Form of address, now used chiefly for an unmarried woman; used chiefly of girls before the mid-1700s, and thereafter used also of adult women without regard to marital status.

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of miss

Alternative spelling of missus (Mrs)

plural of miss / A range of clothing sizes for women of average height and build.

(law) Mississippi, as used in case citations.

Initialism of medium intensity steady state. / Initialism of microbially induced sedimentary structure.

A person whose whereabouts are unknown and who is being sought.

(chiefly military) The designation for a member of an organization (usually military) with whom contact is lost and whose whereabouts are not known, but whose death is not confirmed.

(colloquial) A hypothetical primate once thought necessary to explain a perceived evolutionary gap between apes and humans. / (figuratively) Any sought-after or valuable intermediary figure or position.

(neologism, idiomatic) A member of a community who is widely but privately known within that community for abusiveness or other harmful behavior that has not been addressed.