simple past tense and past participle of admix; alternative spelling of admixed
adnexa
adnexa
noun
(anatomy) The appendages of an organ, such as the Fallopian tubes of the uterus.
affixt
affixt
verb
(obsolete) simple past tense and past participle of affix
afflux
afflux
noun
(hydrology) The rise in water level (above normal) on the upstream side of a bridge or obstruction caused when the effective flow area at the obstruction is less than the natural width of the stream immediately upstream of the obstruction.
An upward rush of fluid.
alexas
alexei
alexia
alexia
noun
(psychiatry) Word blindness, the inability, due to a cerebral disorder, to comprehend or understand writing.
alexic
alexic
adj
Related to, or afflicted with alexia
alexin
alexin
noun
(biochemistry, dated) A protective substance that exists in the serum or other bodily fluid and is capable of killing microorganisms; complement.
alexio
alexis
alexis
Proper noun
name, transferred from the male name and used since the 1940s.
alkoxy
alkoxy
noun
(organic chemistry) any univalent radical R-O-, or anion R-O⁻, where R is an alkyl group
alloxy
amixia
amplex
amplex
verb
(biology) To engage in amplexus.
anatox
anaxon
annexa
annexe
annexe
noun
Alternative spelling of annex
anoxia
anoxia
noun
A condition in which a tissue or environment is severely or totally deprived of oxygen; severe hypoxia.
anoxic
anoxic
adj
(pathology) Suffering from a reduced supply of oxygen.
Lacking oxygen.
apexed
apexed
adj
Having an apex; with a pointed end.
apexes
approx
approx
adj
Alternative spelling of approx.
araxes
aroxyl
astrix
atarax
ataxia
ataxia
noun
(chemistry) The condition of a polymer in which the orientation of the subunits is random
(obsolete) Disorder; irregularity.
(pathology) Lack of coordination while performing voluntary movements, which may appear to be clumsiness, inaccuracy, or instability.
ataxic
ataxic
adj
(geology) Not eutaxic
Pertaining to ataxia
noun
A person suffering from ataxia.
atoxic
atoxic
adj
Synonym of nontoxic
atoxyl
atoxyl
noun
arsanilic acid
atwixt
atwixt
adv
(obsolete, dialectal) Between.
auspex
auxier
auxins
auxins
noun
plural of auxin
axeman
axeman
noun
(informal, music) A musician who plays a guitar or saxophone.
A man who wields an axe.
axemen
axemen
noun
plural of axeman
axenic
axenic
adj
(biology) Containing only a single species of microorganism. For example, an "axenic culture" is a pure grown sample of the organism in question.
(biology) Isolated from organisms of any other species.
axhead
axiate
axilla
axilla
noun
(botany, uncommon) Alternative form of axil
The armpit, or the cavity beneath the junction of the arm and shoulder.
axioms
axioms
noun
plural of axiom
axised
axised
adj
(in combination) Having the specified number or kind of axes.
axises
axises
noun
Misspelling of axes. Mistakenly used for the plural of axis (“line around which object rotates”).
plural of axis (type of deer)
axites
axites
noun
plural of axite
axlike
axlike
adj
Resembling an ax.
axonal
axonal
adj
(cytology) Of or pertaining to an axon.
axones
axones
noun
plural of axone
axonia
axonic
axonic
adj
Relating to axons.
axseed
axtell
axtree
axtree
noun
An axle or axletree.
axunge
axunge
noun
(medicine) Lard prepared for medical use.
Fat or grease, especially of a pig or goose.
axweed
axwise
axwort
badaxe
baxley
baxley
Proper noun
a city in Georgia, USA
baxter
baxter
noun
(obsolete, UK, Scotland) A baker; originally, a female baker.
bembex
bemixt
bemixt
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bemix; archaic spelling of bemixed.
bendix
bexley
bexley
Proper noun
a suburban area in south-east London, England.
a London Borough within Greater London.
biaxal
biaxal
adj
Archaic form of biaxial.
biflex
bijoux
bijoux
noun
plural of bijou
biloxi
biloxi
Proper noun
A city in Mississippi, USA.
An extinct language of the Biloxi Native Americans.
