2-Letter Words Ending in M

A tendency towards moisture.

REALISM concern with fact or reality

""The state or quality of being metamorphic; the process by which the material of rock masses has been more or less recrystallized by heat, pressure, etc., as in the change of sedimentary limestone to marble.""

""Chemistry Having only one form, as one crystal form.""

MONORCHID

NECROPHILE

Small-mindedness

Lamia's Orphic new version betrays narrow outlook

Pl. perionychia (- - ) The border of epidermal tissue surrounding a fingernail or toenail.

Lack of culture

Indifference to culture and the arts

Smug conventionality

The tendency of growing plant organs to move or curve under the influence of light. In ordinary use the term is practically synonymous with heliotropism.heliotropism.

""The property of crystallizing under two or more distinct fundamental forms, including dimorphism and trimorphism. dimorphism and trimorphism.""

""An organism, such as a fish or reptile, having a body temperature that varies with the temperature of its surroundings; an ectotherm.""

Same as Pleomorphism. Pleomorphism.

A song in celebration of a marriage.

PSYCHOLOGISE

""An earlier name for the thorium isotope thorium-228, given by its discoverer Otto Hahn. It is a radioactive substance formed as one of series of products in the chain of radioactive decay of thorium. Its immediate predecessor in the chain is Actinium-228, and it decays by alpha emission to radium-224 with a half-life of 1.91 years. The name radiothorium was given prior to the full understanding of the nature of isotopes of elements.thorium-228, given by its discoverer Otto Hahn. It is a radioactive substance formed as one of series of products in the chain of radioactive decay of thorium. Its immediate predecessor in the chain is Actinium-228, and it decays by alpha emission to radium-224 with a half-life of 1.91 years. The name radiothorium was given prior to the full understanding of the nature of isotopes of elements.""

Sycophancy.

God and Gods ()

Electrifying weather (wordplay)

Cause of many a blackout

Modern truths about violent weather

Of or relating to antibiotics.

""TRIUMPHAL Of or pertaining to triumph; used in a triumph; indicating, or in honor of, a triumph or victory; as, a triumphal crown; a triumphal arch. as, a triumphal crown; a triumphal arch.""

""The posterior segment, or extremity, of the sternum; sometimes called metasternum, ensiform cartilage, ensiform process, or xiphoid process. metasternum, ensiform cartilage, ensiform process, or xiphoid process.""

ANALPHABETE

""The number corresponding to a logarithm. The word has been sometimes, though rarely, used to denote the complement of a given logarithm; also the logarithmic cosine corresponding to a given logarithmic sine.""

Love of books.

Spasmodic winking caused by the involuntary contraction of an eyelid muscle.

The doctrine that the geological changes in the earth's crust have been caused by the sudden action of violent physical causes; opposed to the doctrine of uniformism. uniformism.

X-ray examination of the bile ducts following administration of a radiopaque contrast medium.

Common garden plant

Showy flower such as the ox-eye daisy

Bright garden flower

English word

Picture of brain spread around, coating new mushroom ring

Belief in the superiority of one's own ethnic group.

Behaviour intended to attract attention to oneself

English word

HOMEOMORPH

HOMOEROTIC

Off-ten for "often."

"Off-ten" for "often."

Noun denoting doctrine or practice

""The membrane of fibrous connective tissue which closely invests cartilage, except where covering articular surfaces.""

""That theory which limits positive or scientific knowledge to phenomena only, whether material or spiritual.""

Love of Greece.

""(Physics / General Physics) (of glass) changing colour with the intensity of incident light, used, for example, in sunglasses that darken as the sunlight becomes brighter""

A record or tracing produced by a plethysmograph.

Element named for a nuclear physicist

Enjoyment of a painful relationship (wordplay)

Abelard's thing

New Catholics miss medieval sort of philosophy

Staginess, artificiality

""The phenomenon of turning towards a source of warmth, seen in the growing parts of some plants.""

""Growth stereotropism. ; thigmotropic ,""

""The quality, state, or phenomenon of being trichromatic.""

""ALLELOMORPH One of the pure unit characters commonly existing singly or in pairs in the germ cells of Mendelian hybrids, and exhibited in varying proportion among the organisms themselves; same as allele, 2. Allelomorphs which under certain circumstances are themselves compound are called hypallelomorphs. See Mendel's law.allele, 2. Allelomorphs which under certain circumstances are themselves compound are called hypallelomorphs. See Mendel's law.""

Opposed to alcoholism

Pl. chondrocraniums or chondrocrania (-n - ) The cartilaginous cranium of an embryo before ossification.

English word

CRYPTORCHID

A visual record produced by an echocardiograph.

""Having different forms at different periods of the life cycle, as in stages of insect metamorphosis.""

""Producing male and female gametangia in different structures or plants, as in some algae and fungi.""

See complete metamorphosis .

""Excessive criticism, or unjust severity or rigor of criticism; zoilism.""

HYPOTHYROID

Pl. lymphangiographies Examination of the lymph nodes and lymphatic vessels following the injection of a radiopaque substance. Also called lymphography .

MONOCHROMATE

Excessive enthusiasm.

PHOTOPERIOD

""The state of having, or the property of taking, a crystalline form unlike that which belongs to the species.""

An electronically controlled mechanical or hydraulic device permitting a large action or strong forces to be controlled by a small electrical signal.

Cruel seas, for example

"Cruel seas," for example

Pl. archaebacteria An archaeon.

ENANTIOMORPH

It's Rod/Pam, him/her mixed up in this (wordplay)

Ideal of man's welfare

I am an Irish nut and am troubled by a principle of benevolence

Benevolent philosophy in this UN aim? Drama without director unfolded

""CATABOLISM the breakdown of more complex substances into simpler ones with release of energy, in living organisms; destructive or downward metabolism; -- a form of metabolism, opposed to anabolism. See also Disassimilation.metabolism, opposed to anabolism. See also Disassimilation.""

""An abnormally high level of insulin in the blood, resulting in hypoglycemia.""

""METABOLISM The act or process, by which living tissues or cells take up and convert into their own proper substance the nutritive material brought to them by the blood, or by which they transform their cell protoplasm into simpler substances, which are fitted either for excretion or for some special purpose, as in the manufacture of the digestive ferments. Hence, metabolism may be either constructive (anabolism), or destructive (katabolism). anabolism), or destructive (katabolism).""

PARASITISM The state or behavior of a parasite; the act of a parasite.

""An abnormality of the thyroid gland characterized by the pathologically excessive production of thyroid hormones; -- also, the resulting condition characterized by increased metabolism, weight loss, rapid heart rate, high blood pressure, an enlarged thyroid gland and sometimes exophthalmos. It leads to, and may be confirmed by, high plasma levels of triiodothyronine or thyroxin.""

Disease and Illness ()

A graphic record of heart sounds and murmurs that is produced by a phonocardiograph.

Special type of reporting

Picture book theory used by the press

News in which pictures play a more important role than text

""Biology the study of the relative day and night temperatures required, in a 24-hour period, to achieve the best growth, reproduction, or flowering of plant species or the growth and reproduction of animals. Also thermoperiodicity. Cf. photoperiodism . ; thermoperiodic, thermoperiodical,""

The blocking of a blood vessel by a blood clot dislodged from its site of origin.

novelist stirring one martini as a rule (16)

Record of brain activity

Belief in a national power structure