MESSIER

MESSY

messy, mussy

(adjective) dirty and disorderly; “a mussy fussy bedroom”; “a child’s messy eating habits”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Proper noun

Messier

An occupational surname of French origin, famously held by:

Charles Messier (1730-1817), a French astronomer who between 1774 and 1781 published his Catalogue of Nebulae and Star Clusters, a catalogue of deep-sky objects.

(astronomy) As a designation, the numbered objects in Messier's catalog are prepended with his surname or the letter M.

Anagrams

• Meisers, Siemers, misères, remises

Adjective

messier

comparative form of messy

Anagrams

• Meisers, Siemers, misères, remises

Source: Wiktionary



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FISSILE

(adjective) capable of being split or cleft or divided in the direction of the grain; “fissile crystals”; “fissile wood”


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