fixation

fixation is a 8-letter English word with 8 senses as noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: The act of fixing, or the state of being fixed. Face value is 18 in Scrabble and 19 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

8 letters · Scrabble 18 · Words With Friends 19 · 8 senses

Definitions

1. noun. The act of fixing, or the state of being fixed.
2. noun. The act of uniting chemically with a solid substance or in a solid form; reduction to a non-volatile condition; -- said of gaseous elements.
3. noun. The act or process of ceasing to be fluid and becoming firm.
4. noun. A state of resistance to evaporation or volatilization by heat; -- said of metals.
5. noun. (histology) the preservation and hardening of a tissue sample to retain as nearly as possible the same relations they had in the living body

   Synonyms: fixing

6. noun. the activity of fastening something firmly in position
7. noun. an unhealthy and compulsive preoccupation with something or someone

   Synonyms: obsession

8. noun. an abnormal state in which development has stopped prematurely

   Synonyms: regression

Synonyms

fixing, obsession, regression

Common word forms

fixations

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