(pharmacology) That reduces anxiety; tranquilizing
noun
(pharmacology) A drug prescribed for the treatment of symptoms of anxiety.
anxiolytics
anxiolytics
noun
plural of anxiolytic
anxiously
anxiously
adv
In an anxious manner; with painful uncertainty; solicitously.
aortomalaxis
aplotaxene
aplotaxene
noun
(organic chemistry) The unsaturated aliphatic hydrocarbon (8Z,11Z,14Z)-heptadeca-1,8,11,14-tetraene present in the roots of burdock
apophylaxis
apoplex
apoplex
noun
Obsolete form of apoplexy.
apoplexies
apoplexies
noun
plural of apoplexy
apoplexious
apoplexy
apoplexy
noun
(informal) A state of intense and almost uncontrollable anger.
(medicine) Gross hemorrhage into a cavity or into the substance of an organ.
(medicine, dated) Unconsciousness or incapacity resulting from a cerebral hemorrhage or stroke.
approximable
approximable
adj
(mathematics) Able to be approximated
approximal
approximal
adj
Contiguous
Near or adjacent
approximately
approximately
adv
Imprecise but close to in quantity or amount.
approximatively
approximatively
adv
In an approximative manner.
apyrexial
apyrexial
adj
(medicine) Relating to apyrexy.
araucarioxylon
archlexicographer
aroxyl
asexual
asexual
adj
(biology) Lacking distinct sex, lacking sexual organs.
(biology) Without sexual action; reproducing by some other method than sex.
(especially of a person) Not experiencing sexual attraction; lacking interest in or desire for sex.
Nonsexual in nature, unmarked by sexual activity.
noun
(biology) A species which reproduces by asexual rather than sexual reproduction, or a member of such a species.
(rare) Something which does not have a sex, or a word which refers to such a thing.
A person who does not experience sexual attraction; a person who lacks interest in or desire for sex.
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
asexually
asexually
adv
In an asexual manner; without having sex.
asexuals
asexuals
noun
plural of asexual
aspalax
asphyxial
asphyxial
adj
Of or relating to asphyxia.
asteroxylaceae
asteroxylon
atlantoaxial
atlantoaxial
adj
(anatomy) Of or pertaining to the articulation of the atlas with the axis.
atloaxoid
atloidoaxoid
atoxyl
atoxyl
noun
arsanilic acid
atriplex
autocomplexes
autohexaploid
autohexaploid
adj
(genetics) hexaploid as a result of multiplication of a haploid set of chromosomes
autoxidizability
autoxidizability
noun
Alternative form of autoxidisability
autoxidizable
autoxidizable
adj
Alternative form of autoxidisable
auxamylase
auxanology
auxanology
noun
auxology
auxetical
auxetically
auxetically
adv
By auxesis.
auxil
auxiliar
auxiliar
adj
(obsolete) auxiliary
auxiliaries
auxiliaries
noun
plural of auxiliary
auxiliarly
auxiliarly
adv
By way of help.
auxiliary
auxiliary
adj
(grammar) Relating to an auxiliary verb.
(nautical) Of a ship, having both sails and an engine.
Held in reserve for exceptional circumstances.
Helping; giving assistance or support.
Supplementary or subsidiary.
noun
(grammar) An auxiliary verb.
A marching band colorguard.
A person or group that acts in an auxiliary manner.
A sailing vessel equipped with an engine.
auxiliate
auxiliation
auxiliator
auxiliatory
auxiliatory
adj
(obsolete) auxiliary; helping.
auxilium
auxillary
auxillary
adj
Misspelling of auxiliary.
auxilytic
auxinically
auxoamylase
auxoblast
auxoflore
auxofluor
auxology
auxology
noun
(biology) The study of growth
axal
axal
adj
Archaic form of axial.
axel
axel
noun
(figure skating) A jump that includes one (or more than one) complete turn and a half turn while in the air.
Misspelling of axle.
axels
axels
noun
plural of axel
axenically
axenically
adv
Without other living organisms.
axerophthol
axerophthol
noun
Vitamin A
axial
axial
adj
(anatomy) Belonging to the axis of the body, or to the axis of any appendage or organ
(botany) In the same direction as the axis, parallel to the axis.
(chemistry) oriented close to the axis running through the centre of a cyclohexane ring, as opposed to equatorial. See w:Axial bond.
Relating to, resembling, or situated on an axis
noun
(dentistry) A plane parallel to the surface of a tooth.
(ornithology) A flight feather that appears between the primaries and secondaries on some birds.
axialities
axialities
noun
plural of axiality
axiality
axiality
noun
The degree which something is axial
The state of being axial
axially
axially
adv
In relation to, or in a line with, an axis; in the axial (magnetic) line.
axifugal
axifugal
adj
(archaic) Centrifugal. [from 18th c.]
axil
axil
noun
(botany) The angle or point of divergence between the upper side of a branch, leaf, or petiole, and the stem or branch from which it springs.
axile
axile
adj
Situated in the axis of anything; as an embryo which lies in the axis of a seed.
axilemma
axilemmas
axilemmata
axilla
axilla
noun
(botany, uncommon) Alternative form of axil
The armpit, or the cavity beneath the junction of the arm and shoulder.
axillae
axillae
noun
plural of axilla
axillant
axillar
axillar
adj
Alternative form of axillary
noun
Any of the feathers connecting the undersurface of the wing and the body, and concealed by the closed wing.
axillaries
axillaries
noun
plural of axillary
axillars
axillars
noun
plural of axillar
axillary
axillary
adj
(botany) Situated in, or rising from, an axil; relating to an axil.
