(chiefly Canada, US) Various plants of genus Zizia or Angelica thought to resemble European alexanders.
Any of various umbellifers, often specifically Smyrnium olusatrum or Heracleum maximum, the cow parsnip.
plural of alexander
alexandria
alexandria
Proper noun
A city and port in Egypt.
A census-designated place in Alabama, USA
A city in Monroe Township, Indiana, USA
A city in Kentucky, USA
A city and the parish seat of Louisiana, USA
A city in Minnesota, USA
A city in Missouri, USA
A village in Nebraska, USA
A town in New Hampshire, USA
A town in New York, USA
A village in Ohio, USA
An unincorporated community in Ohio, USA
A borough in Pennsylvania, USA
A town in Tennessee, USA
An independent city in Virginia, USA
A city in South Dakota, USA
A former town in United Counties of Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry, Ontario, Canada; now a part of the township of North Glengarry
A ghost town in British Columbia, Canada
A town in Sarah Baartman District Municipality, Eastern Cape, South Africa
A town in Ehlanzeni District Municipality, Mpumalanga, South Africa
alexandros
alexandros
Proper noun
A transliteration of the Greek male given name
anorexiant
anorexiant
noun
A thing, especially a medication, that promotes a decrease in body weight or a reduction in appetite.
arsenoxide
arsenoxide
noun
(organic chemistry) The functional group -As=O; any organic compound containing this group
axonometry
axonometry
noun
axonometric projection
carnifexes
chronaxies
chronaxies
noun
plural of chronaxie
clarenceux
contraplex
contraplex
adj
(telegraphy) Of message signals, passing in opposite directions at the same time.
dextranase
dextranase
noun
(biochemistry) An enzyme that catalyzes the endohydrolysis of (1->6)-alpha-D-glucosidic linkages in dextran.
dextrinase
dextrinase
noun
(biochemistry) Any enzyme that catalyzes the hydrolysis of a dextrin
dextrinate
endothorax
endothorax
noun
(zoology) An internal process of the sternal plates in the thorax of insects.
entothorax
entothorax
noun
Alternative form of endothorax
epipharynx
epipharynx
noun
(anatomy, rare) The nasopharynx.
(zoology) A structure that overlaps the mouth in certain insects.
esonarthex
esonarthex
noun
An inner narthex (in a church).
examinator
examinator
noun
An examiner.
excreation
excreation
noun
(obsolete) The act of spitting out.
execrating
execrating
verb
present participle of execrate
execration
execration
noun
An act or instance of cursing; a curse dictated by violent feelings of hatred; an imprecation; an expression of utter detestation.
That which is execrated; a detested thing.
exenterate
exenterate
verb
(transitive) To disembowel; to eviscerate.
exercitant
exercitant
noun
(religion) One who practises spiritual exercises, especially those of Ignatius of Loyola.
exhilarant
exhilarant
adj
Exciting joy, mirth, or pleasure.
noun
That which exhilarates.
exmeridian
exonarthex
exonarthex
noun
(architecture, Christianity) The space anterior to the narthex of a church, sometimes roofed-over as with a porch, but more often an enclosed courtyard; in antiquity, the courtyard where catechumens were permitted to be close to the Eucharist, but forbidden to see it celebrated.
exonerated
exonerated
adj
Freed from any question of guilt, acquitted.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of exonerate
exonerates
exonerates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of exonerate
exonerator
exonerator
noun
One who exonerates.
exorbitant
exorbitant
adj
Exceeding proper limits; excessive or unduly high; extravagant.
exornation
exornation
noun
(obsolete) ornament; decoration; embellishment
expiration
expiration
noun
(euphemistic) The last emission of breath; death.
A cessation, extinction, ending
Emission of volatile matter; exhalation.
That which is produced by breathing out, as a sound.
The act of expiring.
The act or process of breathing out, or forcing air from the lungs through the nose or mouth
explainers
explainers
noun
plural of explainer
explanator
explanator
noun
(statistics) A variable that predicts or explains the variation in another variable; an explanatory variable.
One who explains.
expressman
expressman
noun
A person employed in the express business.
extenuator
extenuator
noun
One who extenuates.
externally
externally
adv
on the surface or the outside
extractant
extractant
noun
A liquid used to extract a substance from another material
extracting
extracting
verb
present participle of extract
extraction
extraction
noun
(dentistry) A removal of a tooth from its socket.
(military) An act of removing someone from a hostile area to a secure location.
A person's origin or ancestry.
An act of extracting or the condition of being extracted.
Something extracted, an extract, as from a plant or an organ of an animal etc.
extrahuman
extrahuman
noun
Synonym of nonhuman
Synonym of parahuman
extraneity
extraneity
noun
(countable) Something extraneous
(uncountable) The state of being extraneous
extraneous
extraneous
adj
Not belonging to, or dependent upon, a thing; without or beyond a thing; foreign
Not essential or intrinsic
extranidal
extranidal
adj
(biology) Outside a nest.
extrarenal
extrarenal
adj
(anatomy) Outside (but adjacent to) a kidney
extuberant
extuberant
adj
swelling out; protuberant
exuberance
exuberance
noun
(uncountable) The quality of being exuberant; cheerful or vigorous enthusiasm; liveliness.
