(geology) The metamorphism of plutonic rock into magma in the lower levels of the crust
apomixes
apomixes
noun
plural of apomixis
apoxesis
auxetics
auxetics
noun
plural of auxetic
bauxites
bauxites
noun
plural of bauxite
bisexual
bisexual
adj
(botany) Of flowers: having both pollen and seeds.
(botany) Of fungi: producing both the "female" ascogonium and the "male" antheridium.
(botany) Of gametophytes: producing both eggs and sperm.
(botany) Of sporophytes: having both male and female organs.
(chiefly biology) Having two distinct sexes, male and female (as contrasted with unisexual or hermaphroditic).
(chiefly biology) Involving two sexes (particularly with regard to reproduction; contrast parthenogenetic or asexual).
(of humans or other animals) Sexually attracted to both men and women (by a narrow definition) or to people of multiple or any genders (by a broad definition; compare pansexual).
(rare) Hermaphroditic/intersex, being both male and female, or alternating between being male and being female.
Androgynous.
noun
(botany, rare) A plant or fungus, or part thereof, which is bisexual.
(chiefly biology) An organism (that is, a species) which has male and female sexes.
A person who is bisexual.
bollixes
bollixes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bollix
boxerism
boxiness
boxiness
noun
The condition of being boxy
cathexis
cathexis
noun
(psychoanalysis) The concentration of libido or emotional energy on a single object or idea.
cervixes
climaxes
climaxes
noun
plural of climax
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of climax
coexists
coexists
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of coexist
commixes
commixes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of commix
cresoxid
desexing
desexing
verb
present participle of desex
dextrins
dextrins
noun
plural of dextrin
dioxanes
dioxanes
noun
plural of dioxane
dioxides
dioxides
noun
plural of dioxide
disannex
disannex
verb
(transitive) To relinquish (land etc.) previously annexed.
dyslexia
dyslexia
noun
(neurology, pathology) A learning disability characterized by reading and writing difficulties.
dyslexic
dyslexic
adj
Having dyslexia.
Of or pertaining to dyslexia.
noun
A person who has dyslexia.
epitaxis
epoxides
epoxides
noun
plural of epoxide
essexite
essexite
noun
(petrology) A form of silica-undersaturated pyroxene gabbro, containing nepheline and orthoclase as essential constituents.
ethoxies
eutaxies
examines
examines
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of examine
excelsin
excelsin
noun
A quassinoid found in brazil nuts.
excimers
excimers
noun
plural of excimer
exciples
exciples
noun
plural of exciple
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.
exciters
exciters
noun
plural of exciter
excitons
excitons
noun
plural of exciton
excitors
excitors
noun
plural of excitor
exclaims
exclaims
noun
plural of exclaim
excusing
excusing
noun
The act of making an excuse.
verb
present participle of excuse
excusive
excusive
adj
Serving as an excuse; exculpatory.
excussio
exegesis
exegesis
noun
A critical explanation or interpretation of a text, especially a religious text.
An explanatory note; a gloss.
exequies
exequies
noun
(obsolete) plural of exequy (“funeral rites”)
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.
exeresis
exeresis
noun
The surgical removal of any part or organ.
exhibits
exhibits
noun
plural of exhibit
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of exhibit
exiguous
exiguous
adj
scanty; meager
eximidus
eximious
eximious
adj
(archaic) Pre-eminent, outstanding.
existant
existant
adj
Misspelling of existent.
existent
existent
adj
existing; having life or being, current; occurring now
noun
(archaic) a being or entity that exists independently
existing
existing
adj
That exists, or has existence, especially that exists now.
verb
present participle of exist
exitious
exitious
adj
Harmful, destructive, deadly, pernicious.
exitless
exitless
adj
Having no exit.
exonship
exonship
noun
The role or status of an exon.
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.
exotisms
exotisms
noun
plural of exotism
expiates
expiates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of expiate
expirers
expirers
noun
plural of expirer
expiries
expiries
noun
plural of expiry
explains
explains
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of explain
exploits
exploits
noun
plural of exploit
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of exploit
expolish
expolish
verb
(obsolete, nonce word) To polish thoroughly.
exposing
exposing
verb
present participle of expose
exposits
exposits
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of exposit
exradius
exradius
noun
(geometry) The radius of an excircle.
exscinds
exscinds
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of exscind
exscribe
exscribe
verb
(obsolete) To copy; to transcribe.
exscript
exscript
noun
(obsolete) A copy; a transcript.
extasiie
extincts
extincts
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of extinct
extispex
extispex
noun
(historical) Somebody who predicts the future using entrails
extremis
extusion
exurbias
exurbias
noun
plural of exurbia
fixities
fixities
noun
plural of fixity
fixtures
fixtures
noun
plural of fixture
flaxiest
flexions
flexions
noun
plural of flexion
foxfires
foxiness
foxiness
noun
The characteristic or quality of being foxy
galaxies
galaxies
noun
plural of galaxy
geotaxis
geotaxis
noun
(biology) A downward movement.
