(chemistry) The formation of a complex; complexation
verb
present participle of complex
complexion
complexion
noun
(figuratively) The outward appearance of something.
(loanword, especially in scientific works translated from German) An arrangement.
(obsolete, medicine) The combination of humours making up one's physiological "temperament", being either hot or cold, and moist or dry.
Outlook, attitude, or point of view.
The quality, colour, or appearance of the skin on the face.
verb
(transitive) To give a colour to.
epipharynx
epipharynx
noun
(anatomy, rare) The nasopharynx.
(zoology) A structure that overlaps the mouth in certain insects.
exaspidean
exaspidean
adj
(zoology) Having the anterior scutes extending around the tarsus on the outer side, leaving the inner side naked; said of certain birds.
exceptions
exceptions
noun
plural of exception
excerpting
excerpting
noun
The act of taking an excerpt.
verb
present participle of excerpt
excerption
excerption
noun
That which is selected or gleaned; an extract.
The act of excerpting or selecting.
exemptions
exemptions
noun
plural of exemption
expandible
expansible
expansible
adj
expandable
expansibly
expansibly
adv
In an expansible manner.
expansions
expansions
noun
plural of expansion
expedience
expedience
noun
(obsolete) An expedition; enterprise; adventure.
(uncountable) The quality of being fit or suitable to cause some desired end or the purpose intended; propriety or advisability under the particular circumstances of a case.
Something that is expedient.
Speed, haste or urgency.
expediency
expediency
noun
(countable) An expedient.
(obsolete) Haste; dispatch.
(uncountable) Pursuit of the course of action that brings the desired effect even if it is unjust or unprincipled.
(uncountable) The quality of being fit or suitable to effect some desired end or the purpose intended; suitability for particular circumstance or situation.
expediente
expedients
expedients
noun
plural of expedient
expediment
expediment
noun
Obsolete form of expedient.
expediting
expediting
verb
present participle of expedite
expedition
expedition
noun
(collective) The group of people making such excursion.
(military) An important or long journey, for example a march or a voyage
(now rare) The quality of being expedite; speed, quickness.
(obsolete) The act of expediting something; prompt execution.
A military journey; an enterprise against some enemy or into enemy territory.
A trip, especially a long one, made by a person or a group of people for a specific purpose
The process or activities of performing expediter tasks.
verb
(intransitive) To take part in a trip or expedition; to travel.
expendible
expendible
adj
Alternative form of expendable
expenditor
experience
experience
noun
(countable) A collection of events and/or activities from which an individual or group may gather knowledge, opinions, and skills.
(countable) An activity one has performed.
(obsolete, uncountable) Trial; a test or experiment.
(uncountable) The knowledge thus gathered.
The effect upon the judgment or feelings produced by any event, whether witnessed or participated in; personal and direct impressions as contrasted with description or fancies; personal acquaintance; actual enjoyment or suffering.
verb
(transitive) To observe certain events; undergo a certain feeling or process; or perform certain actions that may alter one or contribute to one's knowledge, opinions, or skills.
experiment
experiment
noun
(obsolete) Experience, practical familiarity with something.
A test under controlled conditions made to either demonstrate a known truth, examine the validity of a hypothesis, or determine the efficacy or likelihood of something previously untried.
verb
(intransitive) To conduct an experiment.
(transitive, obsolete) To experience; to feel; to perceive; to detect.
(transitive, obsolete) To test or ascertain by experiment; to try out; to make an experiment on.
expiations
expiations
noun
plural of expiation
expilation
expiration
expiration
noun
(euphemistic) The last emission of breath; death.
A cessation, extinction, ending
Emission of volatile matter; exhalation.
That which is produced by breathing out, as a sound.
The act of expiring.
The act or process of breathing out, or forcing air from the lungs through the nose or mouth
expiringly
expiringly
adv
While expiring or dying.
explainers
explainers
noun
plural of explainer
explaining
explaining
noun
explanation
verb
present participle of explain
explanting
explanting
verb
present participle of explant
explicanda
explicanda
noun
plural of explicandum
exploiting
exploiting
verb
present participle of exploit
explosions
explosions
noun
plural of explosion
expositing
expositing
verb
present participle of exposit
exposition
exposition
noun
(authorship) An essay or speech in which any topic is discussed in detail.
(authorship) An opening section in fiction, in which background information about the characters, events or setting is conveyed.
(authorship) The act or process of declaring or describing something through either speech or writing; the portions and aspects of a piece of writing that exist mainly to describe the setting, characters and other non-plot elements.
(music) The opening section of a movement in sonata form; the opening section of a fugue.
(obsolete) The act of expulsion, or being expelled, from a place.
An exhibition, especially of goods, artwork or cultural displays to the public.
The abandonment of an unwanted child.
The action of exposing something to something, such as skin to the sunlight.
expounding
expounding
noun
The act by which something is expounded.
verb
present participle of expound
expressing
expressing
adj
(biochemistry) That translates or transcribes nucleic acid.
verb
present participle of express
expression
expression
noun
(biology) (manufacturing) The act of pressing or squeezing out.
