| academic | (noun) an educator who works at a college or university | Synonyms: academician, faculty member |
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| academician | (noun) an educator who works at a college or university | Synonyms: academic, faculty member |
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| (noun) a scholar who is skilled in academic disputation | Synonyms: schoolman |
| (noun) someone elected to honorary membership in an academy | - |
| academicianship | (noun) the position of member of an honorary academy | - |
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| academicism | (noun) orthodoxy of a scholastic variety | Synonyms: academism, scholasticism |
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| (noun) Purely speculative thoughts and attitudes. | - |
| (noun) a style of painting and sculpture produced under the influence of European academies of art. | Synonyms: academic art, academism |
| acromicria | (noun) abnormally small extremities (underdeveloped fingers and toes) | Synonyms: acromikria |
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| aerodynamics | (noun) the branch of mechanics that deals with the motion of gases (especially air) and their effects on bodies in the flow | Synonyms: aeromechanics |
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| amicability | (noun) having a disposition characterized by warmth and friendliness | Synonyms: amicableness |
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| (noun) a disinclination to quarrel | Synonyms: amicableness |
| amicableness | (noun) having a disposition characterized by warmth and friendliness | Synonyms: amicability |
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| (noun) a disinclination to quarrel | Synonyms: amicability |
| anatomical | (noun) an expression that relates to anatomy | Synonyms: anatomical reference |
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| antiarrhythmic | (noun) a drug used to treat an abnormal heart rhythm | Synonyms: antiarrhythmic drug, antiarrhythmic medication |
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| antimicrobial | (noun) an agent (as heat or radiation or a chemical) that destroys microorganisms that might carry disease | Synonyms: antimicrobic, disinfectant, germicide |
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| antimicrobic | (noun) an agent (as heat or radiation or a chemical) that destroys microorganisms that might carry disease | Synonyms: antimicrobial, disinfectant, germicide |
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| apomict | (noun) a plant that reproduces or is reproduced by apomixis | - |
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| astrodynamics | (noun) the branch of astronomy that studies the motion of natural and artificial bodies in space | - |
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| biodynamics | (noun) the branch of biology dealing with energy or the activity of living organisms. | - |
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| bionomics | (noun) the branch of biology concerned with the relations between organisms and their environment | Synonyms: ecology, environmental science |
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| bulimic | (noun) a person suffering from bulimia | - |
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| ceramic | (noun) an artifact made of hard brittle material produced from nonmetallic minerals by firing at high temperatures | - |
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| ceramicist | (noun) a craftsman who shapes pottery on a potter's wheel and bakes them in a kiln | Synonyms: ceramist, potter, thrower |
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| ceramics | (noun) the art of making and decorating pottery | - |
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| chemical | (noun) material produced by or used in a reaction involving changes in atoms or molecules | Synonyms: chemical substance |
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| chylomicron | (noun) a microscopic particle of triglycerides produced in the intestines during digestion; in the bloodstream they release their fatty acids into the blood | - |
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| comic | (noun) a professional performer who tells jokes and performs comical acts | Synonyms: comedian |
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| comicality | (noun) the quality of being comical | - |
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| domicile | (noun) housing that someone is living in | Synonyms: abode, dwelling, dwelling house, habitation, home |
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| (noun) (law) the residence where you have your permanent home or principal establishment and to where, whenever you are absent, you intend to return; every person is compelled to have one and only one domicile at a time | Synonyms: legal residence |
| domiciliation | (noun) temporary living quarters | Synonyms: diggings, digs, lodgings, pad |
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| dynamic | (noun) an efficient incentive | Synonyms: moral force |
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| dynamics | (noun) the branch of mechanics concerned with the forces that cause motions of bodies | Synonyms: kinetics |
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| economics | (noun) the branch of social science that deals with the production and distribution and consumption of goods and services and their management | Synonyms: economic science, political economy |
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| endemic | (noun) a plant or animal that is native to a certain limited area | - |
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| (noun) a disease that is constantly present to a greater or lesser degree in people of a certain class or in people living in a particular location | Synonyms: endemic disease |
| epidemic | (noun) a widespread outbreak of an infectious disease; many people are infected at the same time | - |
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| ergonomics | (noun) the branch of engineering science in which biological science is used to study the relation between workers and their environments | Synonyms: bioengineering, biotechnology |
