8 letter word starting with mi

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miascite noun A granitoid rock containing feldspar, biotite, elaeolite, and sodalite.
miasmata plural of Miasma
miauling present participle & vb. noun of Miaul
micellae plural of Micella
microbic adjective Of or pertaining to a microbe.
microzoa noun pl. The Infusoria.
midbrain noun The middle segment of the brain; the mesencephalon. See Brain.
middling adjective Of middle rank, state, size, or quality; about equally distant from the extremes; medium; moderate; mediocre; ordinary.
midnight noun The middle of the night; twelve o’clock at night., Being in, or characteristic of, the middle of the night; as, midnight studies; midnight gloom.
midships adverb In the middle of a ship; — properly amidships., The timbers at the broadest part of the vessel.
midwives plural of Midwife
mightful adjective Mighty.
mightily adverb In a mighty manner; with might; with great earnestness; vigorously; powerfully., To a great degree; very much.
mighties plural of Mighty
migniard adjective Soft; dainty.
migraine noun Same as Megrim.
migrated imp. & past participle of Migrate
milanese adjective Of or pertaining to Milan in Italy, or to its inhabitants., A native or inhabitant of Milan; people of Milan.
mildewed imp. & past participle of Mildew
mildness noun The quality or state of being mild; as, mildness of temper; the mildness of the winter.
milepost noun A post, or one of a series of posts, set up to indicate spaces of a mile each or the distance in miles from a given place.
milesian adjective Of or pertaining to Miletus, a city of Asia Minor, or to its inhabitants., Descended from King Milesius of Spain, whose two sons are said to have conquered Ireland about 1300 b. c.; or pertaining to the descendants of King Milesius; hence, Irish., A native or inhabitant of Miletus., A native or inhabitant of Ireland.
miliaria noun A fever accompanied by an eruption of small, isolated, red pimples, resembling a millet seed in form or size; miliary fever.
militant adjective Engaged in warfare; fighting; combating; serving as a soldier.
military adjective Of or pertaining to soldiers, to arms, or to war; belonging to, engaged in, or appropriate to, the affairs of war; as, a military parade; military discipline; military bravery; military conduct; military renown., Performed or made by soldiers; as, a military election; a military expedition., The whole body of soldiers; soldiery; militia; troops; the army.
militate verb i. To make war; to fight; to contend; — usually followed by against and with.
milkmaid noun A woman who milks cows or is employed in the dairy.
milkweed noun Any plant of the genera Asclepias and Acerates, abounding in a milky juice, and having its seed attached to a long silky down; silkweed. The name is also applied to several other plants with a milky juice, as to several kinds of spurge.
milkwort noun A genus of plants (Polygala) of many species. The common European P. vulgaris was supposed to have the power of producing a flow of milk in nurses.
milleped noun A myriapod with many legs, esp. a chilognath, as the galleyworm.
milliard noun A thousand millions; — called also billion. See Billion.
milliary adjective Of or pertaining to a mile, or to distance by miles; denoting a mile or miles., A milestone.
milliner noun Formerly, a man who imported and dealt in small articles of a miscellaneous kind, especially such as please the fancy of women., A person, usually a woman, who makes, trims, or deals in hats, bonnets, headdresses, etc., for women.
millinet noun A stiff cotton fabric used by milliners for lining bonnets.
milliped noun The same Milleped.
millreis noun See Milreis.
millrind noun Alt. of Millrynd
millrynd noun A figure supposed to represent the iron which holds a millstone by being set into its center.
millwork noun The shafting, gearing, and other driving machinery of mills., The business of setting up or of operating mill machinery.
miltonic adjective Of, pertaining to, or resembling, Milton, or his writings; as, Miltonic prose.
mimetene noun See Mimetite.
mimetism noun Same as Mimicry.
mimetite noun A mineral occurring in pale yellow or brownish hexagonal crystals. It is an arseniate of lead.
mimicked imp. & past participle of Mimic
mimicker noun One who mimics; a mimic., An animal which imitates something else, in form or habits.
minacity noun Disposition to threaten.
minatory adjective Threatening; menacing.
mindless adjective Not indued with mind or intellectual powers; stupid; unthinking., Unmindful; inattentive; heedless; careless.
mingling present participle & vb. noun of Mingle
miniated imp. & past participle of Miniate
minified imp. & past participle of Minify
miniment noun A trifle; a trinket; a token.
minimize verb t. To reduce to the smallest part or proportion possible; to reduce to a minimum.
minionly adjective & adverb Like a minion; daintily.
