12-letter words containing m, a, c, r, o, i
- meteorically — of, relating to, or consisting of meteors.
- 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.
- microanalyst — One who carries out microanalysis.
- microanatomy — the branch of anatomy dealing with microscopic structures (distinguished from gross anatomy).
- microbalance — a balance for weighing minute quantities of material.
- microbicidal — a substance or preparation for killing microbes.
- 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.
- microcrystal — a microscopic crystal.
- microfilaria — the embryonic larva of the nematode parasite Filaria or of related genera, especially of those species that cause heartworm in dogs and elephantiasis in humans.
- 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
- micrographia — minute handwriting.
- micrographic — Pertaining to micrographics.
- microgravity — a condition, especially in space orbit, where the force of gravity is so weak that weightlessness results.
- microhabitat — an extremely localized, small-scale environment, as a tree stump or a dead animal.
- 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.
- microphagous — (of an animal) feeding on small particles of food
- microphallus — The condition of having an abnormally small penis; micropenis.
- 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.
- microprogram — Computers. a set of microinstructions that defines the individual operations that a computer carries out in response to a machine-language instruction.
- microreaders — Plural form of microreader.
- microstation — (application) A full-featured 2-D and 3-D CAD program for MS-DOS, Microsoft Windows, Macintosh, and Unix workstations from Bentley Systems, Inc. Created in 1984, MicroStation is a high-end package used worldwide in environments where many designers work on large, complex projects. MicroStation Modeler is a superset of MicroStation that provides solid modelling, and MasterPiece is MicroStation's rendering and animation program.
- microtonally — In a microtonal manner.
- microtubular — Of or pertaining to microtubules.
- microwavable — Of food, that is suitable for cooking in a microwave oven.
- minor arcana — one of the two divisions of a pack of tarot cards
- minor tenace — the king and jack of a suit held by one player.
- miraculously — In a miraculous manner.
- mirror canon — a canon in which the parts are written as though seen in a mirror placed between them: one part or set of parts is the upside-down image of the other
- misanthropic — of, relating to, or characteristic of a misanthrope.
- miscegenator — a person who advocates or engages in miscegenation
- misconstrual — A misinterpretation of the meaning of something.
- miscreations — Plural form of miscreation.
- misericordia — (legal, obsolete) An amercement.
- mitochondria — an organelle in the cytoplasm of cells that functions in energy production.
- mixobarbaric — relating to a people who have both Greek and non-Greek ancestry
- mockingboard — (hardware) A sound and speech board for the Apple II computer, on sale in 1978. See also zxnrbl.
- modificatory — modifying.
- molecularity — the number of molecules or atoms that participate in an elementary process.
- monodramatic — Relating to a monodrama.
- monotrichate — (of bacteria) having a single flagellum at one pole.