Words |
Parts of Speech |
Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
micracoustic |
adjective |
Same as Microustic. |
microcoulomb |
noun |
A measure of electrical quantity; the millionth part of one coulomb. |
microcoustic |
adjective |
Pertaining, or suited, to the audition of small sounds; fitted to assist hearing., An instrument for making faint sounds audible, as to a partially deaf person. |
micrographic |
adjective |
Of or pertaining to micrography. |
micrological |
adjective |
Of or pertaining to micrology; very minute; as, micrologic examination. |
micronesians |
noun pl. |
A dark race inhabiting the Micronesian Islands. They are supposed to be a mixed race, derived from Polynesians and Papuans. |
micronometer |
noun |
An instrument for noting minute portions of time. |
microphonics |
noun |
The science which treats of the means of increasing the intensity of low or weak sounds, or of the microphone. |
microphonous |
adjective |
Serving to augment the intensity of weak sounds; microcoustic. |
microscopial |
adjective |
Microscopic. |
microscopist |
noun |
One skilled in, or given to, microscopy. |
microsthenic |
adjective |
Having a typically small size; of or pertaining to the microsthenes. |
middle-earth |
noun |
The world, considered as lying between heaven and hell. |
milk-livered |
adjective |
White-livered; cowardly; timorous. |
millionnaire |
noun |
Millionaire. |
minatorially |
adverb |
Alt. of Minatorily |
mineralizing |
present participle & vb. noun |
of Mineralize |
mineralogist |
noun |
One versed in mineralogy; one devoted to the study of minerals., A carrier shell (Phorus). |
mineralogize |
verb i. |
To study mineralogy by collecting and examining minerals. |
mineralogies |
plural |
of Mineralogy |
minimization |
noun |
The act or process of minimizing. |
ministration |
noun |
The act of ministering; service; ministry. |
ministrative |
adjective |
Serving to aid; ministering. |
ministryship |
noun |
The office of a minister. |
mirabilaries |
plural |
of Mirabilary |
misadventure |
noun |
Mischance; misfortune; ill lick; unlucky accident; ill adventure. |
misaffection |
noun |
An evil or wrong affection; the state of being ill affected. |
misallotment |
noun |
A wrong allotment. |
misanthropic |
adjective |
Alt. of Misanthropical |
misanthropos |
noun |
A misanthrope. |
misapprehend |
verb t. |
To take in a wrong sense; to misunderstand. |
misarranging |
present participle & vb. noun |
of Misarrange |
misbefitting |
adjective |
No befitting. |
miscalculate |
verb t. & i. |
To calculate erroneously; to judge wrongly. |
miscellanist |
noun |
A writer of miscellanies; miscellanarian. |
miscellanies |
plural |
of Miscellany |
mischanceful |
adjective |
Unlucky. |
mischiefable |
adjective |
Mischievous. |
miscognizant |
adjective |
Not cognizant; ignorant; not knowing. |
misconceived |
imp. & past participle |
of Misconceive |
misconceiver |
noun |
One who misconceives. |
misconfident |
adjective |
Having a mistaken confidence; wrongly trusting. |
misconstruct |
verb t. |
To construct wrongly; to construe or interpret erroneously. |
misconstrued |
imp. & past participle |
of Misconstrue |
misconstruer |
noun |
One who misconstrues. |
miscredulity |
noun |
Wrong credulity or belief; misbelief. |
misdemeanant |
noun |
One guilty of a misdemeanor. |
misdirection |
noun |
The act of directing wrongly, or the state of being so directed., An error of a judge in charging the jury on a matter of law. |
misericordia |
noun |
An amercement., A thin-bladed dagger; so called, in the Middle Ages, because used to give the death wound or “mercy” stroke to a fallen adversary., An indulgence as to food or dress granted to a member of a religious order. |
misformation |
noun |
Malformation. |
misfortunate |
adjective |
Producing misfortune. |
misinformant |
noun |
A misinformer. |
misinterpret |
verb t. |
To interpret erroneously; to understand or to explain in a wrong sense. |
mislactation |
noun |
Defective flow or vitiated condition of the milk. |
misobedience |
noun |
Mistaken obedience; disobedience. |
misplacement |
noun |
The act of misplacing, or the state of being misplaced. |
mispronounce |
verb t. & i. |
To pronounce incorrectly. |
mispunctuate |
verb t. |
To punctuate wrongly or incorrectly. |
misquotation |
noun |
Erroneous or inaccurate quotation. |
misreckoning |
noun |
An erroneous computation. |
misrecollect |
verb t. & i. |
To have an erroneous remembrance of; to suppose erroneously that one recollects. |
misrepresent |
verb t. |
To represent incorrectly (almost always, unfacorably); to give a false erroneous representation of, either maliciously, ignirantly, or carelessly., To make an incorrect or untrue representation. |
missemblance |
noun |
False resemblance or semblance. |
missionaries |
plural |
of Missionary |
misstatement |
noun |
An incorrect statement. |
missummation |
noun |
Wrong summation. |
mistakenness |
noun |
Erroneousness. |
mistradition |
noun |
A wrong tradition. |
mistranslate |
verb t. |
To translate erroneously. |
mistransport |
verb t. |
To carry away or mislead wrongfully, as by passion. |
mistreatment |
noun |
Wrong treatment. |
mistressship |
noun |
Female rule or dominion., Ladyship, a style of address; — with the personal pronoun. |
mistrustless |
adjective |
Having no mistrust or suspicion. |
misworshiper |
noun |
One who worships wrongly. |
mitrailleuse |
noun |
A breech-loading machine gun consisting of a number of barrels fitted together, so arranged that the barrels can be fired simultaneously, or successively, and rapidly. |