mixo-, mix-, mixti-, -mixis, -mixia, -mixie, -mixy +
(Greek mikso > Latin mixtus: mix, mixed, a mixing, a mingling, an intercourse; to combine or to blend into one mass or substance; to combine things; such as, activities, ideas, styles; to balance and to adjust individual musical performers’ parts to make an overall sound by electronic means)
mixable, mixible (adjective); more mixable, more mixible; most mixable, most mixible
Capable of being combined, mingled, or blended: All the ingredients for the cake are mixable, and to make it easier, let the butter soften first before adding it along with the other wet ingredients.
mixer
A machine used for blending the constituents of concrete, grout, mortar, cement paste, or other mixtures for construction of buildings, etc.
mixobarbaric
1. Not being purely barbaric by showing some influence of civilized or refined types.
2. Recognizing some working of civilization, or a culture, or art within a society of barbarism.
2. Recognizing some working of civilization, or a culture, or art within a society of barbarism.
mixoeuhaline (adjective) (not comparable)
A reference to estuarine waters: The water in the wide mouth of a river that flows into the sea that contains more than 30 parts per thousand of dissolved salts, but less than the concentration of the adjacent sea, is termed mixoeuhaline water.
mixogamous
Pairing with several males; a reference to certain fish of which several males accompany each female during spawning (depositing eggs or producing offspring in large numbers).
mixogamy
The coming together of unequal numbers of male and female fish during spawning-time.
The males are usually in excess numbers and several males usually take care of one female for awhile and then they switch over to another female.
mixohaline (adjective) (not comparable)
A reference to any body of brackish water: Mixohaline water contains anywhere from 0.5 to 30 parts per thousand of dissolved salts.
mixolimnion
The upper layer that occasionally mixes in a meromictic lake.
mixologist (s), mixologists (pl)
The art or skill of preparing mixed drinks: "This mixologist is so obsessed with the fusions and collisions of flavors and scents that he has converted part of his apartment into an ad hoc chemistry laboratory, a place where he straps on a gas mask and plays with vitals of essential oils."
"A mixologist has helped to create and to ease the morning after a night of drinking with special mixtures of flavors."
mixology
1. The study or skill of preparing mixed drinks.
2. Someone who is skilled in making mixed drinks and who serves them; especially, cocktails, at a bar.
2. Someone who is skilled in making mixed drinks and who serves them; especially, cocktails, at a bar.
mixomesohaline (adjective) (not comparable)
A reference to brackish water: Mixomesohaline describes salty water containing from 5 to 18 parts per thousand of dissolved salts.
mixooligohaline (adjective) (not comparable)
A reference to salty water: Susan read in her ecology book that mixooligohaline water contained from 0.5 to 5 parts per thousand of dissolved salts, which was different to the mixomesohaline water samples tested.
mixoploid, poikiloploid
1. An organism having an unequal number of chromosome sets in adjacent cells or tissues.
2. Referring to an organism containing two or more populations of cells that differ in chromosome number.
2. Referring to an organism containing two or more populations of cells that differ in chromosome number.
mixoploidy, poikiloploidy
A condition of possessing two or more cell lines which differ in chromosome number.
mixopolyhaline (adjective) (not comparable)
A reference to brackish water containing from 18 to 30 parts per million dissolved salts: Thomas found out that mixopolyhaline water was salty and was included in the "Venice system", which was the classification of salty water based upon the proportion of chloride contained in water.
