(cytology, histology, pathology) preservation of biological tissues from decay due to autolysis or putrefaction.
(genetics) The change in a gene pool from a situation where there exists at least two variants of a particular gene (allele) to a situation where only one of the alleles remains.
(law) Recording a creative work in a medium of expression for more than a transitory duration, thereby satisfying the "fixation" requirement for the purposes of copyright law.
(ophthalmology) maintaining of the gaze on a single location.
(orthopaedics) process by which an injury is rendered immobile.
A state of mind involving obsession with a particular person, idea, or thing.
In metals, a state of resistance to evaporation or volatilization by heat.
The act of fixing.
The act of uniting chemically with a solid substance or in a solid form; reduction to a non-volatile condition; -- said of volatile elements.
The act or process of ceasing to be fluid and becoming firm.
The state of being fixed or fixated.
fixations
fixations
noun
plural of fixation
fixative
fixative
adj
Serving to fix or bind.
noun
(perfumery) The components of a perfume that prolong or bolster the notes, and may or may not be the base note itself.
A substance that fixes, protects, or preserves.
fixatives
fixatives
noun
plural of fixative
fixator
fixator
noun
(anatomy) Any muscle that fixes, or limits the movement, of a bone or joint
fixature
fixature
noun
(historical) A gummy preparation for fixing the hair in place.
fixe
fixe
verb
Archaic form of fix.
fixed
fixed
adj
(dialectal, informal) Surgically rendered infertile (spayed, neutered or castrated).
(law) Of sound, recorded on a permanent medium.
(of a problem) Resolved; corrected.
Attached; affixed.
Chemically stable.
Not changing, not able to be changed, staying the same.
Repaired
Rigged; fraudulently prearranged.
Stationary.
Supplied with what one needs.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of fix
fixedly
fixedly
adv
Firmly, resolutely.
In a fixed manner: steadily, without shifting one's gaze.
In a fixed manner: unchangingly, without changing one's expression.
fixedness
fixedness
noun
The state or condition of being fixed.
fixednesses
fixednesses
noun
plural of fixedness
fixer
fixer
noun
(criminal justice, law) A person who arranges immunity for defendants by tampering with the justice system via bribery or extortion, especially as a business endeavor for profit.
(journalism) A person who assists foreign journalists in volatile countries, often providing interpretation, personal connections, and transportation services.
(photography) A chemical (sodium thiosulfate) used in photographic development that fixes the image in place, preventing further chemical reactions.
(real estate, US) A fixer-upper.
A person who serves as an agent to arrange for a desired result, perhaps by improper means.
Agent noun of fix; one who, or that which, fixes.
fixers
fixers
noun
plural of fixer
fixes
fixes
noun
plural of fix
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of fix
fixgig
fixidity
fixidity
noun
(obsolete) The quality of being fixed.
fixin
fixing
fixing
noun
(UK, usually in the plural) Something to aid attachment during construction (screws, wall plugs, etc)
See fixings.
The act of subverting (fixing) a vote.
verb
(Southern US, slang, with infinitive) Going; preparing; ready. Only used in fixing to.
present participle of fix
fixings
fixings
noun
Side dishes or other appropriate accompaniments such as condiments; trimmings.
The necessary ingredients or components (for something, especially food or a social event).
plural of fixing
fixion
fixit
fixities
fixities
noun
plural of fixity
fixity
fixity
noun
(countable) Something fixed.
(programming) The position of an operator relative to its operand (prefix, postfix) or operands (infix).
(uncountable) The state or condition of being fixed.
fixive
fixive
adj
(obsolete) fixative
fixt
fixt
verb
(obsolete) simple past tense and past participle of fix
fixture
fixture
noun
(computing, programming) A state that can be recreated, used as a baseline for running software tests.
(law) Something that is fixed in place, especially a permanent appliance or other item of personal property that is considered part of a house and is sold with it; compare fitting, furnishing.
(sports, chiefly Britain, Commonwealth, Ireland) A scheduled match.
A lighting unit; a luminaire.
A regular patron of a place or institution; a person constantly present at a certain place.
A work-holding or support device used in the manufacturing industry.
verb
(transitive) To furnish with, as, or in a fixture.
(transitive, sports, Australia, New Zealand) To schedule (a match).
(rare) Having the power to change somebody's mind.
flexibilities
flexibilities
noun
plural of flexibility
flexibility
flexibility
noun
The quality of being flexible; suppleness; pliability.
The quality of having options.
flexibilty
flexible
flexible
adj
Capable of being flexed or bent without breaking; able to be turned or twisted without breaking.
