| 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 |