(botany, zoology) Of a side that is facing away from the axis or central line, such as the underside of a leaf; or the back of an animal.
Not in the axis. Applied to an embryo placed out of the axis of the seed.
abaxile
abaxile
adj
Alternative form of abaxial
abrasax
abrasax
Proper noun
One of the Archons who follows Sabaoth when he leaves the ranks of the Demiurge to become an aeon alongside Sophia.
definition
Noun
A gem engraved with the word Abrasax or Abraxas.
abraxas
abraxas
noun
(Gnosticism, historical) A transcription of Abrasax.
acronyx
acyloxy
acyloxy
noun
(organic chemistry) A univalent radical R-COO-, derived from a carboxylic acid
adaxial
adaxial
adj
(botany) On the side that is towards the axis or central line, usually on the upper side.
(developmental biology) adjacent to the axis, or in vertebrates the notochord.
addaxes
addaxes
noun
plural of addax
admixed
admixed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of admix
admixes
admixes
noun
plural of admix
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of admix
adnexal
adnexal
adj
(anatomy) Of, or relating to the adnexa.
(botany) Having the property of being adnexed.
adnexed
adnexed
adj
(botany, mycology) Narrowly attached to a stem or stipe.
adoxies
affixal
affixal
adj
As or like an affix.
affixed
affixed
adj
(linguistics) With an affix.
Enduringly stuck to, or attached to, something.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of affix
affixer
affixer
noun
A person or thing that affixes.
affixes
affixes
noun
plural of affix
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of affix
affreux
affreux
adj
(rare) Dreadful; disturbing or frightening.
noun
A group of particularly brutal mercenaries who were active in Africa and Asia during the 1960s.
agalaxy
agalaxy
noun
(dated) agalactia
agneaux
alexian
alexias
alexias
noun
plural of alexia
alexina
alexine
alexine
noun
A defensive proteid
alexins
alexins
noun
plural of alexin
alexius
alkoxid
alkoxyl
alkoxyl
noun
The alkoxy radical
alloxan
alloxan
noun
(biochemistry) An oxidation product of uric acid, 2,4,5,6(1H,3H)-pyrimidinetetrone, capable of inducing diabetes by destroying pancreatic tissue
aloxite
aloxite
noun
Synonym of aluminium oxide
amidoxy
ampyxes
amueixa
anaxial
anaxone
annexal
annexed
annexed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of annex
annexer
annexer
noun
One who annexes.
annexes
annexes
noun
plural of annex
plural of annexe
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of annex
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of annexe
anorexy
anorexy
noun
Archaic form of anorexia.
anoxias
anoxias
noun
plural of anoxia
antapex
antapex
noun
(astronomy) The point opposite the solar apex
antefix
antefix
noun
(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.
anthrax
anthrax
noun
(pathology) An acute infectious disease of herbivores, especially sheep and cattle, caused by Bacillus anthracis.
The human disease that can occur in humans through contact with infected herbivores, tissue from infected animals, or high concentrations of anthrax spores, but is not usually spread between humans, with symptoms including lesions on the skin or in the lungs, often fatal.
antisex
antisex
adj
Opposed to sexual activity
antitax
antitax
adj
(politics) Acting against or opposed to taxes.
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.
anxious
anxious
adj
(of things) Accompanied with, or causing, anxiety; worrying.
Earnestly desirous.
Having a feeling of anxiety or disquietude; extremely concerned, especially about something that will happen in the future or that is unknown.
Nervous and worried.
apexing
apoplex
apoplex
noun
Obsolete form of apoplexy.
apraxia
apraxia
noun
(neurology) Total or partial loss of the ability to perform coordinated movements or manipulate objects in the absence of motor or sensory impairment; specifically, a disorder of motor planning.
apraxic
apraxic
adj
(neurology) Relating to or exhibiting apraxia.
apteryx
apteryx
noun
(dated) kiwi bird
apyrexy
apyrexy
noun
apyrexia
artifex
aruspex
asexual
asexual
adj
(biology) Lacking distinct sex, lacking sexual organs.
(biology) Without sexual action; reproducing by some other method than sex.
(especially of a person) Not experiencing sexual attraction; lacking interest in or desire for sex.
Nonsexual in nature, unmarked by sexual activity.
noun
(biology) A species which reproduces by asexual rather than sexual reproduction, or a member of such a species.
(rare) Something which does not have a sex, or a word which refers to such a thing.
A person who does not experience sexual attraction; a person who lacks interest in or desire for sex.
aspalax
asphyxy
asphyxy
noun
(medicine, obsolete) asphyxiation, typically resulting in death; asphyxia
verb
Rare form of asphyxiate.
ataraxy
ataraxy
noun
(pharmacology, pharmacy) State of psychological calm and tranquility, absence of discomfort, or metabolical inactivity.
(philosophy) Ataraxia; freedom from mental disturbance; imperturbability, dogged indifference.
ataxias
ataxias
noun
plural of ataxia
ataxics
ataxics
noun
plural of ataxic
ataxies
ataxies
noun
plural of ataxy
ataxite
ataxite
noun
(mineralogy) A type of iron meteorite that has a high nickel content
aurifex
auxeses
auxeses
noun
plural of auxesis
auxesis
auxesis
noun
(biology) Biological growth, (now usually restricted to) expansion or growth of an organism apart from that due to cellular division.
(chemistry) The condition of being auxetic
(rhetoric) Overstatement, hyperbole.
(rhetoric, obsolete) Arrangement of a series in ascending order.
auxetic
auxetic
adj
(chemistry) Having the property of counterintuitively expanding when being stretched.