minister noun A servant; a subordinate; an officer or assistant of inferior rank; hence, an agent, an instrument., An officer of justice., One to whom the sovereign or executive head of a government intrusts the management of affairs of state, or some department of such affairs., A representative of a government, sent to the court, or seat of government, of a foreign nation to transact diplomatic business., One who serves at the altar; one who performs sacerdotal duties; the pastor of a church duly authorized or licensed to preach the gospel and administer the sacraments., To furnish or apply; to afford; to supply; to administer., To act as a servant, attendant, or agent; to attend and serve; to perform service in any office, sacred or secular., To supply or to things needful; esp., to supply consolation or remedies.
ministry noun The act of ministering; ministration; service., Agency; instrumentality., The office, duties, or functions of a minister, servant, or agent; ecclesiastical, executive, or ambassadorial function or profession., The body of ministers of state; also, the clergy, as a body., Administration; rule; term in power; as, the ministry of Pitt.
minorate verb t. To diminish.
minoress noun See Franciscan Nuns, under Franciscan, a.
minorite noun A Franciscan friar.
minority adjective & noun The state of being a minor, or under age., State of being less or small., The smaller number; — opposed to majority; as, the minority must be ruled by the majority.
minotaur noun A fabled monster, half man and half bull, confined in the labyrinth constructed by Daedalus in Crete.
minstrel noun In the Middle Ages, one of an order of men who subsisted by the arts of poetry and music, and sang verses to the accompaniment of a harp or other instrument; in modern times, a poet; a bard; a singer and harper; a musician.
minutary adjective Pertaining to, or consisting of, minutes.
minutely adverb In a minute manner; with minuteness; exactly; nicely., Happening every minute; continuing; unceasing., At intervals of a minute; very often and regularly.
minutiae plural of Minutia
miquelet noun An irregular or partisan soldier; a bandit.
miriness noun The quality of being miry.
mirksome adjective Dark; gloomy; murky.
mirrored imp. & past participle of Mirror
mirthful adjective Full of mirth or merriment; merry; as, mirthful children., Indicating or inspiring mirth; as, a mirthful face.
misaimed adjective Not rightly aimed.
misalter verb t. To alter wrongly; esp., to alter for the worse.
misapply verb t. To apply wrongly; to use for a wrong purpose; as, to misapply a name or title; to misapply public money.
misassay verb t. To assay, or attempt, improperly or unsuccessfully.
misavize verb t. To misadvise.
misboden past participle of Misbede, p. p. of Misbede.
misbegot p. adjective Alt. of Misbegotten
miscarry verb i. To carry, or go, wrong; to fail of reaching a destination, or fail of the intended effect; to be unsuccessful; to suffer defeat., To bring forth young before the proper time.
mischief noun Harm; damage; esp., disarrangement of order; trouble or vexation caused by human agency or by some living being, intentionally or not; often, calamity, mishap; trivial evil caused by thoughtlessness, or in sport., Cause of trouble or vexation; trouble., To do harm to.
mischnic adjective See Mishnic.
mischose imp. of Mischoose
miscible adjective Capable of being mixed; mixable; as, water and alcohol are miscible in all proportions.
misclaim noun A mistaken claim.
miscolor verb t. To give a wrong color to; figuratively, to set forth erroneously or unfairly; as, to miscolor facts.
miscount verb t. & i. To count erroneously., An erroneous counting.
miscovet verb t. To covet wrongfully.
misdated imp. & past participle of Misdate
misdealt imp. & past participle of Misdeal
misdempt p. p. of Misdeem.
misdight adjective Arrayed, prepared, or furnished, unsuitably.
misdoing present participle & vb. noun of Misdo, A wrong done; a fault or crime; an offense; as, it was my misdoing.
misdoubt verb t. & i. To be suspicious of; to have suspicion., Suspicion., Irresolution; hesitation.
misdread noun Dread of evil.
miseased adjective Having discomfort or misery; troubled.
misenter verb t. To enter or insert wrongly, as a charge in an account.
misentry noun An erroneous entry or charge, as of an account.
miserere noun The psalm usually appointed for penitential acts, being the 50th psalm in the Latin version. It commences with the word miserere., A musical composition adapted to the 50th psalm., A small projecting boss or bracket, on the under side of the hinged seat of a church stall (see Stall). It was intended, the seat being turned up, to give some support to a worshiper when standing. Called also misericordia., Same as Ileus.
miseries plural of Misery
misfaith noun Want of faith; distrust.
misfeign verb i. To feign with an evil design.
misframe verb t. To frame wrongly.
misgiven past participle of Misgive
misgraff verb t. To misgraft.
misgraft verb t. To graft wrongly.
misguess verb t. & i. To guess wrongly.
misguide verb t. To guide wrongly; to lead astray; as, to misguide the understanding., Misguidance; error.
mishappy adjective Unhappy.
mishmash noun A hotchpotch.
