The principle or process of forming from given components the eutectic alloy, or alloy of maximum fusibility.
exactas
exactas
noun
plural of exacta
exacted
exacted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of exact
exacter
exacter
noun
Alternative spelling of exactor
exactly
exactly
adv
(focus) Precisely, used to provide emphasis.
(manner) Without approximation; precisely.
intj
Signifies agreement or recognition.
exactor
exactor
noun
A person who collects taxes.
A person who makes illegal or unreasonable demands; an extortioner.
exactus
exalate
exalted
exalted
adj
Elated; blissful.
Noble, sublime; heavenly.
Praised, honored.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of exalt
exaltee
exalter
exalter
noun
Someone who exalts.
examens
examens
noun
plural of examen
examine
examine
verb
to check the health or condition of something or someone
to determine the aptitude, skills or qualifications of someone by subjecting them to an examination
to interrogate
to observe or inspect carefully or critically
example
example
noun
A parallel or closely similar case, especially when serving as a precedent or model.
A person punished as a warning to others.
An instance (as a problem to be solved) serving to illustrate the rule or precept or to act as an exercise in the application of the rule.
Something that is representative of all such things in a group.
Something that serves as a pattern of behaviour to be imitated (a good example) or not to be imitated (a bad example).
Something that serves to illustrate or explain a rule.
verb
To be illustrated or exemplified (by).
exarate
exarate
adj
(entomology, of a pupa) Having the appendages free and not attached to the body wall.
verb
(obsolete) To plough up.
(obsolete) To write or engrave.
exarchs
exarchs
noun
plural of exarch
exarchy
exarchy
noun
(botany) A vascular system in which development starts in the regions farthest from the axis and spreads inward.
The jurisdiction of an exarch (any definition); an exarchate.
exasper
excheat
excheat
noun
Obsolete form of escheat.
exclaim
exclaim
noun
(obsolete) Exclamation; outcry, clamor.
verb
(intransitive) To cry out suddenly, from some strong emotion.
(transitive) To say suddenly and with strong emotion.
exclave
exclave
noun
(medicine, rare) A detached part of an organ, as of the pancreas, thyroid (accessory thyroids), or other gland.
A portion of a country's territory not connected to the main part
excreta
excreta
noun
Bodily waste which is excreted from the body.
excusal
excusal
noun
The act of excusing or of being excused.
exedrae
exedral
exeland
exempla
exempla
noun
plural of exemplum
exhaled
exhaled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of exhale
exhales
exhales
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of exhale
exhance
exhaust
exhaust
adj
(obsolete) Exhausted; used up.
noun
A system consisting of the parts of an engine through which burned gases or steam are discharged; see also exhaust system.
An exhaust pipe, especially on a motor vehicle.
The dirty air let out of a room through a register or pipe provided for the purpose.
The steam let out of a cylinder after it has done its work there.
exhaust gas.
verb
(transitive) To bring out or develop completely
(transitive) To discuss thoroughly or completely
(transitive) To draw or let out wholly; to drain off completely (:liquid)
(transitive) To empty by drawing or letting out the contents
(transitive) to tire out; to wear out; to cause to be without any energy
(transitive, chemistry) To subject to the action of various solvents in order to remove all soluble substances or extractives
(transitive, literally, figuratively) To use up; to deplete, drain or expend wholly, or until the supply comes to an end
exhedra
exhedra
noun
Alternative form of exedra
exilian
exilian
adj
Having the characteristics of exile.
exitial
exitial
adj
(obsolete) destructive; fatal
exocarp
exocarp
noun
(biology) The outermost layer of the pericarp of fruits; the skin or epicarp
exogamy
exogamy
noun
(biology) the fusion of two unrelated gametes
marriage to a person belonging to a tribe or group other than one's own as required by custom or law
exogyra
exonian
exonian
Noun
A student or graduate of the University of Exeter, England.
