10-letter words starting with micr
- micromount — a mineralogical specimen displayed in such a way as to facilitate viewing it under a binocular microscope.
- micronesia — one of the three principal divisions of Oceania, comprising the small Pacific islands N of the equator and E of the Philippines, whose main groups are the Mariana Islands, the Caroline Islands, and the Marshall Islands.
- micronised — Simple past tense and past participle of micronise.
- micronized — Simple past tense and past participle of micronize.
- micropenis — (medical) An unusually small penis.
- microphage — a small phagocytic cell in blood or lymph, especially a polymorphonuclear leukocyte.
- microphone — an instrument capable of transforming sound waves into changes in electric currents or voltage, used in recording or transmitting sound.
- microphyll — (botany) A leaf having a single unbranched vein, or a structure that is derived from such a leaf.
- microphyte — a microscopic plant.
- micropolis — a small city
- micropores — a tiny opening, as in specialized biological filters or in the shells of some animals.
- micropower — Of or pertaining to generating, storing or using extremely small amounts of power.
- microprint — a microphotograph reproduced in print for reading by a magnifying device.
- microprism — a small prism incorporated in the focusing screen of many single-lens reflex cameras. The prism stops shimmering when the subject is in focus
- microprobe — Chemistry, Spectroscopy. a device used to excite radiation by a material in order to determine chemical or elemental composition from the emission spectrum produced.
- micropumps — Plural form of micropump.
- micropylar — Of or pertaining to micropyles.
- micropyles — Plural form of micropyle.
- microquake — Microearthquake.
- microscale — A very small or microscopic scale.
- microscope — an optical instrument having a magnifying lens or a combination of lenses for inspecting objects too small to be seen or too small to be seen distinctly and in detail by the unaided eye.
- microscopy — the use of the microscope.
- microseism — a feeble, recurrent vibration of the ground recorded by seismographs and believed to be due to an earthquake or a storm at sea.
- microsized — Greatly reduced in size.
- microskirt — An extremely short skirt, ending just underneath the buttocks.
- microsleep — a moment of sleep followed by disorientation, experienced especially by persons suffering from narcolepsy or sleep deprivation.
- microsomal — Of or pertaining to a microsome.
- microsomes — Plural form of microsome.
- microsomia — Abnormal smallness of the body; dwarfism.
- microspore — the smaller of the two kinds of spores characteristically produced by seed plants and some fern allies, developing into a male gametophyte. Compare megaspore,
- microstate — ministate.
- microtherm — a plant requiring a minimum of heat for growth.
- microtiter — A titer obtained by the use of very small amounts of reagents.
- microtomes — Plural form of microtome.
- microtonal — (music) Of, relating to, or written using microtones.
- microtones — any musical interval smaller than a semitone, specifically, a quarter tone.
- microtrend — A very small, specific trend or vogue.
- microtubes — Plural form of microtube.
- microvilli — any of the small, fingerlike projections of the surface of an epithelial cell.
- microvolts — Plural form of microvolt.
- microwatts — Plural form of microwatt.
- microwaved — Simple past tense and past participle of microwave.
- microwaves — an electromagnetic wave of extremely high frequency, 1 GH 3 or more, and having wavelengths of from 1 mm to 30 cm.
- microworld — The world as it exists at a microscopic scale, subject to quantum effects etc. (from 20th c.).