simple past tense and past participle of admix; alternative spelling of admixed
affixt
affixt
verb
(obsolete) simple past tense and past participle of affix
alexei
alexia
alexia
noun
(psychiatry) Word blindness, the inability, due to a cerebral disorder, to comprehend or understand writing.
alexic
alexic
adj
Related to, or afflicted with alexia
alexin
alexin
noun
(biochemistry, dated) A protective substance that exists in the serum or other bodily fluid and is capable of killing microorganisms; complement.
alexio
alexis
alexis
Proper noun
name, transferred from the male name and used since the 1940s.
amixia
anoxia
anoxia
noun
A condition in which a tissue or environment is severely or totally deprived of oxygen; severe hypoxia.
anoxic
anoxic
adj
(pathology) Suffering from a reduced supply of oxygen.
Lacking oxygen.
astrix
ataxia
ataxia
noun
(chemistry) The condition of a polymer in which the orientation of the subunits is random
(obsolete) Disorder; irregularity.
(pathology) Lack of coordination while performing voluntary movements, which may appear to be clumsiness, inaccuracy, or instability.
ataxic
ataxic
adj
(geology) Not eutaxic
Pertaining to ataxia
noun
A person suffering from ataxia.
atoxic
atoxic
adj
Synonym of nontoxic
atwixt
atwixt
adv
(obsolete, dialectal) Between.
auxier
auxins
auxins
noun
plural of auxin
axenic
axenic
adj
(biology) Containing only a single species of microorganism. For example, an "axenic culture" is a pure grown sample of the organism in question.
(biology) Isolated from organisms of any other species.
axiate
axilla
axilla
noun
(botany, uncommon) Alternative form of axil
The armpit, or the cavity beneath the junction of the arm and shoulder.
axioms
axioms
noun
plural of axiom
axised
axised
adj
(in combination) Having the specified number or kind of axes.
axises
axises
noun
Misspelling of axes. Mistakenly used for the plural of axis (“line around which object rotates”).
plural of axis (type of deer)
axites
axites
noun
plural of axite
axlike
axlike
adj
Resembling an ax.
axonia
axonic
axonic
adj
Relating to axons.
axwise
biaxal
biaxal
adj
Archaic form of biaxial.
caxias
caxiri
caxiri
noun
An intoxicating drink prepared from grated manioc, consumed in some Native American cultures.
climax
climax
noun
(ecology) The culmination of ecological development, whereby species are in equilibrium with their environment.
(euphemistic) The culmination of sexual pleasure, an orgasm.
(narratology) The culmination of a narrative's rising action, the turning point.
(now often) A culmination or acme: the last term in an ascending series
(obsolete) An instance of such an ascending series.
(originally rhetoric) A rhetorical device in which a series is arranged in ascending order.
(rhetoric, imprecise) The final term of a rhetorical climax.
verb
(transitive, intransitive) To reach or bring to a climax (in any sense).
corixa
couxia
darnix
diamox
diaxon
diaxon
noun
A diaxonal spicule of a sponge.
dioxan
dixain
dupaix
exaudi
extima
exuvia
exuvia
noun
(biology) The remains of the exoskeleton after any of the Ecdysozoa, such as Arthropoda, has sloughed, discarding its old integument and developing the new one.
plural of exuvium
faxing
faxing
verb
present participle of fax
fixage
fixage
noun
The act of fixing or determining.
fixate
fixate
verb
(intransitive) To attend to something to the exclusion of all others; used with on.
(intransitive, psychology) To attach oneself to a person or thing in a pathological or neurotic manner; used with on.
(transitive) To make something fixed and stable; to fix.
To stare fixedly at something.
fraxin
fraxin
noun
(organic chemistry) A colourless crystalline substance, regarded as a glucoside, found in the bark of the ash (Fraxinus) and along with esculin in the bark of the horse-chestnut. It is faintly fluorescent in alkaline solutions.
haddix
inaxon
ixiama
ixonia
ixoras
ixoras
noun
plural of ixora
laxism
laxism
noun
laxity (in interpreting or enforcing a rule)
laxist
laxist
adj
(chiefly theology) Promoting a lax view or interpretation of something.
noun
(chiefly theology) Someone promoting lax views or relaxed interpretations of something.
laxity
laxity
noun
Moral looseness; lack of rigorousness or strictness.
The state of being lax; looseness, lack of tension.
lexica
loxias
loxias
noun
plural of loxia
mastix
matrix
matrix
noun
(analytical chemistry) The environment from which a given sample is taken.