A student or graduate of Exeter College, Oxford, England.
A current or past student of Exeter School, England.
A current or past student of Phillips Exeter Academy, USA.
A native or inhabitant of the city of Exeter, England.
A native or inhabitant of the town of Exeter, New Hampshire, USA.
A native or inhabitant of the former Village of Exeter, in Green County, Wisconsin, USA.
exorate
exordia
exordia
noun
plural of exordium
exormia
exostra
exotica
exotica
noun
(music) A genre of American music from the 1950s, characterized by an evocative musical focus on the islands of the South Pacific.
curious, strange, unusual and exotic things.
plural of exotic
expands
expands
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of expand
expanse
expanse
noun
A wide stretch, usually of sea, sky, or land.
An amount of spread or stretch.
expiate
expiate
verb
(transitive) To make amends or pay the penalty for.
(transitive) To purify with sacred rites.
(transitive) To wind up, bring to an end.
(transitive, intransitive) To atone or make reparation for.
(transitive, obsolete) To relieve or cleanse of guilt.
explain
explain
verb
(intransitive) To make something plain or intelligible.
(obsolete) To make flat, smooth out.
(obsolete) To unfold or make visible.
To give a valid excuse for past behavior.
To make plain, manifest, or intelligible; to clear of obscurity; to illustrate the meaning of.
explait
explant
explant
noun
(biology) Any portion taken from a plant or an animal that will be used to initiate a culture. It can be a portion of the shoot, or of the leaves, or even just some cells.
verb
(medicine) To remove something, such as a medical device, that has been implanted.
explida
exposal
exposal
noun
(archaic) exposure
exradio
exradio
noun
(obsolete) Obsolete form of radon (“radon-222”).; an isotope of radon (element 86)
extacie
extance
extance
noun
(obsolete, rare) Emergence.
extancy
extancy
noun
(obsolete) The state of being extant; existence.
(obsolete) The state of rising above others; a projection.
extasie
extatic
extatic
adj
Misspelling of ecstatic.
Obsolete spelling of ecstatic
externa
extract
extract
noun
(obsolete) A peculiar principle (fundamental essence) once erroneously supposed to form the basis of all vegetable extracts.
A decoction, solution, or infusion made by drawing out from any substance that which gives it its essential and characteristic virtue
A draft or copy of writing; a certified copy of the proceedings in an action and the judgment therein, with an order for execution.
A portion of a book or document, incorporated distinctly in another work; a citation; a quotation.
A solid preparation obtained by evaporating a solution of a drug, etc., or the fresh juice of a plant (distinguished from an abstract).
Ancestry; descent.
Any substance extracted is such a way, and characteristic of that from which it is obtained
Something that is extracted or drawn out.
verb
(transitive) To draw out; to pull out; to remove forcibly from a fixed position, as by traction or suction, etc.
(transitive) To select parts of a whole
(transitive) To take by selection; to choose out; to cite or quote, as a passage from a book.
(transitive) To withdraw by expression, distillation, or other mechanical or chemical process. Compare abstract (transitive verb).
(transitive, arithmetic) To determine (a root of a number).
extrait
extreat
extreat
noun
(obsolete) Estreat.
(obsolete) Extraction.
extrema
extrema
noun
plural of extremum
extypal
exudate
exudate
noun
A fluid that has exuded from somewhere; especially one that has exuded from a pore of an animal or plant.
verb
(obsolete) To exude.
exulate
exurban
exurban
adj
Of, pertaining to, or residing in an exurb
exurbia
exurbia
noun
A residential area beyond the suburbs.
exuviae
exuviae
noun
(history, military) Among the Ancient Romans, weaponry and equipment stripped from the person of a foe; booty.
The coverings of an animal that have been shed or cast off, particularly the molted exoskeletons of arthropods.
plural of exuvia
exuvial
exuvial
adj
Related to something sloughed off or stripped away.
factrix
factrix
noun
(obsolete) A factoress, a female factor (agent or representative).
fairfax
fairfax
Proper noun
that was originally a nickname for someone with long fair hair.
