English words: metaplast to metatarsomere
300 English words, part 69 of 159 of the words starting with M, A to Z. 11 have a page of their own.
English words metaplast to metatarsomere
- metaplast noun: A noun having its declension altered by changing its stem.
- metaplastic adjective: Relating to, or produced by metaplasia.
- metaplastic carcinoma noun: A heterogeneous group of cancers that exhibit varied patterns of metaplasia and differentiation along multiple cell lines.
- metaplastically adverb: In a metaplastic manner
- metaplasticity noun: Any activity-dependent change to neural function that modulates subsequent synaptic plasticity
- metaplay noun: A play (dramatic work) about plays, or one that makes its theatrical nature obvious.
- metaplectic adjective: Describing a specific form of symplectic group.
- metapleural adjective: Pertaining to the metapleuron or metapleure
- metapleure noun: A longitudinal fold at the junction of the ventral and lateral surfaces of a lancelet
- metapleuron noun: An exoskeletal plate on each side of the metathorax of an insect
- metaplot noun: The overarching storyline that binds together events in a role-playing game.
- metaplutonic adjective: Metamorphosed plutonic.
- metapneumonia noun: A disease caused by infection with a metapneumovirus.
- metapneumonic adjective: Relating to metapneumonia.
- metapneumovirus noun: Any of a group of viruses (genus Metapneumovirus) responsible for some respiratory infection in humans and birds.
- metapneustic adjective: Having the respiratory apparatus in the anus.
- metapodal noun: Alternative form of metapodial.
- metapode noun: The posterior division of the foot in the Gastropoda and Pteropoda.
- metapodeon noun: The seventh segment of an insect.
- metapodial adjective, noun: Of or pertaining to the human metacarpal bones (between the wrist and fingers) or the metatarsal bones (between the ankle and toes); of or pertaining to the...
- metapodiale noun: Alternative spelling of metapodial.
- metapodiophalangeal adjective: Relating to, or connecting a metapodial bone and a phalange
- metapodium noun: The metatarsus.
- metapodosomal adjective: Behind a podosome
- metapoem noun: A work of metapoetry; a poem about poetry.
- metapoet noun: A writer of metapoetry.
- metapoetic adjective: Relating to metapoetry.
- metapoetical adjective: Relating to metapoetry.
- metapoetically adverb: In a metapoetic manner; in terms of metapoetry.
- metapoetry noun: poetry dealing with the topic of poetry
- metapolicy noun: Policy regarding other policies or policy development.
- metapolicymaking noun: The making of metapolicy; creation of policies concerning other policies or policy development.
- metapolitefsi noun: A transitional period in modern Greek history after the fall of the military junta of 1967–74, leading to elections and democracy.
- metapolitic noun: A metapolitical viewpoint.
- metapolitical adjective: Pertaining to metapolitics.
- metapolitically adverb: In terms of metapolitics.
- metapolitician noun: One who studies metapolitics.
- metapolitics noun: metalinguistic talk about the analytic, synthetic, and normative language of politics
- metapolycentric adjective: metacentric and polycentric
- metapolycentricity noun: The condition of being metapolycentric
- metapolycentromere noun: A metapolycentric centromere
- metapophyseal adjective: Alternative form of metapophysial.
- metapophysial adjective: Relating to the metapophysis.
- metapophysis noun: A tubercle projecting from the anterior articular processes of some vertebrae
- metapopulation noun: A group of interacting populations of the same species.
- metapopulational adjective: Relating to a metapopulation.
- metapost noun: A posted message dealing with the topic of what and how to post on a particular Internet forum or thread.
- metapostnotal adjective: Relating to a metapostnotum
- metapostnotum noun: The postnotum of a hymenopteran that is situated between the metathorax and the abdominal tergite
- metapotamal adjective: Describing the middle reaches of a lowland stream
- metapragmatic adjective: Pertaining to metapragmatics.
- metapragmatically adverb: In a metapragmatic way.
- metapragmatics noun: Language that characterizes or describes the pragmatic function of some speech.
- metaprediction noun: A prediction that is based upon multiple, independent predictions
- metapredictor noun: A system or program that uses multiple prediction strategies
- metaprinciple noun: A principle which governs the application or underpins the domain of other principles.
- metaproblem noun: A problem regarding other problems.
- metaproblematic adjective: Of or relating to metaproblems.
