(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
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
auxinic
auxinic
adj
Relating to, or composed of, auxins.
axinite
axinite
noun
(mineralogy) A borosilicate of aluminum, iron, and lime, commonly found in glassy, brown crystals with acute edges.
azoxine
benedix
boxiana
boxings
boxings
noun
plural of boxing
choenix
choenix
noun
(historical) An ancient dry measure of two pints or greater.
coaxing
coaxing
noun
The act of one who coaxes.
verb
present participle of coax
coxwain
dextrin
dextrin
noun
(biochemistry) Any of a range of oligomers of glucose, intermediate in complexity between maltose and starch, produced by the enzymatic hydrolysis of starch; used commercially as adhesives.
diaxone
digoxin
digoxin
noun
(biochemistry, pharmacology) A poisonous compound present in the foxglove (Digitalis lanata) and other plants. It is a steroid glycoside and is used in small doses as a cardiac stimulant.
dioxane
dioxane
noun
(chemistry) Any of a class of six-membered, saturated heterocycles having four carbon atoms and two oxygen atoms in the ring.
dioxins
dioxins
noun
plural of dioxin
dixiana
dixmont
equinox
equinox
noun
(also figuratively) The circumstance of a twenty-four hour time period having the day and night of equal length.
(astronomy) A celestial equator (“great circle on the celestial sphere, coincident with the plane of the Earth's equator (the equatorial plane)”); also, the Earth's equator.
(astronomy) One of the two points in space where the apparent path of the Sun intersects with the equatorial plane of the Earth.
(rare) A gale (“very strong wind”) once thought to occur more frequently around the time of an equinox (sense 1), now known to be a misconception; an equinoctial gale.
One of the two occasions in the year when the length of the day and night are equal, which occurs when the apparent path of the Sun (the ecliptic) intersects with the equatorial plane of the Earth; this happens on a day between March 19 and 21 (spring in the Northern Hemisphere, and autumn in the Southern Hemisphere), and on another day between September 21 and 24 (autumn in the Northern Hemisphere, and spring in the Southern Hemisphere); hence, the exact time when the intersection occurs.
examine
examine
verb
to check the health or condition of something or someone
to determine the aptitude, skills or qualifications of someone by subjecting them to an examination
to interrogate
to observe or inspect carefully or critically
exciton
exciton
noun
(physics) A bound state of an electron and an electron hole in an insulator or semiconductor
(obsolete, Britain, law) A writ in proceedings before outlawry.
exilian
exilian
adj
Having the characteristics of exile.
exiling
exiling
verb
present participle of exile
exinite
exinite
noun
liptinite
exiting
exiting
noun
The act of one who exits; a departure.
verb
Misspelling of exciting.
present participle of exit
exition
exomion
exomion
noun
(rare) Synonym of exomis (“Ancient Greek tunic”)
exonian
exonian
Noun
A student or graduate of the University of Exeter, England.
A student or graduate of Exeter College, Oxford, England.
A current or past student of Exeter School, England.
A current or past student of Phillips Exeter Academy, USA.
A native or inhabitant of the city of Exeter, England.
A native or inhabitant of the town of Exeter, New Hampshire, USA.
A native or inhabitant of the former Village of Exeter, in Green County, Wisconsin, USA.
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.
exscind
exscind
verb
(medicine, surgery) To cut out.
extinct
extinct
adj
(dated) Extinguished, no longer alight (of fire, candles etc.)
(geology) No longer active.
(of a group of organisms, as a species) No longer in existence; having died out.
No longer used; obsolete, discontinued.
verb
(transitive) To make extinct; to extinguish or annihilate.
exuding
exuding
noun
The process by which something exudes.
verb
present participle of exude
fixings
fixings
noun
Side dishes or other appropriate accompaniments such as condiments; trimmings.
The necessary ingredients or components (for something, especially food or a social event).
plural of fixing
flexing
flexing
noun
The action of the verb flex; a bending of something, a tightening of the muscles.
verb
present participle of flex
flexion
flexion
noun
(grammar, dated) The variation of words by declension, comparison, or conjugation; inflection.
Deviation from straightness.
The act of bending a joint, especially a bone joint; the counteraction of extension.
The state of being bent or flexed.
fluxing
fluxing
verb
present participle of flux
fluxion
fluxion
noun
(obsolete, mathematics) The derivative of a function.
(rare or archaic) A difference or variation.
(rare or archaic) The action of flowing.
verb
(geology) To be distributed in a flowing pattern.
foxings
foxings
noun
plural of foxing
foxskin
foxskin
noun
The pelt of a fox.
frixion
gitoxin
gitoxin
noun
A cardiac glycoside from the woolly foxglove (Digitalis lanata).
helixin
hendrix
hexonic
hoaxing
hoaxing
noun
The perpetration of a hoax.
verb
present participle of hoax
ictonyx
indexed
indexed
adj
Having an index.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of index
indexer
indexer
noun
(computing, programming, .NET) A special property of a class allowing objects of the class to be accessed by index as though they were arrays or hash tables.
A person or program which creates indexes.
indexes
indexes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of index
indoxyl
indoxyl
noun
(organic chemistry) A hydroxyl derivative of indole produced by bacterial degradation of indoleacetic acid
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.
inexist
inexist
verb
(obsolete) To exist or dwell within.
infixal
infixal
adj
(of a term) Taking the role of an infix.
