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English Definitions
mite
N
a slight but appreciable amount
mite
N
any of numerous very small to minute arachnids often infesting animals or plants or stored foods
N
box for collecting alms, especially one in a church
N
genus of low slender herbs of North America and northeastern Asia having flowers with trifid or pinnatifid petals
N
miterwort of northeastern North America usually with two opposite leaves on erect flowering stems that terminate in erect racemes of white flowers
N
small plant with leaves in a basal cluster and tiny greenish flowers in slender racemes; northwestern North America to California and Colorado
miter
N
joint that forms a corner; usually both sides are bevelled at a 45-degree angle to form a 90-degree corner
miter
N
the surface of a beveled end of a piece where a miter joint is made
miter
N
a liturgical headdress worn by bishops on formal occasions
miter
V
bevel the edges of, to make a miter joint
miter
V
confer a miter on (a bishop)
miter
V
fit together in a miter joint
miter box
N
hand tool for guiding handsaws in making crosscuts or miter joints
N
joint that forms a corner; usually both sides are bevelled at a 45-degree angle to form a 90-degree corner
miter mushroom
N
a helvella with a saddle-shaped fertile part and creamy color; the stalk is fluted and pitted
N
any of various rhizomatous perennial herbs of the genus Mitella having a capsule resembling a bishop's miter
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