(biology) A reproductive spore in diatoms that is formed by the union of two cells
auxotroph
auxotroph
noun
Any microorganism that has lost the ability to synthesize an organic compound required for its growth, usually as a result of mutation
boxkeeper
boxkeeper
noun
(now historical) A theatre attendant in charge of the boxes.
carapaxes
carapaxes
noun
plural of carapax
complexer
complexer
adj
comparative form of complex: more complex
noun
A chemical substance that is used for complexing.
duplexers
duplexers
noun
plural of duplexer
dyspraxia
dyspraxia
noun
(medicine) A genetic neurological disorder where a person has motor skills severely below average due to their brain's inability to consistently send messages accurately to the body for the planning of motor movements.
emphraxis
emphraxis
noun
(medicine) An obstruction, especially of a sweat gland.
excerpted
excerpted
adj
Consisting of excerpts.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of excerpt
excerpter
excerpter
noun
Alternative form of excerptor
excerptor
excerptor
noun
One who makes excerpts.
excipular
exemplars
exemplars
noun
plural of exemplar
exemplary
exemplary
adj
Deserving honour, respect and admiration.
Of such high quality that it should serve as an example to be imitated; ideal, perfect.
Providing an example or illustration.
Serving as a warning; monitory.
noun
(obsolete) A copy of a book or a piece of writing.
(obsolete) An example, or typical instance.
exophoria
exophoria
noun
(ophthalmology) A form of heterophoria in which there is a tendency of the eyes to deviate outward.
exophoric
exophoric
adj
(linguistics) Relating to, or exhibiting, exophora.
Relating to, or afflicted with, exophoria.
noun
A person who has exophoria.
exosphere
exosphere
noun
an extremely thin atmosphere, as on Saturn's moon Dione
the uppermost layer of a planet's atmosphere
exosporal
exosporal
Adjective
Relating to an exospore.
exospores
exospores
noun
plural of exospore
exotropia
exotropia
noun
(medicine) A form of strabismus in which the eyes deviate outwards.
exotropic
exotropic
adj
Suffering from or related to exotropia.
expanders
expanders
noun
plural of expander
expansure
expansure
noun
(obsolete) Expanse.
expecters
expecters
noun
plural of expecter
expediter
expediter
noun
A person who expedites.
Employee charged with tasks related to the purchase of materials (place orders, receive shipments, examine deliveries, check correctness of invoices) and other clerical duties.
expeditor
expeditor
noun
Alternative spelling of expediter
expellers
expellers
noun
plural of expeller
expenders
expenders
noun
plural of expender
experient
experient
adj
Met with in the course of experience.
noun
A person who experiences something.
experting
expertise
expertise
noun
Advice, or opinion, of an expert.
Great skill or knowledge in a particular field or hobby.
verb
(transitive, rare) To supply with expert knowledge or advice.
expertism
expertism
noun
A policy of consulting experts.
expertize
expertize
verb
(intransitive) To act as an expert.
(transitive) To give an expert opinion on; to assess.
expiators
expiators
noun
plural of expiator
expiatory
expiatory
adj
Of or pertaining to expiation.
expilator
expilator
noun
(obsolete) One who plunders or pillages.
expirable
expirable
adj
That may expire; capable of being brought to an end.
expirator
explainer
explainer
noun
(chiefly journalism) A guide that explains a topic.
agent noun of explain; one who explains.
expletory
expletory
adj
Serving to fill up; expletive; superfluous.
exploders
exploders
noun
plural of exploder
exploiter
exploiter
noun
One who exploits.
verb
to make use of.
explorate
explorate
verb
(obsolete) To explore.
explorers
explorers
noun
plural of explorer
exploring
exploring
noun
The action of the verb explore.
verb
present participle of explore
exporters
exporters
noun
plural of exporter
exporting
exporting
verb
present participle and gerund of export
expositor
expositor
noun
A person who expounds; a commentator.
exposture
exposture
noun
(obsolete) exposure
exposures
exposures
noun
plural of exposure
expounder
expounder
noun
A person who expounds, explains
expressed
expressed
adj
(genetics) transcribed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of express
expresser
expresser
noun
One who expresses.
That which expresses (a particular material)
expresses
expresses
noun
plural of express
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of express
expressio
expressly
expressly
adv
Exclusively.
In an express or explicit manner.
expressor
expressor
noun
(genetics) Alternative form of expresser
exprobate
exprobate
verb
Obsolete form of exprobrate.
expulsory
expulsory
adj
Synonym of expulsive
expungers
expungers
noun
plural of expunger
expurgate
expurgate
verb
(transitive) To edit out (incorrect, offensive, or otherwise undesirable information) from a book or other publication; to cleanse; to purge.
(transitive) To undertake editing out incorrect, offensive, or otherwise undesirable information from (a book or other publication); to cleanse; to purge.
exsputory
exstrophy
exstrophy
noun
(anatomy) The eversion or turning out of any organ, or of its inner surface.
(especially) A congenital malformation of the bladder in which the normally internal mucosa of the organ lies exposed on the abdominal wall because of failure of union between the halves of the pubic symphysis and between the adjacent halves of the abdominal wall.
extempore
extempore
adj
Carried out with no preparation; impromptu.
adv
Without preparation; extemporaneously.
noun
Something improvised.
extempory
extirpate
extirpate
verb
(transitive) To destroy completely; to annihilate, to cause to go extinct locally.
(transitive) To pull up by the roots; uproot.
(transitive) To surgically remove.
