(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.
exhalant
exhalant
adj
exhaling (emitting a fluid)
noun
Something that emits a fluid
exhalent
exhalent
adj
Alternative form of exhalant
exhaling
exhaling
noun
exhalation
verb
present participle of exhale
exhuming
exhuming
verb
present participle of exhume
exonship
exonship
noun
The role or status of an exon.
foxhound
foxhound
noun
A dog of a medium-sized breed developed for hunting.
haloxene
hanotaux
hexagons
hexagons
noun
plural of hexagon
hexamine
hexamine
noun
(organic chemistry) Contraction of hexamethylenetetramine.
hexammin
hexandry
hexangle
hexangle
noun
(obsolete, geometry) hexagon
hexosans
hexosans
noun
plural of hexosan
hexylene
hexylene
noun
(chemistry) A colourless liquid hydrocarbon, C₆H₁₂, of the ethylene series, produced artificially, and found as a natural product of distillation of certain coals.
(chemistry) Any of several isomers of hexylene proper.
huxleian
huxleyan
huxleyan
Adjective
Of or pertaining to (1894–1963), British writer.
Of or pertaining to (1825–1895), English anatomist, known as "Darwin's Bulldog" for his advocacy of theory of evolution.
minxship
minxship
noun
(obsolete, humorous) A supposed title given to a woman thought to be acting like a minx (usually with possessive adjective).
oxyphony
oxyrhine
paixhans
phenixes
phenixes
noun
plural of phenix
phenoxid
phenoxid
noun
Archaic form of phenoxide.
phorminx
phorminx
noun
A kind of lyre used by the Ancient Greeks.
saxhorns
saxhorns
noun
plural of saxhorn
saxonish
sixhaend
sixhynde
sphinxes
sphinxes
noun
plural of sphinx
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of sphinx
thioxene
thioxene
noun
(chemistry) Any of three possible metameric substances that are dimethyl derivatives of thiophene, like the xylenes from benzene.
thyroxin
thyroxin
noun
Alternative spelling of thyroxine
unhoaxed
unhoaxed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of unhoax
vixenish
vixenish
adj
Of or pertaining to a vixen; resembling a vixen.
xanthane
xanthane
noun
Archaic form of xanthan.
xanthans
xanthans
noun
plural of xanthan
xanthate
xanthate
noun
(chemistry) Any salt or ester of xanthic acid.
xanthein
xanthein
noun
(chemistry) The water-soluble part of the yellow carotenoid pigment present in the cell sap of some plants.
xanthene
xanthene
noun
(organic chemistry) any of a group of tricyclic heterocycles (dibenzopyrans) that are the basis for a range of dyes such as fluorescein and eosin
xanthian
xanthian
Adjective
Of the city Xanthos (or Xanthus) in ancient Lycia.
Noun
A citizen of Xanthos.
xanthide
xanthide
noun
(dated, organic chemistry) Any derivative of xanthogen
xanthine
xanthine
noun
(chemistry) Any of a group of alkaloids that include caffeine, theophylline, and theobromine as well as the parent compound, a precursor of uric acid found in many organs of the body.
xanthins
xanthins
noun
plural of xanthin
xanthism
xanthism
noun
(biology, zoology) A yellowish colouring of pigments in hair, skin, feathers, etc.
xanthite
xanthite
noun
A variety of vesuvianite found in limestone near Amity, New York.
xanthium
xanthoma
xanthoma
noun
(medicine) A small, yellow nodule, rich in cholesterol and other lipids, that occurs in the skin, often near a joint
xanthone
xanthone
noun
(organic chemistry) An aromatic ketone, 9-oxo-xanthene, that is used as an insecticide.
xanthous
xanthous
adj
(archaic, ethnology) Pertaining to people with yellowish, red, auburn, or brown hair.
Yellow-brown; yolk-colored.
xenarchi
xenochia
xenolith
xenolith
noun
(geology) any piece of rock having a different origin to that of the igneous rock in which it is found
xenophon
xenophon
Proper noun
Athenian historian and philosopher born 427 and author of the Anabasis and Memorabilia. He was a pupil of Socrates and became a general during the Persian wars.
xenophya
xenophya
noun
(biology) foreign particles found within an organism, such as sand grains
xeraphin
xiphodon
xiphodon
noun
An extinct camel-like animal of the genus Xiphodon.