2-Letter Words Ending in M

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Radioactive element of atomic number 98

Element named for a US state

Radioactive element

Menorah, for example

Holder for several lights

Source of light when lit

""Pl -nia [-nɪə] (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Biology) the female sex organ of red algae, consisting of a swollen base containing the ovum and a long neck down which the male gametes pass carpogonial   adj CATCHPHRASE (= slogan ) → slogan m ; [ comedian, famous person ] → formule f hc_En_Fr() CENOSPECIES pl -species (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Biology) a species related to another by the ability to interbreed dogs and wolves are cenospecies [from Greek koinos common + species ]""

Bacterium causing tetanus and botulism

Bacterium

A dovecote or pigeon house.

""A French theory of government which holds that commune should be a kind of independent state, and the national government a confederation of such states, having only limited powers. It is advocated by advanced French republicans; but it should not be confounded with communism.""

COMPUTER a machine that computes automatically

Timeshare unit, often

Type of apartment

Type of apartment in USA

Shopping obsession

Preoccupation of society with acquiring goods

Error to be fixed

Something requiring correction

Building for the burning of bodies

A genus of orchidaceous plants including the lady's slipper.

Pl. definienda (-d ) A word or expression that is being defined.

Something that is needed

Something needed or wanted

Something much wanted

To destroy the force of habit in; to wean from a custom.

ECUMENIC universal

Element discovered in 1952

Element named for famous scientist.

Radioactive metal

The membrane lining the cavities of the heart.

""The membrane lining the inner surface of the uterus, or womb.""

The inner lining of an another cell.

""The thin epithelium lining the blood vessels, lymphatics, and serous cavities. See Epithelium. Epithelium.""

Calm state of mind

State of balance

Suppressing any reported horse tranquilliser for peace of mind

""EUDAEMON a good spirit, also EUDAIMON, EUDEMON""

""EUDAIMON a good spirit, also EUDAEMON, EUDEMON""

The act or practice of excluding being exclusive; exclusiveness.

Anthology of literary extracts

Anthology

One who performs on a tightrope or a slack rope.

A cell or organ in which gametes develop.

""GOURMAND one who loves to eat, also GORMAND""

""The quality of being guttural; as, the gutturalism of A [in the 16th cent.] as, the gutturalism of A [in the 16th cent.]""

""A large berry with a thick rind, as a lemon or an orange.""

""A chain of small cells in certain alg\'91, by which the plant is propogated.""

HUCKSTER to {peddle=v}

Deceptive decorating devices

Pre-1501 book

Period between periods of normal rule

Period between reigns

Period between kings.

""Pl. latifundia (-d - ) A great landed estate, especially of the ancient Romans.""

Pl. leprosariums or leprosaria (- - ) A hospital for the treatment of leprosy.

Roman Catholic Church The authority to teach religious doctrine.

""Pl. mediastina (-n ) The region in mammals between the pleural sacs, containing the heart and all of the thoracic viscera except the lungs.""

""An unstable radioactive element discovered in 1955 and produced artificially only in very small quantities; symbol Md (also Mv). It is a transuranic element with atomic number 101. Isotopes 255, 256, 257, and 258 have been prepared. Md258, the longest-lived, has a half-life of two months.transuranic element with atomic number 101. Isotopes 255, 256, 257, and 258 have been prepared. Md258, the longest-lived, has a half-life of two months.""

""Epithelial mesoderm; a layer of cuboidal epithelium cells, formed from a portion of the mesoderm during the differetiation of the germ layers. It constitutes the boundary of the c&oe;lum.""

""Pl. monochasia (-z - , -zh - , -zh ) A cyme having a single flower on each axis.""

Word with prefix multi-

Personality disorder raging in Tom Cruise

""ALUMINUM a metallic element, also ALUMIUM""

Living material within a cell

Part of cell released by sumac pollen

Making the most of favourable moments

Making the most of current circumstances

Expediency

""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

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 double baglike fold of serous membrane which incloses the heart.

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.""

""An organ in certain fungi and lichens, surrounding and enveloping the masses of fructification.""

""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.""

""Any of various evergreen shrubs or plants of the genus Pittosporum, native to the warmer regions of the Old World and grown as ornamental or hedge plants in the southern United States and Pacific coastal states.""

Space perhaps, to see stars (wordplay)

Where stars gather (wordplay)

Place known to screen stars

""A genus of herbs of the Barberry family, having large palmately lobed peltate leaves and solitary flower. There are two species, the American Podohyllum peltatum, or May apple, the Himalayan P. Emodi. Podohyllum peltatum, or May apple, the Himalayan P. Emodi.""

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

Pl. proctodea (-d ) or proctodeums also proctodaea (-d ) or proctodaeums An inward fold on the surface of the embryonic ectoderm that develops into part of the anal passage.

Same as Prothallus. Prothallus.

A space or period of four years.

QUISLING a {traitor=n}

""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.""

Monastery room for writing

""A genus of fleshyleaved plants, of which the houseleek (Sempervivum tectorum) is the commonest species. Sempervivum tectorum) is the commonest species.""

""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.""

""An expansion at the base of the style, as in umbelliferous plants.""