An instance of exuberant behaviour.
An overflowing quantity; superfluousness.
exuberancy
exuberancy
noun
Archaic form of exuberance.
exurbanite
exurbanite
noun
A person who lives in an exurb
a former urbanite
fraxinella
fraxinella
noun
A fragrant herb in the rue family, Dictamnus albus
generatrix
generatrix
noun
(geometry) A curve that, when rotated about an axis, produces a solid figure.
hexacarbon
hexaemeron
hexaemeron
noun
Alternative form of hexameron
hexahedron
hexahedron
noun
(geometry) A polyhedron with six faces. The regular hexahedron is the cube, and is one of the Platonic solids.
hexandrous
hexandrous
adj
Alternative form of hexandrian
hexangular
hexangular
adj
Having six angles or corners.
inexorable
inexorable
adj
Adamant; severe.
Impossible to prevent or stop; inevitable.
Unable to be persuaded; relentless; unrelenting.
inexorably
inexorably
adv
In an inexorable manner; without the possibility of stopping or prevention.
interaxial
interaxial
adj
Between axes
intercoxal
intercoxal
adj
(anatomy) Between the hips
luxuriance
luxuriance
noun
The property of being luxuriant.
malaxerman
malaxermen
neurataxia
neuraxitis
neurotoxia
overexpand
overexpand
verb
To expand to an excessive or unwise degree
overtaxing
overtaxing
verb
present participle of overtax
oxygenator
oxygenator
noun
any device that releases oxygen (or air) into water, especially one in an aquarium
oxynitrate
oxynitrate
noun
(inorganic chemistry) A mixed oxide and nitrate
paraxylene
paraxylene
noun
An aromatic hydrocarbon consisting of a benzene with two methyl substituents
paroxazine
paroxytone
paroxytone
adj
(linguistics, of a word) Having the stress or accent on the penultimate syllable.
noun
(linguistics) A paroxytone word.
periaxonal
periaxonal
adj
(anatomy) Surrounding an axon (of a nerve).
praxeanist
preexamine
preexamine
verb
(transitive) To examine beforehand.
preexilian
preexplain
reaffixing
reaffixing
verb
present participle of reaffix
reannexing
reannexing
verb
present participle of reannex
reexamined
reexamined
adj
examined again
verb
simple past tense and past participle of reexamine
reexamines
reexamines
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of reexamine
reexchange
reexchange
noun
(finance) The expense chargeable on a bill of exchange or draft that has been dishonoured in a foreign country and returned to its country of origin, and then taken up.
A renewed exchange.
A reversal of an exchange.
verb
(transitive) To exchange again or anew.
refixation
refixation
noun
The fixing in place of something that had previously been removed
relaxation
relaxation
noun
(music) The release following musical tension.
(physics) The transition of a nucleus, atom or molecule from a higher energy level to a lower one; the opposite of excitation
A diminution of tone, tension, or firmness; specifically in pathology: a looseness; a diminution of the natural and healthy tone of parts.
Remission of attention or application.
Remission or abatement of rigor.
The act of relaxing or the state of being relaxed; the opposite of stress or tension; the aim of recreation and leisure activities.
Unbending; recreation; a state or occupation intended to give mental or bodily relief after effort.
retaxation
retaxation
noun
The act of taxing something again; recalculation of tax.
sardonyxes
sardonyxes
noun
plural of sardonyx
sexagenary
sexagenary
adj
(mathematics, astronomy, now rare) Synonym of sexagesimal: base-60.
(now rare) Synonym of sexagenarian: lasting or aged sixty years; sixty-year-old.
Containing sixty years.
noun
(mathematics, astronomy, now rare) Synonym of sexagesimal: base-60 numeration.
(now rare) Synonym of sexagenarian: a sixty-year-old.
sexangular
sexangular
adj
Having six angles; hexagonal.
synaxaries
tetrapanax
tetraxonia
tetraxonid
transfixed
transfixed
adj
Rendered motionless by completely focused attention, rapt, entranced, mesmerized.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of transfix
transfixes
transfixes
noun
plural of transfix
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of transfix
trioxazine
undertaxed
undertaxed
adj
Taxed at less than an appropriate level
undertaxes
undertaxes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of undertax
unexorable
unexternal
unidextral
unprefixal
unrelaxing
unrelaxing
adj
Not relaxing.
untextural
xanthoderm
xanthoderm
noun
One who is afflicted by xanthoderma.
xenarthral
xenarthral
adj
(zoology) Having unusual joints.
xenocrates
xenocrates
Proper noun
(c. 396–314 An Ancient Greek philosopher, mathematician, and the second leader (scholarch) of the Platonic Academy from 339 to 314