(mathematics) An approximation to the solution of a function, series, etc.
(phonetics) A consonant sound made by slightly narrowing the vocal tract, while still allowing a smooth flow of air. Liquids and glides are approximants.
approximate
approximate
adj
Approaching; proximate; nearly resembling.
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.
ataxiameter
ataxiameter
noun
Synonym of ataxiagraph
ataxophemia
ataxophemia
noun
Defective coordination of words in speech; atactic aphasia; incoherence.
autotoxemia
autotoxemia
noun
Alternative form of autotoxaemia
auxanometer
auxanometer
noun
An instrument to measure the growth of plants.
axiomatical
axiomatical
adj
Of or pertaining to an axiom; having the nature of an axiom; characterized by axioms.
axiomatized
axiomatized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of axiomatize
axiomatizes
axiomatizes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of axiomatize
axisymmetry
axisymmetry
noun
symmetry about an axis; rotational symmetry
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
chemiotaxic
chemiotaxis
chemiotaxis
noun
Dated form of chemotaxis.
chilomastix
colitoxemia
commixtures
commixtures
noun
plural of commixture
competitrix
competitrix
noun
(rare) A female competitor.
cystomyxoma
decimosexto
decimosexto
adj
having sixteen leaves to a sheet
noun
a book consisting of sheets, each of which is folded into sixteen leaves
demultiplex
demultiplex
verb
(electronics) To separate signals that were previously multiplexed (combined using a multiplexer)
examination
examination
noun
(education) A formal test involving answering written or oral questions under a time constraint and usually without access to textbooks; typically, a large, written test administered to high school and college students covering course material studied in a semester.
Interrogation, particularly by a lawyer in court or during discovery.
Particularly, an inspection by a medical professional to establish the extent and nature of any sickness or injury.
The act of examining.
examinative
examinatory
exanimation
exanimation
noun
Deprivation of life or spirits.
exanthemata
exanthemata
noun
plural of exanthema
excitements
excitements
noun
plural of excitement
excitomotor
excitomotor
adj
Alternative form of excitomotory
exclamation
exclamation
noun
(linguistics) A clause type used to make an exclamatory statement: What a mess they made!; How stupid I was!
A loud calling or crying out, for example as in surprise, pain, grief, joy, anger, etc.
A word expressing outcry; an interjection
The sign "!" by which outcry or emphatic utterance is marked.
exclamative
exclamative
adj
In the form of an exclamation; exclamatory.
exclamatory
exclamatory
adj
Emphatic.
resembling an exclamation.
excremental
excremental
adj
Of or pertaining to excrement
excriminate
exemplarity
exemplarity
noun
The quality of being exemplary.
exhumations
exhumations
noun
plural of exhumation
exometritis
exostracism
exotericism
exotericism
noun
The quality of being widely known or exoteric.
exothermous
experiments
experiments
noun
plural of experiment
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of experiment
explemental
explorement
explorement
noun
(archaic) exploration
expungement
expungement
noun
(US, Canada) The process by which the record of a criminal conviction is erased, destroyed or sealed.
The act of expunging.
exquisitism
exstemporal
exstimulate
extemporary
extemporary
adj
Extemporaneous.
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.
exterminate
exterminate
verb
(figuratively, transitive) To bring a definite end to; finish completely.
(transitive) To kill all of (a population of pests or undesirables), usually intentionally.
extermining
extermining
verb
present participle of extermine
exterminist
externalism
externalism
noun
Excessive regard to outward acts or appearances, especially in religion.
The act of judging by outward appearance or acts.
The belief that only things that can be observed by senses are real.
extracampus
extracosmic
extraformal
extramental
extramental
adj
Outside of the mind or intellect.
extranormal
extranormal
adj
Outside or beyond what is normal.
extremadura
extremadura
Proper noun
An autonomous province of western Spain, capital Mérida
extremeless
extremeless
adj
Having no extremes or limits; infinite.
extremeness
extremeness
noun
The degree or property of being extreme.
extremistic
extremities
extremities
noun
plural of extremity.
gymnothorax
haemothorax
hematopexis
hematoxylic
hematoxylin
hematoxylin
noun
(medicine, organic chemistry) A phenolic compound having the chemical formula C₁₆H₁₄O₆, used (most often in conjunction with eosin) to make dye for staining tissue samples; extracted from the heart of the bloodwood tree, Haematoxylum campechianum.
hexametrist
hexametrist
noun
One who writes in hexameter.
hexametrize
hexametrize
verb
(transitive) To convert to hexameter.
homotaxeous
immunotoxin
immunotoxin
noun
Any compound that is toxic to the immune system
intermixing
intermixing
noun
A process of intermixture.
verb
present participle of intermix
intermixtly
intermixtly
adv
Archaic form of intermixedly.