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

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SUPREME a rich cream sauce

""The condition, quality, or relation of metameric substances, or their respective derivatives, which are more or less interchangeable, according as one form or the other is the more stable. It is a special case of metamerism; thus, the lactam and the lactim compounds exhibit tautomerism. tautomerism.""

Pl. termitaria (- - ) A nest built by a colony of termites. Also called termitary .

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VACUUM to operate a cleaner that uses suction

See seaborgium .

Excreting uric acid as the chief component of nitrogenous waste.

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

""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.""

HUMANISM the quality of being human

""Pl -ria [-rɪə] (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Botany) Botany a flattened hypha of a parasitic fungus that penetrates the host tissues [from New Latin, from Latin appressus ; see appressed ]""

A primitive cell or group of cells from which a mother cell develops.

Automorphic characterization.

Quality of being bilingual.

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

Dibs on kitchen space (wordplay)

Bar call demanding response

Amount cleric squandered opposing submission

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

A blind tube branching out of a longer one.

Fastidiousness in luxury

A nice umpire's unusual sort of philosophy

Poem honoring newly- weds

What Scopes taught

""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.""

""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.

Word with prefix multi-

""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

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

""An elementary substance, one of the constituents of didymium; so called from the green color of its salts. Symbol Ps. Atomic weight 143.6.""

""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 .""

A song in celebration of a marriage.

Same as Pseudopod. Pseudopod.

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

Period of five years

Period or cycle of five years

""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.""

Analysis down to basic constituents

Sleepwalking

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

Brings The Dead to life for the latecomers who have something to say (wordplay)

Brings The Dead to life for the latecomers who have something to say

""Any philosophical doctrine which refers all knowledge to, and founds it upon, any subjective states; egoism.""

MICROGRAM

Fabulous insurance payment (wordplay)

SUPERREAL

Realm of A-list celebrity (wordplay)

Very great fame

Position of great fame

""A stratum, or layer, above another.""

Electrifying weather (wordplay)

Cause of many a blackout

Modern truths about violent weather

""URANIUM a radioactive element, also URANIDE""

""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.""

ULTRALEFT

REALISM concern with fact or reality

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.""

""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.""

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

Collection of resources available for a purpose

""AUTOEROTIC sexually self-satisfying, as by masturbation.""

An image produced upon photographic film by exposure of the film to a radioactive substance in close proximity to (usually in contact with) the film.

BICULTURAL

The conduct or language of a blackguard; rufflanism.

Nonelective government officials; same as bureaucracy.bureaucracy.

Common garden plant

Showy flower such as the ox-eye daisy

Bright garden flower

Word used in familiar speech

Expression used in informal conversation

Informal word or phrase

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

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

""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.""

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

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Off-ten for "often."

"Off-ten" for "often."

The quality of being individual; individuality; personality.

Devotion to industrial pursuits; labor; industry.

""Any of various rod-shaped bacteria, some saprophytic or causing diseases.""

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

A minute description; a detailed statement.

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

Carelessness; apathy; indifference.

One of main US political movements

Policy of one US party

Belief that monarchies should be abolished

Element named for a nuclear physicist

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

Technique for literary criticism

Piers Morgan: 'US run a highly organised community'

Throwing one's voice

Voice-throwing

A vernacular idiom.

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

The study or collection of old things

Study of old and rare books etc.

A love of rare books and old things

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 .""

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

Eastman mindful, perhaps, of taking the Bible literally

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

MULTIRACIAL

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

The act or the policy of obstructing progress.

Excessive enthusiasm.

Subjective journalism that uses some of the techniques or license of fiction.

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

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""A primitive seminal cell, occuring in masses in the seminal tubules. It divides into a mass (spermosphere) of small cells (spermoblast), which in turn give rise to spermatozoids.""

Inflected form of SEXUALISM Inflected form of SEXUAL pertaining to sex

""The principles of those within the Roman Catholic Church who maintain extreme views favoring the pope's supremacy; so used by those living north of the Alps in reference to the Italians; rarely used in an opposite sense, as referring to the views of those living north of the Alps and opposed to the papal claims. Cf. Gallicanism. Gallicanism.""

Philosophical doctrine

Millian reason

Pl. archaebacteria An archaeon.

""Any member of the genus Corynebacterium, consisting of gram-positive usually nonmotile irregularly rod-shaped bacteria, some of which are pathogenic or parasitic in humans and domestic animals, such as Corynebacterium diphtheriae, which causes diphtheria.Corynebacterium, consisting of gram-positive usually nonmotile irregularly rod-shaped bacteria, some of which are pathogenic or parasitic in humans and domestic animals, such as Corynebacterium diphtheriae, which causes diphtheria.""

One of the enterobacteria; a member of the family Enterobacteriaceae.Enterobacteriaceae.

English character nearly a heresy (Levellers' view)

FUTILITARIAN

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

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

Disease and Illness ()

Funnel-shaped

""The view that the sanction of truth is its utility, or that truth is genuine only in so far as it is a valuable instrument.""

Little calumnies can create reasonable doctrine

A sporangium or conceptacle containing only very minute spores. Cf. Macrosporangium. Macrosporangium.

MULTILATERAL Having many sides; manysided.

MULTILINGUAL

Special type of reporting

Picture book theory used by the press

News in which pictures play a more important role than text

Belief in magic

Belief in ghosts