The line bisecting the angle between the optic axes of a biaxial crystal.
bixaceous
bixaceous
adj
(botany) Belonging to the Bixaceae.
buxaceous
buxaceous
adj
(botany) Of or relating to the family Buxaceae of the box trees and close relatives.
cachexias
cachexias
noun
plural of cachexia
cachexies
cachexies
noun
plural of cachexy
carapaxes
carapaxes
noun
plural of carapax
cashboxes
cashboxes
noun
plural of cashbox
catalexes
catalexes
noun
plural of catalexis
catalexis
catalexis
noun
A shortened or incomplete last foot at the end of a verse.
Truncation at the close of a line of poetry by omission of one or two final syllables.
cheesebox
cheesebox
noun
A box for holding cheese
coalboxes
coalboxes
noun
plural of coalbox
coannexes
coexisted
coexisted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of coexist
coextends
coextends
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of coextend
complexes
complexes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of complex
complexus
complexus
noun
(anatomy) A large muscle of the back, passing from the spine to the head.
(dated) A complex; an aggregate of parts; a complication.
confluxes
confluxes
noun
plural of conflux
coxalgies
coxalgies
noun
plural of coxalgy
coxsackie
coxsackie
noun
Any of several viruses of the genus Enterovirus similar to poliovirus
cresoxide
desoxalic
desoxalic
adj
(archaic) Made or derived from oxalic acid.
dyslexics
dyslexics
noun
plural of dyslexic
exactions
exactions
noun
plural of exaction
exactness
exactness
noun
The state of being exact.
exactress
exactress
noun
A female exactor.
exarchies
exarchies
noun
plural of exarchy
exarchist
exarchist
noun
A supporter of the exarch.
excavates
excavates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of excavate
exceeders
exceeders
noun
plural of exceeder
excelsior
excelsior
adj
(archaic) Loftier, yet higher, more elevated; ever upward.
More surpassing, more excelling.
intj
A greeting, farewell or acclamation, especially associated with comic book fandom and famous comic book writer Stan Lee.
noun
(Canada, US) Stuffing material (as for furniture and mattresses) made of slender, curled woodshavings, as a substitute for hair.
(US printing, dated) The size of type between Norse and brilliant, standardized as 3-point.
excercise
excercise
noun
Misspelling of exercise.
excessive
excessive
adj
Exceeding the usual bounds of something; extravagant; immoderate.
excessman
excessmen
exchanges
exchanges
noun
plural of exchange
excisable
excisable
adj
Liable or subject to excise.
exciseman
exciseman
noun
An officer employed to collect excise duty (excise tax), and to enforce excise laws.
excisemen
excisemen
noun
plural of exciseman
excisions
excisions
noun
plural of excision
excitants
excitants
noun
plural of excitant
exclosure
exclosure
noun
A limited area from which unwanted animals, such as domestic cattle or wildlife, are excluded by fencing or other means.
excluders
excluders
noun
plural of excluder
exclusion
exclusion
noun
(obsolete) The act of pushing or forcing something out.
An item not covered by an insurance policy.
The act of excluding or shutting out; removal from consideration or taking part.
exclusive
exclusive
adj
(figuratively) Referring to a membership organisation, service or product: of high quality and/or renown, for superior members only. A snobbish usage, suggesting that members who do not meet requirements, which may be financial, of celebrity, religion, skin colour etc., are excluded.
(linguistics) Of or relating to the first-person plural pronoun when excluding the person being addressed.
(literally) Excluding items or members that do not meet certain conditions.
(of two people in a romantic or sexual relationship) Having a romantic or sexual relationship with one another, to the exclusion of others.
Exclusionary.
Whole, undivided, entire.
noun
(grammar) A word or phrase that restricts something, such as only, solely, or simply.
A member of a group who exclude others from their society.
Information (or an artefact) that is granted or obtained exclusively.
exclusory
exclusory
adj
having the power or the function of excluding.
tending to exclude.
excreters
excreters
noun
plural of excreter
excursing
excursing
verb
present participle of excurse
excursion
excursion
noun
(aviation) An occurrence where an aircraft runs off the end or side of a runway or taxiway, usally during takeoff, landing, or taxi.
(phonetics) A deviation in pitch, for example in the syllables of enthusiastic speech.
A brief recreational trip; a journey out of the usual way.
A wandering from the main subject: a digression.
verb
(intransitive) To go on a recreational trip or excursion.
excursive
excursive
adj
Tending to digress.