Capable or being adapted or molded in some way.
Willing or prone to give way to the influence of others; not invincibly rigid or obstinate.
noun
(chiefly engineering and manufacturing) Something that is flexible.
flexibleness
flexibleness
noun
The state or quality of being flexible.
flexibly
flexibly
adv
in a flexible manner
flexile
flexile
adj
Flexible; capable of being repeatedly flexed without breaking.
flexility
flexility
noun
The quality or degree of being flexile.
flexing
flexing
noun
The action of the verb flex; a bending of something, a tightening of the muscles.
verb
present participle of flex
flexion
flexion
noun
(grammar, dated) The variation of words by declension, comparison, or conjugation; inflection.
Deviation from straightness.
The act of bending a joint, especially a bone joint; the counteraction of extension.
The state of being bent or flexed.
flexional
flexional
adj
Dated form of flectional.
flexionless
flexionless
adj
(grammar, dated) inflectionless
flexions
flexions
noun
plural of flexion
flexitime
flexitime
noun
An arrangement that allows employees to set their own working hours within agreed limits; normally must include certain periods (core time) when they must be at work.
flexity
flexive
flexographic
flexographic
adj
Of or pertaining to flexography
flexographically
flexographically
adv
By means of flexography.
flexowriter
flextime
flexuosities
flexuosities
noun
plural of flexuosity
flexuosity
flexuosity
noun
A flexuous point; a sinuous curve.
Quality of being flexuous.
flix
flix
noun
(slang) Alternative form of flicks (motion pictures)
The soft fur of some animals, especially the beaver.
flixweed
flixweed
noun
A tall, herbaceous flowering plant, Descurainia sophia, related to mustard
fluidacetextract
fluidextract
fluidextract
noun
Dated form of fluid extract.
flummoxing
flummoxing
adj
Confusing, flustering, flabbergasting.
verb
present participle of flummox
fluoxetines
fluxation
fluxation
noun
The act of fluxing; a flowing or passing away.
fluxibility
fluxibility
noun
The quality of being fluxible.
fluxible
fluxible
adj
Capable of being melted or fused.
fluxibleness
fluxibleness
noun
The state or quality of being fluxible.
fluxibly
fluxile
fluxile
adj
fluxible
fluxility
fluxility
noun
(obsolete) The state of being fluxible.
fluxing
fluxing
verb
present participle of flux
fluxion
fluxion
noun
(obsolete, mathematics) The derivative of a function.
(rare or archaic) A difference or variation.
(rare or archaic) The action of flowing.
verb
(geology) To be distributed in a flowing pattern.
fluxional
fluxional
adj
(chemistry, of a compound) That undergoes rapid intramolecular rearrangements, component atoms being interchanged among equivalent structures.
Pertaining to, or having the nature of, fluxion or fluxions; variable; inconstant.
fluxionally
fluxionally
adv
In a fluxional manner.
fluxionary
fluxionary
adj
(medicine) Pertaining to, or caused by, an increased flow of blood to a part; congestive.
fluxional
fluxionist
fluxionist
noun
One skilled in fluxions.
fluxions
fluxions
noun
(obsolete, mathematics) differential calculus
plural of fluxion
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of fluxion
fluxive
fluxive
adj
flowing; lacking solidity
foix
formaldehydesulphoxylic
formaldoxime
formaldoxime
noun
(organic chemistry) An organic compound with the formula H2C=NOH; the oxime of formaldehyde, used as a reagent in organic synthesis.
formamidoxime
formamidoxime
noun
(organic chemistry) isuretin
formoxime
fornaxid
fornicatrix
fornicatrix
noun
A female fornicator.
fornix
fornix
noun
(neuroanatomy) A triangular area of white matter in the mammalian brain beneath the corpus callosum and between the hippocampus and the hypothalamus.
The junction where the conjunctiva lining the eyelid meets the conjunctiva overlying the sclera.
The vaulted upper part of the vagina surrounding the uterine cervix.
(mycology, chiefly US) Bioluminescence created by some types of fungus, particularly those growing on rotting wood.
foxfires
foxfish
foxfish
noun
An Australian fish, Bodianus frenchii, and related species.
Certain species in the genus Siganus with distinctive black stripes on the face.
The common dragonet (Callionymus lyra), of European waters.
The fox shark or sea fox.
foxfishes
foxhuntings
foxie
foxie
noun
(informal) fox terrier
Diminutive of fox
foxier
foxier
adj
comparative form of foxy: more foxy
foxiest
foxiest
adj
superlative form of foxy: most foxy
foxily
foxily
adv
In a foxy manner.
foxiness
foxiness
noun
The characteristic or quality of being foxy
foxinesses
foxing
foxing
noun
(printing) The discoloration of printed material with brown marks.
