(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).
exfoliatory
exfoliatory
adj
Relating to, or performing, exfoliation.
expergefaction
expergefaction
noun
An awakening
extraboldface
extractiform
extractiform
adj
(chemistry, archaic) Having the form, appearance, or nature of an extract.
extrafloral
extrafloral
adj
(botany) Describing a nectary that is situated on a leaf or stem rather than in a flower
extrafocal
extrafocal
adj
Outside of a focus.
extrafoliaceous
extrafoliaceous
adj
(botany) Away from the leaves, or inserted in a different place from them.
extraforaneous
extraforaneous
adj
(nonce word, archaic) outdoor
extraformal
extraofficial
extraofficial
adj
Beyond what is official; not prescribed by official duty.
extraprofessional
extraprofessional
adj
Foreign to a profession; not within the ordinary limits of professional duty or business.
fixator
fixator
noun
(anatomy) Any muscle that fixes, or limits the movement, of a bone or joint
flaxwort
flaxwort
noun
Any of the flax plants of genus Linum.
flexowriter
fluxroot
formaldehydesulphoxylate
formaldehydesulphoxylate
noun
A salt or ester of formaldehydesulphoxylic acid.
fornicatrix
fornicatrix
noun
A female fornicator.
fortaxed
foxcroft
foxtrot
foxtrot
noun
(international standards) Alternative letter-case form of Foxtrot from the NATO/ICAO Phonetic Alphabet.
A ballroom dance with a slow-slow-quick-quick rhythm.
A pace with short steps, as in changing from trotting to walking.
verb
To dance the foxtrot.
foxtrots
foxtrots
noun
plural of foxtrot
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of foxtrot
foxtrotting
foxtrotting
verb
present participle of foxtrot
foxworth
frontomaxillary
frontomaxillary
adj
(anatomy) frontal and maxillary
introflex
introflexion
introflexion
noun
(medicine) A bending inward.
lateriflexion
lateroflexion
lateroflexion
noun
lateral flexion (bending to one side)
methoxyflurane
methoxyflurane
noun
(pharmaceutical drugs) An inhalational anaesthetic of the 1960s and early 1970s, now largely abandoned because of detrimental effects on the kidneys.
mixtiform
mixtiform
adj
Of a mixed character.
nonexemplificatior
oxfordist
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
reflexologist
reflexologist
noun
a practitioner of reflexology
retroflex
retroflex
adj
(phonetics) Of pronunciation in which the blade of the tongue approaches or touches the back of the alveolar ridge.
(phonetics) Of pronunciation in which the tip of the tongue approaches or touches the back of the alveolar ridge.
(phonetics) Of pronunciation in which the tip of the tongue is raised and bent backwards, so that the underside of the tongue approaches or touches the palate.
(phonetics, general sense) Of any of the aforementioned pronunciations.
Bent or curved backwards.
noun
(phonetics) A consonant pronounced with the blade of the tongue approaching or touching the back of the alveolar ridge.
(phonetics) A consonant pronounced with the tip of the tongue approaching or touching the back of the alveolar ridge.
(phonetics) A consonant pronounced with the underside of the tongue approaching or touching the palate.
(phonetics, general sense) Any of the aforementioned consonants.
retroflexed
retroflexed
adj
(phonetics) Being retroflex.
Bent in a posterior (backwards) direction, as the uterus
retroflexes
retroflexes
noun
plural of retroflex
retroflexion
retroflexion
noun
The act of retroflexing; the state of being retroflexed.
retroflux
textiferous
thermofax
thriftbox
toxifer
toxifera
toxiferous
toxiferous
adj
Conveying or producing a poison.
transfixation
transfixation
noun
The condition of being transfixed
transfixion
transfixion
noun
(surgery) In amputation, passing the knife from side to side through tissue close to the bone and dividing muscles outward.
transfixions
transfixions
noun
plural of transfixion
trisulfoxid
trisulfoxide
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.