The lancelet, particularly of the genus Branchiostoma.
amphioxuses
amphioxuses
noun
plural of amphioxus
amplexus
amplexus
noun
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.
amplexuses
apoplexious
aruspex
auspex
autoasphyxiation
autoasphyxiation
noun
The practice of choking or strangling oneself for sexual gratification.
autocomplexes
auxospore
auxospore
noun
(biology) A reproductive spore in diatoms that is formed by the union of two cells
auxotrophies
auxotrophies
noun
plural of auxotrophy
axiopoenus
axonolipous
axonolipous
adj
Belonging to the Axonolipa.
axonophorous
axonophorous
adj
Belonging to the Axonophora.
axonopus
axospermous
cephalotaxus
clarenceuxship
counterexamples
counterexamples
noun
plural of counterexample
counterexpostulation
diaplexus
exculpates
exculpates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of exculpate
exculpations
exculpations
noun
plural of exculpation
exencephalous
exencephalus
exencephalus
noun
(medicine) A deformed infant with the brain more or less outside the cranial cavity.
exomphalous
exomphalous
adj
Relating to or exhibiting exomphalos.
exomphalus
exomphalus
noun
Alternative form of exomphalos
exophagous
exophagous
adj
Exhibiting or relating to exophagy.
exophthalmus
exophthalmus
noun
Alternative form of exophthalmos
expansum
expansure
expansure
noun
(obsolete) Expanse.
expostulate
expostulate
verb
(intransitive) To protest or remonstrate; to reason earnestly with a person on some impropriety of conduct.
expostulated
expostulated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of expostulate
expostulates
expostulates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of expostulate
expostulating
expostulating
verb
present participle of expostulate
expostulatingly
expostulatingly
adv
With expostulations.
expostulation
expostulation
noun
The act of reasoning earnestly in order to dissuade or remonstrate.
expostulations
expostulations
noun
plural of expostulation
expostulative
expostulative
adj
Synonym of expostulatory
expostulatively
expostulatively
adv
In an expostulative manner.
expostulator
expostulator
noun
One who expostulates.
expostulatory
expostulatory
adj
Of, characterized by, or exhibiting expostulation.
expulsatory
expulsatory
adj
expulsive; having the power to expel; serving to expel
expurgates
expurgates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of expurgate
expurgations
expurgations
noun
plural of expurgation
expurgators
expurgators
noun
plural of expurgator
exscriptural
exscriptural
adj
Not in accordance with the doctrines of Scripture; unscriptural.
exsculptate
exstemporaneous
exstipulate
exstipulate
adj
(botany) Not bearing stipules.
exsuperance
exsuperate
extemporaneous
extemporaneous
adj
With inadequate preparation or without advance thought; offhand.
extemporaneously
extemporaneously
adv
In an extemporaneous manner; without prior preparation or planning.
extemporaneousness
extemporaneousness
noun
The degree or property of being extemporaneous.
extracampus
extracapsular
extracapsular
adj
(anatomy) Situated outside a capsule, especially outside the capsular ligament of a joint.
extracorpuscular
extracorpuscular
adj
(anatomy) Outside the corpuscle.
extrascriptural
extrascriptural
adj
Outside of scripture.
extrascripturality
extrascripturality
noun
The quality of being extrascriptural.
formaldehydesulphoxylate
formaldehydesulphoxylate
noun
A salt or ester of formaldehydesulphoxylic acid.
formaldehydesulphoxylic
ganglioplexus
hapaxanthous
hapaxanthous
adj
Being or relating to a hapaxanth.
haruspex
haruspex
noun
A soothsayer or priest in Ancient Rome (originally Etruscan) who practiced divination by inspecting entrails.
hexacapsular
hexapetaloideous
hexapetalous
hexapetalous
adj
(botany) Having six petals.
hexaphyllous
hexaphyllous
adj
(botany) Having six leaves or leaflets.
hexapodous
hexapodous
adj
(zoology) Having six feet; belonging to the Hexapoda.
hexapterous
hexapterous
adj
(botany) Having six wing-like processes or extensions
hexasepalous
hexasepalous
adj
Having six sepals.
hexaspermous
hexasulphide
hyperanxious
hyperanxious
adj
Very anxious
hyperdiazeuxis
hypersexual
hypersexual
adj
Excessively interested in sex.
Of or relating to hypersexuality.
noun
A person who is hypersexual.
hypersexualities
hypersexualities
noun
plural of hypersexuality
hypersexuality
hypersexuality
noun
The desire for sexual activity at levels high enough to be considered clinically significant.
hypodiazeuxis
inexpugnableness
inexsuperable
inexsuperable
adj
(archaic) Not capable of being passed over; insuperable; insurmountable.
juxtapose
juxtapose
verb
(transitive) To place side by side, especially for contrast or comparison.
juxtaposed
juxtaposed
adj
Placed side by side often for comparison or contrast.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of juxtapose
juxtaposes
juxtaposes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of juxtapose
juxtaposing
juxtaposing
noun
An act of juxtaposition.
verb
present participle of juxtapose
juxtaposit
juxtaposit
verb
To place in close connection or contiguity; to juxtapose.
juxtaposition
juxtaposition
noun
(art) Two or more contrasting sounds, colours, styles etc. placed together for stylistic effect.