A village in southeastern Texas.
bisext
bixler
blixen
bloxom
bloxom
Proper noun
A town in Virginia.
bollix
bollix
noun
(Ireland, derogatory) fool, jerk
confusion
mess
verb
(transitive) To botch or bungle.
(transitive) To confuse.
bollox
bollox
noun
Alternative spelling of bollocks
bombax
bombax
noun
Any member of the genus Bombax of tropical trees in the mallow family.
bombyx
bombyx
noun
Any member of the genus Bombyx of true silkmoths, whose caterpillars often feed on mulberries.
bonxie
bonxie
noun
(UK, chiefly Shetland) The great skua, Stercorarius skua.
boxcar
boxcar
noun
(rail transport, US) An enclosed railway goods wagon, typically with a sliding door.
verb
(mathematics, transitive) To reduce to a boxcar function.
boxers
boxers
noun
(informal) Boxer shorts.
plural of boxer
boxful
boxful
noun
as much as a box will hold
boxier
boxier
adj
comparative form of boxy: more boxy
boxing
boxing
noun
(construction) Casing.
(object-oriented programming) Automatic conversion of value types to objects by wrapping them within a heap-allocated reference type.
(sports) A sport where two opponents punch each other with gloved fists to head and torso; the object being to score more points by the end of the match or by knockout, or technical knockout.
Material used for making boxes or casing.
verb
present participle of box
boxman
boxman
noun
A casino employee who supervises the craps table.
boxtop
boxtop
noun
The upper portion of a product's box, used as a proof of purchase when claiming an associated offer.
boyaux
boyaux
noun
plural of boyau
brieux
brixey
butoxy
butoxy
noun
(organic chemistry, especially in combination) The ether radical derived from butanol
buxine
buxine
noun
(organic chemistry) An alkaloid obtained from the Buxus sempervirens, or common box tree, identical with bebeerine.
buxton
calxes
calxes
noun
plural of calx
caranx
caranx
noun
(zoology) Any member of the fish genus Caranx; a jacks, trevallies, or kingfishes.
carfax
carfax
noun
A junction of four roads.
The main intersection in a town.
caudex
caudex
noun
(botany) An enlargement of the stem, branch or root of a woody plant, usually serving to store water.
caxias
caxiri
caxiri
noun
An intoxicating drink prepared from grated manioc, consumed in some Native American cultures.
caxton
caxton
Noun
Any book printed by the first English printer.
cervix
cervix
noun
(anatomy) The neck
The lower, narrow portion of the uterus where it joins with the top end of the vagina.
The necklike portion of any part, as of the womb.
cixiid
cixiid
noun
(zoology) Any planthopper in the family Cixiidae.
claxon
claxon
noun
Alternative spelling of klaxon.
climax
climax
noun
(ecology) The culmination of ecological development, whereby species are in equilibrium with their environment.
(euphemistic) The culmination of sexual pleasure, an orgasm.
(narratology) The culmination of a narrative's rising action, the turning point.
(now often) A culmination or acme: the last term in an ascending series
(obsolete) An instance of such an ascending series.
(originally rhetoric) A rhetorical device in which a series is arranged in ascending order.
(rhetoric, imprecise) The final term of a rhetorical climax.
verb
(transitive, intransitive) To reach or bring to a climax (in any sense).
clorox
coaxal
coaxal
adj
(geometry) Alternative form of coaxial
coaxed
coaxed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of coax
coaxer
coaxer
noun
A person who coaxes
coaxes
coaxes
noun
plural of coaxis
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of coax
coccyx
coccyx
noun
(medicine, formal) The final (bottom-most) fused vertebrae at the base of the spine, the tailbone.
colfax
colfax
Proper noun
a hamlet in Saskatchewan, Canada, named after Colfax, Iowa.
a city in California, USA
a village in Illinois, USA.
a small town in Indiana, USA.
a city in Iowa, USA.
a town in Louisiana, USA, and parish seat of
an unincorporated community in North Carolina, USA.
a small city in North Dakota, USA.
a small unincorporated community in Texas, USA.
a town in Washington, USA
a town and village in Wisconsin, USA.
colfox
comdex
commix
commix
verb
(intransitive) To become mixed; to amalgamate.
