spadix | (noun) the fleshy axis of a spike often surrounded by a spathe | - |
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stylostixis | (noun) treatment of pain or disease by inserting the tips of needles at specific points on the skin | Synonyms: acupuncture |
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suffix | (noun) an affix that is added at the end of the word | Synonyms: postfix |
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(verb) attach a suffix to | - |
suffixation | (noun) formation of a word by means of a suffix | - |
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testatrix | (noun) a female testator | - |
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thiothixene | (noun) a tranquilizer (trade name Navane) used to treat schizophrenia | Synonyms: Navane |
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tortrix | (noun) small Indian moth infesting e.g. tea and coffee plants | Synonyms: Homona coffearia, tea tortrix |
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(noun) California moth whose larvae live in especially oranges | Synonyms: Argyrotaenia citrana, orange tortrix |
transfix | (verb) pierce with a sharp stake or point | Synonyms: empale, impale, spike |
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(verb) to render motionless, as with a fixed stare or by arousing terror or awe | Synonyms: fascinate, grip, spellbind |
transfixed | (adjective) having your attention fixated as though by a spell | Synonyms: fascinated, hypnotised, hypnotized, mesmerised, mesmerized, spell-bound, spellbound |
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unaffixed | (adjective) not affixed | Synonyms: loose |
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unfixed | (adjective) not firmly placed or set or fastened | - |
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(adjective) lacking definition or definite content | Synonyms: nebulous |
unmixable | (adjective) (chemistry, physics) incapable of mixing | Synonyms: immiscible, non-miscible |
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unmixed | (adjective) not mixed with extraneous elements | Synonyms: plain, sheer, unmingled |
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(adjective) not constituting a compound | Synonyms: uncompounded |
varix | (noun) abnormally enlarged or twisted blood vessel or lymphatic vessel | - |
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vernix | (noun) a white cheeselike protective material that covers the skin of a fetus | Synonyms: vernix caseosa |
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vixen | (noun) a female fox | - |
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(noun) a malicious woman with a fierce temper | Synonyms: harpy, hellcat |
vixenish | (adjective) shrewish and malicious | - |
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xix | (adjective) being one more than eighteen | Synonyms: 19, nineteen |
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xxix | (adjective) being nine more than twenty | Synonyms: 29, twenty-nine |
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