Mixed

Definition: Mixed

Mixed

Adjective

1. Caused to combine or unite.

2. Consisting of a haphazard assortment of different kinds (even to the point of incongruity); "an arrangement of assorted spring flowers"; "assorted sizes"; "miscellaneous accessories"; "a mixed program of baroque and contemporary music"; "a motley crew"; "sundry sciences commonly known as social"- I.A.Richards.

3. Involving or composed of different races; "interracial schools"; "a mixed neighborhood".

4. Of inferior or mixed breed; "a cur dog"; "an underbred dog".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "mixed" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1258. (references)

Food & Agriculture

Military & Defense

Mining

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

Synonyms: Mixed

Mixture

Be mixed; get among, be entangled with.

Adjective: mixed; Verb: implex, composite, half-and-half, linsey-woolsey, chowchow, hybrid, mongrel, heterogeneous; motley; (variegated); miscellaneous, promiscuous, indiscriminate; miscible.

Multiformity

Jumbled, confused, mixed up, discordant; inharmonious, unmatched, unrelated, nonuniform.

Adjective: polymorphous, multiform, multifold, multifarious, multigenerous, multiplex; heterogeneous, diversified, dissimilar, various, varied, variform; manifold, many-sided; variegated, motley, mosaic; epicene, indiscriminate, desultory, irregular; mixed, different, assorted, mingled, odd, diverse, divers; all manner of; of every description, of all sorts and kinds; et hoc genus omne; and what not? de omnibus rebus et quibusdam aliis.

Number

Sum, difference, complement, subtrahend; product; multiplicand, multiplier, multiplicator; coefficient, multiple; dividend, divisor, factor, quotient, submultiple; fraction, rational number; surd, irrational number; transcendental number; mixed number, complex number, complex conjugate; numerator, denominator; decimal, circulating decimal, repetend; common measure, aliquot part; prime number, prime, relative prime, prime factor, prime pair; reciprocal; totient.

Crosswords: Mixed

You don't have to get mixed up in this (Tombstone; writing credit: Kevin Jarre.)

You got it mixed up with Christmas (A Letter to Three Wives; writing credit: Vera Caspary and Joseph L. Mankiewicz. based on the novel 'Letter to Five Wives' by John Klempner.)

Sometimes the world of the living gets mixed up with the world of the dead (The Others; writing credit: Alejandro Amenábar)

The man in the cape -- I bet you he is mixed up in this (Seinfeld; writing credit: Andreas Lenze; Bea Schmidt)

No, Trax is mixed on Friday nights (I Think I Do; writing credit: Brian Sloan)

With mixed emotions (MIXED EMOTIONS; performing artist: Rolling Stones)

A BIG BIG MESS HE WAS ALL MIXED UP AND A (Big Mess; performing artist: Devo)

HE WAS REALLY MIXED UP (Big Mess; performing artist: Devo)

Tell me what you feel, if you're have a mixed emotions, I'll show you that I'm for real. (The Right Kind of Love; performing artist: Jeremy Jordan)

Some minds are like concrete, all mixed up and permanently set. (references; author: unknown)

A box of biscuits, a batch of mixed biscuits. (references; author: unknown)

I bought a box of biscuits, a box of mixed biscuits, and a biscuit mixer. (references; author: unknown)

Mixed biscuits. (references; author: unknown)

Mixed Company (1974)

Crazy Mixed Up Pup (1954)

Mixed Magic (1936)

A Mixed Up Elopement (1915)

Mixed Values (1915)

MIXED UP SHOOK UP GIRL  (performing artist: Patty & Emblems )

All Mixed Up (performing artist: Paul and Mary Peter)

Mixed Emotions (performing artist: Rolling Stones)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

References

• The 2003-2008 World Outlook for Malted, Wheatgerm, Extra Bran and Mixed Rolls (reference)

• The World Market for Polyvinyl Chloride, Not Mixed with Other Substances, in Primary Forms: A 2004 Global Trade Perspective (reference)

