(in particular, historical) The enlightened despot Catherine II of Russia, who reigned from 1762 to 1796 as empress and autocratrix of all the Russias.
A female autocrat.
auxetically
auxetically
adv
By auxesis.
auxotrophic
auxotrophic
adj
(biology) Describing a strain of organism that requires a specific metabolic substance that the parent organism was able to synthesize by itself
axiomatical
axiomatical
adj
Of or pertaining to an axiom; having the nature of an axiom; characterized by axioms.
axonometric
axonometric
adj
(technical drawing) Describing a projection in which the horizontal and vertical axes are to the same scale, but the third axis is reduced to allow for perspective
benefactrix
benefactrix
Noun
A female benefactor.
bucculatrix
captivatrix
captivatrix
noun
A female captivator.
cardiataxia
cardiotoxic
cardiotoxic
adj
chemically damaging to the tissues of the heart
cataplexies
cataplexies
noun
plural of cataplexy
centraxonia
chemiotaxic
chemiotaxis
chemiotaxis
noun
Dated form of chemotaxis.
chilomastix
colitoxemia
connixation
connixation
noun
(rare) A large, smothering, and destructive blizzard.
consolatrix
cristineaux
detoxicants
detoxicants
noun
plural of detoxicant
detoxicated
detoxicated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of detoxicate
detoxicates
detoxicates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of detoxicate
detoxicator
diastataxic
dicatalexis
dixiecratic
exactitudes
exactitudes
noun
plural of exactitude
excantation
excantation
noun
(obsolete) Disenchantment by a countercharm.
excarnation
excarnation
noun
The act of removing flesh.
The burial practice of removing (or causing to be removed) the flesh and organs of the dead, leaving only the bones, especially the practice laying out corpses for vultures to strip bare.
excavations
excavations
noun
plural of excavation
excentrical
excentrical
adj
Alternative form of excentric
exceptional
exceptional
adj
(geometry) Corresponding to something of lower dimension under a birational correspondence.
Better than the average; superior due to exception or rarity.
Forming an exception; not ordinary; uncommon; rare.
noun
An exception, or something having an exceptional value
excitations
excitations
noun
plural of excitation
exclamation
exclamation
noun
(linguistics) A clause type used to make an exclamatory statement: What a mess they made!; How stupid I was!
A loud calling or crying out, for example as in surprise, pain, grief, joy, anger, etc.
A word expressing outcry; an interjection
The sign "!" by which outcry or emphatic utterance is marked.
exclamative
exclamative
adj
In the form of an exclamation; exclamatory.
excogitable
excogitable
adj
imaginable; able to be thought or conceived of
excogitated
excogitated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of excogitate
excogitates
excogitates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of excogitate
excogitator
excogitator
noun
One who excogitates.
excoriating
excoriating
verb
present participle of excoriate
excoriation
excoriation
noun
A severe verbal denouncing.
The act of excoriating or flaying.
The excoriated place, or the state of being excoriated or stripped of the skin; abrasion.
excorticate
excorticate
verb
(obsolete) To strip of bark or skin.
excriminate
excruciated
excruciated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of excruciate
excruciates
excruciates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of excruciate
excruciator
excubitoria
excubitoria
noun
plural of excubitorium
exculpating
exculpating
verb
present participle of exculpate
exculpation
exculpation
noun
That which exculpates; an excuse.
The act of exculpating from alleged fault or crime.
exculpative
exculpative
adj
Alternative form of exculpatory
excurvation
excystation
excystation
noun
(biology) The stage in the life cycle of a parasite in which it escapes from a cyst (after being swallowed by its host)
execrations
execrations
noun
plural of execration
executional
executional
adj
(business) Relating to the execution of an idea; putting something into practice.
executorial
executorial
adj
Of or relating to an executive (branch of government etc.).
Of or relating to an executor.
exilarchate
exoccipital
exoccipital
adj
(anatomy) Pertaining to a bone or region on each side of the great foramen of the skull.
noun
(anatomy) Such a bone.
exocoetidae
exoculating
exoculating
verb
present participle of exoculate
exoculation
exorbitance
exorbitance
noun
A large excess.
The state or characteristic of being exorbitant.
exorbitancy
exorbitancy
noun
Alternative form of exorbitance
exostracism
exostracize
expectation
expectation
noun
(colloquial statistics) The arithmetic mean.
(medicine, rare) The leaving of a disease principally to the efforts of nature to effect a cure.
(statistics) The first moment; the long-run average value of a variable over many independent repetitions of an experiment.
That which is expected or looked for.
The act or state of expecting or looking forward to an event as about to happen.
