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
cacomixle
cacomixle
noun
Alternative spelling of cacomixl
calcipexy
calixtine
candlebox
capiteaux
carapaxes
carapaxes
noun
plural of carapax
carboxide
carboxide
noun
(organic chemistry) A compound of carbon and oxygen, such as carbonyl, with some element or radical.
cardiauxe
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.
cataplexy
cataplexy
noun
(medicine) An abrupt loss of muscle tone, sometimes associated with narcolepsy.
cathexion
cathexion
noun
cathexis
ceroxylon
chartreux
cheesebox
cheesebox
noun
A box for holding cheese
chemotaxy
chronaxie
chronaxie
noun
The minimum time over which an electric current must be applied in order to stimulate a muscle fiber or nerve cell.
coalboxes
coalboxes
noun
plural of coalbox
coannexed
coannexes
coexerted
coexerted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of coexert
coexisted
coexisted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of coexist
coextends
coextends
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of coextend
colopexia
colopexia
noun
Synonym of colopexy
coltpixie
coltpixie
noun
(UK, Hampshire, archaic, folklore) A kind of hobgoblin.
complexed
complexed
adj
(chemistry) Combined in the form of a complex
(obsolete) complex, complicated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of complex
complexer
complexer
adj
comparative form of complex: more complex
noun
A chemical substance that is used for complexing.
complexes
complexes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of complex
complexly
complexly
adv
(mathematics) Involving complex numbers.
In a complex manner.
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
connexion
connexion
noun
(chiefly UK) Dated spelling of connection.
(historical) The inter-relationship of prayer groups or religious societies under the oversight of an itinerant preacher who is assisted by the local preachers attached to each society.
The description for a Methodist denomination as a whole, as opposed to its constituent churches, circuits, districts and conferences (US spelling: connection).
connexity
connexity
noun
A state of connection; connectedness.
connexiva
connexiva
noun
plural of connexivum
connexive
connexive
adj
(dated) connective
connexure
convexity
convexity
noun
(finance) A measure of the curvature in the relationship between the prices and yields of bonds.
A convex line or surface.
The state of being convex.
corixidae
coxalgies
coxalgies
noun
plural of coxalgy
coxsackie
coxsackie
noun
Any of several viruses of the genus Enterovirus similar to poliovirus
creditrix
creditrix
noun
A female creditor.
cresoxide
decemplex
decemplex
adj
Having ten parts; decuple or tenfold.
decomplex
decomplex
adj
Repeatedly compound; made up of complex constituents
verb
(chemistry) To cause, or to undergo decomplexation
delacroix
desoxalic
desoxalic
adj
(archaic) Made or derived from oxalic acid.
directrix
directrix
noun
(geometry) A line used to define a curve or surface; especially a line, the distance from which a point on a conic has a constant ratio to that from the focus.
A female who directs; a directress.
dixiecrat
dixiecrat
Noun
a member of the Democratic Party of the United States of America from the southern States, especially one of the former territories of the Confederate States of America, who hold socially conservative viewpoints, and supports racial segregation and white power.
a member of the States' Rights Democratic Party of the United States of America.
dyslexics
dyslexics
noun
plural of dyslexic
ectotoxin
ectotoxin
noun
Alternative form of exotoxin
endotoxic
endotoxic
adj
Of, related to, or caused by an endotoxin.
eutaxitic
eutaxitic
adj
Relating to or containing eutaxite.
euxanthic
euxanthic
adj
(organic chemistry) Pertaining to, derived from, or resembling euxanthin.
evocatrix
evocatrix
noun
(dated) A female evocator.
exacinate
exacinate
verb
To remove the kernel from.
exactable
exactable
adj
Having the capability of being exacted.
exactions
exactions
noun
plural of exaction
exactment
exactment
noun
The process of exacting something; exaction.
exactness
exactness
noun
The state of being exact.
exactress
exactress
noun
A female exactor.
exarchate
exarchate
noun
(historical) The province or area of an exarch.
exarchies
exarchies
noun
plural of exarchy
exarchist
exarchist
noun
A supporter of the exarch.
excalibur
excambion
excambion
noun
(law, Scotland) exchange or barter, especially of lands.
excarnate
excarnate
adj
Deprived or stripped of flesh.
verb
(transitive) To deprive or strip of flesh.
excaudate
excaudate
adj
(zoology) Not caudate; without a cauda.
excavated
excavated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of excavate
excavates
excavates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of excavate
excavator
excavator
noun
A curette used to scrape out pathological material.
A person who excavates.
