The identification of the sex of newborn chicks by their physical appearance, possible with certain breeds of poultry.
axiologies
axiologies
noun
plural of axiology
axiologist
axiologist
noun
A person, especially a philosopher, who studies theory of value.
bisglyoxaline
coxalgias
coxalgias
noun
plural of coxalgia
coxalgies
coxalgies
noun
plural of coxalgy
coxswaining
coxswaining
verb
present participle of coxswain
desexualizing
desexualizing
verb
present participle of desexualize
disoxygenate
disoxygenate
verb
(chemistry, transitive) To deprive of oxygen; to deoxidize.
disoxygenation
disoxygenation
Noun
deoxidation
exactingness
exactingness
noun
The state of being exacting.
exaggerations
exaggerations
noun
plural of exaggeration
exaggerativeness
exaggerativeness
noun
The state of being exaggerative.
exasperating
exasperating
adj
That exasperates, infuriates, annoys or irritates
verb
present participle of exasperate
exasperatingly
exasperatingly
adv
In an exasperating manner; frustratingly.
excogitates
excogitates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of excogitate
excruciatingness
exhausting
exhausting
adj
Very tiring.
verb
present participle of exhaust
exhaustingly
exhaustingly
adv
In an exhausting manner.
exogamies
exogamies
noun
plural of exogamy
exogastric
exogastric
adj
Of the shell of a mollusc, curving forwards towards the head.
Outside of the stomach.
exogastrically
exogastrically
adv
In an exogastric manner.
exogastritis
expiscating
expiscating
verb
present participle of expiscate
expostulating
expostulating
verb
present participle of expostulate
expostulatingly
expostulatingly
adv
With expostulations.
expurgations
expurgations
noun
plural of expurgation
exsanguinate
exsanguinate
verb
(intransitive) To die by means of blood loss.
(transitive) To drain a body (living or dead) of blood.
(transitive) To kill by means of blood loss.
exsanguinated
exsanguinated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of exsanguinate
exsanguinating
exsanguinating
verb
present participle of exsanguinate
exsanguination
exsanguination
noun
(pathology) Excessive loss of blood due to hemorrhage.
Bloodletting.
Hemorrhage.
Slaughter of an animal by cutting its throat and allowing it to bleed out, especially for the production of halal and kosher meat.
exsanguine
exsanguine
adj
Lacking blood; anemic
exsanguineous
exsanguineous
adj
destitute of blood; anaemic; exsanguious
exsanguinity
exsanguinity
noun
(medicine) Lack of blood.
exsanguinous
exsanguinous
adj
Alternative form of exsanguious
exsanguious
exsanguious
adj
(zoology) Without true, or red, blood.
Destitute of blood.
exsiccating
exsiccating
verb
present participle of exsiccate
externalising
externalising
verb
present participle of externalise
extinguishable
extinguishable
adj
Able to be extinguished.
extinguishant
extinguishant
adj
That serves to extinguish
noun
An extinguishing medium such as water, chemical powders, gases (CO2,Halon etc)
extinguisher, especially a fire extinguisher
extragastric
extragastric
adj
Outside of the stomach
extralinguistic
extralinguistic
adj
Outside the realm of linguistics.
extralinguistically
extralinguistically
adv
Outside of language.
extraorganismal
extraorganismal
adj
That exists outside of an organism
extraphysiological
extrasyllogistic
extrasyllogistic
adj
Outside of a syllogism.
extravagancies
extravagancies
noun
plural of extravagancy
extravasating
extravasating
adj
That undergoes extravasation
verb
present participle of extravasate
galaxias
galaxias
noun
Any of the fish of the genus Galaxias.
galaxies
galaxies
noun
plural of galaxy
galvanotaxis
galvanotaxis
noun
(biology) The movement of an organism either towards or away from an electric current
ganglioplexus
gastrostaxis
gastrostaxis
noun
(medicine, obsolete) A slow haemorrhage from the stomach, not explained by ulceration or erosion.
gastrotaxis
gastroxynsis
gastroxynsis
noun
Intermittent gastrorrhea
geotaxis
geotaxis
noun
(biology) A downward movement.
(biology) A living creature's ability to move by orienting itself by gravitational forces.
gloxinias
gloxinias
noun
plural of gloxinia
hexastigm
hygroexpansivity
inexpugnableness
inextinguishability
inextinguishability
noun
The state of not being extinguishable.
inextinguishable
inextinguishable
adj
Incapable of being extinguished, not extinguishable.
inextinguishables
inextinguishably
inextinguishably
adv
In a way that cannot be extinguished; immortally.
instigatrix
instigatrix
noun
female equivalent of instigator
juxtaposing
juxtaposing
noun
An act of juxtaposition.
verb
present participle of juxtapose
laryngemphraxis
laryngemphraxis
noun
(medicine) The closure or obstruction of the larynx.
