MIDAS /mīˈdəs/

Missile Defence Alarm System, from 1958 to 1966

Midas /mīˈdəs/ (Gr myth)

1. A king of Phrygia whose touch turned all to gold, and to whom Apollo gave ass's ears
2. (without cap) a kind of tamarin with gold-coloured hair on the feet and hands

Midas's ear noun

A shell of the genus Auricula

Midas touch noun

The ability to make money easily

• pipers
• pipes
• pipe snake
• pipe snakes
• pipe-stapple
• pipe-stem
• pipe-stems
• pipestone
• pipestones
• pipe-stopple
• pipe-stopples
• pipe-track
• pipe-tracks
• pipe-tree
• pipe-trees
• pipette
• pipetted
• pipettes
• pipetting
• pipe up
• pipe-wine
• pipe-wines
• pipework
• pipeworks
• pipewort