9-letter words containing c, a, m, o, i
- michoacan — a state in SW Mexico. 23,196 sq. mi. (60,080 sq. km). Capital: Morelia.
- micro-cap — designating a company, or a mutual fund that invests in companies, with a very small market capitalization, usually under $250 million.
- microalga — Any of many microscopic photosynthetic protists, often living as single cells and floating as plankton.
- microbars — Plural form of microbar.
- microbeam — (physics) A beam having a small cross section.
- microbial — a microorganism, especially a pathogenic bacterium.
- microbian — (biology) Of, relating to, or caused by, microbes; microbial.
- microcard — A small card bearing a microreproduction of text, resembling the microfiche format but on cardboard rather than photographic film.
- microdata — (statistics) data concerning individuals in a trial, survey etc.
- microglia — Glial cells derived from mesoderm that function as macrophages (scavengers) in the central nervous system and form part of the reticuloendothelial system.
- microgram — micrograph (def 2).
- microloan — a very small, short-term loan at low interest, especially to a start-up company or self-employed person.
- micropsia — a defect of vision in which objects appear to be smaller than their actual size.
- microstat — a negative of a microphotograph made directly from a negative by a copy camera.
- microtape — (hardware, storage) /mi:'kroh-tayp/ Occasionally used to mean a DECtape, as opposed to a macrotape. Apparently the term "microtape" was actually the official term used within DEC for these tapes until someone coined the word "DECtape", which, of course, sounded sexier to the marketroids. Another version of the story holds that someone discovered a conflict with another company's "microtape" trademark.
- microwatt — a unit of power equal to one millionth of a watt. Symbol: μW, μ w.
- microwave — an electromagnetic wave of extremely high frequency, 1 GH 3 or more, and having wavelengths of from 1 mm to 30 cm.
- millocrat — a member of a government or ruling class of mill owners
- minacious — menacing; threatening.
- minicoach — a small bus or buslike van.
- mink coat — overcoat made of mink fur
- mishpocha — an entire family network comprising relatives by blood and marriage and sometimes including close friends; clan.
- mislocate — to misplace.
- misogamic — having a hatred of marriage
- mist-coat — (in house painting or interior decoration) a coat of thinner, sometimes pigmented, applied to a finish coat of paint to increase its luster.
- mocassins — Plural form of mocassin.
- moccasins — Plural form of moccasin.
- mocktails — Plural form of mocktail.
- monacetin — acetin.
- monachism — monasticism.
- monacidic — having one replaceable hydrogen atom or hydroxyl radical.
- monacillo — a low shrub, Malvaviscus arboreus, of tropical America, having scarlet flowers and berrylike fruit that is sticky when young.
- monarchic — of, like, or pertaining to a monarch or monarchy.
- monastics — Plural form of monastic.
- monatomic — having one atom in the molecule.
- monobasic — Chemistry. (of an acid) containing one replaceable hydrogen atom.
- monodical — Pertaining to monody.
- monogamic — monogamous.
- montclair — a city in NE New Jersey.
- mordacity — biting or given to biting.
- mordicant — Biting; acrid.
- mortician — funeral director.
- mosaicism — a condition in which an organism or part is composed of two or more genetically distinct tissues owing to experimental manipulation or to faulty distribution of genetic material during mitosis.
- mosaicist — a person who works in mosaic.
- mosaicked — a picture or decoration made of small, usually colored pieces of inlaid stone, glass, etc.
- mozarabic — of, relating to, or characteristic of the Mozarabs: Mozarabic culture.
- mustachio — a mustache.
- myocardia — the muscular substance of the heart.
- myoclonia — a disease characterized by myoclonus.
- myomantic — of or relating to myomancy