2-Letter Words Ending in M

Making the most of favourable moments

Making the most of current circumstances

Expediency

Book by Edward W. Said

Seminal Edward Said book on representation of "the East"

""Pl. ostensoria (-sôr - , -s r -) also ostensories Roman Catholic Church See monstrance .""

Flower that's a riot of color (wordplay)

Hell with a devil inside (wordplay)

Chaos and confusion

Perhaps Parliament's unwanted interference

Regulatory nature of the father of parliaments abroad

Growth of cultivated geranium with heads of pink and opal, planted round lake

Pl. penicilliums or penicillia (-s l - ) Any of various characteristically bluish-green fungi of the genus Penicillium that grow as molds on decaying fruits and ripening cheese and are used in the production of penicillin and in making cheese.

The periosteum which covers the cranium externally; the region around the cranium.

""The connective tissue sheath which surrounds a bundle of nerve fibers. See Epineurium, and Neurilemma. Epineurium, and Neurilemma.""

Subjectivity

""The hypothetical radical PH4, analogous to ammonium, and regarded as the nucleus of certain derivatives of phosphine. PH4, analogous to ammonium, and regarded as the nucleus of certain derivatives of phosphine.""

Space perhaps, to see stars (wordplay)

Where stars gather (wordplay)

Place known to screen stars

The quality or state of being plebeian.

Noun denoting doctrine or practice

Neo-impressionist painting style

Neo-Impressionist technique

Technique employed in the painting hidden in this puzzle

A short-lived association of an electron and a positron bound together in a configuration resembling the hydrogen atom.

Projection of the jaws.

A space or period of four years.

QUISLING a {traitor=n}

Type of philosophy

Practice of basing actions on reason

REGIONAL something that serves as a region

""A connecting band; a fr\'91num; as, the retinacula of the ileoc\'91cal and ileocolic valves. as, the retinacula of the ileoc\'91cal and ileocolic valves.""

To transform anew or back.

A policy of modification

Process of revising one's views on something

Eighteenth century artistic movement

Chopin's style

Art movement's sentimental: is Frenchman attached to it (wordplay)

SARDONIC mocking

""Pl -nia [-nɪə] (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Botany) the sporophyte of mosses and liverworts, consisting of a spore-bearing capsule on a short stalk that arises from the parent plant (the gametophyte) sporogonial   adj STADIOMETER (Mathematics & Measurements / Surveying) an instrument that measures the length of curves, dashes, etc., by running a toothed wheel along them [from stadio- , from stadium + -meter ]""

""An abortive stamen, or any organ modified from an abortive stamen.""

""One who, or that which, succeeds to the place of another; that which is used for something else; a substitute""

The concurrence of events in time; simultaneousness.

""The theory, plan, or practice of trade-union action (originally as advocated and practiced by the French Conf\'82d\'82ration G\'82n\'82rale du Travail) which aims to abolish the present political and social system by means of the general strike (as distinguished from the local or sectional strike) and direct action of whatever kind (as distinguished from action which takes effect only through the medium of political action) -- direct action including any kind of action that is directly effective, whether it be a simple strike, a peaceful public demonstration, sabotage, or revolutionary violence. By the general strike and direct action syndicalism aims to establish a social system in which the means and processes of production are in the control of local organizations of workers, who are manage them for the common good.direct action including any kind of action that is directly effective, whether it be a simple strike, a peaceful public demonstration, sabotage, or revolutionary violence. By the general strike and direct action syndicalism aims to establish a social system in which the means and processes of production are in the control of local organizations of workers, who are manage them for the common good.""

See seaborgium .

Vagabondage.

""VANGUARD the forefront of a movement, also VANT""

Conduct typical of self-appointed police

""Any theory which conceives will to be the dominant factor in experience or in the constitution of the world; -- contrasted with intellectualism. Schopenhauer and Fichte are typical exponents of the two types of metaphysical voluntarism, Schopenhauer teaching that the evolution of the universe is the activity of a blind and irrational will, Fichte holding that the intelligent activity of the ego is the fundamental fact of reality.intellectualism. Schopenhauer and Fichte are typical exponents of the two types of metaphysical voluntarism, Schopenhauer teaching that the evolution of the universe is the activity of a blind and irrational will, Fichte holding that the intelligent activity of the ego is the fundamental fact of reality.""

The principles or measures of abolitionists.