- metaprocess noun: Any process used to describe or define another
- metaprogram noun: A thinking pattern which determines what information a person takes note of and what information they screen out.
- metaprogrammable adjective: Having support for metaprogramming.
- metaprogrammer noun: One who uses the technique of metaprogramming.
- metaprogramming noun: The writing of computer programs that write or manipulate other programs or themselves as their data, or that perform operations at runtime that would...
- metapropaganda noun: A type of propaganda that seeks to influence an audience by either persuading or dissuading them about other given propaganda.
- metaproperty noun: A property of a property.
- metaprophylactic adjective: Relating to metaprophylaxis
- metaprophylaxis noun: The meta-analysis of prophylaxis.
- metaproposition noun: A proposition about propositions.
- metapropositional adjective: Being or relating to a metaproposition.
- metaprotaspid adjective: Of or relating to metaprotaspis.
- metaprotaspis noun: The second molt stage of the protaspis.
- metaprotein noun: Any protein derived from another by the use of acids or bases
- metaproteogenomic adjective: Relating to metaproteogenomics
- metaproteogenomics noun: A field of study that encompasses metaproteomics and genomics.
- metaproteome noun: The complete set of metaproteins of an organism.
- metaproteomic adjective: Of or pertaining to metaproteomics
- metaproteomics noun: The branch of molecular biology that studies the set of metaproteins of an organism
- metaproterenol noun: orciprenaline
- metaprotocell noun: A proposed protocell that could use sunlight to synthesize ATP and then polynucleotides.
- metaprotocol noun: A protocol that dictates the form of other protocols.
- metapsammite noun: A metamorphosed psammite.
- metapsychic adjective /ˌmɛtəˈsaɪkɪk/: Being or pertaining to something (for example, telepathy) that is outside the realm of orthodox psychology, or (more broadly) beyond...
- metapsychical adjective: metapsychic
- metapsychically adverb: In a metapsychic manner.
- metapsychics noun: The study of psychic or metapsychic phenomena.
- metapsychism noun: The study of metapsychic phenomena.
- metapsychist noun: One who studies metapsychic phenomena.
- metapsychological adjective: Relating to metapsychology.
- metapsychologically adverb: In terms of or by means of metapsychology.
- metapsychologist noun: One who studies metapsychology.
- metapsychology noun: The philosophical study of psychology and of the mind.
- metapsychosis noun: The supposed telepathic action of one mind on another.
- metapterygial adjective: Relating to the metapterygium
- metapterygium noun: The posterior of the three basal cartilages of the fins of ray-finned fish
- metapterygoid noun: A bone, in the skull of teleostean fish, that lies behind the pterygoid
- metapurpose noun: A secondary or higher-level purpose.
- metapuzzle noun: A compound puzzle formed by several lesser puzzles. In contrast to a regular puzzle, a metapuzzle is missing data that is essential to solving it, and which...
- metapyrocatechase noun: Catechol 2,3-dioxygenase, an enzyme that catalyzes the chemical reaction catechol + O₂ ⇌ 2-hydroxymuconate semialdehyde.
- metaquartzite noun: Synonym of quartzite.
- metaquestion noun: A question about questions.
- metaquotidian adjective: Arising from and transcending everyday objects or practices; pertaining to the deeper meaning to be found in the ordinary.
- METAR noun: Meteorological Aerodrome Report, the aviation routine weather report; a specially encoded weather observation report.
- metaracism noun: A form of racism that asserts that the perceived differences between races are not primarily biological but cultural.
- metaracist noun: A proponent of metaracism.
- metaradiolarite noun: A metamorphosed radiolarite.
- metaradrine noun: metaraminol
- metaraminol noun: A potent sympathomimetic amine used in the prevention and treatment of hypotension and in the treatment of priapism.
- metarbelid noun: Any member of the Metarbelidae.
- metarealism noun: A direction in Russian poetry and art that was born in the 1970s to the 1980s, synonymous to metaconscience, which means beyond psychological consciousness,...
- metarealist adjective, noun: One who tends to interpret things in ways that go beyond conventional reality.
- metarealistic adjective: That goes beyond reality or psychological consciousness.
- metareasoning noun: Reasoning about the nature of reasoning itself.
- metareference noun: A technique in metafiction whereby a character displays awareness of being part of a dramatic work.
- metareferential adjective: Relating to or exhibiting metareference.