(grammar) An absence of linking elements in a group of words that are listed together.
(mathematics) An absence of operators in an expression.
(rhetoric) The close placement of two ideas to imply a link that may not exist.
The extra emphasis given to a comparison when the contrasted objects are close together.
The nearness of objects with little or no delimiter.
verb
To place in juxtaposition.
juxtapositional
juxtapositional
Adjective
In, or relating to, juxtaposition.
juxtapositions
juxtapositions
noun
plural of juxtaposition
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of juxtaposition
juxtapositive
juxtapositive
adj
(grammar) Of or relating to a grammatical case expressing position beside something.
Relating to juxtaposition.
juxtaspinal
juxtaspinal
adj
Beside the spine.
loxophthalmus
oxybaphus
oxycephalous
oxypetalous
oxyquinaseptol
oxyquinaseptol
noun
Synonym of diaphtherin
oxysulphate
oxysulphate
noun
Alternative form of oxysulfate
pansexual
pansexual
adj
(psychology) Pertaining to the psychological theory of pansexualism.
Sexually attracted to everyone.
Sexually attracted to people regardless of gender.
Welcoming people of all sexual orientations.
noun
Someone who is attracted to all types of people regardless of gender.
pansexualism
pansexualism
noun
(psychology, historical) The psychological theory that all human activity (mental and physical) is based on sexuality.
(rare, chiefly derogatory) Pansexuality.
pansexualist
pansexualist
adj
(psychology) Pertaining to or promoting the psychological theory of pansexualism.
noun
(psychology) A proponent of the psychological theory of pansexualism.
(rare, sometimes derogatory) A person who is attracted, or who is able to experience attraction, to everyone and everything.
pansexuality
pansexuality
noun
(rare) Sexuality that encompasses all kinds of sexuality.
A sexual orientation characterized by the potential for aesthetic attraction, romantic love and/or sexual desire for people regardless of their gender or sex.
pansexualize
pansexualize
verb
To make pansexual.
paradoxurus
paramyxovirus
paramyxovirus
noun
(virology) Any member of the Paramyxoviridae family of negative-sense single-stranded RNA viruses responsible for a number of human and animal diseases.
parasexual
parasexual
adj
(biology) Exhibiting parasexuality.
Both parasocial and sexual; being or relating to a one-sided sexual relationship.
parasexuality
parasexuality
noun
(biology) A phenomenon, involving a complex form of mitosis, whereby two cell nuclei merge without any sexual process and the chromosome count is doubled.
paxilliferous
paxilliferous
adj
(zoology) Bearing a paxilla.
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.
postmyxedematous
preexhaust
preexhaustion
presexual
presexual
adj
Before sexual intercourse.
Not yet capable of sexual reproduction.
prostatauxe
pseudataxic
pseudaxine
pseudaxis
pseudaxis
noun
Alternative form of pseudoaxis
pseudoambidextrous
pseudoambidextrously
pseudoanaphylaxis
pseudoanaphylaxis
noun
A kind of anaphylaxis that does not involve an allergic reaction but is due to direct mast cell degranulation.
pseudoapoplexy
pseudoataxia
pseudodoxal
pseudoexperimental
pseudoexperimentally
pseudohexagonal
pseudohexagonal
adj
being or pertaining to a pseudohexagon
pseudohexagonally
pseudohexagonally
adv
In a pseudohexagonal way.
pseudolarix
pseudoxanthine
psychosexual
psychosexual
adj
Of or relating to the psychological aspect or aspects of sexuality.
psychosexuality
psychosexuality
noun
The psychological aspects of sexuality.
psychosexually
psychosexually
adv
In a psychosexual manner or context.
punxsutawney
quadplexes
quadplexes
noun
plural of quadplex
scapuloaxillary
scapulopexy
sceuophylax
sceuophylax
noun
A sacristan or church treasurer.
semiamplexicaul
semiamplexicaul
adj
(botany) Partially amplexicaul; embracing the stem half round, as a leaf.
seropneumothorax
sexcuspidate
sextuplicate
sextuplicate
adj
Comprising six identical parts.
Six times the number, volume, length, etc. (of something else).
noun
A series, set, collection, or group of six identical copies of something.
verb
(transitive) To make six copies of.
sextuplicated
sextuplicated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of sextuplicate
sextuplicating
sextuplicating
verb
present participle of sextuplicate
sexupara
sexupara
noun
(biology) A sexuparous individual
sexuparous
sexuparous
adj
(biology) Describing a generation of aphids that produces sexual offspring
speculatrix
speculatrix
noun
A female speculator.
splenauxe
splenauxe
noun
(medicine) Enlargement of the spleen.
subplexal
sulphisoxazole
sulphoxylate
sulphoxylate
noun
Alternative form of sulfoxylate
sulphoxyphosphate
superaxillary
superexacting
superexacting
adj
Very exacting.
superexalt
superexalt
verb
(transitive) To exalt to a superior degree; to exalt above others.