12-letter words containing o, r, e, m
- microelement — Trace element.
- microfinance — (finance) Finance that is provided to unemployed or low-income people or groups.
- microforceps — (surgery) A very small forceps.
- microgranite — an igneous rock with an identical composition and mineral content to granite, but having a finer texture
- microgripper — (engineering) A microscopic device used to grasp and manipulate microscale objects safely.
- microgrooves — Plural form of microgroove.
- microinsurer — (insurance) An insurer providing microinsurance, small low-cost policies aimed at underserved groups.
- microlending — the lending of very small amounts of money at low interest, especially to a start-up company or self-employed person.
- micromanaged — Simple past tense and past participle of micromanage.
- micromanager — One who micromanages.
- micronucleus — the smaller of the two types of nuclei occurring in ciliate protozoans.
- micropayment — A very small payment made each time a user accesses an Internet page or service.
- micropipette — a very slender pipette for transferring or measuring minute amounts of fluid, microorganisms, etc.
- 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 microPLANNER was superseded by Conniver.
- microprinted — printed in microprint
- micropterous — (of certain animals, esp some types of ant) having small reduced wings
- microreaders — Plural form of microreader.
- microscopies — Plural form of microscopy.
- microseconds — Plural form of microsecond.
- microsegment — a stretch of speech preceded and followed but not interrupted by juncture.
- microseismic — Describing any small seismic event that causes little or no damage or disturbance.
- microsurgeon — a person who performs microsurgery
- microsurgery — any of various surgical procedures performed under magnification and with small specialized instruments, permitting very delicate operations, as the reconnection of severed blood vessels and nerves.
- microsystems — Plural form of microsystem.
- microtektite — a microscopic tektite found in ocean sediments and polar ice.
- microtubules — Plural form of microtubule.
- microvessels — Plural form of microvessel.
- microwavable — Of food, that is suitable for cooking in a microwave oven.
- midafternoon — the part of the afternoon centering approximately on three o'clock; the period approximately halfway between noon and sunset.
- middlebrowed — midway between highbrow and lowbrow
- mifepristone — an antigestational drug, C 29 H 35 NO 2 , that prevents a fertilized egg from attaching to the uterine wall by blocking the action of progesterone.
- millionaires — Plural form of millionaire.
- millionnaire — a person whose wealth amounts to a million or more in some unit of currency, as dollars.
- mimeographed — Simple past tense and past participle of mimeograph.
- mineral wool — a woollike material for heat and sound insulation, made by blowing steam or air through molten slag or rock.
- mineralogies — Plural form of mineralogy.
- mineralogist — the science or study of minerals.
- mineralogize — (intransitive) To study mineralogy by collecting and examining minerals.
- minicomputer — a computer with processing and storage capabilities smaller than those of a mainframe but larger than those of a microcomputer.
- minirecorder — a small tape recorder, using minicassettes.
- minor league — professional non-premier sports association
- minor orders — the degree or grade of acolyte, exorcist, lector, or ostiary.
- minor planet — asteroid (def 1).
- minor tenace — the king and jack of a suit held by one player.
- minor-league — of or relating to a minor league.
- mips project — Microprocessor without Interlocked Pipeline Stages
- mirror image — an image of an object, plan, person, etc., as it would appear if viewed in a mirror, with right and left reversed.
- mis director — Chief Information Officer
- misanthropes — Plural form of misanthrope.
- misbehaviour — (British) alternative spelling of misbehavior.