Roget's Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases by Peter Mark Roget

32; exiguity, inextension†; parvitude†, parvity†; duodecimo†; Elzevir edition, epitome, microcosm; rudiment; vanishing point; thinness &c 203. dwarf, pygmy, pigmy†, Liliputian, chit, pigwidgeon†, urchin, elf; atomy†, dandiprat†; doll, puppet; Tom Thumb, Hop-o'-my-thumb†; manikin, mannikin; homunculus, dapperling†, cock-sparrow. animalcule, monad, mite, insect, emmet†, fly, midge, gnat, shrimp, minnow, worm, maggot, entozoon†; bacteria; infusoria†; microzoa [Micro.]; phytozoaria†; microbe; grub; tit, tomtit, runt, mouse, small fry; millet seed, mustard seed; barleycorn; pebble, grain of sand; molehill, button, bubble. point; atom &c (small quantity) 32; fragment &c (small part) 51; powder &c 330; point of a pin, mathematical point; minutiae &c (unimportance) 643. micrometer; vernier; scale. microphotography, photomicrography, micrography†; photomicrograph, microphotograph; microscopy; microscope (optical instruments) 445. V. be little &c adj.; lie in a nutshell; become small &c (decrease) 36, (contract) 195. Adj. little; small &c (in quantity) 32; minute, diminutive, microscopic; microzoal; inconsiderable &c (unimportant) 643; exiguous, puny, tiny, wee, petty, minikin†, miniature, pygmy, pigmy†, elfin; undersized; dwarf, dwarfed, dwarfish; spare, stunted, limited; cramp, cramped; pollard, Liliputian, dapper, pocket; portative†, portable; duodecimo†; dumpy, squat; short &c 201. impalpable, intangible, evanescent, imperceptible, invisible, inappreciable, insignificant, inconsiderable, trivial; infinitesimal, homoeopathic†; atomic, subatomic, corpuscular, molecular; rudimentary, rudimental; embryonic, vestigial. weazen†, scant, scraggy, scrubby; thin &c (narrow) 203; granular &c (powdery) 330; shrunk &c 195; brevipennate†. Adv. in a small compass, in a nutshell; on a small scale; minutely, microscopically.