misinfer verb t. To infer incorrectly.
misjudge verb t. & i. To judge erroneously or unjustly; to err in judgment; to misconstrue.
mislayer noun One who mislays.
mislearn verb t. To learn wrongly.
misletoe noun See Mistletoe.
mislight verb t. To deceive or lead astray with a false light.
misliked imp. & past participle of Mislike
misliker noun One who dislikes.
mislodge verb t. To lodge amiss.
mismatch verb t. To match unsuitably.
mismeter verb t. To give the wrong meter to, as to a line of verse.
misnomer noun The misnaming of a person in a legal instrument, as in a complaint or indictment; any misnaming of a person or thing; a wrong or inapplicable name or title., To misname.
misogamy noun Hatre/ of marriage.
misogyny noun Hatred of women.
misology noun Hatred of argument or discussion; hatred of enlightenment.
misorder verb t. To order ill; to manage erroneously; to conduct badly., Irregularity; disorder.
mispaint verb t. To paint ill, or wrongly.
mispense noun See Misspense.
misplace verb t. To put in a wrong place; to set or place on an improper or unworthy object; as, he misplaced his confidence.
misplead verb i. To err in pleading.
mispoint verb t. To point improperly; to punctuate wrongly.
misprint verb t. To print wrong., A mistake in printing; a deviation from the copy; as, a book full of misprints.
misprise verb t. See Misprize., To mistake.
misprize verb To slight or undervalue.
misproud adjective Viciously proud.
misquote verb t. & i. To quote erroneously or incorrectly.
misraise verb t. To raise or exite unreasonable.
misserve verb t. & i. To serve unfaithfully.
misshape verb t. To shape ill; to give an ill or unnatural from to; to deform.
missound verb t. To sound wrongly; to utter or pronounce incorrectly.
misspeak verb i. To err in speaking., To utter wrongly.
misspelt of Misspell
misspell verb t. To spell incorrectly.
misspent imp. & past participle of Misspend, imp. & p. p. of Misspend.
misspend verb t. To spend amiss or for wrong purposes; to aquander; to waste; as, to misspend time or money.
misstate verb t. To state wrongly; as, to misstate a question in debate.
misswear verb i. To swear falsely.
mistaken past participle of Mistake, Being in error; judging wrongly; having a wrong opinion or a misconception; as, a mistaken man; he is mistaken., Erroneous; wrong; as, a mistaken notion.
mistaker noun One who mistakes.
misteach verb t. To teach wrongly; to instruct erroneously.
misthink verb i. To think wrongly., To have erroneous thoughts or judgment of; to think ill of.
misthrow verb t. To throw wrongly.
mistigri noun A variety of the game of poker in which the joker is used, and called mistigris or mistigri.
mistitle verb t. To call by a wrong title.
mistrain verb t. To train amiss.
mistreat verb t. To treat amiss; to abuse.
mistress noun A woman having power, authority, or ownership; a woman who exercises authority, is chief, etc.; the female head of a family, a school, etc., A woman well skilled in anything, or having the mastery over it., A woman regarded with love and devotion; she who has command over one’s heart; a beloved object; a sweetheart., A woman filling the place, but without the rights, of a wife; a concubine; a loose woman with whom one consorts habitually., A title of courtesy formerly prefixed to the name of a woman, married or unmarried, but now superseded by the contracted forms, Mrs., for a married, and Miss, for an unmarried, woman., A married woman; a wife., The old name of the jack at bowls., To wait upon a mistress; to be courting.
mistrial noun A false or erroneous trial; a trial which has no result.
mistrist verb t. To mistrust.
mistrust noun Want of confidence or trust; suspicion; distrust., To regard with jealousy or suspicion; to suspect; to doubt the integrity of; to distrust., To forebode as near, or likely to occur; to surmise.
mistutor verb t. To instruct amiss.
misurato adjective Measured; — a direction to perform a passage in strict or measured time.
misusage noun Bad treatment; abuse.
misvalue verb t. To value wrongly or too little; to undervalue.
misvouch verb t. To vouch falsely.
miswrite verb t. To write incorrectly.
mitering present participle & vb. noun of Mitre
mitigant adjective Tending to mitigate; mitigating; lentitive.
mitigate verb t. To make less severe, intense, harsh, rigorous, painful, etc.; to soften; to meliorate; to alleviate; to diminish; to lessen; as, to mitigate heat or cold; to mitigate grief., To make mild and accessible; to mollify; — applied to persons.
mittened adjective Covered with a mitten or mittens.
mittimus noun A precept or warrant granted by a justice for committing to prison a party charged with crime; a warrant of commitment to prison., A writ for removing records from one court to another.
mizzling present participle & vb. noun of Mizzle