9-letter words starting with mi
- microsite — (Internet) A self-contained page or group of pages meant to supplement a larger website.
- microslop — (company, abuse) A derisive synonym for Microsoft Corporation. It refers to the sloppy, bug-ridden "x.0" versions of MS-DOS, Microsoft Windows and other Microsoft products.
- microsoft — Microsoft Corporation
- microsome — a small inclusion, consisting of ribosomes and fragments of the endoplasmic reticulum and mitochondria, in the cytoplasm of a cell.
- microstat — a negative of a microphotograph made directly from a negative by a copy camera.
- microtape — (hardware, storage) /mi:'kroh-tayp/ Occasionally used to mean a DECtape, as opposed to a macrotape. Apparently the term "microtape" was actually the official term used within DEC for these tapes until someone coined the word "DECtape", which, of course, sounded sexier to the marketroids. Another version of the story holds that someone discovered a conflict with another company's "microtape" trademark.
- microthin — extremely or, sometimes, microscopically thin: a microthin layer of aluminum.
- microtome — an instrument for cutting very thin sections, as of organic tissue, for microscopic examination.
- microtomy — the cutting of very thin sections with the microtome.
- microtone — any musical interval smaller than a semitone, specifically, a quarter tone.
- microtube — A microscopic tube, especially one used in the construction of specialized lasers.
- microvolt — a unit of electromotive force or potential difference equal to one millionth of a volt. Symbol: μV, μ v.
- microwatt — a unit of power equal to one millionth of a watt. Symbol: μW, μ w.
- microwave — an electromagnetic wave of extremely high frequency, 1 GH 3 or more, and having wavelengths of from 1 mm to 30 cm.
- microwire — A very small diameter wire, especially one with a glass coating.
- microzoon — a microscopic animal, especially a protozoan.
- microzyme — (biology, dated) A microorganism supposed to act like a ferment in causing or propagating certain infectious or contagious diseases; a pathogenic bacterial organism.
- micturate — to pass urine; urinate.
- mid-level — middle-level.
- mid-price — at a medium or average price; not particularly expensive nor particularly cheap
- mid-range — You can use mid-range to describe products or services which are neither the most expensive nor the cheapest of their type.
- midas-www — (web) A Motif-based browser for WWW based on the Midas toolkit.
- midazolam — (medicine) A benzodiazepine drug that has anxiolytic, amnestic, hypnotic and anticonvulsant activity.
- midbrains — Plural form of midbrain.
- midcourse — the middle of a course.
- middleman — a person who plays an economic role intermediate between producer and retailer or consumer.
- middlemen — a person who plays an economic role intermediate between producer and retailer or consumer.
- middlesex — a former county in SE England, now part of Greater London.
- middleton — Thomas, c1570–1627, English dramatist.
- middlings — medium, moderate, oraverage in size, quantity, or quality: The returns on such a large investment may be only middling.
- middorsal — located in the middle of the dorsum or back
- midengine — of or relating to a configuration in which the engine is located behind the driver and between the front and rear wheels: midengine sports car; midengine design.
- midflight — Occurring in the middle portion of a flight.
- midgetism — (not in technical use) an extremely small person having normal physical proportions.
- midground — The point between foreground and background in an image.
- midheaven — the point of a horoscope corresponding to the zenith: the cusp of the tenth house.
- midianite — a member of an ancient desert people of northwest Arabia near the Gulf of Aqaba, believed to have descended from Midian.
- midinette — a young Parisian saleswoman or seamstress.
- midiskirt — a skirt or skirt part, as of a dress or coat, ending at the middle of the calf.
- midlander — a native or inhabitant of the Midlands of England
- midnights — Plural form of midnight.
- midpoints — Plural form of midpoint.
- midpriced — Alternative spelling of mid-priced.
- midseason — The middle part of a season, such as a sporting, television, or growing season.
- midspread — (statistics) The interquartile range.
- midstream — the middle of a stream.
- midstride — In the middle of a stride.
- midsummer — the middle of summer.
- midweekly — midweek.
- midwicket — (cricket) a fielding position, about 40° forward of square on the leg side, between square leg and mid on.