(of a word) That may be modified by the addition of an infix.
infixed
infixed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of infix
infixes
infixes
noun
plural of infix
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of infix
ixodian
jinxing
jinxing
verb
present participle of jinx
kinepox
kinepox
noun
Alternative form of kine-pox
knoxian
knoxian
Adjective
Of or relating to (c. 1514–1572), Scottish clergyman and a leader of the considered the founder of the Presbyterian denomination in Scotland.
larixin
larixin
noun
(organic chemistry) A crystallizable principle found in the bark of the larch.
lexicon
lexicon
noun
(lexicography, linguistics) A dictionary that includes or focuses on lexemes.
(programming) The lexicology of a programming language. (Usually called lexical structure.)
(rare) Any dictionary.
A dictionary of Classical Greek, Hebrew, Latin, or Aramaic.
A list thereof.
A set of vocabulary specific to a certain subject.
The vocabulary of a language.
The vocabulary used by or known to an individual. (Also called lexical knowledge.)
linoxin
linoxin
noun
(organic chemistry) A resinous substance obtained as an oxidation product of linoleic acid.
linoxyn
linoxyn
noun
(organic chemistry) Alternative form of linoxin
marxian
marxian
Adjective
Of or pertaining to the 19th century philosopher Karl Marx and his ideas.
Noun
A Marxist.
maximin
maximin
noun
In decision theory and game theory etc, a rule to identify the worst outcome of each possible option to find one's best (maximum payoff) play.
verb
To employ a maximin algorithm.
maximon
maximon
noun
(physics) A hypothetical elementary particle of maximum mass in the mass spectrum of elementary particles having mass of 5 × 10²⁸ eV.
mexican
minimax
minimax
noun
In decision theory, game theory, etc. a decision rule used for minimizing the maximum possible loss, or maximizing the minimum gain.
verb
To find the optimum play, or decision, to achieve minimizing the maximum loss.
minxish
minxish
adj
Like a minx.
mixtion
mixtion
noun
(archaic) The act or process of mixing; the state of being mixed or becoming mixed; a mixture.
(obsolete) A chemical compound.
(obsolete) A compound of drugs; a medicinal concoction.
(obsolete) A kind of cement made of mastic, amber, etc., used as a mordant for gold leaf.
(obsolete) In gilding, a mixture of amber, mastic, and asphalt used as a size or mordant for affixing gold leaf to wood or to distemper pictures.
(obsolete) The addition of something as an ingredient; admixture; the presence of a heterogeneous element in a mixture or compound.
myoxine
myoxine
adj
Of, or pertaining to the dormouse.
noxious
noxious
adj
Harmful; injurious.
outjinx
oxazine
oxazine
noun
(organic chemistry) Any unsaturated six-membered heterocycle containing four carbon atoms, one oxygen, one nitrogen atom and two double bonds
oxidant
oxidant
noun
an oxidizing agent
oxonian
oxonian
adj
(mineralogy) Containing oxygen.
oxonium
oxonium
noun
(inorganic chemistry) Any univalent oxygen cation derived from water, the simplest of which is the hydronium ion (H₃O⁺).
oxyntic
oxyntic
adj
(immunology) Producing acid.
panmixy
panmixy
noun
Alternative form of panmixia
paxinos
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
princox
princox
noun
Alternative form of princock
reindex
reindex
verb
(computing, databases) To index again or anew.
relaxin
relaxin
noun
(biochemistry) A peptide hormone of the insulin superfamily.
salpinx
salpinx
noun
(anatomy) A Eustachian tube.
(anatomy) A Fallopian tube.
saxonic
saxonic
Adjective
Relating to the Saxons or Anglo-Saxons.
scandix
sextain
sextain
noun
(poetry) A stanza of six lines; a sestine.
sinkbox
sixteen
sixteen
num
The cardinal number occurring after fifteen and before seventeen, represented in Arabic numerals as 16 and in Roman numerals as XVI.
sixtine
styxian
synaxis
synaxis
noun
(obsolete) The Lord's Supper.
A congregation.
A day following a Great Feast in the Eastern Orthodox and Eastern Catholic churches, on which a person related to the events is remembered. For example, the Synaxis of John the Baptist follows the Theophany (Baptism of Christ), the Synaxis of the Archangel Gabriel follows the Annunciation, and the Synaxis of the Theotokos follows Christmas Day.
taxiing
taxiing
noun
(aviation) The movement of aircraft on the ground in readiness for takeoff or after landing.
verb
present participle of taxi
taximan
taximan
noun
A male taxi driver.
taximen
taximen
noun
plural of taximan
taxying
taxying
noun
(aviation) Alternative form of taxiing
texline
thrinax
toxamin
toxamin
noun
(medicine, dated) A hypothetical substance in cereals that interferes with calcium and phosphorus metabolism and leads to rickets.
toxicon
toxines
toxines
noun
plural of toxine
triaxon
triaxon
noun
A triaxonal spicule of a sponge.
trionyx
ulexine
ulexine
noun
(obsolete, organic chemistry) The alkaloid cytisine when extracted from gorse (of genus Ulex).
unfixed
unfixed
adj
(of a problem) Not fixed; not corrected.
Not fixated or fixed; moving or changing freely
Not fraudulently prearranged.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of unfix
unfixes
unfixes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of unfix
uniaxal
uniaxal
adj
Archaic form of uniaxial.
uniplex
uniplex
adj
simplex
unmixed
unmixed
adj
Pure, not mixed or combined.
untoxic
vixenly
vixenly
adj
Like a vixen; vixenish.
waxings
waxings
noun
plural of waxing
waxwing
waxwing
noun
Any of several songbirds of the genus Bombycilla, having crested heads, and red tips to the wings.