miss-, -miss, -mis-, -mit, -mitt-
(Latin: to send, to let go, to cause to go; to throw, to hurl, to cast)
Don't confuse this miss-, -mis unit with the following units:
mis-, "bad, wrong";
miso-, mis-, "hate, hatred";
misc- "mix, mingle".
dismission
emissary
1. An agent or representative sent on a particular mission.
2. An agent sent on a mission to represent or advance the interests of another.
emission
1. The act of emitting; causing to flow forth.
2. The occurrence of a flow of water (as from a pipe).
3. The release of electrons from parent atoms.
4. Any of several bodily processes by which substances go out of the body.
5. A substance that is emitted or released.
emit
1. To give off, send forth, or discharge; as of light, heat, or radiation, vapor, etc. (Example: "The ozone layer blocks some harmful rays which the sun emits").
2. To expel (gases or odors).
3. To express audibly; utter sounds (not necessarily words).
emittable
immission
The act of immitting, or of sending or thrusting in; injection.
immit
To send in; to inject; to infuse.
impermissible, impermissibility
1. Not permissible or allowable; unallowable.
2. Not permitted.
inadmissibility
inadmissible
inadmissibly
intermission
1. The act of suspending an activity temporarily.
2. A time interval during which there is a temporary cessation of something.
3. A respite or recess.
4. The period between the acts of a theatrical or musical performance.
intermit, intermits, intermitted, intermitting
1. To cease an action temporarily.
2. To suspend or cause to suspend an activity temporarily or periodically.
intermittent, intermittence, intermittently
1. Stopping and starting at regular intervals.
2. Stopping and starting at irregular intervals (Example: "Intermittent rain showers").
3. Alternately containing and empty of water; such as, an intermittent lake.
intromission, intromissive
1. The act of putting one thing into another.
2. The act or process of intromitting; an introduction or admission.
Subscribe to this FREE Focusing on Words Newsletter