juxtamarine
leptomeninx
leptomeninx
noun
singular of leptomeninges
lymphotaxis
lymphotaxis
noun
The attraction to, or repulsion from lymphocytes
lymphotoxin
lymphotoxin
noun
Any of several lymphokines that are toxic to certain cells
mantappeaux
mastopexies
mastopexies
noun
plural of mastopexy
maximalists
maximalists
noun
plural of maximalist
mediatrixes
metavauxite
metavauxite
noun
(mineralogy) A monoclinic-prismatic mineral containing aluminum, hydrogen, iron, oxygen, and phosphorus.
methoxamine
methoxamine
noun
An α₁-adrenergic receptor agonist used as a vasoconstrictor.
metroplexes
metroplexes
noun
plural of metroplex
metrostaxis
micropteryx
microthorax
mixologists
mixologists
noun
plural of mixologist
mixotrophic
mixotrophic
adj
Of or pertaining to mixotrophy or mixotrophs
mixtilineal
mixtilineal
adj
Alternative form of mixtilinear
mixtilinear
mixtilinear
adj
(geometry) Containing, or consisting of, lines of different kinds (straight, curved, etc.).
monilethrix
monilethrix
noun
(medicine, dermatology) A rare autosomal-dominant hair disease that results in short, fragile, broken hair with a beaded appearance.
moxibustion
moxibustion
noun
(folk medicine) The burning of moxa against the skin to treat pain or illness.
multiplexed
multiplexed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of multiplex
multiplexer
multiplexer
noun
(computing, telecommunications) A device that combines several input signals into a single output signal.
A device that interleaves several activities; a switching device.
multiplexes
multiplexes
noun
plural of multiplex
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of multiplex
multiplexor
multiplexor
noun
Alternative spelling of multiplexer
multireflex
myxadenitis
myxasthenia
myxasthenia
noun
A reduced secretion of mucus
myxocystoma
myxogastres
myxogastric
myxomatoses
myxomatosis
myxomatosis
noun
A usually fatal viral disease of rabbits, causing skin tumors.
In general, a condition characterized by the growth of many myxomata (tumors of primitive connective tissue).
myxomycetes
myxomycetes
noun
plural of myxomycete
orthodoxism
orthodoxism
noun
(religion) Strict orthodoxy.
overextreme
overextreme
adj
Too extreme.
oxidimetric
oxidimetric
adj
Relating to oxidimetry
oxidizement
oxidizement
Noun
oxidation
oxyhaematin
oxymuriatic
oxymuriatic
adj
(chemistry, obsolete) Pertaining to, or consisting of, oxygen and hydrochloric acid.
paroxysmist
perplexment
perplexment
noun
The state of being perplexed; perplexity.
pleximetric
pleximetric
adj
Relating to a pleximeter.
pneumotoxin
pneumotoxin
noun
Any pneumotoxic substance.
postmaximal
postmaximal
adj
(mathematics) After a maximum.
preexempted
protoxylems
protoxylems
noun
plural of protoxylem
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.
proximation
proximation
noun
approximation
proximity
proximities
proximities
noun
plural of proximity
semiextinct
semiextinct
adj
Almost extinct; nearing extinction.
semisextile
semisextile
noun
(astrology) An aspect of the planets when they are distant from each other the twelfth part of a circle, or thirty degrees.
sexdigitism
sexdigitism
noun
The state of having six fingers on a hand, or six toes on a foot.
sextodecimo
sextodecimo
noun
(paper, printing) A size of a sheet of paper resulting from folding and cutting a sheet of paper into sixteenths (3.25"-5" x 5"-6.25").
(printing) A book consisting of pages of that size.
spasmotoxin
spasmotoxin
noun
(organic chemistry, archaic) An alkaloid, found in cultures of the tetanus bacillus, that induces violent convulsions.
spermatoxin
spermotoxin
spermotoxin
noun
Alternative form of spermatotoxin
stimulatrix
stimulatrix
noun
(rare) A female who stimulates.
submatrixes
taxidermies
taxidermies
noun
plural of taxidermy
taxidermist
taxidermist
noun
One who practices taxidermy, the stuffing of animals.
taxidermize
taxidermize
verb
(transitive) To preserve by means of taxidermy.
taximetered
taxonomical
taxonomical
adj
Of or pertaining to taxonomy.
taxonomists
taxonomists
noun
plural of taxonomist
thermotaxes
thermotaxes
noun
plural of thermotaxis
thermotaxic
thermotaxic
adj
(biology) Relating to the regulation of temperature in the animal body
thermotaxis
thermotaxis
noun
(biology) Movement in response to temperature
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.
thromboxane
thromboxane
noun
(organic chemistry, medicine) Any of a number of eicosanoids, related to prostaglandin, that have a role in the clotting of blood
toxalbumose
toxicoderma
toxicohemia
toxicomania
toxicomania
noun
an insane desire for poisonous or intoxicating substances