English words: myotilinopathy to mysteriosophic
300 English words, part 158 of 159 of the words starting with M, A to Z. 13 have a page of their own.
English words myotilinopathy to mysteriosophic
- myotilinopathy noun: Any disease associated with the protein myotilin
- myotis noun: A mouse-eared bat.
- myotomal adjective: Relating to a myotome.
- myotome noun: In vertebrate embryonic development, a group of tissues formed from any particular one of the somites that develop into the body wall muscle. .
- myotomic adjective: Pertaining to myotomes.
- myotomy noun /maɪˈɒt.ə.mi/: The surgical procedure of cutting or making an incision in a muscle or muscular organ.
- myotonia noun: A symptom of several muscular disorders characterized by the slow relaxation of the muscles after voluntary contraction or electrical stimulation.
- myotonia atrophica noun: myotonic dystrophy
- myotonia congenita noun: A congenital neuromuscular channelopathy that affects the skeletal muscles.
- myotonic adjective: Of or pertaining to myotonia.
- myotonic dystrophy noun: A chronic, slowly progressing, inherited multisystemic disease, characterized by muscular dystrophy, cataracts, heart conduction defects, endocrine changes,...
- myotonin noun /ˌmaɪəˈtəʊnɪn/: A kinase associated with myotonia
- myotonolysis noun: The disruption of muscle tone
- myotonolytic adjective: Relating to, or causing myotonolysis
- myotonometer noun: A device that measures muscle tone
- myotonometric adjective: Relating to myotonometry
- myotonometry noun: The measurement of muscle tone, e.g. by means of a myotonometer
- myotopic adjective: Relating to (an awareness of) the positions of the muscles
- myotopically adverb: In a myotopic manner
- myotopy noun: The positioning of the muscles in an organism
- myotoxic adjective: That induces rapid necrosis of muscle
- myotoxicity noun: The condition of being myotoxic
- myotoxin noun: Any of a family of small myotoxic peptides present in rattlesnake venom
- myotrauma noun: trauma to muscle tissue
- myotraumatism noun: traumatic injury to muscle
- myotrophic adjective: Relating to myotrophy
- myotrophin noun: A protein that in humans is encoded by the MTPN gene.
- myotrophy noun: Nourishment of the muscles
- myotropic adjective: Invading muscle tissue.
- myotropical adjective: Alternative form of myotropic.
- myotropin noun: Any of a certain family of myotropic peptides
- myotubal adjective: Relating to a myotube.
- myotube noun: A structure of elongated multinucleate cells that contains some peripherally located myofibrils
- myotubular adjective: Relating to myotubules.
- myotubularin noun: A phosphatase that dephosphorylates phosphatidylinositols
- myotubule noun: myotube
- myotubulin noun: A tubulin present in muscle tissue.
- myoushu noun: An excellent move.
- myovascular adjective: Of or relating to a muscle and its blood vessels.
- myovirus noun: Any virus (bacteriophage) of the family Myoviridae
- myowater noun: Muscle tissue water.
- myowun noun: A viceroy in parts of what is now Burma/Myanmar.
- myoxid noun: Any member of the family Myoxidae of dormice (better known as the Gliridae).
- myoxine adjective /maɪˈɒksaɪn/: Of, or pertaining to the dormouse.
- myozenin noun: Any of a family of actinin- and filamin-binding proteins expressed predominantly in skeletal muscle
- Myr noun: Symbol for megayear(s).
- Myra proper noun: A female given name originating as a coinage.
- myrabolam noun: Alternative form of myrobalan.
- Myranda proper noun: A female given name, variant of Miranda.
- myrbane noun: Alternative form of mirbane.
- myrcene noun: An olefinic natural organic compound, a hydrocarbon and monoterpene, important in perfumery.
- Myrdal proper noun: A locality in Aurland municipality, Vestland county, Norway.
- Myre proper noun: A surname.
- Myres proper noun: A surname from Middle English.
