(chiefly Canada, US) Various plants of genus Zizia or Angelica thought to resemble European alexanders.
Any of various umbellifers, often specifically Smyrnium olusatrum or Heracleum maximum, the cow parsnip.
plural of alexander
alexandria
alexandria
Proper noun
A city and port in Egypt.
A census-designated place in Alabama, USA
A city in Monroe Township, Indiana, USA
A city in Kentucky, USA
A city and the parish seat of Louisiana, USA
A city in Minnesota, USA
A city in Missouri, USA
A village in Nebraska, USA
A town in New Hampshire, USA
A town in New York, USA
A village in Ohio, USA
An unincorporated community in Ohio, USA
A borough in Pennsylvania, USA
A town in Tennessee, USA
An independent city in Virginia, USA
A city in South Dakota, USA
A former town in United Counties of Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry, Ontario, Canada; now a part of the township of North Glengarry
A ghost town in British Columbia, Canada
A town in Sarah Baartman District Municipality, Eastern Cape, South Africa
A town in Ehlanzeni District Municipality, Mpumalanga, South Africa
alexandros
alexandros
Proper noun
A transliteration of the Greek male given name
arsenoxide
arsenoxide
noun
(organic chemistry) The functional group -As=O; any organic compound containing this group
dextranase
dextranase
noun
(biochemistry) An enzyme that catalyzes the endohydrolysis of (1->6)-alpha-D-glucosidic linkages in dextran.
dextrinase
dextrinase
noun
(biochemistry) Any enzyme that catalyzes the hydrolysis of a dextrin
dextrinate
dextrinize
dextrinize
verb
(transitive) To convert (starch molecules) to dextrin.
dextrinous
endocortex
endocortex
noun
(anatomy) The inside layer of a cortex
endothorax
endothorax
noun
(zoology) An internal process of the sternal plates in the thorax of insects.
excuderunt
exmeridian
exonerated
exonerated
adj
Freed from any question of guilt, acquitted.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of exonerate
expenditor
expounders
expounders
noun
plural of expounder
extermined
extermined
verb
simple past tense and past participle of extermine
extranidal
extranidal
adj
(biology) Outside a nest.
ferredoxin
ferredoxin
noun
(biochemistry) Any of a class of iron and sulfur-containing proteins, found in green plants, that function in electron transport and in photosynthesis.
hexahedron
hexahedron
noun
(geometry) A polyhedron with six faces. The regular hexahedron is the cube, and is one of the Platonic solids.
hexandrous
hexandrous
adj
Alternative form of hexandrian
intermixed
intermixed
adj
mixed together
verb
simple past tense and past participle of intermix
overexpand
overexpand
verb
To expand to an excessive or unwise degree
overexpend
overextend
overextend
verb
(chess, transitive) To push a pawn too far, so that it becomes vulnerable to the opponent's attacks.
(linguistics, transitive) To apply (a term) to too many referents, by overextension.
To expand or extend to an excessive degree, especially to do so beyond a safe limit.
oxydendrum
peroxiding
peroxiding
verb
present participle of peroxide
preexpound
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.
pyroxenoid
pyroxenoid
noun
(mineralogy) any of a large group of minerals physically resembling pyroxene
reexamined
reexamined
adj
examined again
verb
simple past tense and past participle of reexamine
reindexing
reindexing
verb
present participle of reindex
sardonyxes
sardonyxes
noun
plural of sardonyx
tetraxonid
thunderbox
thunderbox
noun
(by extension, chiefly Australia, Britain, slang) Any lavatory or toilet, especially a rudimentary outdoor latrine or toilet, or an outhouse.
(military, obsolete) A blunderbuss; also, a cannon.
(slang) A chamber pot enclosed in a box; a portable commode.
(theater) A box of metal balls which is shaken to create a thunder sound effect.
transfixed
transfixed
adj
Rendered motionless by completely focused attention, rapt, entranced, mesmerized.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of transfix
undersexed
undersexed
adj
Lacking sufficient sexual desire or activity; sexually unfulfilled; sexually frustrated.
undertaxed
undertaxed
adj
Taxed at less than an appropriate level
undertaxes
undertaxes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of undertax