An island in the Caribbean, an overseas department of France. Official name: Department of Martinique.
matriculae
matricular
maturating
maturating
verb
present participle of maturate
maturation
maturation
noun
(biology) The process of differentiation that produces the adult form of an organism.
(medicine) The process of maturating, or suppurating fully.
The process of becoming mature.
maturative
maturative
adj
(obsolete) Conducing to ripeness or maturity; hence, conducing to suppuration.
noun
(medicine, obsolete) A remedy promoting maturation; a maturant.
maturities
maturities
noun
plural of maturity
matutinary
matutinary
adj
(chiefly US, rare) Matutinal.
maucherite
maumetries
maupertuis
mauretania
mauritania
melicratum
mercuriate
merricourt
mesokurtic
mesokurtic
adj
(statistics) Of a distribution: having kurtosis equal to that of a normal distribution; equivalently, having zero excess kurtosis.
meurtriere
microburet
micrurgist
micrurgist
noun
One who carries out micrurgy.
micturated
micturated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of micturate
millithrum
miniatured
miniatured
verb
simple past tense and past participle of miniature
miniatures
miniatures
noun
plural of miniature
miraculist
miraculist
noun
One who believes in miracles.
mirthfully
mirthfully
adv
In a mirthful manner.
misculture
misfeature
misfeature
noun
An undesirable or incorrect feature.
misfortune
misfortune
noun
(countable) An undesirable event such as an accident.
(uncountable) Bad luck.
misgesture
misgesture
noun
A gesture that is made in error.
verb
To make the wrong gesture.
misnatured
misnatured
adj
Of a bad or wrong nature; malformed.
misnurture
misnurture
verb
(transitive) To nurture or train wrongly.
mispursuit
mispursuit
noun
A bad or wrong pursuit.
missourite
missourite
noun
(mineralogy) A leucite-augite rock, resembling ijolite but with leucite in place of nepheline.
mistrusted
mistrusted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of mistrust
mistruster
mistruster
noun
One who mistrusts.
mistutored
mistutored
verb
simple past tense and past participle of mistutor
misventure
misventure
noun
(archaic) misadventure
miswrought
miswrought
adj
Badly wrought.
mithraeums
modularity
modularity
noun
The property of being modular.
moisturize
moisturize
verb
(transitive) To make more humid.
(transitive) To make more moist.
moratorium
moratorium
noun
(law) An authorization to a debtor, permitting temporary suspension of payments.
A suspension of an ongoing activity.
mortacious
mortuarian
mortuaries
mortuaries
noun
plural of mortuary
morulation
morulation
noun
(biology) The cleavage or segmentation of the ovum by which a morula is formed.
mountainer
mountainer
noun
(obsolete) A person who lives in a mountainous area.
mousterian
mousterian
Adjective
Of or from Le Moustier
Characteristic of Paleolithic flint tools found in this region
muckthrift
muliebrity
muliebrity
noun
(literary) The state of attainment of womanhood following maidenhood.
(literary) The state or quality of being a woman; the features of a woman's nature; femininity, womanhood.
(physiology) The state of puberty in a female.
multiarmed
multiarmed
adj
Having several arms or projections.
multibirth
multibirth
adj
Relating to more than one birth.
multibreak
multibreak
adj
Involving more than one break.
multichord
multichord
adj
Relating to multiple musical chords.
multicolor
multicolor
adj
(American spelling) Having, resembling, or pertaining to many colors.
noun
(American spelling) A display of many colors.
multicurie
multicurie
adj
Pertaining to, or emitting, multiple curies (radiation units).
multiflora
multiflora
noun
The hardy rose Rosa multiflora
multiframe
multiframe
adj
Involving or composed of multiple frames.
multigrade
multigrade
adj
(education) Relating to students of differing grade levels
Having the characteristics of multiple grades of a product (especially of a lubricating oil)
multigraph
multigraph
noun
(graph theory) A set V (whose elements are called vertices or nodes), taken together with a multiset E, each of whose elements (called an edge or line) is a cardinality-two multisubset of V.
(graph theory, less commonly) A set V (as before), taken together with a multiset E, each of whose elements is a cardinality-two subset of V.
