| mishmash | (noun) a motley assortment of things | Synonyms: farrago, gallimaufry, hodgepodge, hotchpotch, melange, mingle-mangle, oddments, odds and ends, omnium-gatherum, ragbag |
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| mishpachah | (noun) (Yiddish) the entire family network of relatives by blood or marriage (and sometimes close friends) | Synonyms: mishpocha |
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| mishpocha | (noun) (Yiddish) the entire family network of relatives by blood or marriage (and sometimes close friends) | Synonyms: mishpachah |
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| misinformation | (noun) information that is incorrect | - |
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| misinterpretation | (noun) putting the wrong interpretation on | Synonyms: mistaking, misunderstanding |
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| misleader | (noun) someone who leads astray (often deliberately) | - |
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| misleadingness | (noun) The quality of being deceptive or tending to mislead or create a false impression. | - |
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| mismanagement | (noun) management that is careless or inefficient | Synonyms: misdirection |
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| mismatch | (noun) a bad or unsuitable match | - |
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| misnomer | (noun) an incorrect or unsuitable name | - |
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| miso | (noun) a thick paste made from fermented soybeans and barley or rice malt; used in Japanese cooking to make soups or sauces | - |
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| misocainea | (noun) hatred of new ideas | - |
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| misogamist | (noun) a person who hates marriage | - |
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| misogamy | (noun) hatred of marriage | - |
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| misogynism | (noun) hatred of women | Synonyms: misogyny |
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| misogynist | (noun) a misanthrope who dislikes women in particular | Synonyms: woman hater |
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| misogyny | (noun) hatred of women | Synonyms: misogynism |
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| misology | (noun) hatred of reasoning | - |
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| misoneism | (noun) hatred of change or innovation | - |
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| misopedia | (noun) hatred of children | - |
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| mispickel | (noun) a silver-white or grey ore of arsenic | Synonyms: arsenopyrite |
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| misplacement | (noun) faulty position | Synonyms: malposition |
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| misplay | (noun) (baseball) a failure of a defensive player to make an out when normal play would have sufficed | Synonyms: error |
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| misprint | (noun) a mistake in printed matter resulting from mechanical failures of some kind | Synonyms: erratum, literal, literal error, typo, typographical error |
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| mispronunciation | (noun) incorrect pronunciation | - |
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| misquotation | (noun) an incorrect quotation | Synonyms: misquote |
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| misquote | (noun) an incorrect quotation | Synonyms: misquotation |
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| misreading | (noun) misinterpretation caused by inaccurate reading | - |
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| misreckoning | (noun) a mistake in calculating | Synonyms: miscalculation, misestimation |
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| misrepresentation | (noun) a willful perversion of facts | Synonyms: falsification |
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| (noun) a misleading falsehood | Synonyms: deceit, deception |
| misrule | (noun) government that is inefficient or dishonest | Synonyms: misgovernment |
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| miss | (noun) a failure to hit (or meet or find etc) | Synonyms: misfire |
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| (noun) a young female | Synonyms: fille, girl, missy, young lady, young woman |
| missal | (noun) (Roman Catholic Church) a book containing all the prayers and responses needed to celebrate Mass throughout the year | - |
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| misshapenness | (noun) an affliction in which some part of the body is misshapen or malformed | Synonyms: deformity, malformation |
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| missile | (noun) a weapon that is forcibly thrown or projected at a targets but is not self-propelled | Synonyms: projectile |
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| (noun) a rocket carrying a warhead of conventional or nuclear explosives; may be ballistic or directed by remote control | - |
| mission | (noun) a special assignment that is given to a person or group | Synonyms: charge, commission |
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| (noun) an operation that is assigned by a higher headquarters | Synonyms: military mission |
| (noun) the organized work of a religious missionary | Synonyms: missionary work |
| (noun) a group of representatives or delegates | Synonyms: commission, delegacy, delegation, deputation |
| (noun) an organization of missionaries in a foreign land sent to carry on religious work | Synonyms: foreign mission, missionary post, missionary station |
