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.
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.
evreux
excave
excave
verb
(obsolete) To excavate.
exolve
exolve
verb
(geology) Alternative spelling of exsolve
(obsolete) To loose.
exuvia
exuvia
noun
(biology) The remains of the exoskeleton after any of the Ecdysozoa, such as Arthropoda, has sloughed, discarding its old integument and developing the new one.
plural of exuvium
fixive
fixive
adj
(obsolete) fixative
lixive
luxive
luxive
adj
(obsolete) Given to luxury; voluptuous.
silvex
silvex
noun
Synonym of fenoprop
unvext
unvext
adj
Obsolete form of unvexed.
vermix
vermix
noun
Misspelling of vermis.
Misspelling of vernix.
The vermiform appendix.
vernix
vernix
noun
(obstetrics, medicine) Vernix caseosa; a fatty deposit covering the skin of newborn babies.
vertex
vertex
noun
(anatomy) The highest surface on the skull; the crown of the head.
(astrology) The point where the prime vertical meets the ecliptic in the western hemisphere of a natal chart.
(computer graphics) A point in 3D space, usually given in terms of its Cartesian coordinates.
(graph theory) One of the elements of a graph joined or not by edges to other vertices.
(mathematics) A point on the curve with a local minimum or maximum of curvature.
(optics) The point where the surface of a lens crosses the optical axis.
(particle physics) An interaction point.
(typography) A sharp downward point opposite a crotch, as in the letters "V" and "W" but not "Y".
The common point of the two rays that form an angle.
The highest point, top or apex of something.
The point at which an axis meets a curve or surface.
vexers
vexers
noun
plural of vexer
vexful
vexful
adj
vexatious
vexils
vexing
vexing
noun
vexation
verb
present participle of vex
vindex
vindex
noun
(historical) An official who supervised tax collection in the ancient Roman Empire.
vixens
vixens
noun
plural of vixen
vortex
vortex
noun
(figuratively) Anything that inevitably draws surrounding things into its current.
(figuratively) Anything that involves constant violent or chaotic activity around some centre.
(historical) A supposed collection of particles of very subtle matter, endowed with a rapid rotary motion around an axis which was also the axis of a sun or planet; part of a Cartesian theory accounting for the formation of the universe, and the movements of the bodies composing it.
(zoology) Any of numerous species of small Turbellaria belonging to Vortex and allied genera.
A whirlwind, whirlpool, or similarly moving matter in the form of a spiral or column.
verb
(chemistry) To mix using a vortex mixer
xavier
xavier
Proper noun
found chiefly among people of Spanish and Portuguese descent.