English words: mistful to mitigated

300 English words, part 106 of 159 of the words starting with M, A to Z. 32 have a page of their own.

English words mistful to mitigated

mistful adjective: Clouded with, or as with, mist.
misthanasia noun: The premature death of a vulnerable human due to a failure to provide appropriate help in the context of social injustice.
misthank verb: To express one's discontent with someone's behavior.
mistheorise verb: Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of mistheorize.
mistheorize verb: To theorize incorrectly.
misther noun /ˈmɛ̈s.t̪͆əɹ/: Ulster
misthink verb /mɪsˈθɪŋk/: To think wrongly or badly (of).
misthought noun: error, mistake
misthread verb: To thread incorrectly.
misthrift noun: Extravagance; the wasting of money.
misthrow noun, verb /mɪsˈθɹəʊ/: To throw incorrectly.
misthrust adjective, noun, verb: Pronunciation spelling of mistrust.
Misti proper noun: A dormant conical volcano in the Andes mountains in southern Peru.
mistic noun: A kind of small sailing vessel historically used in the Mediterranean, rigged partly like a xebec and partly like a felucca.
mistico noun: mistic (type of sailing vessel)
mistide verb: To happen or come to pass through misfortune.
mistie verb: To tie incorrectly.
mistify verb: To envelop or shroud in mist.
mistighten verb: To tighten improperly.
mistightened adjective, verb: Improperly tightened.
mistigri noun: A trick-taking card game that dates back to the 18th century, somewhat resembling poker.
mistigris noun: Alternative form of mistigri (“card game”).
mistily adverb: In a misty manner.
mistime verb /mɪsˈtaɪm/: To perform an action at the wrong time; especially to misjudge the timing of coordinated events.
mistimed adjective, verb: Done at the wrong time.
mistiming noun, verb: Incorrect timing.
mistiness noun /ˈmɪstinəs/: The quality of being misty.
misting noun, verb /ˈmɪstɪŋ/: The application of a spray of fine droplets.
mistint noun, verb: A paint that is tinted the wrong color (from the perspective of the person who originally ordered the paint in a certain color).
mistion noun: mixture
mistitle verb: To title incorrectly; to give the wrong name to.
mistle noun, verb /ˈmɪsəl/: mistletoe
mistle thrush noun: A large Eurasian thrush, Turdus viscivorus.
mistless adjective: Without mist.
mistlessness noun: Absence of mist.
mistletoe noun /ˈmɪs(ə)ltəʊ/: Any of numerous hemiparasitic evergreen plants of the order Santalales with white berries that grow in the crowns of apple trees, oaks, and other trees,...
mistletoe cactus noun: An epiphytic cactus of the genus Rhipsalis.
mistletoe fig noun: A Southeast-Asian fig that grows as a shrub or small tree, Ficus deltoides
mistletoebird noun: An Australian flowerpecker, Dicaeum hirundinaceum, that commonly eats and thereby serves to spread mistletoe.
mistletoed adjective: Covered or overgrown with mistletoe.
mistletoeing noun: Kissing under the mistletoe (a Christmas tradition in some parts of the world)
Mistley proper noun: A coastal village and civil parish in Tendring district, Essex, England (OS grid ref TM1131).
mistlike adjective: Resembling or characteristic of mist.
mistnet noun: Alternative form of mist net.
mistokenize verb: To tokenize incorrectly.
mistone verb: To give a bad or wrong tone to.
mistonusk noun: The American badger.
mistoss noun, verb: To toss incorrectly.
mistotal verb: To incorrectly calculate a total.
mistouch noun, verb /mɪsˈtʌtʃ/: To touch inappropriately, wrongly or by mistake.
mistpouffer noun: An unexplained sound, like a cannon or a sonic boom, heard in various waterfront communities.
mistrace verb: To trace incorrectly.
mistrack verb: To track incorrectly.
mistrade noun, verb: A trade that is made at an obviously incorrect price; or the act of making such trades.
mistradition noun: A wrong or false tradition.
mistrafficked adjective: Describing a protein that has been incorrectly trafficked (transported) after being produced in a cell
mistrafficking noun: The incorrect trafficking of an enzyme or other protein
mistrail noun, verb: Alternative form of mistral (“type of wind”).
mistrain verb /mɪsˈtɹeɪn/: To draw (something) badly or in the wrong direction.
mistral noun /mɪˈstɹɑːl/: A strong cold north-west wind in southern France and the Mediterranean.
