Third-person singular simple present indicative form of expand
expanse
expanse
noun
A wide stretch, usually of sea, sky, or land.
An amount of spread or stretch.
expends
expends
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of expend
expense
expense
noun
(obsolete) Loss.
A spending or consuming, often a disbursement of funds.
The elimination or consumption of something, sometimes with the notion of loss or damage to the thing eliminated.
verb
(transitive) To charge a cost against an expense account; to bill something to the company for which one works.
explain
explain
verb
(intransitive) To make something plain or intelligible.
(obsolete) To make flat, smooth out.
(obsolete) To unfold or make visible.
To give a valid excuse for past behavior.
To make plain, manifest, or intelligible; to clear of obscurity; to illustrate the meaning of.
explant
explant
noun
(biology) Any portion taken from a plant or an animal that will be used to initiate a culture. It can be a portion of the shoot, or of the leaves, or even just some cells.
verb
(medicine) To remove something, such as a medical device, that has been implanted.
expound
expound
verb
(intransitive) To make a statement, especially at length.
(transitive) To set out the meaning of; to explain or discuss at length
expunge
expunge
verb
(transitive) To eliminate completely; to annihilate.
(transitive) To erase or strike out.
(transitive, computing) To delete permanently (e-mail etc.) that was previously marked for deletion but still stored.
kinepox
kinepox
noun
Alternative form of kine-pox
oxphony
panchax
panchax
noun
Any of various tropical fish in the cyprinodontiform families Aplocheilidae and Nothobranchiidae which were formerly classified in the genus Panchax.
panmixy
panmixy
noun
Alternative form of panmixia
paraxon
paxinos
phalanx
phalanx
noun
(anatomy, plural phalanges) One of the bones of the finger or toe.
(historical sociology) A Fourierite utopian community; a phalanstery.
(historical, plural phalanxes) An ancient Greek and Macedonian military unit that consisted of several ranks and files (lines) of soldiers in close array with joined shields and long spears.
(plural phalanxes) A large group of people, animals or things, compact or closely massed, or tightly knit and united in common purpose.
pharynx
pharynx
noun
(anatomy) The part of the alimentary canal and respiratory tract that extends from the back of the mouth and nasal cavity to the larynx and esophagus.
(zootomy) The part of the alimentary canal immediately behind the mouth in invertebrates that may be thickened and muscular, eversible and toothed, or adapted as a suctorial organ.
phenoxy
phenoxy
noun
(organic chemistry, especially in combination) The univalent radical C₆H₅O- derived from phenol by loss of a hydrogen atom
phloxin
phoenix
phoenix
noun
(Chinese mythology) A mythological Chinese chimerical bird whose physical body symbolizes the six celestial bodies; a fenghuang.
(figuratively) Anything that is reborn after apparently being destroyed.
(historical) A Greek silver coin used briefly from 1828 to 1832, divided into 100 lepta.
(mythology) A mythological bird, said to be the only one of its kind, which lives for 500 years and then dies by burning to ashes on a pyre of its own making, ignited by the sun. It then arises anew from the ashes.
(obsolete) A marvelous person or thing.
verb
(Australia) To transfer assets from one company to another to dodge liability
pinxter
planxty
planxty
noun
An Irish or Welsh melody for the harp, sometimes of a mournful character.
praxean
princox
princox
noun
Alternative form of princock
proxeny
proxeny
noun
(historical) In Ancient Greece, an arrangement whereby a citizen (chosen by the city) hosted foreign ambassadors at his own expense, in return for honorary titles from the state.
salpinx
salpinx
noun
(anatomy) A Eustachian tube.
(anatomy) A Fallopian tube.
spandex
spandex
noun
A synthetic fibre known for its exceptional elasticity.