(organic chemistry) The acetate group, CH₃COO-, when viewed as a substituent
alexinic
anorexic
anorexic
adj
(by extension) Thin, skinny, insubstantial.
Pertaining to, or suffering from anorexia nervosa.
noun
A medicine which suppresses appetite.
Somebody suffering from anorexia nervosa.
anoxemic
anoxemic
adj
Alternative form of anoxaemic
archduxe
auxetics
auxetics
noun
plural of auxetic
auxocyte
biconvex
biconvex
adj
Having both sides convex.
bixaceae
buxaceae
cachexia
cachexia
noun
(pathology) A systemic wasting of muscle tissue, with or without loss of fat mass, that accompanies a chronic disease.
cachexic
cachexic
adj
Relating to cachexia.
cacoxene
cacoxene
noun
cacoxenite
calexico
calexico
Proper noun
A city in southern California near the border with Mexico
carnifex
carnifex
noun
(now rare, historical) An executioner.
carpeaux
cathexes
cathexes
noun
plural of cathexis
cathexis
cathexis
noun
(psychoanalysis) The concentration of libido or emotional energy on a single object or idea.
caudexes
cecopexy
ceroxyle
cervixes
chafewax
chafewax
noun
Alternative form of chaffwax
chapeaux
chapeaux
noun
plural of chapeau
chateaux
chateaux
noun
plural of chateau
chedreux
cheneaux
cixiidae
clervaux
clervaux
Proper noun
The northernmost canton of Luxembourg, in the former district of Diekirch.
A municipality and town in the canton of Clervaux.
climaxed
climaxed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of climax
climaxes
climaxes
noun
plural of climax
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of climax
coccyxes
coexerts
coexerts
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of coexert
coexists
coexists
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of coexist
coexpand
coexpand
verb
(transitive, intransitive) To expand together; to (cause to) undergo coexpansion.
coexpire
coextend
coextend
verb
(transitive, intransitive) To extend along with another.
coextent
colopexy
colopexy
noun
(medicine) The attachment of a portion of the colon to the abdominal wall.
commixed
commixed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of commix
commixes
commixes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of commix
confixed
confixed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of confix
connexes
connexes
noun
plural of connex
connexus
contexts
contexts
noun
plural of context
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of context
convexed
convexed
adj
Made convex; protuberant in a spherical form.
convexes
convexes
noun
plural of convex
convexly
convexly
adv
In a convex manner.
cortexes
couteaux
couteaux
noun
plural of couteau
cowpoxes
cowpoxes
noun
plural of cowpox
coxbones
coxendix
coysevox
creatrix
creatrix
noun
(rare) A female creator.
cresoxid
cuxhaven
dyslexic
dyslexic
adj
Having dyslexia.
Of or pertaining to dyslexia.
noun
A person who has dyslexia.
epicalyx
epicalyx
noun
(botany) A group of bracts resembling a calyx
epitaxic
epitaxic
adj
Relating to epitaxy
exacters
exacters
noun
plural of exacter
exactest
exactest
adj
superlative form of exact: most exact
verb
(archaic) second-person singular simple present form of exact
exacting
exacting
adj
(of a person or organization) Characterized by exaction.
(of an action, task, etc) Requiring precise accuracy, great care, effort, or attention.
Making great demands; difficult to satisfy.
verb
present participle and gerund of exact
exaction
exaction
noun
That which is exacted; a severe tribute; a fee, reward, or contribution, demanded or levied with severity or injustice.
The act of demanding with authority, and compelling to pay or yield; compulsion to give or furnish; a levying by force
extortion.
exactive
exactive
adj
exacting
exactors
exactors
noun
plural of exactor
exacuate
exacuate
verb
(obsolete) To whet or sharpen.
exarchal
exarchal
adj
Of or relating to an exarch.
exarchic
excalate
excamber
excavate
excavate
noun
(zoology) Any member of a major grouping of unicellular eukaryotes, of the clade Excavata.
verb
(transitive) To make a hole in (something); to hollow.
