11-letter words containing c, o, m, i, s
- microgreens — the shoots of young salad plants, served as a vegetable dish
- microinches — Plural form of microinch.
- microlights — Plural form of microlight.
- micrometers — Plural form of micrometer.
- micronesian — of or relating to Micronesia, its inhabitants, or their languages.
- microphages — Plural form of microphage.
- microphones — Plural form of microphone.
- microphylls — Plural form of microphyll.
- microphytes — Plural form of microphyte.
- microporous — composed of or having extremely small pores.
- microquasar — (astronomy, stars) A high-energy binary star system that includes black hole or neutron star and which resembles a quasar.
- microscopes — Plural form of microscope.
- microscopic — so small as to be invisible or indistinct without the use of the microscope: microscopic organisms. Compare macroscopic.
- microsecond — a unit of time equal to one millionth of a second. Symbol: μsec.
- microseisms — Plural form of microseism.
- microsensor — a miniature electronic device used to detect changes in the environment.
- microskirts — Plural form of microskirt.
- microsmatic — (of humans and certain animals) having a poor sense of smell
- microsphere — a very small medical particle, containing a diagnostic or therapeutic agent, that is injected into the blood
- microspores — Plural form of microspore.
- microstress — a stress in the microstructure of a metal, as one caused by the distortion of space lattices.
- microswitch — a highly sensitive switch used in automatic-control devices.
- microsystem — A microscopic system, especially a system using microscopic electromechanical components.
- microvessel — (medicine) A very small blood vessel, such as a capillary or arteriole.
- microvillus — any of the small, fingerlike projections of the surface of an epithelial cell.
- midas touch — the ability to turn any business venture one is associated with into an extremely profitable one.
- midsections — Plural form of midsection.
- millisecond — one thousandth of a second. Abbreviation: msec.
- mills cross — a type of radio telescope consisting of two arrays of antennas perpendicular to each other.
- mimosaceous — belonging to the Mimosaceae, now regarded as a subfamily (Mimosoideae) of the legume family.
- mince words — speak tentatively, tactfully
- mini-course — a brief intensive course of study
- minicourses — Plural form of minicourse.
- minor scale — Also called harmonic minor scale. a scale having half steps between the second and third, fifth and sixth, and seventh and eighth degrees, with whole steps for the other intervals.
- mirrorscope — (dated) A slide projector.
- misallocate — to allocate mistakenly or improperly: to misallocate resources.
- misbecoming — Present participle of misbecome.
- miscegenous — Of, pertaining to, or being miscegenation; interracial (said primarily of marriages and other sexual or romantic relationships).
- mischevious — Misconstruction of mischievous.
- mischievous — maliciously or playfully annoying.
- miscitation — an erroneous citation
- misconceive — Fail to understand correctly.
- misconstrue — to misunderstand the meaning of; take in a wrong sense; misinterpret.
- miscounting — Present participle of miscount.
- miscreation — miscreated.
- misericorde — (Middle English) an act of clemency; pity, mercy.
- misericords — Plural form of misericord.
- misfunction — malfunction.
- mislocation — to misplace.
- misocapnist — (rare) One who hates tobacco smoke.