(anatomy) Related to the cervical vertebrae and the axilla
cervix
cervix
noun
(anatomy) The neck
The lower, narrow portion of the uterus where it joins with the top end of the vagina.
The necklike portion of any part, as of the womb.
cervixes
charlevoix
charlevoix
Proper noun
A region of Quebec, Canada.
A city in Michigan, USA
chenevixite
chenevixite
noun
(mineralogy) A monoclinic-prismatic mineral containing arsenic, copper, hydrogen, iron, and oxygen.
chevaux
chevaux
noun
plural of cheval
clavilux
clavilux
noun
(art) A mechanical device for projecting lumia (an art form consisting of light patterns).
clervaux
clervaux
Proper noun
The northernmost canton of Luxembourg, in the former district of Diekirch.
A municipality and town in the canton of Clervaux.
coexclusive
coextensive
coextensive
adj
(logic) Having the same extension—the object or set of objects to which a term refers.
Having the same spatial limits or boundaries; sharing the same area.
Occurring over the same period of time; contemporaneous.
coextensively
coextensively
adv
To the same extent.
coextensiveness
coextensiveness
noun
The property of being coextensive.
complexive
complexively
connexiva
connexiva
noun
plural of connexivum
connexive
connexive
adj
(dated) connective
connexivum
connexivum
noun
The banded or spotted border of the abdomen of various insects
conservatrix
conservatrix
noun
A female conservator.
contextive
convex
convex
adj
(functional analysis, not comparable, of a real-valued function on the reals) having an epigraph that is a convex set.
(geometry, not comparable, of a polygon) having no internal angles greater than 180 degrees.
(mathematics, not comparable, of a set in Euclidean space) arranged such that for any two points in the set, a straight line between the two points is contained within the set.
Curved or bowed outward like the outside of a bowl, circle, or sphere.
noun
(gambling) A playing card made convex for use in cheating.
(gambling) A small convex mirror used to cheat by observing other players' cards.
Any convex body or surface.
convexed
convexed
adj
Made convex; protuberant in a spherical form.
convexedly
convexedly
adv
In a convex form; convexly.
convexedness
convexedness
noun
The state or quality of being convexed.
convexes
convexes
noun
plural of convex
convexities
convexities
noun
plural of convexity
convexity
convexity
noun
(finance) A measure of the curvature in the relationship between the prices and yields of bonds.
A convex line or surface.
The state of being convex.
convexly
convexly
adv
In a convex manner.
convexness
convexness
noun
The state or quality of being convex.
convexo
convexoconcave
convexoconcave
adj
concavo-convex
coysevox
cuxhaven
equiconvex
equiconvex
adj
(optics, of a lens) Having surfaces with the same radius of curvature.
evocatrix
evocatrix
noun
(dated) A female evocator.
exacervation
exacervation
noun
(medicine, uncommon) A recurrence of a symptom; paroxysm.
(obsolete) The act of heaping up.
exactive
exactive
adj
exacting
exactiveness
exactiveness
noun
The quality of being exactive.
excavate
excavate
noun
(zoology) Any member of a major grouping of unicellular eukaryotes, of the clade Excavata.
verb
(transitive) To make a hole in (something); to hollow.
(transitive) To remove part of (something) by scooping or digging it out.
(transitive) To uncover (something) by digging.
excavated
excavated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of excavate
excavates
excavates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of excavate
excavating
excavating
verb
present participle of excavate
excavation
excavation
noun
(countable) A cavity formed by cutting, digging, or scooping.
(countable) A site where an archaeological exploration is being carried out.
(countable) An uncovered cutting in the earth, in distinction from a covered cutting or tunnel.
(countable) Something uncovered by archaeological excavation.
(countable) The material dug out in making a channel or cavity.
(uncountable) Archaeological research that unearths buildings, tombs and objects of historical value.
(uncountable) The act of excavating, or of making hollow, by cutting, scooping, or digging out a part of a solid mass.
excavational
excavational
adj
Relating to excavation.
excavationist
excavationist
noun
One who carries out excavations, especially in archaeology.
excavations
excavations
noun
plural of excavation
excavator
excavator
noun
A curette used to scrape out pathological material.
A person who excavates.
A vehicle, often on tracks, used to dig ditches etc.
excavatorial
excavatorial
adj
Relating to excavation or to excavators
excavators
excavators
noun
plural of excavator
excavatory
excavatory
adj
Of or pertaining to excavation.
excave
excave
verb
(obsolete) To excavate.
exceptive
exceptive
adj
exceptional, having an exception
exceptively
exceptiveness
excerptive
excerptive
adj
That excerpts or selects.
excessive
excessive
adj
Exceeding the usual bounds of something; extravagant; immoderate.
excessively
excessively
adj
in an excessive manner
adv
In excess.
To an excessive degree.
excessiveness
excessiveness
noun
The property of being excessive.
excitative
excitative
adj
That causes excitation
excitive
excitive
adj
(archaic) excited
Serving or tending to excite; excitative.
noun
(archaic) That which excites; an excitant.
excitovascular
exclamative
exclamative
adj
In the form of an exclamation; exclamatory.
exclamatively
exclamatively
adv
In an exclamative manner.
exclave
exclave
noun
(medicine, rare) A detached part of an organ, as of the pancreas, thyroid (accessory thyroids), or other gland.
