Nearing correctness; nearly exact; not perfectly accurate.
verb
(transitive) To carry or advance near; to cause to approach.
(transitive) To come near to; to approach.
(transitive, intransitive) To estimate.
autoxidizer
axodendrite
axonometric
axonometric
adj
(technical drawing) Describing a projection in which the horizontal and vertical axes are to the same scale, but the third axis is reduced to allow for perspective
centraxonia
coexecutrix
coexecutrix
noun
A joint executrix.
commixtures
commixtures
noun
plural of commixture
competitrix
competitrix
noun
(rare) A female competitor.
coxoceritic
detoxicator
dexiotropic
dexiotropic
adj
Having the form of a right-handed spiral
dextrosuria
enteropexia
enterotoxin
enterotoxin
noun
(biochemistry) Any of several toxins produced by intestinal bacteria
examinatory
exauthorize
exauthorize
verb
(obsolete, transitive) To deprive of authority.
excarnation
excarnation
noun
The act of removing flesh.
The burial practice of removing (or causing to be removed) the flesh and organs of the dead, leaving only the bones, especially the practice laying out corpses for vultures to strip bare.
exceptioner
exceptioner
noun
(obsolete) One who takes exceptions or protests.
excerptions
excerptions
noun
plural of excerption
excitomotor
excitomotor
adj
Alternative form of excitomotory
excogitator
excogitator
noun
One who excogitates.
excoriating
excoriating
verb
present participle of excoriate
excoriation
excoriation
noun
A severe verbal denouncing.
The act of excoriating or flaying.
The excoriated place, or the state of being excoriated or stripped of the skin; abrasion.
excorticate
excorticate
verb
(obsolete) To strip of bark or skin.
excretories
excretories
noun
plural of excretory
excruciator
excubitoria
excubitoria
noun
plural of excubitorium
excurvation
execrations
execrations
noun
plural of execration
executioner
executioner
noun
(archaic) Executor.
A hit man, especially being in some organization.
An official person who carries out the capital punishment of a criminal.
executorial
executorial
adj
Of or relating to an executive (branch of government etc.).
Of or relating to an executor.
exfoliatory
exfoliatory
adj
Relating to, or performing, exfoliation.
exhilarator
exhilarator
noun
One who, or that which, causes exhilaration.
exhortation
exhortation
noun
Language intended to incite and encourage
The act or practice of exhorting; the act of inciting to laudable deeds; incitement to that which is good or commendable.
exhortative
exhortative
adj
(comparable) Appearing to exhort; in an urging manner.
(grammar, not comparable) Inflected hortative verb form that a speaker uses to avidly encourage a listener.
noun
The exhortative mood.
exhortingly
exhortingly
adv
So as to exhort.
exometritis
exonerating
exonerating
verb
present participle of exonerate
exoneration
exoneration
noun
(uncountable) The state of being disburdened or freed from a charge.
An act of disburdening, discharging, or freeing morally from a charge or imputation.
exonerative
exonerative
adj
Freeing from a burden or obligation; tending to exonerate.
exorability
exorability
noun
The quality or state of being exorable.
exorbitance
exorbitance
noun
A large excess.
The state or characteristic of being exorbitant.
exorbitancy
exorbitancy
noun
Alternative form of exorbitance
exostracism
exostracize
exotericism
exotericism
noun
The quality of being widely known or exoteric.
expatiators
expatiators
noun
plural of expatiator
expatiatory
expatiatory
adj
expansive; diffusive
expirations
expirations
noun
plural of expiration
expiscatory
expiscatory
adj
(archaic) Tending to fish out; searching.
explanitory
explicators
explicators
noun
plural of explicator
explicatory
explicatory
adj
Explanatory; serving to explain logically or in detail.
exploration
exploration
noun
(medicine) A physical examination of a patient.
The (pre-)mining process of finding and determining commercially viable ore deposits (after prospecting), also called mineral exploration.
The process of exploring.
The process of penetrating, or ranging over for purposes of (especially geographical) discovery.
explorative
explorative
adj
exploratory
exportation
exportation
noun
(logic) Either the logical law ((P∧Q)→R)⇒(P→(Q→R)), or the rule of replacement ((P∧Q)→R)⇔(P→(Q→R)).
The act of carrying something outside.
The act of exporting; the act of conveying or sending commodities abroad or to another country, in the course of commerce.
The commodity exported; an export.
expositress
expositress
noun
(dated) A female expositor.
expropriate
expropriate
verb
(transitive) To deprive a person of (their private property) for public use.
expurgation
expurgation
noun
The act of expurgating, purging, or cleansing; purification from anything noxious, offensive, sinful, or erroneous.
exstrophies
exstrophies
noun
plural of exstrophy
extemporise
extemporise
verb
(intransitive) To do something in a makeshift way.
(intransitive) To do something, particularly to perform or speak, without prior planning or thought; to act in an impromptu manner; to improvise.
(transitive) To make or create ex tempore.
(transitive, music) To compose extemporaneously or improvise.
extemporize
extemporize
verb
(intransitive) To perform or speak without prior planning or thought; to act in an impromptu manner; to improvise.
(transitive) To adapt, improvise, or devise action or speech in an impromptu or spontaneous manner.
exteriorate
exteriorise
exteriorise
verb
Alternative form of exteriorize
exteriority
exteriority
noun
surface; externality
exteriorize
exteriorize
verb
(surgery, transitive) To expose (an internal organ) for observation or surgery.
