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Mise en abyme
Mise en abyme, French for "placed in the abyss," is a technique where a work of art contains a smaller element mirroring the whole, like a play within a play.
Mise en pratique
A mise en pratique (French for "putting into practice") is a set of instructions for realizing an SI unit definition in practice, prepared by a CIPM Consultative Committee.
Mise ware
Mise ware (秘色瓷, "secret color porcelain") is the top grade of Yue kiln celadon, made as imperial tribute ware from the late Tang into the early Northern Song.
Mise-en-scène
Mise-en-scène, French for "placing on stage", is the staging of a theatrical or film work: the organization of actors, scenery, lighting, costume, and framing under a directorial point of view, coined around 1802 and modernized by Antoine in 1887.
Miser
Miser: a derogatory English noun for a person who hoards money and spends as little as possible, from Latin miser 'wretched'; attested 1540s, money sense by 1560s; distinct from frugality.
Miserere (Allegri)
Miserere mei, Deus, Allegri's unaccompanied setting of Psalm 51, composed around 1638 for the Sistine Chapel's Papal Choir at Holy Week Tenebrae. Famous for the 1770 Mozart transcription legend and the accidental top C of the 'English Miserere'.
Misericordia (2024 film)
Misericordia (Miséricorde) is Alain Guiraudie's 2024 French-Spanish-Portuguese rural thriller: drifter Jérémie kills a baker's son and gains the priest's alibi. Cannes Première, Louis-Delluc winner, 8 César nominations.
Misery (film)
Misery (1990) is Rob Reiner's psychological thriller, adapted by William Goldman from Stephen King's 1987 novel, starring James Caan and Oscar-winning Kathy Bates as captor Annie Wilkes; released November 30, 1990 by Columbia Pictures.
Misery (novel)
Misery, Stephen King's 1987 Viking Press psychological thriller, imprisons novelist Paul Sheldon with "number one fan" Annie Wilkes; originally a Richard Bachman title, an addiction metaphor, and winner of the 1988 Bram Stoker Award.
Misery (Pupsies song)
"misery." is a 2026 standalone single by pupsies, released March 18, 2026 on Norgates, running 2:46, written by Goetia and Ella Kamgaing, peaking at number 50 on the Billboard Hot 100.
Misery Business
"Misery Business" is Paramore's 2007 breakthrough single from Riot!, written by Hayley Williams and Josh Farro, peaking at No. 26 on the Billboard Hot 100; retired live in 2018 over misogynistic lyrics, revived in 2022, and credited on Olivia Rodrigo's "Good 4 U."
Misery Index (band)
Misery Index is a Baltimore, Maryland death metal/grindcore band formed in 2001 by ex-Dying Fetus members Jason Netherton and Kevin Talley; named after the Assück album and Okun's economic indicator, with seven studio albums from Retaliate (2003) to Complete Control (2022).
Misery index (economics)
The misery index is an economic indicator, devised by Arthur Okun in the early 1970s, that adds the unemployment rate and the inflation rate into one number.
Misery Loves Comedy (film)
Misery Loves Comedy is a 2015 American documentary, Kevin Pollak's directorial debut, in which comedians like Tom Hanks and Amy Schumer discuss whether misery is required for comedy.
Mises Institute
Mises Institute (Ludwig von Mises Institute), founded 1982 by Llewellyn H. Rockwell Jr. in Auburn, Alabama, a non-profit think tank promoting Austrian School economics and paleo-libertarian thought; distinct from unrelated foreign Mises Institutes.
Misfit dislocation
A misfit dislocation is a line defect at the interface between an epitaxial film and its substrate, relieving lattice mismatch strain once the film grows beyond a critical thickness.
Misfits (band)
Misfits, American horror punk band formed April 1977 in Lodi, New Jersey by Glenn Danzig and Jerry Only; pioneers of horror punk with B-movie imagery, Static Age and Walk Among Us, 1983 breakup, 1995 legal settlement, and 2016 Original Misfits reunion.
Misfits (TV series)
Misfits (2009-2013) is a British E4 comedy-drama created by Howard Overman: five young offenders gain superpowers after a storm. Won the 2010 BAFTA for Best Drama Series; distinct from the Misfits punk band.
Misfits Boxing
Misfits Boxing (MF & DAZN: X Series) is a crossover boxing promotion co-founded in 2021 by KSI with Mams Taylor and the Sauerland brothers, launched with DAZN in 2022, staging influencer and celebrity bouts plus the MF Pro professional division.
Misfits discography
The Misfits discography covers the American horror-punk band's seven studio albums, from Walk Among Us (1982) through The Devil's Rain (2011), plus compilations and live releases.
Misfits of Science
Misfits of Science is an American science fiction comedy series, created by James D. Parriott, which followed young superpowered individuals at the Humanidyne think tank.
Mish
Mish, the stage name of Australian-born DJ and producer Michelle Robba, is a hardstyle and rawstyle artist based in the Netherlands who broke out in 2020 and joined Dirty Workz in 2026.
Misha
Misha (Мишка, Olympic Mishka), the bear mascot of the 1980 Moscow Summer Olympics designed by Victor Chizhikov; first commercially successful sports mascot, flew on Soyuz-29, and famously shed a tear at the closing ceremony.
Misha B. Ahrens
Misha B. Ahrens is a neuroscientist and Senior Group Leader at Janelia Research Campus, HHMI, known for whole-brain imaging of larval zebrafish at single-cell resolution.
Misha Bharti
Misha Bharti, born in 1976, is an Indian Rashtriya Janata Dal politician and daughter of Lalu Prasad Yadav, elected to the Lok Sabha from Pataliputra, Bihar, in 2024.
Misha Charoudin
Misha Charoudin (Mikhail Grigorievitch Charoudin, born 1989, Moscow) is a Russian-born Dutch YouTuber and racing driver famous for Nürburgring Nordschleife videos, co-founder of Apex Nürburg, and BILSTEIN/Black Falcon endurance racer.
Misha Cirkunov
Misha Cirkunov (Mikhail Cirkunovs), Latvian-born Canadian light heavyweight MMA fighter, UFC 2015-2022, pro record 15-9 with 8 submission wins; later named plaintiff in the 2025 Cirkunovs v. Zuffa antitrust class action.
Misha Collins
Misha Collins (Misha Dmitri Tippens Krushnic, born 1974), American actor known as Castiel on Supernatural (2008–2020), creator of GISH and Random Acts, later in The Boys, Gotham Knights, and Bridgewater.
Misha Green
Misha Green (born 1984, Sacramento) is an American showrunner, writer, and director, co-creator of WGN's Underground and creator of HBO's Lovecraft Country, and writer-producer of Netflix's The Mother.
Misha Latuhihin
Misha Jonas Emanuel Latuhihin, born 1970 in Nijmegen, is a retired Dutch volleyball setter who won 1996 Atlanta Olympic gold with the Netherlands, earned 273 caps, and later coached Hajraa at TU Eindhoven.