(biology) Containing only a single species of microorganism. For example, an "axenic culture" is a pure grown sample of the organism in question.
(biology) Isolated from organisms of any other species.
calxes
calxes
noun
plural of calx
caudex
caudex
noun
(botany) An enlargement of the stem, branch or root of a woody plant, usually serving to store water.
cervix
cervix
noun
(anatomy) The neck
The lower, narrow portion of the uterus where it joins with the top end of the vagina.
The necklike portion of any part, as of the womb.
coaxed
coaxed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of coax
coaxer
coaxer
noun
A person who coaxes
coaxes
coaxes
noun
plural of coaxis
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of coax
comdex
connex
connex
adj
(set theory) Such that, for all x and y in X, and for a binary relation R, either or both of xRy and yRx hold(s).
noun
(algebra) A correspondence between a projective space and its dual.
verb
(obsolete, intransitive) To connect; to become joined or united.
(obsolete, transitive) To connect; to fasten together.
contex
contex
verb
(obsolete, transitive) To weave together; to form by interweaving.
convex
convex
adj
(functional analysis, not comparable, of a real-valued function on the reals) having an epigraph that is a convex set.
(geometry, not comparable, of a polygon) having no internal angles greater than 180 degrees.
(mathematics, not comparable, of a set in Euclidean space) arranged such that for any two points in the set, a straight line between the two points is contained within the set.
Curved or bowed outward like the outside of a bowl, circle, or sphere.
noun
(gambling) A playing card made convex for use in cheating.
(gambling) A small convex mirror used to cheat by observing other players' cards.
Any convex body or surface.
cortex
cortex
noun
(archaeology) The outer surface of a piece of flint.
(countable, anatomy) The outer layer of an internal organ or body structure, such as the kidney or the brain.
(uncountable, botany) The tissue of a stem or root that lies inward from the epidermis, but exterior to the vascular tissue.
coxier
coxier
adj
comparative form of coxy: more coxy
coxite
coxite
noun
Either of a pair of lamellate structures on the underside of each abdominal segment in certain insects.
coxyde
cruxes
exacta
exacta
noun
A bet in which the bettor must correctly pick the two runners who finish first and second, in the correct order.
exacts
exacts
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of exact
exacum
exarch
exarch
noun
(historical) In the Byzantine Empire, a governor of a distant province.
In the Eastern Christian Churches, the deputy of a patriarch, or a bishop who holds authority over other bishops without being a patriarch.
In these same churches, a bishop appointed over a group of the faithful not yet large enough or organized enough to constitute an eparchy or diocese.
excamb
excamb
verb
(Scotland, law, transitive) To exchange; used with reference to transfers of land.
excave
excave
verb
(obsolete) To excavate.
exceed
exceed
verb
(intransitive) To predominate.
(intransitive, obsolete) To go too far; to be excessive.
(transitive) To be better than (something).
(transitive) To be larger, greater than (something).
(transitive) To go beyond (some limit); to surpass; to be longer than.
Your password cannot exceed eight characters.
excels
excels
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of excel
except
except
conj
(archaic) Unless; used to introduce a hypothetical case in which an exception may exist.
With the exception (that); used to introduce a clause, phrase or adverb forming an exception or qualification to something previously stated.
prep
with the exception of; but.
verb
(intransitive) To take exception, to object (to or against).
(transitive) To exclude; to specify as being an exception.
excern
excern
verb
(archaic) excrete; give off
excerp
excerp
verb
(obsolete) To pick out.
excess
excess
adj
More than is normal, necessary or specified.
noun
(Britain, insurance) A condition on an insurance policy by which the insured pays for a part of the claim.
(geometry) Spherical excess, the amount by which the sum of the three angles of a spherical triangle exceeds two right angles. The spherical excess is proportional to the area of the triangle.
An act of eating or drinking more than enough.
The degree or amount by which one thing or number exceeds another; remainder.