(historical, printing) A combined rotary typesetting and printing machine for office use. The type is transferred semi-automatically by means of keys from a type-supply drum to a printing drum. The printing may be done by means of an inked ribbon to print "typewritten" letters, or directly from inked type or a stereotype plate, as in a printing press.
(linguistics) A specific sequence of letters treated as a (phonemic) unit.
verb
(historical, transitive) To print using a multigraph machine.
multilayer
multilayer
adj
Any system of multiple layers, especially of multiple monolayers
multilobar
multilobar
adj
Consisting of, or having, many lobes.
multimeter
multimeter
noun
An electronic measuring instrument that combines multiple functions; a combined voltmeter, ammeter and ohmmeter.
multimotor
multimotor
adj
Involving more than one motor.
multiparae
multiparae
noun
plural of multipara
multiparty
multiparty
adj
Having multiple parties (involved persons).
multiplier
multiplier
noun
(arithmetic) A number by which another (the multiplicand) is to be multiplied.
(economics) A ratio used to estimate total economic effect for a variety of economic activities.
(grammar) An adjective indicating the number of times something is to be multiplied.
(physics) Any of several devices used to enhance a signal
(physics, obsolete) a coil; when Johann Schweigger in 1820 invented the electric coil, increasing the electro-magnetic field from a single wire, this invention was called a multiplier.
A multiplier onion.
multipolar
multipolar
adj
(physics, biology) Having more than two poles.
(politics) Of or relating to an international system in which a number of states wield most of the cultural, economic, and political influence.
noun
An electromagnetic machine in which several magnetic poles exist.
multiresin
multistory
multistory
adj
(US, Canada) Alternative spelling of multi-storey
multitrack
multitrack
adj
(music) Recorded on multiple tracks.
(railways) Of a railway line: having multiple, parallel tracks.
Having or involving more than one track.
verb
To record on multiple tracks simultaneously (typically with each performer or instrument having its own track)
multiverse
multiverse
noun
(fiction) The different canons, continuities or timelines of a fictional property, considered as a whole.
(philosophy) The world, considered as lacking in purpose, design, or predictability.
(physics, cosmology) The hypothetical group of all the possible universes in existence.
multiwords
munitioner
munitioner
noun
(military) A manufacturer of munitions; someone who manufactures munitions; a munitioneer
murasakite
muratorian
muratorian
Adjective
relating to Italian historian Ludovico Antonio Muratori
muriculate
muriculate
adj
Minutely muricate.
murthering
murthering
verb
present participle of murther
musketries
musketries
noun
plural of musketry
mutessarif
mutessarif
noun
Alternative spelling of mutasarrif
mutilators
mutilators
noun
plural of mutilator
mutilatory
mutilatory
adj
Of or relating to mutilation.
mutineered
mutineered
verb
simple past tense and past participle of mutineer
muttonbird
muttonbird
noun
Alternative form of mutton bird
myometrium
myometrium
noun
(anatomy) The smooth muscle forming the wall of the uterus.
mysterious
mysterious
adj
Deliberately evasive or enigmatic.
Difficult to understand.
Having unknown qualities.
Of unknown origin.
narthecium
nasturtium
nasturtium
noun
A plant in this genus, Tropaeolum majus.
Any of the plants in the genus, Nasturtium, that includes watercress.
The popular name of any of the plants in the Tropaeolum genus of flowering plants native to south and central America.
nasutiform
natatorium
natatorium
noun
(US) A swimming pool, especially an indoor one; a building housing one or more swimming pools.
naturalism
naturalism
noun
(art) A movement in theatre, film, and literature that seeks to replicate a believable everyday reality, as opposed to such movements as romanticism or surrealism, in which subjects may receive highly symbolic or idealistic treatment.
(nonstandard) naturism, nudism, social nudity.
(philosophy) A doctrine which denies a strong separation between scientific and philosophic methodologies and/or topics
(philosophy) Any system of philosophy which refers the phenomena of nature as a blind force or forces acting necessarily or according to fixed laws, excluding origination or direction by a will.
