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Showing words for MORTISE using the English dictionary

7 Letter Words for Mortise

erotism, moister, mortise, trisome

6 Letter Words for Mortise

isomer, merist, merits, metros, mister, miters, moiest, moires, moiser, mortis, motier, motser, orites, osmite, remits, reomit, rimose, smiter, somite, sorite, sortie, strome, timers, tiroes, triose

5 Letter Words for Mortise

emirs, emits, ermit, estro, ireos, isort, items, iters, meris, merit, meros, mesto, metis, metro, mires, miser, miter, mites, moier, moire, moise, moist, moits, mores, morse, morts, moste, moter, motes, mster, mtier, omers, omits, osier, reist, remit, resit, riems, rimes, riots, rites, roist, roset, rosit, rosti, rotes, rotis, serio, sermo, smite, smore, smote, somet, sotie, steri, stero, stime, stire, store, storm, strom, terms, tiers, timer, times, timor, tires, toise, tomes, tores, torse, tries, trims, trios, trois

4 Letter Words for Mortise

emir, emit, emos, eris, eros, erst, ires, item, iter, itmo, meio, meri, mero, meso, mest, mets, mire, miro, mirs, miso, mist, mite, moes, moet, moir, moit, more, mors, mort, mose, most, mote, mots, oime, omer, omit, ores, orts, otis, reim, reit, rems, rest, rets, riem, ries, rime, rims, riot, rise, rist, rite, rits, roes, roit, rome, roms, rose, rost, rote, roti, rots, seir, seit, semi, seor, sero, sert, sier, sime, sire, site, smir, soir, some, sore, sori, sort, stem, ster, stie, stim, stir, stor, stre, tems, term, tier, ties, time, tire, toes, tome, toms, tore, tori, tors, tose, tres, trie, trim, trio

3 Letter Words for Mortise

eir, emo, ems, eom, eos, ers, ert, esm, esr, est, imo, ios, ire, irs, ise, ism, iso, ist, its, mei, mer, mes, met, mir, mis, mit, moe, moi, mor, mos, mot, mri, mrs, mst, mts, oer, oes, oie, ois, oms, ore, ors, ort, ose, osi, rei, rem, res, rie, rim, rio, rit, rms, roe, roi, rom, ros, rot, rte, rti, sei, sem, ser, set, sie, sim, sir, sit, som, sot, sri, stm, str, tem, ter, tes, tie, tim, tis, toe, toi, tom, tor, tos, tri, trm, trs, tsi

Definitions for Mortise

[1] a notch, hole, groove, or slot made in a piece of wood or the like to receive a tenon of the same dimensions.
[2] a deep recess cut into wood for any of several other purposes, as for receiving a mortise lock.
[3] Printing . a space cut out of a plate, especially for the insertion of type or another plate.
[4] to secure with a mortise and tenon.
[5] to cut or form a mortise in (a piece of wood or the like).
[6] to join securely.
[7] Printing . to cut metal from (a plate). to cut out metal from a plate and insert (new material) in its place.
[8] a slot or recess, usually rectangular, cut into a piece of wood, stone, etc, to receive a matching projection (tenon) of another piece, or a mortise lock
[9] printing a cavity cut into a letterpress printing plate into which type or another plate is inserted
[10] to cut a slot or recess in (a piece of wood, stone, etc)
[11] to join (two pieces of wood, stone, etc) by means of a mortise and tenon
[12] to cut a cavity in (a letterpress printing plate) for the insertion of type, etc

Words related to Mortise

juncture, crossing, intersection, confluence, terminal, harmonize, conform, coincide, jibe, correspond, screw, tighten, weld, affix, adhere, nail, attach, bolt, solder, glue

Words nearby Mortise

mortician, mortiferous, mortification, mortify, mortimer, mortise, mortise block, mortise chisel, mortise joint, mortise lock, mortling

Origin of Mortise

1350–1400; Middle English morteys, mortaise < Anglo-French mortais(e ), Old French mortoise, of obscure origin

Other words from Mortise

mor·tis·er , noun

Word origin for Mortise

C14: from Old French mortoise, perhaps from Arabic murtazza fastened in position

Synonyms for Mortise

alliance, annexation, articulation, assemblage, attachment, bond, coalition, coherence, collocation, combination, combine, concatenation, concourse, concursion, confluence, conjugation, consolidation, convergence, coupling, crossing, crossroads, dovetail, elbow, gathering, gore, hinge, hookup, interface, intersection, joining, joint, knee, linking, meeting, miter, node, pivot, plug-in, reunion, seam, splice, terminal, tie-in, tie-up, union, weld