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.
apomixes
apomixes
noun
plural of apomixis
apoplexy
apoplexy
noun
(informal) A state of intense and almost uncontrollable anger.
(medicine) Gross hemorrhage into a cavity or into the substance of an organ.
(medicine, dated) Unconsciousness or incapacity resulting from a cerebral hemorrhage or stroke.
apoxesis
appendix
appendix
noun
(anatomy) Any process, prolongation, or projection.
(anatomy) The vermiform appendix.
(obsolete in general sense) Something attached to something else; an attachment or accompaniment.
A text added to the end of a book or an article, containing additional information.
apyrexia
apyrexia
noun
(medicine) The absence or an intermission during a bout of fever.
atriplex
axopetal
axopetal
adj
(physiology, dated) Seeking the axon.
axophyte
axophyte
noun
(botany) Any plant with an axis or stem
carpeaux
chapeaux
chapeaux
noun
plural of chapeau
coexpand
coexpand
verb
(transitive, intransitive) To expand together; to (cause to) undergo coexpansion.
epicalyx
epicalyx
noun
(botany) A group of bracts resembling a calyx
epitaxic
epitaxic
adj
Relating to epitaxy
epitaxis
eupraxia
eupraxia
noun
eupraxy
learning attributes of deaf people
examplar
exampled
exampled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of example
examples
examples
noun
plural of example
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of example
excerpta
excerpta
noun
plural of excerptum
excipula
excipula
noun
plural of excipulum
exemplar
exemplar
adj
(obsolete) Exemplary.
noun
A copy of a book or piece of writing.
A handwritten manuscript used by a scribe to make a handwritten copy; the original copy of what gets multiply reproduced in a copy machine.
A pattern after which others should be made; an archetype.
A well known usage of a scientific theory.
Something fit to be imitated; an ideal, a model.
Something typical or representative of a class; an example that typifies.
exocarps
exocarps
noun
plural of exocarp
exograph
exophagy
exophagy
noun
(rare) Cannibalism, of those outside a social group.
exoplasm
exoplasm
noun
Alternative form of ectoplasm
expanded
expanded
verb
simple past tense and past participle of expand
expander
expander
noun
(dentistry) A device used to widen the upper jaw so that the bottom and upper teeth will fit together better; a palatal expander.
(graphical user interface) A control that expands to show more options or commands, keeping them hidden until needed.
One who expands; something that expands.
expandor
expandor
noun
Dated form of expander.
expanses
expanses
noun
plural of expanse
expansum
expiable
expiable
adj
Capable of being expiated or atoned for.
expiated
expiated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of expiate
expiates
expiates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of expiate
expiator
expiator
noun
One who makes expiation or atonement.
expilate
expirant
expirant
noun
One who expires or is expiring.
expirate
explains
explains
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of explain
explants
explants
noun
plural of explant
exposals
exposals
noun
plural of exposal
exrupeal
haruspex
haruspex
noun
A soothsayer or priest in Ancient Rome (originally Etruscan) who practiced divination by inspecting entrails.
hexaplar
hexaplar
Adjective
Being or relating to a Hexapla.
hexaplas
hexaplas
noun
plural of hexapla
hexapoda
hexapods
hexapods
noun
plural of hexapod
hexapody
hexapody
noun
(poetry, countable) Six metrical feet taken together, or included in one measure.
(zoology, uncountable) The property of being a hexapod; six-leggedness.
mazopexy
oxazepam
oxazepam
noun
(pharmacology) A drug of the benzodiazepine group, used to treat anxiety states and insomnia; 7-chloro-1,3-dihydro-3-hydroxy-5-phenyl-1,4-benzodiazepin-2-one, C₁₅H₁₁ClN₂O₂.
panmixes
patrixes
patuxent
paxillae
paxillae
noun
plural of paxilla
paxwaxes
pelomyxa
perborax
pickaxed
pickaxed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of pickax
pickaxes
pickaxes
noun
plural of pickaxe
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of pickax
plateaux
plateaux
noun
plural of plateau
poleaxed
poleaxed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of poleaxe
poleaxer
poleaxes
poleaxes
noun
plural of poleax
polyxena
praxises
preannex
preaxiad
preaxial
preaxial
adj
Located in front of an axis
preexact
prefixal
prefixal
adj
(of a term) Taking the role of a prefix.
(of a word) That may be modified by the addition of a prefix.
pretexta
pyrexial
pyrexial
adj
(obsolete) of or relating to fevers; feverish
pyrexias
pyrexias
noun
plural of pyrexia
pyxidate
pyxidate
adj
Having a pyxidium.
quadplex
quadplex
noun
(US) A building divided into four separate residences or commercial premises
reexpand
reexpand
verb
To expand again.
saxpence
sexupara
sexupara
noun
(biology) A sexuparous individual
spadixes
supertax
supertax
noun
A higher rate of an existing tax.
An additional tax on something that has already been taxed.
taxeopod
taxpayer
taxpayer
noun
A person who is subject to, liable for, or pays tax as opposed to a nontaxpayer who is neither the subject nor the object of revenue laws.
All of the people, collectively, in a population who pay tax (especially used in the context of the government financing something using the tax revenue).
xantippe
xenophya
xenophya
noun
(biology) foreign particles found within an organism, such as sand grains