| 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 |
| missional | (adjective) relating to or connected to a religious mission | Synonyms: missionary |
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| missionary | (adjective) relating to or connected to a religious mission | Synonyms: missional |
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| (noun) someone who attempts to convert others to a particular doctrine or program | - |
| (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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| misspeak | (verb) pronounce a word incorrectly | Synonyms: mispronounce |
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| misspell | (verb) spell incorrectly | - |
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| misspelling | (noun) a spelling that is incorrect | - |
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| misspend | (verb) spend (money or other resources) unwisely | - |
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| (verb) spend time badly or unwisely | - |
| misstate | (verb) state something incorrectly | - |
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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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| (verb) become covered with mist | Synonyms: mist over |
| (verb) spray finely or cover with mist | - |
| (verb) make less visible or unclear | Synonyms: becloud, befog, cloud, fog, haze over, obnubilate, obscure |
| mistakable | (adjective) so similar as to be easily identified for another thing | Synonyms: confusable |
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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 |
| (verb) to make a mistake or be incorrect | Synonyms: err, slip |
| (verb) identify incorrectly | Synonyms: misidentify |
| mistaken | (adjective) arising from error | Synonyms: false |
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| (adjective) wrong in e.g. opinion or judgment | Synonyms: misguided |
| mistakenly | (adverb) in a mistaken or erroneous manner | Synonyms: erroneously |
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| 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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| mistily | (adverb) in a misty manner | - |
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| (adverb) in a vague way | Synonyms: vaguely |
| mistime | (verb) time incorrectly | - |
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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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| mistranslate | (verb) translate incorrectly | - |
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| mistranslation | (noun) an incorrect translation | - |
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| mistreat | (verb) treat badly | Synonyms: abuse, ill-treat, ill-use, maltreat, step |
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| mistreated | (adjective) subjected to cruel treatment | Synonyms: abused, ill-treated, maltreated |
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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 |
| (verb) regard as untrustworthy; regard with suspicion; have no faith or confidence in | Synonyms: distrust, suspect |
| mistrustful | (adjective) openly distrustful and unwilling to confide | Synonyms: leery, suspicious, untrusting, wary |
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| mistrustfully | (adverb) with distrust | Synonyms: distrustfully |
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| misty | (adjective) filled or abounding with fog or mist | Synonyms: brumous, foggy, hazy |
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| (adjective) wet with mist | - |
| misunderstand | (verb) interpret in the wrong way | Synonyms: be amiss, misapprehend, misconceive, misconstrue, misinterpret |
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| 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 |
| misunderstood | (adjective) wrongly understood | - |
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| misuse | (noun) improper or excessive use | Synonyms: abuse |
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| (verb) change the inherent purpose or function of something | Synonyms: abuse, pervert |
| (verb) apply to a wrong thing or person; apply badly or incorrectly | Synonyms: misapply |
| misused | (adjective) used incorrectly or carelessly or for an improper purpose | - |
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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 |
| (verb) bevel the edges of, to make a miter joint | - |
| (verb) fit together in a miter joint | - |
| (verb) confer a miter on (a bishop) | - |
| 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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| mithraic | (adjective) of or relating to Mithraism or its god | Synonyms: mithraistic |
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| mithraistic | (adjective) of or relating to Mithraism or its god | Synonyms: mithraic |
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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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| mitigable | (adjective) capable of being alleviated | - |
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| mitigate | (verb) to temper | - |
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| (verb) lessen or to try to lessen the seriousness or extent of | Synonyms: extenuate, palliate |
| mitigated | (adjective) made less severe or intense | - |
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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 |
| mitigative | (adjective) moderating pain or sorrow by making it easier to bear | Synonyms: alleviative, alleviatory, lenitive, mitigatory, palliative |
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| mitigatory | (adjective) moderating pain or sorrow by making it easier to bear | Synonyms: alleviative, alleviatory, lenitive, mitigative, palliative |
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| 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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| mitotic | (adjective) of or relating to or undergoing mitosis | - |
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| mitral | (adjective) of or relating to or located in or near the mitral valve | - |
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| (adjective) relating to or resembling the miter worn by some clerics | - |
| 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 |
| (verb) mix together different elements | Synonyms: blend, coalesce, combine, commingle, conflate, flux, fuse, immix, meld, merge |
| (verb) add as an additional element or part | Synonyms: mix in |
| (verb) combine (electronic signals) | - |
| (verb) to bring or combine together or with something else | Synonyms: amalgamate, commix, mingle, unify |
| (verb) mix so as to make a random order or arrangement | Synonyms: ruffle, shuffle |
| (verb) open (a place) to members of all races and ethnic groups | Synonyms: desegregate, integrate |
| mixable | (adjective) (chemistry, physics) capable of being mixed | Synonyms: miscible |
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| mixed | (adjective) consisting of a haphazard assortment of different kinds | Synonyms: assorted, miscellaneous, motley, sundry |
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| (adjective) involving or composed of different races | Synonyms: interracial |
| 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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| (verb) rain lightly | Synonyms: drizzle |