- myria- prefix: innumerable: myriad, myriapod
- myriachit noun: Alternative form of miryachit.
- myriad adjective, noun /ˈmɪɹi.æd/: Ten thousand; 10,000
- myriaded adjective: Full of myriads; very numerous.
- myriadfold adjective, adverb: Multiplied by a myriad; repeated a myriad of times.
- myriadly adverb: In very great numbers.
- myriadth adjective: The ordinal form of myriad.
- myriagon noun /ˈmɪɹɪəɡɒn/: A polygon with 10,000 sides.
- myriagram noun: A unit of mass of ten thousand grams, or ten kilograms. Adopted as an equivalent of the French avoirdupois XX.
- myriagramme noun: Alternative spelling of myriagram.
- myriahedron noun: A polyhedron with 10,000 faces.
- myrialiter noun: Alternative form of myrialitre.
- myrialitre noun: A unit of volume of ten thousand litres
- Myriam proper noun: A female given name, variant of Miriam.
- myriameter noun: Alternative form of myriametre.
- myriametre noun: A unit of length of ten thousand metres, or ten kilometres.
- myriametric adjective: Having dimensions in the order of myriametres.
- myriangiaceous adjective: Of or relating to the Myriangiaceae.
- myriapod noun: Any arthropod (such as centipedes and millipedes) of the subphylum Myriapoda.
- myriapodan adjective, noun: Of or relating to the myriapods.
- myriapodlike adjective: Resembling or characteristic of myriapods.
- myriapodological adjective: Of or relating to myriapodology.
- myriapodologist noun: One who studies myriapodology.
- myriapodology noun: The scientific study of myriapods.
- myriaporone noun: Any of a group of macrolide antitumor agents
- myriarch noun: The commander of a Mongolian tomen.
- myriarchy noun /ˈmɪɹiˌɑɹki/: A government of 10,000 people.
- myriare noun: 10,000 ares, or one square kilometre.
- myrica noun: Any member of the genus Myrica of shrubs and trees.
- myricaceous adjective: Belonging to the family Myricaceae of bog myrtles and close relatives.
- myricanone noun: A cyclic diarylheptanoid isolated from the bark of Myrica rubra ( ⇒ Morella rubra).
- myricetin noun /ˌmaɪɹɪˈsiːtɪn/: A particular flavonol, found in many vegetables etc., that has antioxidant and other therapeutic properties
- myricin noun: A silky, crystalline, waxy substance, forming the less soluble part of beeswax, and regarded as a palmitate of a higher alcohol of the paraffin series;...
- myricitrin noun: The 3-O-rhamnoside of myricetin, used by several beetle species in their communication system.
- Myrick proper noun: A surname.
- myrickite noun: A name used for both the agatized and opalized cinnabar materials.
- myricyl noun: A hypothetical radical regarded as the essential residue of myricin.
- myrie adjective: Alternative form of miry.
- myring- prefix: Alternative form of myringo- (before a vowel).
- myringa noun: Synonym of eardrum.
- myringeal adjective: Of or pertaining to the eardrum(s) (the myringes).
- myringectomy noun: Synonym of tympanectomy.
- myringitis noun: An inflammation of the eardrum.
- myringo- prefix: Of or relating to the eardrum (also known as the myringa, myrinx, or tympanum).
- myringomycosis noun: A fungal infection of the eardrum (the tympanic membrane).
- myringoplasty noun: The closure of the perforation of pars tensa of the tympanic membrane
- myringosclerosis noun: Synonym of tympanosclerosis.
- myringosclerotic adjective: Relating to myringosclerosis
- myringoscope noun: A device for examining the eardrum.
- myringostomy noun: Synonym of myringotomy.
- myringotome noun: A surgical knife used for paracentesis of the eardrum.
- myringotomy noun: The surgical procedure of making a tiny incision in the eardrum, to relieve pressure caused by the excessive buildup of fluid, or to drain pus.
- myrinx noun: Alternative form of myringa; Synonym of eardrum.
- myrio- prefix: Alternative form of myria-.
