2-Letter Words Starting with M

English word

MESOMORPH

""Of or pertaining to the mesonephros; as, the mesonephric, or Wolffian, duct. as, the mesonephric, or Wolffian, duct.""

""Of, relating to, or living at ocean depths between about 180 and 900 meters (600 and 3,000 feet): mesopelagic organisms.""

MESOPHYLL

MESOSPHERE

Adjective (-ic)

Metacarpal

Metacenter

""METACENTRE The point of intersection of a vertical line through the center of gravity of the fluid displaced by a floating body which is tipped through a small angle from its position of equilibrium, and the inclined line which was vertical through the center of gravity of the body when in equilibrium.""

""(used with a sing. verb) The study of the meaning and nature of ethical terms, judgments, and arguments.""

""Fiction that deals, often playfully and self-referentially, with the writing of fiction or its conventions.""

Of or pertaining to metagenesis.

Found a cartoon character in charge of some rocks

Type of rock that has undergone transformation

Exhibiting structural change, as some rocks

Adjective (-ic)

Field for Aristotle

A branch of philosophy

Branch of philosophy

""Normal transformation of tissue from one type to another, as in the ossification of cartilage to form bone.""

METASOMA the back portion of an arachnid with no appendages

Meteoritic

Meterstick

""A synthetic antibiotic, C 17 H 19 N 2 O 6 NaS, related to penicillin and most commonly used in treatment of infections caused by penicillinase-producing staphylococci.""

METHODIST One who observes method.

Used by way of metonymy; using the name of one thing for that of another with which it is closely associated.

Conversion to a particular measurement system

Modernisation of measures from imperial units

METRICIZE

MIASMIC resembling {miasma=n}

A unit of electric current equal to one millionth of an ampere.

Microbrew

Sudden, violent storms

Microbus

Microcline

Of or pertaining to micrococci; caused by micrococci.

""A genus of Spherobacteria, in the form of very small globular or oval cells, forming, by transverse division, filaments, or chains of cells, or in some cases single organisms shaped like dumbbells (Diplococcus), all without the power of motion. See Illust. of Ascoccus. Spherobacteria, in the form of very small globular or oval cells, forming, by transverse division, filaments, or chains of cells, or in some cases single organisms shaped like dumbbells (Diplococcus), all without the power of motion. See Illust. of Ascoccus.""

Microcopy

Serving as a small example

Ape eats small reptile and big, reflecting bigger world

""MICROCOSM A little world; a miniature universe. Hence (so called by Paracelsus), a man, as a supposed epitome of the exterior universe or great world. Opposed to macrocosm. macrocosm.""

Microcurie

Microfarad

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MICROFAUNA

Microfauna

English word

Microfiche

Microfilm

Microfilm

English word

MICROFLORA

Microflora

""A microscopic fossil, as of a pollen grain or unicellular organism.""

Plural noun or verb form

""The smaller of a pair of conjugating gametes, usually the male, in an organism that reproduces by heterogamy.""

Micrograph

Process that helped introduce long-playing records

Microimage

Microinch

""Injection of minute amounts of a substance into a microscopic structure, such as a single cell.""

Microliter

Formed of small stones.

Oversee to a fault

Control down to the last detail

If your employee says "I'll relabel the nacho cheese widgets," you don't...

Calipers for measuring small distances

English word

MICRONIZE

Pl. micronuclei (-kl - ) or micronucleuses The smaller of two nuclei in ciliate protozoans that contains genetic material and functions in reproduction.

Microphage

Devices for amplifying the voice

Of or pertaining to a microphone; serving to intensify weak sounds.

Microphyll

Micropipet

MICROPORE

Microprism

Microprobe

Microquake

""A device for reading materials in microform, such as microfilm and microfiche.""

Microscale

Optical magnifiers

Scientific apparatus

Lab devices

Too small to see with the naked eye

Invisible to the naked eye

Nearly invisible

Very short instant

*Tiny time unit

Time it takes for light to travel 300 meters

Microseism

English word

Microspore

Microstate

Small electrical contactor

""Any of the proteinaceous cylindrical hollow structures that are distributed throughout the cytoplasm of eukaryotic cells, providing structural support and assisting in cellular locomotion and transport.""