(biology) The process of translating a gene into a protein.
(mathematics) An arrangement of symbols denoting values, operations performed on them, and grouping symbols.
(mostly preceded by with) emotional involvement or engagement in a text read aloud rendered by the voice of the reciter or the reader
(music) The tone of voice or sound in music.
(programming) A piece of code in a high-level language that returns a value.
A colloquialism or idiom.
A facial appearance usually associated with an emotion.
A particular way of phrasing an idea.
A specific blend of whisky.
The action of expressing thoughts, ideas, feelings, etc.
expulsions
expulsions
noun
plural of expulsion
expunction
expunction
noun
The act of expunging or erasing.
The condition of being expunged.
exspuition
exspuition
noun
(obsolete) The act of spitting.
externship
externship
noun
An experiential learning opportunity, usually offered by a school, similar to an internship, but generally shorter in duration.
inexpected
inexpected
adj
Obsolete form of unexpected.
inexpertly
inexpertly
adv
In an inexpert manner.
inexpiable
inexpiable
adj
That cannot be expiated or atoned for; unforgivable.
inexpiably
inexpiably
adv
In an inexpiable manner or degree; permitting no atonement.
inexpleble
inexplicit
inexplicit
adj
Not explicit.
inexposure
inexposure
noun
A state of not being exposed.
inspectrix
inspectrix
noun
A female inspector.
inspeximus
inspeximus
noun
(historical) A confirmation and reaffirmation of one or several royal grants made in the past, generally at the request of a putative beneficiary.
lexiphanes
lexiphanes
noun
plural of lexiphane
lexiphanic
lexiphanic
adj
Using bombastic or pretentious wording or language.
lipoxenous
misexplain
misexplain
verb
(transitive) To explain incorrectly.
misexpound
misexpound
verb
To expound erroneously.
optomeninx
oxyproline
oxyproline
noun
(biochemistry) a lactam of glutamic acid
paroxazine
peptotoxin
peptotoxin
noun
A poisonous ptomaine found in peptones and in putrefying albuminous substances, such as fibrin, casein, brain, liver, and muscle.
periaxonal
periaxonal
adj
(anatomy) Surrounding an axon (of a nerve).
perionyxis
permixtion
permixtion
noun
Obsolete form of permission.
peroxiding
peroxiding
verb
present participle of peroxide
perplexing
perplexing
adj
Bewildering.
Confusing or puzzling.
verb
present participle of perplex
petroxolin
phoenixity
pixinesses
plaintexts
plaintexts
noun
plural of plaintext
praxeanist
precentrix
precentrix
noun
A female precentor.
preexamine
preexamine
verb
(transitive) To examine beforehand.
preexilian
preexplain
prefixions
prefixions
noun
plural of prefixion
preflexion
preflexion
adj
(zoology) Before the flexion stage of larval development
pretexting
pretexting
verb
present participle of pretext
prolixness
prolixness
noun
prolixity
pseudaxine
pyridoxine
pyridoxine
noun
(biochemistry) A derivative of pyridine, 4,5-bis(hydroxymethyl)-2-methylpyridin-3-ol, found in fish, liver, cereals and yeast, and essential for the metabolism of amino acids and starch.
pyroxenite
pyroxenite
noun
(geology) A heavy, dark igneous rock consisting mostly of pyroxene minerals with smaller amounts of olivine and hornblende.
pyroxenoid
pyroxenoid
noun
(mineralogy) any of a large group of minerals physically resembling pyroxene
pyroxyline
pyroxyline
noun
Archaic form of pyroxylin.
reexposing
reexposing
verb
present participle of reexpose
sextonship
sextonship
noun
The office or position of a sexton.
sextupling
sextupling
verb
present participle of sextuple
sixtypenny
sphinxlike
sphinxlike
adj
Like a sphinx, or like that of a sphinx. Especially, not showing emotion
Mysterious; scheming; having a deceptive outward appearance
spinifexes
spinifexes
noun
plural of spinifex
swinepoxes
unexpiable
unexpiable
adj
Not expiable.
unexpiated
unexpiated
adj
Not expiated.
unexpiring
unexpiring
verb
present participle of unexpire
unexplicit
unexplicit
adj
Not explicit, relatively ambiguous.
unpermixed
unprefixal
unprefixed
unprefixed
adj
Not prefixed; without a prefix.
vaginopexy
xenopeltid
xenopeltid
noun
(zoology) Any snake in the family Xenopeltidae.
xenophobia
xenophobia
noun
A fear of aliens.
A fear of strangers or foreigners.
A hatred of strangers or foreigners.
A strong antipathy or aversion to strangers or foreigners.
xenophobic
xenophobic
adj
Exhibiting or characterised by xenophobia, a fear or hatred of strangers or foreigners.
noun
A xenophobe.
xenophonic
xenopodoid
xenotropic
xenotropic
adj
(biology) Describing a virus growing in tissue of an organism other than its normal host