Mistralian adjective: Of or pertaining to Frédéric Mistral
mistransact verb: To transact badly.
mistransaction noun: The process of mistransacting.
mistranscribe verb: To transcribe incorrectly.
mistranscript noun: A mistranscription.
mistranscription noun: Incorrect transcription.
mistransfer noun, verb: To transfer incorrectly.
mistransform verb: To transform incorrectly.
mistransformation noun: Transformation that did not turn out properly.
mistransfuse verb: To transfuse the wrong blood to a patient or to tranfuse the wrong patient.
mistransfusion noun: Transfusion of the wrong blood or to the wrong patient.
mistranslate verb: To translate incorrectly.
mistranslation noun /mɪsˈtɹænz.leɪ.ʃən/: An incorrect translation.
mistranslational adjective: Relating to mistranslation
mistransliterate verb: To transliterate incorrectly.
mistransliteration noun: An incorrect transliteration.
mistranslocated adjective: Incorrectly moved to a wrong cellular compartment (applied to proteins or RNA).
mistransmit verb: To transmit incorrectly.
mistransport noun, verb: To transport the wrong thing or to the wrong place.
mistranspose verb: To transpose by mistake.
mistrap verb: To lose control while attempting to trap (something).
mistreading noun: misstep; misbehaviour
mistreat verb /mɪsˈtɹiːt/: To treat someone, or something roughly or badly.
mistreater noun: A person who mistreats.
mistreatment noun: Cruel, abusive, unfair, or thoughtless treatment of a person or animal (or rarely an object).
mistress noun, verb /ˈmɪs.tɹɪs/: A woman, specifically one with great control, authority or ownership.
mistress of ceremonies noun: A woman who acts as a host at a formal event.
mistress of the robes noun: The senior lady in the royal household of the United Kingdom, appointed to attend on the queen (also, in the 18th century, on the Princess of Wales), and...
mistress-ship noun: Alternative spelling of mistressship.
mistressdom noun: The realm or sphere of mistresses (female partners in extramarital relationships).
mistresshood noun: The role or status of a mistress.
mistressless adjective: Without a mistress.
mistressly adjective: Pertaining to the mistress of a home or household.
mistressmind noun, verb: A female mastermind.
mistresspiece noun: A work by a woman that exhibits outstanding creativity, skill or cleverness.
mistressship noun: Female rule or dominion.
mistressy adjective: Resembling or characteristic of a mistress.
Mistretta proper noun: A surname from Italian.
mistrial noun: A trial that is prematurely ended upon being declared invalid because of an error in procedure, or because of a hung jury.
mistrigger noun, verb: To trigger by mistake.
mistrim noun, verb: To trim badly or wrongly.
mistrip noun, verb: To trip by mistake.
mistrust noun, verb /mɪsˈtɹʌst/: Lack of trust or confidence; distrust, untrust.
mistruster noun: Someone who mistrusts.
mistrustful adjective: Having mistrust, lacking trust (in someone or something).
mistrustfully adverb: In a mistrustful manner.
mistrustfulness noun: Quality of being mistrustful.
mistrusting noun, verb: mistrust
mistrustingly adverb: In a mistrusting manner.
mistrustless adjective: Without mistrust or suspicion; trusting, unsuspecting.
mistruth noun /mɪsˈtɹuːθ/: Untruth; falsehood.
mistruthful adjective: Untruthful; lying.
mistry noun, verb /mɪsˈtɹaɪ/: To declare a mistrial in (a court case).
mistryst verb: To break an engagement with.
mists of time noun: Any time so long ago that history is no longer clear, as though lost in a mist or fog.
mistucked adjective: Incorrectly or inadequately tucked
mistune noun, verb /mɪsˈtjuːn/: To tune wrongly.
mistuned adjective, verb: Incorrectly tuned
mistuning noun, verb: An incorrect tuning
misturn noun, verb /mɪsˈtɜː(ɹ)n/: To turn wrongly or incorrectly; turn aside wrongly; pervert.
mistutor verb: To tutor badly or astray.
mistweet noun, verb: A tweet (message sent on X or (formerly) Twitter) that should not have been sent, such as one that is inappropriate, embarrassing, sent in error, etc.
mistwist noun, verb: To twist incorrectly or by mistake.
misty adjective /ˈmɪsti/: Covered in mist; foggy.
misty-eyed adjective: Synonym of dewy-eyed.
misty flip noun: An off-axis backside 540° rotation performed in freestyle sports such as snowboarding, skateboarding, and trampolining.
misty rose adjective, noun: A very faint pink color, like that of a rose veiled in mist.
mistyish adjective: Somewhat misty.
mistype verb: To type incorrectly, introducing spelling mistakes or other errors.
mistyping noun, verb: A mistyped word.
misua noun /ˈmi.sʊɐ̯/: Misua; a very thin variety of salted Chinese noodles made from wheat flour.
