Methysticin (n.) A white, silky, crystalline substance extracted from the thick rootstock of a species of pepper (Piper methysticum) of the South Sea Islands; -- called also kanakin.
Metic (n.) A sojourner; an immigrant; an alien resident in a Grecian city, but not a citizen.
Meticulous (a.) Timid; fearful.
Metif (n. f.) Alt. of Metive
Metive (n. f.) See Metis.
Metis (n. f.) Alt. of Metisse
Metisse (n. f.) The offspring of a white person and an American Indian.
Metisse (n. f.) The offspring of a white person and a quadroon; an octoroon.
Metoche (n.) The space between two dentils.
Metoche (n.) The space between two triglyphs.
Metonic (a.) Pertaining to, or discovered by, Meton, the Athenian.
Metonymic (a.) Alt. of Metonymical
Metonymical (a.) Used by way of metonymy.
Metonymy (n.) A trope in which one word is put for another that suggests it; as, we say, a man keeps a good table instead of good provisions; we read Virgil, that is, his poems; a man has a warm heart, that is, warm affections.
Metope (n.) The space between two triglyphs of the Doric frieze, which, among the ancients, was often adorned with carved work. See Illust. of Entablature.
Metope (n.) The face of a crab.
Metopic (a.) Of or pertaining to the forehead or frontal bones; frontal; as, the metopic suture.
Metopomancy (n.) Fortune telling by physiognomy.
Metoposcopic (a.) Alt. of Metoposcopical
Metoposcopical (a.) Of or relating to metoposcopy.
Metoposcopist (n.) One versed in metoposcopy.
Metoposcopy (n.) The study of physiognomy; the art of discovering the character of persons by their features, or the lines of the face.
Metosteon (n.) The postero-lateral ossification in the sternum of birds; also, the part resulting from such ossification.
Metre (n.) See Meter.
Metric (a.) Relating to measurement; involving, or proceeding by, measurement.
Metric (a.) Of or pertaining to the meter as a standard of measurement; of or pertaining to the decimal system of measurement of which a meter is the unit; as, the metric system; a metric measurement.
Metrical (a.) Of or pertaining to the meter; arranged in meter; consisting of verses; as, metrical compositions.
Metrical (a.) Of or pertaining to measurement; as, the inch, foot, yard, etc., are metrical terms; esp., of or pertaining to the metric system.
Metrically (adv.) In a metrical manner.
Metrician (n.) A composer of verses.
Metric system () See Metric, a.
Metrification (n.) Composition in metrical form; versification.
Metrify (v. i.) To make verse.
Metrist (n.) A maker of verses.
Metritis (n.) Inflammation of the womb.
Metrochrome (n.) An instrument for measuring colors.
Metrograph (n.) An instrument attached to a locomotive for recording its speed and the number and duration of its stops.
Metrological (a.) Of or pertaining to metrology.
Metrology (n.) The science of, or a system of, weights and measures; also, a treatise on the subject.
Metromania (n.) A mania for writing verses.
Metromaniac (n.) One who has metromania.
Metrometer (n.) An instrument for measuring the size of the womb.
Metronome (n.) An instrument consisting of a short pendulum with a sliding weight. It is set in motion by clockwork, and serves to measure time in music.
Metronomy (n.) Measurement of time by an instrument.
Metronymic (a.) Derived from the name of one's mother, or other female ancestor; as, a metronymic name or appellation. -- A metronymic appellation.
Metropole (n.) A metropolis.
Metropolis (n.) The mother city; the chief city of a kingdom, state, or country.
Metropolis (n.) The seat, or see, of the metropolitan, or highest church dignitary.
Metropolitan (a.) Of or pertaining to the capital or principal city of a country; as, metropolitan luxury.
Metropolitan (a.) Of, pertaining to, or designating, a metropolitan or the presiding bishop of a country or province, his office, or his dignity; as, metropolitan authority.
Metropolitan (n.) The superior or presiding bishop of a country or province.