(biology) A living creature's ability to move by orienting itself by gravitational forces.
gobiesox
hexereis
hexereis
noun
plural of hexerei
iceboxes
iceboxes
noun
plural of icebox
indexers
indexers
noun
plural of indexer
influxes
influxes
noun
plural of influx
intersex
intersex
adj
(fantasy) A person who can get pregnant and also impregnate someone else.
(of an individual) Having any of a variety of inherent conditions (in a species with distinct sexes) in which one's sex characteristics differ from those of a typical male and female; for example, having sex characteristics relating to both male and female sexes.
noun
(biology, zoology) An individual with any of these conditions.
The condition of being intersex; intersexuality.
verb
(nonstandard) To make intersex.
isohexyl
laxities
laxities
noun
plural of laxity
lexicons
lexicons
noun
plural of lexicon
luxuries
luxuries
noun
plural of luxury
mastixes
matrixes
maximise
maximise
verb
(British spelling) Alternative spelling of maximize
mexicans
misoxene
misoxeny
misoxeny
noun
Aversion to foreigners or strangers.
mixeress
mixtecos
mixtures
mixtures
noun
plural of mixture
neuraxis
neuraxis
noun
(anatomy, embryology, medicine, sometimes) A subset of the central nervous system: i.e., the spinal cord, rhombencephalon, mesencephalon and diencephalon.
(anatomy, medicine, usually) Synonym of central nervous system.
oxalises
oxalises
noun
plural of oxalis
oxazines
oxazines
noun
plural of oxazine
oxidases
oxidases
noun
plural of oxidase
oxidates
oxidates
noun
plural of oxidate
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of oxidate
oxidised
oxidised
adj
Alternative spelling of oxidized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of oxidise
oxidiser
oxidiser
noun
Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of oxidizer.
oxidises
oxidises
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of oxidise
oxidizes
oxidizes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of oxidize
panmixes
patrixes
peroxids
peroxids
noun
plural of peroxid
phenixes
phenixes
noun
plural of phenix
pickaxes
pickaxes
noun
plural of pickaxe
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of pickax
pixieish
pixieish
adj
Alternative spelling of pixyish
pixiness
pixiness
noun
Quality of being pixyish.
praxises
preexist
preexist
verb
To exist before something else.
prefixes
prefixes
noun
plural of prefix
plural of prefixe
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of prefix
premixes
premixes
noun
plural of premix
pyrexias
pyrexias
noun
plural of pyrexia
quixotes
relaxins
relaxins
noun
plural of relaxin
sarcoxie
saxatile
saxatile
adj
Of or relating to rocks; living among rocks.
saxicole
saxonies
saxonite
saxonite
noun
(mineralogy) Harzburgite, a peridotite consisting mostly of olivine and low-calcium pyroxene.
Peridotite composed of olivine and enstatite.
saxonize
semiaxis
semiaxis
noun
(mathematics) A line segment, joining the centre of a figure to an edge, that forms half of an axis of symmetry.
semiflex
semiflex
verb
(transitive) To half-bend.
senatrix
senatrix
noun
(rare) A female senator (a female member of a senate)
(rare) Traditionally used as a term of address for a female senator in parliamentary proceedings in some Senates like those of the United States, Canada and France .
(rare, dated) The wife of a senator.
sexiness
sexiness
noun
The state or quality of being sexy, of possessing the traits of sexual appeal.
sextains
sextains
noun
plural of sextain
sextarii
sextarii
noun
plural of sextarius
sextiles
sextiles
noun
plural of sextile
sextilis
sextiply
silexite
silexite
noun
Synonym of quartzolite
siloxane
siloxane
noun
(chemistry) Any of a class of compound having a short repeating unit of silicon and oxygen atoms (either in a chain or a ring), typically with organic side chains
silvexes
sixhaend
sixhynde
sixpence
sixpence
noun
(historical) A former British coin worth sixpence, first minted in 1551.
(obsolete, Britain, uncountable) The value of six old pence; half of a shilling; or one-fortieth of a pound sterling.