Misuluan adjective: Synonym of Misumalpan.
Misumalpa adjective: Synonym of Misumalpan.
Misumalpan adjective: Of or relating to a small language family spoken by indigenous peoples on the east coast of Nicaragua and nearby areas.
misunderestimate verb: To underestimate mistakenly or wrongly; to misestimate with an error on the lower side.
misunderestimation noun: An inaccurate underestimation, or an act of misunderestimating; misestimation of the low-side error type.
misunderstand verb /mɪs.ʌn.də(ɹ)ˈstænd/: To understand incorrectly, while believing one has understood correctly.
misunderstandable adjective: Capable of being misunderstood.
misunderstander noun: One who misunderstands.
misunderstanding noun, verb /ˌmɪsʌndəˈstændɪŋ/: A mistake as to the meaning of something or a specific point of view; erroneous interpretation or comprehension; misconception.
misunderstandingly adverb: So as to misunderstand.
misunderstate verb: To understate by mistake.
misunderstatement noun: An understatement made by mistake or that is so extremely understated as to be misleading.
misunderstood adjective, verb /ˌmɪs.ʌn.dəˈstʊd/: Not comprehended correctly.
misunderstoodness noun: The quality of being misunderstood.
misunification noun: The act or result of misunifying; an incorrect union.
misunify verb /mɪsˈjuːnɨfaɪ/: To unify erroneously.
misunion noun: A bad or wrong union: a bad marriage, a wrong alliance, or an inappropriate or defective joint or attachment.
misunite verb: To unite that which does not belong together.
misusage noun: Improper usage (especially of words).
misuse noun, verb /mɪsˈjuːs/: An incorrect, improper or unlawful use of something.
misused adjective, verb /mɪsˈjuːzd/: Used in an incorrect or inappropriate manner.
misusement noun: misuse
misuser noun: A person who misuses something.
misutilise verb: Alternative form of misutilize.
misutilization noun: misuse
misutilize verb: To utilize inefficiently or inappropriately.
misutter verb: To utter incorrectly; to garble.
misvaluate verb: To valuate inaccurately; to make a misvaluation.
misvaluation noun: inaccurate valuation
misvalue verb: To value wrongly: to misjudge the value of.
misvenerate verb: To venerate something or someone that does not deserve it.
misvent verb: To vent improperly.
misventure noun: misadventure
misventurous adjective: Subject to misventure; unfortunate.
misview noun, verb: To view incorrectly; to misinterpret.
misvocalise verb: Alternative form of misvocalize.
misvocalization noun: incorrect vocalization
misvocalize verb: To vocalize incorrectly.
misvoice verb: To speak for in an incorrect and erroneous manner
misvote verb: To vote incorrectly.
misvouch verb: To vouch falsely.
miswaak noun: Alternative spelling of miswak.
miswak noun: A chewstick used particularly by Muslims for cleaning the teeth, made from twigs of trees of species Salvadora persica.
miswalk verb: To walk along the wrong path.
miswander verb: To wander in a wrong path; to stray; to go astray.
miswant verb: To want (something) even though it will probably lead to one's own harm or unhappiness (e.g. an addictive drug).
miswarn verb: To warn of something that is not a threat; to cry wolf.
miswarrant verb: To falsely warrant.
miswash verb: To wash badly.
miswater verb: To water badly; to underwater, overwater or water at the wrong times.
miswear verb: To wear badly or wrongly.
misweave noun, verb: An imperfection or defect in fabric that results from an error in the process of weaving.
miswed verb: To wed badly.
misween verb: To believe wrongly; to misconceive.
misweigh noun, verb: To give an inaccurate measurement of the weight (of something).
misweld noun, verb: A manufacturing defect where a metal joint is welded improperly.
miswend verb: To go wrong; to stray.
miswield verb: To wield incorrectly or inappropriately.
miswind noun, verb /mɪsˈwaɪnd/: To wind incorrectly.
miswire verb: To wire incorrectly.
miswired adjective: Wired incorrectly; badly connected.
miswiring noun: incorrect wiring
misword noun, verb /ˌmɪsˈwɜːd/: To word incorrectly.
miswording noun, verb: An instance of incorrect wording.