Metropolitan (n.) An archbishop.
Metropolitan (n.) A bishop whose see is civil metropolis. His rank is intermediate between that of an archbishop and a patriarch.
Metropolitanate (n.) The see of a metropolitan bishop.
Metropolite (n.) A metropolitan.
Metropolitical (a.) Of or pertaining to a metropolis; being a metropolis; metropolitan; as, the metropolitical chair.
Metrorrhagia (n.) Profuse bleeding from the womb, esp. such as does not occur at the menstrual period.
Metroscope (n.) A modification of the stethoscope, for directly auscultating the uterus from the vagina.
Metrosideros (n.) A myrtaceous genus of trees or shrubs, found in Australia and the South Sea Islands, and having very hard wood. Metrosideros vera is the true ironwood.
Metrotome (n.) An instrument for cutting or scarifying the uterus or the neck of the uterus.
Metrotomy (n.) The operation of cutting into the uterus; hysterotomy; the Caesarean section.
-metry () A suffix denoting the art, process, or science, of measuring; as, acidmetry, chlorometry, chronometry.
Mette () imp. of Mete, to dream.
Mettle (n.) Substance or quality of temperament; spirit, esp. as regards honor, courage, fortitude, ardor, etc.; disposition; -- usually in a good sense.
Mettled (a.) Having mettle; high-spirited; ardent; full of fire.
Mettlesome (a.) Full of spirit; possessing constitutional ardor; fiery; as, a mettlesome horse.
Meute (n.) A cage for hawks; a mew. See 4th Mew, 1.
Meve (v. t. & i.) To move.
Mew (n.) A gull, esp. the common British species (Larus canus); called also sea mew, maa, mar, mow, and cobb.
Mewed (imp. & p. p.) of Mew
Mewing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Mew
Mew (v. t.) To shed or cast; to change; to molt; as, the hawk mewed his feathers.
Mew (v. i.) To cast the feathers; to molt; hence, to change; to put on a new appearance.
Mew (n.) A cage for hawks while mewing; a coop for fattening fowls; hence, any inclosure; a place of confinement or shelter; -- in the latter sense usually in the plural.
Mew (n.) A stable or range of stables for horses; -- compound used in the plural, and so called from the royal stables in London, built on the site of the king's mews for hawks.
Mew (v. t.) To shut up; to inclose; to confine, as in a cage or other inclosure.
Mew (v. i.) To cry as a cat.
Mew (n.) The common cry of a cat.
Mewled (imp. & p. p.) of Mewl
Mewling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Mewl
Mewl (v. i.) To cry, as a young child; to squall.
Mewler (n.) One that mewls.
Mews (n. sing. & pl.) An alley where there are stables; a narrow passage; a confined place.
Mexal (mexcal.) Alt. of Mexical
Mexical (mexcal.) See Mescal.
Mexican (a.) Of or pertaining to Mexico or its people.
Mexican (n.) A native or inhabitant of Mexico.
Mexicanize (v. t.) To cause to be like the Mexicans, or their country, esp. in respect of frequent revolutions of government.
Mexicanize (v. i.) To become like the Mexicans, or their country or government.
Neyne (n.) Same as Meine.
Mezcal (n.) Same as Mescal.
Mezereon (n.) A small European shrub (Daphne Mezereum), whose acrid bark is used in medicine.
Mezquita (n.) A mosque.
Mezuzoth (n.) A piece of parchment bearing the Decalogue and attached to the doorpost; -- in use among orthodox Hebrews.
Mezzanine (n.) Same as Entresol.
Mezzanine (n.) A partial story which is not on the same level with the story of the main part of the edifice, as of a back building, where the floors are on a level with landings of the staircase of the main house.
Mezza voce () With a medium fullness of sound.
Mezzo (a.) Mean; not extreme.
Mezzo-relievo (n.) Mezzo-rilievo.
Mezzo-rilievo (n.) A middle degree of relief in figures, between high and low relief.