(medicine) inflammation of the adnexa of the uterus, i.e. the Fallopian tubes or ovaries.
alexanders
alexanders
noun
(chiefly Canada, US) Various plants of genus Zizia or Angelica thought to resemble European alexanders.
Any of various umbellifers, often specifically Smyrnium olusatrum or Heracleum maximum, the cow parsnip.
plural of alexander
alexanderson
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
alexandros
alexandros
Proper noun
A transliteration of the Greek male given name
alexandroupolis
alexines
alexines
noun
plural of alexine
alexins
alexins
noun
plural of alexin
alexishafen
ambidextrousness
ambidextrousness
noun
The state or quality of being ambidextrous.
anaphylaxes
anaphylaxes
noun
plural of anaphylaxis
anaptyxes
anaptyxes
noun
plural of anaptyxis
anatexes
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
annexes
annexes
noun
plural of annex
plural of annexe
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of annex
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of annexe
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
anoxyscope
antapexes
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.
apoxyomenos
apoxyomenos
noun
(art) A conventional subject of ancient Greek votive sculpture: an athlete caught in the familiar act of scraping sweat and dust from his body with a strigil.
appendixes
approximativeness
approximativeness
noun
The state or quality of being approximative.
arsenoxide
arsenoxide
noun
(organic chemistry) The functional group -As=O; any organic compound containing this group
asexualisation
asexualisation
noun
Alternative spelling of asexualization
asexualising
asexualising
verb
present participle of asexualise
asexualization
asexualization
noun
The act or process of asexualizing.
asexualizing
asexualizing
verb
present participle of asexualize
asteroxylon
autosexing
autosexing
noun
The identification of the sex of newborn chicks by their physical appearance, possible with certain breeds of poultry.
auxosubstance
axiopoenus
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.
axonemes
axonemes
noun
plural of axoneme
axones
axones
noun
plural of axone
axstone
axstone
noun
A variety of jade, used by the natives of the South Sea Islands for making axes or hatchets.
azoxyanisole
bandboxes
bandboxes
noun
plural of bandbox
baxterianism
benefactrixes
biconvexities
biconvexities
noun
plural of biconvexity
bisglyoxaline
boxiness
boxiness
noun
The condition of being boxy
boxinesses
buxomness
buxomness
noun
(now rare) Happiness, gaiety.
(obsolete) Obedience.
Voluptuousness.
buxomnesses
carnifexes
cephalexins
cephalexins
noun
plural of cephalexin
chemotaxonomist
chemotaxonomist
noun
One who studies chemotaxonomy.
chronaxies
chronaxies
noun
plural of chronaxie
clarenceuxship
coannexes
coexistence
coexistence
noun
The state of two or more things existing together, usually in a temporal or spatial sense, with or without mutual interaction.
coexistences
coexistences
noun
plural of coexistence
coexistency
coexistency
noun
Alternative form of coexistence
coexistent
coexistent
adj
existing at the same time as something else
noun
That which coexists with another.
coexisting
coexisting
verb
present participle of coexist
coexplosion
coextends
coextends
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form 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.
coextensively
coextensively
adv
To the same extent.
coextensiveness
coextensiveness
noun
The property of being coextensive.
complexedness
complexedness
noun
The state or quality of being complexed.
complexionist
complexionless
complexionless
adj
colourless; pale
complexions
complexions
noun
plural of complexion
complexness
complexness
noun
The state or quality of being complex.
confluxes
confluxes
noun
plural of conflux
confluxibleness
connexes
connexes
noun
plural of connex
connexionalism
connexionalism
noun
(theology) The theological understanding and foundation of Methodist polity, as practised in the British Methodist Church, the American United Methodist Church, and many of the countries where Methodism was established by their missionaries.
connexities
connexus
conservatrix
conservatrix
noun
A female conservator.
contextless
contextless
adj
without context
contexts
contexts
noun
plural of context
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of context
contextures
contextures
noun
plural of contexture
convexedness
convexedness
noun
The state or quality of being convexed.
convexes
convexes
noun
plural of convex
convexities
convexities
noun
plural of convexity
convexness
convexness
noun
The state or quality of being convex.
costopneumopexy
countercathexis
countercathexis
noun
(psychology) The suppression or repression of mental energy.
counterexamples
counterexamples
noun
plural of counterexample
counterexercise
counterexposition
counterexposition
noun
An exposition that responds to, or counters, another exposition.
counterexpostulation
counterextension
counterextension
noun
(countable, logic) The set of tuples of values that, used as arguments, do not satisfy the predicate.
(surgery) The fixation of the upper part of a limb, while extension is practiced on the lower part, as in cases of luxation or fracture.
coxbones
coxswained
coxswained
verb
simple past tense and past participle of coxswain
criosphinxes
criosphinxes
noun
plural of criosphinx
cristineaux
cupressinoxylon
cyclohexanes
cyclohexanes
noun
plural of cyclohexane
cytopharynxes
cytopharynxes
noun
plural of cytopharynx
deoxidations
deoxidations
noun
plural of deoxidation
deoxidisation
deoxidisation
noun
Alternative form of deoxidization
deoxidising
deoxidising
verb
present participle of deoxidise
deoxycorticosterone
deoxycorticosterone
noun
(biochemistry, steroids) A steroid hormone, produced in the adrenal cortex; sometimes manufactured synthetically for use in cases of adrenal insufficiency.
deoxygenates
deoxygenates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of deoxygenate
deoxyribonuclease
deoxyribonuclease
noun
(biochemistry, genetics) Any of several enzymes that catalyze the cleavage of DNA.
desexing
desexing
verb
present participle of desex
desexualization
desexualization
noun
The act or process of desexualizing.
desexualizing
desexualizing
verb
present participle of desexualize
desiodothyroxine
desoxyanisoin
desoxybenzoin
desoxycinchonine
desoxycorticosterone
desoxycorticosterone
noun
(biochemistry, steroids) US form of deoxycorticosterone.