Anagrams of: XISM__

• a person believed to bring bad luck to those around him

• an evil spell

• cast a spell over someone or something; put a hex on someone or something

• foredoom to failure

• a saying that is widely accepted on its own merits

• English inventor (born in the United States) who invented the Maxim gun that was used in World War I (1840-1916)

• a constellation in the Southern Hemisphere near Puppis and Antlia

• fruit of such plants as the plantain; a capsule whose upper part falls off when the seeds are released

• a small box used by ancient Greeks to hold medicines

• A case of confusion.

• a saying that is widely accepted on its own merits

• English inventor (born in the United States) who invented the Maxim gun that was used in World War I (1840-1916)

• creeping evergreen shrub having narrow overlapping leaves and early white star-shaped flowers; of the pine barrens of New Jersey and the Carolinas

• (folklore) fairies that are somewhat mischievous

• type genus of the Cimicidae: bedbugs

• mix together different elements

• A case of confusion.