A band of material joining the upper of a shoe to the sole.
Crafty or wily behavior.
verb
present participle of fox
foxings
foxings
noun
plural of foxing
foxish
foxish
adj
Like or characteristic of a fox; foxlike; (by extension) sly.
foxite
foxite
Noun
A Whig following the political philosophy of
foxlike
foxlike
adj
Like a fox.
foxship
foxship
noun
(Used as a mock title) The fox.
The character or qualities of a fox; foxiness; craftiness; cunning.
foxskin
foxskin
noun
The pelt of a fox.
foxskins
foxskins
noun
plural of foxskin
foxtail
foxtail
noun
(metallurgy) The last cinders obtained in the fining process.
A dry spikelet or spikelet seed and flower cluster of some grasses
Acalypha hispida, chenille plant.
Any of various grasses having bushy seed spikelets that resemble the tail of a fox
Bromus madritensis, foxtail brome.
Hordeum jubatum, foxtail barley.
Lycopodiella alopecuroides, foxtail clubmoss.
The tail of a fox.
Wodyetia bifurcata, foxtail palm.
species of Setaria, foxtail millets.
species of genus Alopecurus, foxtail grasses.
foxtailed
foxtails
foxtails
noun
plural of foxtail
foxtrotting
foxtrotting
verb
present participle of foxtrot
francaix
fraxetin
fraxetin
noun
(organic chemistry) A hydrolysis product of fraxin; 7,8-dihydroxy-6-methoxycoumarin.
fraxin
fraxin
noun
(organic chemistry) A colourless crystalline substance, regarded as a glucoside, found in the bark of the ash (Fraxinus) and along with esculin in the bark of the horse-chestnut. It is faintly fluorescent in alkaline solutions.
fraxinella
fraxinella
noun
A fragrant herb in the rue family, Dictamnus albus
fraxinellas
fraxinellas
noun
plural of fraxinella
fraxinus
fricandeaux
frixion
frontomaxillary
frontomaxillary
adj
(anatomy) frontal and maxillary
fucoxanthin
fucoxanthin
noun
(organic chemistry) A carotenoid pigment found in the chloroplasts of brown algae.
fucoxanthine
fucoxanthins
fucoxanthins
noun
plural of fucoxanthin
fundatrix
fundatrix
noun
(zoology) A female aphid hatched in the spring from an overwintering egg.
fungitoxic
fungitoxic
adj
That is toxic to fungi.
fungitoxicity
fungitoxicity
noun
The quality of being fungitoxic.
genuflexion
genuflexion
noun
Alternative spelling of genuflection
halifax
halifax
Proper noun
an industrial town in Yorkshire, England, 20km south-east of Leeds.
the capital city of Nova Scotia, Canada.
a small town in North Carolina, USA
a town in Virginia, USA
hexafluoride
hexafluoride
noun
(chemistry) any fluoride containing six fluorine atoms in each molecule
hexafoil
hexafoil
noun
A design with six round semicircular petals stemming from a central circle.
hrimfaxi
hyperflexibility
hyperflexibility
noun
The condition of being hyperflexible
hyperflexible
hyperflexible
adj
Extremely flexible.
hyperflexibleness
hyperflexibly
hyperflexion
hyperflexion
noun
Excessive flexion of a joint.
ideefixe
idioreflex
infix
infix
noun
(linguistics) A morpheme inserted inside an existing word, such as -bloody- in English.
(linguistics, proscribed) A morpheme that always appears between other morphemes in a word, such as -i- and -o- in English (i.e. an interfix).
verb
(transitive) To instill.
(transitive, archaic) To set; to fasten or fix by piercing or thrusting in.
(transitive, linguistics) To insert a morpheme inside an existing word.
infixal
infixal
adj
(of a term) Taking the role of an infix.
(of a word) That may be modified by the addition of an infix.
infixation
infixation
noun
(grammar) The state or quality of being infixed.
(linguistic morphology) Word-formation involving an infix or infixes; adding an infix to a word.
infixations
infixations
noun
plural of infixation
infixed
infixed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of infix
infixes
infixes
noun
plural of infix
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of infix
infixing
infixing
verb
present participle of infix
infixion
infixion
noun
(linguistics) The addition of an infix.
infixions
infixions
noun
plural of infixion
inflex
inflex
verb
To bend; to cause to become curved; to make crooked; to deflect.