(botany) The angle or point of divergence between the upper side of a branch, leaf, or petiole, and the stem or branch from which it springs.
axin
axin
noun
(medicine) A fatty and varnish-like substance produced in Mexico by an insect, Llaveia axin, used in the arts and locally in medicine, being regarded as a good vulnerary and resolvent.
axis
axis
noun
(anatomy) An imaginary, visualized plane separating two morphologically similar parts of an organism
(anatomy) The second cervical vertebra of the spine
(botany) The main stem or central part about which organs or plant parts such as branches are arranged
(geometry) An imaginary line around which an object spins (an axis of rotation) or is symmetrically arranged (an axis of symmetry).
(mathematics) A fixed one-dimensional figure, such as a line or arc, with an origin and orientation and such that its points are in one-to-one correspondence with a set of numbers; an axis forms part of the basis of a space or is used to position and locate data in a graph (a coordinate axis)
(psychiatry) A form of classification and descriptions of mental disorders or disabilities used in manuals such as the DSM (Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders)
A deer native to Asia, of species Axis axis.
bixa
brix
brix
Noun
A measure (in degrees) of the amount of dissolved solids in a liquid via its specific gravity; used especially to measure dissolved sugar in fruit juice and wine.
cixo
coix
coix
noun
An East Asian grass, Coix lacryma-jobi, sometimes harvested as a cereal.
dixy
elix
elix
verb
(obsolete, transitive) To draw out or extract.
exit
exit
noun
(figuratively, often euphemistic) The act of departing from life; death.
(road transport) A minor road (such as a ramp or slip road) which is used to leave a major road (such as an expressway, highway, or motorway).
(specifically, drama) The action of an actor leaving a scene or the stage.
An act of going out or going away, or leaving; a departure.
An opening or passage through which one can go from inside a place (such as a building, a room, or a vehicle) to the outside; an egress.
verb
(bridge, intransitive) To give up the lead.
(intransitive) To go out or go away from a place or situation; to depart, to leave.
(intransitive, drama, also figuratively) Used as a stage direction for an actor: to leave the scene or stage.
(intransitive, often euphemistic) To depart from life; to die.
(theater) To leave a scene or depart from a stage.
(transitive, intransitive, computing) To end or terminate (a program, subroutine, etc.)
(transitive, originally US, also figuratively) To depart from or leave (a place or situation).
(transitive, specifically) To alight or disembark from a vehicle.
fixe
fixe
verb
Archaic form of fix.
fixt
fixt
verb
(obsolete) simple past tense and past participle of fix
flix
flix
noun
(slang) Alternative form of flicks (motion pictures)
The soft fur of some animals, especially the beaver.
foix
ibex
ibex
noun
(heraldry) An imaginary creature with serrated horns, somewhat similar to the heraldic antelope.
A type of wild mountain goat of the genus Capra, such as the species Capra ibex.
ilex
ilex
noun
Any of the numerous trees or shrubs of the genus Ilex.
Holm oak (Quercus ilex).
ixia
ixia
noun
Any of the genus Ixia of cormous plants native to South Africa.
ixil
ixil
Noun
An indigenous Maya people in El Quiché Department, Guatemala.
Proper noun
A Mayan language spoken in Guatemala.
iynx
iynx
noun
Obsolete spelling of jynx
jinx
jinx
intj
Used after the same thing is said by two people simultaneously.
noun
A hex; an evil spell.
A person or thing supposed to bring bad luck.
verb
(transitive) To bring bad luck to.
(transitive) To cast a spell on.
(transitive) To cause something to happen by mentioning it, usually sarcastically.
leix
lexi
maxi
maxi
adj
Being of the largest size in its category of items.
Having a hemline at ankle length.
noun
A dress, coat or skirt having such a hemline.
Abbreviation of maxi boat.
Abbreviation of maxi single.
Abbreviation of maxicomputer.
Abbreviation of maxipad.
minx
minx
noun
(derogatory, dated) A promiscuous woman; also, a mistress (“the other woman in an extramarital relationship”) or a prostitute.
(obsolete) A pet dog.
A flirtatious, impudent, or pert young woman.
obsolete spelling of mink (“any of various semi-aquatic, carnivorous mammals in the Mustelinae subfamily”).
verb
(transitive) To make (someone) like a minx; (intransitive) to become like a minx.
(transitive, intransitive) Used transitively when followed by it: to behave like a minx, that is, in a flirtatious and impudent manner.
mixe
mixe
verb
Archaic form of mix.
mixt
mixt
adj
Archaic spelling of mixed.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of mix; archaic spelling of mixed.
mixy
mixy
adj
(informal) Tending to mix with others.
(informal) mixed; various
nixa
nixe
nixy
nixy
noun
Alternative spelling of nixie (“female water-elf”)
noix
otxi
oxid
oxid
noun
(chemistry) Archaic form of oxide.
oxim
oxim
noun
Dated form of oxime.
pinx
pixy
pixy
noun
Alternative spelling of pixie
prix
rixy
roxi
taxi
taxi
noun
(South Africa) A share taxi.
(aviation) The movement of an aircraft across an airport's surface under its own power; a phase of aircraft operation involving this movement.
A vehicle that may be hired for single journeys by members of the public, driven by a taxi driver.
verb
To move an aircraft on the ground under its own power.
trix
txid
unix
unix
noun
(software) Any Unix-like operating system, including Unix.
(software) Collectively, Unix and unix-like operating systems.
xdiv
xdiv
adj
Abbreviation of ex dividend.
xian
xian
noun
(China) An administrative subdivision of imperial, republican, and communist China roughly equivalent to counties, now distinguished from the more urban "districts" (qu).
(sometimes derogatory or offensive) Alternative form of Xian: Christian.