(organic chemistry) A univalent radical R-COO-, derived from a carboxylic acid
apraxic
apraxic
adj
(neurology) Relating to or exhibiting apraxia.
ataxics
ataxics
noun
plural of ataxic
auxetic
auxetic
adj
(chemistry) Having the property of counterintuitively expanding when being stretched.
(pathology) Relating to auxesis
noun
An auxetic material.
auxinic
auxinic
adj
Relating to, or composed of, auxins.
axfetch
boxcars
boxcars
noun
(slang, dice games) Double six in a dice game with two dice.
plural of boxcar
cacaxte
cachexy
cachexy
noun
(medicine, archaic) Cachexia.
cakebox
cakebox
noun
A box for keeping cake.
A cylindrical container for recordable compact discs.
calixto
calyxes
carapax
carapax
noun
(zoology) Alternative form of carapace
carboxy
carboxy
noun
(organic chemistry) The carboxyl group.
carefox
casebox
casebox
noun
A box or shoe from which playing cards are dealt in the game of faro
cashbox
cashbox
noun
(slang) A toll booth.
A box for holding cash.
celotex
celotex
Noun
A rough-textured fiberboard used on ceilings as acoustic paneling.
centrex
centrex
Noun
A service similar to a private branch exchange, but providing switching at the central office instead of at the customer's premises.
chamoix
chevaux
chevaux
noun
plural of cheval
choenix
choenix
noun
(historical) An ancient dry measure of two pints or greater.
ciseaux
claxons
claxons
noun
plural of claxon
claxton
coalbox
coalbox
noun
A box for storing coal.
coannex
coaxers
coaxers
noun
plural of coaxer
coaxial
coaxial
adj
(geometry) Having a common central axis
noun
A coaxial cable
coaxing
coaxing
noun
The act of one who coaxes.
verb
present participle of coax
coexert
coexert
verb
To exert a combined influence.
coexist
coexist
verb
(intransitive, stative, of two or more things, people, concepts, etc.) To exist contemporaneously or in the same area.
colauxe
commixt
commixt
verb
(archaic) simple past tense and past participle of commix
complex
complex
adj
(geometry) A curve, polygon or other figure that crosses or intersects itself.
(mathematics, algebra) Whose coefficients are complex numbers; defined over the field of complex numbers.
(mathematics, mathematical analysis, of a function) Whose range is a subset of the complex numbers.
(mathematics, of a number) Having the form a + bi, where a and b are real numbers and i is (by definition) the imaginary square root of −1.
Made up of multiple parts; composite; not simple.
Not simple, easy, or straightforward; complicated.
noun
(chemistry) A structure consisting of a central atom or molecule weakly connected to surrounding atoms or molecules, as for example coordination complexes in inorganic chemistry and protein complexes in biochemistry.
(informal, by extension) A vehement, often excessive psychological dislike or fear of a particular thing.
(linguistics) A multimorphemic word, one with several parts, one with affixes.
(mathematics) A complex number.
(psychoanalysis) An abnormal mental condition caused by repressed emotions.
(taxonomy) A group of closely related species, often distinguished only with difficulty by traditional morphological methods.
A cluster of wildfires burning in the same vicinity.
A collection of buildings with a common purpose, such as a university or military base.
A network of interconnected systems.
A problem.
An assemblage of related things; a collection.
An organized cluster of thunderstorms.
verb
(chemistry, intransitive) To form a complex with another substance
(transitive) To complicate.
conflux
conflux
noun
A convergence or moving gathering of forces, people, or things.
A merger of rivers, or the place where rivers merge.
context
context
adj
(obsolete) Knit or woven together; close; firm.
noun
(archaeology) The surroundings and environment in which an artifact is found and which may provide important clues about the artifact's function and/or cultural meaning.
(linguistics) The text in which a word or passage appears and which helps ascertain its meaning.
(logic) For a formula: a finite set of variables, which set contains all the free variables in the given formula.
(mycology) The trama or flesh of a mushroom.
The surroundings, circumstances, environment, background or settings that determine, specify, or clarify the meaning of an event or other occurrence.
verb
(obsolete) To knit or bind together; to unite closely.
convexo
corebox
coteaux
coteaux
noun
plural of coteau
coxalgy
coxalgy
noun
Dated form of coxalgia.
coxcomb
coxcomb
noun
(by extension) A foolish or conceited person; a dandy.
(historical) The cap of a court jester, adorned with a red stripe.
The fleshy red pate of a rooster.
coxiest
coxiest
adj
superlative form of coxy: most coxy
coxitis
coxitis
noun
(pathology) Inflammation of the hip joint.
coxwain
cresoxy
curtaxe
curtlax
dicebox
dicebox
noun
A box from which dice are thrown in gaming.
doctrix
doctrix
noun
A female medical doctor, physician.