(transitive) To remove part of (something) by scooping or digging it out.
(transitive) To uncover (something) by digging.
excecate
excecate
verb
(obsolete) To blind.
excedent
excedent
noun
excess
excedrin
exceeded
exceeded
verb
simple past tense and past participle of exceed
exceeder
exceeder
noun
One who, or that which, exceeds.
excelled
excelled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of excel
excelsin
excelsin
noun
A quassinoid found in brazil nuts.
excepted
excepted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of except
excepter
exceptio
exceptor
exceptor
noun
Someone who makes exceptions.
excerpta
excerpta
noun
plural of excerptum
excerpts
excerpts
noun
plural of excerpt
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of excerpt
excessed
excessed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of excess
excesses
excesses
noun
plural of excess
exchange
exchange
noun
(biochemistry) The transfer of substances or elements like gas, amino-acids, ions etc. sometimes through a surface like a membrane.
(chess) The loss of one piece and associated capture of another.
(finance) The difference between the values of money in different places.
(law, England & Wales, Northern Ireland) Clipping of exchange of contracts.
(obsolete) The thing given or received in return; especially, a publication exchanged for another.
(telephony, US) The fourth through sixth digits of a ten-digit phone number (the first three before the introduction of area codes).
(usually with "the") The loss of a minor piece (typically a bishop or knight) and associated capture of the more advantageous rook.
A conversation.
A place for conducting trading.
A telephone exchange.
An act of exchanging or trading.
verb
(law, England & Wales, Northern Ireland) Clipping of exchange contracts.
(transitive) To replace with, as a substitute.
(transitive) To trade or barter.
exciding
exciding
verb
present participle of excide
excimers
excimers
noun
plural of excimer
exciples
exciples
noun
plural of exciple
excipula
excipula
noun
plural of excipulum
excipule
excircle
excircle
noun
(geometry) An escribed circle; a circle outside a polygon (especially a triangle, but also sometimes a quadrilateral) that is tangent to each of the lines on which the sides of the polygon lie.
excising
excising
verb
present participle of excise
excision
excision
noun
(genetics) The removal of a gene from a section of genetic material.
(surgery) The removal of something (a tumor or body part) by cutting.
(topology) The fact that, under certain hypotheses, the homology of a space relative to a subspace is unchanged by the identification of a subspace of the latter to a point.
The removal of some text during editing.
excitant
excitant
adj
exciting; stimulating
noun
Something that excites or stimulates; a stimulant
excitate
excitate
verb
(obsolete) To excite.
exciters
exciters
noun
plural of exciter
exciting
exciting
adj
creating or producing excitement
noun
The process of something becoming excited; excitation.
verb
present participle of excite
excitive
excitive
adj
(archaic) excited
Serving or tending to excite; excitative.
noun
(archaic) That which excites; an excitant.
excitons
excitons
noun
plural of exciton
excitors
excitors
noun
plural of excitor
excitory
excitory
adj
Misspelling of excitatory.
excitron
excitron
Noun
A kind of mercury pool tube.
exclaims
exclaims
noun
plural of exclaim
exclaves
exclaves
noun
plural of exclave
excluded
excluded
verb
simple past tense and past participle of exclude
excluder
excluder
noun
Something which excludes
excludes
excludes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of exclude
excresce
excretal
excretal
adj
Relating to excretion or to excrement.
excreted
excreted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of excrete
excreter
excreter
noun
One who excretes.
excretes
excretes
noun
excreta; matters discharged from the animal body
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of excrete
excubant
excubant
adj
(formal) Watchful; keeping watch or guarding.
excudate
excursed
excursed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of excurse
excursus
excursus
noun
A fuller treatment (in a separate section) of a particular part of the text of a book, especially a classic.
