Webster's Dictionary 1913

3025

Miching

Mich″ing, a. Hiding; skulking; cowardly. [Written also meaching and meeching.]

3026

Mickle

Mic″kle (mĭk″k'l), a. [OE. mikel, muchel, mochel, mukel, AS. micel, mycel; akin to OS. mikil, OHG. mihil, mihhil, Icel. mikill, mykill, Goth. mikils, L. magnus, Gr. μέγασ, gen. ...

3027

Micmacs

Mic″macs (?), n. pl.; sing. Micmac (�). (Ethnol.) A tribe of Indians inhabiting Nova Scotia and New Brunswick. [Written also Mikmaks.]

3028

Mico

Mi″co (?), n. [Sp. or Pg. mico.] (Zoöl.) A small South American monkey (Mico melanurus), allied to the marmoset. The name was originally applied to an albino variety.

3029

Micracoustic

Mi′cra‐cous″tic (?), a. Same as Microustic.

3030

Micraster

‖Mi‐cras″ter (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. μικρόσ small + � star.] (Paleon.) A genus of sea urchins, similar to Spatangus, abounding in the chalk formation; — from the starlike disposal...

3031

Micrencephalous

Mi′cren‐ceph″a‐lous (?), [Micr- + Gr. � brain.] Having a small brain.

3032

Micro-

{ Mi″cro– (?), Mi″cr– }. [Gr. μικρόσ small.] A combining form signifying: (a) Small, little, trivial, slight; as, microcosm, microscope. (b) (Metric System, Elec., Mech., etc.)A...

3033

Micro-chemical

Mi′cro–chem″ic‐al (?), a. Of or pertaining to micro-chemistry; as, a micro-chemical test.

3034

Micro-chemistry

Mi′cro–chem″is‐try (?), n. [Micro- + chemistry.] The application of chemical tests to minute objects or portions of matter, magnified by the use of the microscopy; — distinguish...

3035

Micro-geological

Mi′cro–ge′o‐log″ic‐al (?), a. Of or pertaining to micro-geology.

3036

Micro-geology

Mi′cro–ge‐ol″o‐gy (?), n. [Micro- + geology.] The part of geology relating to structure and organisms which require to be studied with a microscope.

3037

Microampère

Mi′cro‐am′père″ (?), n. [Micr- + ampère.] (Elec.) One of the smaller measures of electrical currents; the millionth part of one ampère.

3038

Microanalysis

Mi′cro‐a‐nal″y‐sis (?), n. [Micro- + analysis.] Analysis of the structure of materials from careful observation of photomicrographs.

3039

Microbacteria

‖Mi′cro‐bac‐te″ri‐a (?), n. pl. [NL. See Micro-, and Bacterium.] (Biol.) In the classification of Cohn, one of the four tribes of Bacteria.☞ In this classification bacteria are ...

3040

Microbarograph

Mi′cro‐bar″o‐graph (?), n. [Micro- + barograph.] An instrument for recording minor fluctuations of atmospheric pressure, as opposed to general barometric surges.

3041

Microbe

{ Mi″crobe (?), ‖Mi‐cro″bi‐on (?), } n. [NL. microbion, fr. Gr. � little + � life.] (Biol.) A microscopic organism; — particularly applied to bacteria and especially to pathogen...

3042

Microbian

Mi‐cro″bi‐an (?), a.(Biol.) Of, pertaining to, or caused by, microbes; as, the microbian theory; a microbian disease.

3043

Microbic

Mi‐crob″ic (?), a.(Biol.) Of or pertaining to a microbe.

3044

Microbicide

Mi‐crob″i‐cide (?), n. [Microbe + L. caedere to kill.] (Biol.) Any agent detrimental to, or destructive of, the life of microbes or bacterial organisms.

3045

Microbiology

Mi′cro‐bi‐ol″o‐gy (?), n. [See Microbe; -logy.] The study of minute organisms, or microbes, as the bacteria. — Mi′cro‐bi′o‐log″ic‐al (#), a. — Mi′cro‐bi‐ol″o‐gist (#), n.

3046

Microcephalic

{ Mi′cro‐ce‐phal″ic (?), Mi′cro‐ceph″a‐lous (?), } a. [Micro- + cephalic, cephalous.] (Anat.) Having a small head; having the cranial cavity small; — opposed to megacephalic.

3047

Microchronometer

Mi′cro‐chro‐nom″e‐ter (?), n. A chronoscope.

3048

Microcline

Mi″cro‐cline (?), n. [Micro- + Gr. � to incline.] (Min.) A mineral of the feldspar group, like orthoclase or common feldspar in composition, but triclinic in form.

3049

Micrococcal

Mi′cro‐coc″cal (?), a. Of or pertaining to micrococci; caused by micrococci. Nature.

3050

Micrococcus

‖Mi′cro‐coc″cus (?), n.; pl.Micrococci (#). [NL. See Micro-, and Coccus.] (Biol.) A genus of Spherobacteria, in the form of very small globular or oval cells, forming, by transv...

3051

Microcosm

Mi″cro‐cosm (?), n. [F. microcosme, L. microcosmus, fr. Gr. μικρόσ small + κόσμοσ the world.] A little world; a miniature universe. Hence (so called by Paracelsus), a man, as a ...