| missionary | (noun) someone who attempts to convert others to a particular doctrine or program | - |
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| (noun) someone sent on a mission--especially a religious or charitable mission to a foreign country | Synonyms: missioner |
| missioner | (noun) someone sent on a mission--especially a religious or charitable mission to a foreign country | Synonyms: missionary |
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| missis | (noun) informal term of address for someone's wife | Synonyms: missus |
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| missive | (noun) a written message addressed to a person or organization | Synonyms: letter |
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| misspelling | (noun) a spelling that is incorrect | - |
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| misstatement | (noun) a statement that contains a mistake | - |
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| misstep | (noun) an unintentional but embarrassing blunder | Synonyms: stumble, trip-up, trip |
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| missus | (noun) informal term of address for someone's wife | Synonyms: missis |
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| missy | (noun) a young female | Synonyms: fille, girl, miss, young lady, young woman |
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| mist | (noun) a thin fog with condensation near the ground | - |
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| mistake | (noun) a wrong action attributable to bad judgment or ignorance or inattention | Synonyms: error, fault |
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| (noun) an understanding of something that is not correct | Synonyms: misapprehension, misunderstanding |
| (noun) part of a statement that is not correct | Synonyms: error |
| mistaking | (noun) putting the wrong interpretation on | Synonyms: misinterpretation, misunderstanding |
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| mistflower | (noun) rhizomatous plant of central and southeastern United States and West Indies having large showy heads of clear blue flowers; sometimes placed in genus Eupatorium | Synonyms: ageratum, Conoclinium coelestinum, Eupatorium coelestinum, mist-flower |
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| mistiming | (noun) something located at a time when it could not have existed or occurred | Synonyms: anachronism, misdating |
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| mistiness | (noun) cloudiness resulting from haze or mist or vapor | Synonyms: haziness, steaminess, vaporousness, vapourousness |
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| mistletoe | (noun) Old World parasitic shrub having branching greenish stems with leathery leaves and waxy white glutinous berries; the traditional mistletoe of Christmas | Synonyms: Old World mistletoe, Viscum album |
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| (noun) American plants closely resembling Old World mistletoe | Synonyms: false mistletoe |
| (noun) shrub of central and southeastern Europe; partially parasitic on beeches, chestnuts and oaks | Synonyms: Loranthus europaeus |
| mistral | (noun) a strong north wind that blows in France during the winter | - |
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| mistranslation | (noun) an incorrect translation | - |
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| mistreatment | (noun) the practice of treating (someone or something) badly | - |
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| mistress | (noun) a woman master who directs the work of others | - |
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| (noun) an adulterous woman; a woman who has an ongoing extramarital sexual relationship with a man | Synonyms: fancy woman, kept woman |
| (noun) a woman schoolteacher (especially one regarded as strict) | Synonyms: schoolma'am, schoolmarm, schoolmistress |
| mistrial | (noun) a trial that is invalid or inconclusive | - |
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| mistrust | (noun) the trait of not trusting others | Synonyms: distrust, distrustfulness |
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| (noun) doubt about someone's honesty | Synonyms: distrust, misgiving, suspicion |
| misunderstanding | (noun) an understanding of something that is not correct | Synonyms: misapprehension, mistake |
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| (noun) putting the wrong interpretation on | Synonyms: misinterpretation, mistaking |
| misuse | (noun) improper or excessive use | Synonyms: abuse |
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| mite | (noun) any of numerous very small to minute arachnids often infesting animals or plants or stored foods | - |
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| (noun) a slight but appreciable amount | Synonyms: hint, jot, pinch, soupcon, speck, tinge, touch |
| miter | (noun) a liturgical headdress worn by bishops on formal occasions | Synonyms: mitre |
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| (noun) the surface of a beveled end of a piece where a miter joint is made | Synonyms: mitre |
| (noun) joint that forms a corner; usually both sides are bevelled at a 45-degree angle to form a 90-degree corner | Synonyms: miter joint, mitre, mitre joint |
| miterwort | (noun) any of various rhizomatous perennial herbs of the genus Mitella having a capsule resembling a bishop's miter | Synonyms: bishop's cap, mitrewort |
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| mithan | (noun) ox of southeast Asia sometimes considered a domesticated breed of the gaur | Synonyms: Bibos frontalis, gayal |
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| mithramycin | (noun) an antineoplastic drug (trade name Mithracin) used to treat cancer of the testes | Synonyms: Mithracin |
