(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.
apteryxes
apteryxes
noun
plural of apteryx
asphyxiate
asphyxiate
verb
(intransitive) To be smothered or suffocated.
(transitive) To smother or suffocate someone.
asphyxiated
asphyxiated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of asphyxiate
asphyxiates
asphyxiates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of asphyxiate
asphyxiative
asphyxied
asphyxied
verb
simple past tense and past participle of asphyxy
asphyxies
asphyxies
noun
plural of asphyxy
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of asphyxy
carboxypeptidase
carboxypeptidase
noun
(biochemistry) Any enzyme that catalyzes the hydrolysis of the terminal amino acid of a polypeptide/protein from the end that contains a free carboxyl group
chartophylaxes
chartophylaxes
noun
plural of chartophylax
chemoprophylaxis
chemoprophylaxis
noun
chemoprevention; the prevention of disease using food supplements or drugs.
cholecystopexy
costopneumopexy
cupressinoxylon
cytopharynxes
cytopharynxes
noun
plural of cytopharynx
desoxyephedrine
desoxyephedrine
Noun
methamphetamine
desoxymorphine
desoxyribonucleoprotein
dimethylsulphoxide
dimethylsulphoxide
noun
Alternative spelling of dimethyl sulfoxide
epicalyxes
epiphylaxis
epixylous
epixylous
adj
(mycology) Relating to, growing or living on the surface of wood
erysipelothrix
esothyropexy
exasperatedly
exasperatedly
adv
In an exasperated manner.
exasperatingly
exasperatingly
adv
In an exasperating manner; frustratingly.
exopterygotism
exopterygotous
expansibility
expansibility
noun
The condition of being expansible
expansibly
expansibly
adv
In an expansible manner.
expansionary
expansionary
adj
That promotes or exhibits expansion; expansionist.
expansively
expansively
adv
In an expansive manner
expansivity
expansivity
noun
(mathematics) The formal notion of points moving away from one another under the action of an iterated function.
expansiveness
expeditiously
expeditiously
adv
In an expeditious manner
expensefully
expensefully
adv
In an expenseful manner.
expensively
expensively
adv
In an expensive manner.
expiscatory
expiscatory
adj
(archaic) Tending to fish out; searching.
explosibility
explosibility
noun
(countable) A measure of the extent to which a material is explosible
(uncountable) The state of being explosible
explosively
explosively
adv
In an explosive manner.
expositionary
expositionary
adj
(writing) Serving as exposition.
expositively
expositorially
expositorily
expositorily
adv
In an expository fashion.
expository
expository
adj
Serving to explain, explicate, or elucidate; expositive; of or relating to exposition.
expostulatingly
expostulatingly
adv
With expostulations.
expostulatively
expostulatively
adv
In an expostulative manner.
expostulatory
expostulatory
adj
Of, characterized by, or exhibiting expostulation.
expressibility
expressibility
noun
The quality of being expressible.
expressibly
expressibly
adv
In an expressible way.
expressionistically
expressionistically
adv
In an expressionistic manner.
expressionlessly
expressionlessly
adv
Without expression; in an expressionless way.
expressively
expressively
adv
In an expressive manner.
expressivity
expressivity
noun
(genetics) The degree to which a gene affects or can affect an organism.
(uncountable) The quality of being expressive.
expressly
expressly
adv
Exclusively.
In an express or explicit manner.
expressway
expressway
noun
(Canada, parts of the US, Malaysia, Singapore) A road built to freeway standards.
(UK, New Zealand) A road built for high speed traffic, but not up to motorway standards or designated a motorway.
(US, regional) A divided highway, especially one whose intersections and direct access to adjacent properties have been eliminated.
expressways
expressways
noun
plural of expressway
expulsatory
expulsatory
adj
expulsive; having the power to expel; serving to expel
expulsory
expulsory
adj
Synonym of expulsive
exsputory
exstrophy
exstrophy
noun
(anatomy) The eversion or turning out of any organ, or of its inner surface.
(especially) A congenital malformation of the bladder in which the normally internal mucosa of the organ lies exposed on the abdominal wall because of failure of union between the halves of the pubic symphysis and between the adjacent halves of the abdominal wall.
extemporaneously
extemporaneously
adv
In an extemporaneous manner; without prior preparation or planning.
extispicy
extispicy
noun
(countable) A specific instance of such divination.
