11-letter words starting with met
- metapsychic — relating to metapsychics
- metasequoia — a tall deciduous coniferous tree, Metasequoia glyptostrobodes, first known as a fossil and then discovered alive in China.
- metasomatic — Of or pertaining to metasomatism.
- metastasise — Pathology. (of malignant cells or disease-producing organisms) to spread to other parts of the body by way of the blood or lymphatic vessels or membranous surfaces.
- metastasize — Pathology. (of malignant cells or disease-producing organisms) to spread to other parts of the body by way of the blood or lymphatic vessels or membranous surfaces.
- metastatize — (rare, of a, disease, especially, cancer) To metastasize.
- metatarsals — Plural form of metatarsal.
- metatextual — Of or pertaining to metatextuality.
- metatheatre — Self-referential drama.
- metatherian — belonging or pertaining to the group Metatheria, comprising the marsupial mammals.
- metathesize — (linguistics) To undergo or to subject to metathesis; of sounds, to switch positions in a word.
- metatrophic — requiring dead organic matter for food.
- metavanadic — designating or relating to an acid, HVO4, that is an oxyacid of vanadium
- metchnikoff — Élie [French ey-lee] /French eɪˈli/ (Show IPA), (Ilya Ilyich Mechnikov) 1845–1916, Russian zoologist and bacteriologist in France: Nobel Prize in medicine 1908.
- metempirics — the philosophy dealing with the existence of things outside, or beyond, experience.
- meteoritics — the science that deals with meteors.
- meteorogram — a record made by a meteorograph.
- meteoroidal — (astronomy) Of or pertaining to meteoroids. (from 19th c.).
- meteorolite — A meteoric stone; an aerolite or meteorite.
- meteorology — the science dealing with the atmosphere and its phenomena, including weather and climate.
- meter marks — special markings stamped onto privately franked mail by a machine
- methacrylic — denoting a type of acid
- methanation — the process of converting a mixture, as of hydrogen and carbon monoxide, into methane.
- methanogens — Plural form of methanogen.
- methanolate — Methoxide.
- metharbital — A barbiturate anticonvulsant used in the treatment of epilepsy.
- methenamine — hexamethylenetetramine.
- methicillin — a semisynthetic penicillin antibiotic, C 1 7 H 1 9 N 2 NaO 6 S, used principally in the treatment of severe, penicillin-resistant staphylococci infections.
- methimazole — a white crystalline substance, C 4 H 6 N 2 S, that inhibits thyroxin synthesis, used in the treatment of hyperthyroidism.
- methodistic — Of or relating to methodists, or the Methodists.
- methodizing — Present participle of methodize.
- methodology — a set or system of methods, principles, and rules for regulating a given discipline, as in the arts or sciences.
- methoxsalen — a potent compound, C 1 2 H 8 O 4 , derived from the seeds of the plant Ammi majus: used in combination with certain ultraviolet radiation for the treatment of severe psoriasis.
- methylamine — any of three derivatives of ammonia in which one or all of the hydrogen atoms are replaced by methyl groups, especially a gas, CH 5 N, with an ammonialike odor, the simplest alkyl derivative of ammonia and, like the latter, forming a series of salts.
- methylating — Present participle of methylate.
- methylation — the process of replacing a hydrogen atom with a methyl group.
- methylidene — (organic chemistry) The CH2= radical in which the free valences are part of a double bond.
- metonymical — having the nature of metonymy.
- metoposcopy — the prediction of a person's fortune, or the reading of a person's character, through the examination of the forehead or face
- metric mile — a measure of distance equal to 1,500 meters
- metrication — the act, process, or result of establishing the metric system as the standard system of measurement.
- metrifonate — an organophosphorus compound, C 4 H 8 Cl 3 O 4 P, used as an insecticide and anthelmintic.
- metrologies — Plural form of metrology.
- metrologist — the science of weights and measures.
- metrosexual — a heterosexual, usually urban male who pays much attention to his personal appearance and cultivates an upscale lifestyle.
- metternichs — Prince Klemens Wenzel Nepomuk Lothar von [kley-mens ven-tsuh l ney-paw-moo k loh-tahr fuh n,, loh-tahr] /ˈkleɪ mɛns ˈvɛn tsəl ˈneɪ pɔ mʊk ˈloʊ tɑr fən,, loʊˈtɑr/ (Show IPA), 1773–1859, Austrian statesman and diplomat.