Property of being affixed; attachment; connection.
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.
antefixa
antefixa
noun
(architecture) Alternative form of antefix
plural of antefixum
antefixal
antefixal
adj
Relating to an antefix.
antefixes
antefixes
noun
plural of antefix
anteflexed
anteflexed
adj
Bent in an anterior (forward) direction, as the uterus.
anteflexion
anteflexion
noun
(anatomy) A forward bending or an organ, especially that of the uterus near the cervix
anterofixation
anteroflexion
antireflexive
benefactrix
benefactrix
Noun
A female benefactor.
benefactrixes
complexification
complexification
noun
(countable, mathematics) An extension from a basis on real numbers to a basis on complex numbers.
(uncountable) The act or process of making something more complex.
contraflexure
counterfix
counterflux
detoxification
detoxification
noun
The process of removing toxins.
detoxifying
detoxifying
verb
present participle of detoxify
ethoxycaffeine
excalfaction
excarnificate
excarnificate
verb
(transitive, obsolete) To strip (something) of flesh; to excarnate.
exemplification
exemplification
noun
(law) A copy or transcript attested to be correct by the seal of an officer having custody of the original.
That which exemplifies; a case in point; example.
The act of exemplifying; a showing or illustrating by example.
exemplificational
exemplifications
exemplifications
noun
plural of exemplification
exfetation
exfetation
noun
(medicine) imperfect fetation in some organ exterior to the uterus
exfiguration
exfiltration
exfiltration
noun
(biology) A gradual movement of a substance to exterior (as through cell membrane to extracellular fluid or medium).
(civil engineering) A method for managing storm water runoff.
(computing) Covert extraction of data.
(military) The process of exiting an area (usually behind enemy lines or in enemy territory).
(sciences) A filtering out (usually movement of a substance through a barrier).
exflagellation
exflagellation
noun
The protrusion or formation of flagella by a protozoon.
exfodiation
exfoliating
exfoliating
verb
present participle of exfoliate
exfoliation
exfoliation
noun
(cosmetics) The removal of a layer of skin, as in cosmetic preparation.
The loss of leaves from a plant.
The scaling off of a bone, a rock, or a mineral, etc.; the state of being exfoliated.
exfoliations
exfoliations
noun
plural of exfoliation
expergefacient
expergefaction
expergefaction
noun
An awakening
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.
extrafine
extraforaneous
extraforaneous
adj
(nonce word, archaic) outdoor
extraprofessional
extraprofessional
adj
Foreign to a profession; not within the ordinary limits of professional duty or business.
extrascientific
extrascientific
adj
Beyond the context of science.
fluoxetines
foxtongue
fraxetin
fraxetin
noun
(organic chemistry) A hydrolysis product of fraxin; 7,8-dihydroxy-6-methoxycoumarin.
fucoxanthine
inflexibilities
inflexibilities
noun
plural of inflexibility
inflexibility
inflexibility
noun
The quality or state of being inflexible, or not capable of being bent or changed; unyielding stiffness
interflux
introflex
introflexion
introflexion
noun
(medicine) A bending inward.
lateriflexion
lateroflexion
lateroflexion
noun
lateral flexion (bending to one side)
liferentrix
liferentrix
noun
(Scotland, law) A female liferenter.
methoxyflurane
methoxyflurane
noun
(pharmaceutical drugs) An inhalational anaesthetic of the 1960s and early 1970s, now largely abandoned because of detrimental effects on the kidneys.
nonexemplification
nonexemplification
noun
Lack of exemplification.
nonexemplificatior
nonflexibility
omentofixation
pontifex
pontifex
noun
(historical) A pontiff, or high priest, in Ancient Rome.
postflexion
postflexion
adj
(zoology) After the flexion stage of larval development.
prefixation
prefixation
noun
(anatomy, of a nerve) The state or condition of being prefixed.
(biology, cytology) Initial treatment of tissue with a fixative, as a preliminary to the application of another fixative or to the use of a different treatment.
(linguistics) The adding of a prefix to a word.
pronatoflexor
refixation
refixation
noun
The fixing in place of something that had previously been removed
retroflexion
retroflexion
noun
The act of retroflexing; the state of being retroflexed.
sixteenfold
sixteenfold
adj
By a factor of sixteen.
suffixment
sulfadimethoxine
sulfadimethoxine
noun
(pharmacology) A sulfonamide antibacterial derivative of sulfadiazine
toxiinfection
toxiinfectious
toxinfection
toxinfection
noun
infection with a toxin
toxinfectious
transfixed
transfixed
adj
Rendered motionless by completely focused attention, rapt, entranced, mesmerized.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of transfix
transfixes
transfixes
noun
plural of transfix
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of transfix
transfixture
unfixated
unfixated
adj
Not fixated.
unfixative
unflexibility
untransfixed
untransfixed
adj
Not transfixed.
uterofixation
ventrifixation
ventrofixation
ventrofixation
noun
The suture of a displaced viscus, such as the uterus, to the abdominal wall.
vesicofixation
xenograft
xenograft
noun
A tissue graft taken from a species different from that of the recipient.