(botany, zoology) Of a side that is facing away from the axis or central line, such as the underside of a leaf; or the back of an animal.
Not in the axis. Applied to an embryo placed out of the axis of the seed.
abaxile
abaxile
adj
Alternative form of abaxial
affixable
affixable
adj
Capable of being affixed.
ambidextral
ambidextral
adj
Pertaining equally to the left and right sides.
ambidextrously
ambidextrously
adv
In an ambidextrous manner.
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
ambosexual
annexable
annexable
adj
Able to be annexed.
antibenzaldoxime
approximable
approximable
adj
(mathematics) Able to be approximated
autoxidizability
autoxidizability
noun
Alternative form of autoxidisability
autoxidizable
autoxidizable
adj
Alternative form of autoxidisable
auxoblast
azodicarboxylic
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.
bisaxillary
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
bisglyoxaline
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.
bixler
blennothorax
blixen
bloxberg
bloxom
bloxom
Proper noun
A town in Virginia.
bolboxalis
bollix
bollix
noun
(Ireland, derogatory) fool, jerk
confusion
mess
verb
(transitive) To botch or bungle.
(transitive) To confuse.
bollixed
bollixed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bollix
bollixes
bollixes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bollix
bollixing
bollixing
verb
present participle of bollix
bollox
bollox
noun
Alternative spelling of bollocks
bolloxed
bolloxed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bollox
bolloxes
bolloxes
noun
plural of bollox
bolloxing
bolloxing
verb
present participle of bollox
boxball
boxball
noun
Any of various informal ball games or sports played with boxes, or in a box-shaped court.
boxelder
boxelder
noun
Alternative form of box elder
boxful
boxful
noun
as much as a box will hold
boxfuls
boxfuls
noun
plural of boxful
boxhaul
boxhaul
verb
(nautical, transitive, intransitive) To bring (a square-rigged ship) onto a new tack by hauling back the foresails whilst steering hard round.
boxhauled
boxhauled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of boxhaul
boxhauling
boxhauling
verb
present participle of boxhaul
boxhauls
boxhauls
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of boxhaul
boxholder
boxholder
noun
A renter of a post office box.
An owner of a box in a theatre/theater, stadium, etc.
boxholm
boxlike
boxlike
adj
similar to a box
boxwallah
boxwallah
noun
(India, historical) An Indian pedlar who sold goods from a box or trunk.
bradyauxetically
bradylexia
bradylexia
noun
An unusual slowness in reading
bronxville
bruxelles
bucculatrix
butoxyl
buxomly
buxomly
adv
In a buxom way.
camphocarboxylic
candlebox
carbethoxyl
carbethoxyl
noun
(organic chemistry) Alternative form of carbethoxy
carbolxylol
carbomethoxyl
carbomethoxyl
noun
Alternative form of carbomethoxy
carboxyhemoglobin
carboxyhemoglobin
noun
(biochemistry) The stable complex of carbon monoxide with hemoglobin; it prevents the normal complexing with oxygen and thus leads to anoxia
carboxyl
carboxyl
noun
(organic chemistry) A univalent functional group consisting of a carbonyl and a hydroxyl functional group (-CO.OH); characteristic of carboxylic acids.
carboxylase
carboxylase
noun
(biochemistry) Any enzyme that catalyzes either a carboxylation or decarboxylation reaction.
carboxylases
carboxylases
noun
plural of carboxylase
carboxylate
carboxylate
noun
(organic chemistry) Any salt or ester of a carboxylic acid.
verb
(organic chemistry) To form a carboxyl group by introduction of carbon dioxide
(organic chemistry) To react with a carboxylic acid
carboxylated
carboxylated
adj
(chemistry) Converted into a carboxylic acid, normally by the oxidation of an alcohol or aldehyde.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of carboxylate
carboxylates
carboxylates
noun
plural of carboxylate
carboxylating
carboxylating
verb
present participle of carboxylate
carboxylation
carboxylation
noun
(organic chemistry) Any reaction that introduces a carboxylate group into a molecule
carboxylic
carboxylic
adj
(organic chemistry) Of, or relating to the carboxyl functional group.
