(rhetoric) Fine writing on a minor or trivial subject.
angiorrhexis
angiorrhexis
noun
(pathology) rupture of a blood vessel
archlexicographer
auxograph
auxographic
boxhauling
boxhauling
verb
present participle of boxhaul
carboxyhemoglobin
carboxyhemoglobin
noun
(biochemistry) The stable complex of carbon monoxide with hemoglobin; it prevents the normal complexing with oxygen and thus leads to anoxia
chromoxylograph
chromoxylograph
noun
A woodcut produced in colour.
chromoxylography
chromoxylography
noun
The art or technique of producing chromoxylographs.
coexchangeable
coexchangeable
adj
Able to be exchanged with each other.
dihexagonal
dihexagonal
adj
Consisting of two hexagonal parts united.
Having twelve similar faces.
doxographer
doxographer
noun
A classical historian who describes the opinions of Ancient Greek philosophers and scientists.
doxographical
doxographical
adj
relating to doxographers
doxography
doxography
noun
The work or works of classical historians describing the opinions of Ancient Greek philosophers and scientists.
englerophoenix
exhorting
exhorting
noun
exhortation
verb
present participle of exhort
exhortingly
exhortingly
adv
So as to exhort.
exognathion
exognathite
exograph
exophagous
exophagous
adj
Exhibiting or relating to exophagy.
exophagy
exophagy
noun
(rare) Cannibalism, of those outside a social group.
extraphysiological
flexographic
flexographic
adj
Of or pertaining to flexography
flexographically
flexographically
adv
By means of flexography.
flexography
flexography
noun
A method of printing using a rubber or polymer rotating printing plate, most commonly used for packaging (labels, tape etc.).
foxborough
foxhuntings
gastrohysteropexy
gastromyxorrhea
glossanthrax
glossanthrax
noun
A disease of horses and cattle accompanied by carbuncles in the mouth and on the tongue.
gymnothorax
hexaglot
hexaglot
adj
(rare) In six languages.
hexagon
hexagon
noun
(geometry) A polygon with six sides and six angles.
hexagonal
hexagonal
adj
(crystallography) Having three equal axes which cross at 60° angles, and an unequal axis which crosses the others at 90° angle.
(geometry) Having six edges, or having a cross-section in the form of a hexagon.
hexagonally
hexagonally
adv
In a hexagonal manner
hexagonial
hexagonical
hexagonical
adj
(obsolete) hexagonal
hexagonous
hexagonous
adj
(botany) hexagonal in section
hexagons
hexagons
noun
plural of hexagon
hexagrammoid
hexagrammos
hexagynous
hexagynous
adj
(botany) Having six styles.
hexametrographer
hexicological
hexicological
adj
Relating to hexicology.
hexicology
hexicology
noun
Alternative form of hexiology
hexiological
hexiological
adj
Alternative form of hexicological
hexiology
hexiology
noun
(obsolete) The science dealing with the relations of living creatures to other organisms, and to their surrounding conditions generally.
hexogen
hexogen
noun
The explosive RDX.
hoaxing
hoaxing
noun
The perpetration of a hoax.
verb
present participle of hoax
hygroexpansivity
hyperoxygenate
hyperoxygenate
verb
To oxygenate excessively
hyperoxygenating
hyperoxygenating
verb
present participle of hyperoxygenate
hyperoxygenation
hyperoxygenation
noun
(medicine) The administration of a higher than usual concentration of oxygen, or the condition of having such a concentration of oxygen.
hyperoxygenize
hyperoxygenized
hyperoxygenized
adj
Synonym of hyperoxygenated
hyperoxygenizing
lagothrix
laryngopharynx
laryngopharynx
noun
(anatomy) The part of the pharynx below and behind the larynx
laryngopharynxes
lexicographer
lexicographer
noun
One who writes or compiles a dictionary
lexicographers
lexicographers
noun
plural of lexicographer
lexicographian
lexicographic
lexicographic
adj
Like a dictionary, relating to lexicography (the writing of a dictionary).
lexicographical
lexicographical
adj
Meeting lexicographical standards or requirements; worthy of being included in a dictionary.
Relating to lexicography.
lexicographically
lexicographically
adv
(domain) From the perspective of lexicography.
(manner) In a lexicographical way.
(sequence) In lexicographical order.
lexicographies
lexicographies
noun
plural of lexicography
lexicographist
lexicographist
noun
(chiefly archaic) A student specialising in the discipline of lexicography; lexicographer.
lexicography
lexicography
noun
(countable) A dictionary, a lexicon, a wordbook.
(uncountable) The art or craft of compiling, writing, and editing dictionaries.