The title of a Scottish peerage.
Any of several place names, including:
An independent city in Virginia, USA
fixable
fixable
adj
Capable of being fixed, repairable.
attachable
fixated
fixated
adj
(psychology) attached to someone or something in a neurotic or pathological manner
verb
simple past tense and past participle of fixate
fixates
fixates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of fixate
fixatif
fixatif
noun
Alternative form of fixative
fixator
fixator
noun
(anatomy) Any muscle that fixes, or limits the movement, of a bone or joint
flaxier
flaxman
flaxton
flexura
foxbane
foxhall
foxtail
foxtail
noun
(metallurgy) The last cinders obtained in the fining process.
A dry spikelet or spikelet seed and flower cluster of some grasses
Acalypha hispida, chenille plant.
Any of various grasses having bushy seed spikelets that resemble the tail of a fox
Bromus madritensis, foxtail brome.
Hordeum jubatum, foxtail barley.
Lycopodiella alopecuroides, foxtail clubmoss.
The tail of a fox.
Wodyetia bifurcata, foxtail palm.
species of Setaria, foxtail millets.
species of genus Alopecurus, foxtail grasses.
galaxes
gateaux
gateaux
noun
plural of gateau
gearbox
gearbox
noun
An enclosed gear train.
That part of a car's transmission containing the train of gears, and to which the gear lever is connected.
geotaxy
glyoxal
glyoxal
noun
(organic chemistry) The dialdehyde ethanedial derived from ethylene glycol; it is used in the preparation of modified starch for the paper industry.
goatpox
goatpox
noun
A viral disease of goats, resembling sheeppox.
guaxima
guaxima
noun
Urena lobata, a Brazilian plant, or the useful fiber it yields.
halifax
halifax
Proper noun
an industrial town in Yorkshire, England, 20km south-east of Leeds.
the capital city of Nova Scotia, Canada.
a small town in North Carolina, USA
a town in Virginia, USA
hapaxes
hapaxes
noun
plural of hapax
headbox
headbox
noun
A device for distributing a suspension of solids in water to a machine at a constant rate, or for retarding the rate of flow, as to a top-feed filter, or for eliminating by overflow some of the finest particles.
Synonym of headrail
The topmost square of a USPSA target holding the B and A scoring zones.
hexacid
hexacid
adj
(chemistry) Having six atoms or radicals capable of being replaced by acids; hexatomic; hexavalent.
hexades
hexades
noun
plural of hexade
hexadic
hexadic
adj
(rare) Pertaining to a hexad; hexagonal.
hexagon
hexagon
noun
(geometry) A polygon with six sides and six angles.
hexagyn
hexamer
hexamer
noun
A subunit of a viral capsid
An oligomer having six subunits
hexanal
hexanal
noun
(organic chemistry) Any saturated aliphatic aldehyde having six carbon atoms, but especially n-hexanal
hexanes
hexanes
noun
plural of hexane
hexaped
hexaped
noun
A hexapod.
hexapla
hexapla
noun
A text presented in six parallel versions, especially (historical) the version of the Old Testament presented in such a fashion by Origen.
hexapod
hexapod
adj
Having six feet, six-footed; belonging to the subphylum Hexapoda; hexapodous.
noun
(dated) An insect.
An arthropod with six feet; a member of subphylum Hexapoda.
Any organism, being or robot with six legs.
hexarch
hexarch
noun
The ruler of one of the parts of a hexarchy.
hexaxon
hexosan
hexosan
noun
(biochemistry) Any polysaccharide composed of hexoses.
hoaxers
hoaxers
noun
plural of hoaxer
hoaxing
hoaxing
noun
The perpetration of a hoax.
verb
present participle of hoax
hypoxia
hypoxia
noun
(pathology) A condition in which tissues (especially the blood) are deprived of an adequate supply of oxygen; anoxia
A reduced concentration of dissolved oxygen in an aquatic environment.
hyraxes
inexact
inexact
adj
(physics, of a differential) having a path-dependent integral
Imperfectly conforming; exceeding or falling short in some respect.
