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.
coadjutrix
coadjutrix
noun
A female coadjutor
An assistant (and eventual successor) to an abbess
commixture
commixture
noun
The act or state of being mixed together; a union or mingling of constituents; commixtion.
counterfix
crucifixes
crucifixes
noun
plural of crucifix
excruciate
excruciate
adj
(obsolete) Excruciated; tortured.
verb
(transitive) To inflict intense pain or mental distress on (someone); to torture.
excursions
excursions
noun
plural of excursion
extincteur
luxuriance
luxuriance
noun
The property of being luxuriant.
luxuriancy
luxuriancy
noun
Obsolete form of luxuriance.
microluxes
microluxes
noun
plural of microlux
neurotoxic
neurotoxic
adj
(toxicology, neuroscience, pharmacology) Having a toxic effect on nerve tissue.
osculatrix
osculatrix
noun
(geometry) A curve whose contact with a given curve at a given point is of a higher order (or involves the equality of a greater number of successive differential coefficients of the ordinates of the curves taken at that point) than that of any other curve of the same kind.
oxybutyric
oxybutyric
adj
(organic chemistry) hydroxybutyric
oxyuricide
oxyuricide
noun
Any anthelmintic that is destructive to worms of the genus Oxyuris, or pinworms.
