(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.
approximants
approximants
noun
plural of approximant
approximations
approximations
noun
plural of approximation
approximativeness
approximativeness
noun
The state or quality of being approximative.
axmanship
axmanship
noun
Alternative form of axemanship
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.
costopneumopexy
counterexamples
counterexamples
noun
plural of counterexample
desoxymorphine
discomplexion
discomplexion
verb
(obsolete, transitive) To change the complexion or hue of.
encephalomalaxis
examinership
examinership
noun
(Ireland, law) A legal process whereby a company gets protection from the Court, in order to survive.
excisemanship
excisemanship
noun
The state or business of an exciseman.
exemplariness
exemplariness
noun
The state or condition of being exemplary, serving as a shining example.
exemplifications
exemplifications
noun
plural of exemplification
exemptionist
exemptions
exemptions
noun
plural of exemption
exendospermic
exendospermous
expansionism
expansionism
noun
The policy, of a nation, of expanding its territory or its economic influence.
expansometer
expansum
experientialism
experientialism
noun
(philosophy) The theory that experience is the source of knowledge.
experimentalism
experimentalism
noun
(philosophy) An empirical or pragmatic approach which emphasizes the importance of experimentation
An experimental practice or tendency, especially in the arts
experimentalist
experimentalist
adj
Relating to experimentation
noun
A person who seeks or enjoys new experiences
A person who values the results of experiments over theory
One who performs experiments
experimentalists
experimentalists
noun
plural of experimentalist
experimentations
experimentations
noun
plural of experimentation
experimenters
experimenters
noun
plural of experimenter
experimentist
experimentist
noun
An experimenter.
experiments
experiments
noun
plural of experiment
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of experiment
expressionism
expressionism
noun
A movement in the arts in which the artist did not depict objective reality, but rather a subjective expression of their inner experiences
A somewhat analogous genre in early 20th century music
expressionismus
expressman
expressman
noun
A person employed in the express business.
expressmen
expressmen
noun
plural of expressman
expromission
expromission
noun
(law) The intervention of a new debtor, substituted for the former one, who is consequently discharged by the creditor.
exstemporaneous
extemporalness
extemporaneous
extemporaneous
adj
With inadequate preparation or without advance thought; offhand.
extemporaneously
extemporaneously
adv
In an extemporaneous manner; without prior preparation or planning.
extemporaneousness
extemporaneousness
noun
The degree or property of being extemporaneous.
extemporariness
extemporariness
noun
The quality of being extemporary.
extemporisation
extemporisation
noun
(British spelling) Alternative spelling of extemporization.
extemporising
extemporising
verb
present participle of extemporise
hematosalpinx
hematosalpinx
noun
(medicine) A medical condition involving bleeding into the Fallopian tubes.
hemosalpinx
hexosemonophosphoric
impersonatrix
inspeximus
inspeximus
noun
(historical) A confirmation and reaffirmation of one or several royal grants made in the past, generally at the request of a putative beneficiary.
interparoxysmal
interparoxysmal
adj
Between paroxysms.
laryngemphraxis
laryngemphraxis
noun
(medicine) The closure or obstruction of the larynx.
lexiphanicism
lexiphanicism
noun
The use of pretentious words or language.
mesoappendix
mesoappendix
noun
(anatomy) Part of the mesentery found near the appendix and the terminal ileum.
mesosalpinx
mesosalpinx
noun
(anatomy) Part of the lining of the abdominal cavity in higher vertebrates, specifically the portion of the broad ligament that stretches from the ovary to the level of the uterine tube.
metrosalpinx
minxship
minxship
noun
(obsolete, humorous) A supposed title given to a woman thought to be acting like a minx (usually with possessive adjective).
misexpectation
misexpectation
noun
Bad or wrong expectation.
misexpend
misexpend
verb
(transitive) To expend badly or wrongly.
misexpenditure
misexpenditure
noun
Bad or wrong expenditure.
misexplain
misexplain
verb
(transitive) To explain incorrectly.
misexplained
misexplained
verb
simple past tense and past participle of misexplain
misexplanation
misexplanation
noun
Incorrect explanation.
misexplication
misexplication
noun
Wrong explication.
misexposition
misexposition
noun
Wrong exposition.
misexpound
misexpound
verb
To expound erroneously.
misexpression
misexpression
noun
Incorrect expression, especially of a gene
myxospongiae
myxospongian
myxospongida
myxosporidian
myxosporidian
noun
Any member of the Myxosporidia.
neoexpressionism
nephremphraxis
omentosplenopexy
oxmanship
pancreatemphraxis
panmixes
panmixias
panmixis
panmixis
Noun
Panmixia.
pansexism
pansexualism
pansexualism
noun
(psychology, historical) The psychological theory that all human activity (mental and physical) is based on sexuality.
(rare, chiefly derogatory) Pansexuality.
pharyngemphraxis
postexpressionism
preexaminations
preexaminations
noun
plural of preexamination
preexamines
preexamines
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of preexamine
preextinguishment
proxenetism
proxenetism
noun
(formal) The negotiation or facilitation of a transaction between a sex worker and a customer.
proximateness
proximateness
noun
Quality of being proximate.
pseudoexperimental
pseudoexperimentally
salpingemphraxis
semiexpanded
semiexpanded
adj
Somewhat or partly expanded.
semiexpansible
semiexperimental
semiexperimentally
semiexplanation
semiexpressionistic
seropneumothorax
spasmotoxin
spasmotoxin
noun
(organic chemistry, archaic) An alkaloid, found in cultures of the tetanus bacillus, that induces violent convulsions.
spasmotoxine
spermatoxin
spermotoxin
spermotoxin
noun
Alternative form of spermatotoxin
sphenomaxillary
sphenomaxillary
adj
(anatomy) Relating to the sphenoid bone and the maxilla.
splanchnemphraxis
splenemphraxis
superexaminer
superexcitement
superextremeness
uncomplexness
unexampledness
unexampledness
noun
The quality of being unexampled.
xanthospermous
xanthospermous
adj
(botany) Having yellow seeds
xenomorphosis
xenomorphosis
noun
(film studies)
xenoparasitism
xenoparasitism
noun
xenoparasitic activity
xenophilism
xenophilism
noun
xenophilia (attraction to foreign people, manners or culture)