A female teacher.
eutaxic
eutaxic
adj
(geology) That has stratified ore deposits
exactas
exactas
noun
plural of exacta
exacted
exacted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of exact
exacter
exacter
noun
Alternative spelling of exactor
exactly
exactly
adv
(focus) Precisely, used to provide emphasis.
(manner) Without approximation; precisely.
intj
Signifies agreement or recognition.
exactor
exactor
noun
A person who collects taxes.
A person who makes illegal or unreasonable demands; an extortioner.
exactus
exarchs
exarchs
noun
plural of exarch
exarchy
exarchy
noun
(botany) A vascular system in which development starts in the regions farthest from the axis and spreads inward.
The jurisdiction of an exarch (any definition); an exarchate.
exceeds
exceeds
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of exceed
excello
excelse
excepts
excepts
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of except
excerpt
excerpt
noun
A clip, snippet, passage or extract from a larger work such as a news article, a film, or a literary composition.
verb
(transitive) To select or copy sample material (excerpts) from a work.
excheat
excheat
noun
Obsolete form of escheat.
excided
excided
verb
simple past tense and past participle of excide
excides
excides
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of excide
excimer
excimer
noun
(chemistry, physics) Any diatomic exciplex
exciple
exciple
noun
(lichenology & mycology) The outer part of an apothecium of those ascomycete fungi which have that sort of fructification. Most lichens come into that category.
excised
excised
verb
simple past tense and past participle of excise
excises
excises
noun
plural of excise
excisor
excisor
noun
One who excises, especially one who performs female genital cutting.
excited
excited
adj
(physics) Being in a state of higher energy.
Having an erection; erect.
Having great enthusiasm.
Sexually aroused.
verb
past participle of excite
exciter
exciter
noun
A person who excites.
The electronic oscillator that generates the carrier signal for a transmitter.
excites
excites
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of excite
exciton
exciton
noun
(physics) A bound state of an electron and an electron hole in an insulator or semiconductor
excitor
excitor
noun
Alternative form of exciter
exclaim
exclaim
noun
(obsolete) Exclamation; outcry, clamor.
verb
(intransitive) To cry out suddenly, from some strong emotion.
(transitive) To say suddenly and with strong emotion.
exclave
exclave
noun
(medicine, rare) A detached part of an organ, as of the pancreas, thyroid (accessory thyroids), or other gland.
A portion of a country's territory not connected to the main part
exclude
exclude
verb
(transitive) To bar (someone or something) from entering; to keep out.
(transitive) To expel; to put out.
(transitive) To omit from consideration.
(transitive, law) To refuse to accept (evidence) as valid.
(transitive, medicine) To eliminate from diagnostic consideration.
excreta
excreta
noun
Bodily waste which is excreted from the body.
excrete
excrete
verb
(biology, transitive, intransitive) To discharge material (including waste products) from a cell, body or system.
excudit
excurse
excurse
verb
To digress.
To journey or pass through.
excusal
excusal
noun
The act of excusing or of being excused.
excused
excused
verb
simple past tense and past participle of excuse
excuser
excuser
noun
One who excuses or forgives another.
One who offers excuses or pleads in extenuation of the fault of another.
excuses
excuses
noun
plural of excuse
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of excuse
execute
execute
verb
(intransitive, computing) To run, usually successfully.
(transitive) To carry out; to put into effect.
(transitive) To kill, especially as punishment for a capital crime.
(transitive) To perform.
(transitive, computing) To start, launch or run
(transitive, law) To carry out, to perform an act; to put into effect or cause to become legally binding or valid (as a contract) by so doing.
Coordinate term: murder
exflect
exhance
exocarp
exocarp
noun
(biology) The outermost layer of the pericarp of fruits; the skin or epicarp
exocone
exocone
noun
(entomology) An elongated crystallized cone made of transparent material from the cornea in an insect eye.
exosmic
exotica
exotica
noun
(music) A genre of American music from the 1950s, characterized by an evocative musical focus on the islands of the South Pacific.
curious, strange, unusual and exotic things.
plural of exotic
exotics
expects
expects
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of expect
exscind
exscind
verb
(medicine, surgery) To cut out.
exsculp
exsects
exsects
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of exsect
extacie
extance
extance
noun
(obsolete, rare) Emergence.
extancy
extancy
noun
(obsolete) The state of being extant; existence.
(obsolete) The state of rising above others; a projection.
extatic
extatic
adj
Misspelling of ecstatic.
Obsolete spelling of ecstatic
extinct
extinct
adj
(dated) Extinguished, no longer alight (of fire, candles etc.)
(geology) No longer active.
(of a group of organisms, as a species) No longer in existence; having died out.