A vehicle, often on tracks, used to dig ditches etc.
exceeders
exceeders
noun
plural of exceeder
exceeding
exceeding
adj
(archaic) exceptional, extraordinary
(archaic) extreme
(archaic) prodigious
adv
(archaic) Exceedingly.
noun
The situation of being in excess.
verb
present participle of exceed
excelente
excellent
excellent
adj
Exceptionally good of its kind.
Having excelled, having surpassed.
Of higher or the highest quality; splendid.
Superior in kind or degree, irrespective of moral quality.
adv
(obsolete) Excellently.
excelling
excelling
verb
present participle of excel
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.
excentral
excentral
adj
(botany) Out of the centre.
(geometry) Relating to the excentre.
excentric
excentric
adj
(botany) One-sided; having the normally central portion not in the true center.
Alternative form of eccentric
noun
Alternative form of eccentric (disk or wheel with off-centre axis)
excepable
exceptant
exceptant
adj
(archaic) Making exception.
noun
One who makes an exception.
excepting
excepting
prep
with the exception of
verb
present participle of except
exception
exception
noun
(computing) An interruption in normal processing, typically caused by an error condition, that can be raised ("thrown") by one part of the program and handled ("caught") by another part.
(law) An objection, on legal grounds; also, as in conveyancing, a clause by which the grantor excepts or reserves something before the right is transferred.
An objection; cavil; dissent; disapprobation; offense; cause of offense; — usually followed by to or against.
That which is excluded from others; a person, thing, or case, specified as distinct, or not included.
The act of excepting or excluding; exclusion; restriction by taking out something which would otherwise be included, as in a class, statement, rule.
exceptive
exceptive
adj
exceptional, having an exception
excercise
excercise
noun
Misspelling of exercise.
excerpted
excerpted
adj
Consisting of excerpts.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of excerpt
excerpter
excerpter
noun
Alternative form of excerptor
excerptor
excerptor
noun
One who makes excerpts.
excessive
excessive
adj
Exceeding the usual bounds of something; extravagant; immoderate.
excessman
excessmen
exchanged
exchanged
verb
simple past tense and past participle of exchange
exchangee
exchanger
exchanger
noun
(biochemistry) An antiporter.
A person or thing that exchanges one thing for another.
exchanges
exchanges
noun
plural of exchange
exchequer
exchequer
noun
A treasury.
An available fund of money, especially one for a specific purpose.
verb
(transitive) To proceed against (a person) in the Court of Exchequer.
excipient
excipient
adj
Taking an exception.
noun
(pharmacy, pharmacology) An ingredient that is intentionally added to a drug for purposes other than the therapeutic or diagnostic effect at the intended dosage.
An exceptor.
excipular
excipulum
excipulum
noun
An exciple.
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
excitable
excitable
adj
(physics) Able to be promoted to an excited state
Easily excited
excitably
excitably
adv
In an excitable manner.
excitancy
excitants
excitants
noun
plural of excitant
excitator
excitedly
excitedly
adv
In an excited manner.
excitonic
excitonic
adj
Of or pertaining to excitons or excitonics
exclaimed
exclaimed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of exclaim
exclaimer
exclaimer
noun
One who exclaims.
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
excluding
excluding
prep
to the exclusion of; not including
verb
present participle of exclude
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.
excoction
excoction
noun
(obsolete) The act of excocting or boiling out.
excommune
excommune
verb
(obsolete, transitive) To exclude from participation in; to excommunicate.
excoriate
excoriate
verb
(transitive) To wear off the skin of; to chafe or flay.
(transitive, figuratively) To strongly denounce or censure.
excrement
excrement
noun
(archaic) Any waste matter excreted from the human or animal body, or discharged by bodily organs.
(now specifically) Human and animal solid waste excreted from the bowels; feces.
(obsolete) Something which grows out of the body; hair, nails etc.
excreters
excreters
noun
plural of excreter
excreting
excreting
noun
An act of excretion.
verb
present participle of excrete
excretion
excretion
noun
Something excreted in that manner, especially urine or feces.
The process of removing or ejecting material that has no further utility, especially from the body; the act of excreting.
excretive
excretive
adj
Having the power of excreting, or promoting excretion.
excretory
excretory
adj
Of, or relating to excretion.
noun
A duct that helps to receive and excrete matter.
exculpate
exculpate
verb
To clear of or to free from guilt; exonerate.
excurrent
excurrent
adj
(botany) Of a vein or costa, extending beyond the tip or the margin of a leaf.
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
excurvate
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.