- myriocin noun: A lipid-like amino acid that has antibiotic activity
- myriologist noun: A singer or composer of a myriologue.
- myriologue noun: In Greece, a funeral song composed and sung by a woman on the death of a friend.
- myriology noun: A myriologue.
- myriopod noun: Alternative form of myriapod.
- myriorama noun: A picture made up of several smaller pictures, drawn upon separate cards so that they can be combined in many different ways, thus producing a great variety...
- myrioscope noun: A form of kaleidoscope, especially one consisting of mirrors arranged so as by multiplied reflection from a small piece of carpet to show how it looks...
- myriotremoid adjective: Describing the morphological characteristics of corticolous thelotremoid lichens.
- myriotrochid noun: Any holothurian of the family Myriotrochidae
- myristaceous adjective: Of or relating to the Myristaceae.
- myristate noun: Any salt or ester of myristic acid.
- myristic adjective /mɪˈɹɪstɪk/: Pertaining to nutmeg.
- myristic acid noun: A saturated fatty acid, CH₃(CH₂)₁₂COOH, tetradecanoic acid, found in both animal and vegetable oils and fats; used in the manufacture of soap, cosmetics etc.
- myristica noun: Any member of the genus Myristica of nutmegs.
- myristicaceous adjective: Of or relating to the Myristicaceae.
- myristicin noun /maɪˈɹɪstɪsɪn/: 3-methoxy-4,5-methylenedioxyallylbenzene, a natural organic compound found in the essential oil of nutmeg and to a lesser extent in other spices; it can be...
- myristicol noun: An oily substance extracted from oil of nutmeg.
- myristin noun: The myristate of glycerine, found as a vegetable fat in nutmeg butter, etc.
- myristoleate noun: Any salt or ester of myristoleic acid.
- myristoleic adjective: Of or pertaining to myristoleic acid or its derivatives.
- myristoleic acid noun: The unsaturated fatty acid cis-tetradec-9-enoic acid
- myristome noun: All the sites of myristoylation of an organism
- myristone noun: The ketone of myristic acid.
- myristoyl noun: The univalent radical derived from myristic acid by loss of the hydroxy group
- myristoylase noun: Any enzyme that catalyses a myristoylation
- myristoylated adjective /ˌmaɪɹɪsˈtəʊ.ɪleɪtɪd/: Subject to myristoylation
- myristoylating adjective: That leads to myristoylation
- myristoylation noun: The attachment of a myristoyl group to a protein or polypeptide
- myristoyltransferase noun: Any transferase that transfers a myristoyl group
- myristyl noun: The univalent radical CH₃(CH₂)₁₃- derived from myristyl alcohol
- myristylate verb: To undergo myristoylation.
- myristylation noun: The reaction of a substance with myristic acid or one of its derivatives; the introduction of one or more myristyl groups into a substance
- myristylbenzylmorphine noun /mɪˌɹɪstɪlˌbɛnzɪlˈmɔː(ɹ)fiːn/: Myrophine.
- myrmeco- prefix: ant
- myrmecobiid noun: Any marsupial in the family Myrmecobiidae; a numbat.
- myrmecochore noun: Any myrmecochorous plant or its seed / fruit.
- myrmecochorous adjective: Spread, or having seeds that are dispersed, by ants.
- myrmecochory noun: The dispersal of seeds, spores, or fruit by ants.
- myrmecodomatium noun: A domatium specifically adapted to the accommodation of ants.
- myrmecofauna noun: Ant fauna.
- myrmecoid adjective: ant-like
- myrmecoidy noun: The quality of being myrmecoid.
- myrmecolacid noun: Any strepsipteran in the family Myrmecolacidae.
- myrmecological adjective: Of or pertaining to myrmecology
- myrmecologically adverb: In terms of myrmecology.
- myrmecologist noun: One who studies ants.
- myrmecology noun /ˌmɜː(ɹ)mɪˈkɒləd͡ʒi/: The study of ants.