  (more reference examples)

Books

• Achy Breaky Heart and Other Country Chartbusters/ (Cat No.311592/ Mixed Folio) (reference)

• Discourses Addressed to Mixed Congregations (Birmingham Oratory Millennium Edition, V. 6) (reference)

• The Bartender's Bible: 1001 Mixed Drinks and Everything You Need to Know to Set Up Your Bar (reference)

• Ab initio study of optical properties of neutral and charged pure and mixed alkali metal clusters (reference)

• Mixed Blessings: Overcoming the Stumbling Blocks in an Interfaith Marriage (reference)

  (more book examples)

Periodicals

• Capsule Report - Mixed Practic Exotic Ed (reference)

  (more periodical examples)

Theater & Movies

• From The Mixed Up Files of Mrs. Basil E Frankweiler (reference)

• Mixed Nuts (reference)

• Danielle Steel's Mixed Blessings (reference)

• Power Yoga for Couples & Mixed (reference)

  (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music

• Africanism: Mixed By DJ Gregory & Bob (reference)

• All Mixed Up (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

High Tech

• 7ft Cat5 UTP 5-pack Cable Retail Mixed Colors (reference)

• Hawking Technology PN407C 7ft 10/100BT Cable ( Mixed Jelly Colors, 5-Pack) (reference)

  (more camera examples; more video game examples; more computer examples; more electronic examples; more software examples)

Consumer Goods

• Lenox Winter Greetings 9-Inch Gold-Banded Fine China Mixed Set of 4 Accent Plates (reference)

  (more baby examples; more wireless phone examples; more garden examples; more kitchen examples; more tool examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

(1) color slide shows two tamales on a plate. (traditional mexican dish made of mixed and seasoned meat in a corn meal crust served inside corn husks). Credit: Renee Comet (photographer).

(2) color slides show different bowls of salad. (1) bowl of mixed salad, (1) bowl of sliced tomatoes over a bed of lettuce. Credit: Renee Comet (photographer).

“Nonspecific” urethritis in the presence of mixed flora with few bacteria, and associated with neutrophils, without further testing, can possibly lead to a differential diagnosis of gonorrhea. Credit: CDC.

Oil globules mixed with heavy pollen from surrounding vegetation following the April 7th Swanson Creek oil spill. Credit: America's Coastlines.

Open pond within mixed vegetation marsh. Credit: America's Coastlines.

A slide describing the purpose of the eelgrass restoration and its partners. In June 1996 NOAA scientists transplanted 7000 eelgrass plants from Charlestown Pond to ten locations in Narragansett Bay. The project team returned the following September and found mixed results. In June 1997, the team expanded two of the successful sites and employed a new technique by transplanting turf. Credit: NOAA Restoration Center.

Technical diver, using mixed gases to dive to 60 meters, decompresses. Credit: National Undersea Research Program (NURP).

A mixed school of surgeon fish grazing on algae during the time when filamentous algae were abundant. This period occurred soon after placement of the pipes and the red and green filamentous algae were replaced with blue-green algae at a later stage. Credit: The Coral Kingdom.

Mixed school of butterfly fish and surgeon fish grazing on pipe surface. Credit: The Coral Kingdom.

A mixed school of Porgy and other fish species. Credit: Sanctuaries.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

And so accordingly of these the community may make compounded and mixed forms of government, as they think good. (Second Treatise of Government)

The assets to be handed over shall be determined by an actuary appointed by the Mixed Arbitral Tribunal. (reference)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

With mixed feelings, she seated herself at a little distance from the numbers round the instrument, to listen

Speakers and listeners strolled away, and mixed with other groups

But ignorance, mixed with the human composition, blackens it.

He had reddish hair mixed with grey and a queer look

Now the dust was evenly mixed with the air, an emulsion of dust and air.

