Aich's Metal :: Aich's metal () A kind of gun metal, containing copper, zinc, and iron, but no tin..

Ametabola :: Ametabola (n. pl.) A group of insects which do not undergo any metamorphosis.

Ametabolian :: Ametabolian (a.) Of or pertaining to insects that do undergo any metamorphosis.

Ametabolic :: Ametabolic (a.) Alt. of Ametabolou.

Ametabolous :: Ametabolous (a.) Not undergoing any metamorphosis; as, ametabolic insects..

Antimetabole :: Antimetabole (n.) A figure in which the same words or ideas are repeated in transposed order.

Antimetathesis :: Antimetathesis (n.) An antithesis in which the members are repeated in inverse order.

Babbitt Metal :: Babbitt metal () A soft white alloy of variable composition (as a nine parts of tin to one of copper, or of fifty parts of tin to five of antimony and one of copper) used in bearings to diminish friction..

Bell Metal :: Bell metal () A hard alloy or bronze, consisting usually of about three parts of copper to one of tin; -- used for making bells..

Bimetallic :: Bimetallic (a.) Of or relating to, or using, a double metallic standard (as gold and silver) for a system of coins or currency..

Bimetallism :: Bimetallism (n.) The legalized use of two metals (as gold and silver) in the currency of a country, at a fixed relative value; -- in opposition to monometallism..

Bimetallist :: Bimetallist (n.) An advocate of bimetallism.

Blond Metal :: Blond metal () A variety of clay ironstone, in Staffordshire, England, used for making tools..

Castrametation :: Castrametation (n.) The art or act of encamping; the making or laying out of a camp.

Cometarium :: Cometarium (n.) An instrument, intended to represent the revolution of a comet round the sun..

Cometary :: Cometary (a.) Pertaining to, or resembling, a comet..

Electro-metallurgy :: Electro-metallurgy (n.) The act or art precipitating a metal electro-chemical action, by which a coating is deposited, on a prepared surface, as in electroplating and electrotyping; galvanoplasty..

Experimetalist :: Experimetalist (n.) One who makes experiments; an experimenter.

Hemimetabola :: Hemimetabola (n. pl.) Those insects which have an incomplete metamorphosis.

Hemimetabolic :: Hemimetabolic (a.) Having an incomplete metamorphosis, the larvae differing from the adults chiefly in laking wings, as in the grasshoppers and cockroaches..

Holometabola :: Holometabola (n. pl.) Those insects which have a complete metamorphosis; metabola.

Holometabolic :: Holometabolic (a.) Having a complete metamorphosis;-said of certain insects, as the butterflies and bees..

Hydrometallurgical :: Hydrometallurgical (a.) Of or pertaining to hydrometallurgy; involving the use of liquid reagents in the treatment or reduction of ores.

Hydrometallurgy :: Hydrometallurgy (n.) The art or process of assaying or reducing ores by means of liquid reagents.

Hypermetamorphosis :: Hypermetamorphosis (n.) A kind of metamorphosis, in certain insects, in which the larva itself undergoes remarkable changes of form and structure during its growth..

Intermetacarpal :: Intermetacarpal (a.) Between the metacarpal bones.

Intermetatarsal :: Intermetatarsal (a.) Between the metatarsal bones.

Kingston Metal :: Kingston metal () An alloy of tin, copper, and mercury, sometimes used for the bearings and packings of machinery..

Mahometan :: Mahometan (n.) See Mohammedan.

Mahometanism :: Mahometanism (n.) See Mohammedanism.

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