microphone /mīˈkrə-fōn/

1. An instrument for intensifying sounds
2. A sensitive instrument (short form mike /mīk/), similar to a telephone transmitter, for picking up sound waves to be broadcast or amplified and translating them, eg by means of a diaphragm and carbon granules, into a fluctuating electric current

microphonic /-fonˈik/ adjective

• butcherings
• butcherly
• butcher meat
• butcher's
• butchers
• butcher's broom
• butcher's hook
• butcher's meat
• cardinalate
• cardinalates
• cardinalatial
• cardinal beetle
• cardinal beetles
• cardinal-bird
• cardinal-bishop
• cardinal-deacon
• cardinal flower
• cardinal flowers
• cardinal grosbeak
• cardinal grosbeaks
• cardinalitial
• cardinally
• cardinal number
• cardinal numbers
• cardinal point