11-letter words containing c, r, o, s
- microfarads — Plural form of microfarad.
- microfibers — Plural form of microfiber.
- microfossil — a fossil so small that it can be studied and identified only with a microscope.
- microfungus — A fungus in which no sexual process has been observed or in which the reproductive organs are microscopic.
- micrographs — Plural form of micrograph.
- 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.
- mills cross — a type of radio telescope consisting of two arrays of antennas perpendicular to each other.
- 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.
- 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.
- mobocracies — Plural form of mobocracy.
- modernistic — modern.
- monarchists — Plural form of monarchist.
- monergistic — the doctrine that the Holy Ghost acts independently of the human will in the work of regeneration. Compare synergism (def 3).
- monocarpous — having a gynoecium that forms only a single ovary.
- monochromes — Plural form of monochrome.
- monocracies — Plural form of monocracy.
- monocrystal — A single crystal.
- monogastric — (biology) Having a simple single-chambered stomach.
- monstrances — Plural form of monstrance.