8-letter words starting with met
- meta bit — (character) The most-signigicant bit of an 8-bit character, which is on in character values 128--255. Also called the high bit, "alt bit" (alternate bit) or hobbit. Some terminals and consoles (see space-cadet keyboard) have a META shift key. Others (including, *mirabile dictu*, keyboards on IBM PC-class machines) have an ALT key. See also bucky bits. Historical note: although, in modern usage shaped by a universe of 8-bit bytes, the meta bit is invariably hex 80 (octal 0200), things were different on earlier machines with 36-bit words and 9-bit bytes. The MIT and Stanford keyboards (see space-cadet keyboard) generated hex 100 (octal 400) from their meta keys.
- meta tag — META element
- metablog — (neologism, Internet) a blog about blogs.
- metabola — (in the plural, entomology) Insects that metamorphose.
- metabole — Alternative spelling of metabola.
- metaboly — the ability of some cells, esp protozoans, to alter their shape
- metacard — A commercial human interface and hypertext system for Unix and the X Window System, similar to Hypercard.
- metadata — A set of data that describes and gives information about other data.
- metafile — (graphics, file format) 1. An image file format for transport between different machines, often as a device independent bitmap. 2. A functional specification for encoding computer graphics for later display on some suitable device.
- metafont — A system for the design of raster-based alphabets by Donald Knuth. A companion to TeX.
- metagame — A game about games; a game based on exploiting the rules etc. of some other game, at a higher level than simply playing the game normally.
- metairie — an area of land held under the metayage system
- metaling — any of a class of elementary substances, as gold, silver, or copper, all of which are crystalline when solid and many of which are characterized by opacity, ductility, conductivity, and a unique luster when freshly fractured.
- metalist — a person who works with metals.
- metalize — to make metallic; give the characteristics of metal to.
- metalled — any of a class of elementary substances, as gold, silver, or copper, all of which are crystalline when solid and many of which are characterized by opacity, ductility, conductivity, and a unique luster when freshly fractured.
- metaller — (music, informal) One who listens to metal music.
- metallic — of, relating to, or consisting of metal.
- metallo- — denoting metal
- metamale — a sterile male organism, esp a fruit fly (Drosophila) that has one X chromosome and three sets of autosomes
- metamere — a somite.
- metamers — a compound exhibiting metamerism with one or more other compounds.
- metamict — of or denoting the amorphous state of a substance that has lost its crystalline structure as a result of the radioactivity of uranium or thorium within it
- metanira — queen of Eleusis, who took Demeter in to nurse her child.
- metanoia — a profound, usually spiritual, transformation; conversion.
- metaphor — a figure of speech in which a term or phrase is applied to something to which it is not literally applicable in order to suggest a resemblance, as in “A mighty fortress is our God.”. Compare mixed metaphor, simile (def 1).
- metasoma — the posterior part of an arachnid's abdomen (opisthosoma) that never carries appendages
- metayage — the system of agriculture based on the use of métayers.
- metazoal — a zoological group comprising the multicellular animals.
- metazoan — a zoological group comprising the multicellular animals.
- metazoic — Of, or relating to the metazoa.
- metazoon — (zoology) One of the Metazoa.
- mete out — inflict: punishment
- meteoric — of, relating to, or consisting of meteors.
- meterage — the practice of measuring; measurement.
- metering — an instrument for measuring, especially one that automatically measures and records the quantity of something, as of gas, water, miles, or time, when it is activated.
- methadon — a synthetic narcotic, C 2 1 H 2 8 ClNO, similar to morphine but effective orally, used in the relief of pain and as a heroin substitute in the treatment of heroin addiction.
- methanal — formaldehyde.
- methanol — methyl alcohol.
- methinks — It seems to me.
- methodic — performed, disposed, or acting in a systematic way; systematic; orderly: a methodical person.
- methoxyl — containing the methoxy group.
- methylal — a colorless, flammable, volatile liquid, C 3 H 8 O 2 , having a chloroformlike odor, used chiefly as a solvent, in perfumery, and in organic synthesis.
- methylic — of, relating to, or characteristic of the methyl group.
- methysis — drunkenness
- meticais — Plural form of metical.
- metonomy — Misspelling of metonymy.
- metonyms — Plural form of metonym.
- metonymy — a figure of speech that consists of the use of the name of one object or concept for that of another to which it is related, or of which it is a part, as “scepter” for “sovereignty,” or “the bottle” for “strong drink,” or “count heads (or noses)” for “count people.”.
- metopism — a congenital disfigurement of the forehead in which the frontal suture, which normally undergoes closure during childhood, persists
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