(cosmetics) The removal of a layer of skin, as in cosmetic preparation.
The loss of leaves from a plant.
The scaling off of a bone, a rock, or a mineral, etc.; the state of being exfoliated.
exfoliations
exfoliations
noun
plural of exfoliation
exfoliative
exfoliative
adj
That causes, or is accompanied by, exfoliation
exfoliatory
exfoliatory
adj
Relating to, or performing, exfoliation.
expenseful
expenseful
adj
Full of expense; costly; chargeable.
expensefully
expensefully
adv
In an expenseful manner.
expensefulness
expensefulness
noun
The quality of being expenseful.
expergefacient
expergefaction
expergefaction
noun
An awakening
expressionful
expressionful
adj
Full of expression; expressive.
exsufflate
exsufflate
verb
(obsolete) To exorcise or renounce by blowing.
exsufflation
exsufflation
noun
(biology, obsolete) A strongly forced expiration of air from the lungs.
(obsolete) A blast from beneath.
(obsolete) A kind of exorcism by blowing with the breath.
exsufflicate
exsufflicate
adj
empty, inflated, frivolous
extraboldface
extractiform
extractiform
adj
(chemistry, archaic) Having the form, appearance, or nature of an extract.
extrafamilial
extrafamilial
adj
Outside a family
extrafascicular
extrafascicular
adj
Outside of a fascicle
extrafine
extrafloral
extrafloral
adj
(botany) Describing a nectary that is situated on a leaf or stem rather than in a flower
extrafocal
extrafocal
adj
Outside of a focus.
extrafoliaceous
extrafoliaceous
adj
(botany) Away from the leaves, or inserted in a different place from them.
extraforaneous
extraforaneous
adj
(nonce word, archaic) outdoor
extraformal
extraofficial
extraofficial
adj
Beyond what is official; not prescribed by official duty.
extraprofessional
extraprofessional
adj
Foreign to a profession; not within the ordinary limits of professional duty or business.
extrascientific
extrascientific
adj
Beyond the context of science.
fabliaux
fabliaux
noun
plural of fabliau
factrix
factrix
noun
(obsolete) A factoress, a female factor (agent or representative).
fairfax
fairfax
Proper noun
that was originally a nickname for someone with long fair hair.
The title of a Scottish peerage.
Any of several place names, including:
An independent city in Virginia, USA
falx
falx
noun
(anatomy) A curved fold or process of the dura mater or the peritoneum, especially one of the partition-like folds of the dura mater which extend into the great fissures of the brain.
(anatomy) A rotula of a sea urchin.
(anatomy) A snake's poison fang.
(anatomy, dated) A chelicera.
(historical) A short Dacian sword resembling a sickle.
faulx
faux
faux
adj
Fake or artificial.
fauxbourdon
fax
fax
intj
Alternative form of facts (“used to express agreement”).
noun
(informal) Nonstandard form of facts.
(obsolete or UK dialectal) The hair of the head.
A fax machine or a document received and printed by one.
verb
To send a document via a fax machine.
faxan
faxed
faxed
adj
(obsolete) Having a head of hair; hairy.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of fax
faxen
faxes
faxes
noun
plural of fax
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of fax
faxing
faxing
verb
present participle of fax
faxon
faxun
fdx
feedbox
feedbox
noun
A box containing animal feed.
feedboxes
feedboxes
noun
plural of feedbox
felix
fellatrix
fellatrix
noun
A woman who performs fellatio.
fellatrixes
ferox
ferredoxin
ferredoxin
noun
(biochemistry) Any of a class of iron and sulfur-containing proteins, found in green plants, that function in electron transport and in photosynthesis.
ferredoxins
ferredoxins
noun
plural of ferredoxin
fiberfrax
fibromyxoma
fibromyxoma
noun
Alternative form of myxofibroma
fibromyxosarcoma
filix
firebox
firebox
noun
(rail transport) The chamber of a steam engine, or a steam locomotive, in which the fuel is burned.
(vulgar) A redheaded woman or her red pubic hair.
The part of a fireplace where the fuel is burned.
fireboxes
fireboxes
noun
plural of firebox
fix
fix
noun
(US) fettlings (mixture used to line a furnace)
(informal) A single dose of an addictive drug administered to a drug user.
A determination of location.
A difficult situation; a quandary or dilemma; a predicament.
A prearrangement of the outcome of a supposedly competitive process, such as a sporting event, a game, an election, a trial, or a bid.
A repair or corrective action.
verb
(intransitive) To become firm, so as to resist volatilization; to cease to flow or be fluid; to congeal; to become hard and malleable, as a metallic substance.
(intransitive) To become fixed; to settle or remain permanently; to cease from wandering; to rest.
(transitive) To attach; to affix; to hold in place or at a particular time.
(transitive) To make (a contest, vote, or gamble) unfair; to privilege one contestant or a particular group of contestants, usually before the contest begins; to arrange immunity for defendants by tampering with the justice system via bribery or extortion.
