9-letter words starting with me
- mesogloea — the noncellular, gelatinous material between the inner and outer body walls of a coelenterate or sponge.
- mesomorph — a person of the mesomorphic type.
- mesopause — the boundary or transition zone between the mesosphere and the ionosphere. Compare mesosphere (def 1).
- mesophile — mesophilic.
- mesophyll — the parenchyma, usually containing chlorophyll, that forms the interior parts of a leaf.
- mesophyte — a plant growing under conditions of well-balanced moisture supply.
- mesoscale — pertaining to meteorological phenomena, such as wind circulation and cloud patterns, that are about 1–100 km (0.6–60 miles) in horizontal extent.
- mesosomes — Plural form of mesosome.
- mesquites — Plural form of mesquite.
- mess call — a bugle call for mess.
- mess deck — the part of a ship for crew members to relax, sleep, and eat
- mess gear — mess kit.
- mess hall — a place in which a group eats regularly, especially a dining hall in a military camp, post, etc.
- mess with — a dirty, untidy, or disordered condition: The room was in a mess.
- messaging — a communication containing some information, news, advice, request, or the like, sent by messenger, telephone, email, or other means.
- messalian — Euchite.
- messalina — Valeria, died a.d. 48, third wife of Claudius I.
- messaline — a thin, soft silk with a twill or satin weave.
- messapian — an Indo-European language that was spoken in what is now SE Italy and written with an alphabet derived from that of Greek.
- messed up — beaten up; looking disarrayed.
- messenger — a person who carries a message or goes on an errand for another, especially as a matter of duty or business.
- messianic — the promised and expected deliverer of the Jewish people.
- messieurs — plural of monsieur.
- messiness — characterized by a dirty, untidy, or disordered condition: a messy room.
- messmates — Plural form of messmate.
- messuages — Plural form of messuage.
- mestizoes — Plural form of mestizo.
- mestranol — an estrogen, C 2 1 H 2 6 O 2 , used in oral contraceptives in combination with a progestin.
- mestrovic — Ivan [ahy-vuh n Serbo-Croatian. ee-vahn] /ˈaɪ vən Serbo-Croatian. ˈi vɑn/ (Show IPA), 1883–1962, Yugoslav sculptor, in the U.S. after 1946.
- metabasis — (rhetoric) A change from one subject to another.
- metabatic — Relating to metabasis.
- metabolic — of, relating to, or affected by metabolism.
- metacarpi — Plural form of metacarpus.
- 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.
- metacomet — one of the 12 apostles. Mark 3:18; John 1:43–48; 6:5–7.
- metacryst — a crystal formed by recrystallization of minerals in a metamorphic rock.
- metagnomy — (rare) divination.
- metahuman — Superhuman.
- metalcore — (music) A genre of rock music related to punk and heavy metal.
- metalhead — Slang. a fan of heavy metal music; headbanger.
- metallide — to provide (a metal or alloy) with a diffused coating of a metal or metalloid by electrolysis at high temperature in order to impart a particular surface property to the base metal.
- metalline — metallic.
- metalling — Present participle of metal.
- metallist — a person who works with metals.
- metallize — to make metallic; give the characteristics of metal to.
- metalloid — a nonmetal that in combination with a metal forms an alloy.
- metalmark — any of the small, mostly tropical butterflies of the family Riodinidae, often having metallic-colored flecks on the wings.
- metalogic — the logical analysis of the fundamental concepts of logic.
- metalware — work of metal, especially utensils, flatware, etc.
- metalwork — objects made of metal.