The material was sand of every degree of fineness and of various rich colors, commonly mixed with a little clay

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Health

Mixed infections are possible. (references)

This approach has also yielded mixed results. (references)

For those with dyslexia, the prognosis is mixed. (references)

Business

Legal rulings have been mixed. (references)

The pharmaceutical industry’s reaction has been mixed. (references)

China has a mixed economy that continues to expand rapidly. (references)

Children

Bulgaria

Labor laws intended to protect the interests of persons with disabilities and create greater employment opportunity have had a mixed effect. (references)

Bulgaria

In September 2000, approximately 300 Romani children from the Nov Put Romani neighborhood were bused to one of seven mixed regular schools in the town of Vidin. (references)

Civil Liberties

Moldova

The Jewish community has had mixed results in recovering its property. (references)

Discrimination

Swaziland

Mixed race citizens sometimes experience governmental and societal discrimination. (references)

Economic History

Pakistan

Progress has been mixed. (references)

Botswana

To date, BEDIA's record is mixed. (references)

Human Rights

Sri Lanka

Opinions on the effectiveness of the CIUAH are mixed. (references)

Pakistan

Actions taken to redress police abuses often have mixed results. (references)

United Arab Emirates

Prison conditions reportedly are mixed, depending on the location. (references)

Indigenous People

Dominica

An estimated 25 percent of the Carib Indian population is believed to be in mixed marriages or relationships. (references)

Peru

President Toledo is the country's first elected president who comes from mixed Caucasian and indigenous ancestry. (references)

Minorities

United Kingdom

Protestant and Catholic families have moved away from mixed or border neighborhoods. (references)

Political Economy

Philippines

The Philippines has a market-based, mixed economy. (references)

Nepal

The economy is mixed, with 39 public sector firms. (references)

Cape Verde

Cape Verde has a mixed presidential/parliamentary system of government. (references)

Political Rights

Slovenia

The country has a mixed parliamentary and presidential system. (references)

Guatemala

He took office in January 2000. The Government's efforts to implement the Peace Accords during the year were mixed. (references)

Malawi

A citizen of European origin, several persons of mixed racial ethnicity, and an Asian are sitting members of the National Assembly. (references)

Trade

Venezuela

Cost may also be prohibitive in the case of small or mixed shipments. (references)

Taiwan

Customs does not permit the grouping of marks or numbers on a shipment of mixed commodities. (references)

Venezuela

If they contain consolidated mixed cargo, customs will separate their contents to check each single item. (references)

Travel

Nicaragua

Yoltamal: a tender corn tamale mixed with milk and other ingredients, wrapped in the leaf of the same corn. (references)

Uzbekistan

When there are large social gatherings of mixed company, the women and men usually sit in separate groupings. (references)

Women

Jamaica

Their effectiveness is mixed. (references)

Worker Rights

Nepal

The Ministry of Labor's enforcement record is mixed. (references)

Guinea

The rest are engaged in private, mixed, and informal sectors. (references)

Hong Kong

As of the end of October, the total number of registered trade unions was 649 (605 employee, 25 employer, and 19 mixed). (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Expressions using "mixed": act from mixed motives ♦ all mixed up ♦ be mixed ♦ be mixed up ♦ get mixed ♦ get mixed up ♦ it's a mixed bag ♦ mixed action ♦ mixed air ♦ mixed alphabetical catalogue ♦ mixed angle ♦ mixed article ♦ mixed bag ♦ mixed bud ♦ mixed charter ♦ mixed company ♦ Mixed Connective Tissue Disease ♦ mixed double ♦ mixed doubles ♦ mixed drink ♦ mixed economy ♦ mixed end ♦ mixed ether ♦ mixed explosives ♦ mixed fabric ♦ mixed farm ♦ mixed farming ♦ mixed feelings ♦ mixed forest ♦ mixed foursome ♦ Mixed Function Oxidases ♦ mixed gliomas ♦ mixed grapes ♦ mixed grill ♦ mixed ice ♦ mixed larceny ♦ mixed light coloured printers shavings ♦ mixed marriage ♦ mixed mathematics ♦ mixed media ♦ mixed metahor ♦ mixed metal ♦ mixed metaphor ♦ mixed minefield ♦ mixed multitude ♦ mixed news and pamphlets ♦ mixed number ♦ mixed oils ♦ mixed pams and magazines ♦ mixed papers and boards(sorted) ♦ mixed people ♦ mixed pickles ♦ mixed salad ♦ mixed schemes ♦ mixed school ♦ mixed semen ♦ mixed sweets ♦ mixed tide ♦ mixed tithes ♦ Mixed Tocopherols ♦ mixed traffic street ♦ mixed train ♦ mixed type of ice formation ♦ mixed up ♦ mixed varieties ♦ mixed vegetables ♦ mixed voices ♦ mixed wine ♦ mixed with oil ♦ of mixed race ♦ previously mixed feed ♦ well mixed. Additional references.

