Words Starting MI & Ending S

• very light rain; stronger than mist but less than a shower

• rain lightly

• (Hebrew) a ritual purification and cleansing bath that Orthodox Jews take on certain occasions (as before Sabbath or after menstruation)

• A ritual bath in which various Jewish purifications are performed.

• (ethnic slur) offensive term for a person of Irish descent

• A case of confusion.

• third mast from the bow in a vessel having three or more masts; the after and shorter mast of a yawl, ketch, or dandy

• fore-and-aft sail set on the mizzenmast

• naval battle of World War II (June 1942); American planes based on land and on carriers decisively defeated a Japanese fleet on its way to invade the Midway Islands

• the place at a fair or carnival where sideshows and similar amusements are located

• at half the distance; at the middle

• equally distant from the extremes