A diacritical mark (ˆ) placed over a vowel in the orthography or transliteration of many languages to change its pronunciation; while in some other languages over a consonant.
verb
To mark or pronounce with a circumflex.
circumflexes
circumflexes
noun
plural of circumflex
circumflexion
circumflexion
noun
A winding about; a turning or fold.
The act of bending, or causing to assume a curved form.
conflexure
confluxes
confluxes
noun
plural of conflux
confluxible
confluxibleness
contraflexure
counterflux
deflexure
deflexure
noun
A bending or turning aside; deflection.
deflux
deflux
noun
(obsolete) downward flow
defluxion
defluxion
noun
(medicine) A discharge or flowing of fluid matter, as from the nose in catarrh.
(obsolete) A flowing down; a running down.
dimethylsulfoxide
dimethylsulfoxide
noun
Alternative spelling of dimethylsulphoxide
disulfoxide
efflux
efflux
noun
That which has flowed out.
verb
(intransitive) To run out; to flow forth.
(intransitive, obsolete) To pass away.
effluxes
effluxes
noun
plural of efflux
effluxion
effluxion
Noun
The process of flowing out.
That which has flowed out.
excipuliform
excuseful
excusefully
expenseful
expenseful
adj
Full of expense; costly; chargeable.
expensefully
expensefully
adv
In an expenseful manner.
expensefulness
expensefulness
noun
The quality of being expenseful.
expressionful
expressionful
adj
Full of expression; expressive.
exsufflate
exsufflate
verb
(obsolete) To exorcise or renounce by blowing.
exsufflation
exsufflation
noun
(biology, obsolete) A strongly forced expiration of air from the lungs.
(obsolete) A blast from beneath.
(obsolete) A kind of exorcism by blowing with the breath.
exsufflicate
exsufflicate
adj
empty, inflated, frivolous
extrafascicular
extrafascicular
adj
Outside of a fascicle
extrafoliaceous
extrafoliaceous
adj
(botany) Away from the leaves, or inserted in a different place from them.
fixtureless
fixtureless
adj
Without fixtures.
flambeaux
flambeaux
noun
plural of flambeau
flexanimous
flexanimous
adj
(rare) Having the power to change somebody's mind.
flexuose
flexuose
adj
Alternative form of flexuous
flexuosely
flexuoseness
flexuosities
flexuosities
noun
plural of flexuosity
flexuosity
flexuosity
noun
A flexuous point; a sinuous curve.
Quality of being flexuous.
flexuous
flexuous
adj
winding from side to side; sinuous
flexuously
flexuously
adv
In a flexuous way.
flexuousness
flexuousness
noun
The state or condition of being flexuous.
flexura
flexural
flexural
adj
of, or relating to, flexure
flexure
flexure
noun
(anatomy) A curve or bend in a tubular organ.
(astronomy) The small distortion of an astronomical instrument caused by the weight of its parts; the amount to be added or subtracted from the observed readings of the instrument to correct them for this distortion.
(zoology) The last joint, or bend, of the wing of a bird.
A turn; a bend; a fold; a curve.
The act of bending or flexing; flexion.
verb
To introduce a flexure into; to bend or flex.
flexured
flexured
verb
simple past tense and past participle of flexure
flexures
flexures
noun
plural of flexure
fluidacetextract
fluidextract
fluidextract
noun
Dated form of fluid extract.
flummoxed
flummoxed
adj
Confused, perplexed or flustered.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of flummox
flummoxes
flummoxes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of flummox
fluoxetines
fluxed
fluxed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of flux
fluxer
fluxes
fluxes
noun
plural of flux
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of flux
fluxible
fluxible
adj
Capable of being melted or fused.
fluxibleness
fluxibleness
noun
The state or quality of being fluxible.
fluxile
fluxile
adj
fluxible
fluxive
fluxive
adj
flowing; lacking solidity
fluxmeter
fluxure
fluxure
noun
(obsolete) Fluid matter.
(obsolete) The quality of being fluid; fluidity.
fluxweed
formaldehydesulphoxylate
formaldehydesulphoxylate
noun
A salt or ester of formaldehydesulphoxylic acid.
formaldehydesulphoxylic
fourplex
fourplex
noun
quadplex
genuflex
genuflex
verb
Alternative form of genuflect
genuflexion
genuflexion
noun
Alternative spelling of genuflection
genuflexuous
hexafluoride
hexafluoride
noun
(chemistry) any fluoride containing six fluorine atoms in each molecule
inflexure
inflexure
noun
An inflection; a bend or fold.
influxable
influxes
influxes
noun
plural of influx
influxible
influxive
influxive
adj
(obsolete) Having influence; influential.
Having a tendency to flow inward.
interflux
kerflummox
kerflummox
verb
(transitive, informal) To flummox; to perplex or baffle.
maxilliferous
maxilliferous
adj
Bearing a maxilla.
methoxyflurane
methoxyflurane
noun
(pharmaceutical drugs) An inhalational anaesthetic of the 1960s and early 1970s, now largely abandoned because of detrimental effects on the kidneys.
multireflex
oxyfluoride
oxyfluoride
noun
(inorganic chemistry) A ternary compound of oxygen and fluorine.
oxyluciferin
oxyluciferin
noun
(biochemistry) The luminescent product of the oxidation of luciferin by luciferase
oxysulfide
oxysulfide
noun
A mixed oxide and sulfide.
paxilliferous
paxilliferous
adj
(zoology) Bearing a paxilla.
reflexiue
reflexogenous
reflux
reflux
noun
(chemistry) A technique, using a reflux condenser, allowing one to boil the contents of a vessel over an extended period.
(pathology) The leaking of stomach acid up into the oesophagus.
The backwards flow of any fluid.
verb
To boil a liquid in a vessel having a reflux condenser
To flow back or return.
refluxed
refluxed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of reflux
refluxes
refluxes
noun
plural of reflux
refluxing
refluxing
noun
An act of boiling with a reflux condenser.
verb
present participle of reflux
retroflux
semiflexure
subflexuose
subflexuose
adj
Alternative form of subflexuous
subflexuous
subflexuous
adj
Almost or imperfectly flexuous.
subflexuously
sulfadimethoxine
sulfadimethoxine
noun
(pharmacology) A sulfonamide antibacterial derivative of sulfadiazine
sulfaquinoxaline
sulfaquinoxaline
noun
(pharmacology) A drug used in veterinary medicine to treat coccidiosis.
sulfasuxidine
sulfasuxidine
noun
succinylsulfathiazole
sulfisoxazole
sulfisoxazole
noun
sulfafurazole
sulfoxide
sulfoxide
noun
(organic chemistry) Any compound of general formula R₂S=O.
sulfoxylate
sulfoxylate
noun
(inorganic chemistry) hyposulfite
(organic chemistry) sulfinate
superflexion
superflux
superflux
noun
An overabundance; a great amount
trisulfoxide
unexemplifiable
unexemplifiable
adj
Not exemplifiable.
unexemplified
unexemplified
adj
Not exemplified; of which no example has been seen.