A group of particularly brutal mercenaries who were active in Africa and Asia during the 1960s.
agneaux
alexius
amueixa
aruspex
asexual
asexual
adj
(biology) Lacking distinct sex, lacking sexual organs.
(biology) Without sexual action; reproducing by some other method than sex.
(especially of a person) Not experiencing sexual attraction; lacking interest in or desire for sex.
Nonsexual in nature, unmarked by sexual activity.
noun
(biology) A species which reproduces by asexual rather than sexual reproduction, or a member of such a species.
(rare) Something which does not have a sex, or a word which refers to such a thing.
A person who does not experience sexual attraction; a person who lacks interest in or desire for sex.
aurifex
auxeses
auxeses
noun
plural of auxesis
auxesis
auxesis
noun
(biology) Biological growth, (now usually restricted to) expansion or growth of an organism apart from that due to cellular division.
(chemistry) The condition of being auxetic
(rhetoric) Overstatement, hyperbole.
(rhetoric, obsolete) Arrangement of a series in ascending order.
auxetic
auxetic
adj
(chemistry) Having the property of counterintuitively expanding when being stretched.
(pathology) Relating to auxesis
noun
An auxetic material.
axumite
bateaux
bateaux
noun
plural of bateau
bauxite
bauxite
noun
The principal ore of aluminium; a clay-like mineral, being a mixture of hydrated oxides and hydroxides.
benelux
benelux
Proper noun
An economic and customs union made up of Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg; one of the precursors of the European Union; the countries which constitute(d) this union.
bureaux
bureaux
noun
plural of bureau
buxeous
buxerry
buxomer
buxomer
adj
comparative form of buxom: more buxom
chevaux
chevaux
noun
plural of cheval
ciseaux
colauxe
coteaux
coteaux
noun
plural of coteau
curtaxe
dupleix
duplexs
eluxate
equiaxe
equinox
equinox
noun
(also figuratively) The circumstance of a twenty-four hour time period having the day and night of equal length.
(astronomy) A celestial equator (“great circle on the celestial sphere, coincident with the plane of the Earth's equator (the equatorial plane)”); also, the Earth's equator.
(astronomy) One of the two points in space where the apparent path of the Sun intersects with the equatorial plane of the Earth.
(rare) A gale (“very strong wind”) once thought to occur more frequently around the time of an equinox (sense 1), now known to be a misconception; an equinoctial gale.
One of the two occasions in the year when the length of the day and night are equal, which occurs when the apparent path of the Sun (the ecliptic) intersects with the equatorial plane of the Earth; this happens on a day between March 19 and 21 (spring in the Northern Hemisphere, and autumn in the Southern Hemisphere), and on another day between September 21 and 24 (autumn in the Northern Hemisphere, and spring in the Southern Hemisphere); hence, the exact time when the intersection occurs.
esexual
esexual
adj
(biology, dated) sexless; asexual
eudoxia
eudoxus
eutaxic
eutaxic
adj
(geology) That has stratified ore deposits
eutaxie
eutexia
eutexia
noun
The principle or process of forming from given components the eutectic alloy, or alloy of maximum fusibility.
exactus
exclude
exclude
verb
(transitive) To bar (someone or something) from entering; to keep out.
(transitive) To expel; to put out.
(transitive) To omit from consideration.
(transitive, law) To refuse to accept (evidence) as valid.
(transitive, medicine) To eliminate from diagnostic consideration.
excudit
excurse
excurse
verb
To digress.
To journey or pass through.
excusal
excusal
noun
The act of excusing or of being excused.
excused
excused
verb
simple past tense and past participle of excuse
excuser
excuser
noun
One who excuses or forgives another.
One who offers excuses or pleads in extenuation of the fault of another.
excuses
excuses
noun
plural of excuse
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of excuse
execute
execute
verb
(intransitive, computing) To run, usually successfully.
(transitive) To carry out; to put into effect.
(transitive) To kill, especially as punishment for a capital crime.
(transitive) To perform.
(transitive, computing) To start, launch or run
(transitive, law) To carry out, to perform an act; to put into effect or cause to become legally binding or valid (as a contract) by so doing.
Coordinate term: murder
exergue
exergue
noun
(numismatics) A space beneath the main design on a coin or medal for the insertion of the date or other minor inscription.
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
exhumed
exhumed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of exhume
exhumer
exhumer
noun
One who exhumes.
exhumes
exhumes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of exhume
exiture
exodium
expound
expound
verb
(intransitive) To make a statement, especially at length.
(transitive) To set out the meaning of; to explain or discuss at length
expulse
expunge
expunge
verb
(transitive) To eliminate completely; to annihilate.
(transitive) To erase or strike out.
(transitive, computing) To delete permanently (e-mail etc.) that was previously marked for deletion but still stored.
expurge
expurge
verb
(transitive, obsolete) To purge away.
exquire
exquire
verb
(obsolete) To search into or out.
exsculp
exsurge
extruct
extruct
verb
(obsolete) To construct.
extrude
extrude
verb
(transitive) To expel; to drive off.
(transitive) To form or shape (a metal, plastic etc.) by forcing it through a die or an opening.
To push or thrust out.
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.
exuding
exuding
noun
The process by which something exudes.
verb
present participle of exude
exulate
exulted
exulted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of exult
exultet
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.
exuvium
exuvium
noun
(biology) Synonym of exuvia
fixture
fixture
noun
(computing, programming) A state that can be recreated, used as a baseline for running software tests.
