especially monks, living in seclusion under religious vows.
- monastics — Plural form of monastic.
- monastral — denoting certain fast pigments used in paints and inks, derived from phthalocyanine
- monobasic — Chemistry. (of an acid) containing one replaceable hydrogen atom.