(architecture) Any decoration serving to cover the ends of roofing tiles.
(architecture) The vertical blocks which terminate the covering tiles of the roof of a Roman, Etruscan, or Greek temple.
antisex
antisex
adj
Opposed to sexual activity
anxiety
anxiety
noun
(pathology) A state of restlessness and agitation, often accompanied by a distressing sense of oppression or tightness in the stomach.
An uneasy or distressing desire (for something).
An unpleasant state of mental uneasiness, nervousness, apprehension and obsession or concern about some uncertain event.
axinite
axinite
noun
(mineralogy) A borosilicate of aluminum, iron, and lime, commonly found in glassy, brown crystals with acute edges.
axstone
axstone
noun
A variety of jade, used by the natives of the South Sea Islands for making axes or hatchets.
baxtone
dextran
dextran
noun
(biochemistry) A biopolymer of glucose produced by enzymes of certain bacteria; used as a substitute for blood plasma, and as a stationary phase in chromatography.
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.
extance
extance
noun
(obsolete, rare) Emergence.
extancy
extancy
noun
(obsolete) The state of being extant; existence.
(obsolete) The state of rising above others; a projection.
externa
inexact
inexact
adj
(physics, of a differential) having a path-dependent integral
Imperfectly conforming; exceeding or falling short in some respect.
Imprecisely or indefinitely conceived or stated.
narthex
narthex
noun
(architecture) A western vestibule leading to the nave in some Christian churches.
oxanate
sextain
sextain
noun
(poetry) A stanza of six lines; a sestine.
sextans
sextans
noun
(historical, Roman antiquity) A Roman coin worth one sixth of an as.
sextant
sextant
noun
(dentistry) One of six groups of adjacent teeth, excluding the wisdom teeth. The front sextants go from canine to canine, and there are sextants on the right and left of these. See w:Periodontal examination.
(geometry) One sixth of a circle or disc; a sector with an angle of 60°.
(nautical) A navigational device for deriving angular distances between objects so as to determine latitude and longitude.
taximen
taximen
noun
plural of taximan
textman
textman
noun
(dated) One who is ready to quote texts.
unexact
unexact
adj
Not exact.
untaxed
untaxed
adj
Not having had the required taxes paid on it.
Not tired or strained, working well within capacity.