(law) Something that is fixed in place, especially a permanent appliance or other item of personal property that is considered part of a house and is sold with it; compare fitting, furnishing.
(sports, chiefly Britain, Commonwealth, Ireland) A scheduled match.
A lighting unit; a luminaire.
A regular patron of a place or institution; a person constantly present at a certain place.
A work-holding or support device used in the manufacturing industry.
verb
(transitive) To furnish with, as, or in a fixture.
(transitive, sports, Australia, New Zealand) To schedule (a match).
fixures
fixures
noun
plural of fixure
flexura
flexure
flexure
noun
(anatomy) A curve or bend in a tubular organ.
(astronomy) The small distortion of an astronomical instrument caused by the weight of its parts; the amount to be added or subtracted from the observed readings of the instrument to correct them for this distortion.
(zoology) The last joint, or bend, of the wing of a bird.
A turn; a bend; a fold; a curve.
The act of bending or flexing; flexion.
verb
To introduce a flexure into; to bend or flex.
fluxile
fluxile
adj
fluxible
fluxive
fluxive
adj
flowing; lacking solidity
fluxure
fluxure
noun
(obsolete) Fluid matter.
(obsolete) The quality of being fluid; fluidity.
gateaux
gateaux
noun
plural of gateau
jukebox
jukebox
noun
(computing) An automated carousel for the storage and retrieval of tapes, CD-ROMs, etc.
(computing, by extension) A software application capable of replaying tracks from a digital music collection.
A coin-operated machine that plays recorded music; it has push-buttons to make selections.
verb
(by extension) To play or repeat as if on a jukebox.
(transitive) To play (music or digital content) on a jukebox
To format or set up for playing by a jukebox.
To play and listen to music from a jukebox.
lemieux
levroux
lisieux
luxated
luxated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of luxate
luxates
luxates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of luxate
milieux
milieux
noun
plural of milieu
mixture
mixture
noun
(India) A mix of different dry foods as a snack, especially chevda or Bombay mix.
(music) A compound organ stop.
A cloth of variegated colouring.
A medicinal compound, typically a suspension of a solid in a solution
Something produced by mixing.
Something that consists of diverse elements.
The act of mixing.
monteux
murexan
murexan
noun
(obsolete, chemistry) A poorly-characterized nitrogenous material formed from several ureids
murexes
murexid
nexuses
nexuses
noun
plural of nexus
oxhouse
plexure
plexure
noun
The act or process of weaving together, or interweaving; that which is woven together.
puiseux
quixote
quixote
Noun
Someone resembling Don Quixote; someone who is chivalrous but unrealistic; an idealist.
radeaux
radeaux
noun
plural of radeau
raveaux
reseaux
rexburg
sextula
sextuor
sextuor
noun
(music) A sextet.
sexuale
sexuale
noun
(zoology) A bisexual aphid.
sexuous
siouxie
subtext
subtext
noun
(authorship) The implicit meaning of a text, often a literary one, or a speech or dialogue.
textual
textual
adj
Of or pertaining to text as opposed to other document elements.
Of or pertaining to textuality.
Pertaining to text messages, by analogy with sexual: textual harassment, textual intercourse; compare sexting.
texture
texture
noun
(art) The quality given to a work of art by the composition and interaction of its parts.
(biology, obsolete) A tissue.
(computer graphics) An image applied to a polygon to create the appearance of a surface.
(obsolete) Something woven; a woven fabric; a web.
(obsolete) The act or art of weaving.
The feel or shape of a surface or substance; the smoothness, roughness, softness, etc. of something.
verb
To create or apply a texture.
tubifex
tubifex
noun
Any member of the genus Tubifex of tubificid annelids, some of which are used to feed fish in freshwater aquaria.
tuxedos
ulexine
ulexine
noun
(obsolete, organic chemistry) The alkaloid cytisine when extracted from gorse (of genus Ulex).
ulexite
ulexite
noun
(mineralogy) A white mineral with triclinic crystals, NaCaB₅O₉·8H₂O.
unannex
unaxled
unboxed
unboxed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of unbox
unboxes
unboxes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of unbox
unexact
unexact
adj
Not exact.
unfixed
unfixed
adj
(of a problem) Not fixed; not corrected.
Not fixated or fixed; moving or changing freely
Not fraudulently prearranged.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of unfix
unfixes
unfixes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of unfix
unfoxed
unfoxed
adj
Not foxed.
uniplex
uniplex
adj
simplex
unmixed
unmixed
adj
Pure, not mixed or combined.
unsexed
unsexed
adj
Not separated by sex.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of unsex
unsexes
unsexes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of unsex
untaxed
untaxed
adj
Not having had the required taxes paid on it.
Not tired or strained, working well within capacity.
unvexed
unvexed
adj
Not vexed.
unwaxed
unwaxed
adj
Not waxed.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of unwax
urtexts
urtexts
noun
plural of urtext
vauxite
vauxite
noun
(mineralogy) A phosphate mineral of the laueite–paravauxite group.
veneaux
xenicus
xenopus
xenurus
xeruses
xicaque
zeuxian
zeuxite
zeuxite
noun
(mineralogy, obsolete) A form of green tourmaline.