The prospect of the future; grounds upon which something excellent is expected to occur; prospect of anything good to come, especially of property or rank.
The value of any chance (as the prospect of prize or property) which depends upon some contingent event.
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.
expiscating
expiscating
verb
present participle of expiscate
expiscation
expiscation
noun
(archaic, formal) The act of expiscating; fishing.
expiscatory
expiscatory
adj
(archaic) Tending to fish out; searching.
explicantia
explicating
explicating
verb
present participle of explicate
explication
explication
noun
(dated or formal) The act of explaining; an explanation.
The act of opening or unfolding.
The sense given by an expositor.
explicative
explicative
Adjective
Explanatory; serving to explain logically or in detail.
explicators
explicators
noun
plural of explicator
explicatory
explicatory
adj
Explanatory; serving to explain logically or in detail.
exsiccating
exsiccating
verb
present participle of exsiccate
exsiccation
exsiccation
noun
The act of operation of drying; evaporation or expulsion of moisture.
exsiccative
exsiccative
adj
Tending to make dry; having the power of drying.
noun
A substance that causes drying.
exsuscitate
exsuscitate
verb
(obsolete) To rouse; to excite.
extracosmic
extractible
extractible
adj
Alternative spelling of extractable
extractions
extractions
noun
plural of extraction
extractives
extractives
noun
plural of extractive
extracurial
extracurial
adj
Outside of a court.
extracystic
extracystic
adj
Outside of a cyst.
extradicted
extrapelvic
extrapelvic
adj
(anatomy) External to the pelvis
extrasocial
extricating
extricating
verb
present participle of extricate
extrication
extrication
noun
(public safety, emergency medicine) Rescue of a trapped person in vehicle or machinery
The act of sending out or evolving.
The act or process of extricating or disentangling; a freeing from perplexities; disentanglement.
extrinsical
extrinsical
adj
(rare) Extrinsic.
noun
(obsolete) Something that is extrinsic.
exultancies
exultancies
noun
plural of exultancy
fornicatrix
fornicatrix
noun
A female fornicator.
fucoxanthin
fucoxanthin
noun
(organic chemistry) A carotenoid pigment found in the chloroplasts of brown algae.
hematoxylic
hepatotoxic
hepatotoxic
adj
Toxic to the liver; causing hepatotoxicity.
heterotaxic
heterotaxic
adj
Of, pertaining to, or exhibiting heterotaxis
hexactinian
hexastichic
hexastichon
hypoxanthic
inexactness
inexactness
noun
The characteristic or quality of being inexact; a lack of precision, accuracy, or certainty.
inexcitable
inexcitable
adj
Not excitable.
inexcitably
inexpectant
inexpectant
adj
Not expectant.
intoxicable
intoxicable
adj
That can become intoxicated
intoxicants
intoxicants
noun
plural of intoxicant
intoxicated
intoxicated
adj
Stupefied by alcohol, drunk.
Stupefied by any chemical substance.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of intoxicate
intoxicates
intoxicates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of intoxicate
intoxicator
intoxicator
noun
One who or that which intoxicates.
ixtacihuatl
leucotaxine
microthorax
myxogastric
nonexacting
nonexaction
nonexaction
noun
Lack of exaction; failure to exact something.
oxaloacetic
oxaloacetic
adj
(organic chemistry) Relating to oxaloacetic acid and its derivatives
oxyacanthin
oxymuriatic
oxymuriatic
adj
(chemistry, obsolete) Pertaining to, or consisting of, oxygen and hydrochloric acid.
oxyphthalic
paclitaxels
paroxytonic
paroxytonic
adj
(prosody) Of or relating to words whose stress falls on the penultimate syllable
phyllotaxic
pilotaxitic
preexaction
procatarxis
procatarxis
noun
(medicine, dated) The kindling of a disease into action; the procatarctic cause.
procreatrix
procuratrix
procuratrix
noun
A female procurator.
pseudataxic
psychataxia
psychotaxis
reexplicate
rhyotaxitic
speculatrix
speculatrix
noun
A female speculator.
stereotaxic
stereotaxic
adj
Of or pertaining to stereotaxis
taraxacerin
taraxacerin
noun
(organic chemistry) One of the principles of taraxacum, along with taraxacin.
taxodiaceae
taxonomical
taxonomical
adj
Of or pertaining to taxonomy.
thermotaxic
thermotaxic
adj
(biology) Relating to the regulation of temperature in the animal body
toxicoderma
toxicognath
toxicohemia
toxicomania
toxicomania
noun
an insane desire for poisonous or intoxicating substances