A portion of a country's territory not connected to the main part
exclaves
exclaves
noun
plural of exclave
exclusive
exclusive
adj
(figuratively) Referring to a membership organisation, service or product: of high quality and/or renown, for superior members only. A snobbish usage, suggesting that members who do not meet requirements, which may be financial, of celebrity, religion, skin colour etc., are excluded.
(linguistics) Of or relating to the first-person plural pronoun when excluding the person being addressed.
(literally) Excluding items or members that do not meet certain conditions.
(of two people in a romantic or sexual relationship) Having a romantic or sexual relationship with one another, to the exclusion of others.
Exclusionary.
Whole, undivided, entire.
noun
(grammar) A word or phrase that restricts something, such as only, solely, or simply.
A member of a group who exclude others from their society.
Information (or an artefact) that is granted or obtained exclusively.
exclusively
exclusively
adv
(focus) to the exclusion of anything or anyone else; solely or entirely
exclusiveness
exclusiveness
noun
The state of being exclusive; exclusivity.
exclusivenesses
exclusivenesses
noun
plural of exclusiveness
exclusivism
exclusivism
noun
(religion) The doctrine that one religion is the only true religion, or that one religious sect is the only true version of a larger religion.
The practice of being exclusive; a mentality or policy that excludes others.
exclusivisms
exclusivisms
noun
plural of exclusivism
exclusivist
exclusivist
noun
An advocate of exclusivism.
exclusivistic
exclusivistic
adj
Exhibiting exclusivism.
exclusivists
exclusivists
noun
plural of exclusivist
exclusivity
exclusivity
noun
The quality of being exclusive.
excogitative
excogitative
adj
Relating to excogitation.
excommunicative
excommunicative
adj
Relating to excommunication.
excrementive
excrementive
adj
(archaic) Serving to excrete; connected with excretion or excrement.
excretive
excretive
adj
Having the power of excreting, or promoting excretion.
exculpative
exculpative
adj
Alternative form of exculpatory
excursive
excursive
adj
Tending to digress.
Tending to go out.
excursively
excursively
adv
In an excursive manner.
excursiveness
excursiveness
noun
The quality of being discursive
excurvate
excurvated
excurvation
excurvature
excurved
excurved
adj
Curving outward, away from the center.
excusative
excusive
excusive
adj
Serving as an excuse; exculpatory.
excusively
execrative
execrative
adj
Cursing; imprecatory; vilifying.
noun
A word used for cursing; an oath.
execratively
execratively
adv
In an execrative manner.
executive
executive
adj
Designed or fitted for execution, or carrying into effect.
Exclusive.
Of, pertaining to, or having responsibility for the day-to-day running of an organisation, business, country, etc.
noun
(computing) A process that coordinates and governs the action of other processes or threads; supervisor.
A chief officer or administrator, especially one who can make significant decisions on their own authority.
The branch of government that is responsible for enforcing laws and judicial decisions, and for the day-to-day administration of the state.
executively
executively
adv
In the way of executing or performing.
executiveness
executiveness
noun
The quality of being executive.
executives
executives
noun
plural of executive
executiveship
executiveship
noun
The state or business of an executive.
exemplificative
exemplificative
adj
Serving as an example; illustrative.
expectative
expectative
adj
(canon law) Of or pertaining to the reversion of a benefice.
Of or pertaining to an expectation.
noun
(canon law) The anticipatory grant of an ecclesiastical benefice, not vacant at the moment but which will become so, regularly, on the death of its present incumbent.
expective
expective
adj
(linguistics) A verb form in some native American languages that implies expectation of an action, as opposed to the report of an action or a general statement about the type of action.
expectative
expectorative
expectorative
adj
Alternative form of expectorant
explicative
explicative
Adjective
Explanatory; serving to explain logically or in detail.
explicatively
explicatively
adv
In an explicative way.
exsiccative
exsiccative
adj
Tending to make dry; having the power of drying.
noun
A substance that causes drying.
exteroceptive
exteroceptive
adj
(anatomy) That responds to external stimuli
extinctive
extinctive
adj
Tending or serving to extinguish, or make extinct.
extracivic
extracivic
adj
Outside of a city or citizenship.
extracivically
extractive
extractive
adj
Able to be extracted
That serves to extract something
That withdraws natural resources by extraction
noun
Something that may be extracted
The substance left behind after something has been extracted
extractively
extractively
adv
By a extractive process.
extractives
extractives
noun
plural of extractive
extrapelvic
extrapelvic
adj
(anatomy) External to the pelvis
extraprovincial
extraprovincial
adj
Outside a province.
extravagance
extravagance
noun
Excessive or superfluous expenditure of money.
Prodigality, as of anger, love, expression, imagination, or demands.
extravagances
extravagances
noun
plural of extravagance
extravagancies
extravagancies
noun
plural of extravagancy
extravagancy
extravagancy
noun
(archaic, 17-19th centuries) A thing that is extravagant.
(archaic, 17-19th centuries) The characteristic of being extravagant.
extravagence
extravagence
noun
Misspelling of extravagance.
extravascular
extravascular
adj
Situated or happening outside of the blood vessels or lymph vessels.
extravehicular
extravehicular
adj
Relating to, on happening in, the space outside a vehicle, especially a spacecraft in space