- myrmecomorph noun: Any organism that mimics an ant.
- myrmecomorphic adjective: Relating to, or exhibiting, myrmecomorphy; ant-mimicking.
- myrmecomorphy noun: The mimicry of ants by other organisms.
- myrmecophage noun: Anteaters, and other animals chiefly feeding on ants.
- myrmecophagid noun: Any anteater in the family Myrmecophagidae
- myrmecophagous adjective: Pertaining to the anteater.
- myrmecophagy noun: The eating of ants.
- myrmecophile noun: An organism, especially an insect, that lives in close association with or shares a nest with a species of ant.
- myrmecophilic adjective: Exhibiting or relating to myrmecophily.
- myrmecophilism noun: Synonym of myrmecophily.
- myrmecophilous adjective: Adapted to thrive in the presence of ants.
- myrmecophily noun: The condition of being myrmecophilous
- myrmecophitic adjective: Of or pertaining to myrmecophytes.
- myrmecophobia noun: The fear of ants.
- myrmecophobic adjective: That repels ants.
- myrmecophyte noun /məˈmɛk.əˌfʌɪt/: A plant that lives in association with a colony of ants. The degree of association varies and is assumed to be symbiotic in some cases.
- myrmecophytic adjective: Of or relating to myrmecophytes.
- myrmecophytism noun: The situation where a plant lives in association with a colony of ants.
- myrmecosphere noun: The domain of soil inhabited by ants
- myrmecosymbiosis noun: Symbiosis between ants and plants.
- myrmecotrophic adjective: Relating to myrmecotrophy
- myrmecotrophy noun: feeding on ants
- myrmekite noun: A vermicular intergrowth of quartz in plagioclase.
- myrmekitic adjective: Of or relating to myrmekite.
- myrmeleonid noun: Alternative form of myrmeleontid.
- myrmeleontid noun: Any antlion in the Myrmeleontidae.
- myrmeleontoid noun: A lacewing in the superfamily Myrmeleontoidea.
- myrmicacin noun: 3-hydroxydecanoic acid, a chemical found in royal jelly.
- myrmicine adjective, noun /ˈmɜː(ɹ)mɪsaɪn/: Of or pertaining to the ant subfamily Myrmicinae.
- myrmidon noun /ˈmɜː.mɪˌdɒn/: A soldier or a subordinate civil officer who executes orders of a superior without protest or pity (sometimes applied to bailiffs, constables, etc).
- myrmidonian adjective /ˌmɜː(ɹ)mɪˈdəʊniən/: Consisting of, or like, myrmidons.
- myrmillo noun: Alternative form of mirmillo.
- myrmomancy noun: Divination by interpreting the appearance and behaviour of ants, especially their eating habits. A type of augury.
- Myrna proper noun: A female given name from Irish.
- myrobalan noun /mʌɪˈɹɒbələn/: A plum-like fruit from various trees of the genus Terminalia, formerly used in medicine and now in the dyeing industry; also, the tree itself.
- myrobalan plum noun: Synonym of cherry plum (“the fruit of such a tree”)
- myrobalanitannin noun: A particular ellagitannin.
- myrobalun noun: Alternative form of myrobalan.
- myrobella plum noun: Alternative form of myrobalan plum
- myroblyte noun /ˈmɪɹəblaɪt/: A saint whose relics or place of burial are said to have produced the Oil of Saints ("an aromatic liquid with healing properties" or "holy water (very much...
- myroblytes noun: Synonym of myroblyte.
- myroblytic adjective: Of or pertaining to myroblytes.
- myrobolan noun: Alternative form of myrobalan.
- myrologist noun: One who sings a myrology.
- myrology noun: A dirge sung over a grave in Greece
- myron noun: chrism; myrrh
- myronate noun: A salt or ester of myronic acid.
- Myronian adjective /maɪˈɹəʊ.ni.ən/: Of or relating to Myron of Eleutherae, Athenian sculptor working c. 480–440 BC.
