(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
approximal
approximal
adj
Contiguous
Near or adjacent
asphyxiant
asphyxiant
adj
That can cause asphyxiation
noun
Any substance that can cause asphyxia
asphyxiate
asphyxiate
verb
(intransitive) To be smothered or suffocated.
(transitive) To smother or suffocate someone.
axiopoenus
axoplasmic
axoplasmic
adj
Of or pertaining to axoplasm.
cephalexin
cephalexin
noun
Alternative form of cefalexin
desmopexia
diplotaxis
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
hypopraxia
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.
juxtaposit
juxtaposit
verb
To place in close connection or contiguity; to juxtapose.
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.
lipomyxoma
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.
myxolipoma
myxophobia
otosalpinx
oxyblepsia
oxycaproic
paradoxial
paradoxial
adj
Archaic form of paradoxical.
paradoxism
paradoxism
noun
An avant-garde movement in the arts etc, based on heavy use of contradictions and paradoxes, founded by F. Smarandache in the 1980s.
paradoxist
paradoxist
noun
(dated, derogatory) One who holds incorrect or eccentric beliefs; a bad scientist; a crank.
A participant in the art movement of paradoxism.
parapraxia
parapraxia
noun
parapraxis
parapraxis
parapraxis
noun
(psychology) A mistake, such as a slip of the tongue, that reveals a concealed thought or motive.
paraxially
paraxially
adv
In a paraxial manner.
paroxazine
paroxysmic
paroxysmic
adj
Relating to paroxysms.
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”)
phototaxis
phototaxis
noun
(biology) The movement of an organism either towards or away from a source of light
phylaxises
pixilation
pixilation
noun
A stop-motion technique where live actors are used as a frame-by-frame subject in an animated film, by repeatedly posing while one or more frame is taken and changing pose slightly before the next frame or frames.
Alternative form of pixelation
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.
pluriaxial
pluriaxial
adj
(biology) Having flowers that develop on secondary shoots
podaxonial
polyaxonic
postclimax
postclimax
adj
(ecology) After the point of climax.
postfixial
praxeanist
praxiology
praxiology
noun
Alternative form of praxeology
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
promaximum
proxically
proximally
proximally
adv
(medicine) In the proximal direction: reverse of distally
(of causation) Immediately; most directly
pseudaxine
pyosalpinx
pyosalpinx
noun
A distally blocked Fallopian tube filled with pus.
saxophonic
saxophonic
adj
Of or pertaining to the saxophone.
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
toxiphagus
toxiphobia
toxiphobia
noun
Alternative form of toxicophobia
toxophobia
trichoplax
tropotaxis
tropotaxis
noun
(biology) Movement by organisms with paired receptor cells, triggered when the stimuli at the receptors are equally balanced.
unexpiable
unexpiable
adj
Not expiable.
unexpiated
unexpiated
adj
Not expiated.
unprefixal
uteropexia
vaginopexy
xanthopsia
xanthopsia
noun
A visual defect, a form of chromatopsia in which everything appears yellow.
xanthopsin
xanthopsin
noun
visual yellow; any of a form of visual purple that has been bleached by exposure to light
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.
xerophagia
xerophagia
noun
The eating of dry food
xiphisuran
xiphodynia
xiphodynia
noun
xiphoidalgia
xiphoidian
xiphoidian
adj
(anatomy, rare) xiphoid
xiphopagic
xiphopagic
adj
(rare) Synonym of xiphopagus
xiphopagus
xiphopagus
adj
(of conjoined twins) United at the xiphoid process.
noun
(countable) Either of a pair of congenitally joined twins (Siamese twin) united at the xiphoid process.
(uncountable) The condition of being such a twin.
xiphosuran
xiphosuran
adj
(zoology) Of or pertaining to the order Xiphosura.
noun
(zoology) Any member of the order Xiphosura, including horseshoe crabs.