(medicine) A fatty and varnish-like substance produced in Mexico by an insect, Llaveia axin, used in the arts and locally in medicine, being regarded as a good vulnerary and resolvent.
iynx
iynx
noun
Obsolete spelling of jynx
jinx
jinx
intj
Used after the same thing is said by two people simultaneously.
noun
A hex; an evil spell.
A person or thing supposed to bring bad luck.
verb
(transitive) To bring bad luck to.
(transitive) To cast a spell on.
(transitive) To cause something to happen by mentioning it, usually sarcastically.
minx
minx
noun
(derogatory, dated) A promiscuous woman; also, a mistress (“the other woman in an extramarital relationship”) or a prostitute.
(obsolete) A pet dog.
A flirtatious, impudent, or pert young woman.
obsolete spelling of mink (“any of various semi-aquatic, carnivorous mammals in the Mustelinae subfamily”).
verb
(transitive) To make (someone) like a minx; (intransitive) to become like a minx.
(transitive, intransitive) Used transitively when followed by it: to behave like a minx, that is, in a flirtatious and impudent manner.
nixa
nixe
nixy
nixy
noun
Alternative spelling of nixie (“female water-elf”)
noix
pinx
unix
unix
noun
(software) Any Unix-like operating system, including Unix.
(software) Collectively, Unix and unix-like operating systems.
xian
xian
noun
(China) An administrative subdivision of imperial, republican, and communist China roughly equivalent to counties, now distinguished from the more urban "districts" (qu).
(sometimes derogatory or offensive) Alternative form of Xian: Christian.