(botany) Said of anthers that are attached to the filament at the top and pointing back toward the filament like a hook.
apoplexies
apoplexies
noun
plural of apoplexy
appendixed
appendixes
asphyxiate
asphyxiate
verb
(intransitive) To be smothered or suffocated.
(transitive) To smother or suffocate someone.
axiopoenus
cephalexin
cephalexin
noun
Alternative form of cefalexin
desmopexia
echopraxia
echopraxia
noun
The involuntary repetition or imitation of the observed movements of another.
epicalyxes
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.
exemplaric
exemplaric
adj
Relating to or characteristic of an exemplar
expandible
expansible
expansible
adj
expandable
expansibly
expansibly
adv
In an expansible manner.
expansions
expansions
noun
plural of expansion
expatiated
expatiated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of expatiate
expatiater
expatiates
expatiates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of expatiate
expatiator
expatiator
noun
One who expatiates.
expatriate
expatriate
adj
Living outside of one's own country.
noun
One who has been banished from one's own country.
One who lives outside one's own country.
verb
(intransitive) To renounce the rights and liabilities of citizenship where one is born and become a citizen of another country.
(intransitive) To withdraw from one’s native country.
(transitive) To banish; to drive or force (a person) from his own country; to make an exile of.
expeditate
expeditate
verb
(UK, obsolete, transitive, law, forest law) To deprive of the claws or the balls of the forefeet.
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
expiratory
expiratory
adj
Of or pertaining to expiration
expiscated
expiscated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of expiscate
expiscator
expiscator
noun
(formal, archaic, rare) One who expiscates.
explainers
explainers
noun
plural of explainer
explaining
explaining
noun
explanation
verb
present participle of explain
explanting
explanting
verb
present participle of explant
explicable
explicable
adj
Able to be explained.
explicably
explicably
adv
(rare) In a way that can be explained.
explicanda
explicanda
noun
plural of explicandum
explicated
explicated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of explicate
explicates
explicates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of explicate
explicator
explicator
noun
One who or that which explicates.
exploitage
exploitage
noun
exploitation
exprimable
extipulate
extirpated
extirpated
adj
(of a species) Locally extinct (though alive elsewhere).
verb
simple past tense and past participle of extirpate
extirpateo
extirpates
extirpates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of extirpate
extirpator
extirpator
noun
someone or something that extirpates
extropical
glycopexia
hexaplaric
hexaploidy
hexaploidy
noun
The property of being hexaploid.
hexapodies
hexapodies
noun
plural of hexapody
hexpartite
hexpartite
adj
hexapartite
holoplexia
imperatrix
imperatrix
noun
(historical or archaic) female equivalent of imperator; empress
inexpiable
inexpiable
adj
That cannot be expiated or atoned for; unforgivable.
inexpiably
inexpiably
adv
In an inexpiable manner or degree; permitting no atonement.
lexigraphy
lexigraphy
noun
(countable) A system of writing in which there is a one-to-one correspondence between symbols and words.
(uncountable) The representation of words in writing.
lexiphanes
lexiphanes
noun
plural of lexiphane
lexiphanic
lexiphanic
adj
Using bombastic or pretentious wording or language.
lipoxidase
lipoxidase
noun
(biochemistry) Any enzyme that catalyses the oxidation of unsaturated fatty acids
maxilliped
maxilliped
noun
One of the appendages on the heads of centipedes and some crustaceans behind the maxillae, used for feeding. The maxillipeds, known as forcipules, give centipedes their scientific name, Chilopoda (lip-foot).
misexample
misexplain
misexplain
verb
(transitive) To explain incorrectly.
oxyblepsia
paroxazine
periaxonal
periaxonal
adj
(anatomy) Surrounding an axon (of a nerve).
periphraxy
permixable
peroxidase
peroxidase
noun
(biochemistry) Any of a class of enzymes that act on substrates such as hydrogen peroxide and organic hydroperoxides such as lipid peroxides.
peroxidate
peroxyacid
peroxyacid
noun
Synonym of peracid (“acid containing an acidic -OOH group”)
phylaxises
plaintexts
plaintexts
noun
plural of plaintext
pleiotaxis
plexiglass
plexiglass
noun
polymethyl methacrylate (polymer of methyl methacrylate), a tough transparent plastic used sometimes in lieu of glass.
praxeanist
praxiteles
praxiteles
Proper noun
The most renowned of the sculptors of the 4th century BC, and the first to sculpt the nude female form in a life-size statue.
A on the planet measuring 182 in
A main-belt discovered in 1973.
preaxially
preaxially
adv
(anatomy) In front of an axis.
preexamine
preexamine
verb
(transitive) To examine beforehand.
preexilian
preexplain
prefixable
prefixable
adj
Capable of being added as a prefix.
prefixally
prefixally
adv
In a prefixal manner.
prelexical
prelexical
adj
(linguistics) Before the lexical stage.
premaxilla
premaxilla
noun
(anatomy) Either of a pair of bones in front of the maxillary bones in the upper vertebrate jaw
pseudaxine
separatrix
separatrix
noun
(mathematics) The boundary separating two modes of behavior in a differential equation.
(physics) The line between regions having different magnetic fields.
(typography) The proofreader's mark resembling a slash ⟨ / ⟩ or vertical bar ⟨ | ⟩ placed after a note in the margin to indicate that it should replace the item(s) struckthrough in the running text or to separate it from other margin notes.
(typography, historical) The ⟨L⟩ or pipe ⟨|⟩ mark formerly used to divide integers from decimals.
(typography, obsolete) Synonym of decimal point, which replaced such marks.
A terminator: a line on a partially-illuminated surface separating the lit and shaded regions.
sexpartite
sexpartite
adj
In six parts.
sextipolar
sextipolar
adj
Having six poles.
spectatrix
unexpiable
unexpiable
adj
Not expiable.
unexpiated
unexpiated
adj
Not expiated.
unprefixal
uteropexia
vaginopexy
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.