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moment of inertia |
Noun
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the tendency of a body to resist angular acceleration |
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monsoon |
Noun
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a seasonal wind in southern Asia |
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monsoon |
Noun
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any wind that changes direction with the seasons |
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monsoon |
Noun
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rainy season in southern Asia when the southwestern monsoon blows, bringing heavy rains |
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moonbeam |
Noun
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a ray of moonlight |
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moon ray |
Noun
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a ray of moonlight |
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moon-ray |
Noun
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a ray of moonlight |
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moonlight |
Noun
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the light of the Moon |
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moonlight |
Verb
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work a second job, usually after hours |
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myonecrosis |
Noun
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localized death of muscle cell fibers |
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mass spectrum |
Noun
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a distribution of ions as shown by a mass spectrograph or a mass spectrometer |
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microwave spectrum |
Noun
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the part of the electromagnetic spectrum corresponding to microwaves |
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mock sun |
Noun
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a bright spot on the parhelic circle |
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mizzle |
Noun
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very light rain |
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mizzle |
Verb
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rain lightly |
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magnetosphere |
Noun
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the magnetic field of a planet |
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magnetic field |
Noun
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the lines of force surrounding a permanent magnet or a moving charged particle |
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magnetic flux |
Noun
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the lines of force surrounding a permanent magnet or a moving charged particle |
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magnetic flux |
Noun
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a measure of the strength of a magnetic field over a given area |
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magnetic resonance |
Noun
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resonance of electrons or atoms or molecules or nuclei to radiation frequencies as a result of space quantization in a magnetic field |
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magnetic attraction |
Noun
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attraction for iron |
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magnetic force |
Noun
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attraction for iron |
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mechanical phenomenon |
Noun
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a physical phenomenon associated with the equilibrium or motion of objects |
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meteor shower |
Noun
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a transient shower of meteors when a meteor swarm enters the earth's atmosphere |
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meteor stream |
Noun
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a transient shower of meteors when a meteor swarm enters the earth's atmosphere |
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medium wave |
Noun
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a radio wave with a wavelength between 100 and 1000 meters (a frequency between 300 kilohertz and 3000 kilohertz) |
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microflora |
Noun
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microscopic plants |
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moss |
Noun
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tiny leafy-stemmed flowerless plants |
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moss family |
Noun
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a family of mosses |
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moss genus |
Noun
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a genus of mosses |
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magnetomotive force |
Noun
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the force that produces magnetic flux |
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macrozamia |
Noun
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any treelike cycad of the genus Macrozamia having erect trunks and pinnate leaves and large cones with sometimes edible nuts |
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magnoliopsid genus |
Noun
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genus of flowering plants having two cotyledons (embryonic leaves) in the seed which usually appear at germination |
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magnoliid dicot genus |
Noun
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genus of dicotyledonous flowering plants regarded as among the most primitive of extant angiosperms |
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mountain pine |
Noun
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low shrubby pine of central Europe with short bright green needles in bunches of two |
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mountain pine |
Noun
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tall pine of western North America with stout blue-green needles |
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mountain pine |
Noun
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evergreen tree of New Zealand resembling the kawaka |
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mugho pine |
Noun
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low shrubby pine of central Europe with short bright green needles in bunches of two |
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mugo pine |
Noun
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low shrubby pine of central Europe with short bright green needles in bunches of two |
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mahuang |
Noun
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Chinese ephedra yielding ephedrine |
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monocot family |
Noun
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family of flowering plants having a single cotyledon (embryonic leaf) in the seed |
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monocot genus |
Noun
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genus of flowering plants having a single cotyledon (embryonic leaf) in the seed |
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magnoliopsid family |
Noun
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family of flowering plants having two cotyledons (embryonic leaves) in the seed which usually appear at germination |
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magnoliid dicot family |
Noun
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family of dicotyledonous flowering plants regarded as among the most primitive of extant angiosperms |
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mountain hemlock |
Noun
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large evergreen of western United States |
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metasequoia |
Noun
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large fast-growing Chinese monoecious tree having flat bright-green deciduous leaves and small globular cones |
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mountain rimu |
Noun
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low-growing to prostrate shrub with slender trailing branches |
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miro |
Noun
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New Zealand conifer used for lumber |
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matai |
Noun
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conifer of Australia and New Zealand |
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monkey puzzle |
Noun
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large Chilean evergreen conifer having intertwined branches and bearing edible nuts |