miswork noun, verb: To work (something) incorrectly.
misworking noun, verb: incorrect working; malfunction
misworship noun, verb /mɪsˈwɜː(ɹ)ʃɪp/: To worship (a deity, etc.) wrongly.
misworshipper noun: One who worships incorrectly.
miswrap noun, verb: To wrap incorrectly.
miswrit noun: That which is incorrectly written or transcribed; a typo
miswrite noun, verb /mɪsˈɹaɪt/: To write incorrectly.
miswriting noun, verb: A miswritten word.
miswrought adjective: Badly wrought (in the literal or figurative sense).
misy noun: Any of a number of yellow sulphates, such as yellow copperas or copiapite.
misyar noun: A temporary marriage (wedlease), especially in Sunni Islam.
misyield noun, verb /mɪsˈjiːld/: To yield incorrectly, wrongly, badly, or amiss.
misyoke verb: To join or yoke improperly.
miszealous adjective: mistakenly or fakely zealous
miszip verb: To use the wrong zip code for.
mit noun, phrase, prefix: Dated form of mitt
Mit Afifi noun: A cultivar of Egyptian cotton.
Mitaka proper noun /miːˈtɑː.kə/: A city in Tokyo prefecture, Japan.
Mitanni proper noun /mɪˈtæni/: Hurrian kingdom in northern Mesopotamia from circa 1500 B.C.E., at the height of its power, during the 14th century BC, encompassing what is today...
Mitannian adjective, noun: Of or relating to Mitanni.
mitapivat noun: A medication used to treat hemolytic anemia.
mitch verb /mɪt͡ʃ/: To pilfer; filch; steal.
Mitcham proper noun /ˈmɪt͡ʃəm/: A suburban area in the borough of Merton, Greater London, England (OS grid ref TQ2768).
mitchboard noun: A support on the deck for the mast when it is lowered.
Mitchel proper noun: A surname originating as a patronymic.
Mitchell proper noun /ˈmɪt͡ʃəl/: A surname transferred from the given name.
Mitchell grass noun: Any member of the genus Astrebla of xerophytic Australian grasses.
Mitchell-Netravali filter noun: Any of a group of bicubic reconstruction filters often used for antialiasing or for scaling raster graphics.
Mitchell principle noun: Any of the six recommendations that arose from an investigation of decommissioning of weapons in Northern Ireland in 1996, urging all parties involved in...
Mitchell's disease noun: erythromelalgia
Mitchell's hopping mouse noun: Notomys mitchellii, a bipedal Australian rodent with large back legs.
Mitchelstown proper noun: A town in northern County Cork, Ireland.
Mitchem proper noun: A surname.
Mitchener proper noun: A surname.
mitcher noun: Alternative form of micher.
Mitchigamea noun: Alternative form of Michigamea.
Mitchill proper noun: A surname.
mitching noun, verb: Pilfering; skulking.
Mitchinson proper noun: A surname transferred from the given name.
Mitchison proper noun: A surname.
Mitchum proper noun: A surname.
Mitchumesque adjective: Reminiscent of Robert Mitchum (1917–1997), American actor.
mite noun, verb /maɪt/: Any of many minute arachnids which, along with the ticks, comprise subclass Acari (syn. Acarina).
mite box noun: A box, especially in a church, into which small charitable donations for the needy may be placed; (now commonly) any of a number of cardboard boxes...
mite cheese noun: Milbenkäse, a German specialty cheese that is produced by using Tyroglyphus casei cheese mites.
Mitempfindung noun: referred itch: the phenomenon in which a stimulus applied in one region of the body is felt as an itch or irritation in a different part of the body.
miteproof adjective: Resistant to mites.
miter noun, verb /ˈmaɪ.təɹ/: Alternative form of mitre (“to unite at an angle of 45°”).
miter box noun: Alternative spelling of mitre box.
miter joint noun: A joint between two members at an angle to each other; each member is cut at an angle equal to half the angle of the junction and usually joint at right...
miter line noun: Alternative form of mitre line.
miter saw noun: Alternative spelling of mitre saw.
miter square noun: A hand tool used in woodworking and metalworking for marking and checking angles other than 90°.
mitered adjective, verb: Alternative form of mitred.
miterer noun: A tool for making miter joints.
miterwort noun: Any plant of the genus Mitella, slender perennial herbs with flower slightly resembling a bishop's miter of the arctic and temperate zones of the Northern...
mitey adjective, adverb, noun /ˈmaɪti/: Of or pertaining to mites.
