(rhetoric) Fine writing on a minor or trivial subject.
androsphinx
androsphinx
noun
A sphinx with the head of a man.
approximant
approximant
noun
(mathematics) An approximation to the solution of a function, series, etc.
(phonetics) A consonant sound made by slightly narrowing the vocal tract, while still allowing a smooth flow of air. Liquids and glides are approximants.
approximate
approximate
adj
Approaching; proximate; nearly resembling.
Nearing correctness; nearly exact; not perfectly accurate.
verb
(transitive) To carry or advance near; to cause to approach.
(transitive) To come near to; to approach.
(transitive, intransitive) To estimate.
asphyxiator
asphyxiator
noun
One who or that which asphyxiates.
auxographic
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
axerophthol
axerophthol
noun
Vitamin A
axospermous
chiropraxis
cryptoglaux
cytopharynx
cytopharynx
noun
(cytology) A tube-like opening in the lateral surface of a ciliate, through which food is ingested.
dextropedal
doxographer
doxographer
noun
A classical historian who describes the opinions of Ancient Greek philosophers and scientists.
electroplax
electroplax
noun
(anatomy) electric organ
enteropexia
exculpatory
exculpatory
adj
Tending to excuse or clear of wrongdoing.
expatiators
expatiators
noun
plural of expatiator
expatiatory
expatiatory
adj
expansive; diffusive
expectorant
expectorant
adj
(medicine) Causing or assisting the expulsion of phlegm.
noun
(medicine) An agent or drug used to cause or induce the expulsion of phlegm from the lungs.
expectorate
expectorate
verb
(transitive, intransitive) To cough up fluid from the lungs.
(transitive, intransitive) To spit.
expirations
expirations
noun
plural of expiration
expiscatory
expiscatory
adj
(archaic) Tending to fish out; searching.
explanatory
explanatory
adj
(of a person) Disposed to explain.
Intended to serve as an explanation.
explanitory
explicators
explicators
noun
plural of explicator
explicatory
explicatory
adj
Explanatory; serving to explain logically or in detail.
exploration
exploration
noun
(medicine) A physical examination of a patient.
The (pre-)mining process of finding and determining commercially viable ore deposits (after prospecting), also called mineral exploration.
The process of exploring.
The process of penetrating, or ranging over for purposes of (especially geographical) discovery.
explorative
explorative
adj
exploratory
exploratory
exploratory
adj
Serving to explore or investigate.
noun
An exploration or investigation.
exportation
exportation
noun
(logic) Either the logical law ((P∧Q)→R)⇒(P→(Q→R)), or the rule of replacement ((P∧Q)→R)⇔(P→(Q→R)).
The act of carrying something outside.
The act of exporting; the act of conveying or sending commodities abroad or to another country, in the course of commerce.
The commodity exported; an export.
expropriate
expropriate
verb
(transitive) To deprive a person of (their private property) for public use.
expulsatory
expulsatory
adj
expulsive; having the power to expel; serving to expel
expurgation
expurgation
noun
The act of expurgating, purging, or cleansing; purification from anything noxious, offensive, sinful, or erroneous.
expurgators
expurgators
noun
plural of expurgator
expurgatory
expurgatory
adj
Serving to expurgate.
exstemporal
extemporary
extemporary
adj
Extemporaneous.
extirpation
extirpation
noun
The act of extirpating or uprooting.
extirpators
extirpators
noun
plural of extirpator
extirpatory
extirpatory
adj
extirpative
extrapolate
extrapolate
verb
(transitive) To infer by extending known information.
(transitive, mathematics) To estimate the value of a variable outside a known range from values within that range by assuming that the estimated value follows logically from the known ones
flexography
flexography
noun
A method of printing using a rubber or polymer rotating printing plate, most commonly used for packaging (labels, tape etc.).
galloperdix
hexapterous
hexapterous
adj
(botany) Having six wing-like processes or extensions
hyperoxemia
hyperoxemia
noun
(pathology) A high level of oxygen in the blood, typically as a result of hyperoxia
hypopharynx
hypopharynx
noun
(anatomy) bottom part of the pharynx, the part of the throat that connects to the esophagus
ideopraxist
ideopraxist
noun
A person who is compelled to carry out an idea.
loxodograph
loxodograph
noun
(nautical, obsolete) An apparatus that records the course that a ship has travelled
nasopharynx
nasopharynx
noun
(anatomy) The nasal part of the pharynx, lying behind the nose and above the level of the soft palate.
orthopraxia
orthopraxis
orthopraxis
noun
orthopraxy
overexpands
overexpands
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of overexpand
overexplain
overexplain
verb
(transitive) To explain at unnecessary length or in too much detail.
paradoxical
paradoxical
adj
Having self-contradictory properties.
paradoxides
paradoxurus
paroxysmist
paroxytonic
paroxytonic
adj
(prosody) Of or relating to words whose stress falls on the penultimate syllable
paxilliform
paxilliform
adj
(zoology) Resembling a paxilla.
peroxidases
peroxidases
noun
plural of peroxidase
peroxisomal
peroxisomal
adj
Of or pertaining to the peroxisome
phylloxerae
phylloxerae
noun
plural of phylloxera
phylloxeran
phylloxeran
noun
Any of the plant-feeding insects of the family Phylloxeridae, closely related to aphids.
phylloxeras
preexaction
prefixation
prefixation
noun
(anatomy, of a nerve) The state or condition of being prefixed.
(biology, cytology) Initial treatment of tissue with a fixative, as a preliminary to the application of another fixative or to the use of a different treatment.
(linguistics) The adding of a prefix to a word.
pretaxation
pretaxation
adj
Before taxation.
procatarxis
procatarxis
noun
(medicine, dated) The kindling of a disease into action; the procatarctic cause.
procreatrix
procuratrix
procuratrix
noun
A female procurator.
prophylaxes
prophylaxes
noun
plural of prophylaxis
prophylaxis
prophylaxis
noun
(chess) A move or strategy that frustrates an opponent's plan or tactic.
(medicine) Prevention of, or protective treatment for, disease.
prostatauxe
protaxation
prothoraxes
protogalaxy
protogalaxy
noun
A cloud of gas which is starting to form a galaxy.
proximately
proximately
adv
In a proximate manner, position, or degree; immediately.
proximation
proximation
noun
approximation
proximity
pseudolarix
pterothorax
pterothorax
noun
The mesothorax and metathorax of an insect
pyroxanthin
pyroxanthin
noun
(organic chemistry) A yellow, crystalline substance obtained from creosote etc; it seems to be a polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon.
pyrrhuloxia
pyrrhuloxia
noun
Cardinalis sinuatus (desert cardinal), a North American bird with grey and red plumage
radiopraxis
reexpansion
reexpansion
noun
another expansion
spermatoxin
trophotaxis
unparadoxal
xanthophore
xanthophore
noun
(biology) A xanthochrome-containing chromatophore, frequently a lipophore
xerographer
xerographer
noun
A xerography machine; a photocopier.
xerographic
xerographic
adj
of, relating to, or produced by xerography
xerophagies
xerophagies
noun
plural of xerophagy
xiphosterna
xylocarpous
xylocarpous
adj
Bearing fruit that becomes hard or woody.
xylographed
xylographed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of xylograph