""ANECDOTAL Pertaining to, or abounding with, anecdotes; as, anecdotal conversation. as, anecdotal conversation.""

Not isotropic.

ANTIBLACK discriminatory against black people; opposed to black people

FEMINISM advocacy of woman's rights

HUMANISM the quality of being human

NEPOTISM favouritism shown to a relative

The relation that exists when things occur at unrelated times.

BARBARIAN A foreigner.

Quality of being bilingual.

English word

Animal starch (anagram) - quackery

The act of eating together; table fellowship.

""CONNUBIAL Of or pertaining to marriage, or the marriage state; conjugal; nuptial.""

Opposition to change and innovation

Tory creed

Orthodoxy

Dibs on kitchen space (wordplay)

Bar call demanding response

Amount cleric squandered opposing submission

""DEVIATION The act of deviating; a wandering from the way; variation from the common way, from an established rule, etc.; departure, as from the right course or the path of duty.""

""The science which treats of diamagnetic phenomena, and of the properties of diamagnetic bodies.""

""DIFFUSION The act of diffusing, or the state of being diffused; a spreading; extension; dissemination; circulation; dispersion.""

Superficial approach

The displaying of strong feelings

Male is getting excited about proposal - getting too excited

""ENDOMORPH A crystal of one species inclosed within one of another, as one of rutile inclosed in quartz.""

Fastidiousness in luxury

A nice umpire's unusual sort of philosophy

""ESSENTIAL Belonging to the essence, or that which makes an object, or class of objects, what it is.""

What Scopes taught

Policy of seeking economic or territorial growth

Doctrine of increasing the territory or influence of a country

Battle in recast film as result of in-fighting

""FRATERNAL Pf, pertaining to, or involving, brethren; becoming to brothers; brotherly; as, fraternal affection; a fraternal embrace. as, fraternal affection; a fraternal embrace.""

The magnetism of the earth.

""GREENBACK One of the legal tender notes of the United States; first issued in 1862, and having the devices on the back printed with green ink, to prevent alterations and counterfeits.""

""A winter bud, in which the rudimentary foliage or flower, as of most trees and shrubs in the temperate zone, is protected by closely overlapping scales.""

What's resulting in cinders? I am

""INFLATION The act or process of inflating, or the state of being inflated, as with air or gas; distention; expansion; enlargement.""

""A funnelshaped or dilated organ or part; as, the infundibulum of the brain, a hollow, conical process, connecting the floor of the third ventricle with the pituitary body; the infundibula of the lungs, the enlarged terminations of the bronchial tubes. as, the infundibulum of the brain, a hollow, conical process, connecting the floor of the third ventricle with the pituitary body; the infundibula of the lungs, the enlarged terminations of the bronchial tubes.""

Same as Intuitionalism. Intuitionalism.

Doctrine to be fought on home front

Policy of remaining apart

Political policy of non-involvement with other countries

""MERCANTILE Of or pertaining to merchants, or the business of merchants; having to do with trade, or the buying and selling of commodities; commercial.""

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

MONORCHID

NECROPHILE

CLASSROOM

""PETROLEUM Rock oil, mineral oil, or natural oil, a dark brown or greenish inflammable liquid, which, at certain points, exists in the upper strata of the earth, from whence it is pumped, or forced by pressure of the gas attending it. It consists of a complex mixture of various hydrocarbons, largely of the methane series, but may vary much in appearance, composition, and properties. It is refined by distillation, and the products include kerosene, benzine, gasoline, paraffin, etc.""

For this custom, brain's abandoned

""OPERATION The act or process of operating; agency; the exertion of power, physical, mechanical, or moral.""

""A degenerative nervous disorder occurring mostly in persons older than 60 years, characterized in advanced stages by rhythmic muscular tremors, especially in the hands, and by rigidity of movement, a drooping posture, slow speech, and a masklike facial expression; the term designates a set of symptoms, and the underlying disease causing these symptoms is most commonly Parkinson's disease. Parkinsonism results from a deficiency in the neurotransmitter dopamine caused by degeneration of the cells producing that agent. It can be mitigated by chemotherapy with agents such as levodopa (3-hydroxy-L-tyrosine).Parkinson's disease. Parkinsonism results from a deficiency in the neurotransmitter dopamine caused by degeneration of the cells producing that agent. It can be mitigated by chemotherapy with agents such as levodopa (3-hydroxy-L-tyrosine).""

