microswitches
plural of microswitch

microtainer
A very small container for biological material.

microtainers
plural of microtainer

microthread
A thread (typically one executed in parallel) in a microprocessor

microthreads
plural of microthread

microtube
A microscopic tube, especially one used in the construction of specialized lasers

microtubes
plural of microtube

microvalve
A very small valve (not necessarily microscopic)

microvalves
plural of microvalve

microvideoscope
A videoscope used with a microscope

microvideoscopes
plural of microvideoscope

microwavery
Cooking with a microwave oven.

microweight
A weight class in mixed martial arts, below 45 kg

middlebreaker
Synonym of middlebuster.

middlebreakers
plural of middlebreaker

middleburster
Alternative form of middlebuster.

middlebursters
plural of middleburster

middlebuster
A type of plough with two mouldboards, which throws earth out to either side.

middlebusters
plural of middlebuster

middleware
Software that functions at an intermediate layer between applications and operating system or database management system, or between client and server.
Networking software or hardware that is deployed in the middle of, as opposed to serviced by, a packet network to enhance or provide some network function, such as caching, filtering, or firewall functionality.

middlewares
plural of middleware

middleweight
A weight class in professional boxing between light middleweight or welterweight and super middleweight or cruiserweight; a similar division in wrestling and other sports
A boxer who fights in this division; a similar wrestler etc
A class in between heavy and light.
An employee ranking anywhere between junior and senior.

middleweights
plural of middleweight

midibus
A single-decker bus, generally smaller than a traditional bus but larger than a minibus.

midibuses
plural of midibus

midline
The medial line (or plane) of the body, which divides the body into halves that are mirror-images of each other.
The level of the top of the x-height of a typeface.

midlines
plural of midline

midplate
A plate positioned between other components.

midplates
plural of midplate

midspan
In structural engineering, the point on a flexural member (typically a beam, girder, or spandrel panel) that is equidistant from the two end supports.

milkbox
A box kept outside a house to store newly delivered milk and empty bottles to be returned to the dairy.

milkboxes
plural of milkbox

milkpan
A pan in which milk is stored.

milkpans
plural of milkpan

millimilligram
0.000001 grams, as a unit of mass.

millimilligrams
plural of millimilligram

minenwerfer
A type of trench mortar used by German forces especially during the First World War, or the shells fired by such a mortar.

minenwerfers
plural of minenwerfer

minibag
A small-volume bag.

minibags
plural of minibag

minibox
A small box.

miniboxes
plural of minibox

minicask
A small cask

minichain
A small chain (in various senses).

minichains
plural of minichain

minicollagen
Any form of collagen, present in cnidarians, that have an unusually short chain

minicollagens
plural of minicollagen

minicomputer
A computer smaller than a mainframe, but larger than a microcomputer.

minicomputers
plural of minicomputer

minie
A Minié ball

minification
The reduction in apparent size of objects viewed through a lens or mirror shaped so as to increase the field of view, such as a convex or aspheric mirror or a Fresnel lens.
The removal of white space and unnecessary characters from a web page's source code in order to reduce its size and improve download time.

minifications
plural of minification

minilamp
A miniature lamp.

minilamps
plural of minilamp

minimainframe
A computer resembling a mainframe but significantly smaller in physical size.

minimainframes
plural of minimainframe

miniplate
A small surgical plate.

miniplates
plural of miniplate

minisack
A relatively small bag of granular or pelletized material, typically weighing tens of pounds.

minisacks
plural of minisack

minisaw
A small saw

minisaws
plural of minisaw

minispindle
A small spindle (in any of several contexts)

minispindles
plural of minispindle

minitruck
A compact pickup truck designed for light duty.

minitrucks
plural of minitruck

miniwagon
A small station wagon, having a shorter extended rear section than a full-size station wagon and back seats that fold down to extend the space in the rear section.

miniwagons
plural of miniwagon

miniyacht
A small yacht.

miniyachts
plural of miniyacht

mirbahri
Ferry dues.

mirrorverse
A mirror universe.

misemphases
plural of misemphasis

misemphasis
Bad or wrong emphasis.

mishoon
A dugout canoe.

mishoons
plural of mishoon

missorium
A decorated plate, which in late Roman and Byzantine times was donated on the occasion of solemn anniversaries to dignitaries

missoriums
plural of missorium

mistpouffer
An unexplained sound, like a cannon or a sonic boom, heard in various waterfront communities.

mistpouffers
plural of mistpouffer

mitraillade
Mass execution by cannon shot or (later) machine-gun, especially during the French Revolution.

mitraillades
plural of mitraillade

mitraille
shot or bits of iron used sometimes in loading cannon

mixedwood
Having a diverse assortment of trees.
A stand, wood or forest with a diverse assortment of trees.

mixedwoods
plural of mixedwood

mixte
A kind of bicycle frame where the top tube of the traditional diamond frame is replaced with a pair of smaller lateral tubes running from the top of the head tube all the way back to the rear axle, connecting at the seat tube on the way.

mixtes
plural of mixte

miyanah
Alternative form of meeana.

miyanahs
plural of miyanah

mizutaki
A Japanese chicken hot pot.

modcod
A technology that adapts the modulation and forward error correction code of a signal to prevent errors.

modcods
plural of modcod

moguey
Obsolete form of mokihi (“type of raft”).

mogueys
plural of moguey.

moka
A moka pot.

mokas
plural of moka

mokihi
A Māori raft made from dried flower stalks bound together with flax twine.

mokihis
plural of mokihi

mokoro
A dugout canoe, especially as used in the Okavango Swamps of Botswana.

mokoros
plural of mokoro

monjolo
A type of primitive water-powered hammer.

monjolos
plural of monjolo

monocycle
A unicycle or monowheel; often specifically a unicycle with the rider seated inside the wheel.
An aromatic compound containing a single ring.
The first derivative of a Gaussian, often used as an impulse signal.

monocycles
plural of monocycle

monophote
An electric arc-lamp regulator working in single series.

monophotes
plural of monophote

monophthong
A vowel (in the sense of a sound rather than a letter of the alphabet) that has the same sound throughout its pronunciation, such as the short vowels in "pap", "pep", "pip", "pop" and "pup", as opposed to a diphthong (eg, /aɪ/, the vowel in "pipe") or a triphthong (eg, /aɪə/, the sound in the non-rhotic pronunciation of "pyre").

monophthongs
plural of monophthong

monopipe
A variable open pipe that can produce varying pitches.

monopipes
plural of monopipe

monopthong
Misspelling of monophthong.

monopthongs
plural of monopthong

monoraphid
Any pennate diatom that has a raphe on only one valve

monoraphids
plural of monoraphid

monoreme
A galley with a single row of oars on each side

monoremes
plural of monoreme

monorepo
A monolithic repository, where core code and its dependencies are included in the same repository.

monorepos
plural of monorepo

mooncup
A menstrual cup.

mooncups
plural of mooncup

moonflask
A discoid drinking vessel.

moonflasks
plural of moonflask

moribana
A basic structure in ikebana (Japanese flower arranging), where the flowers are arranged in a shallow container.