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- noun Plural form of
fixative .
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Examples
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All of which points to a paradox: The main aim of taxidermy, through its manikins and fixatives and sleights of hand, is maximum verisimilitude.
Wildlife Without Life Elizabeth Lowry 2011
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We stopped into a crafts store where she loaded her basket with an assortment of baubles, fixatives and unusual miniature artifacts she needed for something she was creating for Jim, her new boyfriend.
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Test not only the paints, pens and pigments, but also the paper, varnishes, and fixatives.
Archive 2010-04-01 James Gurney 2010
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Claude was well aware of the previous importance to the perfume industry of ambergris, a substance secreted by temporarily infirm whales, but he was convinced that petrochemical and coal tar fixatives were completely adequate substitutes.
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We stopped into a crafts store where she loaded her basket with an assortment of baubles, fixatives and unusual miniature artifacts she needed for something she was creating for Jim, her new boyfriend.
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Acrylate polymer substances are rubbery fixatives, also found in hair sprays, that allow a sunscreen to hold up to water, sweat, and rubbing, but they work by forming a film on your skin.
Simple Skin Beauty Ellen Marmur 2009
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Acrylate polymer substances are rubbery fixatives, also found in hair sprays, that allow a sunscreen to hold up to water, sweat, and rubbing, but they work by forming a film on your skin.
Simple Skin Beauty Ellen Marmur 2009
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These are just testers and I'm some what cautious about using fixatives in my sculptures.
Outgrowths and Branches Chris Finnegan 2009
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Acrylate polymer substances are rubbery fixatives, also found in hair sprays, that allow a sunscreen to hold up to water, sweat, and rubbing, but they work by forming a film on your skin.
Simple Skin Beauty Ellen Marmur 2009
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Dr Rui Jiang, leading the research, said high levels of nitrites are used in cured meats such as bacon as preservatives, anti-bacterial agents and colour fixatives.
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