(politics, law) The belief in natural law.
A state of nature; conformity to nature.
The doctrine that denies a supernatural agency in the miracles and revelations recorded in religious texts and in spiritual influences.
neutralism
neutralism
noun
(biology) The neutral theory of molecular evolution, holding that, at the molecular level, most evolutionary changes and variation within and between species are caused not by natural selection but by genetic drift of mutant alleles that are neutral.
A political policy of nonalignment in a situation of conflict.
The state of being neutral; neutrality.
noctuiform
noctuiform
adj
Having the form of a noctuid moth.
nominature
nominature
noun
(archaic) nomination
numerating
numerating
verb
present participle of numerate
numeration
numeration
noun
Any system of giving names to numbers.
The act of counting or numbering; enumeration.
numerative
numerative
adj
Of or pertaining to numeration.
numerosity
numerosity
noun
(countable) The extent to which something is numerous.
(obsolete) Harmonious flow.
(uncountable) The condition of being numerous.
nutriments
nutriments
noun
plural of nutriment
octavarium
osmaterium
osmaterium
noun
Alternative form of osmeterium
osmeterium
osmeterium
noun
(zoology) One of a pair of scent organs in the larvae of certain swallowtail butterflies.
otocranium
outadmiral
outmarried
outmarried
verb
simple past tense and past participle of outmarry
outmiracle
outmiracle
verb
(transitive) To surpass in miraculousness.
outpromise
outpromise
verb
(transitive) To make more or better promises than.
outrhyming
outrhyming
verb
present participle of outrhyme
overminute
overminute
adj
Excessively minute.
oxymuriate
oxymuriate
noun
(obsolete) chlorate
panaritium
panaritium
noun
(medicine) The purulent inflammation of a digit.
pancratium
pancratium
noun
(botany) Any of the genus Pancratium of African and Eurasian perennial, herbaceous and bulbous plants in the Amaryllis family. The flowers are large, white and fragrant.
(historical) An ancient athletic contest involving both boxing and wrestling.
paratomium
paratorium
parimutuel
parimutuel
noun
Alternative form of pari-mutuel
parthenium
parthenium
noun
(botany) Any of the genus Parthenium of flowering plants in the aster family.
pasteurism
pasteurism
Proper noun
The prevention of certain diseases by successive inoculations with an attenuated virus of gradually increasing strength.
pasteurisation
pastoriums
pediastrum
periastrum
periosteum
periosteum
noun
A membrane surrounding a bone.
peristylum
peritomous
peritomous
adj
(mineralogy) Cleaving in more than one direction, parallel to the axis, the faces all being similar.
peritoneum
peritoneum
noun
(anatomy) In mammals, the serous membrane lining the cavity of the abdomen and that is folded over the viscera.
(zoology) In animals, the membrane lining the coelom cavity.
permixture
picturedom
plantarium
pluteiform
pneumatria
polimetrum
praetorium
praetorium
noun
Alternative form of pretorium
premixture
premixture
noun
Something premixed
prestimuli
prestomium
prohibitum
promethium
promethium
noun
A metallic chemical element (symbol Pm) with an atomic number of 61.
prostomium
prostomium
noun
(zoology) That portion of the head of an annelid situated in front of the mouth.
psalterium
psalterium
noun
A psaltery (zither-like musical instrument)
An omasum.
psilothrum
psithurism
psithurism
noun
(obsolete) The sound of rustling leaves or wind in the trees.
pterygiums
pulsimeter
pulsimeter
Noun
A sphygmograph.
pumpwright
punctiform
punctiform
adj
Having the form of a point.
puritandom
puritanism
puritanism
noun
(theology) Strict and austere religious conduct.
Extreme strictness regarding moral scruples.
qualimeter
qualimeter
noun
(obsolete) A device once used to estimate the hardness of X-rays
quinometry
quinometry
noun
(archaic) The art of estimating the quantity of quinine in cinchona bark, and in the commercial salts of this alkaloid.
quizmaster
quizmaster
noun
A person who poses questions to contestants on a quiz show.
remittitur
remittitur
noun
(law) The reduction by a judge of damages awarded by a jury.