The act of bending, or causing to assume a curved form.
conflexure
contraflexure
counterfix
counterflux
dorsiflexion
dorsiflexion
noun
(medicine) Flexion in the dorsal direction
excarnificate
excarnificate
verb
(transitive, obsolete) To strip (something) of flesh; to excarnate.
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).
expergefacient
expergefaction
expergefaction
noun
An awakening
expressionful
expressionful
adj
Full of expression; expressive.
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.
ferredoxin
ferredoxin
noun
(biochemistry) Any of a class of iron and sulfur-containing proteins, found in green plants, that function in electron transport and in photosynthesis.
ferredoxins
ferredoxins
noun
plural of ferredoxin
flexner
foxfinger
fraxetin
fraxetin
noun
(organic chemistry) A hydrolysis product of fraxin; 7,8-dihydroxy-6-methoxycoumarin.
fraxinella
fraxinella
noun
A fragrant herb in the rue family, Dictamnus albus
fraxinellas
fraxinellas
noun
plural of fraxinella
fricandeaux
hyperflexibleness
hyperflexion
hyperflexion
noun
Excessive flexion of a joint.
inflexure
inflexure
noun
An inflection; a bend or fold.
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.
nonexemplificatior
overflexion
overflexion
noun
Excessive flexion
oxyluciferin
oxyluciferin
noun
(biochemistry) The luminescent product of the oxidation of luciferin by luciferase
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.
prefixing
prefixing
adj
(linguistics) Of a language, characterised by heavy use of prefixes to create grammatical forms; as opposed to suffixing.
noun
The act by which something is prefixed.
verb
present participle of prefix
prefixion
prefixion
noun
(archaic) The act of prefixing.
prefixions
prefixions
noun
plural of prefixion
preflexion
preflexion
adj
(zoology) Before the flexion stage of larval development
pricefixing
pronatoflexor
reaffixing
reaffixing
verb
present participle of reaffix
refixation
refixation
noun
The fixing in place of something that had previously been removed
refixing
refixing
verb
present participle of refix
reflexing
reflexing
verb
present participle of reflex
reflexion
reflexion
noun
Dated spelling of reflection.
reflexional
reflexional
adj
Dated form of reflectional.
reflexiveness
reflexiveness
noun
The state or quality of being reflexive.
reflexivenesses
reflexness
reflexness
noun
The quality of being reflex.
reflexogenous
refluxing
refluxing
noun
An act of boiling with a reflux condenser.
verb
present participle of reflux
retroflexion
retroflexion
noun
The act of retroflexing; the state of being retroflexed.
semireflexiveness
snuffboxer
superflexion
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
unprefixal
unprefixally
unprefixed
unprefixed
adj
Not prefixed; without a prefix.
untransfixed
untransfixed
adj
Not transfixed.
uterofixation
ventrifixation
ventrofixation
ventrofixation
noun
The suture of a displaced viscus, such as the uterus, to the abdominal wall.
xenograft
xenograft
noun
A tissue graft taken from a species different from that of the recipient.