(transitive) To mix separate things together.
confix
confix
noun
(linguistics) An affix consisting of a prefix and suffix affixed simultaneously to the root
(linguistics, rare) An affix which is not divided, and which does not divide a root: thus, a prefix, suffix, or interfix
verb
(obsolete) To make firm; to fix in a particular place or state
connex
connex
adj
(set theory) Such that, for all x and y in X, and for a binary relation R, either or both of xRy and yRx hold(s).
noun
(algebra) A correspondence between a projective space and its dual.
verb
(obsolete, intransitive) To connect; to become joined or united.
(obsolete, transitive) To connect; to fasten together.
contex
contex
verb
(obsolete, transitive) To weave together; to form by interweaving.
convex
convex
adj
(functional analysis, not comparable, of a real-valued function on the reals) having an epigraph that is a convex set.
(geometry, not comparable, of a polygon) having no internal angles greater than 180 degrees.
(mathematics, not comparable, of a set in Euclidean space) arranged such that for any two points in the set, a straight line between the two points is contained within the set.
Curved or bowed outward like the outside of a bowl, circle, or sphere.
noun
(gambling) A playing card made convex for use in cheating.
(gambling) A small convex mirror used to cheat by observing other players' cards.
Any convex body or surface.
cordax
cordax
noun
(historical) A lascivious dance featuring in Ancient Greek comedy.
corixa
cornix
cortex
cortex
noun
(archaeology) The outer surface of a piece of flint.
(countable, anatomy) The outer layer of an internal organ or body structure, such as the kidney or the brain.
(uncountable, botany) The tissue of a stem or root that lies inward from the epidermis, but exterior to the vascular tissue.
cotoxo
couxia
couxio
cowpox
cowpox
noun
A pustular, eruptive skin disease of cattle caused by an Orthopoxvirus, with lesions occurring principally on the udder and teats. Human infection may occur from touching cows, and gives immunity to smallpox.
coxier
coxier
adj
comparative form of coxy: more coxy
coxing
coxing
verb
present participle of cox
coxite
coxite
noun
Either of a pair of lamellate structures on the underside of each abdominal segment in certain insects.
coxyde
cruxes
cunaxa
darnex
darnix
deflex
deflex
adj
(archery, of a bow) Having the arms curved or curled at the base so as to turn towards the archer when unstrung, reducing the strain on the limbs and also the energy stored by the weapon.
verb
(zoology, botany) To bend down.
deflux
deflux
noun
(obsolete) downward flow
deixis
deixis
noun
(linguistics) The use of a word, such as a pronoun, to refer to something that must be identified from the wider context; a word used in such a way.
deluxe
deluxe
adj
Very fine in quality or luxurious.
demiox
dentex
dentex
noun
(zoology) Any member of the genus Dentex of perciform fish.
dexies
dexies
noun
plural of dexie
plural of dexy
dexter
dexter
adj
(archaic) Right; on the right-hand side.
noun
(heraldry) The right side of a shield from the wearer's standpoint, and the left side to the viewer.
The right hand.
dextra
dextro
diamox
diaxon
diaxon
noun
A diaxonal spicule of a sponge.
dioxan
dioxid
dioxin
dioxin
noun
(countable, organic chemistry) Any of a broad range of toxic or carcinogenic halogenated polycyclic compounds that occur as byproducts of herbicides.
(countable, organic chemistry) The parent compound dibenzo-1,4-dioxin or dibenzo-p-dioxin (molecular formula C₁₂H₈O₂), in which two benzene rings are connected through two oxygen atoms; dibenzodioxin, oxanthrene.
(countable, organic chemistry) The unsaturated six-membered heterocycle having four carbon atoms, two oxygen atoms, and two double bonds (molecular formula C₄H₄O₂); 1,2-dioxin and 1,4-dioxin.
(uncountable, specifically, loosely) The compound 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin (TCDD; molecular formula C₁₂H₄Cl₄O₂), a persistent organic pollutant of the environment which is generally produced as a byproduct of organic synthesis or when organic materials are burned.
diplex
diplex
adj
(telegraphy) Involving the transmission of two messages in the same direction at the same time.
verb
(radio) Combine two signals using two frequencies onto one cable.
(radio) Simulcast the same signal on two frequencies.