mentum

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On the Balance of Power: The Pres ident believes that Communist mo mentum, which picked up after Sputnik 1, has slackened.

From Time Magazine Archive

Making his playwriting debut at Manhattan's American Place Theater, Reynolds, 33, does not shape his plays with sufficient skill, but he does give them a wickedly comic mo mentum like an accomplished barstool raconteur.

From Time Magazine Archive

Hypopharyngeal sclerites: in bees, a pair of strap-like pieces along the hypopharynx to the mentum: see also epipharyngeal sclerites.

From Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology by Smith, John. B.

Buccal fissure: the mouth slit or opening: the opening on each side of the mentum.

From Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology by Smith, John. B.

Sub-fulcrum: a sclerite between mentum and palpiger: rarely present.

From Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology by Smith, John. B.