(transitive) To mend, to repair.
(transitive) To render (a photographic impression) permanent by treating with such applications as will make it insensitive to the action of light.
(transitive, US, informal) To surgically render an animal, especially a pet, infertile.
(transitive, by extension) (Of a piercing look) to direct at someone.
(transitive, chemistry, biology) To convert into a stable or available form.
(transitive, chess) To prevent enemy pawns from advancing by directly opposing the most advanced one with one of one's own pawns so as to threaten to capture any advancing backward pawns.
(transitive, figuratively, usually in the passive) To focus or determine (oneself, on a concept); to fixate.
(transitive, informal) To prepare (food or drink).
(transitive, informal) To take revenge on, to best; to serve justice on an assumed miscreant.
(transitive, mathematics, semantics) To map a (point or subset) to itself.
(transitive, obsolete) To pierce; now generally replaced by transfix.
fixable
fixable
adj
Capable of being fixed, repairable.
attachable
fixage
fixage
noun
The act of fixing or determining.
fixate
fixate
verb
(intransitive) To attend to something to the exclusion of all others; used with on.
(intransitive, psychology) To attach oneself to a person or thing in a pathological or neurotic manner; used with on.
(transitive) To make something fixed and stable; to fix.
To stare fixedly at something.
fixated
fixated
adj
(psychology) attached to someone or something in a neurotic or pathological manner
verb
simple past tense and past participle of fixate
fixates
fixates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of fixate
fixatif
fixatif
noun
Alternative form of fixative
fixatifs
fixatifs
noun
plural of fixatif
fixating
fixating
verb
present participle of fixate
fixation
fixation
noun
(cytology, histology, pathology) preservation of biological tissues from decay due to autolysis or putrefaction.
(genetics) The change in a gene pool from a situation where there exists at least two variants of a particular gene (allele) to a situation where only one of the alleles remains.
(law) Recording a creative work in a medium of expression for more than a transitory duration, thereby satisfying the "fixation" requirement for the purposes of copyright law.
(ophthalmology) maintaining of the gaze on a single location.
(orthopaedics) process by which an injury is rendered immobile.
A state of mind involving obsession with a particular person, idea, or thing.
In metals, a state of resistance to evaporation or volatilization by heat.
The act of fixing.
The act of uniting chemically with a solid substance or in a solid form; reduction to a non-volatile condition; -- said of volatile elements.
The act or process of ceasing to be fluid and becoming firm.
The state of being fixed or fixated.
fixations
fixations
noun
plural of fixation
fixative
fixative
adj
Serving to fix or bind.
noun
(perfumery) The components of a perfume that prolong or bolster the notes, and may or may not be the base note itself.
A substance that fixes, protects, or preserves.
fixatives
fixatives
noun
plural of fixative
fixator
fixator
noun
(anatomy) Any muscle that fixes, or limits the movement, of a bone or joint
fixature
fixature
noun
(historical) A gummy preparation for fixing the hair in place.
fixe
fixe
verb
Archaic form of fix.
fixed
fixed
adj
(dialectal, informal) Surgically rendered infertile (spayed, neutered or castrated).
(law) Of sound, recorded on a permanent medium.
(of a problem) Resolved; corrected.
Attached; affixed.
Chemically stable.
Not changing, not able to be changed, staying the same.
Repaired
Rigged; fraudulently prearranged.
Stationary.
Supplied with what one needs.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of fix
fixedly
fixedly
adv
Firmly, resolutely.
In a fixed manner: steadily, without shifting one's gaze.
In a fixed manner: unchangingly, without changing one's expression.
fixedness
fixedness
noun
The state or condition of being fixed.
fixednesses
fixednesses
noun
plural of fixedness
fixer
fixer
noun
(criminal justice, law) A person who arranges immunity for defendants by tampering with the justice system via bribery or extortion, especially as a business endeavor for profit.
(journalism) A person who assists foreign journalists in volatile countries, often providing interpretation, personal connections, and transportation services.
(photography) A chemical (sodium thiosulfate) used in photographic development that fixes the image in place, preventing further chemical reactions.
(real estate, US) A fixer-upper.
A person who serves as an agent to arrange for a desired result, perhaps by improper means.
Agent noun of fix; one who, or that which, fixes.
fixers
fixers
noun
plural of fixer
fixes
fixes
noun
plural of fix
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of fix
fixgig
fixidity
fixidity
noun
(obsolete) The quality of being fixed.
fixin
fixing
fixing
noun
(UK, usually in the plural) Something to aid attachment during construction (screws, wall plugs, etc)
See fixings.
The act of subverting (fixing) a vote.
verb
(Southern US, slang, with infinitive) Going; preparing; ready. Only used in fixing to.
present participle of fix
fixings
fixings
noun
Side dishes or other appropriate accompaniments such as condiments; trimmings.
The necessary ingredients or components (for something, especially food or a social event).
plural of fixing
fixion
fixit
fixities
fixities
noun
plural of fixity
fixity
fixity
noun
(countable) Something fixed.
