con·triv·ance 
(kən-trīvəns)
(kən-trīvəns)n.
1.
a. The act of contriving.
b. The state of being contrived.
2. Something contrived, as a mechanical device or a clever plan.
- microbus
- microcalcification
- microcap
- microcapsule
- microcephalic
- microcephalous
- microcephaly
- microchemical
- microchemist
- microchemistry
- microchip
- microcircuit
- microcircuitry
- microcirculation
- microcirculatory
- microclimate
- microclimatic
- microclimatologic
- microclimatological
- microclimatology
- microcline
- micrococcal
- micrococcus
- microcomputer
- microcopy