11-letter words containing c, o, r, m, e
- microfilmer — a person who microfilms
- microfilter — a device plugged into a phone socket to separate the phone line from the broadband line
- microgamete — (in heterogamous reproduction) the smaller and, usually, the male of two conjugating gametes.
- microgreens — the shoots of young salad plants, served as a vegetable dish
- microgroove — a needle groove so narrow that over 200 can be cut in an inch of playing surface on a long-playing record.
- microinches — Plural form of microinch.
- microinject — to inject into a single cell or cell part.
- microkernel — (operating system) An approach to operating system design emphasising small modules that implement the basic features of the system kernel and can be flexibly configured.
- microlender — A person or company in the business of microlending.
- micromanage — to manage or control with excessive attention to minor details.
- micrometers — Plural form of micrometer.
- micromethod — the use of magnification, usually by using a microscope, for study or for performing mechanical operations on a very small scale.
- micrometric — Of or pertaining to micrometry.
- microneedle — a very fine needle that is used in the performance of delicate procedures, esp biological ones
- micronesian — of or relating to Micronesia, its inhabitants, or their languages.
- micronuclei — Plural form of micronucleus.
- microphages — Plural form of microphage.
- microphones — Plural form of microphone.
- microphytes — Plural form of microphyte.
- microreader — a device for projecting an enlarged image of a microfilm or microphotograph, especially on a ground-glass screen.
- microrelief — surface features of the earth of small dimensions, commonly less than 50 feet (15 meters).
- microscopes — Plural form of microscope.
- 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.
- 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.
- microsystem — A microscopic system, especially a system using microscopic electromechanical components.
- microtremor — microearthquake.
- microtubule — a hollow cylindrical structure in the cytoplasm of most cells, involved in intracellular shape and transport.
- microvessel — (medicine) A very small blood vessel, such as a capillary or arteriole.
- microwriter — a small device with six keys for creating text that can be printed or displayed on a visual display unit
- mince words — speak tentatively, tactfully
- mini-course — a brief intensive course of study
- minicourses — Plural form of minicourse.
- minor piece — a bishop or knight.
- 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.
- misconstrue — to misunderstand the meaning of; take in a wrong sense; misinterpret.
- miscreation — miscreated.
- misericorde — (Middle English) an act of clemency; pity, mercy.
- misericords — Plural form of misericord.
- mitre block — a block of wood with slots for cutting mitre joints with a saw
- mobocracies — Plural form of mobocracy.
- mock heroic — imitating or burlesquing that which is heroic, as in manner, character, or action: mock-heroic dignity.
- mock orange — Also called syringa. any of various shrubs belonging to the genus Philadelphus, of the saxifrage family, especially P. coronarius, a widely cultivated species having fragrant white flowers.
- mock-heroic — imitating or burlesquing that which is heroic, as in manner, character, or action: mock-heroic dignity.
- modernistic — modern.
- molecularly — of or relating to or caused by molecules: molecular structure.