- myronic adjective /maɪˈɹɒnɪk/: fragrant, perfumed
- myronic acid noun: A glucoside found in mustard seed.
- myrophine noun: An opiate analogue developed in 1952, a derivative of morphine.
- myrosin noun: An enzyme found in mustard plants, which hydrolyzes sinigrin.
- myrosinase noun: Any of several defense-related enzymes, in plants such as mustard, that hydrolyze glycosides, thus releasing potentially toxic substances.
- myrosine noun: Alternative form of myrosin.
- myrothenone noun: Any of a group of formamido cyclopentenones present in Myrothecium fungi
- myrrh noun /mɜːɹ/: A red-brown resinous material, the dried sap of a tree of the genus Commiphora, especially Commiphora myrrha, used as perfume, incense or medicine.
- myrrh-bearing adjective: Alternative form of myrrhbearing.
- myrrha noun: myrrh
- myrrhbearer noun: One of the people who, according to the New Testament, was directly involved in the burial of Jesus or the discovery of his empty tomb following his...
- myrrhbearing adjective: In relation to the burial of Jesus, bearing myrrh.
- myrrhed adjective: Perfumed with myrrh.
- myrrhic adjective /ˈmɜːɹik/: Of, related to, or derived from myrrh.
- myrrhin noun: The fixed resin of myrrh.
- myrrhine adjective: Alternative form of murrhine.
- myrrhlike adjective: Resembling or characteristic of myrrh.
- myrrhol noun: The volatile oil of myrrh.
- myrrhy adjective: Resembling or characteristic of myrrh.
- myrsen noun: meerschaum
- myrsinaceous adjective: Relating to the plant family Myrsinaceae.
- Myrt proper noun: A diminutive of the female given name Myrtle.
- myrtaceous adjective: Characteristic of the myrtle family (Myrtaceae) of plants.
- myrtalean adjective: Belonging to the Myrtales clade.
- myrtanol noun: The bicyclic terpenoid alcohol (1S,2S)-6,6-dimethylbicyclo[3.1.1]heptane-2-methanol that is used in perfumery and flavouring
- myrtenal noun: The bicyclic monoterpenoid aldehyde (1R)-6,6-dimethylbicyclo[3.1.1]hept-2-en-2-carboxaldehyde
- myrtenol noun: A monoterpenoid alcohol found in the essential oil of myrtle
- myrtenyl noun: A monoterpenoid alcohol derived from myrtenol.
- myrtetum noun: A myrtle grove.
- myrtiform adjective: Resembling myrtle or its berries or leaves.
- myrtillin noun: An anthocyanin, the 3-glucoside of delphinidin.
- myrtle noun /ˈmɜːtl̩/: An evergreen shrub or small tree of the genus Myrtus, native to southern Europe and north Africa.
- myrtle beech noun: A species of tree, Nothofagus cunninghamii, family Nothofagaceae, native to Tasmania and southeastern mainland Australia.
- myrtle of the river noun: The small tree or shrub Calyptranthes zuzygium.
- myrtle rust noun: A pathogenic fungus, Austropuccinia psidii, that affects plants in the family Myrtaceae; originally native to South America, but has been introduced to...
- myrtleberry noun: Synonym of bilberry.
- myrtled adjective: Containing myrtle.
- Myrtleford proper noun: A town in Alpine Shire, north eastern Victoria, Australia
- myrtlelike adjective: Resembling or characteristic of myrtle.
- myrtlewood noun: Wood derived from myrtle.
- myrtucommulone noun: A nonprenylated acylphloroglucinol, found in the leaves of myrtle (Myrtus communis), that can induce apoptosis in cancer cells
- myrzen noun: meerschaum
- myself pronoun /maɪˈsɛlf/: Me, as direct or indirect object the speaker as the object of a verb or preposition, when the speaker is also the subject.
- mysell pronoun: Pronunciation spelling of myself.
- myselves pronoun /maɪˈsɛlvz/: Me; used to indicate the speaker as an entity with more than one self.
- mysen pronoun: Myself.
