mire·poix 
(mîr-pwä)
(mîr-pwä)n.
A seasoning composed of finely diced sautéed vegetables and herbs and sometimes diced ham, bacon, or salt pork.
[After Charles Pierre Gaston François de Lévis, Duc de Mirepoix (1699-1757), French diplomat.]
- compaction
- compactly
- compactness
- compactor
- compadre
- companion
- companion
- companionable
- companionableness
- companionably
- companion animal
- companionate
- companionate marriage
- companion cell
- companion planting
- companionship
- companionway
- company
- company-grade officer
- company man
- company town
- company woman
- comparability
- comparable
- comparableness