Beginning with "mixed": mixed-ability, mixed-alkali, mixed-blood, Mixed-Cell, mixed-chain, mixed-code, mixed-cropping, mixed-culture, mixed-density, mixed-descriptions, mixed-dust, mixed-economy, mixed-experience, mixed-farming, mixed-gender, mixed-handers, mixed-in, mixed-income, mixed-manned, mixed-manning, mixed-media, mixed-medium, mixed-metal, mixed-metals, mixed-method, mixed-mode, mixed-motive, mixed-nationality, mixed-origin, mixed-owner, mixed-oxide, mixed-pairs, mixed-parentage, mixed-property, mixed-purpose, mixed-race, mixed-religion, mixed-sector, mixed-sequence, mixed-sex, mixed-signal, mixed-staged, mixed-traffic, mixed-up, mixed-up debate, mixed-use, mixed-value, mixed-voice, mixed-wood.

Ending with "mixed": pre-mixed.

Albanian

i trazuar (agog, boisterous, distempered, disturbed, flurried, haywire, lumpy, on edge, rough, troubled, troublous, tumultuous, turbid, turbulent, vexed), i shumëllojshëm (diverse, diversified, manifold, omnifarious), i përzier (assorted, farraginous, half breed, heterogeneous, impure, joint, medley, mingled, miscellaneous, promiscuous), i ngatërruar (embarrassing, embroiled, entangled, haywire, immersed, involved, knotty, labyrinthine, muddy, tangly, tricky, woozy). (various references)

Arabic 

‏مهجن (cross, crossbred, crossbreed, mongrel), ‏متفاوت (different, disparate, dissimilar, irregular, uneven), ‏مخلوط (blended, mingled), ‏مختلط (coeducation, disordered, jumbled, medley, unsettled), ‏مشوش (become confused, chaotic, confused, deranged, disarranged, disarrayed, disordered, disorganized, disturbed, disturber, higgledy-piggledy, hugger mugger, jumbled up, messy, muddled, muddy, promiscuous, unsettled), ‏مدموج. (various references)

Bulgarian 

смесен (amalgamated, farraginous, hyphenated, impure, incorporated, medley, mingled, miscellaneous, mongrel, promiscuous, raggle-taggle, scrappy, scratch), разнороден (assorted, discrete, heterogeneous, manifold, miscellaneous, motley, promiscuous, raggle-taggle, scratch), размесен, от мъже и жени, объркан (addle-brained, bushed, confused, deranged, disconcerted, distraught, embarrassed, foggy, graven, haywire, helter-skelter, intricate, involute, lost, mazy, mixed up, muddle-headed, muddy, muzzy, obscure, perplexed, punch-drunk, puzzle-headed, puzzle-pated, raddle, tangly, turbid, undigested, unglued, woolly). (various references)

Chinese 

雜 (female, miscellaneous, to mix, various), 遝 (abundant), 混杂 (miscellaneous, mixed-up), 殽 (viands), 儳 (irregular). (various references)