A narrative digression, especially to discuss a particular issue.
excurved
excurved
adj
Curving outward, away from the center.
excusers
excusers
noun
plural of excuser
excusing
excusing
noun
The act of making an excuse.
verb
present participle of excuse
excusive
excusive
adj
Serving as an excuse; exculpatory.
excussed
excussed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of excuss
excussio
excysted
excysted
adj
Subjected to excystation
verb
simple past tense and past participle of excyst
execrate
execrate
verb
(intransitive, archaic) to invoke a curse; to curse or swear
(transitive) to declare to be hateful or abhorrent; to denounce
(transitive) to feel loathing for; to abhor
executed
executed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of execute
executer
executer
noun
Alternative form of executor
executes
executes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of execute
executor
executor
noun
(computing) A component of a system that executes or runs something.
(law) Someone appointed by a testator to administer a will; an administrator.
(obsolete) An executioner.
A person who carries out some task.
executry
executry
noun
(law) The role of executor.
exegetic
exegetic
adj
Of or pertaining to exegesis; explanatory.
exercent
exercent
adj
(obsolete) In practice; professional.
exercise
exercise
noun
(countable) Any activity designed to develop or hone a skill or ability.
(countable, uncountable) Activity intended to improve physical, or sometimes mental, strength and fitness.
(obsolete) That which gives practice; a trial; a test.
A setting in action or practicing; employment in the proper mode of activity; exertion; application; use.
The performance of an office, ceremony, or duty.
verb
(intransitive) To perform physical activity for health or training.
(now often in passive) To occupy the attention and effort of; to task; to tax, especially in a painful or vexatious manner; harass; to vex; to worry or make anxious.
(obsolete) To set in action; to cause to act, move, or make exertion; to give employment to.
(transitive) To use (a right, an option, etc.); to put into practice.
To exert for the sake of training or improvement; to practice in order to develop.
exercite
exigence
exigence
noun
exigency
exigency
exigency
noun
(chiefly in the plural) The demands or requirements of a situation.
An urgent situation, one requiring extreme effort or attention.
exilarch
exilarch
noun
The head of a community of Jews in the diaspora.
The leader of the Jews of the Babylonian exile.
exitance
exitance
noun
(physics) Flux (of radiation).
exoascus
exoascus
noun
The outer functional layer of a fissitunicate ascus
exocarps
exocarps
noun
plural of exocarp
exocline
exocoele
exocrine
exocrine
adj
Pertaining to the exocrine glands or their secretions.
Producing external secretions that are released through a duct.
noun
An exocrine gland.
The secretion of an exocrine gland.
exoergic
exoergic
adj
(physics, chemistry) Occurring with the release of energy.
exogamic
exogamic
adj
Of or pertaining to exogamy.
exogenic
exogenic
adj
(geology) Originating on or above the surface of the earth; exogenetic.
(medicine, dermatology) Relating to the exogen growth phase.
Existing or arising outside of a system.
exorcise
exorcise
verb
(transitive) To drive out (an evil spirit) from a person, place or thing, especially by an incantation or prayer.
(transitive) To rid (a person, place or thing) of an evil spirit.
exorcism
exorcism
noun
The ritual act of driving out evil spirits from persons, places or things that are possessed by them.
exorcist
exorcist
noun
A person, especially a priest, who practices exorcism.
exorcize
exorcize
verb
(transitive) To drive out supposed evil spirits from a person, place or thing, especially by an incantation or prayer.
(transitive) To rid a person, place or thing of an evil spirit.
exoteric
exoteric
adj
(by extension) Accessible; capable of being readily or fully comprehended; or, having an obvious application
(obsolete) External
(rare) Public or popular; having wide currency
Suitable to be imparted to the public without secrecy or other reserves
exotheca
exotheca
noun
(zoology) The tissue that fills the interspaces between the costae of many madreporarian corals, usually consisting of small transverse or oblique septa.