mi·ca 
(mīkə)
(mīkə)n.
Any of a group of chemically and physically related aluminum silicate minerals, common in igneous and metamorphic rocks, characteristically splitting into flexible sheets used in insulation and electrical equipment.
[Latin mīca, grain (perhaps influenced by micāre, to flash).]
mi·caceous (-kāshəs) adj.
- pressed for time
- presser
- press gang
- pressgang
- press-gang
- pressing
- pressingly
- press kit
- press luck
- pressman
- pressmark
- press of sail
- press one's luck
- pressor
- press/push (one's) luck
- press release
- pressroom
- press run
- pressrun
- press secretary
- press the flesh
- presstime
- pressure
- pressure anemometer
- pressure cabin