- metareferentially adverb: In terms of or by means of metareference.
- metareflection noun: The consideration of various different points of view.
- metareflective adjective: Pertaining to metareflection.
- metareflectively adverb: In a metareflective manner.
- metareflexive adjective: Reflecting on the process of reflection.
- metareflexively adverb: In a metareflexive manner.
- metareflexivity noun: The quality of being metareflexive.
- metaregister noun: A centrally-indexed collection of registers
- metaregression noun: A form of subgroup analysis that is used to investigate heterogeneity across multiple trials
- metarelation noun: A relationship (or similar interaction) between relationships
- metarelational adjective: Of or pertaining to metarelations.
- metaremark noun: A remark about remarks.
- metarepresent verb: To represent one's mental state as an emotion, memory etc.
- metarepresentation noun: A representation of a representation.
- metarepresentational adjective: Relating to metarepresentation.
- metaresearch noun: Research into research: its methods, nature, and limits.
- metareview noun: A review of a review.
- metargon noun: A supposed noble gas, once thought to exist in minute amounts in the atmosphere as a result of a flawed study of density spectra.
- metarhodopsin noun: Any of several forms of rhodopsin activated by light
- metarhyolite noun: A metamorphosed rhyolite.
- metaright noun: A right regarding the creation, assertion or enforcement of another right.
- metarossite noun: A triclinic-pinacoidal yellow mineral containing calcium, hydrogen, oxygen, and vanadium.
- metarteriolar adjective: Relating to metarterioles.
- metarteriole noun: An arterial capillary; a short vessel linking arterioles and venules.
- metarubricyte noun: A red blood cell precursor, the last nucleated stage of red blood cell production.
- metarule noun: A rule that governs the application of other rules.
- metasaccharinic adjective: Relating to a metasaccharinic acid or its derivative
- metasaccharinic acid noun: Any of a family of polyhydroxy carboxylic acids formed by direct dismutation of an aldose sugar.
- metasample noun: A representative drawn from a group of samples
- metasandstone noun: A sandstone that has undergone metamorphism to some degree.
- metaschema noun: A schema for or about another schema or set of schemas.
- metaschematic adjective: Changing the form or scheme of something.
- metaschematize verb: To change the form of scheme of.
- metaschoderite noun: A monoclinic-prismatic yellow orange mineral containing aluminum, hydrogen, oxygen, phosphorus, and vanadium.
- metaschoepite noun: An orthorhombic-dipyramidal mineral containing hydrogen, oxygen, and uranium.
- metascience noun: The science of science: the use of scientific methodology to study science itself, with the goal of improving the quality and efficiency of research.
- metascientific adjective: Concerning the science of science; relating to metascience.
- metascientist noun: A scientist whose speciality is metascience
- metascutal adjective: Relating to a metascutum
- metascutellar adjective: Relating to the metascutellum.
- metascutellum noun: The hind part of the arthropod scutellum.
- metascutum noun: The scutum of the metathorax of an insect
- metasearch noun, verb: A search technology that uses the results from a number of traditional search engines.
- metasearch engine noun: A system that displays aggregated results from several search engines, invoked simultaneously
- metasediment noun: A metamorphosed sedimentary rock.
- metasedimentaclastic adjective: Being a clastic rock chiefly composed of metasedimentary materials.
- metasedimentary adjective, noun: Of or pertaining to a metasediment.
- metaselective adjective: regioselective of the meta- position in a benzene ring
- metasemantic adjective: Pertaining to metasemantics.
- metasemantically adverb: In a metasemantic way.
- metasemantics noun: The part of metalanguage that deals with semantics.
- metasemiotic adjective: Relating to metasemiotics.
- metasequence noun: A sequence of characters having a similar role to a metacharacter.
- metasequential adjective: Of or pertaining to a metasequence.
- metasequoia noun /ˌmɛtəsəˈkwɔɪə/: Metasequoia, the dawn redwood, a fast-growing deciduous conifer native to China.
- metaseries noun: A series (of books, films, etc.) consisting of several subseries.
- metaserver noun: A hardware or software system that uses a group of other servers to obtain results
- metaservice noun: An abstraction of the workflow in a network
- metaset noun: A set of sets.
- metasexual adjective: .
- metasexuality noun: The quality of being metasexual.
- metasideronatrite noun: An orthorhombic mineral containing hydrogen, iron, oxygen, sodium, and sulfur.
