| ENOMOTIES | • enomoties n. Plural of enomoty. • ENOMOTY n. (Greek) a band of sworn soldiers in the Spartan army. |
| METRONOME | • metronome n. (Music) A device, containing an inverted pendulum, used to mark time by means of regular ticks at adjustable… • METRONOME n. a mechanical device which indicates the exact tempo of a piece of music by producing a clicking sound from a pendulum with an adjustable period of swing. |
| MOMENTOES | • momentoes n. Plural of momento. • MOMENTO n. something kept or given as a reminder, also MEMENTO. |
| MONOESTER | • monoester n. (Organic chemistry) An ester of a polyhydric alcohol or a polycarboxylic acid containing only a single ester group. • MONOESTER n. an ester, as of a dibasic acid, that contains only one ester group. |
| MONOMETER | • monometer n. (Poetry) A line of verse containing a single metrical foot. • MONOMETER n. a rhythmic series, consisting of a single meter. |
| MONOSTELE | • monostele n. Synonym of protostele. • MONOSTELE n. a single stele, also MONOSTELY. |
| MONOTREME | • monotreme n. (Zoology) A mammal that lays eggs and has a single urogenital and digestive orifice. Only the echidnas… • monotreme adj. (Palynology, of a pollen grain) Having a single trema, or aperture. • MONOTREME n. a primitive Australian egg-laying mammal, e.g. a duck-billed platypus. |
| MOUTONNEE | • MOUTONNEE adj. (French) of a rock, rounded by the action of a glacier. |
| NOMOTHETE | • nomothete n. A lawgiver; a legislator. • nomothete n. A name giver. • NOMOTHETE n. a lawgiver. |
| OENOMETER | • oenometer n. An alcoholometer. • OENOMETER n. an instrument for measuring alcoholic strength of wine. |
| ONCOMETER | • oncometer n. (Physiology) An instrument for measuring the variations in size of the internal organs of the body. • ONCOMETER n. an instrument measuring change in the size of internal organs. |
| SONOMETER | • sonometer n. An audiometer (device for gauging the hearing). • sonometer n. An instrument for measuring sounds or their intervals by means of a sounding board with strings stretched… • SONOMETER n. a musical instrument having only one string, aka monochord. |
| TELEONOMY | • teleonomy n. (Evolutionary theory) The quality of living organisms of seeming to be organized towards the attainment of an end. • TELEONOMY n. the property of living systems of being organized towards the attainment of ends without true purposiveness. |
| TOMENTOSE | • tomentose adj. (Biology, of a surface) covered in (often matted) hairs. • TOMENTOSE adj. bearing thickly matted hair or fur, also TOMENTOUS. |
| TONOMETER | • tonometer n. An instrument used to measure tension or pressure, especially inside the eye. • TONOMETER n. an instrument used to measure the pitch of musical tones. |