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| mitigation | (noun) to act in such a way as to cause an offense to seem less serious | Synonyms: extenuation, palliation |
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| (noun) the action of lessening in severity or intensity | Synonyms: moderation |
| (noun) a partial excuse to mitigate censure; an attempt to represent an offense as less serious than it appears by showing mitigating circumstances | Synonyms: extenuation |
| mitochondrion | (noun) an organelle containing enzymes responsible for producing energy | Synonyms: chondriosome |
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| mitogen | (noun) an agent that triggers mitosis | - |
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| mitomycin | (noun) a complex of antibiotic substances obtained from a streptomyces bacterium; one form (trade name Mutamycin) shows promise as an anticancer drug | Synonyms: Mutamycin |
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| mitosis | (noun) cell division in which the nucleus divides into nuclei containing the same number of chromosomes | - |
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| mitre | (noun) a liturgical headdress worn by bishops on formal occasions | Synonyms: miter |
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| (noun) the surface of a beveled end of a piece where a miter joint is made | Synonyms: miter |
| (noun) joint that forms a corner; usually both sides are bevelled at a 45-degree angle to form a 90-degree corner | Synonyms: miter, miter joint, mitre joint |
| mitrewort | (noun) any of various rhizomatous perennial herbs of the genus Mitella having a capsule resembling a bishop's miter | Synonyms: bishop's cap, miterwort |
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| mitsvah | (noun) (Judaism) a good deed performed out of religious duty | Synonyms: mitzvah |
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| (noun) (Judaism) a precept or commandment of the Jewish law | Synonyms: mitzvah |
| mitt | (noun) the handwear used by fielders in playing baseball | Synonyms: baseball glove, baseball mitt, glove |
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| (noun) the (prehensile) extremity of the superior limb | Synonyms: hand, manus, paw |
| mittelschmerz | (noun) pain in the area of the ovary that is felt at the time of ovulation (usually midway through the menstrual cycle) | - |
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| mitten | (noun) glove that encases the thumb separately and the other four fingers together | - |
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| mitzvah | (noun) (Judaism) a good deed performed out of religious duty | Synonyms: mitsvah |
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| (noun) (Judaism) a precept or commandment of the Jewish law | Synonyms: mitsvah |
| mix | (noun) the act of mixing together | Synonyms: admixture, commixture, intermixture, mixing, mixture |
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| (noun) an event that combines things in a mixture | Synonyms: mixture |
| (noun) a commercially prepared mixture of dry ingredients | Synonyms: premix |
| mixer | (noun) a kitchen utensil that is used for mixing foods | - |
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| (noun) electronic equipment that mixes two or more input signals to give a single output signal | - |
| (noun) club soda or fruit juice used to mix with alcohol | - |
| (noun) a party of people assembled to promote sociability and communal activity | Synonyms: sociable, social |
| mixing | (noun) the act of mixing together | Synonyms: admixture, commixture, intermixture, mix, mixture |
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| mixologist | (noun) an employee who mixes and serves alcoholic drinks at a bar | Synonyms: barkeep, barkeeper, bartender |
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| mixology | (noun) skill in preparing mixed drinks | - |
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| mixture | (noun) the act of mixing together | Synonyms: admixture, commixture, intermixture, mix, mixing |
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| (noun) an event that combines things in a mixture | Synonyms: mix |
| (noun) any foodstuff made by combining different ingredients | Synonyms: concoction, intermixture |
| (noun) a collection containing a variety of sorts of things | Synonyms: assortment, miscellanea, miscellany, mixed bag, motley, potpourri, salmagundi, smorgasbord, variety |
| (noun) (chemistry) a substance consisting of two or more substances mixed together (not in fixed proportions and not with chemical bonding) | - |
| mizen | (noun) third mast from the bow in a vessel having three or more masts; the after and shorter mast of a yawl, ketch, or dandy | Synonyms: mizenmast, mizzen, mizzenmast |
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| (noun) fore-and-aft sail set on the mizzenmast | Synonyms: mizzen |
| mizenmast | (noun) third mast from the bow in a vessel having three or more masts; the after and shorter mast of a yawl, ketch, or dandy | Synonyms: mizen, mizzen, mizzenmast |
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| mizzen | (noun) third mast from the bow in a vessel having three or more masts; the after and shorter mast of a yawl, ketch, or dandy | Synonyms: mizen, mizenmast, mizzenmast |
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| (noun) fore-and-aft sail set on the mizzenmast | Synonyms: mizen |
| mizzenmast | (noun) third mast from the bow in a vessel having three or more masts; the after and shorter mast of a yawl, ketch, or dandy | Synonyms: mizen, mizenmast, mizzen |
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| mizzle | (noun) very light rain; stronger than mist but less than a shower | Synonyms: drizzle |
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