- metasilicate noun: The oxyanion of silicon SiO₃²⁻ or any salt or mineral containing this ion
- metasilicic adjective: Relating to metasilicic acid or its derivatives
- metasilicic acid noun: A hypothetical acid derived from silicic acid by the removal of water.
- metasiltstone noun: A siltstone that has undergone metamorphism to some degree.
- metasite noun: A website consisting of hyperlinks to, or commentary on, other websites.
- metaskill noun: A skill relating to the acquisition and use of other skills.
- metasociological adjective: Relating to metasociology
- metasociology noun: The study of sociology itself
- metasoftware noun: Software that controls or manages other software.
- metasoma noun: The posterior part of the three-part body-structure of many arthropods, the other two parts being prosoma and mesosoma.
- metasomal adjective: Of or pertaining to a metasoma.
- metasomatic adjective: Of or pertaining to metasomatism.
- metasomatically adverb: By means of metasomatism.
- metasomatism noun: The process by which the bulk chemical composition of a rock is changed by the introduction of components from an external source, especially by a...
- metasomatite noun /ˌmɛtəˈsəʊmətaɪt/: A metasomatic rock.
- metasomatize verb: To change the bulk chemical composition of a rock is by the introduction of components from an external source, especially by a hydrothermal fluid.
- metasomatized adjective, verb: Modified by metasomatism
- metasomatosis noun: metasomatism
- metasome noun: A segment of the body of an animal, generally the rearmost one.
- -metasone noun, suffix /ˈmɛt.ə.səʊn/: A glucocorticosteroid used topically to reduce inflammation
- metasong noun: A song about a song.
- metaspace noun: A space transcending ordinary physical space, such as cyberspace.
- metaspatial adjective: Of or relating to a metaspace.
- metaspatiality noun: The quality of being metaspatial.
- metasperm noun: angiosperm
- metasprite noun: A sprite made up from a number of smaller hardware sprites that are moved together.
- metastability noun: An unstable but potentially long-lived state of a system; for example, a supersaturated solution or an excited atom.
- metastable adjective, noun: Of or pertaining to a physical or chemical state that is relatively long-lived, but may decay to a lower energy state when slightly perturbed or through a...
- metastable isomer noun: An excited state of an isotope, often having different a spin quantum number (designated with an m)
- metastably adverb: In a metastable way.
- metastage noun: Any of a group of equivalent developmental stages in unrelated organisms
- metastagenic adjective: That produces metastasis
- metastagenicity noun: The condition of being metastagenic
- metastannate noun: A salt of metastannic acid.
- metastannic acid noun: A compound of tin obtained as an isomeric modification of stannic acid.
- metastasectomy noun /məˌtæstəˈsɛktəmi/: Surgical removal of the metastases (cancerous growths).
- Metastasian adjective: Relating to the opera librettos of Pietro Metastasio
- metastasic adjective: Of, pertaining to, or resulting from metastasis
- metastasis noun /mɪˈtæstəsɪs/: A change in nature, form, or quality.
- metastasisation noun: Alternative form of metastasization.
- metastasise verb: Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of metastasize.
- metastasizability noun: The ability to metastasize.
- metastasization noun: Synonym of metastasis.
- metastasize verb /mɪˈtæstəsaɪz/: Of a disease (especially cancer) or a tumour: to form a metastasis (“a secondary focus away from the primary site”) in (a body organ).
- metastasizer noun: A patient whose disease metastasizes.
- metastate noun: A metastable isomer
- metastatectomy noun: Alternative form of metastasectomy.
- metastatement noun: A statement about a statement.
- metastatic adjective /mɛtəˈstætɪk/: Relating to, or producing metastasis.
- metastatical adjective: Alternative form of metastatic.
- metastatically adverb: In a metastatic manner.
- metastaticity noun: The condition of being metastatic.
- metastatin noun: Lethal giant larvae protein.
- metastatization noun: Alternative form of metastasization.
- metastatogenesis noun: The development of metastases.
- metastatogenic adjective /məˌtæstətəˈd͡ʒɛnɪk/: Of or pertaining to metastatogenesis
- metastectomy noun: Alternative form of metastasectomy.
- metastegostom noun: The second-posteriormost section of the stegostom.
- metastep noun: A step of a metadynamics simulation
- metastereotype noun: A person's stereotypical impression of how others (outgroup members) regard the person's own group.
