A group of particularly brutal mercenaries who were active in Africa and Asia during the 1960s.
arquifoux
arquifoux
noun
Alternative form of alquifou
aurifex
auxoflore
auxofluor
axiferous
benzofuroquinoxaline
circumflex
circumflex
adj
Curving around.
Having a circumflex mark.
noun
A diacritical mark (ˆ) placed over a vowel in the orthography or transliteration of many languages to change its pronunciation; while in some other languages over a consonant.
verb
To mark or pronounce with a circumflex.
circumflexes
circumflexes
noun
plural of circumflex
circumflexion
circumflexion
noun
A winding about; a turning or fold.
The act of bending, or causing to assume a curved form.
conflexure
contraflexure
counterfix
counterflux
crucifix
crucifix
noun
(gymnastics) The iron cross, a position on the rings where the gymnast holds the rings straight out on either side of the body.
A wooden cross used for crucifixions, as by the Romans.
An ornamental or symbolic sculptural representation of Christ on a cross, often worn as a pendant or displayed in a Christian church.
crucifixes
crucifixes
noun
plural of crucifix
crucifixion
crucifixion
noun
(Christianity, often capitalized) The death on the Cross of Christ.
(figuratively) An ordeal, terrible, especially malicious treatment imposed upon someone.
(military, historical, colloquial) The military punishment of being tied to a fixed object, often with the limbs in a stretched position.
An execution by being nailed or tied to an upright cross and left to hang there until dead.
crucifixions
crucifixions
noun
plural of crucifixion
deflexure
deflexure
noun
A bending or turning aside; deflection.
excipuliform
exfiguration
exfigure
expressionful
expressionful
adj
Full of expression; expressive.
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
fauxbourdon
fixature
fixature
noun
(historical) A gummy preparation for fixing the hair in place.
fixture
fixture
noun
(computing, programming) A state that can be recreated, used as a baseline for running software tests.
(law) Something that is fixed in place, especially a permanent appliance or other item of personal property that is considered part of a house and is sold with it; compare fitting, furnishing.
(sports, chiefly Britain, Commonwealth, Ireland) A scheduled match.
A lighting unit; a luminaire.
A regular patron of a place or institution; a person constantly present at a certain place.
A work-holding or support device used in the manufacturing industry.
verb
(transitive) To furnish with, as, or in a fixture.
(transitive, sports, Australia, New Zealand) To schedule (a match).
(astronomy) The small distortion of an astronomical instrument caused by the weight of its parts; the amount to be added or subtracted from the observed readings of the instrument to correct them for this distortion.
(zoology) The last joint, or bend, of the wing of a bird.
A turn; a bend; a fold; a curve.
The act of bending or flexing; flexion.
verb
To introduce a flexure into; to bend or flex.
flexured
flexured
verb
simple past tense and past participle of flexure
flexures
flexures
noun
plural of flexure
fluidacetextract
fluidextract
fluidextract
noun
Dated form of fluid extract.
fluxer
fluxgraph
fluxionary
fluxionary
adj
(medicine) Pertaining to, or caused by, an increased flow of blood to a part; congestive.
fluxional
fluxmeter
fluxroot
fluxure
fluxure
noun
(obsolete) Fluid matter.
(obsolete) The quality of being fluid; fluidity.
formaldehydesulphoxylate
formaldehydesulphoxylate
noun
A salt or ester of formaldehydesulphoxylic acid.
formaldehydesulphoxylic
fourplex
fourplex
noun
quadplex
foxborough
foxburg
fraxinus
fricandeaux
frutex
frutex
noun
(botany) A plant with a woody, durable stem, but less than a tree; a shrub.
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
huxford
inflexure
inflexure
noun
An inflection; a bend or fold.
interflux
kerflummox
kerflummox
verb
(transitive, informal) To flummox; to perplex or baffle.
laxiflorous
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.
multireflex
oxyfluoride
oxyfluoride
noun
(inorganic chemistry) A ternary compound of oxygen and fluorine.
oxyluciferin
oxyluciferin
noun
(biochemistry) The luminescent product of the oxidation of luciferin by luciferase
paxilliferous
paxilliferous
adj
(zoology) Bearing a paxilla.
prefixture
refixture
reflexiue
reflexogenous
reflux
reflux
noun
(chemistry) A technique, using a reflux condenser, allowing one to boil the contents of a vessel over an extended period.
(pathology) The leaking of stomach acid up into the oesophagus.
The backwards flow of any fluid.
verb
To boil a liquid in a vessel having a reflux condenser
To flow back or return.
refluxed
refluxed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of reflux
refluxes
refluxes
noun
plural of reflux
refluxing
refluxing
noun
An act of boiling with a reflux condenser.
verb
present participle of reflux
retroflux
rexfourd
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.
semiflexure
sexfarious
snuffboxer
suffixer
suffrutex
suffrutex
noun
A subshrub.
superfix
superfix
noun
One or more letters or sounds added at the top of a word to modify the word's meaning. These are found in Maya script.
verb
To add one or more letters or sounds to the top of a word to change the word's meaning.
superfixes
superfixes
noun
plural of superfix
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of superfix
superflexion
superflux
superflux
noun
An overabundance; a great amount
textiferous
toxiferous
toxiferous
adj
Conveying or producing a poison.
transfixture
transflux
transflux
noun
A flowing through, across, or beyond; a throughflow.