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

Lack of culture

Indifference to culture and the arts

Smug conventionality

CENTRISM a moderate political philosophy

""Symbol Pa A rare, extremely toxic, radioactive element chemically similar to uranium, having 13 known isotopes, the most common of which is protactinium 231 with a half-life of 32,480 years. Atomic number 91; melting point 1,230°C; specific gravity 15.37; valence 4, 5. See Table at element .""

""Of, relating to, or being random numbers generated by a definite, nonrandom computational process.""

Period of five years

Period or cycle of five years

Analysis down to basic constituents

""SALVATION The act of saving; preservation or deliverance from destruction, danger, or great calamity.""

The doctrine or policy of secession; the tenets of secession; the tenets of secessionists.

Adherence to religious groupings

""A disproportionate regard for the interests peculiar to a section of the country; local patriotism, as distinguished from national.""

Sleepwalking

Pl. spermagonia also spermogonia (-n - ) A cup-shaped cavity or receptacle in which the spermatia of certain lichens and fungi are produced.

STANDPAT resisting or opposing change

Sycophancy.

SYNDACTYL

God and Gods ()

Electrifying weather (wordplay)

Cause of many a blackout

Modern truths about violent weather

""URANIUM a radioactive element, also URANIDE""

TRANSVEST

Religious doctrine

Narnia? Um, is it about Christian doctrine (wordplay)

A single heretical principle? (Defended by Priestley)

""The doctrine or belief that all men will be saved, or made happy, in the future state.""

See dubnium .

See rutherfordium .

""The principle of supporting a religious system and its institutions by voluntary association and effort, rather than by the aid or patronage of the state.""

""VOLUNTEER One who enters into, or offers for, any service of his own free will.""

""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.""

ALDOSTERONE

ANALPHABETE

""COMMUNISM A scheme of equalizing the social conditions of life; specifically, a scheme which contemplates the abolition of inequalities in the possession of property, as by distributing all wealth equally to all, or by holding all wealth in common for the equal use and advantage of all.""

""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.""

The tenets or practice of Antinomians.

""RITUALISM A system founded upon a ritual or prescribed form of religious worship; adherence to, or observance of, a ritual.""

""TERRORISM The act of terrorizing, or state of being terrorized; a mode of government by terror or intimidation.""

Collection of resources available for a purpose

BIPARTISAN

Adherence to external rites; fondness for ceremony.

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

""A theory, intermediate between realism and nominalism, that the mind has the power of forming for itself general conceptions of individual or single objects.""

English word

English word

CREDENTIAL Giving a title or claim to credit or confidence; accrediting.

English word

The imposition of rigid beliefs at all times

""ECUMENICAL General; universal; in ecclesiastical usage, that which concerns the whole church; as, an ecumenical council.as, an ecumenical council.""

Picture of brain spread around, coating new mushroom ring

""The art of writing or compiling encyclopedias; also, possession of the whole range of knowledge; encyclopedic learning.""

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

Behaviour intended to attract attention to oneself

Style of painting

Art style expressing inner emotions

Artistic movement

""FEUILLETON A part of a French newspaper (usually the bottom of the page), devoted to light literature, criticism, etc.; also, the article or tale itself, thus printed.""

""FLAGELLANT One of a fanatical sect which flourished in Europe in the 13th and 14th centuries, and maintained that flagellation was of equal virtue with baptism and the sacrament; called also disciplinant. disciplinant.""

A psychology based on the assumption that all mental process are useful to an organism in adapting to the environment.

English word

Off-ten for "often."

"Off-ten" for "often."

A theory and school of art.

State of indecision

The quality of being individual; individuality; personality.

Devotion to industrial pursuits; labor; industry.

English word

""IRRATIONAL Not rational; void of reason or understanding; as, brutes are irrational animals. as, brutes are irrational animals.""

Bacterium, say (wordplay)

Eg, bacterium or virus

Tiny life form

""MILLENNIAL Of or pertaining to the millennium, or to a thousand years; as, a millennial period; millennial happiness. as, a millennial period; millennial happiness.""

""The legalized use of one metal only, as gold, or silver, in the standard currency of a country, or as a standard of money values. See Bimetallism. Bimetallism.""

Backward-looking style of art and architecture

""A political orientation originating in the 1960s, blending liberal political views with an emphasis on economic growth.""

