maidenhair
         n 1: any of various small to large terrestrial ferns of the
               genus Adiantum having delicate palmately branched fronds
               [syn: {maidenhair}, {maidenhair fern}]

English Dictionary: metamorphose	by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
maidenhair berry n slow-growing procumbent evergreen shrublet of northern North America and Japan having white flowers and numerous white fleshy rough and hairy seeds Synonym(s): creeping snowberry, moxie plum, maidenhair berry, Gaultheria hispidula
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
maidenhair fern n any of various small to large terrestrial ferns of the genus Adiantum having delicate palmately branched fronds Synonym(s): maidenhair, maidenhair fern
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
maidenhair spleenwort n small rock-inhabiting fern of northern temperate zone and Hawaii with pinnate fronds Synonym(s): maidenhair spleenwort, Asplenium trichomanes
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maidenhair tree n deciduous dioecious Chinese tree having fan-shaped leaves and fleshy yellow seeds; exists almost exclusively in cultivation especially as an ornamental street tree Synonym(s): ginkgo, gingko, maidenhair tree, Ginkgo biloba
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Matamoros n a city in northeastern Mexico opposite Brownsville near the mouth of the Rio Grande
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meat market n a shop in which meat and poultry (and sometimes fish) are sold Synonym(s): butcher shop, meat market
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Meitner n Swedish physicist (born in Austria) who worked in the field of radiochemistry with Otto Hahn and formulated the concept of nuclear fission with Otto Frisch (1878-1968) Synonym(s): Meitner, Lise Meitner
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
meitnerium n a radioactive transuranic element [syn: meitnerium, Mt, element 109, atomic number 109]
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metamere n one of a series of similar body segments into which some animals are divided longitudinally Synonym(s): metamere, somite
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
metameric adj having the body divided into successive metameres or segments, as in earthworms or lobsters Synonym(s): metameric, segmental, segmented
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
metamorphic adj of or relating to metamorphosis (especially of rocks); "metamorphic stage"; "marble is a metamorphic rock that takes a high polish" Synonym(s): metamorphic, metamorphous characterized by metamorphosis or change in physical form or substance Antonym(s): nonmetamorphic
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
metamorphic rock n rock altered by pressure and heat
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
metamorphism n change in the structure of rock by natural agencies such as pressure or heat or introduction of new chemical substances
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metamorphopsia n a defect of vision in which objects appear to be distorted; usually due to a defect in the retina
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
metamorphose v change completely the nature or appearance of; "In Kafka's story, a person metamorphoses into a bug"; "The treatment and diet transfigured her into a beautiful young woman"; "Jesus was transfigured after his resurrection" Synonym(s): metamorphose, transfigure, transmogrify change in outward structure or looks; "He transformed into a monster"; "The salesman metamorphosed into an ugly beetle" Synonym(s): transform, transmute, metamorphose
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
metamorphosis n the marked and rapid transformation of a larva into an adult that occurs in some animals Synonym(s): metamorphosis, metabolism a striking change in appearance or character or circumstances; "the metamorphosis of the old house into something new and exciting" Synonym(s): transfiguration, metamorphosis a complete change of physical form or substance especially as by magic or witchcraft
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
metamorphous adj of or relating to metamorphosis (especially of rocks); "metamorphic stage"; "marble is a metamorphic rock that takes a high polish" Synonym(s): metamorphic, metamorphous produced by metamorphosis; "most insects are metamorphic as witness the stages as a butterfly develops from a caterpillar"
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mid-March n the middle part of March
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motoneuron n a neuron conducting impulses outwards from the brain or spinal cord Synonym(s): motor neuron, efferent neuron, motor nerve fiber, motoneuron
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mutineer n someone who is openly rebellious and refuses to obey authorities (especially seamen or soldiers)
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Marian \Ma"ri*an\, a.       Pertaining to the Virgin Mary, or sometimes to Mary, Queen of       England, daughter of Henry VIII.                   Of all the Marian martyrs, Mr. Philpot was the                best-born gentleman.                              --Fuller.          {Maid Marian}. See {Maidmarian} in the Vocabulary.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Maidenhair \Maid"en*hair`\, n. (Bot.)       A fern of the genus {Adiantum} ({A. pedatum}), having very       slender graceful stalks. It is common in the United States,       and is sometimes used in medicine. The name is also applied       to other species of the same genus, as to the Venus-hair.          {Maiden grass}, the smaller quaking grass.          {Maiden tree}. See {Ginkgo}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Ginkgo \Gink"go\, n.; pl. {Ginkgoes}. [Chin., silver fruit.]       (Bot.)       A large ornamental tree ({Ginkgo biloba}) from China and       Japan, belonging to the Yew suborder of {Conifer[91]}. Its       leaves are so like those of some maidenhair ferns, that it is       also called the {maidenhair tree}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Maidmarian \Maid`ma"ri*an\, n. [Maid + Marian, relating to Mary,       or the Virgin Mary.]       1. The lady of the May games; one of the characters in a             morris dance; a May queen. Afterward, a grotesque             character personated in sports and buffoonery by a man in             woman's clothes.          