| bollix | (verb) make a mess of, destroy or ruin | Synonyms: ball up, blow, bobble, bodge, bollix up, bollocks, bollocks up, botch, botch up, bumble, bungle, flub, fluff, foul up, fuck up, fumble, louse up, mess up, mishandle, muck up, muff, screw up, spoil |
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| cylix | (noun) a shallow drinking cup with two handles; used in ancient Greece | Synonyms: kylix |
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| elixir | (noun) a substance believed to cure all ills | - |
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| (noun) a sweet flavored liquid (usually containing a small amount of alcohol) used in compounding medicines to be taken by mouth in order to mask an unpleasant taste | - |
| (noun) hypothetical substance that the alchemists believed to be capable of changing base metals into gold | Synonyms: philosopher's stone, philosophers' stone |
| helix | (noun) a structure consisting of something wound in a continuous series of loops | Synonyms: coil, spiral, volute, whorl |
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| (noun) a curve that lies on the surface of a cylinder or cone and cuts the element at a constant angle | Synonyms: spiral |
| infliximab | (noun) an anti-TNF compound (trade name Remicade) consisting of an antibody directed against TNF; it is given intravenously at one-month to three-month intervals; used in treatment of regional enteritis and rheumatoid arthritis | Synonyms: Remicade |
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| (noun) a monoclonal antibody (trade name Remicade) used to treat Crohn's disease and rheumatoid arthritis; administered by infusion; use and dosage must be determined by a physician | Synonyms: Remicade |
| kylix | (noun) a shallow drinking cup with two handles; used in ancient Greece | Synonyms: cylix |
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| prolix | (adjective) tediously prolonged or tending to speak or write at great length | Synonyms: verbal |
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| prolixity | (noun) boring verbosity | Synonyms: long-windedness, prolixness, windiness, wordiness |
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| prolixness | (noun) boring verbosity | Synonyms: long-windedness, prolixity, windiness, wordiness |
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