Of or pertaining to the axilla or armpit.
noun
Alternative form of axillar
axillas
axils
axils
noun
plural of axil
axiolite
axiolitic
axiological
axiological
adj
Of or relating to value theory, the philosophical field of axiology.
Of or relating to values themselves.
axiologically
axiologically
adv
In an axiological manner.
axiologies
axiologies
noun
plural of axiology
axiologist
axiologist
noun
A person, especially a philosopher, who studies theory of value.
axiology
axiology
noun
(countable) The particular value-theory of a philosopher, school of thought, etc.
(uncountable, philosophy) The study of value(s), as regards origin, nature, functions, types, and interrelations; value theory.
axiomatical
axiomatical
adj
Of or pertaining to an axiom; having the nature of an axiom; characterized by axioms.
axiomatically
axiomatically
adv
By the use of axioms; in the form of an axiom.
axisymmetrical
axisymmetrical
adj
axisymmetric
axisymmetrically
axisymmetrically
adv
In axisymmetric fashion.
axle
axle
noun
(geometry, astronomy, archaic) An axis.
(obsolete) Shoulder.
A transverse bar or shaft connecting the opposite wheels of a car or carriage; an axletree.
The pin or spindle on which a wheel revolves, or which revolves with a wheel.
axled
axled
adj
Having (a specified number or kind of) axles.
axles
axles
noun
plural of axle
axlesmith
axletree
axletree
noun
A bar or beam of wood or iron, connecting the opposite wheels of a carriage, on the ends of which the wheels revolve.
A spindle or axle of a wheel.
A stimulus or driving force.
axletrees
axletrees
noun
plural of axletree
axlike
axlike
adj
Resembling an ax.
axofugal
axolemma
axolemma
noun
The surface membrane of an axon
axolotl
axolotl
noun
A critically endangered salamander found in the elevated lakes of Mexico, Ambystoma mexicanum.
axolotls
axolotls
noun
plural of axolotl
axolysis
axolysis
noun
(physics) The degeneration or dissolution of an axon
axonal
axonal
adj
(cytology) Of or pertaining to an axon.
axonemal
axonemal
adj
Of or pertaining to an axoneme
axonolipa
axonolipous
axonolipous
adj
Belonging to the Axonolipa.
axopetal
axopetal
adj
(physiology, dated) Seeking the axon.
axoplasm
axoplasm
noun
The cytoplasm of an axon
axoplasmic
axoplasmic
adj
Of or pertaining to axoplasm.
axoplasms
axoplasms
noun
plural of axoplasm
axostyle
axostyle
noun
A sheet of microtubules found in certain microbial eukaryotes, arising from the bases of the flagella.
axtel
axtell
azodicarboxylic
azoxazole
azoxazole
noun
Synonym of furazan
azoxyanisole
azoxynaphthalene
azoxynaphthalene
noun
(organic chemistry) Any azoxy derivative of naphthalene
azoxyphenetole
azoxytoluidine
bandboxical
bandboxical
adj
(archaic) Small and flimsy; poky.
baxley
baxley
Proper noun
a city in Georgia, USA
belatrix
bellatrix
benelux
benelux
Proper noun
An economic and customs union made up of Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg; one of the precursors of the European Union; the countries which constitute(d) this union.
benzaldoxime
benzaldoxime
noun
(organic chemistry) The aldoxime of benzaldehyde.
benzantialdoxime
benzofuroquinoxaline
benzoglyoxaline
benzoquinoxaline
betelgeux
bexley
bexley
Proper noun
a suburban area in south-east London, England.
a London Borough within Greater London.
biaxal
biaxal
adj
Archaic form of biaxial.
biaxial
biaxial
adj
(mathematics, astronomy) Having two axes of rotation and two planes of symmetry (e.g. having the shape of a spheroid)
Along two axes; e.g. in engineering, a shear or compression text of a material along two axes
Having a value in two perpendicular directions. (In solid mechanics, it generally means that normal stresses exist in two of the possible three directions, though not necessarily equal in sign or magnitude.)
Having two axes.
biaxiality
biaxiality
noun
The condition of being biaxial.
biaxially
biaxially
adv
In a biaxial fashion; along two axes.
biaxillary
biflex
bilixanthin
billywix
biloxi
biloxi
Proper noun
A city in Mississippi, USA.
An extinct language of the Biloxi Native Americans.
A village in southeastern Texas.
bimaxillary
bimaxillary
adj
Relating to both of the maxillae.
binoxalate
binoxalate
noun
(chemistry) A salt having two equivalents of oxalic acid to one of the base; an acid oxalate.
bioxalate
bioxalate
noun
(inorganic chemistry) The univalent group -HC₂O₄, or any salt containing it.