16-letter words containing c, r, o, m
- matter of course — an event or result that is natural or inevitable
- matter of record — a fact or statement that appears on the record of a court and that can be proved or established by producing such record.
- matter-of-course — occurring or proceeding in or as if in the logical, natural, or customary course of things; expected or inevitable.
- matter-of-factly — adhering strictly to fact; not imaginative; prosaic; dry; commonplace: a matter-of-fact account of the political rally.
- mechanochemistry — the field of chemistry that deals with the direct conversion of chemical into mechanical energy.
- mechanoreception — The action of a mechanoreceptor.
- mechanoreceptive — Responsive to mechanical stimuli such as sound and touch.
- mechanoreceptors — Plural form of mechanoreceptor.
- medieval cornish — the Cornish language of the Middle Ages, usually dated from the 14th century to 1600.
- megacorporations — Plural form of megacorporation.
- megakaryoblastic — (cytology) Of or pertaining to a megakaryoblast.
- melodic interval — an intervening period of time: an interval of 50 years.
- melodramatically — In a melodramatic manner.
- memoria technica — a method or device for assisting the memory
- memorial service — ceremony held in commemoration
- mercator sailing — sailing according to rhumb lines, which appear as straight lines on a Mercator chart.
- merchant account — A merchant account is a type of bank account that allows a company to accept credit cards.
- mercury autocode — Autocode for the Ferranti Mercury machine.
- mercury chloride — mercuric chloride
- meretriciousness — alluring by a show of flashy or vulgar attractions; tawdry.
- meritocratically — In a meritocratic way.
- meteorite crater — crater (def 2).
- meteorologically — In meteorological terms; in the context of weather.
- micro-microfarad — picofarad. Symbol: μμF.
- microaggressions — Plural form of microaggression.
- microangiopathic — Of, pertaining to or accompanied by microangiopathy.
- microcirculation — the movement of blood through the arterioles, capillaries, and venules.
- microclimatology — the study of a microclimate.
- microconstituent — a microscopically small constituent of a metal or alloy.
- microcosmic salt — sodium ammonium phosphate.
- microcrystalline — minutely crystalline; composed of microscopic crystals.
- microelectronics — the technology dealing with the design, development, and construction of electronic systems utilizing extremely small elements, especially solid-state devices employing microminiaturization.
- microencapsulate — (transitive) To embed by means of microencapsulation.
- microengineering — The engineering of microscopic devices.
- microenterprises — Plural form of microenterprise.
- microenvironment — the environment of a small area or of a particular organism; microhabitat.
- microfilm reader — a machine that displays on a screen a magnified image of a microfilm
- microgametophyte — (biology) Any gametophyte that develops from a microspore.
- microinstruction — an instruction that defines part of a machine-language instruction in terms of simpler operations.
- microlepidoptera — a collector's name for the smaller moths: a term without taxonomic significance
- microlinguistics — the branch of linguistics that is concerned with the study of languages in the abstract, and that looks at specific linguistic data without consideration of meaning
- micromanipulator — A device, used for micromanipulation, consisting of microscopic needles and instruments viewed through a microscope.
- micrometeorology — the study of local and small-scale atmospheric phenomena, usually confined to the physical and dynamic occurrences within a shallow stratum of air adjacent to the ground.
- micrometer screw — a screw with a fine thread of definite pitch, such as that of a micrometer gauge
- microminiaturize — (especially of electronic equipment) to make extremely small; subject to microminiaturization.
- microphotographs — Plural form of microphotograph.
- microphotography — microfilm (def 1).
- microphotometric — of, involving, or relating to microphotometry
- microprogramming — microcode
- micropropagation — the propagation of plants from tissue cultures, often from single cells.