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admix
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v 1: mix or blend; "Hyaline casts were admixed with neutrophils"
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affix
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n 1: a linguistic element added to a word to produce an
inflected or derived form
v 1: attach to; "affix the seal here" [syn: affix, stick on]
2: add to the very end; "He appended a glossary to his novel
where he used an invented language" [syn: append, add on,
supplement, affix]
3: attach or become attached to a stem word; "grammatical
morphemes affix to the stem"
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appendix
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n 1: supplementary material that is collected and appended at
the back of a book
2: a vestigial process that extends from the lower end of the
cecum and that resembles a small pouch [syn: appendix,
vermiform appendix, vermiform process, cecal appendage]
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astronautics
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n 1: the theory and practice of navigation through air or space
[syn: aeronautics, astronautics]
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astrophysics
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n 1: the branch of astronomy concerned with the physical and
chemical properties of celestial bodies
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aviatrix
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n 1: a woman aviator [syn: aviatrix, airwoman, aviatress]
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crucifix
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n 1: representation of the cross on which Jesus died [syn:
crucifix, rood, rood-tree]
2: a gymnastic exercise performed on the rings when the gymnast
supports himself with both arms extended horizontally
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cryonics
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n 1: the freezing of a seriously ill or recently deceased person
to stop tissues from decomposing; the body is preserved
until new medical cures are developed that might bring the
person back to life; "cryonics is more science fiction than
serious science"
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radix
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n 1: (numeration system) the positive integer that is equivalent
to one in the next higher counting place; "10 is the radix
of the decimal system" [syn: base, radix]
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mi
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n 1: destruction of heart tissue resulting from obstruction of
the blood supply to the heart muscle [syn: myocardial
infarction, myocardial infarct, MI]
2: a former British unit of length equivalent to 6,080 feet
(1,853.184 meters); 800 feet longer than a statute mile [syn:
nautical mile, naut mi, mile, mi, geographical
mile, Admiralty mile]
3: a unit of length used in navigation; exactly 1,852 meters;
historically based on the distance spanned by one minute of
arc in latitude [syn: nautical mile, mile, mi, naut
mi, knot, international nautical mile, air mile]
4: a unit of length equal to 1,760 yards or 5,280 feet; exactly
1609.344 meters [syn: mile, statute mile, stat mi,
land mile, international mile, mi]
5: a midwestern state in north central United States in the
Great Lakes region [syn: Michigan, Wolverine State,
Great Lakes State, MI]
6: the government agency in the United Kingdom that is
responsible for internal security and counterintelligence on
British territory [syn: Security Service, MI, Military
Intelligence Section 5]
7: the government agency in the United Kingdom that is
responsible for internal security and counterintelligence
overseas [syn: Secret Intelligence Service, MI, Military
Intelligence Section 6]
8: the syllable naming the third (mediant) note of any major
scale in solmization
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nyx
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n 1: (Greek mythology) Greek goddess of the night; daughter of
Chaos; counterpart of Roman Nox
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pix
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n 1: a chest in which coins from the mint are held to await
assay [syn: pyx, pix, pyx chest, pix chest]
2: any receptacle in which wafers for the Eucharist are kept
[syn: pyx, pix]
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styx
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n 1: (Greek mythology) a river in Hades across which Charon
carried dead souls [syn: Styx, River Styx]
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spadix
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n 1: the fleshy axis of a spike often surrounded by a spathe
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aix
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n 1: wood duck and mandarin duck [syn: Aix, genus Aix]
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sussex
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n 1: a county in southern England on the English Channel;
formerly an Anglo-Saxon kingdom that was captured by Wessex
in the 9th century
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ebonics
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n 1: a nonstandard form of American English characteristically
spoken by African Americans in the United States [syn:
African American Vernacular English, AAVE, African
American English, Black English, Black English
Vernacular, Black Vernacular, Black Vernacular
English, Ebonics]
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varix
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n 1: abnormally enlarged or twisted blood vessel or lymphatic
vessel
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pyx
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n 1: a chest in which coins from the mint are held to await
assay [syn: pyx, pix, pyx chest, pix chest]
2: any receptacle in which wafers for the Eucharist are kept
[syn: pyx, pix]
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mediatrix
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n 1: a woman who is a mediator
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sardonyx
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n 1: an onyx characterized by parallel layers of sard and a
different colored mineral
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fornix
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n 1: generally any arch shaped structure (but often it refers to
the arched roof of an anatomical space)
2: an arched bundle of white fibers at the base of the brain by
which the hippocampus of each hemisphere projects to the
contralateral hippocampus and to the thalamus and mamillary
bodies [syn: fornix, trigonum cerebrale]
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dianetics
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ricks
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maddocks
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maddox
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felix
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alex
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alix
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spondulicks
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