English Words: M

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meromyosinnoun

Either of the two subunits of myosin that are formed by the action of trypsin.

meronnoun

Either of the pair of entities that together make up an instanton.

meronicadj

Of or relating to merons.

meronomynoun

A hierarchy that deals with part–whole relationships rather than the discrete sets of a taxonomy.

merontnoun

schizont

meronymnoun

A term used to denote a thing that is a part of something else.

meronymicadj

Being a meronym; relating to a meronym or meronyms.

meronymicallyadj

Synonym of meronymously.

meronymousadj

Synonym of meronymic.

meronymouslyadj

In a meronymous way.

meronymynoun

The relationship of being a constituent part or member of something; a system of meronyms.

Meropename

The youngest of the Pleiades, daughters of Atlas and Pleione, and a consort of Hermes.

merophytenoun

Any of a group of cells, typically in a leaf or stem, produced from the same initial cell

meropianoun

Partial blindness.

meropicadj

Partially blind.

meropidannoun

Any bird (such as the bee-eaters) of the family Meropidae

meroplanktonnoun

Any organism that spends part of its life-cycle (especially the larval stage) as plankton

meroplanktonicadj

Of or pertaining to meroplankton

meroplasmodialadj

Relating to meroplasmodium

meroplasmodiumnoun

A type of cellular association of spherical cells and a common reticulopodial network

meropoditenoun

A segment of the endopodite of a crustacean between the ischiopodite and the carpopodite

meropoditicadj

Of or relating to meropodites.

merorganizationnoun

partial organization

merorganizeverb

To organize partially.

merosnoun

the proximal segment of the hind limb; the thigh

merosomaladj

Relating to merosomes.

merosomenoun

Any of the segments of a segmented animal

merosporangiumnoun

A cylindrical sporangiolum found in zygomycetes.

merostomenoun

Any primitive arthropod of the subclass Merostomata.

merosymmetricadj

Exhibiting merosymmetry.

meroterpenenoun

Any compound, including many natural products, having a partial terpenoid structure

meroterpenoidnoun

Any terpenoid derived from a meroterpene

Meroticadj

Alternative form of Meroic.

merotopicadj

Of or pertaining to a merotopy.

merotopynoun

The set of all subsets of a topological space such that, for some element in that space every neighbourhood of that element contains a member of the subset.

Merovechname

A semi-legendary 5th-century Frankish leader regarded as the eponymous ancestor of the Merovings (the members of the Merovingian dynasty).

Meroveename

Alternative form of Merovech

Meroveusname

Alternative form of Merovech

Merovingnoun

A descendant of Merovech; a Merovingian.

Merovingianadj

Of or relating to the Merovings, the members of a Salian Frankish dynasty, descended from Merovech, that came to rule the Franks in a region (known as Francia in Latin) largely corresponding to ancient Gaul from the middle of the 5th century, and whose politics involved frequent civil warfare among branches of the family.

Merovingianistnoun

An expert in the Merovingian period.

merovoltineadj

having a brood or generation once every three or more years

merozoitenoun

A protozoan cell, produced by a sporozoan by merogony, that may become either a meront or a gamont

merozygotenoun

Any organism that is merodiploid

merparentnoun

A parent who is a merperson.

merpeoplenoun

plural of merperson

merpersonnoun

A mythological creature with a human upper half (head, arms, and torso) and a piscine lower half.

merprincenoun

A merman who is a prince.

merprincessnoun

A mermaid who is a princess.

merqueennoun

A mermaid, especially one who is a queen.

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