9-letter words starting with me
- megaliter — Alternative spelling of megalitre One million liters.
- megaliths — Plural form of megalith.
- megalitre — A unit of volume equivalent to 1000000 litres. Symbol: Ml.
- megalodon — Any of a group of extinct sharks from the Oligocene to Pleistocene epochs.
- megalopia — macropsia.
- megalopic — having large eyes
- megamaser — (astronomy) Any celestial object exhibiting enormous maser activity.
- megameter — Alternative spelling of megametre.
- megametre — A distance of 1,000 km. Symbol: Mm.
- megamouth — The megamouth shark.
- megapenny — /meg'*-pen"ee/ $10,000 (1 cent * 10^6). Used semi-humorously as a unit in comparing computer cost and performance figures.
- megaphone — a cone-shaped device for magnifying or directing the voice, chiefly used in addressing a large audience out of doors or in calling to someone at a distance. Compare bullhorn.
- megaphyll — the relatively large type of leaf produced by ferns and seed plants
- megapixel — a unit equal to one million pixels, used to measure the resolution of a digital image: My camera has a resolution of 12 megapixels.
- megapodes — Plural form of megapode.
- megapolis — megalopolis.
- megaquake — an earthquake of exceptional destructive power, esp one with a magnitude of 8 or greater, which may generate a tsunami
- 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
- megathere — any of the huge, slothlike animals of the extinct genus Megatherium, or closely related genera, that lived from the Oligocene to the Pleistocene epochs.
- megatherm — a plant requiring a constant high temperature and abundant moisture for growth.
- megatonic — one million tons.
- megatrend — a major trend or movement.
- megavolts — Plural form of megavolt.
- megawatts — Plural form of megawatt.
- megestrol — A steroidal progestin.
- meghalaya — a state in NE India. 8660 sq. mi. (22,429 sq. km). Capital: Shillong.
- megillahs — Plural form of megillah.
- megilloth — Slang. a lengthy, detailed explanation or account: Just give me the facts, not the whole megillah. a lengthy and tediously complicated situation or matter.
- meibomian — Alternative form of Meibomian.
- meiofauna — Minute interstitial animals living in soil and aquatic sediments.
- meiospore — a haploid spore resulting from meiosis
- mekometer — a device that accurately measures distance by measuring the polarization of a reflected beam of light
- melaleuca — any of various chiefly Australian shrubs or trees belonging to the genus Melaleuca, of the myrtle family, including the cajeput and several species of bottlebrush.
- melampode — the black hellebore, Helleborus niger
- melanesia — one of the three principal divisions of Oceania, comprising the island groups in the S Pacific NE of Australia.
- melanitic — containing, or relating to, melanite
- melanomas — Plural form of melanoma.
- melanosis — abnormal deposition or development of black or dark pigment in the tissues.
- melanotic — of or affected with melanosis.
- melanuria — the presence of melanin in urine
- melanuric — relating to melanuria
- melaphyre — a type of dark igneous rock embedded with feldspar crystals, related to basalt.
- melastome — any of various tropical flowering plants of the family Melastomataceae
- melatonin — a hormone secreted by the pineal gland in inverse proportion to the amount of light received by the retina, important in the regulation of biorhythms: in amphibians, it causes a lightening of the skin.
- melbourne — the ancient Roman goddess of victory, identified with the Greek goddess Nike.
- meliorate — (transitive) To make better, to improve; to heal or solve a problem.