(archaeology and paleontology) The sediment surrounding and including the artifacts, features, and other materials at a site.
(biology) An extracellular matrix, the material or tissue between the cells of animals or plants.
(biology) Part of the mitochondrion.
(biology) The material or tissue in which more specialized structures are embedded.
(biology) The medium in which bacteria are cultured.
(computing) A two-dimensional array.
(dyeing) The five simple colours (black, white, blue, red, and yellow) from which all the others are formed.
(electronics) A grid-like arrangement of electronic components, especially one intended for information coding, decoding or storage.
(geology) A geological matrix.
(material science) A binding agent of composite materials, e.g. resin in fibreglass.
(mathematics) A rectangular arrangement of numbers or terms having various uses such as transforming coordinates in geometry, solving systems of linear equations in linear algebra and representing graphs in graph theory.
(now rare) The womb.
(printing, historical) In hot metal typesetting, a mold for casting a letter.
(printing, historical) In printmaking, the plate or block used, with ink, to hold the image that makes up the print.
(slang, figurative) a term describing a controlled environment or situation in which people act or behave in ways that conform to roles pre-determined by a powerful person(s) who decides how the world is supposed to function (as if the world is but virtual reality and people but brains in a vat).
A table of data.
The cavity or mold in which anything is formed.
maxima
maxima
noun
(music) A music note equal to two (or sometimes three) longæ; in modern notation, this is typically equivalent to eight semibreves.
plural of maximum
maxime
maximo
maxims
maxims
noun
plural of maxim
maxine
maxixe
maxixe
noun
A Brazilian dance in a rapid 2/4 time, influenced by the tango and polka.
A deep blue variety of beryl.
mexica
natrix
noxial
oxacid
oxacid
noun
Archaic form of oxyacid.
oxalic
oxalic
adj
(medicine, rare) Of or pertaining to oxaluria.
Of or pertaining to oxalic acid or its derivatives.
oxalis
oxalis
noun
(horticulture) Any of various ornamental flowering plants of the genus Oxalis
oxamic
oxamic
adj
(organic chemistry) Of or pertaining to oxamic acid or its derivatives
oxamid
oxamid
noun
Archaic form of oxamide.
oxanic
oxazin
oxtail
oxtail
noun
A cut of meat taken from the tail of a cow or calf; it requires long, slow braising, and is used to prepare oxtail soup.
The tail of an ox or cow.
patrix
patrix
noun
A pattern or die used to manufacture a matrix
paxico
pickax
pickax
noun
Alternative spelling of pickaxe
praxis
praxis
noun
(drama) The deliberate action of a rational being.
(philosophy) The synthesis of theory and practice, without presuming the primacy of either.
An example or form of exercise, or a collection of such examples, for practice.
Custom or established practice.
The practical application of any branch of learning.
raxing
raxing
verb
present participle of rax
rhexia
rhexia
noun
(botany) Any of the genus Rhexia of plants in the family Melastomataceae.
sandix
sandix
noun
(obsolete) A kind of minium, or red lead, made by calcining carbonate of lead, but inferior to true minium.
saxish
saxtie
sixain
smilax
smilax
noun
Any member of the Smilax genus of greenbriers.
spadix
spadix
noun
(botany) A fleshy spike (inflorescence) with reduced flowers, usually enclosed by a spathe, characteristic of aroids.
(zoology) A male sexual organ of certain cephalopods and hydrozoans (especially the nautilus), used to transfer sperm.
staxis
staxis
noun
hemorrhage
taxied
taxied
verb
simple past tense and past participle of taxi
taxies
taxies
noun
plural of taxi (irregular)
taxila
taxine
taxine
noun
Any of several poisonous alkaloids that may be extracted from the leaves and seeds of the yew tree (Taxus baccata)
taxing
taxing
adj
Burdensome, difficult.
With respect to an experience: exhausting; draining.
noun
The act of imposing a tax.
verb
present participle of tax
taxite
taxite
noun
(geology) A volcanic rock that contains coloured streaks of different mineral composition
waxier
waxier
adj
comparative form of waxy: more waxy
waxily
waxily
adv
In a waxy way.
waxing
waxing
noun
(countable) A cosmetic procedure in which hair is removed from the body by the application and removal of wax.
(countable) A recording intended for a phonograph.
The action of the verb to wax.
verb
present participle and gerund of wax
wibaux
xavier
xavier
Proper noun
found chiefly among people of Spanish and Portuguese descent.
xenial
xenial
adj
Hospitable, especially to visiting strangers or foreigners.
Of the relation between a host and guest; friendly.