Imprecisely or indefinitely conceived or stated.
infixal
infixal
adj
(of a term) Taking the role of an infix.
(of a word) That may be modified by the addition of an infix.
isazoxy
ixodian
jackbox
jackbox
noun
A device for routing electrical signals by means of a number of jacks.
jouhaux
kickxia
kilmarx
klaxons
klaxons
noun
plural of klaxon
knoxian
knoxian
Adjective
Of or relating to (c. 1514–1572), Scottish clergyman and a leader of the considered the founder of the Presbyterian denomination in Scotland.
lacroix
larixin
larixin
noun
(organic chemistry) A crystallizable principle found in the bark of the larch.
lascaux
lascaux
Proper noun
A small region of Dordogne in France, famous for its Paleolithic cave paintings
latexes
latexes
noun
plural of latex
laxator
laxator
noun
(anatomy) A muscle whose contraction loosens some part.
laxness
laxness
noun
The property of being lax, lacking strictness.
lexical
lexical
adj
(linguistics) Concerning lexicography or a lexicon or dictionary
(linguistics) Concerning the vocabulary, words, sentences or morphemes of a language
(linguistics) Denoting a content word as opposed to a function word
lixivia
loxomma
luxated
luxated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of luxate
luxates
luxates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of luxate
luxuria
mailbox
mailbox
noun
(computing) A folder or account for the storage of email; an electronic inbox or mailstore.
malaxed
malaxed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of malax
malaxis
malraux
manxman
manxman
Noun
A man from the Isle of Man
manxmen
marcoux
margaux
martext
martext
noun
(obsolete, rare) A blundering preacher.
martrix
marxian
marxian
Adjective
Of or pertaining to the 19th century philosopher Karl Marx and his ideas.
Noun
A Marxist.
marxism
marxism
noun
Alternative letter-case form of Marxism
marxist
marxist
Adjective
Following the ideals of Marxism.
Noun
One that believes in or follows the ideals of Marxism.
maxbass
maxilla
maxilla
noun
(anatomy) Either of the two bones that lie with one on each side of the upper jaw lateral to the premaxilla and that in higher vertebrates bear most of the teeth.
(zootomy) One of the first or second pair of mouthparts posterior to the mandibles in many arthropods that are used for tasting and manipulating food.
An upper jaw especially of humans and other mammals in which the bony elements are closely fused.
maximal
maximal
adj
Largest, greatest (in magnitude), highest, most.
noun
(logic) Said of a set of well-formed formulas: that it is as large as it can be without being inconsistent; i.e. that for any well-formed formula φ, the set contains either φ or ~φ.
(mathematics) Said of an ideal of a ring or a filter of a lattice: that it is as large as it can be without being trivial (improper).
(mathematics) The element of a set with the greatest magnitude.
maximed
maximes
maximin
maximin
noun
In decision theory and game theory etc, a rule to identify the worst outcome of each possible option to find one's best (maximum payoff) play.
verb
To employ a maximin algorithm.
maximon
maximon
noun
(physics) A hypothetical elementary particle of maximum mass in the mass spectrum of elementary particles having mass of 5 × 10²⁸ eV.
maximum
maximum
adj
To the highest degree.
noun
(colloquial, cricket) A scoring shot for 6 runs.
(colloquial, darts) A score of 180 with three darts.
(mathematical analysis) An upper bound of a set which is also an element of that set.
(mathematics) The greatest value of a set or other mathematical structure, especially the global maximum or a local maximum of a function.
(snooker) A 147 break; the highest possible break.
(statistics) The largest value of a batch or sample or the upper bound of a probability distribution.