2. A kind of dance. --Sir W. Temple.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Maoadam road \Mao*ad"am road`\ [See {Macadamize}.]       A macadamized road.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Mattamore \Mat"ta*more`\, n. [F. matamore, from Ar. matm[?]ra.]       A subterranean repository for wheat.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Metamer \Met"a*mer\, n. [See {Metamere}.] (Chem.)       Any one of several metameric forms of the same substance, or       of different substances having the same composition; as,       xylene has three metamers, viz., orthoxylene, metaxylene, and       paraxylene.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Metamere \Met"a*mere\, n. [Pref. meta- + -mere.] (Biol.)       One of successive or homodynamous parts in animals and       plants; one of a series of similar parts that follow one       another in a vertebrate or articulate animal, as in an       earthworm; a segment; a somite. See Illust. of {Loeven's       larva}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Metameric \Met`a*mer"ic\, a. [Pref. meta- + Gr. [?] part.]       1. (Chem.) Having the same elements united in the same             proportion by weight, and with the same molecular weight,             but possessing a different structure and different             properties; as, methyl ether and ethyl alcohol are             metameric compounds. See {Isomeric}.          Note: The existence of metameric compounds is due to the                different arrangement of the same constituents in the                molecule.          2. (Biol.) Of or pertaining to a metamere or its formation;             as, metameric segmentation.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Metamerically \Met`a*mer"ic*al*ly\, adv.       In a metameric manner.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Metamerism \Me*tam"er*ism\, n.       1. (Biol.) The symmetry of a metameric structure; serial             symmetry; the state of being made up of metameres.          2. (Chem.) The state or quality of being metameric; also, the             relation or condition of metameric compounds.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Metamorphic \Met`a*mor"phic\, a. [See {Metamorphosis}.]       1. Subject to change; changeable; variable.          2. Causing a change of structure.          3. (Geol.) Pertaining to, produced by, or exhibiting, certain             changes which minerals or rocks may have undergone since             their original deposition; -- especially applied to the             recrystallization which sedimentary rocks have undergone             through the influence of heat and pressure, after which             they are called metamorphic rocks.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Metamorphism \Met`a*mor"phism\, n. (Geol.)       The state or quality of being metamorphic; the process by       which the material of rock masses has been more or less       recrystallized by heat, pressure, etc., as in the change of       sedimentary limestone to marble. --Murchison.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Metamorphist \Met`a*mor"phist\, n. (Eccl.)       One who believes that the body of Christ was merged into the       Deity when he ascended.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Metamorphize \Met`a*mor"phize\, v. t.       To metamorphose.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Metamorphose \Met`a*mor"phose\, v. t. [imp. & p. p.       {Metamorphosed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Metamorphosing}.] [Cf. F.       m[82]tamorphoser.]       To change into a different form; to transform; to transmute.                   And earth was metamorphosed into man.      --Dryden.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Metamorphose \Met`a*mor"phose\, n. [Cf. F. m[82]tamorphose. See       {Metamorphosis}.]       Same as {Metamorphosis}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Metamorphose \Met`a*mor"phose\, v. t. [imp. & p. p.       {Metamorphosed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Metamorphosing}.] [Cf. F.       m[82]tamorphoser.]       To change into a different form; to transform; to transmute.                   And earth was metamorphosed into man.      --Dryden.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Metamorphoser \Met`a*mor"pho*ser\, n.       One who metamorphoses. [R.] --Gascoigne.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Metamorphosis \Met`a*mor"pho*sis\, n.; pl. {Metamorphoses}. [L.,       fr. Gr. [?], fr. [?] to be transformed; [?] beyond, over +       [?] form.]       1. Change of form, or structure; transformation.          2. (Biol.) A change in the form or function of a living             organism, by a natural process of growth or development;             as, the metamorphosis of the yolk into the embryo, of a             tadpole into a frog, or of a bud into a blossom.             Especially, that form of sexual reproduction in which an             embryo undergoes a series of marked changes of external             form, as the chrysalis stage, pupa stage, etc., in             insects. In these intermediate stages sexual reproduction             is usually impossible, but they ultimately pass into final             and sexually developed forms, from the union of which             organisms are produced which pass through the same cycle             of changes. See {Transformation}.          3. (Physiol.) The change of material of one kind into another             through the agency of the living organism; metabolism.          {Vegetable metamorphosis} (Bot.), the doctrine that flowers             are homologous with leaf buds, and that the floral organs             are transformed leaves.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Metamorphosic \Met`a*mor"pho*sic\, a.       Changing the form; transforming. [R.] --Pownall.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Metamorphose \Met`a*mor"phose\, v. t. [imp. & p. p.       {Metamorphosed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Metamorphosing}.] [Cf. F.       m[82]tamorphoser.]       To change into a different form; to transform; to transmute.                   And earth was metamorphosed into man.      --Dryden.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Metamorphosis \Met`a*mor"pho*sis\, n.; pl. {Metamorphoses}. [L.,       fr. Gr. [?], fr. [?] to be transformed; [?] beyond, over +       [?] form.]       1. Change of form, or structure; transformation.          