A form of pseudocopulation, found chiefly in amphibians and horseshoe crabs, in which a male grasps a female with his front legs as part of the mating process.
anauxite
annexure
annexure
noun
(UK) Something annexed.
(UK) The process of annexing
(especially India and UK law, otherwise dated) An appendix or attachment to a document.
antiflux
archduxe
asexuals
asexuals
noun
plural of asexual
autoxeny
auxetics
auxetics
noun
plural of auxetic
auxiliar
auxiliar
adj
(obsolete) auxiliary
auxilium
auximone
auxobody
auxocyte
auxology
auxology
noun
(biology) The study of growth
auxvasse
axifugal
axifugal
adj
(archaic) Centrifugal. [from 18th c.]
axofugal
axoneure
axonopus
bandeaux
bandeaux
noun
A bandeau, a single band (or a set of such bands) for a woman’s hair.
plural of bandeau
batteaux
batteaux
noun
plural of batteau
bauxites
bauxites
noun
plural of bauxite
bauxitic
bauxitic
adj
Containing or relating to bauxite.
beauxite
beauxite
noun
Archaic form of bauxite.
bisexual
bisexual
adj
(botany) Of flowers: having both pollen and seeds.
(botany) Of fungi: producing both the "female" ascogonium and the "male" antheridium.
(botany) Of gametophytes: producing both eggs and sperm.
(botany) Of sporophytes: having both male and female organs.
(chiefly biology) Having two distinct sexes, male and female (as contrasted with unisexual or hermaphroditic).
(chiefly biology) Involving two sexes (particularly with regard to reproduction; contrast parthenogenetic or asexual).
(of humans or other animals) Sexually attracted to both men and women (by a narrow definition) or to people of multiple or any genders (by a broad definition; compare pansexual).
(rare) Hermaphroditic/intersex, being both male and female, or alternating between being male and being female.
Androgynous.
noun
(botany, rare) A plant or fungus, or part thereof, which is bisexual.
(chiefly biology) An organism (that is, a species) which has male and female sexes.
A person who is bisexual.
bordeaux
bordeaux
noun
Alternative letter-case form of Bordeaux (“fungicide; wine”)
boxhauls
boxhauls
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of boxhaul
buxaceae
calixtus
carpeaux
caudexes
chapeaux
chapeaux
noun
plural of chapeau
chateaux
chateaux
noun
plural of chateau
cheneaux
clavilux
clavilux
noun
(art) A mechanical device for projecting lumia (an art form consisting of light patterns).
clervaux
clervaux
Proper noun
The northernmost canton of Luxembourg, in the former district of Diekirch.
A municipality and town in the canton of Clervaux.
contumax
couteaux
couteaux
noun
plural of couteau
curatrix
curatrix
noun
(dated) A female curator, guardian, or custodian
(obsolete) A female who cures.
curtalax
cuxhaven
equiaxed
equiaxed
adj
(chiefly of a crystal) Having axes of approximately the same dimensions.
eudoxian
eudoxian
Noun
A follower of (died in 370), patriarch of Antioch and Constantinople, and a celebrated defender of the doctrines of Arius.
Adjective
Of or relating to (408–355 BC), Greek astronomer and mathematician.
eupraxia
eupraxia
noun
eupraxy
learning attributes of deaf people
eutaxies
eutaxite
eutaxite
noun
(geology, uncommon) A pyroclastic deposit that exhibits characteristics of both tuff and lava flows.
exacuate
exacuate
verb
(obsolete) To whet or sharpen.
exanguin
excipula
excipula
noun
plural of excipulum
excubant
excubant
adj
(formal) Watchful; keeping watch or guarding.
excudate
exequial
exequial
adj
Of or pertaining to funerals; funereal.
exergual
exergual
adj
Relating to the exergue.
exhausts
exhausts
noun
plural of exhaust
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of exhaust
exhumate
exhumate
verb
(obsolete) To exhume; to disinter.
exoascus
exoascus
noun
The outer functional layer of a fissitunicate ascus
exonumia
exonumia
noun
Coinlike objects.
