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monograph.noun,.plural.monographs
a written account
of a single thing, such as the
product paper monograph that is included with every vaccine, telling of
its ingredients and its dangers;
a scholarly piece of writing
of essay or book length on a specific,
often limited subject; also
a learned treatise on a small
area of learning; word origination
date 1821
monograph,
monographed,
monographing,
monographs.transitive
verbs
to write a monograph on
monographic.adjective
monographically.adverb
monographer.noun,.plural.monographers
monogram.noun,.plural.monograms
a design.composed
of one or more letters, typically
the initials of a name, used as
an identifying.mark
monogram,
monogramed.also
spelt.monogrammed,
monograming/
monogramming,
monograms.transitive
verbs
to mark with a design composed
of one or more letters; from Late
Latin 'monogramma' and from Late
Greek 'monogrammon', from the neuter
of 'monogrammos' meaning 'consisting of a single letter of the alphabet'
monogramatic/monogrammatic.adjective
medulla.noun,.plural.medullas.also
called medullae
the inner core
of certain.organs
or body structures, such as
the marrow of bone; the medulla
oblongata; myelin
Botany:.in
botany,
the pith in the stems
or roots of certain plants;
from Middle English perhaps
an alteration of Latin
'medius' meaning 'medial', 'middle'
medullar.or.medullary.adjective
medulla oblongata.noun,.plural.medulla
oblongatas.or.medullae
oblongatae
the lowermost portion of
the vertebrate brain, continuous
with the spinal cord, responsible for the control of respiration, circulation,
and certain other bodily functions
marrow.noun,.plural.marrows
the marrow of something
is the most important and basic part of it (we're getting into the marrow
of the film; this booklet is a marrow
of wisdom); the inmost,
choicest
or essential part; the pith;
bone marrow; spinal marrow and the spinal cord are all critical
parts of our bodies
misstep.noun,.plural.missteps
a misplaced or awkward.step;
an instance of wrong or improper.conduct;
a blunder; a mistake,
such
as one that is caused by not understanding a situation.correctly;
a mistake in judgment or action;
a bad move; a wrong move (avoid misstepping, use Ask Suby to help); date
of word origination 1788-1790
A.D.
misplace,
misplaced,
misplacing,
misplaces.transitive
verbs
to put into a wrong place
(misplace punctuation in a
sentence);
to mislay (he misplaced his cellphone)
misplacement.noun,.plural.misplacements
monger.noun,.plural.mongers
a person promoting
something undesirable or discreditable
(a scandalmonger; a warmonger); a dealer in a specific commodity (an ironmonger)
monger,
mongered,
mongering,
mongers.transitive
verbs
to peddle
malady.noun,.plural.maladies
an unwholesome or disordered.condition;
any unhealthy condition or disorder (the malady of discontent);
an ailment; from Middle
English 'maladie' which is from Old
French 'malade' meaning 'ill' and from Latin
'male habitus' meaning 'in poor condition', where 'male' means 'badly'
and 'habitus' is 'to hold'
malaise.noun
a vague
feeling of discomfort one notices
affecting himself and/or other human beings; a state
in which there is something wrong within one's life and/or society, for
which there does not seem to be a quick or easy solution;
a general.sense.of.depression.or
unease
mow.noun,.plural.mows
the place in a barn where
hay, grain or other feed is stored; a stack of hay or other feed stored
in a barn
mow,
mowed.or.mown,
mowing,
mows.verbs
intransitive
verb use.to
cut down grass or other growth
transitive verb use.to
cut down grass or grain with a scythe
or some sort of a mechanical device;
to cut grass or grain by using (mow the lawn)
mower.noun,.plural.mowers
maybe.adverb
perhaps;
possibly;
you use maybe to express uncertainty,
for example when you do not know that something is definitely.true,
or when you are mentioning.something
that may possibly happen in the future
in the way you describe (maybe she is in love); maybe is also used to introduce
polite requests (maybe we can go to the movies; wait a while, maybe a few
days until the rains let up)
maybe.noun,.plural.maybes
an uncertainty
(there are so many maybes involved in playing the both the crypto and stock
markets to earn yourself money); an uncertain reply (it's better to receive
a fast and honest no than a drawn-out maybe)
me.pronoun
the objective.case
of I; used as the direct
object of a verb as in 'he assisted me' and used as the indirect
object of a verb 'They offered me a ride' and as used in the object
of a preposition (This
letter is addressed to me) and used as a predicate
nominative as in 'It's me'
See Usage
notes at 'I'
mycoplasma.noun,.plural.mycoplasmas
a pathogen;
any of numerous.parasitic,
pathogenic microorganisms
of the genus Mycoplasma that lack
a true cell wall and need sterols
such as cholesterol for growth;
in human beings, one species is a primary cause of nonbacterial pneumonia
mycoplasmal.adjective
munition.noun,.plural.munitions
materiel
such as weapons and ammunition
munition,
munitioned,
munitioning,
munitions.transitive
verbs
to supply with munitions;
from Middle English 'municion'
meaning 'privilege supported by a document', from Old
French 'fortification' and from Latin
'munire' meaning 'to make a building strong against attack', to defend
maven.also.spelt.mavin.noun,.plural.mavens,.mavins.
a person who has special
knowledge or experience; an expert
marquis.noun,.plural.marquises
a marquis is a male member
of the nobility who has a rank
between duke and earl
marchioness.noun,.plural.marchionesses
a wife or widow of a marquis
or a woman with the same rank as a marquis
meadow.noun,.plural.meadows
a tract
of grassland, either in its natural state
or used as pasture or for growing
hay
meadowy.adjective
meadowland.noun,.plural.meadowlands
a tract of land having the
characteristics
of or used for a meadow
misogynist.noun,.plural.misogynists
one who hates
women
misogynist.adjective
of or characterized
by a hatred of women
misogyny.noun,.plural.misogynies
one who has hatred of women
misogynic.adjective
misogynistic.also
ok to use.misogynous.adjective
of or characterized by a
hatred of women
megalith.noun,.plural.megaliths
a very large stone used
in various ancient architectures or monumental styles, notably in western
Europe during the second millennium B.C.E.
and as it appears, assisted by ancient 'star
people' or non terrestrials
megalithic.adjective
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