(uncountable, linguistics) The scholarly discipline of analysing and describing the semantic, syntagmatic and paradigmatic relationships within the lexicon (vocabulary) of a language and developing theories of dictionary components and structures linking the data in dictionaries.
loxodograph
loxodograph
noun
(nautical, obsolete) An apparatus that records the course that a ship has travelled
maxillopharyngeal
maxillopharyngeal
adj
Relating to the maxilla and the pharynx.
methylglyoxal
methylglyoxal
noun
(organic chemistry) The aldehyde form of pyruvic acid.
nonexchangeability
nonexchangeability
noun
The property of not being exchangeable.
nonexchangeable
nonexchangeable
adj
Not exchangeable; unable to be exchanged.
nonextinguishable
nonextinguished
overexhausting
oxygnathous
oxygnathous
adj
Having a smooth jaw
oxyhaemoglobin
oxyhaemoglobin
noun
(biochemistry) The form of haemoglobin, loosely combined with oxygen, present in arterial and capillary blood.
oxyhemoglobin
oxyhemoglobin
noun
(American spelling) Alternative form of oxyhaemoglobin
oxyhydrogen
oxyhydrogen
adj
Of, or using a mixture of, hydrogen and oxygen.
noun
(chemistry) A potentially explosive mixture of hydrogen and oxygen
paradoxographer
paradoxographer
noun
A writer of paradoxography.
paradoxographical
paradoxographical
adj
Relating to paradoxography.
pharyngomaxillary
pharyngomaxillary
adj
(anatomy) Relating to the pharynx and maxilla.
pharyngoxerosis
phenylglyoxylic
philoxygenous
photoxylography
photoxylography
noun
A process in which a photograph is printed on wood to use as a template for engraving
pseudohexagonal
pseudohexagonal
adj
being or pertaining to a pseudohexagon
pseudohexagonally
pseudohexagonally
adv
In a pseudohexagonal way.
roxburgh
roxburgh
Proper noun
a village in the Scottish Borders, Scotland
an ancient royal burgh near the village which was destroyed in 1460
a town in Central Otago, New Zealand.
roxburghe
roxburghiaceae
roxburghshire
roxburghshire
Proper noun
a historic county of Scotland abolished in 1975, and now a part of the Scottish Borders council area.
semihexagon
semihexagonal
shadowboxing
shadowboxing
noun
A form of solo exercise, involving throwing punches at the air, and not at an opponent.
verb
present participle of shadowbox
subhexagonal
subhexagonal
adj
Not quite hexagonal; approaching a hexagonal shape.
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.
thoroughwax
thoroughwax
noun
An umbelliferous plant (Bupleurum rotundifolium) with perfoliate leaves.
The thoroughwort.
toxicognath
toxicophagous
toxicophagy
toxiphagi
toxiphagus
unlexicographical
unlexicographically
xanthogen
xanthogen
noun
(chemistry, dated) Formerly, a hypothetical radical supposed to be characteristic of xanthic acid.
xanthogenamic
xanthogenamide
xanthogenate
xanthogenate
noun
xanthate
xanthogenic
xanthogenic
adj
(organic chemistry) xanthic
Producing a yellow colour
xerographer
xerographer
noun
A xerography machine; a photocopier.
xerographic
xerographic
adj
of, relating to, or produced by xerography
xerographically
xerographically
adv
In a xerographic way; by xerography.
xerographies
xerography
xerography
noun
A photocopying process in which a negative image formed on an electrically charged plate is transferred as a positive to paper and thermally fixed.
xerophagia
xerophagia
noun
The eating of dry food
xerophagies
xerophagies
noun
plural of xerophagy
xerophagy
xerophagy
noun
A restrictive diet (of bread and water, for example) as a punishment or religious form of discipline.
xiphopagic
xiphopagic
adj
(rare) Synonym of xiphopagus
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.
(uncountable) The condition of being such a twin.
xograph
xyloglyphy
xyloglyphy
noun
The art of carving in wood.
Work produced by this means.
xylograph
xylograph
noun
A print taken from such an engraving.
An engraving in wood or woodcut, especially one used in printing predating the Western tradition (14th c.).
verb
(transitive) To make a print from an engraving in wood.
xylographed
xylographed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of xylograph
xylographer
xylographer
noun
a person who makes xylographs
xylographers
xylographers
noun
plural of xylographer
xylographic
xylographic
adj
of or pertaining to xylographs
xylographical
xylographical
adj
xylographic
xylographically
xylographically
adv
By means of xylography.
xylographies
xylographies
noun
plural of xylography
xylographing
xylographing
verb
present participle of xylograph
xylography
xylography
noun
(rare) The art of making xylographs.
xylophaga
xylophagan
xylophagan
noun
Any wood-boring marine bivalve of the genus Xylophaga, which bores into wood.