Tending to go out.
excursory
excusable
excusable
adj
Possible to excuse; worthy of being excused.
excusably
excusably
adv
In an excusable manner or to an excusable degree
excusator
excusator
noun
(obsolete) One who makes, or is authorized to make, an excuse; an apologist.
excuseful
excussing
excussing
verb
present participle of excuss
excussion
excussion
noun
The process or proceedings whereby a creditor must proceed against a principal debtor before proceeding against a surety or subsidiary debtor.
execrates
execrates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of execrate
executers
executers
noun
plural of executer
executors
executors
noun
plural of executor
exegetics
exegetics
noun
The science of interpretation or exegesis.
exercised
exercised
adj
Practiced, trained, experienced.
The property of having been exercised, used, acted upon.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of exercise
exerciser
exerciser
noun
A person who exercises.
Any of many devices for use in exercising the body.
exercises
exercises
noun
A ceremony or assembly: opening exercises; graduation exercises.
plural of exercise
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of exercise
exigences
exigences
noun
plural of exigence
existence
existence
noun
Empirical reality; the substance of the physical universe. (Dictionary of Philosophy; 1968)
The state of being, existing, or occurring; beinghood.
exocoetus
exocrines
exocrines
noun
plural of exocrine
exophasic
exorcised
exorcised
adj
That has undergone exorcism.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of exorcise
exorciser
exorciser
noun
One who performs an exorcism.
exorcises
exorcises
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of exorcise
exorcisms
exorcisms
noun
plural of exorcism
exorcista
exorcists
exorcists
noun
plural of exorcist
exorcizes
exorcizes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of exorcize
exosmotic
exosmotic
adj
Relating to exosmosis.
exostotic
exostotic
adj
Relating to exostosis.
exoterics
exoterics
noun
(philosophy) The public lectures or published writings of Aristotle.
exoticism
exoticism
noun
(uncountable) The state of being exotic.
Something exotic.
exoticist
exoticist
adj
Having a tendency towards the exotic.
noun
Somebody with a tendency towards the exotic.
expecters
expecters
noun
plural of expecter
expiscate
expiscate
verb
(transitive, formal, archaic) To fish out; to find out by skill or laborious investigation; to search out.
explicans
explicits
explicits
noun
plural of explicit
exscinded
exscinded
verb
simple past tense and past participle of exscind
exscissor
exsecants
exsecants
noun
plural of exsecant
exsectile
exsecting
exsecting
verb
present participle of exsect
exsection
exsection
noun
(surgery) The removal by operation of a portion of a limb, especially the removal of a portion of a bone in the vicinity of a joint.
A cutting out or away.
exsiccant
exsiccant
adj
Having the quality of drying up; causing a drying up.
noun
A medicine that causes drying up.
exsiccate
exsiccate
verb
(transitive) To dry, to desiccate, to dehydrate.
exsomatic
exsuccous
exsuccous
adj
Without juice or sap. Completely dry.
exsuction
exsuction
noun
The act of sucking out.
extispicy
extispicy
noun
(countable) A specific instance of such divination.
(uncountable) Haruspicy: the study and divination by use of animal entrails, usually the victims of sacrifice.
extrinsic
extrinsic
adj
external; separable from the thing itself; inessential
not belonging to something; outside
noun
An external factor
hexabasic
hexabasic
adj
(chemistry, of a salt) having six atoms of a univalent metal
(chemistry, of an acid) containing six replaceable hydrogen atoms
hexanchus
hexasemic
hexastich
hexastich
noun
A poem consisting of six verses or lines.
isauxetic
lockboxes
lockboxes
noun
plural of lockbox
loxoclase
mesaxonic
mesaxonic
adj
(zoology) Having an enlarged middle digit that forms the axis of the foot.
mesoxalic
myxocytes
oxpeckers
oxpeckers
noun
plural of oxpecker
oxyderces
packwaxes
panchaxes
panchaxes
noun
plural of panchax
plexicose
preexcuse
princoxes
princoxes
noun
plural of princox
proscolex
proscolex
noun
(zoology) An early larval form of a trematode worm; a redia.
proxemics
proxemics
noun
The study of the effects of the physical distance between people in different cultures and societies.
saxcornet
sexologic
sextactic
sixpences
sixpences
noun
plural of sixpence
subconvex
subcortex
subcortex
noun
The part of the brain that lies directly below the cortex.
subexcite
taxaceous
taxaceous
adj
Of or relating to the yew trees of the Taxaceae family.
toxicoses
toxicoses
noun
plural of toxicosis
unexcised
unexcised
adj
Not excised.
On which excise duty does not have to be paid.
unexcused
unexcused
adj
That has not been excused
xenocryst
xenocryst
noun
(geology) An isolated crystal having a different origin than the igneous rock in which it is found; the mineralogical equivalent of a xenolith.