- Mysia proper noun /ˈmɪʒə/: a region in the northwest of ancient Asia Minor
- Mysian adjective, noun /ˈmɪsɪən/: A native or inhabitant of ancient Mysia.
- mysid noun /ˈmaɪ.sɪd/: Any crustacean of the order Mysida.
- mysidacean noun: Any crustacean of the order Mysidacea.
- myside adjective: Only used in myside bias
- myside bias noun: confirmation bias
- mysis noun: A set of growth stages in the larvae of Decapoda after protozoea and prior to the juvenile stage, in which pereiopods are used to move.
- mysmenid noun: Any spider in the family Mysmenidae.
- myso- prefix: dirt, filth
- mysoped noun /maɪ.səʊ.pɛd/: A sadistic pedophile.
- mysopedic adjective: Alternative form of misopedic.
- mysophile noun /ˈmaɪsəʉfaɪl/: One with a sexual dependency on something soiled or filthy, usually a kind of underwear or feminine products after use.
- mysophilia noun /ˌmaɪsəʊ̆ˈfɪlɪə/: A sexual dependency on something soiled or filthy, usually a kind of undergarment after use.
- mysophobe noun: A person with an abnormal fear of filth or dirt.
- mysophobia noun: An abnormal fear of uncleanliness, dirt, or contamination.
- mysophobic adjective: Of, pertaining to, or suffering from mysophobia
- Mysore proper noun /maɪˈsʊəɹ/: A large city, district, and division of Karnataka, India.
- Mysore thorn noun: Biancaea decapetala, a thorny evergreen shrub of India.
- Mysorean adjective, noun: Of or pertaining to Mysore.
- mysost noun: primost (Scandinavian cheese)
- myspace noun, verb: One's profile on the MySpace website.
- MySpace angle noun: A camera angle from above the (usually female) person's head at an angle that typically showcases the face and cleavage but conceals the body.
- MySpacer noun: A member of the social networking website MySpace.
- MySQLer noun: A user of the open-source relational database management system MySQL.
- mystacal adjective: Of or pertaining to the upper lip, or moustache.
- mystacial adjective, noun /mɪsˈteɪʃəl/: Having a fringe of hairs suggestive of a moustache.
- mystacinid noun: Any bat in the family Mystacinidae.
- mystacocarid noun: Any member of the Mystacocarida, a subclass or order fo the maxillopods.
- mystagog noun: Alternative form of mystagogue.
- mystagogic adjective /mɪstəˈɡɒdʒɪk/: Of or relating to mystagogy.
- mystagogical adjective: Of or relating to mystagogy.
- mystagogically adverb: In a mystagogic manner.
- mystagogue noun: A person who prepares an initiate for entry into a mystery cult, or who teaches mystical doctrines.
- mystagogus noun: A mystagogue.
- mystagogy noun: The doctrines, principles, or practice of a mystagogue; interpretation of mysteries.
- mystax noun: A line or group of prominent bristles on the lower face of certain Diptera (insects)
- mystecete noun: Alternative form of mysticete.
- mysterama noun: mystery-drama
- mysterial adjective: mysterious
- mysterian noun: A proponent of mysterianism; a mysterianist.
- mysterianism noun: The view that the explanation of consciousness is not possible by humans.
- mysterianist noun: A proponent of mysterianism.
- mysteriarch noun /mɪsˈtɪəɹiˌɑː(ɹ)k/: One who rules over mysteries.
- mysterical adjective: Mysterious, mystic.
- mysterically adverb: In a mysterical manner.
- mysteried adjective: Full of mystery; mysterious.
- mysteries noun /ˈmɪst(ə)ɹiz/: a number of secret societies or cults
- mysteriosity noun: The quality of being mysterious.
- mysterioso adjective: mysterious
- mysteriosophic adjective: Relating to mysteriosophy
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Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0): each word's first meaning. A word with a page of its own links to it; for the rest, this line is PlainSpell's entry. Total under M: 47,683 words, in 159 parts.