(biology) Movement of an organism in response to air currents.
anthotaxis
antitoxins
antitoxins
noun
plural of antitoxin
arsenoxide
arsenoxide
noun
(organic chemistry) The functional group -As=O; any organic compound containing this group
autosexing
autosexing
noun
The identification of the sex of newborn chicks by their physical appearance, possible with certain breeds of poultry.
axiopoenus
boxinesses
chronaxies
chronaxies
noun
plural of chronaxie
coexistent
coexistent
adj
existing at the same time as something else
noun
That which coexists with another.
coexisting
coexisting
verb
present participle of coexist
coxswained
coxswained
verb
simple past tense and past participle of coxswain
criosphinx
criosphinx
noun
A sphinx with the head of a ram.
dextrinous
doxasticon
exceptions
exceptions
noun
plural of exception
exclusions
exclusions
noun
plural of exclusion
excression
excretions
excretions
noun
plural of excretion
excursions
excursions
noun
plural of excursion
excusation
excusation
noun
(obsolete) The act of offering an excuse or apology, or the fact of being excused; an excuse, a defence.
executions
executions
noun
plural of execution
executonis
exemptions
exemptions
noun
plural of exemption
exhaustion
exhaustion
noun
(dated, chemistry) The removal (by percolation etc) of an active medicinal constituent from plant material.
(dated, physics) The removal of all air from a vessel (the creation of a vacuum).
(mathematics) An exhaustive procedure
Supreme tiredness; having exhausted energy.
The point of complete depletion, of the state of being used up.
exodontics
exodontics
noun
the extraction of teeth
exodontist
exodontist
noun
One who removes teeth.
exorcising
exorcising
verb
present participle of exorcise
exoticness
exoticness
noun
The characteristic of being exotic; foreignness.
expansions
expansions
noun
plural of expansion
expiations
expiations
noun
plural of expiation
explosions
explosions
noun
plural of explosion
expositing
expositing
verb
present participle of exposit
exposition
exposition
noun
(authorship) An essay or speech in which any topic is discussed in detail.
(authorship) An opening section in fiction, in which background information about the characters, events or setting is conveyed.
(authorship) The act or process of declaring or describing something through either speech or writing; the portions and aspects of a piece of writing that exist mainly to describe the setting, characters and other non-plot elements.
(music) The opening section of a movement in sonata form; the opening section of a fugue.
(obsolete) The act of expulsion, or being expelled, from a place.
An exhibition, especially of goods, artwork or cultural displays to the public.
The abandonment of an unwanted child.
The action of exposing something to something, such as skin to the sunlight.
expression
expression
noun
(biology) (manufacturing) The act of pressing or squeezing out.
(biology) The process of translating a gene into a protein.
(mathematics) An arrangement of symbols denoting values, operations performed on them, and grouping symbols.
(mostly preceded by with) emotional involvement or engagement in a text read aloud rendered by the voice of the reciter or the reader
(music) The tone of voice or sound in music.
(programming) A piece of code in a high-level language that returns a value.
A colloquialism or idiom.
A facial appearance usually associated with an emotion.
A particular way of phrasing an idea.
A specific blend of whisky.
The action of expressing thoughts, ideas, feelings, etc.
expulsions
expulsions
noun
plural of expulsion
exsolution
exsolution
noun
(geology) The process in which a solution of molten rocks separates into its constituents upon cooling
exspuition
exspuition
noun
(obsolete) The act of spitting.
extensions
extensions
noun
plural of extension
extentions
extortions
extortions
noun
plural of extortion
extrusions
extrusions
noun
plural of extrusion
exudations
exudations
noun
plural of exudation
fluxionist
fluxionist
noun
One skilled in fluxions.
foxinesses
hexokinase
hexokinase
noun
(biochemistry) Any enzyme that catalyses the phosphorylation of a hexose
hexosamine
hexosamine
noun
(biochemistry) Any amino sugar derived from a hexose.
inexposure
inexposure
noun
A state of not being exposed.
influxious
influxious
adj
(obsolete, rare) influential
lexiconist
lexiconist
noun
A writer of a lexicon.
lipoxenous
menostaxis
misexpound
misexpound
verb
To expound erroneously.
nonsexists
nonsexists
noun
plural of nonsexist
notiosorex
onychauxis
otosalpinx
oxidations
oxidations
noun
plural of oxidation
oxozonides
oxyrhinous
oxytonesis
oxytonesis
noun
(phonology) The shift of accent to the final syllable.
perionyxis
postfixing
postfixing
verb
present participle of postfix
prefixions
prefixions
noun
plural of prefixion
prolixness
prolixness
noun
prolixity
pyosalpinx
pyosalpinx
noun
A distally blocked Fallopian tube filled with pus.
reexposing
reexposing
verb
present participle of reexpose
saxicoline
saxicoline
adj
Synonym of saxicolous
saxigenous
saxigenous
adj
Growing on rocks.
saxophonic
saxophonic
adj
Of or pertaining to the saxophone.
sextillion
sextillion
num
(US, Britain, Australia, short scale) A trillion billion: 1 followed by 21 zeros, 10²¹.
(dated Britain and Australia, long scale) A million quintillion: 1 followed by 36 zeros, 10³⁶.
sextonship
sextonship
noun
The office or position of a sexton.
sixteenmos
sixteenmos
noun
plural of sixteenmo
soixantine
swinepoxes
synaxarion
synaxarion
noun
(Christianity) A compilation of hagiographies corresponding roughly to the martyrology of the Roman Church.
taxinomist
taxonomies
taxonomies
noun
plural of taxonomy
taxonomist
taxonomist
noun
(taxonomy) Someone whose profession is taxonomy, or who performs taxonomy at a professional level.
theoxenius
unoxidised
unoxidised
adj
Alternative spelling of unoxidized
unuxorious
unuxorious
adj
Not uxorious.
xanthopsia
xanthopsia
noun
A visual defect, a form of chromatopsia in which everything appears yellow.
xanthopsin
xanthopsin
noun
visual yellow; any of a form of visual purple that has been bleached by exposure to light
xenobiosis
xenobiosis
noun
(biology) A form of symbiosis where one species of ant lives with another and the two species raise their young separately.
xenogamies
xenogenies
xenosaurid
xenosaurid
noun
(zoology) Any lizard in the family Xenosauridae.
xiphosuran
xiphosuran
adj
(zoology) Of or pertaining to the order Xiphosura.
noun
(zoology) Any member of the order Xiphosura, including horseshoe crabs.