(historical) An Ancient Greek tribal chief or leader.
axin
axin
noun
(medicine) A fatty and varnish-like substance produced in Mexico by an insect, Llaveia axin, used in the arts and locally in medicine, being regarded as a good vulnerary and resolvent.
axon
axon
noun
(cytology) A nerve fibre which is a long slender projection of a nerve cell, and which conducts nerve impulses away from the body of the cell to a synapse.
exon
exon
noun
(genetics) A region of a transcribed gene present in the final functional RNA molecule.
An officer of the Queen's Body Guard of the Yeomen of the Guard.
iynx
iynx
noun
Obsolete spelling of jynx
jinx
jinx
intj
Used after the same thing is said by two people simultaneously.
noun
A hex; an evil spell.
A person or thing supposed to bring bad luck.
verb
(transitive) To bring bad luck to.
(transitive) To cast a spell on.
(transitive) To cause something to happen by mentioning it, usually sarcastically.
jynx
jynx
noun
(transferred sense) A charm or spell.
A bird, the wryneck, once thought a bird of ill omen (Jynx torquilla).
The name of an order of spiritual intelligences in ancient “Chaldaic” philosophy.
knox
knox
Proper noun
a Scottish surname
a male given name derived from the surname
lanx
lanx
noun
(historical) A platter or dish for serving food in Ancient Rome.
lynx
lynx
noun
Any of several medium-sized wild cats, mostly of the genus Lynx.
manx
manx
adj
Manx (pertaining to the Isle of Man or to the Manx language)
manx (colloquial or slang) tailless (referring to the Manx cat)
minx
minx
noun
(derogatory, dated) A promiscuous woman; also, a mistress (“the other woman in an extramarital relationship”) or a prostitute.
(obsolete) A pet dog.
A flirtatious, impudent, or pert young woman.
obsolete spelling of mink (“any of various semi-aquatic, carnivorous mammals in the Mustelinae subfamily”).
verb
(transitive) To make (someone) like a minx; (intransitive) to become like a minx.
(transitive, intransitive) Used transitively when followed by it: to behave like a minx, that is, in a flirtatious and impudent manner.
nexo
next
next
adj
(chiefly law) Nearest in relationship. (See also next of kin.)
(obsolete) Most direct, or shortest or nearest in distance or time.
Nearest in order, succession, or rank; immediately following (or sometimes preceding) in order.
Nearest in place or position, having nothing similar intervening; adjoining.
adv
(conjunctive) So as to follow in time or sequence something previously mentioned.
In a time, place, rank or sequence closest or following.
On the first subsequent occasion.
det
(of days of the week or months of the year) Closest in the future, or closest but one if the closest is very soon; of days, sometimes thought to specifically refer to the instance closest to seven days (one week) in the future.
Denotes the one immediately following the current or most recent one.
noun
The one that follows after this one.
prep
(obsolete or poetic) On the side of; nearest or adjacent to; next to.
nixa
nixe
nixy
nixy
noun
Alternative spelling of nixie (“female water-elf”)
noex
noix
noxa
noxa
noun
(medicine) Anything that exerts a harmful influence, such as trauma, poison, etc.
npfx
onyx
onyx
adj
jet-black
noun
(mineralogy) A banded variety of chalcedony, a cryptocrystalline form of quartz.
A jet-black color, named after the gemstone.
Any of various lycaenid butterflies of the genus Horaga.
oxan
oxen
oxen
adj
Of, relating to, or resembling an ox; oxlike
noun
plural of ox
oxon
oxon
noun
(organic chemistry) Any organic compound derived from another in which a phosphorus-sulfur bond in the parent has been replaced by a phosphorus-oxygen bond in the derivative.
pinx
pnxt
pnyx
pnyx
Proper noun
A hill in Athens, the meeting-place of the democratic assembly in Ancient Greece.
unix
unix
noun
(software) Any Unix-like operating system, including Unix.
(software) Collectively, Unix and unix-like operating systems.
xena
xeno
xian
xian
noun
(China) An administrative subdivision of imperial, republican, and communist China roughly equivalent to counties, now distinguished from the more urban "districts" (qu).
(sometimes derogatory or offensive) Alternative form of Xian: Christian.