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| eurhythmics | (noun) the interpretation in harmonious bodily movements of the rhythm of musical compositions; used to teach musical understanding | Synonyms: eurhythmy, eurythmics, eurythmy |
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| eurythmics | (noun) the interpretation in harmonious bodily movements of the rhythm of musical compositions; used to teach musical understanding | Synonyms: eurhythmics, eurhythmy, eurythmy |
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| formicary | (noun) a mound of earth made by ants as they dig their nest | Synonyms: anthill |
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| formication | (noun) hallucinated sensation that insects or snakes are crawling over the skin; a common side-effect of extensive use of cocaine or amphetamines | - |
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| genomics | (noun) the branch of genetics that studies organisms in terms of their genomes (their full DNA sequences) | - |
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| gentamicin | (noun) an antibiotic (trade name Garamycin) that is derived from an actinomycete; used in treating infections of the urinary tract | Synonyms: Garamycin |
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| germicide | (noun) an agent (as heat or radiation or a chemical) that destroys microorganisms that might carry disease | Synonyms: antimicrobial, antimicrobic, disinfectant |
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| gimmick | (noun) any clever maneuver | Synonyms: device, twist |
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| (noun) something unspecified whose name is either forgotten or not known | Synonyms: dojigger, doodad, doohickey, gismo, gizmo, gubbins, thingamabob, thingamajig, thingmabob, thingmajig, thingumabob, thingumajig, thingummy, whatchamacallit, whatchamacallum, whatsis, widget |
| (noun) a drawback or difficulty that is not readily evident | Synonyms: catch |
| gimmickry | (noun) a collection of gimmicks | - |
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| gramicidin | (noun) an antibiotic produced by a soil bacterium; used chiefly as an antiseptic in treating local infections produced by Gram-positive bacteria | - |
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| hemicrania | (noun) a severe recurring vascular headache; occurs more frequently in women than men | Synonyms: megrim, migraine, sick headache |
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| hemicycle | (noun) a plane figure with the shape of half a circle | Synonyms: semicircle |
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| hemodynamics | (noun) the branch of physiology that studies the circulation of the blood and the forces involved | - |
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| homicide | (noun) the killing of a human being by another human being | - |
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| hydrodynamics | (noun) study of fluids in motion | Synonyms: hydrokinetics |
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| hypodermic | (noun) a piston syringe that is fitted with a hypodermic needle for giving injections | Synonyms: hypo, hypodermic syringe |
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| macroeconomics | (noun) the branch of economics that studies the overall working of a national economy | - |
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| magnetohydrodynamics | (noun) the study of the interaction of magnetic fields and electrically conducting fluids (as plasma or molten metal) | - |
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| matronymic | (noun) a name derived from the name of your mother or a maternal ancestor | Synonyms: metronymic |
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| metronymic | (noun) a name derived from the name of your mother or a maternal ancestor | Synonyms: matronymic |
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| mic | (noun) device for converting sound waves into electrical energy | Synonyms: microphone, mike |
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| mica | (noun) any of various minerals consisting of hydrous silicates of aluminum or potassium etc. that crystallize in forms that allow perfect cleavage into very thin leaves; used as dielectrics because of their resistance to electricity | Synonyms: isinglass |
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| micelle | (noun) an electrically charged particle built up from polymeric molecules or ions and occurring in certain colloidal electrolytic solutions like soaps and detergents | - |
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| mickle | (noun) (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent | Synonyms: batch, deal, flock, good deal, great deal, hatful, heap, lot, mass, mess, mint, mountain, muckle, passel, peck, pile, plenty, pot, quite a little, raft, sight, slew, spate, stack, tidy sum, wad |
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| miconazole | (noun) an antifungal agent usually administered in the form of a nitrate (trade name Monistat) | Synonyms: Monistat |
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| microbalance | (noun) balance for weighing very small objects | - |
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| microbar | (noun) the absolute unit of pressure equal to one dyne per square centimeter | Synonyms: bar absolute, barye |
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| microbat | (noun) typically having large ears and feeding primarily on insects; worldwide in distribution | Synonyms: carnivorous bat |
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| microbe | (noun) a minute life form (especially a disease-causing bacterium); the term is not in technical use | Synonyms: bug, germ |
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| microbenthos | (noun) microscopic benthic organisms that are less than 0.1 mm in size. | - |
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| microbiologist | (noun) a specialist in microbiology | - |
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| microbiology | (noun) the branch of biology that studies microorganisms and their effects on humans | - |