Study and/or collection of such.
expansum
exradius
exradius
noun
(geometry) The radius of an excircle.
exrupeal
exsudate
extubate
extubate
verb
(surgery) To remove a tube from a hollow organ or from an airway.
exudates
exudates
noun
plural of exudate
exultant
exultant
adj
Very happy, especially at someone else's defeat or failure.
exumbral
exundate
exundate
verb
(formal) To overflow; to inundate.
exurbias
exurbias
noun
plural of exurbia
exuviate
exuviate
verb
(transitive, intransitive, rare) To shed or cast off a covering, especially a skin; to slough; to molt (moult).
fabliaux
fabliaux
noun
plural of fabliau
fixature
fixature
noun
(historical) A gummy preparation for fixing the hair in place.
flaxbush
flaxbush
noun
The bush (genus Phormium) bearing New Zealand flax.
flexural
flexural
adj
of, or relating to, flexure
fraxinus
giambeux
giambeux
noun
Obsolete form of jambeaux, plural of jambeau
hanotaux
haruspex
haruspex
noun
A soothsayer or priest in Ancient Rome (originally Etruscan) who practiced divination by inspecting entrails.
huxleian
huxleyan
huxleyan
Adjective
Of or pertaining to (1894–1963), British writer.
Of or pertaining to (1825–1895), English anatomist, known as "Darwin's Bulldog" for his advocacy of theory of evolution.
huxtable
jambeaux
jambeaux
noun
plural of jambeau
lamrouex
luxating
luxating
verb
present participle of luxate
luxation
luxation
noun
The act of luxating, or the state of being luxated; a dislocation.
manteaux
manteaux
noun
plural of manteau
margeaux
marivaux
mastauxe
maximums
melaxuma
melaxuma
noun
A disease of walnut trees, characterized by cankers that exude a dark watery substance.
morceaux
morceaux
noun
plural of morceau
moureaux
myelauxe
neuraxis
neuraxis
noun
(anatomy, embryology, medicine, sometimes) A subset of the central nervous system: i.e., the spinal cord, rhombencephalon, mesencephalon and diencephalon.
(anatomy, medicine, usually) Synonym of central nervous system.
neuraxon
notaulix
notaulix
noun
A furrow in the anterior part of the mesonotum of some insects
nouveaux
oxaluria
oxaluria
noun
The presence of oxalic acid (or oxalate) in the urine
oxaluric
patuxent
paxillus
paxillus
noun
(zoology) A kind of pillar-like spine with a flattened summit covered with minute spinules or granules, covering the surface of certain starfishes.
plateaux
plateaux
noun
plural of plateau
quadplex
quadplex
noun
(US) A building divided into four separate residences or commercial premises
ramadoux
rinceaux
rondeaux
rondeaux
noun
plural of rondeau
rouleaux
rouleaux
noun
plural of rouleau
saindoux
salteaux
saucebox
saucebox
noun
(colloquial) A saucy, impudent or impertinent person.
(colloquial) The mouth.
saxtubas
saxtubas
noun
plural of saxtuba
sexually
sexually
adv
By means of sexual intercourse.
In a sexual manner: erotically.
With respect to sex (either of the two divisions of organisms).
With respect to sexual intercourse.
sexupara
sexupara
noun
(biology) A sexuparous individual
subaxial
subaxial
adj
Below an axis
subaxile
subtaxer
subtaxon
subtaxon
noun
(taxonomy) One of the elements within a taxon.
suffixal
suffixal
adj
(of a term) Taking the role of a suffix
(of a word) That may be modified by the addition of a suffix
supertax
supertax
noun
A higher rate of an existing tax.
An additional tax on something that has already been taxed.
surtaxed
surtaxed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of surtax
surtaxes
surtaxes
noun
plural of surtax
tableaux
tableaux
noun
plural of tableau
taxiauto
taxodium
taxodium
noun
Any of the genus Taxodium of flood-tolerant conifers in the cypress family.
textuary
textuary
adj
Contained in a text; textual.
Serving as a text; authoritative.
noun
One who adheres strictly or rigidly to a text.
One who is well versed in Scripture; a textman.
textural
textural
adj
Of or pertaining to texture.
tonneaux
tonneaux
noun
plural of tonneau
torteaux
trumeaux
trumeaux
noun
plural of trumeau
unaxised
uncoaxal
uncoaxed
uncoaxed
adj
Not coaxed.
undertax
undertax
verb
(transitive) To levy too little tax upon.
unhoaxed
unhoaxed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of unhoax
uniaxial
uniaxial
adj
(botany) Having a single stem, with no branches, that terminates in a flower
Having a single axis; monoaxial
unsexual
unsexual
adj
Not sexual.
untaxied
untaxing
untaxing
adj
Not taxing.
urotoxia
uroxanic
uroxanic
adj
(chemistry) Pertaining to, or designating, an acid, C₅H₈N₄O₆, which is obtained by the slow oxidation of uric acid in alkaline solution.
vauxhall
xanthium
xanthous
xanthous
adj
(archaic, ethnology) Pertaining to people with yellowish, red, auburn, or brown hair.