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miller index
nounC2
/ˈmɪlə(r) ˌɪndɛks/A notation system in crystallography for identifying and describing lattice planes and directions within a crystal structure.
miller's disease
nounVery Low
/ˈmɪləz dɪˈziːz/A mycotoxin poisoning of livestock caused by feeding moldy grain or mill by-products, resulting in neurological and digestive symptoms.
miller's law
nounMedium
/ˈmɪləz lɔː/A principle in cognitive psychology stating that the average person can hold about seven (plus or minus two) items in their working memory.
miller's-thumb
nounVery Low (Specialist/Rare)
/ˌmɪləz ˈθʌm/A small freshwater fish of the sculpin family (Cottus gobio), characterised by a large, flat head and spiny fins.
millerand
nounVery Low / Technical / Obsolete
/ˈmɪlərand/A small fragment of stone or other hard material in a millstone, typically one that has broken off during grinding.
millerbird
nounExtremely Low
/ˈmɪləbɜːd/A small, endangered insectivorous songbird (Acrocephalus familiaris) endemic to the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands.
millerite
nounRare
/ˈmɪləraɪt/A nickel sulfide mineral (NiS) with a metallic yellow appearance, or a follower of the 19th-century American preacher William Miller who predicted the Second Coming.
milles
nounVery Low
/mɪlz/A common mishearing or misconstruction, often for the word 'miles'.
millesimal
adjectivenounC2
/mɪˈlɛsɪməl/Relating to or constituting a thousandth part; denoting a thousandth.
millet
nounC1
/ˈmɪlɪt/A small-seeded cereal grain from various grasses, widely grown for food in Asia and Africa.
millett
nounB2
/ˈmɪlɪt/A small-seeded cereal grain, primarily of the genus Panicum, Setaria, or Pennisetum, cultivated widely in Asia and Africa.
millhouse
nounLow
/ˈmɪlhaʊs/A building that is part of a mill, typically the dwelling of the miller or a structure housing milling machinery.
milliammeter
nounVery Low
/ˌmɪl.iˈæ.miː.tə/An instrument for measuring electric current in milliamperes.
milliampere
nounlow
/ˌmɪl.iˈæm.peər/A unit of electric current equal to one thousandth of an ampere.
milliard
nounLow (archaic in modern British English; technical/historical)
/ˈmɪl.i.ɑːd/one thousand million (1,000,000,000); the numerical value 10^9
millibar
nounC2
/ˈmɪlɪˌbɑː/A unit of atmospheric pressure equal to one thousandth of a bar, or 100 pascals, commonly used in meteorology.
millibarn
nounVery low (Highly specialized technical term)
/ˈmɪl.ɪ.bɑːn/A unit of cross-sectional area in nuclear physics, equal to one thousandth of a barn.
millicent
nounLow
/ˈmɪlɪsənt/A female given name.
millicoulomb
nounC2
/ˌmɪlɪˈkuːlɒm/A unit of electric charge equal to one thousandth of a coulomb (1/1000 C).
millicurie
nounC1
/ˌmɪlɪˈkjʊəri/A unit of radioactivity equal to one thousandth of a curie.

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