(in particular, historical) The enlightened despot Catherine II of Russia, who reigned from 1762 to 1796 as empress and autocratrix of all the Russias.
A female autocrat.
auxetically
auxetically
adv
By auxesis.
auxotrophic
auxotrophic
adj
(biology) Describing a strain of organism that requires a specific metabolic substance that the parent organism was able to synthesize by itself
axiomatical
axiomatical
adj
Of or pertaining to an axiom; having the nature of an axiom; characterized by axioms.
axonometric
axonometric
adj
(technical drawing) Describing a projection in which the horizontal and vertical axes are to the same scale, but the third axis is reduced to allow for perspective
benefactrix
benefactrix
Noun
A female benefactor.
biconvexity
biconvexity
noun
The quality of being biconvex.
bucculatrix
captivatrix
captivatrix
noun
A female captivator.
carbethoxyl
carbethoxyl
noun
(organic chemistry) Alternative form of carbethoxy
carboxylate
carboxylate
noun
(organic chemistry) Any salt or ester of a carboxylic acid.
verb
(organic chemistry) To form a carboxyl group by introduction of carbon dioxide
(organic chemistry) To react with a carboxylic acid
cardiataxia
cardiotoxic
cardiotoxic
adj
chemically damaging to the tissues of the heart
cataplexies
cataplexies
noun
plural of cataplexy
centraxonia
chateauroux
chemiotaxic
chemiotaxis
chemiotaxis
noun
Dated form of chemotaxis.
chenevixite
chenevixite
noun
(mineralogy) A monoclinic-prismatic mineral containing arsenic, copper, hydrogen, iron, and oxygen.
chilomastix
chinotoxine
chrysothrix
chylothorax
chylothorax
noun
An accumulation of chyle in the pleural cavity.
ciphertexts
ciphertexts
noun
plural of ciphertext
coexecutant
coexecutant
noun
A joint executant.
coexecutors
coexecutors
noun
plural of coexecutor
coexecutrix
coexecutrix
noun
A joint executrix.
coexistence
coexistence
noun
The state of two or more things existing together, usually in a temporal or spatial sense, with or without mutual interaction.
coexistency
coexistency
noun
Alternative form of coexistence
coextending
coextending
verb
present participle of coextend
coextension
coextension
noun
The act of extending equally, or the state of being equally extended.
coextensive
coextensive
adj
(logic) Having the same extension—the object or set of objects to which a term refers.
Having the same spatial limits or boundaries; sharing the same area.
Occurring over the same period of time; contemporaneous.
colitoxemia
commixtures
commixtures
noun
plural of commixture
competitrix
competitrix
noun
(rare) A female competitor.
connexities
connixation
connixation
noun
(rare) A large, smothering, and destructive blizzard.
consolatrix
contextless
contextless
adj
without context
contextural
contextural
adj
Relating to contexture or arrangement of parts; producing contexture; interwoven.
contextured
contextured
adj
Formed into texture; woven together; arranged or composed.
contextures
contextures
noun
plural of contexture
convexities
convexities
noun
plural of convexity
counterflux
coxoceritic
cristineaux
cryptoglaux
cystomyxoma
cystosyrinx
cytopharynx
cytopharynx
noun
(cytology) A tube-like opening in the lateral surface of a ciliate, through which food is ingested.
decimosexto
decimosexto
adj
having sixteen leaves to a sheet
noun
a book consisting of sheets, each of which is folded into sixteen leaves
detoxicants
detoxicants
noun
plural of detoxicant
detoxicated
detoxicated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of detoxicate
detoxicates
detoxicates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of detoxicate
detoxicator
deutoscolex
dexiotropic
dexiotropic
adj
Having the form of a right-handed spiral
dextrocular
dextrocular
adj
(of a person) Having the right eye dominant over the left eye.
diastataxic
dicatalexis
dicrostonyx
dictyoxylon
directrixes
dixiecratic
electroplax
electroplax
noun
(anatomy) electric organ
exacerbated
exacerbated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of exacerbate
exacerbates
exacerbates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of exacerbate
exactitudes
exactitudes
noun
plural of exactitude
exactnesses
exactnesses
noun
plural of exactness
exauctorate
exauctorate
verb
Obsolete form of exauthorate.
excalcarate
excantation
excantation
noun
(obsolete) Disenchantment by a countercharm.
excarnation
excarnation
noun
The act of removing flesh.
The burial practice of removing (or causing to be removed) the flesh and organs of the dead, leaving only the bones, especially the practice laying out corpses for vultures to strip bare.
excathedral
excavations
excavations
noun
plural of excavation
excellently
excellently
adv
In a manner that demonstrates excellence; very well.
excelsitude
excentrical
excentrical
adj
Alternative form of excentric
exceptional
exceptional
adj
(geometry) Corresponding to something of lower dimension under a birational correspondence.
Better than the average; superior due to exception or rarity.
