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This is a gemlog for the SpellBinding puzzle, in which you construct words using the specified letters (each word must contain the anchor letter).
AMIXIA ANNEX ANNEXA ANNEXING AXEMAN AXEMEN AXING AXMAN EXAM EXAMINE EXAMINEE EXAMINING EXINE IXIA MAXI MAXIM MAXIMA MAXIMIN MENINX MINIMAX MINX MIXING NIXIE NIXING XENIA
AMIXIA: absense of interbreeding.
ANNEXA: a variant of 'adnexa', which is: conjoined, subordinate, or associated anatomical parts.
We have AXEMAN and AXEMEN, but somehow only AXMAN but no 'axmen'... Must correct that. Come to think of it, I will probably find many words with -MAN without -MEN. What about 'axewoman' or 'axeperson'? That's a lot of words right there. How many words end in -MAN? 147. Only 25 end in -MEN. And only 6 end in -WOMAN. Damn, I need to do something about that.
EXINE: the outer layer forming the wall of some spores and pollen grains.
IXIA: an African plant.
A MAXIM is a saying or a general truth. MAXIMA is plural of 'maximum'. MAXIMIN is the maximum of a set of minima; while MINIMAX is the minimum of a set of maxima.
NIXIE is a water sprite (Germanic), but there are also nixie bulbs, which are digit displays using vacuum tube technology, from way back there.
NIXING... to NIX is to veto or reject.
XENIA: the effect of genes introduced by pollen (again!) especially on endosperm and embryo development.
Another day.