No longer used; obsolete, discontinued.
verb
(transitive) To make extinct; to extinguish or annihilate.
extract
extract
noun
(obsolete) A peculiar principle (fundamental essence) once erroneously supposed to form the basis of all vegetable extracts.
A decoction, solution, or infusion made by drawing out from any substance that which gives it its essential and characteristic virtue
A draft or copy of writing; a certified copy of the proceedings in an action and the judgment therein, with an order for execution.
A portion of a book or document, incorporated distinctly in another work; a citation; a quotation.
A solid preparation obtained by evaporating a solution of a drug, etc., or the fresh juice of a plant (distinguished from an abstract).
Ancestry; descent.
Any substance extracted is such a way, and characteristic of that from which it is obtained
Something that is extracted or drawn out.
verb
(transitive) To draw out; to pull out; to remove forcibly from a fixed position, as by traction or suction, etc.
(transitive) To select parts of a whole
(transitive) To take by selection; to choose out; to cite or quote, as a passage from a book.
(transitive) To withdraw by expression, distillation, or other mechanical or chemical process. Compare abstract (transitive verb).
(transitive, arithmetic) To determine (a root of a number).
extruct
extruct
verb
(obsolete) To construct.
factrix
factrix
noun
(obsolete) A factoress, a female factor (agent or representative).
foxchop
hexacid
hexacid
adj
(chemistry) Having six atoms or radicals capable of being replaced by acids; hexatomic; hexavalent.
hexadic
hexadic
adj
(rare) Pertaining to a hexad; hexagonal.
hexarch
hexarch
noun
The ruler of one of the parts of a hexarchy.
hexonic
hexylic
hexylic
adj
(organic chemistry) Derived from a hexane
hypoxic
hypoxic
adj
(pathology) Of, pertaining to, or suffering from hypoxia.
Describing a breathing gas mixture that contains less than 21% oxygen.
ictonyx
inexact
inexact
adj
(physics, of a differential) having a path-dependent integral
Imperfectly conforming; exceeding or falling short in some respect.
Imprecisely or indefinitely conceived or stated.
jackbox
jackbox
noun
A device for routing electrical signals by means of a number of jacks.
kickxia
lacroix
lascaux
lascaux
Proper noun
A small region of Dordogne in France, famous for its Paleolithic cave paintings
lexemic
lexemic
adj
Of or relating to a lexeme.
lexical
lexical
adj
(linguistics) Concerning lexicography or a lexicon or dictionary
(linguistics) Concerning the vocabulary, words, sentences or morphemes of a language
(linguistics) Denoting a content word as opposed to a function word
lexicog
lexicon
lexicon
noun
(lexicography, linguistics) A dictionary that includes or focuses on lexemes.
(programming) The lexicology of a programming language. (Usually called lexical structure.)
(rare) Any dictionary.
A dictionary of Classical Greek, Hebrew, Latin, or Aramaic.
A list thereof.
A set of vocabulary specific to a certain subject.
The vocabulary of a language.
The vocabulary used by or known to an individual. (Also called lexical knowledge.)
lockbox
lockbox
noun
A box with a built-in lock; a safe.
loxotic
marcoux
mexical
mexican
michaux
mixteco
mixtecs
oxcarts
oxcarts
noun
plural of oxcart
oxcheek
oxyacid
oxyacid
noun
(chemistry) An acid containing oxygen, as opposed to a hydracid.
oxyntic
oxyntic
adj
(immunology) Producing acid.
packwax
packwax
noun
Alternative form of paxwax
panchax
panchax
noun
Any of various tropical fish in the cyprinodontiform families Aplocheilidae and Nothobranchiidae which were formerly classified in the genus Panchax.
philcox
pickaxe
pickaxe
noun
A heavy iron tool with a wooden handle; one end of the head is pointed, the other has a chisel edge.
verb
To use a pickaxe.
praecox
praecox
noun
dementia praecox
princox
princox
noun
Alternative form of princock
pyrexic
pyrexic
adj
(rare) feverish, pyretic
rectrix
rectrix
noun
A flight feather on the tails of birds, used for directional control.
A governess; a rectoress.
saxonic
saxonic
Adjective
Relating to the Saxons or Anglo-Saxons.
scandix
taxemic
taxemic
adj
Relating to taxemes.
taxicab
taxicab
noun
a vehicle that passengers hire to take them between locations of their choice, the fare being calculated with a taximeter; a taxi or cab
verb
(intransitive) To travel by taxicab.
taxitic
taxitic
adj
(geology) Relating to, or composed of taxite
tectrix
tectrix
noun
The covert of a bird's wing
toxcatl
toxemic
toxemic
adj
affected by or otherwise relating to toxemia, organically poisoned