| -lyte1 |
a substance capable of being decomposed by (such) a process. |
| -lyte2 |
variant of -lite. |
| -lytic |
of, relating to, or causing (such) dissolution or decomposition. [2 definitions] |
| lytta |
a wormlike band of cartilage on the underside of the tongue of dogs and certain other carnivorous mammals. |
| -lyze |
to dissolve, decompose, disintegrate, or the like. |
| M1 |
abbreviation of "medium," middle or intermediate in size or degree. |
| M2 |
in Roman numeral notation, 1,000. |
| M3 |
abbreviation of "male." |
| M. |
abbreviation of "Monsieur," the French title of respect and term of address for a man, corresponding to "Mister" or "Sir". |
| M- |
used with a number to denote equipment produced for U.S. military use, such as the M-16 rifle. |
| m |
the thirteenth letter of the English alphabet. |
| m.1 |
abbreviation of "meter," or "meters," the basic unit of length of the metric system, equal to one hundred centimeters or 3.28 feet. |
| m.2 |
abbreviation of "mass," in physics, the quality of a body that determines its resistance to acceleration. |
| M-1 |
the basic .30-caliber U.S. military rifle used in World War II and the Korean War, which is semiautomatic and uses a clip. |
| M-16 |
the basic U.S. military rifle used in the Vietnam War, which is fully automatic and uses small-caliber, high-velocity ammunition. |
| MA |
abbreviation of "Massachusetts," a northeastern U.S. state on the Atlantic coast north of Connecticut. |
| M.A. |
abbreviation of "Master of Arts," a graduate degree, below that of doctor, that is given by a college or university to a person who has completed a prescribed course of graduate study in the humanities or social sciences; master's degree. |
| ma |
(informal) mother. |
| ma'am |
(informal; often cap.) madam. |
| macabre |
of, pertaining to, depicting, or evoking death or the horrors of death; gruesome; ghastly. |
| macadam |
a surface, such as a road, paved with layers of compressed, broken stone, usu. mixed with tar or asphalt. [2 definitions] |