carboxyls
carboxyls
noun
plural of carboxyl
cerebellocortex
coalbox
coalbox
noun
A box for storing coal.
coalboxes
coalboxes
noun
plural of coalbox
cocarboxylase
cocarboxylase
noun
A compound, related to vitamin B, that can be prepared from aneurine.
coexchangeable
coexchangeable
adj
Able to be exchanged with each other.
complexionably
confluxibility
confluxible
confluxibleness
coxcombical
coxcombical
adj
Like, or in the style of, a coxcomb.
coxcombicality
coxcombicality
noun
The quality of being coxcombical.
coxcombically
coxcombically
adv
(obsolete) in the manner of a coxcomb
decarboxylase
decarboxylase
noun
(biochemistry) Any enzyme that catalyzes the hydrolysis of a carboxyl group, effectively removing carbon dioxide from a compound.
decarboxylate
decarboxylate
verb
(organic chemistry) To remove one or more carboxyl groups from a molecule
decarboxylated
decarboxylated
adj
Describing a product of decarboxylation
verb
simple past tense and past participle of decarboxylate
decarboxylating
decarboxylating
verb
present participle of decarboxylate
decarboxylation
decarboxylation
noun
(organic chemistry) The removal of one or more carboxyl groups from a molecule
decarboxylization
decarboxylize
decarboxylize
verb
Synonym of decarboxylate
deflexibility
deflexible
deoxyribonuclease
deoxyribonuclease
noun
(biochemistry, genetics) Any of several enzymes that catalyze the cleavage of DNA.
deoxyribonucleic
deoxyribonucleic
adj
(genetics) Of or pertaining to deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) or its derivatives.
deoxyribonucleoprotein
deoxyribonucleoprotein
noun
(biochemistry) The complex of DNA and protein in which DNA is usually found upon cell disruption and isolation.
deoxyribonucleotide
deoxyribonucleotide
noun
(biochemistry, genetics) Any nucleotide containing deoxyribose.
desoxyribonuclease
desoxyribonuclease
noun
Alternative form of deoxyribonuclease
desoxyribonucleic
desoxyribonucleic
adj
Alternative form of deoxyribonucleic
desoxyribonucleoprotein
dextrocerebral
dicarboxylate
dicarboxylate
noun
(organic chemistry) Any salt or ester of a dicarboxylic acid, but especially any of such compounds (such as glutamates) that have biological activity
dicarboxylic
dicarboxylic
adj
(organic chemistry) Having two carboxylic groups
dysoxidizable
exacerbatingly
exacerbatingly
adv
In an exacerbating way; so as to aggravate or make worse.
exactable
exactable
adj
Having the capability of being exacted.
exalbuminose
exalbuminose
adj
Alternative form of exalbuminous
exalbuminous
exalbuminous
adj
(botany) Having no albumen about the embryo; said of certain seeds.
examinability
examinability
noun
The quality or state of being examinable.
examinable
examinable
adj
Able to be examined.
Eligible to appear in an examination.
excalibur
exceedable
exceedable
adj
(obsolete) Capable of exceeding or surpassing.
Capable of being exceeded; surpassable.
excepable
exceptionability
exceptionability
noun
The quality of being exceptionable.
exceptionable
exceptionable
adj
Liable to cause disapproval, objection or debate.
exceptionableness
exceptionableness
noun
exceptionability
exceptionably
exceptionably
adv
In an exceptionable manner.
excerptible
excerptible
adj
Able to be excerpted.
exchangeability
exchangeability
noun
The condition of being exchangeable
exchangeable
exchangeable
adj
(finance) Having an associated right to be exchanged for another form of financial security.
Able to be exchanged.
noun
(finance) Any financial instrument with an associated right to be exchanged for another form of financial security.
exchangeably
exchangeably
adv
By way of exchange.
excisable
excisable
adj
Liable or subject to excise.
excitabilities
excitabilities
noun
plural of excitability
excitability
excitability
noun
(countable) A measure of how easy something is to excite