Standard Lemma guide
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.
name
Initialism of Missile, Experimental (original project name of the LGM-118 Peacekeeper ICBM).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: US, abbreviation, alt-of, historical, initialism
Topics: engineering, government, military, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, politics, tools, war, weaponry
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Synonyms: none provided
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noun
Abbreviation of mail exchanger.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Internet, abbreviation, alt-of, countable, uncountable
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noun
Abbreviation of motocross.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, uncountable
Topics: hobbies, lifestyle, motorcycling
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Synonyms: none provided
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noun
Abbreviation of Maltese Cross, a cancellation mark appearing on early British stamps.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, uncountable
Topics: hobbies, lifestyle, philately
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
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noun
A gender-neutral title used instead of Mr (Mister), Mrs (Mistress), etc.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Abbreviation of management.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, uncountable
Topics: medicine, sciences
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noun
a cgs unit of magnetic flux equal to the flux perpendicular to an area of 1 square centimeter in a magnetic field of 1 gauss
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: maxwell
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: flux unit, magnetic flux unit
History
Coined based on Mr and Ms, with x chosen as a "wildcard" character. First proposed jokingly in print in 1977.
Across languages
11 source translations are retained for this English entry.