(transitive) To externalize.
externation
extirpation
extirpation
noun
The act of extirpating or uprooting.
extirpators
extirpators
noun
plural of extirpator
extirpatory
extirpatory
adj
extirpative
extorsively
extorsively
adv
In an extorsive manner; extortionately.
extortioner
extortioner
noun
someone who extorts; an extortionist
extracosmic
extractions
extractions
noun
plural of extraction
extradition
extradition
noun
A formal process by which a criminal suspect held by one government is handed over to another government for trial or, if the suspect has already been tried and found guilty, to serve his or her sentence.
extrasocial
extratorrid
extraviolet
extraviolet
adj
(obsolete) ultraviolet
extrication
extrication
noun
(public safety, emergency medicine) Rescue of a trapped person in vehicle or machinery
The act of sending out or evolving.
The act or process of extricating or disentangling; a freeing from perplexities; disentanglement.
exuberation
flexowriter
heteroauxin
heteroauxin
noun
A growth-promoting hormone, 3-indoleacetic acid, occurring in some plants.
heterotaxia
heterotaxia
noun
heterotaxis
heterotaxic
heterotaxic
adj
Of, pertaining to, or exhibiting heterotaxis
heterotaxis
heterotaxis
noun
An abnormal structural arrangement
ideopraxist
ideopraxist
noun
A person who is compelled to carry out an idea.
keratonyxis
keratonyxis
noun
(medicine, archaic) The operation of removing a cataract by thrusting a needle through the cornea of the eye and breaking up the opaque mass.
metrostaxis
micropteryx
monilethrix
monilethrix
noun
(medicine, dermatology) A rare autosomal-dominant hair disease that results in short, fragile, broken hair with a beaded appearance.
multiplexor
multiplexor
noun
Alternative spelling of multiplexer
negotiatrix
negotiatrix
noun
(obsolete) A female negotiator.
nephrotoxic
nephrotoxic
adj
that is poisonous to kidney tissue
nephrotoxin
nephrotoxin
noun
Any nephrotoxic substance.
neurotoxins
neurotoxins
noun
plural of neurotoxin
nonexertion
nonexertion
noun
Lack of exertion.
nonexertive
orthodoxies
orthodoxies
noun
plural of orthodoxy
orthoxazine
overanxiety
overanxiety
noun
Excessive anxiety.
overexcited
overexcited
adj
Excessively excited
verb
simple past tense and past participle of overexcite
overexcites
overexcites
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of overexcite
overexploit
overexploit
verb
to exploit excessively
oxenstierna
oxidimetric
oxidimetric
adj
Relating to oxidimetry
pericoxitis
preexaction
prefixation
prefixation
noun
(anatomy, of a nerve) The state or condition of being prefixed.
(biology, cytology) Initial treatment of tissue with a fixative, as a preliminary to the application of another fixative or to the use of a different treatment.
(linguistics) The adding of a prefix to a word.
pretaxation
pretaxation
adj
Before taxation.
procreatrix
progenitrix
progenitrix
noun
A female progenitor, a foremother, any of a person's direct female ancestors (ancestresses).
prolixities
prolixities
noun
plural of prolixity
proprietrix
proprietrix
noun
(dated) A female proprietor.
prosecutrix
prosecutrix
noun
A female prosecutor
A female victim of a crime on whose behalf the state is prosecuting a suspect
proteopexic
proteopexis
protoxidize
protoxidize
verb
(chemistry, transitive) To combine (an elementary substance) with oxygen, in such proportion as to form a protoxide.
proxenetism
proxenetism
noun
(formal) The negotiation or facilitation of a transaction between a sex worker and a customer.
proximately
proximately
adv
In a proximate manner, position, or degree; immediately.
proximities
proximities
noun
plural of proximity
pyroxenites
pyroxenites
noun
plural of pyroxenite
pyroxenitic
pyroxenitic
adj
Of or relating to pyroxenite.
reexecution
reexporting
reexporting
verb
present participle of reexport
relaxations
relaxations
noun
plural of relaxation
reoxidation
reoxidation
noun
A second or subsequent oxidation (e.g. of hemoglobin)
spermatoxin
spermotoxin
spermotoxin
noun
Alternative form of spermatotoxin
stereotaxic
stereotaxic
adj
Of or pertaining to stereotaxis
stereotaxis
stereotaxis
noun
The movement of an organism when touched; thigmotaxis
stereotaxic surgery
tetraxonian
tetraxonida
textiferous
thermotaxic
thermotaxic
adj
(biology) Relating to the regulation of temperature in the animal body
thermotaxis
thermotaxis
noun
(biology) Movement in response to temperature
tinderboxes
tinderboxes
noun
plural of tinderbox
toxicoderma
troxelville
unexporting
unexporting
verb
present participle of unexport
urechitoxin
urechitoxin
noun
(organic chemistry) A poisonous glucoside found accompanying urechitin.
ventroaxial
xenocrystic
xenocrystic
adj
Relating to xenocrysts.
xerophytism
xerophytism
noun
(botany) The adaptation of plants to habitats where water is scarce.
xerothermic
xerothermic
adj
(of an organism) That flourishes in hot, dry conditions.