(hydrology) The rise in water level (above normal) on the upstream side of a bridge or obstruction caused when the effective flow area at the obstruction is less than the natural width of the stream immediately upstream of the obstruction.
An upward rush of fluid.
affluxes
affluxes
noun
plural of afflux
affluxion
affluxion
noun
The act of flowing towards; afflux.
affreux
affreux
adj
(rare) Dreadful; disturbing or frightening.
noun
A group of particularly brutal mercenaries who were active in Africa and Asia during the 1960s.
antiflux
arquifoux
arquifoux
noun
Alternative form of alquifou
aurifex
auxf
auxoflore
auxofluor
axiferous
axifugal
axifugal
adj
(archaic) Centrifugal. [from 18th c.]
axofugal
benzofuroquinoxaline
contraflexure
exfiguration
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
extrafascicular
extrafascicular
adj
Outside of a fascicle
extrafoliaceous
extrafoliaceous
adj
(botany) Away from the leaves, or inserted in a different place from them.
extraforaneous
extraforaneous
adj
(nonce word, archaic) outdoor
fabliaux
fabliaux
noun
plural of fabliau
faulx
faux
faux
adj
Fake or artificial.
fauxbourdon
faxun
fixature
fixature
noun
(historical) A gummy preparation for fixing the hair in place.
flambeaux
flambeaux
noun
plural of flambeau
flaxbush
flaxbush
noun
The bush (genus Phormium) bearing New Zealand flax.
flexanimous
flexanimous
adj
(rare) Having the power to change somebody's mind.
flexura
flexural
flexural
adj
of, or relating to, flexure
fluidacetextract
fluidextract
fluidextract
noun
Dated form of fluid extract.
fluxation
fluxation
noun
The act of fluxing; a flowing or passing away.
fluxgraph
fluxional
fluxional
adj
(chemistry, of a compound) That undergoes rapid intramolecular rearrangements, component atoms being interchanged among equivalent structures.
Pertaining to, or having the nature of, fluxion or fluxions; variable; inconstant.
fluxionally
fluxionally
adv
In a fluxional manner.
fluxionary
fluxionary
adj
(medicine) Pertaining to, or caused by, an increased flow of blood to a part; congestive.
fluxional
formaldehydesulphoxylate
formaldehydesulphoxylate
noun
A salt or ester of formaldehydesulphoxylic acid.
formaldehydesulphoxylic
fraxinus
fricandeaux
fucoxanthin
fucoxanthin
noun
(organic chemistry) A carotenoid pigment found in the chloroplasts of brown algae.
fucoxanthine
fucoxanthins
fucoxanthins
noun
plural of fucoxanthin
fundatrix
fundatrix
noun
(zoology) A female aphid hatched in the spring from an overwintering egg.
hexafluoride
hexafluoride
noun
(chemistry) any fluoride containing six fluorine atoms in each molecule
influxable
laxiflorous
laxifolious
maxilliferous
maxilliferous
adj
Bearing a maxilla.
methoxyflurane
methoxyflurane
noun
(pharmaceutical drugs) An inhalational anaesthetic of the 1960s and early 1970s, now largely abandoned because of detrimental effects on the kidneys.
paxilliferous
paxilliferous
adj
(zoology) Bearing a paxilla.
saxifragaceous
saxifragaceous
adj
(botany) Of or relating to an order of plants (Saxifragaceae) of which saxifrage is the type.
saxifragous
saxifragous
adj
(obsolete, medicine) Dissolving bladder stones.
sexfarious
suffixal
suffixal
adj
(of a term) Taking the role of a suffix
(of a word) That may be modified by the addition of a suffix
suffixation
suffixation
noun
The process of adding a suffix to a word.
suffixations
suffixations
noun
plural of suffixation
sulfadimethoxine
sulfadimethoxine
noun
(pharmacology) A sulfonamide antibacterial derivative of sulfadiazine
sulfaquinoxaline
sulfaquinoxaline
noun
(pharmacology) A drug used in veterinary medicine to treat coccidiosis.
sulfasuxidine
sulfasuxidine
noun
succinylsulfathiazole
sulfisoxazole
sulfisoxazole
noun
sulfafurazole
sulfoxylate
sulfoxylate
noun
(inorganic chemistry) hyposulfite
(organic chemistry) sulfinate
transfixture
transflux
transflux
noun
A flowing through, across, or beyond; a throughflow.