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16-letter words containing cr

  • microaggressions — Plural form of microaggression.
  • microangiopathic — Of, pertaining to or accompanied by microangiopathy.
  • microcirculation — the movement of blood through the arterioles, capillaries, and venules.
  • microclimatology — the study of a microclimate.
  • microconstituent — a microscopically small constituent of a metal or alloy.
  • microcosmic salt — sodium ammonium phosphate.
  • microcrystalline — minutely crystalline; composed of microscopic crystals.
  • microelectronics — the technology dealing with the design, development, and construction of electronic systems utilizing extremely small elements, especially solid-state devices employing microminiaturization.
  • microencapsulate — (transitive) To embed by means of microencapsulation.
  • microengineering — The engineering of microscopic devices.
  • microenterprises — Plural form of microenterprise.
  • microenvironment — the environment of a small area or of a particular organism; microhabitat.
  • microfilm reader — a machine that displays on a screen a magnified image of a microfilm
  • microgametophyte — (biology) Any gametophyte that develops from a microspore.
  • microinstruction — an instruction that defines part of a machine-language instruction in terms of simpler operations.
  • microlepidoptera — a collector's name for the smaller moths: a term without taxonomic significance
  • microlinguistics — the branch of linguistics that is concerned with the study of languages in the abstract, and that looks at specific linguistic data without consideration of meaning
  • micromanipulator — A device, used for micromanipulation, consisting of microscopic needles and instruments viewed through a microscope.
  • micrometeorology — the study of local and small-scale atmospheric phenomena, usually confined to the physical and dynamic occurrences within a shallow stratum of air adjacent to the ground.
  • micrometer screw — a screw with a fine thread of definite pitch, such as that of a micrometer gauge
  • microminiaturize — (especially of electronic equipment) to make extremely small; subject to microminiaturization.
  • microphotographs — Plural form of microphotograph.
  • microphotography — microfilm (def 1).
  • microphotometric — of, involving, or relating to microphotometry
  • microprogramming — microcode
  • micropropagation — the propagation of plants from tissue cultures, often from single cells.
  • microsoft access — 1.   (database)   A relational database running under Microsoft Windows. Data is stored as a number of "tables", e.g. "Stock". Each table consists of a number of "records" (e.g. for different items) and each record contains a number of "fields", e.g. "Product code", "Supplier", "Quantity in stock". Access allows the user to create "forms" and "reports". A form shows one record in a user-designed format and allows the user to step through records one at a time. A report shows selected records in a user-designed format, possibly grouped into sections with different kinds of total (including sum, minimum, maximum, average). There are also facilities to use links ("joins") between tables which share a common field and to filter records according to certain criteria or search for particular field values. Version: 2 (date?). 2.   (communications)   A communications program from Microsoft, meant to compete with ProComm and other programs. It sucked and was dropped. Years later they reused the name for their database.
  • microsoft office — (product)   Microsoft's bundles of productivity tools including Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Powerpoint, Microsoft Outlook, Microsoft Access, Microsoft Publisher, Microsoft Front Page, Microsoft Team Manager, Microsoft Project, Microsoft Schedule+, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Small Business Financial Manager, Automap Streets Plus. Editions of Office include Microsoft Office Professional Edition, Microsoft Office Standard Edition, Microsoft Office Small Business Edition, Microsoft Office Developer Edition. Different editions contain different subsets of the above applications. Current version, as of 2004-08-30: Office 2003.
  • microsporophylls — Plural form of microsporophyll.
  • microstethoscope — a stethoscope containing an apparatus that greatly amplifies the sounds heard.
  • microtransmitter — a small electronic device which transmits television or radio signals
  • microvasculature — the system of tiny blood vessels, including capillaries, venules, and arterioles, that perfuse the body's tissues.
  • minute secretary — the person responsible for noting the minutes of a meeting
  • mission-critical — essential for a project to launch
  • mistranscription — the act or process of transcribing.
  • modacrylic fiber — any of various synthetic copolymer textile fibers, as Dynel, containing less than 85 percent but more than 35 percent of acrylonitrile.
  • monohybrid cross — the offspring of individuals that differ with respect to a particular gene pair.
  • musique concrete — tape-recorded musical and natural sounds, often electronically distorted, arranged in planned combinations, sequences, and rhythmic patterns to create an artistic work.
  • non-aristocratic — of or relating to government by an aristocracy.
  • non-bureaucratic — of, relating to, or characteristic of a bureaucrat or a bureaucracy; arbitrary and routine.
  • nondiscretionary — subject or left to one's own discretion.
  • number crunching — a person or thing that performs a great many numerical calculations, as a financial analyst, statistician, computer, or computer program.
  • number-crunching — a person or thing that performs a great many numerical calculations, as a financial analyst, statistician, computer, or computer program.
  • nutcracker suite — a ballet and concert suite (1892) arranged by Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky from his orchestral work for a ballet, The Nutcracker.
  • on the scrapheap — (of people or things) having outlived their usefulness
  • over-descriptive — having the quality of describing; characterized by description: a descriptive passage in an essay.
  • oversubscription — to subscribe for more of than is available, expected, or required: The charity drive was oversubscribed by several thousand dollars.
  • pancreatic juice — a thick, colorless, very alkaline fluid secreted by the pancreas, containing enzymes that break down protein, fat, and starch.
  • panoramic screen — a very wide screen, as of a television, etc
  • pelican crossing — place to cross road
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