Third-person singular simple present indicative form of admix
admixtures
admixtures
noun
plural of admixture
adnexitis
adnexitis
noun
(medicine) inflammation of the adnexa of the uterus, i.e. the Fallopian tubes or ovaries.
adoxies
aerotaxis
aerotaxis
noun
(biology) Movement of an organism either towards or away from a region of higher oxygen content.
affixers
affixers
noun
plural of affixer
affixes
affixes
noun
plural of affix
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of affix
alexandrianism
alexandrianism
Noun
The culture (of literature, philosophy, medicine, and the sciences) that developed in Alexandria, Egypt during the Hellenistic and Roman periods.
Alexandrian Wicca.
alexandrines
alexandrines
noun
plural of alexandrine
alexandrinus
alexandrites
alexandrites
noun
plural of alexandrite
alexandropolis
alexandroupolis
alexiares
alexiares
Proper noun
One of the twin sons of Heracles and Hebe, guardian, along with his twin Anicetus and his father, of the gates of Mount Olympus.
alexias
alexias
noun
plural of alexia
alexicacus
alexines
alexines
noun
plural of alexine
alexins
alexins
noun
plural of alexin
alexis
alexis
Proper noun
name, transferred from the male name and used since the 1940s.
alexishafen
alexius
ambidexterities
ambidexterities
noun
plural of ambidexterity
ambidexterous
ambidexterous
adj
Misspelling of ambidextrous.
ambidextrous
ambidextrous
adj
(archaic) Practising or siding with both parties.
(humorous) Of a person, bisexual.
Equally usable by left-handed and right-handed people (as a tool or instrument).
Exceptionally skillful; adept in more than one medium, genre, style, etc.
Having equal ability in both hands; in particular, able to write equally well with both hands.
ambidextrously
ambidextrously
adv
In an ambidextrous manner.
ambidextrousness
ambidextrousness
noun
The state or quality of being ambidextrous.
ambisextrous
ambisextrous
adj
(humorous, sometimes offensive, of a person) Bisexual.
Epicene, androgynous.
Having both male and female, or masculine and feminine elements.
ambisexual
ambisexual
adj
(slang) Of ambiguous sexual orientation.
(zoology) Hermaphroditic.
Bisexual: attracted to persons of either sex.
Unisex: fit for persons of either sex.
noun
An ambisexual person.
ambisexualities
ambisexualities
noun
plural of ambisexuality
ambisexuality
ambisexuality
noun
(countable) An instance of ambisexual behaviour.
(uncountable) The state of being ambisexual.
ambisexuals
ambisexuals
noun
plural of ambisexual
amidohexose
ampheclexis
amphimixes
amphimixes
noun
plural of amphimixis
amphioxides
amphioxuses
amphioxuses
noun
plural of amphioxus
anatexis
anatexis
noun
(geology) The metamorphism of plutonic rock into magma in the lower levels of the crust
anaximenes
androsphinxes
androsphinxes
noun
plural of androsphinx
anemotaxis
anemotaxis
noun
(biology) Movement of an organism in response to air currents.
angiemphraxis
angiorrhexis
angiorrhexis
noun
(pathology) rupture of a blood vessel
anisaldoxime
annexationism
annexationism
noun
The tendency or policy of annexing (appropriating) additional territories.
annexationist
annexationist
noun
An advocate of annexation
annexations
annexations
noun
plural of annexation
annexionist
annexionist
noun
An annexationist.
annexitis
anorexias
anorexias
noun
plural of anorexia
anorexics
anorexics
noun
plural of anorexic
anorexies
anorexies
noun
plural of anorexy
anoxemias
anoxemias
noun
plural of anoxemia
antefixes
antefixes
noun
plural of antefix
antiannexationist
antiannexationist
adj
Opposed to annexationism
noun
One who is opposed to annexationism
anticathexis
anticathexis
noun
countercathexis
anticlimaxes
anticlimaxes
noun
plural of anticlimax
antiexpansion
antiexpansion
adj
Acting to prevent the expansion of a physical substance.
Opposing expansion (as of a state or corporation).
antiexpansionism
antiexpansionism
noun
Opposition to expansionism.
antiexpansionist
antiexpansionist
noun
One who opposes expansionism.
antiexpressionism
antiexpressionist
antiexpressionist
adj
(art) Opposing expressionism.
antiexpressionistic
antiexpressive
antiexpressive
adj
(art) Opposing or avoiding expressiveness.
antiexpressively
antiexpressiveness
antiglyoxalase
antihelixes
antihelixes
noun
plural of antihelix
antihomosexual
antihomosexual
adj
Opposed to homosexuality.
noun
A person who opposes homosexuality.
antioxidase
antioxidase
noun
(biochemistry) Any enzyme that reduces the effects of an oxidase and counters oxidative stress
antisex
antisex
adj
Opposed to sexual activity
antisexist
antisexist
noun
One who opposes sexism.
antisexists
antisexists
noun
plural of antisexist
antisexual
antisexual
adj
Opposing sexual intercourse.
noun
One who is opposed to sex or to (teaching, researching, expressing, etc) sexuality.
antispermotoxin
anxieties
anxieties
noun
plural of anxiety
anxiousness
anxiousness
noun
A feeling of anxiety.