legislatrix
legislatrix
noun
(archaic) A female legislator.
legislatrixes
lexicographers
lexicographers
noun
plural of lexicographer
lexicographies
lexicographies
noun
plural of lexicography
lexicographist
lexicographist
noun
(chiefly archaic) A student specialising in the discipline of lexicography; lexicographer.
maximising
maximising
verb
present participle of maximise
maxisingle
maxisingle
noun
Alternative form of maxi single
metagalaxies
metagalaxies
noun
plural of metagalaxy
myxangitis
myxogastric
myxospongiae
myxospongian
myxospongida
negotiatrixes
nonexactingness
nonextinguishable
organosiloxane
organosiloxane
noun
(organic chemistry) Any organic siloxane
overexaggerations
overexaggerations
noun
plural of overexaggeration
overexhausting
oxygenations
oxygenations
noun
plural of oxygenation
oxygeusia
pharyngemphraxis
pharyngoxerosis
plexiglas
plexiglass
plexiglass
noun
polymethyl methacrylate (polymer of methyl methacrylate), a tough transparent plastic used sometimes in lieu of glass.
praxeologies
praxeologies
noun
plural of praxeology
sacrocoxalgia
salpingemphraxis
salpingopexy
saxifraga
saxifragaceae
saxifragaceous
saxifragaceous
adj
(botany) Of or relating to an order of plants (Saxifragaceae) of which saxifrage is the type.
saxifragant
saxifrage
saxifrage
noun
Any plant in the genus Saxifraga.
saxifragous
saxifragous
adj
(obsolete, medicine) Dissolving bladder stones.
saxigenous
saxigenous
adj
Growing on rocks.
semihexagon
semihexagonal
semioxygenated
semioxygenated
adj
Combined with oxygen only in part.
sexagenarian
sexagenarian
adj
Of or related to sixtysomethings.
noun
Synonym of sixtysomething: a person between 60 and 69 years old.
sexagenarianism
sexagenarianism
noun
The condition of being between 60 and 69 years old.
sexagenarians
sexagenarians
noun
plural of sexagenarian; Individuals in their sixth decade of life.
sexagenaries
sexagenaries
noun
plural of sexagenary
sexagesima
sexagesimal
sexagesimal
adj
(mathematics) Of, related to, or based on the number sixty.
noun
(mathematics) A base-60 number.
(mathematics) A fraction involving division by 60; a sixtieth part of something.
sexagesimally
sexagesimally
adv
In the sexagesimal system.
sexagesimals
sexagesimals
noun
plural of sexagesimal
sexdigital
sexdigital
adj
Having six fingers on each hand or six toes on each foot
sexdigitate
sexdigitate
adj
sexdigital (having six fingers)
sexdigitated
sexological
sexological
adj
Of or relating to sexology.
sextuplicating
sextuplicating
verb
present participle of sextuplicate
sexualizing
sexualizing
verb
present participle of sexualize
shadowboxing
shadowboxing
noun
A form of solo exercise, involving throwing punches at the air, and not at an opponent.
verb
present participle of shadowbox
significatrix
significatrix
noun
A female significator.
superexacting
superexacting
adj
Very exacting.
supergalaxies
supergalaxies
noun
plural of supergalaxy
superoxygenating
superoxygenation
superoxygenation
noun
enrichment in oxygen
surtaxing
surtaxing
verb
present participle of surtax
thigmotaxes
thigmotaxes
noun
plural of thigmotaxis
thigmotaxis
thigmotaxis
noun
(biology) The movement of an organism either towards or away from the stimulus of physical contact.
toxicophagous
toxiphagus
transfixing
transfixing
verb
present participle of transfix
unexactingness
unexasperating
unexasperating
adj
Not exasperating.
unexpostulating
unexpostulating
adj
Not expostulating.
unextinguishable
unextinguishable
adj
Obsolete form of inextinguishable.
unextinguishableness
unextinguishableness
noun
inextinguishability
unextinguishably
unextinguishably
adv
In a way that cannot be extinguished.
waxings
waxings
noun
plural of waxing
waxwings
waxwings
noun
plural of waxwing
xenodiagnosis
xenodiagnosis
noun
(medicine) diagnosis of an infectious disease (especially of trypanosomiasis) by exposure to a vector of that disease, incubating the vector and examining it for the presence of the disease
xenodiagnostic
xenodiagnostic
adj
Of or pertaining to xenodiagnosis.
xenogamies
xenoglossia
xenoglossia
Noun
Knowledge of a language one has never learned.
xerographies
xerophagies
xerophagies
noun
plural of xerophagy
xiphopagous
xiphopagous
adj
(obsolete) Alternative form of xiphopagus
xiphopagus
xiphopagus
adj
(of conjoined twins) United at the xiphoid process.
noun
(countable) Either of a pair of congenitally joined twins (Siamese twin) united at the xiphoid process.