Words |
Parts of Speech |
Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
microbacteria |
noun pl. |
In the classification of Cohn, one of the four tribes of Bacteria. |
microcephalic |
adjective |
Alt. of Microcephalous |
microcosmical |
adjective |
Of or pertaining to the microcosm. |
micro-geology |
noun |
The part of geology relating to structure and organisms which require to be studied with a microscope. |
micrometrical |
adjective |
Belonging to micrometry; made by the micrometer. |
microorganism |
noun |
Any microscopic form of life; — particularly applied to bacteria and similar organisms, esp. such are supposed to cause infectious diseases. |
microphthalmy |
noun |
An unnatural smallness of the eyes, occurring as the result of disease or of imperfect development. |
microphyllous |
adjective |
Small-leaved. |
microscopical |
adjective |
Of or pertaining to the microscope or to microscopy; made with a microscope; as, microscopic observation., Able to see extremely minute objects., Very small; visible only by the aid of a microscope; as, a microscopic insect. |
microzoospore |
noun |
A small motile spore furnished with two vibratile cilia, found in certain green algae. |
middle-ground |
noun |
That part of a picture between the foreground and the background. |
millennialist |
noun |
One who believes that Christ will reign personally on earth a thousand years; a Chiliast; also, a believer in the universal prevalence of Christianity for a long period. |
millennialism |
noun |
Alt. of Millenniarism |
millenniarism |
noun |
Belief in, or expectation of, the millennium; millenarianism. |
millionairess |
noun |
A woman who is a millionaire, or the wife of a millionaire. |
mill-sixpence |
noun |
A milled sixpence; — the sixpence being one of the first English coins milled (1561). |
mineralogical |
adjective |
Of or pertaining to mineralogy; as, a mineralogical table. |
mingle-mangle |
verb t. |
To mix in a disorderly way; to make a mess of., A hotchpotch. |
ministerially |
adverb |
In a ministerial manner; in the character or capacity of a minister. |
misadjustment |
noun |
Wrong adjustment; unsuitable arrangement. |
misadventured |
adjective |
Unfortunate. |
misadvertence |
noun |
Inadvertence. |
misallegation |
noun |
A erroneous statement or allegation. |
misanthropist |
noun |
A misanthrope. |
miscegenation |
noun |
A mixing of races; amalgamation, as by intermarriage of black and white. |
miscellaneous |
adjective |
Mixed; mingled; consisting of several things; of diverse sorts; promiscuous; heterogeneous; as, a miscellaneous collection. |
miscomprehend |
verb t. |
To get a wrong idea of or about; to misunderstand. |
misconceiving |
present participle & vb. noun |
of Misconceive |
misconception |
noun |
Erroneous conception; false opinion; wrong understanding. |
misconclusion |
noun |
An erroneous inference or conclusion. |
misconjecture |
noun |
A wrong conjecture or guess., To conjecture wrongly. |
misconsecrate |
verb t. |
To consecrate amiss. |
misconstruing |
present participle & vb. noun |
of Misconstrue |
misemployment |
noun |
Wrong or mistaken employment. |
miserableness |
noun |
The state or quality of being miserable. |
misexposition |
noun |
Wrong exposition. |
misexpression |
noun |
Wrong expression. |
misgovernance |
noun |
Misgovernment; misconduct; misbehavior. |
misgovernment |
noun |
Bad government; want of government. |
mismanagement |
noun |
Wrong or bad management; as, he failed through mismagement. |
misordination |
noun |
Wrong ordination. |
misperception |
noun |
Erroneous perception. |
mispersuasion |
noun |
A false persuasion; wrong notion or opinion. |
misproceeding |
noun |
Wrong or irregular proceding. |
mispronounced |
imp. & past participle |
of Mispronounce |
misproportion |
verb t. |
To give wrong proportions to; to join without due proportion. |
missuggestion |
noun |
Wrong or evil suggestion. |
mistrustingly |
adverb |
With distrust or suspicion. |
misunderstood |
imp. & past participle |
of Misunderstand |
misunderstand |
verb t. |
To misconceive; to mistake; to miscomprehend; to take in a wrong sense. |