2. (Biol.) A change in the form or function of a living             organism, by a natural process of growth or development;             as, the metamorphosis of the yolk into the embryo, of a             tadpole into a frog, or of a bud into a blossom.             Especially, that form of sexual reproduction in which an             embryo undergoes a series of marked changes of external             form, as the chrysalis stage, pupa stage, etc., in             insects. In these intermediate stages sexual reproduction             is usually impossible, but they ultimately pass into final             and sexually developed forms, from the union of which             organisms are produced which pass through the same cycle             of changes. See {Transformation}.          3. (Physiol.) The change of material of one kind into another             through the agency of the living organism; metabolism.          {Vegetable metamorphosis} (Bot.), the doctrine that flowers             are homologous with leaf buds, and that the floral organs             are transformed leaves.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Motioner \Mo"tion*er\, n.       One who makes a motion; a mover. --Udall.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Mouth \Mouth\ (mouth), n.; pl. {Mouths} (mou[th]z). [OE. mouth,       mu[thorn], AS. m[umac][edh]; akin to D. mond, OS.       m[umac][edh], G. mund, Icel. mu[edh]r, munnr, Sw. mun, Dan.       mund, Goth. mun[thorn]s, and possibly L. mentum chin; or cf.       D. muil mouth, muzzle, G. maul, OHG. m[umac]la, Icel.       m[umac]li, and Skr. mukha mouth.]       1. The opening through which an animal receives food; the             aperture between the jaws or between the lips; also, the             cavity, containing the tongue and teeth, between the lips             and the pharynx; the buccal cavity.          2. Hence: An opening affording entrance or exit; orifice;             aperture; as:             (a) The opening of a vessel by which it is filled or                   emptied, charged or discharged; as, the mouth of a jar                   or pitcher; the mouth of the lacteal vessels, etc.             (b) The opening or entrance of any cavity, as a cave, pit,                   well, or den.             (c) The opening of a piece of ordnance, through which it                   is discharged.             (d) The opening through which the waters of a river or any                   stream are discharged.             (e) The entrance into a harbor.          3. (Saddlery) The crosspiece of a bridle bit, which enters             the mouth of an animal.          4. A principal speaker; one who utters the common opinion; a             mouthpiece.                         Every coffeehouse has some particular statesman                      belonging to it, who is the mouth of the street                      where he lives.                                 --Addison.          5. Cry; voice. [Obs.] --Dryden.          6. Speech; language; testimony.                         That in the mouth of two or three witnesses every                      word may be established.                     --Matt. xviii.                                                                               16.          7. A wry face; a grimace; a mow.                         Counterfeit sad looks, Make mouths upon me when I                      turn my back.                                    --Shak.          {Down in the mouth}, chapfallen; of dejected countenance;             depressed; discouraged. [Obs. or Colloq.]          {Mouth friend}, one who professes friendship insincerely.             --Shak.          {Mouth glass}, a small mirror for inspecting the mouth or             teeth.          {Mouth honor}, honor given in words, but not felt. --Shak.          {Mouth organ}. (Mus.)             (a) Pan's pipes. See {Pandean}.             (b) An harmonicon.          {Mouth pipe}, an organ pipe with a lip or plate to cut the             escaping air and make a sound.          {To stop the mouth}, to silence or be silent; to put to             shame; to confound.                         The mouth of them that speak lies shall be stopped.                                                                               --Ps. lxiii.                                                                               11.                         Whose mouths must be stopped.            --Titus i. 11.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Mutineer \Mu"ti*neer`\, n. [See {Mutiny}.]       One guilty of mutiny.
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Maiden Rock, WI (village, FIPS 48175)       Location: 44.56784 N, 92.30836 W       Population (1990): 146 (86 housing units)       Area: 2.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 54750
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Matamoras, OH (village, FIPS 48286)       Location: 39.51863 N, 81.07047 W       Population (1990): 1002 (447 housing units)       Area: 0.9 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water)    Matamoras, PA (borough, FIPS 48048)       Location: 41.36642 N, 74.70005 W       Population (1990): 1934 (921 housing units)       Area: 1.8 sq km (land), 0.2 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 18336
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Metamora, IL (village, FIPS 48606)       Location: 40.79208 N, 89.36365 W       Population (1990): 2520 (942 housing units)       Area: 3.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 61548    Metamora, IN       Zip code(s): 47030    Metamora, MI (village, FIPS 53340)       Location: 42.94121 N, 83.29057 W       Population (1990): 447 (156 housing units)       Area: 1.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 48455    Metamora, OH (village, FIPS 49238)       Location: 41.71110 N, 83.90804 W       Population (1990): 543 (209 housing units)       Area: 0.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 43540
From The Elements (22Oct97) [elements]:
meitnerium    Symbol: Mt    Atomic number: 109    Atomic weight: (266)    Half-life of approximately 5ms. The creation of this element demonstrated    that fusion techniques could indeed be used to make new, heavy nuclei.    Made and identified by physicists of the Heavy Ion Research Laboratory,    Darmstadt, West Germany in 1982. Named in honor of Lise Meitner the    Austrian physicist.