| GAMBIT | • gambit n. (Chess) An opening in chess in which a minor piece or a pawn is sacrificed to gain an advantage. • gambit n. Any ploy or stratagem. • gambit n. A remark intended to open a conversation. |
| GIMLET | • gimlet n. A small screw-tipped tool for boring holes. • gimlet n. A cocktail, usually made with gin and lime juice. • gimlet v. To pierce or bore holes (as if using a gimlet). |
| GOMUTI | • gomuti n. A black, fibrous substance resembling horsehair, obtained from the leafstalks of two palms, Metroxylon… • GOMUTI n. (Malay) a Malayan palm tree, yielding a black fibre, also GOMUTO. |
| MATING | • mating adj. Fitting into or onto a corresponding part, as a matched plug and socket. • mating n. (Zoology) Pairing of organisms for copulation. • mating n. (Zoology) Sexual union; copulation. |
| METING | • meting v. Present participle of mete. • meting n. The act of one who metes; a distribution or handing out. • METE v. to distribute by measure. |
| MIDGET | • midget n. (Originally) A little sandfly. • midget n. (Loosely) Any small swarming insect similar to the mosquito; a midge. • midget n. (Sometimes offensive) A normally-proportioned person with small stature, usually defined as reaching… |
| MIDGUT | • midgut n. (Biology, anatomy, embryology) The central loop of the alimentary canal of an embryo between the foregut… • midgut n. (Biology, anatomy, medicine) The developed counterpart in the adult: the intermediate part of the alimentary… • MIDGUT n. the middle part of the embryonic digestive tract. |
| MIGHTS | • mights n. Plural of might. • MIGHT n. strength, also MICHT. |
| MIGHTY | • mighty n. (Obsolete, rare) A warrior of great strength and courage. • mighty adj. Very strong; possessing might. • mighty adj. Very heavy and powerful. |
| MUTING | • muting v. Present participle of mute. • muting n. The dung of birds. • muting n. The process by which something is muted or silenced. |
| SMIGHT | • smight v. Obsolete form of smite. • SMIGHT v. (Spenser) to smite. |
| STIGMA | • stigma n. A mark of infamy or disgrace. • stigma n. A scar or birthmark. • stigma n. (Christianity, chiefly in the plural stigmata) A mark on the body corresponding to one of the wounds… |
| STIGME | • stigme n. (Obsolete, rare) Anglicised form of stigma. • stigme n. A dot used as a punctuation mark in historical Greek texts, especially at the top of the line, equivalent… • STIGME n. (Greek) a dot used as a punctuation mark. |
| TAMING | • taming v. Present participle of tame. • taming n. The process by which a person, animal or thing is tamed. • TAMING n. the act of taming. |
| TIMING | • timing n. (Countable, obsolete) An occurrence or event. • timing n. (Countable, uncountable) The regulation of the pace of e.g. an athletic race, the speed of an engine… • timing n. (Countable, uncountable) The time when something happens. |