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| microblog | (noun) a blog in which there is a limitation on the length of individual postings. | - |
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| microbrachia | (noun) abnormally small arms | - |
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| microbrewery | (noun) a small brewery; consumption of the product is mainly elsewhere | - |
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| microcephalus | (noun) an abnormally small head and underdeveloped brain | Synonyms: microcephaly, nanocephaly |
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| microcephaly | (noun) an abnormally small head and underdeveloped brain | Synonyms: microcephalus, nanocephaly |
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| microchip | (noun) electronic equipment consisting of a small crystal of a silicon semiconductor fabricated to carry out a number of electronic functions in an integrated circuit | Synonyms: chip, micro chip, microprocessor chip, silicon chip |
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| microcircuit | (noun) a microelectronic computer circuit incorporated into a chip or semiconductor; a whole system rather than a single component | Synonyms: integrated circuit |
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| microcode | (noun) (computer science) coded instructions that are stored permanently in read-only memory | Synonyms: firmware |
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| microcomputer | (noun) a small digital computer based on a microprocessor and designed to be used by one person at a time | Synonyms: PC, personal computer |
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| microcosm | (noun) a miniature model of something | - |
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| microcrystal | (noun) any crystal of microscopic size. | - |
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| microcyte | (noun) an abnormally small red blood cell (less than 5 microns in diameter) | - |
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| microcytosis | (noun) a blood disorder characterized by the presence of microcytes (abnormally small red blood cells) in the blood; often associated with anemia | - |
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| microdevice | (noun) any very small device manufactured using microfabrication. | - |
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| microdot | (noun) photograph reduced to the size of a dot (usually for purposes of security) | - |
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| microeconomics | (noun) the branch of economics that studies the economy of consumers or households or individual firms | - |
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| microeconomist | (noun) an economist who specializes in microeconomics | Synonyms: microeconomic expert |
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| microelectronics | (noun) the branch of electronics that deals with miniature components | - |
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| microevolution | (noun) evolution resulting from small specific genetic changes that can lead to a new subspecies | - |
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| microfarad | (noun) a unit of capacitance equal to one millionth of a farad | - |
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| microfiche | (noun) small sheet of microfilm on which many pages of material have been photographed; a magnification system is used to read the material | - |
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| microfilm | (noun) film on which materials are photographed at greatly reduced size; useful for storage; a magnification system is used to read the material | - |
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| microflora | (noun) microscopic plants; bacteria are often considered to be microflora | - |
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| microfossil | (noun) a fossil that must be studied microscopically | - |
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| microgametophyte | (noun) the male gametophyte produced by a microspore | - |
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| microgauss | (noun) a unit of magnetic flux density equal to one millionth of a gauss | - |
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| microglia | (noun) neuroglial tissue of mesodermal origin that can become phagocytic | - |
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| microgliacyte | (noun) a cell of the microglia that may become phagocytic and collect waste products of nerve tissue | - |
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| microgram | (noun) one millionth (1/1,000,000) gram | Synonyms: mcg |
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| micrograph | (noun) a graphic reproduction (as a photograph) of the image of an object formed by a microscope. | - |
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| micrometeor | (noun) a meteorite or meteoroid so small that it drifts down to earth without becoming intensely heated in the atmosphere | Synonyms: micrometeorite, micrometeoroid |
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| micrometeorite | (noun) a meteorite or meteoroid so small that it drifts down to earth without becoming intensely heated in the atmosphere | Synonyms: micrometeor, micrometeoroid |
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| micrometeoroid | (noun) a meteorite or meteoroid so small that it drifts down to earth without becoming intensely heated in the atmosphere | Synonyms: micrometeor, micrometeorite |
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| micrometer | (noun) a metric unit of length equal to one millionth of a meter | Synonyms: micrometre, micron |
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| (noun) caliper for measuring small distances | Synonyms: micrometer caliper, micrometer gauge |
| micrometre | (noun) a metric unit of length equal to one millionth of a meter | Synonyms: micrometer, micron |
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| micrometry | (noun) measuring with a micrometer | - |
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