English Words: M

36,575 words · Page 300 of 732

metagabbroicadj

Relating to or composed of metagabbro.

metagalacticadj

Of or pertaining to a metagalaxy

metagalaxynoun

Any very large-scale organized collection of galaxies.

metagallatenoun

Any salt of metagallic acid

metagallic acidnoun

A poorly-characterised polymeric form of gallic acid

metagamenoun

A game about games.

metagamingnoun

The playing of metagames.

metagasternoun

The secondary and permanent intestinal canal in the embryo, derived from the protogaster.

metagastricadj

Of or pertaining to the two posterior gastric lobes of the carapace of crabs.

metagastrulanoun

A gastrula with a cleavage differing from that of the standard type.

metagenoun

Measurement, especially of coal.

metagelatinnoun

A form of gelatin treated so that it remains fluid.

metagendernoun

The use of categories to conceive of gender; the possible ways in which gender can manifest itself.

metagenenoun

An aggregate pattern of gene expression

metagenesisnoun

The production of sexual and asexual organisms in alternate generations.

metageneticadj

Relating to, or produced as a result of metagenesis.

metageneticallyadv

In a metagenetic manner

metageneticsnoun

The application of genetics to communities rather than individual organisms

metagenomenoun

All the genetic material present in an environmental sample, consisting of the genomes of many individual organisms.

metagenomicadj

Of or pertaining to metagenomics

metagenomicallyadv

With regard to metagenomics

metagenomicsnoun

The study of genomes recovered from environmental samples; especially the differentiation of genomes from multiple organisms or individuals, either in a symbiotic relationship, or at a crime scene.

metagenrenoun

A genre made up of other genres.

metageometernoun

metageometrician

metageometricadj

Relating to non-Euclidean geometry.

metageometricaladj

non-Euclidean

metageometriciannoun

A geometrician whose speciality is non-Euclidean geometry

metageometrynoun

non-Euclidean geometry

metaglinidesnoun

Misspelling of meglitinides.

metagnathismnoun

The condition of being metagnathous.

metagnathousadj

having the mandibles crossing at the tip of the bill, as in the crossbill

metagnomicadj

Relating to metagnomy

metagnomynoun

Divination, clairvoyance.

metagnosticadj

transcending current knowledge

metagonnoun

An extranuclear RNA particle similar to a virus.

metagovernancenoun

The methods and art to exercise some control over devolved and decentralized decision-making organizations.

metagramnoun

A word game in which one word has to be transformed into another by substituting one letter at a time.

metagrammarnoun

A formal grammar that describes a set of possible grammars.

metagrammaticaladj

Relating to metagrammar.

metagrammaticallyadv

In a metagrammatical manner

metagrammatismnoun

anagrammatism

metagraphnoun

A graphical representation of a set of objects and the morphisms relating them

metagraphicadj

By or pertaining to metagraphy.

metagraphicsnoun

hypergraphy

metagraphynoun

Synonym of transliteration.

metagreywackenoun

A greywacke that has undergone metamorphism to some degree.

metagrobolismnoun

Concealment, mystification, obfuscation.

metagrobolizeverb

To puzzle, mystify.

metagrobologistnoun

A person who studies puzzles.

metagroupnoun

A group of groups.

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