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Minusinsk A town in Krasnoyarsk Krai of Siberia in the Russian Federation. minussed Nonplussed. minutage The amount of time, in minutes, during which advertising can be broadcast. minutary Pertaining to, or consisting of, minutes. minute A unit of time which is one sixtieth of an hour (sixty seconds). minuteful Enough to last a minute. minutelong Lasting for a minute. minutely With attention to tiny details. minuteness The property of being minute. minuter Something that lasts or takes a specified number of minutes. minutes The official notes kept during a meeting. minuteslong Lasting minutes. minutesworth The amount of something that is expected to last for or be produced in one minute. minutia A minor detail, often of negligible importance. minutial Characterized by minutiae, or small details. minutiose Characterized by minutiae, or small details. minutious Relating to minutiae or minor details. minutiously In minute detail. minutissimic Very tiny; minute. minverite A particular hornblende-dolerite mineral. Minworth A suburban village in Sutton Coldfield, Birmingham, West Midlands, England (OS grid ref SP1592). minx A flirtatious, impudent, or pert young woman. minxish Like a minx. minxishly In a minxish manner. minxishness Quality of being minxish. minxlike Like a minx. minxship A supposed title given to a woman thought to be acting like a minx (usually with possessive adjective). minxy Characteristic of a minx (flirtatious young woman). miny Of or resembling a mine. Minya A city, the capital city of Minya governorate, Egypt. Minyae The Minyans. minyan The minimum number of ten (male) adult Jews required for a communal religious service. Minyard A surname. Minyas The founder of Orchomenus, Boeotia, and ancestor of the Minyans. Minyip A town in the Shire of Yarriambiack, north western Victoria, Australia. minyulite An orthorhombic-pyramidal mineral containing aluminum, fluorine, hydrogen, oxygen, phosphorus, and potassium. Mio An unincorporated community and census-designated place, the county seat of Oscoda County, Michigan, United States. Mioarele A village in Cicănești, Argeș County, Romania. miocamycin A particular macrolide antibiotic. Miocene Of a geologic epoch within the Neogene period from about 23 to 5.3 million years ago; marked by the drift of continents to their present position. Miocenic Of or relating to the Miocene epoch. Miodonka A surname from Polish. Mioduszewski A surname from Polish. miofloral Of or pertaining to mioflora. miogeoclinal of or relating to a miogeocline miogeocline An area of sedimentation that occurs along the passive margin of a continent. miogeosynclinal Of or pertaining to a miogeosyncline. miogeosyncline A fairly stable non-volcanic geosyncline. miombo Any tree of the genus Brachystegia, native to tropical Africa Mioritic Applied to a breed of large dogs used for guarding livestock, originating in the Carpathian Mountains of Romania. miotic Causing miosis (the constriction of the pupil of the eye). Mioveni A village in Argeș County, Romania. Miowera A locality in the Shire of Wellington, south eastern Victoria, Australia. mipafox An organophosphate insecticide. mipit Meadow pipit. mipmap A precalculated, optimised collection of images accompanying a main texture, used to increase rendering speed and reduce aliasing artifacts. mipmapped Represented by a mipmap. mipmapping The creation or use of mipmaps. mipomersen An oligonucleotide drug used to reduce cholesterol levels miproxifene A selective estrogen receptor modulator. mipsagargin A prodrug that is converted by the body into thapsigargin. mipster A Muslim hipster. Miqo An individual of the cat-earred Miqo'te race. Miqra Synonym of Hebrew Bible. miquelet An irregular or partisan soldier in Catalonia. Miquelon The northernmost of the islands making up the territory of Saint Pierre and Miquelon. Miquelonnais A person from the island of Miquelon. mir A traditional village community in Imperial Russia, characterised by self-government and collectivist control of local lands. Mira A binary star in the constellation Cetus, Omicron (ο) Ceti. The system contains a variable red giant and a white dwarf. Its brightness varies from a magnitude 2 at its brightest to a magnitude 10 at its dimmest. miraa Khat. Mirabal A surname. mirabegron A drug for the treatment of overactive bladder. Mirabel A female given name. Mirabell mirabelle plum Mirabella A surname from Italian. mirabelle A mirabelle plum. Mirabelli A surname from Italian. mirabilary Someone or something that narrates wonderful things, or collects wonders. Mirabile A surname from Italian. mirabilia Wonderful or extraordinary things; marvels. mirabilis Any of the plant genus Mirabilis; a four-o'clock. mirabilite An