Forming an exception; not ordinary; uncommon; rare.
noun
An exception, or something having an exceptional value
exceptioner
exceptioner
noun
(obsolete) One who takes exceptions or protests.
exceptively
excerebrate
excerptible
excerptible
adj
Able to be excerpted.
excerptions
excerptions
noun
plural of excerption
excitations
excitations
noun
plural of excitation
excitedness
excitedness
noun
The quality of being excited.
excitements
excitements
noun
plural of excitement
excitomotor
excitomotor
adj
Alternative form of excitomotory
exclamation
exclamation
noun
(linguistics) A clause type used to make an exclamatory statement: What a mess they made!; How stupid I was!
A loud calling or crying out, for example as in surprise, pain, grief, joy, anger, etc.
A word expressing outcry; an interjection
The sign "!" by which outcry or emphatic utterance is marked.
exclamative
exclamative
adj
In the form of an exclamation; exclamatory.
exclamatory
exclamatory
adj
Emphatic.
resembling an exclamation.
exclusivist
exclusivist
noun
An advocate of exclusivism.
exclusivity
exclusivity
noun
The quality of being exclusive.
excogitable
excogitable
adj
imaginable; able to be thought or conceived of
excogitated
excogitated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of excogitate
excogitates
excogitates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of excogitate
excogitator
excogitator
noun
One who excogitates.
exconjugant
exconjugant
noun
Either of a conjugating pair of protozoan ciliates after separation and before subsequent mitotic division
excoriating
excoriating
verb
present participle of excoriate
excoriation
excoriation
noun
A severe verbal denouncing.
The act of excoriating or flaying.
The excoriated place, or the state of being excoriated or stripped of the skin; abrasion.
excorticate
excorticate
verb
(obsolete) To strip of bark or skin.
excremental
excremental
adj
Of or pertaining to excrement
excretories
excretories
noun
plural of excretory
excriminate
excruciated
excruciated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of excruciate
excruciates
excruciates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of excruciate
excruciator
excubitoria
excubitoria
noun
plural of excubitorium
exculpating
exculpating
verb
present participle of exculpate
exculpation
exculpation
noun
That which exculpates; an excuse.
The act of exculpating from alleged fault or crime.
exculpative
exculpative
adj
Alternative form of exculpatory
exculpatory
exculpatory
adj
Tending to excuse or clear of wrongdoing.
excurvation
excurvature
excystation
excystation
noun
(biology) The stage in the life cycle of a parasite in which it escapes from a cyst (after being swallowed by its host)
execrations
execrations
noun
plural of execration
executional
executional
adj
(business) Relating to the execution of an idea; putting something into practice.
executioner
executioner
noun
(archaic) Executor.
A hit man, especially being in some organization.
An official person who carries out the capital punishment of a criminal.
executively
executively
adv
In the way of executing or performing.
executorial
executorial
adj
Of or relating to an executive (branch of government etc.).
Of or relating to an executor.
executrices
executrices
noun
plural of executrix
executrixes
exilarchate
exoccipital
exoccipital
adj
(anatomy) Pertaining to a bone or region on each side of the great foramen of the skull.
noun
(anatomy) Such a bone.
exocoetidae
exoculating
exoculating
verb
present participle of exoculate
exoculation
exocytosing
exocytosing
verb
present participle of exocytose
exorbitance
exorbitance
noun
A large excess.
The state or characteristic of being exorbitant.
exorbitancy
exorbitancy
noun
Alternative form of exorbitance
exostracism
exostracize
exotericism
exotericism
noun
The quality of being widely known or exoteric.
expectances
expectances
noun
plural of expectance
expectantly
expectantly
adv
In an expectant manner.
expectation
expectation
noun
(colloquial statistics) The arithmetic mean.
(medicine, rare) The leaving of a disease principally to the efforts of nature to effect a cure.
(statistics) The first moment; the long-run average value of a variable over many independent repetitions of an experiment.
That which is expected or looked for.
The act or state of expecting or looking forward to an event as about to happen.
The prospect of the future; grounds upon which something excellent is expected to occur; prospect of anything good to come, especially of property or rank.
The value of any chance (as the prospect of prize or property) which depends upon some contingent event.
expectative
expectative
adj
(canon law) Of or pertaining to the reversion of a benefice.
Of or pertaining to an expectation.
noun
(canon law) The anticipatory grant of an ecclesiastical benefice, not vacant at the moment but which will become so, regularly, on the death of its present incumbent.
expectingly
expectingly
adv
In a state of expectation.
expectorant
expectorant
adj
(medicine) Causing or assisting the expulsion of phlegm.
noun
(medicine) An agent or drug used to cause or induce the expulsion of phlegm from the lungs.
expectorate
expectorate
verb
(transitive, intransitive) To cough up fluid from the lungs.
(transitive, intransitive) To spit.
expiscating
expiscating
verb
present participle of expiscate
expiscation
expiscation
noun
(archaic, formal) The act of expiscating; fishing.
expiscatory
expiscatory
adj
(archaic) Tending to fish out; searching.
explicantia
explicating
explicating
verb
present participle of explicate
explication
explication
noun
(dated or formal) The act of explaining; an explanation.
The act of opening or unfolding.
The sense given by an expositor.
explicative
explicative
Adjective
Explanatory; serving to explain logically or in detail.
explicators
explicators
noun
plural of explicator
explicatory
explicatory
adj
Explanatory; serving to explain logically or in detail.