(transitive, obsolete) To clear an area of roots and stumps.
fluxgraph
hoaxproof
impermixt
impostrix
impostrix
noun
(archaic) A female impostor.
inexperts
inexperts
noun
plural of inexpert
inexpress
lepothrix
lophortyx
malpraxis
myxospore
myxospore
noun
Any of many microscopic parasites of the class Myxosporea
nephrauxe
nonexpert
nonexpert
adj
Not expert.
noun
A person who is not an expert (in the field that is relevant to the context).
nonexpiry
nonexpiry
noun
Lack of expiry; failure to expire.
nonprolix
noxapater
operatrix
oxpeckers
oxpeckers
noun
plural of oxpecker
oxypicric
oxypurine
oxypurine
noun
(organic chemistry) Any oxidised form of a purine, such as hypoxanthine, xanthine or uric acid
oxytropis
paradoxal
paradoxal
adj
(obsolete) paradoxical
paradoxer
paradoxer
noun
Person who comes up with a paradox.
paradoxes
paradoxes
noun
plural of paradox
paradoxic
paradoxic
adj
Alternative form of paradoxical
paralexia
paralexia
noun
(pathology) A language disorder in which the words or syllables of a text being read are transposed into meaningless combinations
paralexic
paralexic
adj
Relating to paralexia
parataxic
parataxic
adj
Pertaining to parataxis.
parataxis
parataxis
noun
(grammar) Speech or writing in which clauses or phrases are placed together without being separated by conjunctions, for example "I came; I saw; I conquered".
(historical, politics) A coalition or "partisan camp" in the Ancient Greek political system.
(literature) The juxtaposition of two images or fragments, usually starkly dissimilar, without a clear connection.
paraxonic
paraxonic
adj
(zoology) In bearing weight evenly on two parallel axes within the foot, typically the third and fourth digits.
parorexia
parorexia
noun
An abnormal craving to eat objects not normally considered food.
paroxysms
paroxysms
noun
plural of paroxysm
paxillary
paxillary
adj
(zoology) Of or relating to a paxilla.
pepperbox
pepperbox
noun
(architecture) A tower capped by a cupola, looking similar to a giant pepper shaker.
(architecture, slang, chiefly in the plural) Any of the buildings of the Royal Academy and National Gallery in Trafalgar Square, London, having cupolas on the roof.
(firearms) A repeating firearm with three or more barrels grouped around a central axis.
A buttress at one side of the court in the game of fives.
A pepper shaker.
periaxial
periaxial
adj
Surrounding an axis.
peroxided
peroxided
verb
simple past tense and past participle of peroxide
peroxides
peroxides
noun
plural of peroxide
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of peroxide
peroxidic
peroxidic
adj
Of, relating to, or involving a peroxide
perplexed
perplexed
adj
Bewildered.
Confused or puzzled.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of perplex
perplexer
perplexer
noun
One who perplexes.
perplexes
perplexes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of perplex
pharynxes
plexiform
plexiform
adj
(medicine, pathology) Having the form of a plexus
noun
(medicine, pathology) plexiform neurofibroma
praetexta
praetexta
noun
(historical, Roman antiquity) A white robe with a purple border, worn by a Roman boy before he was entitled to wear the toga virilis, or until about the completion of his fourteenth year, and by girls until their marriage. It was also worn by magistrates and priests.
praxithea
preataxic
preataxic
adj
(medicine) Before the onset of ataxia.
preclimax
preclimax
adj
(ecology) Before the point of climax.
preexcept
preexcite
preexcite
verb
(transitive, medicine) To excite earlier than usual.
preexcuse
preexempt
preexilic
preexilic
adj
Alternative form of pre-exilic
preexists
preexists
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of preexist
preexpand
preexpect
preexpend
preexpose
preextend
preextent
prefixing
prefixing
adj
(linguistics) Of a language, characterised by heavy use of prefixes to create grammatical forms; as opposed to suffixing.
noun
The act by which something is prefixed.
verb
present participle of prefix
prefixion
prefixion
noun
(archaic) The act of prefixing.
prehallux
prehallux
noun
(anatomy) An extra first toe, or rudiment of a toe, on the preaxial side of the hallux.
premixing
premixing
noun
mixing prior to use or sale
verb
present participle of premix
prepollex
prepollex
noun
An extra digit beside the thumb.
presexual
presexual
adj
Before sexual intercourse.
Not yet capable of sexual reproduction.
pretextae
pretexted
pretexted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of pretext
priedieux
princoxes
princoxes
noun
plural of princox
proboxing
proclimax
proexpert
prolixity
prolixity
noun
Long-windedness, an excess of words.
promotrix
proplexus
proscolex
proscolex
noun
(zoology) An early larval form of a trematode worm; a redia.
protaxial
prothorax
prothorax
noun
(entomology) The anterior segment of the insect thorax; it carries the first pair of legs
protoxide
protoxide
noun
(inorganic chemistry) Any of a series of oxides of a particular metal that has the fewest atoms of oxygen per molecule
protoxids
protoxids
noun
plural of protoxid
proxemics
proxemics
noun
The study of the effects of the physical distance between people in different cultures and societies.
proxenete
proximate
proximate
adj
(law) Immediately preceding or following in a chain of causation.
About to take place; impending.
Close or closest; adjacent.
noun
(linguistics) A grammatical marker that distinguishes a relatively salient referent in a given context from a relatively non-salient (obviative) one.
proximity
proximity
noun
Closeness; the state of being near as in space, time, or relationship.
proxyship
proxyship
noun
The office or agency of a proxy.
pyothorax
pyothorax
noun
pleural empyema; an accumulation of pus in the pleural cavity