- metasternal adjective: Of or pertaining to the metasternum.
- metasternum noun: Synonym of xiphoid process (“small cartilaginous extension to the lower part of the sternum”).
- metastibnite noun: An amorphous mineral containing antimony and sulfur.
- metastin noun: kisspeptin
- metastoma noun: A median elevation behind the mouth in the arthropods.
- metastome noun: Alternative form of metastoma.
- metastomial adjective: Relating to a metastomium
- metastomium noun: That portion of the head of an annelid situated behind the mouth
- metastore noun: An area set aside in certain database systems for the storage of metadata.
- metastory noun: An overarching story having other stories embedded within it.
- metastrategic adjective: Of or pertaining to metastrategy.
- metastrategy noun: An overarching strategy determining which other strategies to use in a given situation.
- metastriate adjective, noun: Describing ticks (of the order Ixodida) in which the anal groove of the adult is behind the anus.
- metastring noun: A string of characters used as a placeholder for a variable data item.
- metastrongylid noun: Any nematode in the family Metastrongylidae.
- metastrongyloid noun: Any nematode of the superfamily Metastrongyloidea
- metastrophe noun: A fundamental transformation
- metastrophic adjective: Relating to, or causing metastrophe
- metastructural adjective: Relating to metastructure.
- metastructure noun: A structure that describes another structure.
- metastudtite noun: An orthorhombic-dipyramidal light yellow mineral containing hydrogen, oxygen, and uranium.
- metastudy noun: A study on the topic of studies.
- metastylar adjective: Relating to the metastyle
- metastyle noun: A very long style.
- metastylid noun: A stylid in front of the metaconid.
- metastyrol noun: Polystyrene.
- metasubject noun: A subject that deals with, or transcends, other subjects.
- metasubjective adjective: In Juan Pascual-Leone's neo-Piagetian approach to cognitive development: describing processes from the perspective of a subject's organism rather than as an...
- metasubjectively adverb: In a metasubjective manner.
- metasubjectivity noun: The property of being metasubjective.
- metasubstituted adjective: Having undergone metasubstitution.
- metasubstitution noun: Any substitution reaction that introduces an atom or group into the meta- position
- metasummary noun: A summary of summaries.
- metasurface noun: The surface of a metamaterial.
- metaswitzerite noun: A monoclinic-prismatic mineral containing hydrogen, manganese, oxygen, and phosphorus.
- metasynchronous adjective: Almost synchronous
- metasyncrisis noun: The elimination of waste or morbid matter, as by the pores, as part of a regenerative process.
- metasyncritic adjective: Relating to metasyncrisis.
- metasyncritical adjective: metasyncritic
- metasyndromic adjective: Relating to multiple, often overlapping, syndromes
- metasyntactic adjective: Used in describing syntax; relating to metasyntax.
- metasyntactic variable noun: A conventional variable name used for an unspecified entity whose exact nature depends on context.
- metasyntax noun: The syntax of a metalanguage.
- metasynthesis noun: The combination of the results of several previous qualitative research studies.
- metasynthetic adjective: Relating to metasynthesis
- metasyphilis noun: Synonym of congenital syphilis.
- metasyphilitic adjective: Having or relating to metasyphilis.
- metasystem noun: Any system considered as a grouping of other, smaller systems.
- metasystematics noun: The study of metasystems
- metasystemic adjective: Relating to metasystems.
- metatable noun: A table (of key-value pairs) associated with another object, which uses the functions (or other data) it contains to define the behaviour of that object...
- metatag noun: Alternative spelling of meta tag.
- metatalk noun: Talk, especially involving academic analysis, about speaking or talking; verbal metadiscourse.
- metatars- prefix: Alternative form of metatarso-.
- metatarsal adjective, noun /ˌmɛtəˈtɑː(ɹ)səl/: Of the metatarsus.
- metatarsalgia noun: Pain in the region of the metatarsals; inflammation of any of the five bones between the heel and the toes.
- metatarsally adverb: In relation to the metatarsus.
- metatarse noun: The metatarsus.
- metatarsectomy noun: Surgical removal or excision of the metatarsals.
- metatarsian adjective: Alternative form of metatarsal.
- metatarso- prefix: metatarsus.
- metatarsomere noun: A segment of an insect metatarsus
Part 68 · Part 70 · English words: M
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.