A microphone containing carbon granules, whose electrical resistance varies with pressure.

A small, local region having a unique pattern of weather or weather effects that differ from the local climate.

An administrative system that is equivalent to a county or a prefecture and a department. It is used in Brazil as a third-level administration between state and micro-region.

a microscope whose objective is composed of two mirrors, one convex and the other concave; it is free of chromatic aberration

(US, slang) McDonald's (the chain of fast food restaurants).

plural of wood mouse

(slang, Britain, idiomatic) An extravagant person.

A device used to form an image of the surface of a conductor or semiconductor with atomic resolution.

An electron microscope whose image is made up of a matrix of points from scanning the surface of a sample.

(slang) A Mickey Finn; a beverage, usually alcoholic, that has been drugged. / (Canada) A 375-milliliter (13.2 imperial fluid ounce; 12.7 US fl oz) bottle of liquor, such as whiskey.