The state of being anxious.
apodeixis
apodeixis
noun
Alternative form of apodixis
apomixes
apomixes
noun
plural of apomixis
apoplexies
apoplexies
noun
plural of apoplexy
apoplexious
apoxesis
appendixes
approximates
approximates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of approximate
approximativeness
approximativeness
noun
The state or quality of being approximative.
aprosexia
aprosexia
noun
(psychology) Inability to concentrate.
archexorcist
arsenoxide
arsenoxide
noun
(organic chemistry) The functional group -As=O; any organic compound containing this group
arteriorrhexis
arthroxerosis
asexualisation
asexualisation
noun
Alternative spelling of asexualization
asexualise
asexualise
verb
Alternative spelling of asexualize
asexualised
asexualised
verb
simple past tense and past participle of asexualise
asexualising
asexualising
verb
present participle of asexualise
asexualities
asexualities
noun
plural of asexuality
asexuality
asexuality
noun
The quality (of a species or organism) of reproducing asexually.
The state of not experiencing sexual attraction.
The state of not having a sex or sexual organs.
asexualization
asexualization
noun
The act or process of asexualizing.
asexualize
asexualize
verb
(transitive) To render asexual.
asexualized
asexualized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of asexualize
asexualizing
asexualizing
verb
present participle of asexualize
asphyxiate
asphyxiate
verb
(intransitive) To be smothered or suffocated.
(transitive) To smother or suffocate someone.
asphyxiated
asphyxiated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of asphyxiate
asphyxiates
asphyxiates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of asphyxiate
asphyxiative
asphyxied
asphyxied
verb
simple past tense and past participle of asphyxy
asphyxies
asphyxies
noun
plural of asphyxy
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of asphyxy
assertrix
assertrix
noun
A female assertor.
asterixis
asterixis
noun
(pathology) An abnormal muscular tremor characterized by involuntary jerking of the hands
ataraxies
ataraxies
noun
plural of ataraxy
ataxies
ataxies
noun
plural of ataxy
autosexing
autosexing
noun
The identification of the sex of newborn chicks by their physical appearance, possible with certain breeds of poultry.
auxesis
auxesis
noun
(biology) Biological growth, (now usually restricted to) expansion or growth of an organism apart from that due to cellular division.
(chemistry) The condition of being auxetic
(rhetoric) Overstatement, hyperbole.
(rhetoric, obsolete) Arrangement of a series in ascending order.
auxetics
auxetics
noun
plural of auxetic
auxiliaries
auxiliaries
noun
plural of auxiliary
auxotrophies
auxotrophies
noun
plural of auxotrophy
aviatrixes
axialities
axialities
noun
plural of axiality
axiferous
axilemmas
axillaries
axillaries
noun
plural of axillary
axiologies
axiologies
noun
plural of axiology
axiomatizes
axiomatizes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of axiomatize
axiopoenus
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)
axisymmetric
axisymmetric
adj
Exhibiting symmetry around an axis; exhibiting cylindrical symmetry.
axisymmetrical
axisymmetrical
adj
axisymmetric
axisymmetrically
axisymmetrically
adv
In axisymmetric fashion.
axisymmetry
axisymmetry
noun
symmetry about an axis; rotational symmetry
axites
axites
noun
plural of axite
axlesmith
axminster
axminster
Proper noun
A market town in Devon, England.
Noun
A carpet made in Axminster imitating the Turkey carpet, noted for its thick and soft pile.
axwise
azoxyanisole
basifixed
basifixed
adj
(botany) Said of anthers that are attached to the filament at the base and pointing away from the filament.
bauxites
bauxites
noun
plural of bauxite
baxterianism
bemixes
bemixes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bemix
benefactrixes
biconvexities
biconvexities
noun
plural of biconvexity
bisectrix
bisectrix
noun
The line bisecting the angle between the optic axes of a biaxial crystal.
bisexed
bisext
bisexual
bisexual
adj
(botany) Of flowers: having both pollen and seeds.
(botany) Of fungi: producing both the "female" ascogonium and the "male" antheridium.
(botany) Of gametophytes: producing both eggs and sperm.
(botany) Of sporophytes: having both male and female organs.
(chiefly biology) Having two distinct sexes, male and female (as contrasted with unisexual or hermaphroditic).
(chiefly biology) Involving two sexes (particularly with regard to reproduction; contrast parthenogenetic or asexual).
(of humans or other animals) Sexually attracted to both men and women (by a narrow definition) or to people of multiple or any genders (by a broad definition; compare pansexual).
(rare) Hermaphroditic/intersex, being both male and female, or alternating between being male and being female.
Androgynous.
noun
(botany, rare) A plant or fungus, or part thereof, which is bisexual.
(chiefly biology) An organism (that is, a species) which has male and female sexes.
A person who is bisexual.
bisexualism
bisexualism
noun
Bisexuality.
bisexuality
bisexuality
noun
(chiefly botany) The state of being bisexual (“having both male and female parts or roles”).
(of humans or other animals) The state of being sexually or romantically attracted to members of either sex or gender.
bisexually
bisexually
adv
In a bisexual manner
bisexuals
bisexuals
noun
plural of bisexual
bisexuous
bisexuous
adj
(archaic, sciences) bisexual
bisglyoxaline
bissext
bissext
noun
The bissextile intercalary day.
bissextile
bissextile
adj
Having an intercalary day, particularly the quadrennial leap day of the Julian and Gregorian calendars traditionally placed as a "second sixth" day before March 1st.
noun
Synonym of leap year: a year with an intercalary day.