9-letter words containing c, o, m, r, i
- 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.
- microthin — extremely or, sometimes, microscopically thin: a microthin layer of aluminum.
- microtome — an instrument for cutting very thin sections, as of organic tissue, for microscopic examination.
- microtomy — the cutting of very thin sections with the microtome.
- microtone — any musical interval smaller than a semitone, specifically, a quarter tone.
- microtube — A microscopic tube, especially one used in the construction of specialized lasers.
- microvolt — a unit of electromotive force or potential difference equal to one millionth of a volt. Symbol: μV, μ v.
- 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.
- microwire — A very small diameter wire, especially one with a glass coating.
- microzoon — a microscopic animal, especially a protozoan.
- microzyme — (biology, dated) A microorganism supposed to act like a ferment in causing or propagating certain infectious or contagious diseases; a pathogenic bacterial organism.
- midcourse — the middle of a course.
- millocrat — a member of a government or ruling class of mill owners
- miscolour — (transitive) To give a wrong colour to.
- misoclere — hostile to clergy
- misreckon — (transitive) To add (something) up incorrectly, make a wrong calculation of (an amount etc.).
- misrecord — (transitive) To record incorrectly.
- mockeries — Plural form of mockery.
- monarchic — of, like, or pertaining to a monarch or monarchy.
- monomeric — a molecule of low molecular weight capable of reacting with identical or different molecules of low molecular weight to form a polymer.
- monorchid — having or appearing to have only one testis.
- montclair — a city in NE New Jersey.
- mordacity — biting or given to biting.
- mordicant — Biting; acrid.
- morphemic — any of the minimal grammatical units of a language, each constituting a word or meaningful part of a word, that cannot be divided into smaller independent grammatical parts, as the, write, or the -ed of waited. Compare allomorph (def 2), morph (def 1).
- morphinic — of, pertaining to, or resembling morphine
- morphotic — (biology) Connected with, or becoming an integral part of, a living unit or of the morphological framework.
- mortician — funeral director.
- mozarabic — of, relating to, or characteristic of the Mozarabs: Mozarabic culture.
- multicore — (computer hardware, of a processor) Combining two or more independent cores into a single package composed of a single integrated circuit.
- murchison — an intermittent river in W Australia, flowing SW to the Indian Ocean. 440 miles (708 km) long.
- musciform — (botany) Having the appearance or form of a moss.
- mycovirus — any fungus-infecting virus.
- myocardia — the muscular substance of the heart.
- myrmecoid — ant-like
- narcotism — habitual use of narcotics.
- nonameric — Of or pertaining to a nonamer.
- nonmetric — not metric
- ostracism — exclusion, by general consent, from social acceptance, privileges, friendship, etc.
- overclaim — to demand by or as by virtue of a right; demand as a right or as due: to claim an estate by inheritance.
- panoramic — an unobstructed and wide view of an extensive area in all directions.
- paroemiac — proverbial; axiomatic
- perciform — a perch-like fish
- picometer — one trillionth of a meter
- picometre — a trillionth fraction of metre
- pictogram — pictograph.
- piroxicam — a white crystalline solid substance, C 1 5 H 1 3 N 3 O 4 S, used in the symptomatic treatment of osteoarthritis and rheumatoid arthritis and other musculoskeletal disorders.
- pisciform — shaped like a fish.
- polymeric — of or relating to a polymer.