The state of surpassing or going beyond a limit; the state of being beyond sufficiency, necessity, or duty; more than what is usual or proper.
verb
(US, transitive) To declare (an employee) surplus to requirements, such that he or she might not be given work.
excide
excide
Verb
To cut off.
excise
excise
noun
A tax charged on goods produced within the country (as opposed to customs duties, charged on goods from outside the country).
verb
To cut out; to remove.
To impose an excise tax on something.
excite
excite
verb
(transitive) To arouse or bring out (e.g. feelings); to stimulate.
(transitive) To stir the emotions of.
(transitive, physics) To cause an electron to move to a higher than normal state; to promote an electron to an outer level.
To energize (an electromagnet); to produce a magnetic field in.
exclam
exclam
noun
(grammar) Abbreviation of exclamation.
excoct
excoct
verb
(transitive) To extract a material by boiling.
excuse
excuse
noun
(countable, uncountable) Explanation designed to avoid or alleviate guilt or negative judgment; a plea offered in extenuation of a fault.
(law) A defense to a criminal or civil charge wherein the accused party admits to doing acts for which legal consequences would normally be appropriate, but asserts that special circumstances relieve that party of culpability for having done those acts.
(often with preceding negative adjective, especially sorry, poor, or lame) An example of something that is substandard or of inferior quality.
verb
(transitive) To allow to leave, or release from any obligation.
(transitive) To forgive; to pardon.
(transitive) To provide an excuse for; to explain, with the aim of alleviating guilt or negative judgement.
To relieve of an imputation by apology or defense; to make apology for as not seriously evil; to ask pardon or indulgence for.
excuss
excuss
verb
(law) To proceed against a principal debtor where there are either joint debtors or debtors and sureties.
(obsolete) To shake off.
(obsolete, transitive) To decipher.
(obsolete, transitive) To examine (a document).
(transitive, law) To seize and detain by law.
excyst
excyst
verb
(biology, intransitive) To undergo excystation.
exerce
exilic
exilic
adj
Of or pertaining to exile.
exodic
exodic
adj
(biology) Conducting influences from the spinal cord outward; said of the motor or efferent nerves.
exonic
exonic
adj
Of or pertaining to an exon.
exotic
exotic
adj
(finance) Being or relating to an option with features that make it more complex than commonly traded options.
(gambling) Being or relating to various wagers, such as the trifecta, that involve betting on the finishing positions of multiple competitors across one or more races.
Foreign, especially in an exciting way.
Non-native to the ecosystem.
noun
(biology) An organism that is exotic to an environment.
(physics) Any exotic particle.
An exotic dancer; a stripteaser.
expect
expect
verb
(continuous aspect only, of a woman or couple) To be pregnant, to consider a baby due.
(obsolete, intransitive) To wait; to stay.
(obsolete, transitive) To wait for; to await.
(transitive, intransitive) To predict or believe that something will happen
To consider obligatory or required.
To consider reasonably due.
exsect
exsect
verb
(transitive) To cut out or away; to remove by exsection.
hexace
hexact
hexact
noun
A hexactinal structure, one with six rays.
hexoic
hexoic
adj
(organic chemistry) Pertaining to, or derived from, hexane.
icebox
icebox
adj
agreeable, awesome. (as a superlative of cool)
noun
(UK) A compartment in a refrigerator that is colder than the rest of the refrigerator and is used as a freezer.
(US, dated) A refrigerator.
(US, slang) A morgue.
(US, slang) A prison.
A box or compartment containing ice, typically used to keep provisions cool.
lexica
mexica
mexico
mixtec
mixtec
Noun
A member of a Mesoamerican people who lived in southern Mexico before the rise of the Aztecs.
A surviving descendant of this people.
Proper noun
The language of these people.
mscdex
precox
precox
noun
Alternative form of praecox
scolex
scolex
noun
(zoology) The structure at the front end of a tapeworm which, in the adult, has suckers and hooks by which it attaches itself to a host.
sextic
sextic
adj
(mathematics) Of the sixth degree or order.
noun
(mathematics) An algebraic equation or function of the sixth degree, e.g. a polynomial of degree 6; a curve surface etc. describing such an equation or function, especially a quantic of the sixth degree.