Czech

zmatený (addle-brained, addle-pated, bemused, bewildered, chaotic, confused, disordered, embroiled, in confusion, mazy, muddy, screwed up, turbid), smíšený (assorted, hybrid, miscellaneous, promiscuous). (various references)

Danish

blandet (pulsating), bland-. (various references)

Dutch

gemengd (balanced). (various references)

Farsi 

مخلوط (Admixture, Blend, Composite, Compost, Hash, Mixture), قاتی , درهم (Indistinct, Mesh, Shaggy). (various references)

Finnish

sekametsä, sekalainen (miscellaneous, various), sekainen (confused, muddled, muddy, tangled). (various references)

French

mixte (mixed-base), mélangé (mingled). (various references)

German

gemischt (assorted, blent, coeducational, composite, mashed, mingled, miscellaneous, patchy, promiscuous). (various references)

Greek 

σύμμικτοσ (amalgamated, promiscuous), συμμιγήσ (compound), μικτόσ (composite, gross), ανάκατοσ, ανάμικτοσ (amalgamate, miscellaneous, pied, promiscuous), ανάμεικτοσ (assorted, miscellaneous), ανομοιογενήσ (heterogeneous, spotty). (various references)

Hebrew 

מעורבל (stirred), מעורבב (confused, jumbled, messy), מעורב (involved), מהול (adulterated, adulteration, blended, blending, diluted, dilution, mixing), מסוך (blended, camouflaging, curtaining, masking, screening), מסוגסג (fused), פטום (fattened, fattening, filled, stuffed, stuffing), בלול (mingled), בחוש (stirred), טרוף (amok, craziness, dementia, frenzy, madness, maggot, scrambled, torn apart). (various references)

Hungarian

vegyes (assorted, composite, farraginous, medley, mingled, miscellaneous, mixed fat and lean, motley, pot-pourri, promiscuous, sundries, sundry), kevert (combined, impure, medley, mingled, miscellaneous, motley, tempered). (various references)

Indonesian

serabutan (coarse, fibrous, run in confusion), campur (mingled), beraneka (all kinds), baur. (various references)

Italian

misto (admixture, medley, miscellaneous, mixture, mongrel). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

雑多 (miscellaneous), 交じり (mingled), マ行 (a mummy, Classification for Japanese verb with the dictionary form ending in "mu", follower of each new fad, mass, meal, means test, meat, meat sauce, media, meet, meeting, me-ism, Michelangelo, micro, microcosm, micrometer, micron, Micronesia, MIG, mir, missile, mixer, mixing), 混成 , 混じり (mingled), 合成 (combined, composite, composition, compound, synthesis, synthetic). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

ミクスト , ざった (miscellaneous), まじり (mingled), ごうせい (blackmail, combined, composite, composition, compound, extortion, extravagance, hardness, luxury, magnificence, persistent demand, rigidity, synthesis, synthetic), こんせい (appeal, entreaty, mixed voices, request). (various references)

Korean 

혼합 (Blend, Blending, mix). (various references)

Manx

seiyt (agitated, churned, muddy, stirred, troubled, troubled of water), mestit (churned, confused, confusing, cross-bred, garbled, jumbled, mashed, miscellaneous, mongrel, stirred), covestit (amalgamated, blended, compound, incorporated), chione y cheilley. (various references)

Pidgin English

pidgin. (various references)

Pig Latin

ixedmay.(various references)

Portuguese

misturado (admixed, drossy, farraginous, impure, jumbled, maslin, medley, mingled, miscellaneous, unsized), misto (farraginous, miscellaneous), povoamento misto, não selecionado (unpicked), confuso (abrupt, abstruse, blear, cloudy, confused, disorderly, disturbed, dizzy, hugger-mugger, indistinct, intricate, jumbled up, labyrinthine, lacklustre, mazy, medley, messy, muddle-headed, muddy, obscure, pell-mell, perplexed, promiscuous, rigmarole, rough and tumble, tangly, topsy-turvy), atrapalhado (jumbled, perplexed). (various references)