(pathology) Relating to auxesis
noun
An auxetic material.
auxinic
auxinic
adj
Relating to, or composed of, auxins.
auxotox
axfetch
axially
axially
adv
In relation to, or in a line with, an axis; in the axial (magnetic) line.
axifera
axiform
axillae
axillae
noun
plural of axilla
axillar
axillar
adj
Alternative form of axillary
noun
Any of the feathers connecting the undersurface of the wing and the body, and concealed by the closed wing.
axillas
axinite
axinite
noun
(mineralogy) A borosilicate of aluminum, iron, and lime, commonly found in glassy, brown crystals with acute edges.
axmaker
axogamy
axolotl
axolotl
noun
A critically endangered salamander found in the elevated lakes of Mexico, Ambystoma mexicanum.
axoneme
axoneme
noun
(biology) A bundle of nine microtubules forming the internal scaffolding of a cilium, with two extra central microtubules connecting the others if the cilium is motile
axonost
axseeds
axstone
axstone
noun
A variety of jade, used by the natives of the South Sea Islands for making axes or hatchets.
axumite
azoxime
azoxine
bandbox
bandbox
noun
A box of lightweight construction (e.g. cardboard, thin wood) for carrying hats or other apparel items.
A small baseball park conducive to scoring home runs.
bateaux
bateaux
noun
plural of bateau
bauxite
bauxite
noun
The principal ore of aluminium; a clay-like mineral, being a mixture of hydrated oxides and hydroxides.
baxtone
beatrix
beatrix
Proper noun
a main belt asteroid; named the beloved of
beeswax
beeswax
noun
(colloquial, mildly humorous) “Business”, as in such phrases as mind your own beeswax and none of your beeswax.
A wax secreted by bees from which they make honeycomb; or, the processed form of this wax used in the manufacture of various goods.
verb
(transitive) To polish with beeswax.
betaxed
biaxial
biaxial
adj
(mathematics, astronomy) Having two axes of rotation and two planes of symmetry (e.g. having the shape of a spheroid)
Along two axes; e.g. in engineering, a shear or compression text of a material along two axes
Having a value in two perpendicular directions. (In solid mechanics, it generally means that normal stresses exist in two of the possible three directions, though not necessarily equal in sign or magnitude.)
Having two axes.
biotaxy
biotaxy
noun
(biology, dated) The classification of living organisms according to their structural character; taxonomy.
boraxes
boraxes
noun
plural of borax
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of borax
boxball
boxball
noun
Any of various informal ball games or sports played with boxes, or in a box-shaped court.
boxcars
boxcars
noun
(slang, dice games) Double six in a dice game with two dice.
plural of boxcar
boxhaul
boxhaul
verb
(nautical, transitive, intransitive) To bring (a square-rigged ship) onto a new tack by hauling back the foresails whilst steering hard round.
boxhead
boxhead
noun
(UK, military, slang, dated) A German person.
boxiana
braxies
braxies
noun
plural of braxy
braxton
braxton
Proper noun
possibly from Branxton in Northumberland.
name, modern transferred use of the surname.
breakax
broadax
broadax
noun
Alternative spelling of broadaxe
brodnax
bureaux
bureaux
noun
plural of bureau
cacaxte
cachexy
cachexy
noun
(medicine, archaic) Cachexia.
cakebox
cakebox
noun
A box for keeping cake.
A cylindrical container for recordable compact discs.
calixto
calyxes
carapax
carapax
noun
(zoology) Alternative form of carapace
carboxy
carboxy
noun
(organic chemistry) The carboxyl group.
carefox
casebox
casebox
noun
A box or shoe from which playing cards are dealt in the game of faro
cashbox
cashbox
noun
(slang) A toll booth.
A box for holding cash.
chamoix
chevaux
chevaux
noun
plural of cheval
ciseaux
claxons
claxons
noun
plural of claxon
claxton
coalbox
coalbox
noun
A box for storing coal.
coannex
coaxers
coaxers
noun
plural of coaxer
coaxial
coaxial
adj
(geometry) Having a common central axis
noun
A coaxial cable
coaxing
coaxing
noun
The act of one who coaxes.
verb
present participle of coax
colauxe
coteaux
coteaux
noun
plural of coteau
coxalgy
coxalgy
noun
Dated form of coxalgia.
coxwain
curtaxe
curtlax
demonax
dewaxed
dewaxed
adj
That has been treated by a dewaxing process
verb
simple past tense and past participle of dewax
dewaxes
dewaxes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of dewax
dexamyl
dexamyl
noun
Drinamyl.
dextrad
dextrad
adv
(anatomy, archaic) Toward the right side; dextrally.
dextral
dextral
adj
Of or pertaining to the right side
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.
diaplex
diaxial
diaxial
adj
Having or relating to two axes; biaxial.
Referring to a situation in which two substituents on a cyclohexane ring are both in axial position
diaxone
dioxane
dioxane
noun
(chemistry) Any of a class of six-membered, saturated heterocycles having four carbon atoms and two oxygen atoms in the ring.
dixiana
elixate
elixate
verb
(obsolete) To boil; to seethe.
(obsolete, by extension) To extract by boiling or seething.
eluxate
epaxial
epaxial
adj
(anatomy) Located above and behind an axis (typically a midline)
noun
Such a muscle
epitaxy
epitaxy
noun
(crystallography) An overgrowth in which the overlying crystal is either induced into the same orientation, or otherwise grows under the influence of the underlying crystal into the same orientation.