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Medusan
- noun - one of two forms that coelenterates take: it is the free-swimming sexual phase in the life cycle of a coelenterate; in this phase it has a gelatinous umbrella-shaped body and tentacles
Meioses
- noun - (genetics) cell division that produces reproductive cells in sexually reproducing organisms; the nucleus divides into four nuclei each containing half the chromosome number (leading to gametes in animals and spores in plants)
- understatement for rhetorical effect (especially when expressing an affirmative by negating its contrary); "saying `I was not a little upset' when you mean `I was very upset' is an example of litotes"
Meiosis
- noun - (genetics) cell division that produces reproductive cells in sexually reproducing organisms; the nucleus divides into four nuclei each containing half the chromosome number (leading to gametes in animals and spores in plants)
- understatement for rhetorical effect (especially when expressing an affirmative by negating its contrary); "saying `I was not a little upset' when you mean `I was very upset' is an example of litotes"
Meissen
- unknown - German Porcelain
- German town
- Make of porcelain
Melasma
- noun - a tan discoloration of a woman's face that is associated with pregnancy or with the use of oral contraceptives
Melisma
- - A piece of melody; a song or tune, -- as opposed to recitative or musical declamation. (b) A grace or embellishment.
Melissa
- noun - a genus of Old World mints of the family Labiatae
Melosas
- noun - South American herb with sticky glandular foliage; source of madia oil
Menisci
- noun - (anatomy) a disk of cartilage that serves as a cushion between the ends of bones that meet at a joint
- (optics) a lens that is concave on one side and convex on the other
- (physics) the curved upper surface of a nonturbulent liquid in a vertical tube