Romanian

mixt (composite), eterogen (different, dissimilar, heterogeneal, heterogeneous, inconsistent, medley, promiscuous), de bãieţi şi fete, de ambele sexe, cherchelit (boozy, elevated, fuddled, in liquor, jolly, moony, on the fuddle, queer, the worse for liquor, tipsy), central (central, fundamental, Midland, midmost), bãut (cup, disguised in liquor, drinking, potation), amestecat (amalgamate, combined, divers, involved, medley, miscellaneous, mobbish, motley, promiscuous, scratchy, so so, sundry, varied, various). (various references)

Russian 

смешанный (crossbred, cross-bred, farraginous, impure, indiscriminate, medley, mingled, miscellaneous, mixing up, mongrel), смешивать (blend, commingle, compound, confound, confuse, cream, intermingle, intermix, jumble, malax, mess up, mingle, mix, mix up), разнородный (dissimilar, heterogeneous, hybrid), одурелый (woozy), перемешанный (jumbled). (various references)

Scottish

ulag (block, block for pulley, oatmeal and water mixed), cothlamadh (things of a different nature mixed together). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

mešovit (bastard, medley), pomešan (impure, mingled). (various references)

Spanish

mixto (assorted, joint), mezclado (admixed, blended, crossbred, mingled, mixed up, scrambled). (various references)

Swedish

blandad (assorted, composite, compositive, farraginous, medley, miscellaneous, motley, promiscuous, scratch). (various references)

Tahitian

'ano'ihia. (various references)

Thai

ที่ผสมกัน. (various references)

Turkish

melez (cross, crossbred, half breed, half caste, halfblood, halfblooded, half-bred, hybrid, mestizo, mongrel, mulatto), katışık (base, impure), karma (combined, composite, integrated, karma, mixing, olio, public-private, shuffle, shuffling), karışmış (afoul, confused, entangled, foul, in disorder, involved, inwrought, mingled, puzzled), karışık (adulterated, blended, calico, chequered, combined, complicated, composite, compound, confused, deep, disconcerted, disordered, disorderly, disorganized, hugger mugger, huggermugger, hybrid, inexplicit, inextricable, intricate, involute, involved, kinky, knotted, knotty, mazy, medley, miscellaneous, motley, obscure, out of square, promiscuous, turbid, unclassified, unsized, woolly, wooly). (various references)

Turkmen 

garyюyk. (various references)

Ukrainian

різнорідний (dissimilar, medley, motley, promiscuous), змішаний (admixed, amalgamate, bastard, blended, blent, hotchpotch, hybrid, mashy, medley, promiscuous). (various references)

Vietnamese 

pha trộn, lúng túng; sửng sốt, lẫn lộn (confused, farraginous). (various references)

Welsh

cymysg. (various references)

ha, NE-ra. (various references)

admixtis, migma, mixta, promiscus promiscuus, promiscuus. (various references)

mixticius. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Derivations

Words ending with "mixed": admixed, bemixed, commixed, immixed, intermixed, overmixed, premixed, remixed, unmixed. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Mixed" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: imex, Majed, maxed, maxen, Maxet, maxey, maxxed, medex, Mexted, mezed, miced, midex, mied, Miedz, Migeod, miked, mixa, mixd, mixe, mixel, mixet, mixo, mized, muxed, mxd, mxe. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-1 letter: dime, idem.

-2 letters: dex, die, dim, med, mid, mix.

-3 letters: de, ed, em, ex, id, me, mi, xi.

+2 letters: admixed, admixes, bemixed, immixed, remixed, unmixed.

+3 letters: climaxed, commixed, examined, exordium, monoxide, premixed.

+4 letters: admixture, endomixis, exclaimed, exodermis, exordiums, maximised, maximized, mediatrix, monoxides, overmixed, taxidermy.

+5 letters: admixtures, extermined, intermixed, maxilliped, reexamined, taxidermic, unexamined.