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.
• -ism, IMS, IMs, ISM, MSI, SIM, Sim, ism, sim
MIs
plural of MI
• -ism, IMS, IMs, ISM, MSI, SIM, Sim, ism, sim
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
25 March 2025
(noun) fixation (as by a plaster cast) of a body part in order to promote proper healing; “immobilization of the injured knee was necessary”
The Boston Tea Party helped popularize coffee in America. The hefty tea tax imposed on the colonies in 1773 resulted in America switching from tea to coffee. In the lead up to the Revolutionary War, it became patriotic to sip java instead of tea. The Civil War made the drink more pervasive. Coffee helped energize tired troops, and drinking it became an expression of freedom.