evaporite, consisting of sodium sulfate, with the chemical formula Na₂SO₄·10H₂O. mirability Marvellousness. mirabilysin A Proteus mirabilis metalloprotease virulence factor mirable wonderful; admirable mirabolic Being or relating to a subgroup of the general linear group GLₙ(k) that consists of automorphisms fixing a given non-zero vector in kⁿ. Its image in the projective general linear group is a parabolic subgroup consisting of all elements fixing a given point of projective space. mirach The abdominal wall. miracidial Relating to miracidia miracidium A free-living motile form of a trematode, covered with cilia, which settles in a mollusc intermediate host to become a sporocyst mirack A miracle. miracle An event that appears inexplicable by the laws of nature and so is held to be supernatural in origin. miraclemongering The dealing in, or faking of, religious miracles. miraclist A believer in miracles. miracular Relating to miracles; miraculous. miraculin A glycoprotein extracted from a miracle berry, and used as a natural sugar substitute. miraculism A belief in religious miracles. miraculist One who believes in miracles. miraculize To cause to seem to be a miracle; to make look miraculous. miraculosity The quality of being miraculous. miraculous By supernatural or uncommon causes, e.g. by a god; that cannot be explained in terms of normal events. miraculously In a miraculous manner. miraculousness The state of being miraculous. miraculum A miracle. mirador A tower that offers a panoramic view. mirage An optical phenomenon in which light is refracted through a layer of hot air close to the ground, often giving the illusion of a body of water. mirageless Without mirages. miragelike Resembling or characteristic of a mirage. Miraglia A surname from Italian. miragy Resembling or characteristic of a mirage. Mirak Epsilon Boötis, a binary star in the northern constellation of Boötes. Miralie A locality in the Rural City of Swan Hill, north western Victoria, Australia Miralles A surname from Spanish. Miram A locality in the Shire of West Wimmera, western Victoria, Australia. Miramar A coastal resort in Théoule-sur-Mer, Alpes-Maritimes department, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France. Miramas A commune in Bouches-du-Rhône department, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France. Miramichi A city in Northumberland County, New Brunswick, Canada. Miramolin The Amir al-Mu'minin, or Supreme Leader of an Islamic community. Miranda A Miranda warning. mirandamycin The phenolic compound 2-(hydroxymethyl)-3-propylbenzene-1,4-diol that is a broad-spectrum antibiotic Mirandan Of or relating to the Shakespearean character Miranda. mirandarize to read Miranda warning to the person being arrested Mirandese Of or pertaining to Miranda do Douro (in the northeast corner of Portugal), its people, their culture, or their now-endangered Romance language. Mirandization The process of Mirandizing. Mirandize To inform someone who has been arrested of their constitutional rights. Mirando A surname. mirandous Amazing; miraculous. Miranha Synonym of Bora (“South American tribe”). Mirannie A locality in the Singleton council area, eastern New South Wales, Australia. Miranshah The administrative headquarters of North Waziristan, one of the seven agencies of the Federally Administered Tribal Areas of Pakistan. Miranya Synonym of Andoquero. mirapinnid Any of several genera of deep-sea fish of the family Mirapinnidae, now known to be the larval forms of whalefish in the family Cetomimidae. Mirasi In North India and Pakistan, a group comprising the genealogists and traditional singers and dancers of a number of communities. mirasidar A village landholder who paid rent directly to the sovereign; an aristocratic landowner in India. mirasidari The tenure of a mirasidar. mirasol A variety of chili; when dried, the chilis are called guajillos. mirasorvone A defensive compound secreted by the sunburst diving beetle (Thermonectus marmoratus). mirate To marvel at. miration Display of surprise or wonderment, of marvelling at something; commotion. mirative A grammatical mood that expresses (surprise at) unexpected revelations or new information. miratively In a mirative manner. mirativity The quality of being mirative, that is, of expressing (surprise at) an unexpected revelation or new information. Miraumont A commune in Somme department, Hauts-de-France, France. miravirsen A locked nucleic acid-based antisense oligonucleotide with potential medical applications. miraxanthin Any of a class of organic compounds found in Mirabilis species. mirbahri Ferry dues. mirbane Nitrobenzene. Mirboo A locality in the City of Latrobe and South Gippsland Shire, central eastern Victoria, Australia. Mirchandani A surname from Marathi.