(biology) A bundle of nine microtubules forming the internal scaffolding of a cilium, with two extra central microtubules connecting the others if the cilium is motile
axstone
axstone
noun
A variety of jade, used by the natives of the South Sea Islands for making axes or hatchets.
azoxine
baxtone
benzoxy
choenix
choenix
noun
(historical) An ancient dry measure of two pints or greater.
coannex
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
demonax
diaxone
dioxane
dioxane
noun
(chemistry) Any of a class of six-membered, saturated heterocycles having four carbon atoms and two oxygen atoms in the ring.
equinox
equinox
noun
(also figuratively) The circumstance of a twenty-four hour time period having the day and night of equal length.
(astronomy) A celestial equator (“great circle on the celestial sphere, coincident with the plane of the Earth's equator (the equatorial plane)”); also, the Earth's equator.
(astronomy) One of the two points in space where the apparent path of the Sun intersects with the equatorial plane of the Earth.
(rare) A gale (“very strong wind”) once thought to occur more frequently around the time of an equinox (sense 1), now known to be a misconception; an equinoctial gale.
One of the two occasions in the year when the length of the day and night are equal, which occurs when the apparent path of the Sun (the ecliptic) intersects with the equatorial plane of the Earth; this happens on a day between March 19 and 21 (spring in the Northern Hemisphere, and autumn in the Southern Hemisphere), and on another day between September 21 and 24 (autumn in the Northern Hemisphere, and spring in the Southern Hemisphere); hence, the exact time when the intersection occurs.
exciton
exciton
noun
(physics) A bound state of an electron and an electron hole in an insulator or semiconductor
exesion
exesion
noun
(obsolete) The act of eating out or through.
exition
exocone
exocone
noun
(entomology) An elongated crystallized cone made of transparent material from the cornea in an insect eye.
exogens
exogens
noun
plural of exogen
exogeny
exogeny
noun
(anatomy) A phase in the life cycle of a hair follicle in which a hair exits the follicle.
(anthropology) Exogamy.
(botany) A division of woody plants whose stem is formed by successive accretions to the outside of the wood under the bark
Growth on the outside or near the surface.
Influence by external forces.
exomion
exomion
noun
(rare) Synonym of exomis (“Ancient Greek tunic”)
exonian
exonian
Noun
A student or graduate of the University of Exeter, England.
A student or graduate of Exeter College, Oxford, England.
A current or past student of Exeter School, England.
A current or past student of Phillips Exeter Academy, USA.
A native or inhabitant of the city of Exeter, England.
A native or inhabitant of the town of Exeter, New Hampshire, USA.
A native or inhabitant of the former Village of Exeter, in Green County, Wisconsin, USA.
expound
expound
verb
(intransitive) To make a statement, especially at length.
(transitive) To set out the meaning of; to explain or discuss at length
flexion
flexion
noun
(grammar, dated) The variation of words by declension, comparison, or conjugation; inflection.
Deviation from straightness.
The act of bending a joint, especially a bone joint; the counteraction of extension.
The state of being bent or flexed.
foxbane
hexagon
hexagon
noun
(geometry) A polygon with six sides and six angles.
hexaxon
hexogen
hexogen
noun
The explosive RDX.
hexones
hexones
noun
plural of hexone
hexonic
hexosan
hexosan
noun
(biochemistry) Any polysaccharide composed of hexoses.
kinepox
kinepox
noun
Alternative form of kine-pox
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.)
mesonyx
monteux
myoxine
myoxine
adj
Of, or pertaining to the dormouse.
oxanate
oxazine
oxazine
noun
(organic chemistry) Any unsaturated six-membered heterocycle containing four carbon atoms, one oxygen, one nitrogen atom and two double bonds
oxetone
oxozone
oxyaena
oxygens
oxygens
noun
plural of oxygen
oxytone
oxytone
adj
(linguistics, of a word) Having the stress or an acute accent on the last syllable.
noun
(linguistics) A word with the stress or an acute accent on the last syllable.
phenoxy
phenoxy
noun
(organic chemistry, especially in combination) The univalent radical C₆H₅O- derived from phenol by loss of a hydrogen atom
phoenix
phoenix
noun
(Chinese mythology) A mythological Chinese chimerical bird whose physical body symbolizes the six celestial bodies; a fenghuang.
(figuratively) Anything that is reborn after apparently being destroyed.
(historical) A Greek silver coin used briefly from 1828 to 1832, divided into 100 lepta.
(mythology) A mythological bird, said to be the only one of its kind, which lives for 500 years and then dies by burning to ashes on a pyre of its own making, ignited by the sun. It then arises anew from the ashes.
(obsolete) A marvelous person or thing.
verb
(Australia) To transfer assets from one company to another to dodge liability
proxeny
proxeny
noun
(historical) In Ancient Greece, an arrangement whereby a citizen (chosen by the city) hosted foreign ambassadors at his own expense, in return for honorary titles from the state.
rexmond
rexmont
roxanne
roxanne
Proper noun
name; a spelling variant of Roxane, fairly popular since the 1930s.
sextons
sextons
noun
plural of sexton
textron
toxines
toxines
noun
plural of toxine
unboxed
unboxed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of unbox
unboxes
unboxes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of unbox
unfoxed
unfoxed
adj
Not foxed.
xenopus
xeronic
xeronic
adj
Relating to xeronic acid or its derivatives
xylenol
xylenol
noun
(organic chemistry) An arene compound with two methyl groups and a hydroxyl group.