12-letter words containing i, c, e, r, a, m
- metric space — a space with a metric defined on it.
- metrological — the science of weights and measures.
- metronomical — a mechanical or electrical instrument that makes repeated clicking sounds at an adjustable pace, used for marking rhythm, especially in practicing music.
- michel baron — Michel [mee-shel] /miˈʃɛl/ (Show IPA), (Michel Boyron) 1653–1729, French actor.
- microammeter — an instrument for measuring extremely small electric currents, calibrated in microamperes.
- microamperes — Plural form of microampere.
- microbalance — a balance for weighing minute quantities of material.
- microcapsule — a tiny capsule, 20–150 microns in diameter, used for slow-release application of drugs, pesticides, flavors, etc.
- microcarrier — (biology) Small, beadlike material used to immobilize biocatalysts, or to anchor growing cells.
- microcephaly — having a head with a small braincase.
- microclimate — the climate of a small area, as of confined spaces such as caves or houses (cryptoclimate) of plant communities, wooded areas, etc. (phytoclimate) or of urban communities, which may be different from that in the general region.
- microfinance — (finance) Finance that is provided to unemployed or low-income people or groups.
- microgranite — an igneous rock with an identical composition and mineral content to granite, but having a finer texture
- micromanaged — Simple past tense and past participle of micromanage.
- micromanager — One who micromanages.
- micropayment — A very small payment made each time a user accesses an Internet page or service.
- microplanner — A subset of PLANNER, implemented in Lisp by Gerald Sussman et al at MIT. Its important features were goal-oriented, pattern-directed procedure invocation, an embedded knowledge base, and automatic backtracking. microPLANNER was superseded by Conniver.
- microreaders — Plural form of microreader.
- microwavable — Of food, that is suitable for cooking in a microwave oven.
- minor tenace — the king and jack of a suit held by one player.
- miracle cure — a successful treatment for a disease that was thought impossible to cure
- miracle drug — wonder drug.
- miracle mile — an extended area of fashionable or expensive shops, restaurants, etc., usually along an urban or suburban thoroughfare.
- miracle play — a medieval dramatic form dealing with religious subjects such as Biblical stories or saints' lives, usually presented in a series or cycle by the craft guilds.
- miscalibrate — To calibrate poorly or wrongly.
- miscarriages — Plural form of miscarriage.
- miscegenator — a person who advocates or engages in miscegenation
- miscreations — Plural form of miscreation.
- misericordia — (legal, obsolete) An amercement.
- molecularity — the number of molecules or atoms that participate in an elementary process.
- monotrichate — (of bacteria) having a single flagellum at one pole.
- morris dance — a rural folk dance of north English origin, performed in costume traditionally by men who originally represented characters of the Robin Hood legend, especially in May Day festivities.
- movie camera — motion-picture camera
- muir glacier — a glacier in SE Alaska, flowing SE from Mt. Fairweather into Glacier Bay. About 350 sq. mi. (905 sq. km).
- multicentral — having or dependent on several centres; multicentre
- multifurcate — forked; branching.
- multinuclear — pertaining to or involving atomic weapons: nuclear war.
- multitracked — (music) Recorded on multiple tracks.
- musical ride — a display by riders on horseback of manoeuvres to music, esp by members of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police
- mycobacteria — Plural form of mycobacterium.
- mycoparasite — a parasitic fungus whose host is another fungus.
- niche market — specific or limited consumer interest
- non-metrical — pertaining to meter or poetic measure.
- nonempirical — derived from or guided by experience or experiment.
- nonmercurial — not composed of, resembling, or containing mercury
- nonmetameric — not metameric
- nonnumerical — not containing or involving numbers
- normokalemic — Having a normal percentage of potassium in one's blood.
- optometrical — the practice or profession of examining the eyes, by means of suitable instruments or appliances, for defects in vision and eye disorders in order to prescribe corrective lenses or other appropriate treatment.
- organic mode — (programming) A term used by COCOMO to describe a project that is developed in a familiar, stable environment. The product is similar to previously developed products. Most people connected with the project have extensive experience in working with related systems and have a thorough understanding of the project. The project contains a minimum of innovative data processing architectures or algorithms. The product requires little innovation and is relatively small, rarely greater than 50,000 DSIs.