(rhetoric) Fine writing on a minor or trivial subject.
alexandreid
alexandrian
alexandrian
Adjective
Of or pertaining to Alexandria in Egypt.
Applied to a kind of heroic verse.
Of or pertaining to Alexander the Great, or his reign, era etc.
Noun
Someone from Alexandria
alexandrina
alexandrine
alexandrine
noun
(poetry) A line of poetic meter having twelve syllables, usually divided into two or three equal parts.
An Alexandrine parrot or parakeet, Psittacula eupatria.
alexandrite
alexandrite
noun
(mineralogy) A form of chrysoberyl that displays a colour change dependent upon the light source, along with strong pleochroism.
ambidextral
ambidextral
adj
Pertaining equally to the left and right sides.
anaximander
anaximander
Proper noun
(c. 610 546 A pre-Socratic Greek philosopher who lived in Miletus; pupil of Thales and teacher of Anaximenes.
androsphinx
androsphinx
noun
A sphinx with the head of a man.
anhydroxime
autoxidator
autoxidator
noun
(rare, chemistry) A substance that initiates or undergoes autoxidation
autoxidizer
axodendrite
cardiataxia
cardiotoxic
cardiotoxic
adj
chemically damaging to the tissues of the heart
dendrohyrax
detoxicator
dexiocardia
dextranases
dextranases
noun
plural of dextranase
dextroaural
dextrocular
dextrocular
adj
(of a person) Having the right eye dominant over the left eye.
dextropedal
dextrosuria
dixiecratic
dixielander
dixielander
Noun
A performer of Dixieland jazz music.
doxographer
doxographer
noun
A classical historian who describes the opinions of Ancient Greek philosophers and scientists.
exacerbated
exacerbated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of exacerbate
exaggerated
exaggerated
adj
That has been described as greater than it actually is; abnormally increased or enlarged.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of exaggerate
exasperated
exasperated
adj
Having one's patience greatly taxed; greatly annoyed; made furious.
Made worse or more intense.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of exasperate
excathedral
excruciated
excruciated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of excruciate
exenterated
exenterated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of exenterate
exhilarated
exhilarated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of exhilarate
expatriated
expatriated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of expatriate
extradicted
extraditing
extraditing
verb
present participle of extradite
extradition
extradition
noun
A formal process by which a criminal suspect held by one government is handed over to another government for trial or, if the suspect has already been tried and found guilty, to serve his or her sentence.
extratorrid
extraverted
extraverted
adj
Alternative form of extroverted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of extravert
extremadura
extremadura
Proper noun
An autonomous province of western Spain, capital Mérida
exulcerated
exulcerated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of exulcerate
fauxbourdon
fricandeaux
galloperdix
heterodoxal
heterodoxal
Adjective
Not orthodox.
hexabromide
hexabromide
noun
(chemistry) any bromide containing six bromine atoms in each molecule
hexahedrons
hexahydrate
hexahydrate
noun
(chemistry) A hydrate whose solid contains six molecules of water of crystallization per molecule, or per unit cell
hexahydride
hexahydride
noun
(chemistry) Any hydride containing six atoms of hydrogen
hexahydrite
hexahydrite
noun
(mineralogy) An evaporite, consisting of magnesium sulphate hexahydrate.
hexahydroxy
hexahydroxy
noun
(organic chemistry, in combination) Six hydroxy groups in a molecule
hydrothorax
hydrothorax
noun
(medicine) The presence of fluid in the pleural cavity.
hydroxamino
hydroxylase
hydroxylase
noun
(biochemistry) Any of several enzymes that catalyze the oxidation of compounds by the introduction of hydroxyl groups.
hydroxylate
hydroxylate
verb
(organic chemistry) To introduce a hydroxyl group into a compound
hydroxyurea
hydroxyurea
noun
(organic chemistry) The hydroxylated derivative of urea, NH₂CO-NHOH, used as an antineoplastic drug; any N- or O- derivative of this compound
ideopraxist
ideopraxist
noun
A person who is compelled to carry out an idea.
iridauxesis
loxodograph
loxodograph
noun
(nautical, obsolete) An apparatus that records the course that a ship has travelled
mediatrixes
midaxillary
midaxillary
adj
(anatomy) Describing a vertical line on the body downwards from the armpit
orthodoxian
orthodoxian
adj
Of or pertaining to Orthodox beliefs.
noun
A person who follows orthodox beliefs.
overexpands
overexpands
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of overexpand
oxaluramide
oxaluramide
noun
(organic chemistry) oxalan
paradoxical
paradoxical
adj
Having self-contradictory properties.
paradoxides
paradoxurus
peroxidases
peroxidases
noun
plural of peroxidase
preexamined
preexamined
verb
simple past tense and past participle of preexamine
pseudolarix
radiopraxis
reexcavated
reexchanged
reexchanged
verb
simple past tense and past participle of reexchange
reexplained
relaxedness
relaxedness
noun
The condition of being relaxed
reoxidation
reoxidation
noun
A second or subsequent oxidation (e.g. of hemoglobin)
superexpand
taxidermies
taxidermies
noun
plural of taxidermy
taxidermist
taxidermist
noun
One who practices taxidermy, the stuffing of animals.
taxidermize
taxidermize
verb
(transitive) To preserve by means of taxidermy.
taximetered
tetraxonida
toxicoderma
undertaxing
undertaxing
verb
present participle of undertax
unexecrated
unexecrated
adj
Not execrated.
unextracted
unextracted
adj
Not extracted
unparadoxal
waxchandler
xanthoderma
xanthoderma
noun
A yellow coloration of the skin.
xenosauroid
xylographed
xylographed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of xylograph
xyridaceous
xyridaceous
adj
Belonging or pertaining to the Xyridaceae, a family of flowering plants.