""NEOPLASTIC of or pertaining to neoplasty, or neoplasia.""

CONFORMISM orthodoxy in thoughts and belief.

""MAINSTREAM The prevailing opinion or practise; as, the doctor avoided using therapies outside the mainstream of modern medical practice.as, the doctor avoided using therapies outside the mainstream of modern medical practice.""

""(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) any epiphytic orchid of the tropical American genus Odontoglossum, having clusters of brightly coloured flowers""

Weak form of attraction

Addiction of the 50-mile hikers.

Walking skill

President aims to shatter eco-friendly movement

Won't get any better with unseemly imperfections

""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.

Carelessness; apathy; indifference.

Style of New York's Sony Building

Literature genre

Late 20th-century style of art and literature

Import-tariff policy

Shielding from foreign competition

Charge is made initially for shielding home industry

""A word, or a manner of speaking, peculiar to a province or a district remote from the mother country or from the metropolis; a provincial characteristic; hence, narrowness; illiberality.""

One of main US political movements

Policy of one US party

Belief that monarchies should be abolished

X-ray of man or egg - or net product

Extreme republican principles; the principles or practice of the sansculottes. sansculottes.

Piers Morgan: 'US run a highly organised community'

Some Sunday broadcasting

Its motto: No meat, in gravies or out!

Vitamins, eg, are developed for this diet

A meat serving I arranged out of order for this (wordplay)

Throwing one's voice

Voice-throwing

A vernacular idiom.

Teaching work skills in education

Pl. zoosporangia (-j - ) A sporangium in which zoospores develop.

""ABSTRACTION The act of abstracting, separating, or withdrawing, or the state of being withdrawn; withdrawal.""

Opposed to alcoholism

""CAPITALISM An economic system based on predominantly private (individual or corporate) investment in and ownership of the means of production, distribution, and exchange of goods and wealth; contrasted with socialism or especially communism, in which the state has the predominant role in the economy.socialism or especially communism, in which the state has the predominant role in the economy.""

""LIBERALISM Liberal principles; the principles and methods of the liberals in politics or religion; specifically, the principles of the Liberal party.""

See it in an arms limit I arranged (wordplay)

The study or collection of old things

Study of old and rare books etc.

A love of rare books and old things

""RADICALISM The quality or state of being radical; specifically, the doctrines or principles of radicals in politics or social reform.""

The doctrine or theory held by associationists.

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

""CONSTRUCTIVE Having ability to construct or form; employed in construction; as, to exhibit constructive power. as, to exhibit constructive power.""

""Pl. cyanobacteria (-tîr - ) A photosynthetic bacterium of the class Coccogoneae or Hormogoneae, generally blue-green in color and in some species capable of nitrogen fixation. Cyanobacteria were once thought to be algae. Also called blue-green alga .""

Belief that all are equal

Belief in the equality of men

Principal of equality among people

""ENDOPARASITE Any parasite which lives in the internal organs of an animal, as the tapeworms, Trichina, etc.; opposed to ectoparasite. See Entozo\'94n. ectoparasite. See Entozo\'94n.""

""EXCEPTIONAL Forming an exception; not ordinary; uncommon; rare; hence, better than the average; superior.""

Scrap elitist exams in philosophy

Philosophical tradition centered around the individual struggle for authenticity

FERRIMAGNET

FERROMAGNET

Eastman mindful, perhaps, of taking the Bible literally

""INCREMENTAL Pertaining to, or resulting from, the process of growth; as, the incremental lines in the dentine of teeth. as, the incremental lines in the dentine of teeth.""

""State of indifference; want of interest or earnestness; especially, a systematic apathy regarding what is true or false in religion or philosophy; agnosticism.""

Laissez-faire doctrine is embraced by awfully irritable man

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

Pl. megasporangia (-j - ) A structure that produces one or more megaspores. Also called macrosporangium .

Belief in a future utopian period

MONOCHROMATE

""Control by a powerful country of its former colonies (or other less developed countries) by economic pressures. In contrast to colonialism, in which one country controls another territory by military force.colonialism, in which one country controls another territory by military force.""

EQUILIBRIUM Equality of weight or force; an equipoise or a state of rest produced by the mutual counteraction of two or more forces.

Inflected form of OBJECTIVISM Inflected form of OBJECTIVE Of or pertaining to an object.