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  • microanatomy — the branch of anatomy dealing with microscopic structures (distinguished from gross anatomy).
  • microbalance — a balance for weighing minute quantities of material.
  • 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 microPLANNER was superseded by Conniver.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • mitochondria — an organelle in the cytoplasm of cells that functions in energy production.
  • mockingboard — (hardware)   A sound and speech board for the Apple II computer, on sale in 1978. See also zxnrbl.
  • mockumentary — a movie or television show depicting fictional events but presented as a documentary.
  • modern dance — a form of contemporary theatrical and concert dance employing a special technique for developing the use of the entire body in movements expressive of abstract ideas.
  • moneychanger — a person whose business is the exchange of currency, usually of different countries, at a fixed or official rate.
  • monochromacy — The quality of having only one independent channel for conveying color information in the eye, i.e. total color blindness.
  • monochromats — Plural form of monochromat.
  • monocultural — the use of land for growing only one type of crop.
  • monodramatic — Relating to a monodrama.
  • monotrichate — (of bacteria) having a single flagellum at one pole.
  • mooch around — If you mooch around or mooch about a place, you move around there slowly with no particular purpose.
  • mooring rack — a row of piles, connected at the tops, to which ships or boats can be moored.
  • mornay sauce — a rich white sauce to which grated cheese, usually Swiss or Parmesan, and seasonings have been added
  • morning coat — a man's cutaway for wear as part of morning dress.
  • 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.
  • motor launch — a small naval vessel that chases submarines, etc
  • motor racing — sport: competing in fast cars
  • motorcaravan — A motorized caravan; camper, motor home, recreational vehicle.
  • mount carmel — a mountain ridge in NW Israel, extending from the Samarian Hills to the Mediterranean. Highest point: about 540 m (1800 ft)
  • murman coast — an Arctic coastal region in the NW Russian Federation in Europe, on the Kola Peninsula.
  • nanocomputer — (architecture)   /nan'oh-k*m-pyoo'tr/ A computer with molecular-sized switching elements. Designs for mechanical nanocomputers which use single-molecule sliding rods for their logic have been proposed. The controller for a nanobot would be a nanocomputer. Some nanocomputers can also be called quantum computers because quantum physics plays a major role in calculations. Richard P. Feynman is still cited today for his work in this area.
  • nasolacrimal — of or relating to the lacrimal structures and the nose.
  • nasolacrymal — relating to the tear duct
  • necromancers — Plural form of necromancer.
  • neurosarcoma — A malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumor, a form of cancer of the connective tissue surrounding nerves.
  • no match for — If one person or thing is no match for another, they are unable to compete successfully with the other person or thing.
  • nomenclators — Plural form of nomenclator.
  • nomenclature — a set or system of names or terms, as those used in a particular science or art, by an individual or community, etc.
  • non-aromatic — having an aroma; fragrant or sweet-scented; odoriferous.
  • non-criminal — of the nature of or involving crime.
  • non-metrical — pertaining to meter or poetic measure.
  • nonclassroom — not located in the traditional classroom
  • nonclemature — Misspelling of nomenclature.
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