""Pl. microvilli (-v l ) Any of the minute hairlike structures projecting from the surface of certain types of epithelial cells, especially those of the small intestine.""

""Pl. microvilli (-v l ) Any of the minute hairlike structures projecting from the surface of certain types of epithelial cells, especially those of the small intestine.""

MICROWAVE

Microworld

MICTURATE to pass urine through the ureter; to urinate.

""The act of voiding urine; also, a morbidly frequent passing of the urine, in consequence of disease.""

Midsection

Militancy

Millicurie

""The thousandth part of a micron or the millionth part of a millimeter; -- a unit of length used in measuring light waves, etc.""

*Tiny time unit

Not much time

Very short time

Mimetical

MINERAL any of various classes of inorganic substances

Quick studies (wordplay)

Minischool

Unfortunate union in Shaw play

Poorly considered partnership

Unsuitable marriage

ALLOCATE to {assign=v}

BALANCED balance

Misbalance

Unbecoming.

Miscaption

Failure is about to enter partnership

Ms. Brougham

Miscarry

Miscatalog

Junk drawer's contents

Moving miles with a clean mixture

This and that

Mischannel

CHARGING charge

Roguishly annoying

Playfully troublemaking

Riddle, part 4

Capability of being mixed.

Erroneous citation.

Misclaim

CLASSIFY to arrange in categories

Misclass

Miscolor

COMPUTED compute

Miscompute

Plan badly

Misconduct

Misconnect

See something wrong (wordplay)

Tenor's music transposed and misread

Wrongly interpret

Miscount

CREATING create

CREATION something that is created

To describe wrongly.

Sent the wrong way

EDUCATED educate

Miseducate

Moliere protagonist I associated with false credo produces dagger

Misericord

A trespass; a wrong done; the improper doing of an act which a person might lawfully do.

FOCUSING focus

Misfocus

Misfocus

FUNCTION to perform or act

Wrong guidance.

LOCATING locate

LOCATION the position in a particular place

Mismatch

PACKAGED package

Mispackage

Mispatch

PERCEIVE to become aware of through the senses

Misreckon

Misrecord

STRICKEN strongly affected or afflicted

Misteach

Mistouch

MITOTIC pertaining to {mitosis=n}

Mobocracy

Sarcastic flier (wordplay)

To Kill a - (Harper Lee)

Avian mimic (don't kill it!)

Up-to-date, for Bruce (wordplay)

Non-traditional; with new ideas

Relating to a recently developed style

With molecules; in the manner of molecules.

Treat with excessive TLC

Pamper to a fault

Treat with kid gloves

""Of or pertaining to a monarch, or to monarchy.""

Monarchism

Members of political party in Spain

Reactionaries in Spain.

Advocates of royal dictatorship.

Austere calling

Religious seclusion

Way of life after getting into the habit (wordplay)

MONOCHASIA

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

A person with monochromatism.

Monochrome

""Made, or done, with a single color; as, a monochromic picture. as, a monochromic picture.""

Monoclonal

Monocracy

Adjective (-al)

Monocular

Unvaried crop growing

Monodical

Having but a single stomach.

One in genesis; resulting from one process of formation; used of a mountain range.

""MONOGRAPH A written account or description of a single thing, or class of things; a special treatise on a particular subject of limited range.""

Singuarly obsessed sorts

Obsessives

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

Having only one nucleus: a mononuclear cell.

Derived from a single fertilized ovum or embryonic cell mass. Used especially of identical twins.

Monstrance

MORONIC pertaining to a {moron=n}

Morphactin

MORPHOGEN

Pl. morphologies a. The branch of biology that deals with the form and structure of organisms without consideration of function.

Motocross

MOTORCADE a procession of people traveling in motor cars.

Motorcycle

Harleys and others

Star vehicles in "CHiPs" TV series

Choppers

MOTORIC pertaining to muscular movement

Semis

Moustachio

They speak for others

Lawyers, informally

Official spokesmen

See peptidoglycan .

""Any of a group of organic compounds, such as the mucins, that consist of a complex of proteins and glycosaminoglycans and are found in body tissues and fluids.""

MULTIAGE including people of various ages

Word with prefix multi-

Word with prefix multi-

Adjective (-al)

Multicell

Comparative adjective or agent noun

Word with prefix multi-