13-letter words containing m, c, i, n
- microeinstein — The unit equal to one millionth of an einstein.
- microelements — Plural form of microelement.
- microfilament — a minute, narrow tubelike cell structure composed of a protein similar to actin, occurring singly and in bundles, involved in cytoplasmic movement and changes in cell shape.
- micrognuemacs — (text, tool) (mg) A Public Domain Emacs-style editor modified from MicroEmacs to be more compatible with GNU Emacs. mg is essentially free, it is not associated with the GNU project, and does not have the GNU copyright restrictions. It is a small, fast, portable editor for people who can't run real Emacs thing for one reason or another. It has few if any of the MicroEmacs features that were incompatible with GNU Emacs and adds missing features that seemed essential. MicroGnuEmacs is derived from, and aims to replace, v30 of MicroEmacs, the latest version from the original MicroEmacs author Dave Conroy. The chief contributors were Mike Meyer <[email protected]>, Mic Kaczmarczik <[email protected]>, Bob Larson, and Dave Brower <[email protected]>. mg version 1a of 1986-11-16 works with 4.2BSD, 4.3BSD, Ultrix-32, OS9/68k, VMS, Amiga, System V, Eunice. It is included in base OpenBSD. It should also support MS-DOS, PC-DOS and the Rainbow.
- microgranitic — consisting of, or relating to, microgranite
- microlighting — the sport or act of flying in microlights
- micromagnetic — Of or pertaining to micromagnetism.
- micromanaging — Present participle of micromanage.
- micronisation — The process by which a material is reduced in size, often to micrometer proportions.
- micronization — (US) alternative spelling of micronisation.
- micronucleate — having a micronucleus.
- micronutrient — an essential nutrient, as a trace mineral or vitamin, that is required by an organism in minute amounts.
- microorganism — any organism too small to be viewed by the unaided eye, as bacteria, protozoa, and some fungi and algae.
- micropayments — Plural form of micropayment.
- microperation — (processor) An elementary operation performed on data stored in registers or in memory. Microperations are classified as transfer, arithmetic, logic, or shift/rotate.
- microplankton — plankton visible as individual organisms only with the aid of a microscope, which excludes most animal plankton.
- micropuncture — the puncture of a cell, renal tubule, etc., by a laser beam or micropipette
- microteaching — a scaled-down teaching procedure with a few students under controlled conditions, often videotaped in order to analyze teaching techniques and develop new teaching skills.
- microtonalism — The use of microtones in music.
- microtonality — any musical interval smaller than a semitone, specifically, a quarter tone.
- mid wicket on — mid on.
- mid-victorian — of, relating to, or characteristic of the middle portion (about 1850 to 1890) of the reign of Queen Victoria (reigned 1837–1901) in England: mid-Victorian writers.
- middle french — the French language of the 14th, 15th, and 16th centuries. Abbreviation: MF.
- middle-income — of or relating to those with an average income within the overall population.
- milk saucepan — a type of small saucepan often used for heating milk
- milk sickness — a disease of humans, formerly common in some parts of the Middle West, caused by consuming milk from cattle that have been poisoned by eating certain kinds of snakeroot.
- mine detector — an electromagnetic device for locating buried or concealed land mines.
- mine-clearing — the process of disarming and removing explosive mines from an area
- mineral pitch — asphalt.
- mineralogical — Relating to mineralogy.
- miniaturistic — Employing or suggesting miniaturism; small and detailed.
- minicomponent — a hi-fi component considerably smaller than a standard-size component and larger than a microcomponent.
- minicomputers — a computer with processing and storage capabilities smaller than those of a mainframe but larger than those of a microcomputer.
- mis-reference — an act or instance of referring.
- misadvertence — inadvertence
- misallocating — Present participle of misallocate.
- misallocation — to allocate mistakenly or improperly: to misallocate resources.
- miscegenation — marriage or cohabitation between two people from different racial groups, especially, in the U.S., between a black person and a white person: In 1968 the Supreme Court ruled unanimously that state laws prohibiting miscegenation were unconstitutional.
- miscegenative — (rare) Miscegenous.
- miscegenistic — Miscegenous.
- miscellaneous — consisting of members or elements of different kinds; of mixed character: a book of miscellaneous essays on American history.
- miscomprehend — Misunderstand.
- misconceiving — Present participle of misconceive.
- misconception — an erroneous conception; mistaken notion.
- misconfigured — Simple past tense and past participle of misconfigure.
- misconjecture — the formation or expression of an opinion or theory without sufficient evidence for proof.
- misconnecting — Present participle of misconnect.
- misconnection — the act or state of connecting.
- misconstruing — Present participle of misconstrue.
- miscoordinate — of the same order or degree; equal in rank or importance.