metabolic rate
— Noun
– English
~ rate of metabolism; the amount of energy expended in a give period
mortality rate
— Noun
– English
~ the ratio of deaths in an area to the population of that area; expressed per 1000 per year
military rating
— Noun
– English
~ rank in a military organization
massasauga rattler
— Noun
– English
~ pygmy rattlesnake found in moist areas from the Great Lakes to Mexico; feeds on mice and small amphibians
Mojave rattlesnake
— Noun
– English
~ extremely dangerous; most common in areas of scattered scrubby growth; from Mojave Desert to western Texas and into Mexico
Maurice Ravel
— Noun
– English
~ French composer and exponent of Impressionism (1875-1937)
medullary ray
— Noun
– English
~ a sheet of vascular tissue separating the vascular bundles
manta ray
— Noun
– English
~ extremely large pelagic tropical ray that feeds on plankton and small fishes; usually harmless but its size make it dangerous if harpooned
mens rea
— Noun
– English
~ (law) criminal intent; the thoughts and intentions behind a wrongful act (including knowledge that the act is illegal); often at issue in murder trials
Molisch reaction
— Noun
– English
~ biochemical indicator of the presence of carbohydrates in a solution; if carbohydrates are present a violet ring is formed by reaction with alpha-naphthol in the presence of sulfuric acid
machine readable dictionary
— Noun
– English
~ a machine-readable version of a standard dictionary; organized alphabetically
machine readable
— Adjective
– English
~ suitable for feeding directly into a computer
mind reader
— Noun
– English
~ a magician who seems to discern the thoughts of another person (usually by clever signals from an accomplice)
mind reader
— Noun
– English
~ someone with the power of communicating thoughts directly
map-reader
— Noun
– English
~ a person who can read maps; "he is a good map-reader"
McGuffey Eclectic Readers
— Noun
– English
~ readers that combined lessons in reading with moralistic messages
meter reading
— Noun
– English
~ the act of measuring with meters or similar instruments; "he has a job meter reading for the gas company"
meter reading
— Noun
– English
~ a datum about some physical state that is presented to a user by a meter or similar instrument; "he could not believe the meter reading"; "the barometer gave clear indications of an approaching storm"