(programming) The position of an operator relative to its operand (prefix, postfix) or operands (infix).
(uncountable) The state or condition of being fixed.
fixive
fixive
adj
(obsolete) fixative
fixt
fixt
verb
(obsolete) simple past tense and past participle of fix
fixture
fixture
noun
(computing, programming) A state that can be recreated, used as a baseline for running software tests.
(law) Something that is fixed in place, especially a permanent appliance or other item of personal property that is considered part of a house and is sold with it; compare fitting, furnishing.
(sports, chiefly Britain, Commonwealth, Ireland) A scheduled match.
A lighting unit; a luminaire.
A regular patron of a place or institution; a person constantly present at a certain place.
A work-holding or support device used in the manufacturing industry.
verb
(transitive) To furnish with, as, or in a fixture.
(transitive, sports, Australia, New Zealand) To schedule (a match).
A plant of the genus Linum, especially Linum usitatissimum, which has a single, slender stalk, about a foot and a half high, with blue flowers. Also known as linseed, especially when referring to the seeds.
The fibers of Linum usitatissimum, grown to make linen and related textiles.
The flax bush, a plant of the genus Phormium, native to New Zealand, with strap-like leaves up to 3 metres long that grow in clumps.
flaxbird
flaxboard
flaxbush
flaxbush
noun
The bush (genus Phormium) bearing New Zealand flax.
flaxdrop
flaxen
flaxen
adj
A pale yellow brown; the colour of dried flax stalks and of the fiber obtained therefrom.
Made of or resembling flax fibers.
flaxes
flaxes
noun
plural of flax
flaxier
flaxiest
flaxlike
flaxlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of flax.
flaxman
flaxseed
flaxseed
noun
The seed of the flax plant; a source of linseed oil.
flaxseeds
flaxseeds
noun
plural of flaxseed
flaxtail
flaxton
flaxville
flaxweed
flaxweed
noun
toadflax
flaxwench
flaxwife
flaxwoman
flaxwort
flaxwort
noun
Any of the flax plants of genus Linum.
flaxy
flaxy
adj
Like flax; flaxen.
fldxt
fldxt
noun
(medicine) Abbreviation of fluid extract.
flex
flex
noun
(countable) An act of flexing.
(countable, geometry) A point of inflection.
(countable, slang) The act of flaunting something; something one considers impressive.
(uncountable) Flexibility, pliancy.
(uncountable) Flexible ductwork, typically flexible plastic over a metal wire coil to shape a tube.
(uncountable, chiefly Britain) Any flexible insulated electrical wiring.
verb
(intransitive) To tighten the muscles for display of size or strength.
(intransitive, slang, by extension) To flaunt one's superiority.
(transitive) To move part of the body using one's muscles.
(transitive) To repeatedly bend one of one's joints.
(transitive, chiefly physics or biomechanics) To bend something.
flexagon
flexagon
noun
(geometry) A flat model made from folded strips of paper that can be folded, or flexed, to reveal a number of hidden faces.
flexanimous
flexanimous
adj
(rare) Having the power to change somebody's mind.
flexed
flexed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of flex
flexes
flexes
noun
plural of flex
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of flex
flexibilities
flexibilities
noun
plural of flexibility
flexibility
flexibility
noun
The quality of being flexible; suppleness; pliability.
The quality of having options.
flexibilty
flexible
flexible
adj
Capable of being flexed or bent without breaking; able to be turned or twisted without breaking.
Capable or being adapted or molded in some way.
Willing or prone to give way to the influence of others; not invincibly rigid or obstinate.
noun
(chiefly engineering and manufacturing) Something that is flexible.
flexibleness
flexibleness
noun
The state or quality of being flexible.
flexibly
flexibly
adv
in a flexible manner
flexile
flexile
adj
Flexible; capable of being repeatedly flexed without breaking.
flexility
flexility
noun
The quality or degree of being flexile.
flexing
flexing
noun
The action of the verb flex; a bending of something, a tightening of the muscles.
verb
present participle of flex
flexion
flexion
noun
(grammar, dated) The variation of words by declension, comparison, or conjugation; inflection.
Deviation from straightness.
The act of bending a joint, especially a bone joint; the counteraction of extension.
The state of being bent or flexed.
flexional
flexional
adj
Dated form of flectional.
flexionless
flexionless
adj
(grammar, dated) inflectionless
flexions
flexions
noun
plural of flexion
flexitime
flexitime
noun
An arrangement that allows employees to set their own working hours within agreed limits; normally must include certain periods (core time) when they must be at work.
flexity
flexive
flexner
flexo
flexo
noun
flexography.
flexographic
flexographic
adj
Of or pertaining to flexography
flexographically
flexographically
adv
By means of flexography.
flexography
flexography
noun
A method of printing using a rubber or polymer rotating printing plate, most commonly used for packaging (labels, tape etc.).
flexor
flexor
noun
A muscle whose contraction acts to bend a joint or limb.