(uncountable) Haruspicy: the study and divination by use of animal entrails, usually the victims of sacrifice.
extraepiphyseal
extraepiphyseal
adj
Outside of the epiphysis.
extrametaphysical
extrametaphysical
adj
(rare) Outside of metaphysics.
extraphysical
extraphysical
adj
Not governed by physical laws
extraphysiological
extrascripturality
extrascripturality
noun
The quality of being extrascriptural.
extrasyphilitic
formaldehydesulphoxylate
formaldehydesulphoxylate
noun
A salt or ester of formaldehydesulphoxylic acid.
formaldehydesulphoxylic
gastrohysteropexy
gastropexy
gastropexy
noun
(surgery) The surgical fixation of the stomach to the abdominal wall or diaphragm.
glycopexis
hexaphyllous
hexaphyllous
adj
(botany) Having six leaves or leaflets.
hygroexpansivity
hyperanxious
hyperanxious
adj
Very anxious
hypercatalexis
hypercatalexis
noun
(poetry) The addition of one or two syllables to the last foot of a verse
hypercathexis
hypercathexis
noun
An excessive concentration of mental energy on an object or person.
hyperdiazeuxis
hyperexcitableness
hyperexcursive
hyperexcursively
hyperexcursiveness
hyperextends
hyperextends
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of hyperextend
hyperextension
hyperextension
noun
an exercise performed by lying on the stomach, ideally inclined upwards as on a Roman chair to reach a higher range of motion, and raising and lowering the upper torso.
the extension of a joint beyond its normal range; the condition of being hyperextended.
hyperflexibleness
hyperlexis
hyperparoxysm
hyperprosexia
hyperprosexia
noun
(medicine, rare) Excessive attention; an abnormal state in which a person concentrates on one thing to the exclusion of everything else.
hypersexual
hypersexual
adj
Excessively interested in sex.
Of or relating to hypersexuality.
noun
A person who is hypersexual.
hypersexualities
hypersexualities
noun
plural of hypersexuality
hypersexuality
hypersexuality
noun
The desire for sexual activity at levels high enough to be considered clinically significant.
hypocathexis
hypodiazeuxis
hypopharynxes
hypopharynxes
noun
plural of hypopharynx
hypoprosexia
hypozeuxis
hypozeuxis
noun
(rhetoric) An expression whose every clause has its own independent subject and predicate.
hysteropexia
hysteropexy
hysteropexy
noun
(surgery) The fixation of a misplaced or abnormally movable uterus.
inexpensively
inexpensively
adv
In an inexpensive manner.
inexpressibility
inexpressibility
noun
The condition of being inexpressible.
inexpressibly
inexpressibly
adv
In an inexpressible manner.
inexpressively
inexpressively
adv
Without expression.
interparoxysmal
interparoxysmal
adj
Between paroxysms.
laparohysteropexy
laparohysteropexy
noun
(surgery) ventrofixation of the uterus
laryngemphraxis
laryngemphraxis
noun
(medicine) The closure or obstruction of the larynx.
laryngopharynxes
mastopexy
mastopexy
noun
(surgery) Any operation designed to lift or reshape a woman's breast.
myeloplaxes
myeloplaxes
noun
plural of myeloplax
myxopoiesis
myxospongiae
myxospore
myxospore
noun
Any of many microscopic parasites of the class Myxosporea
nasopharynxes
nasopharynxes
noun
plural of nasopharynx
nonexpansibility
nonexpansively
nonexpansively
adv
In a nonexpansive manner.
nonexpeditiously
nonexplosively
nonexpressively
omentosplenopexy
oropharynxes
overexpansively
overexpressively
oxyblepsia
oxycephalism
oxycephalism
noun
Synonym of oxycephaly
oxycephalous
oxyosphresia
oxypetalous
oxyphiles
oxyphosphate
oxyquinaseptol
oxyquinaseptol
noun
Synonym of diaphtherin
oxysulphate
oxysulphate
noun
Alternative form of oxysulfate
oxysulphide
oxysulphide
noun
Alternative form of oxysulfide
pansexuality
pansexuality
noun
(rare) Sexuality that encompasses all kinds of sexuality.
A sexual orientation characterized by the potential for aesthetic attraction, romantic love and/or sexual desire for people regardless of their gender or sex.
parasexuality
parasexuality
noun
(biology) A phenomenon, involving a complex form of mitosis, whereby two cell nuclei merge without any sexual process and the chromosome count is doubled.