Mitford proper noun /ˈmɪt.fəd/: A surname.
Mitfordesque adjective: Reminiscent of Nancy Mitford (1904–1973), English writer, known for her novels about upper-class life in England and France and for her sharp and often...
Mitfordian adjective: Of or relating to Nancy Mitford (1904–1973), English writer, known for her novels about upper-class life in England and France and for her sharp and often...
mitgehen noun: An extreme form of mitmachen, where very slight pressure exerted on a body will cause a movement in any direction.
mithai noun: Sweets; confectionery.
mithan noun: Alternative form of mithun.
mither noun, verb /ˈmaɪðə(ɹ)/: To make an unnecessary fuss, moan, bother.
mithered adjective, verb: Feeling very cold; freezing.
Mithila proper noun: An ancient city in India, once the capital of the Videha kingdom.
mithkal noun: Alternative form of mithqal.
mithqaal noun: Alternative form of mithqal.
mithqal noun /mɪθˈkɑːl/: A unit of weight in the Islamic world, usually taken as equivalent to 4.25 grams, used especially to weigh precious metals.
Mithra proper noun: A particular divinity (yazata) in Zoroastrianism and later Iranian history and culture, the hypostasis of "contract", "oath".
Mithraeum noun /mɪˈθɹi.əm/: An ancient temple or shrine where the god Mithra was worshipped.
Mithraic adjective: Of or relating to Mithraism.
Mithraicism noun: Alternative form of Mithraism.
Mithraicist noun: A member of the cult of Mithras (Mithraism or Mithraicism).
Mithraism proper noun: An astrology-based, middle-platonic mystery religion of the 1st-4th century Roman Empire that claimed to have been founded by Zoroaster, admitted only men,...
Mithraist noun: A follower of Mithraism.
Mithraistic adjective: Of or relating to Mithraism.
Mithraize verb: To convert to or adapt according to Mithraism.
mithralog noun: Any analog of mithramycin
mithramycin noun /ˌmɪθ.ɹəˈmaɪ.sɪn/: UK form of plicamycin.
Mithras proper noun: A Roman god, cult figure of the 2nd-to-4th-century Roman mystery religion known as the "Mysteries of Mithras", or Mithraism.
Mithratic adjective: Synonym of Mithraic.
mithridate noun /ˈmɪθrəˌdeɪt/: Any of various historical medicines, typically an electuary compounded with various poison, believed to derive from Mithridates VI and to serve as a...
mithridate mustard noun: pepperwort (L. campestre), pennycress (T. arvense), or candytuft (Iberis).
mithridate treacle noun: Synonym of mithridate.
mithridatic adjective, noun /ˌmɪθrɪˈdeɪtɪk/: Of or related to mithridates, universally curative against all poisons.
mithridatically adverb: In a mithridatic manner, gradually increasing doses of a poison or (figurative) other pernicious thing so as to build resistance or immunity.
mithridaticon noun: Synonym of mithridate.
mithridatisation noun: Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of mithridatization.
mithridatise verb: Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of mithridatize.
mithridatism noun: The practice of gradually ingesting successively greater amounts of a poison in order to build immunity.
mithridatium noun /ˌmɪθrɪˈdeɪtɪəm/: Synonym of mithridate.
mithridatization noun: Synonym of mithridatism.
mithridatize verb /ˌmɪθrəˈdeɪdaɪz/: To make immune to a poison by administration of gradually increasing doses.
mithridatum noun /ˌmɪθrɪˈdeɪtəm/: Synonym of mithridate.
mithril noun /ˈmɪθ.ɹɪl/: A fictional silvery metal of great strength and value, primarily in fantasy and role-playing settings.
mithun noun: Bos frontalis, a Southern Asiatic species of wild cattle.
mithuna noun: A couple who engage in tantric sex.
miticidal adjective: Having the effect of killing mites.
miticide noun: Any pesticide intended to kill mites.
mitigable adjective: That can be mitigated.
mitigant adjective, noun /ˈmɪtɪɡənt/: Tending to mitigate.
mitigatable adjective: Alternative form of mitigable.
mitigate adjective, verb /ˈmɪt.ɪ.ɡeɪt/: To reduce, lessen, or decrease and thereby to make less severe or easier to bear.
mitigated adjective, verb: Lessened, reduced, or diminished, and thereby made better, improved.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0): each word's first meaning. A word with a page of its own links to it; for the rest, this line is PlainSpell's entry. Total under M: 47,683 words, in 159 parts.