MIS
(US, military) Initialism of Military Intelligence Service (United States).
(archaeology) Initialism of Marine isotope stage, a timescale.
MIS
Initialism of management information system.
Initialism of medium invert sugar.
Initialism of minimally invasive surgery.
Initialism of mortgage interest statement.
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MIs
plural of MI
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Source: Wiktionary
Mis-. Etym: [In words of Teutonic origin, fr. AS. mis-; akin to D. mis-, G. miss-, OHG. missa-, missi-, Icel. & Dan. mis-, Sw. miss-, Goth. missa-; orig., a p. p. from the root of G. meiden to shun, OHG. midan, AS. mi (Miss to fail of). In words from the French, fr. OF. mes-, F. mé-, mes-, fr. L. minus less (see Minus). In present usage these two prefixes are commonly confounded.]
Definition: A prefix used adjectively and adverbially in the sense of amiss, wrong, ill, wrongly, unsuitably; as, misdeed, mislead, mischief, miscreant.
Mis, a. & adv. Etym: [See Amiss.]
Definition: Wrong; amiss. [Obs.] "To correcten that [which] is mis." Chaucer.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
19 November 2024
(noun) bushy plant of Old World salt marshes and sea beaches having prickly leaves; burned to produce a crude soda ash
Coffee is a brewed drink prepared from roasted coffee beans, the seeds of berries from certain Coffea species. When coffee berries turn from green to bright red – indicating ripeness – they are picked, processed, and dried. Dried coffee seeds are roasted to varying degrees, depending on the desired flavor.
