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Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

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604 words match “MIST”

MISTREADING n.
Misstep; misbehavior. "To punish my mistreadings." Shak.
MISTREAT v.
To treat amiss; to abuse.
MISTREATMENT n.
Wrong treatment.
MISTRESS n. 8 definitions
of a family, a school, etc. The late queen's gentlewoman! a knight's daughter! To be her mistress' mistress! Shak.
MISTRESSSHIP n. 2 definitions
Female rule or dominion.
MISTRIAL n.
A false or erroneous trial; a trial which has no result.
MISTRIST v.
To mistrust. [Obs.] Chaucer.
MISTROW v.
To think wrongly. [Obs.]
MISTRUST v. 3 definitions
h jealousy or suspicion; to suspect; to doubt the integrity of; to distrust. I will never mistrust my wife again. Shak.
MISTRUSTER n.
One who mistrusts.
MISTRUSTFUL a.
Having or causing mistrust, suspicions, or forebodings. Their light blown out in some mistrustful wood. Shak. -- Mis*trust"ful*ly, adv. -- Mis*trust"ful*ness, n.
MISTRUSTINGLY adv.
With distrust or suspicion.
MISTRUSTLESS a.
Having no mistrust or suspicion. The swain mistrustless of his smutted face. Goldsmith.
MISTUNE v.
To tune wrongly.
MISTURA n. 2 definitions
A mingled compound in which different ingredients are contained in a liquid state; a mixture. See Mixture, n., 4.
MISTURN v.
To turn amiss; to pervert.
MISTUTOR v.
To instruct amiss.
MISTY a. 2 definitions
Accompained with mist; characterized by the presence of mist; obscured by, or overspread with, mist; as, misty weather; misty mountains; a misty atmosphere.
ACADEMIST n. 2 definitions
An Academic philosopher.
ACOSMIST n.
One who denies the existence of the universe, or of a universe as distinct from God. G. H. Lewes.
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