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ms
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun ms has 5 senses
- ms(n = noun.state) disseminated multiple sclerosis, disseminated sclerosis, multiple sclerosis - a chronic progressive nervous disorder involving loss of myelin sheath around certain nerve fibers; Array is a kind of degenerative disorder, induration, sclerosis, autoimmune disease, autoimmune disorder
- ms(n = noun.location) magnolia state, mississippi - a state in the Deep South on the gulf of Mexico; one of the Confederate States during the American Civil War; Array is a kind of american state
- ms(n = noun.communication) master of science, msc, sm - a master's degree in science; Array is a kind of master's degree
- ms(n = noun.communication) manuscript - the form of a literary work submitted for publication; Array is a kind of piece of writing, writing, written material
- ms(n = noun.communication) ms. - a form of address for a woman; Array is a kind of form of address, title, title of respect
has parts: demyelination
is a part of america, the states, u.s., u.s.a., united states, united states of america, us, usa, gulf states, south, deep south
is a member of confederacy, confederate states, confederate states of america, dixie, dixieland, south
has parts: biloxi, columbus, greenville, hattiesburg, capital of mississippi, jackson, meridian, natchez, tupelo, vicksburg, pearl river, tombigbee, tombigbee river, yazoo, yazoo river
OXFORD DICTIONARY
ms, abbr.
1 manuscript.
2 Master of Science.
3 Master of Surgery.
4 US Mississippi (in official postal use).
5 US motor ship.
6 multiple sclerosis.
1 manuscript.
2 Master of Science.
3 Master of Surgery.
4 US Mississippi (in official postal use).
5 US motor ship.
6 multiple sclerosis.
ms, n. the title of a woman without a higher title, used regardless of marital status.
Etymology
combination of MRS, MISS(2)
THESAURUS
ms
amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, article, autograph, brain disease, brainchild, cephalalgia, cerebral palsy, chorea, composition, computer printout, copy, document, draft, edited version, emotional disorder, engrossment, epilepsy, essay, fair copy, falling sickness, fiction, final draft, finished version, first draft, flimsy, glossopharyngeal neuralgia, headache, herpes zoster, holograph, ischialgia, letter, literae scriptae, literary artefact, literary production, literature, lucubration, manuscript, matter, migraine, multiple sclerosis, nervous disorder, neuralgia, neuritis, neuropathy, nonfiction, opus, organic psychosis, original, palsy, paper, parchment, penscript, piece, piece of writing, play, poem, polyneuritis, pressure neuropathy, priapism, printed matter, printout, production, radiculitis, reading matter, recension, sciatic neuritis, sciatica, screed, scrip, script, scrive, scroll, second draft, shaking palsy, shingles, spastic paralysis, the jerks, the written word, tic douloureux, toxic psychosis, transcript, transcription, typescript, version, work, writingROGET THESAURUS
ms
Writing
N writing, chirography, stelography, cerography, penmanship, craftmanship, quill driving, typewriting, writing, manuscript, MS, literae scriptae, these presents, stroke of the pen, dash of the pen, coupe de plume, line, headline, pen and ink, letter, uncial writing, cuneiform character, arrowhead, Ogham, Runes, hieroglyphic, contraction, Brahmi, Devanagari, Nagari, script, shorthand, stenography, brachygraphy, tachygraphy, secret writing, writing in cipher, cryptography, stenography, phonography, pasigraphy, Polygraphy, logography, copy, transcript, rescript, rough copy, fair copy, handwriting, signature, sign manual, autograph, monograph, holograph, hand, fist, calligraphy, good hand, running hand, flowing hand, cursive hand, legible hand, bold hand, cacography, griffonage, barbouillage, bad hand, cramped hand, crabbed hand, illegible hand, scribble, pattes de mouche, ill-formed letters, pothooks and hangers, stationery, pen, quill, goose quill, pencil, style, paper, foolscap, parchment, vellum, papyrus, tablet, slate, marble, pillar, table, blackboard, ink bottle, ink horn, ink pot, ink stand, ink well, typewriter, transcription, inscription, superscription, graphology, composition, authorship, cacoethes scribendi, graphoidea, graphomania, phrenoia, writer, scribe, amanuensis, scrivener, secretary, clerk, penman, copyist, transcriber, quill driver, stenographer, typewriter, typist, writer for the press, writing, written, in writing, in black and white, under one's hand, uncial, Runic, cuneiform, hieroglyphical, currente calamo, pen in hand, audacter et sincere, le style est l'homme meme, nature's noblest gift - my gray goose quill, scribendi recte sapere et principium et fons, that mighty instrument of little men, the pen became a clarion.
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