9-letter words containing c, s, i, r, o
- microdose — (medicine) A very low dose (especially of radiation therapy).
- microdots — Plural form of microdot.
- micromesh — a very fine mesh
- micronise — (British) To reduce in size often to micrometer scale.
- micronism — A theoretical microorganism living in the ice or under the surface of Jupiter's ice moon Europa.
- micronuts — Plural form of micronut.
- micropsia — a defect of vision in which objects appear to be smaller than their actual size.
- microserf — (jargon) Wired magazine's term for a Microsoft employee.
- microsite — (Internet) A self-contained page or group of pages meant to supplement a larger website.
- microslop — (company, abuse) A derisive synonym for Microsoft Corporation. It refers to the sloppy, bug-ridden "x.0" versions of MS-DOS, Microsoft Windows and other Microsoft products.
- microsoft — Microsoft Corporation
- microsome — a small inclusion, consisting of ribosomes and fragments of the endoplasmic reticulum and mitochondria, in the cytoplasm of a cell.
- microstat — a negative of a microphotograph made directly from a negative by a copy camera.
- midcourse — the middle of a course.
- 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.
- 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.
- narcotics — Plural form of narcotic.
- narcotise — Alternative spelling of narcotize.
- narcotism — habitual use of narcotics.
- narcotist — One who is addicted to a narcotic drug.
- necrosing — Present participle of necrose.
- necrotise — to undergo necrosis.
- neurotics — Plural form of neurotic.
- ninescore — the product (180) of nine multiplied by twenty
- noisecore — (music) A genre of hardcore punk music characterized by distorted feedback.
- noncrisis — a situation that is not considered to be a crisis
- nonracist — One who is not a racist.
- nostratic — designating or of a proposed language superfamily that includes the Indo-European, Afroasiatic, Dravidian, Uralic, and Altaic families
- obscuring — (of meaning) not clear or plain; ambiguous, vague, or uncertain: an obscure sentence in the contract.
- obscurity — the state or quality of being obscure.
- obstetric — of or relating to the care and treatment of women in childbirth and during the period before and after delivery.
- occupiers — Plural form of occupier.
- occursion — (obsolete) A meeting or striking together; a clash or collision.
- ocho rios — a seaport in N Jamaica: resort.
- octobrist — a member of a Russian political party that advocated constitutional monarchism: so called because it was organized after the Czar's manifesto in October, 1905.
- ocularist — a person who makes artificial eyes
- oligarchs — Plural form of oligarch.
- oncovirus — any of various RNA viruses that cause tumors in humans and other animals.
- operatics — Exaggerated or overly emotional behaviour; histrionics.
- optronics — Optoelectronics.
- orchestic — relating to dance
- orchidist — an orchid grower
- orgiastic — of, relating to, or having the nature of an orgy.
- orthotics — Also, orthosis. a device or support, especially for the foot, used to relieve or correct an orthopedic problem.