The act of affixing; affixation, affixment, attachment.
alexines
alexines
noun
plural of alexine
alexinic
anatexis
anatexis
noun
(geology) The metamorphism of plutonic rock into magma in the lower levels of the crust
anatoxin
anatoxin
noun
A bacterial toxin (usually an exotoxin) whose toxicity has been weakened or suppressed
A powerful neurotoxin, one of many toxins produced by several species of cyanobacterium.
anauxite
anaxibia
anaxonia
annexing
annexing
noun
An annexation.
verb
present participle of annex
annexion
annexion
noun
(obsolete) annexation
annexive
anorexia
anorexia
noun
Anorexia nervosa.
Loss of appetite, especially as a result of disease.
anorexic
anorexic
adj
(by extension) Thin, skinny, insubstantial.
Pertaining to, or suffering from anorexia nervosa.
noun
A medicine which suppresses appetite.
Somebody suffering from anorexia nervosa.
anoxemia
anoxemia
noun
Alternative spelling of anoxaemia
anoxemic
anoxemic
adj
Alternative form of anoxaemic
antefixa
antefixa
noun
(architecture) Alternative form of antefix
plural of antefixum
anthelix
anthelix
noun
(anatomy) Alternative spelling of antihelix.
antiflux
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.
auximone
axiation
axiation
noun
(biology) The development of an axis (and subsequent polarity) in an embryo
axillant
axmaking
axoidean
banxring
banxring
noun
(zoology) An East Indian insectivorous mammal of the genus Tupaia
caixinha
calixtin
carnifex
carnifex
noun
(now rare, historical) An executioner.
chamonix
chamonix
Proper noun
A town in the département of Haute-Savoie.
conaxial
coxswain
coxswain
noun
(archaic) The second or third mate of a vessel, in charge of the master's barge.
(naval) A rank or position.
(rowing) The member of a crew who steers the shell and coordinates the power and rhythm of the rowers.
In a ship's boat, the helmsman given charge of the boat's crew.
verb
(transitive, intransative) To act as coxswain for.
coxwains
dewaxing
dewaxing
noun
A process in which wax is removed from a material or a surface.
verb
present participle of dewax
diaxonic
dioxanes
dioxanes
noun
plural of dioxane
disannex
disannex
verb
(transitive) To relinquish (land etc.) previously annexed.
eudoxian
eudoxian
Noun
A follower of (died in 370), patriarch of Antioch and Constantinople, and a celebrated defender of the doctrines of Arius.
Adjective
Of or relating to (408–355 BC), Greek astronomer and mathematician.
exacting
exacting
adj
(of a person or organization) Characterized by exaction.
(of an action, task, etc) Requiring precise accuracy, great care, effort, or attention.
Making great demands; difficult to satisfy.
verb
present participle and gerund of exact
exaction
exaction
noun
That which is exacted; a severe tribute; a fee, reward, or contribution, demanded or levied with severity or injustice.
The act of demanding with authority, and compelling to pay or yield; compulsion to give or furnish; a levying by force
extortion.
exalting
exalting
adj
Of something that uplifts, that exalts.
verb
present participle of exalt
examined
examined
verb
simple past tense and past participle of examine
examinee
examinee
noun
One who is examined, e.g. for medical reasons.
One who sits an examination.
examiner
examiner
noun
A person who investigates someone or something.
A person who marks an examination.
A person who sets an examination.
examines
examines
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of examine
exanguin
excitant
excitant
adj
exciting; stimulating
noun
Something that excites or stimulates; a stimulant
exhaling
exhaling
noun
exhalation
verb
present participle of exhale
exigeant
exigeant
adj
exigent; demanding
existant
existant
adj
Misspelling of existent.
exitance
exitance
noun
(physics) Flux (of radiation).
exonumia
exonumia
noun
Coinlike objects.
Study and/or collection of such.
expirant
expirant
noun
One who expires or is expiring.
explains
explains
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of explain
fixating
fixating
verb
present participle of fixate
fixation
fixation
noun
(cytology, histology, pathology) preservation of biological tissues from decay due to autolysis or putrefaction.
(genetics) The change in a gene pool from a situation where there exists at least two variants of a particular gene (allele) to a situation where only one of the alleles remains.
(law) Recording a creative work in a medium of expression for more than a transitory duration, thereby satisfying the "fixation" requirement for the purposes of copyright law.
(ophthalmology) maintaining of the gaze on a single location.
(orthopaedics) process by which an injury is rendered immobile.
A state of mind involving obsession with a particular person, idea, or thing.
In metals, a state of resistance to evaporation or volatilization by heat.
The act of fixing.
The act of uniting chemically with a solid substance or in a solid form; reduction to a non-volatile condition; -- said of volatile elements.
The act or process of ceasing to be fluid and becoming firm.
The state of being fixed or fixated.
fornaxid
francaix
fraxetin
fraxetin
noun
(organic chemistry) A hydrolysis product of fraxin; 7,8-dihydroxy-6-methoxycoumarin.
fraxinus
galaxian
galaxian
adj
(astronomy) Of or pertaining to a galaxy
gloxinia
gloxinia
noun
Any of the three species of South American plants of the genera Gloxinia in family Gesneriaceae.
Brazilian gloxinia (Sinningia speciosa), a plant species formerly classified in the genus Gloxinia, in the family Gesneriaceae.
Creeping gloxinia (Lophospermum erubescens), in the family Plantaginaceae.
Hardy gloxinia (Incarvillea delavayi), in the family Bignoniaceae.
hexamine
hexamine
noun
(organic chemistry) Contraction of hexamethylenetetramine.
hexammin
huxleian
inextant
inextant
Adjective
Not extant.
ixionian
janitrix
janitrix
noun
A female janitor.
laxation
laxation
noun
Defecation.
The act of loosening or slackening, or the state of being loosened or slackened.
loxiinae
luxating
luxating
verb
present participle of luxate
luxation
luxation
noun
The act of luxating, or the state of being luxated; a dislocation.
malaxing
malaxing
verb
present participle of malax
maxantia
maxentia
maximins
maximins
noun
plural of maximin
mexicano
mexicans
mixtecan
mixtecan
Adjective
Of or relating to a branch of the Otomanguean language family of Mexico, including the Trique (or Triqui) languages, Cuicatec, and the large expanse of Mixtec languages.
monaxial
monaxial
adj
(biology) Having only one axis; developing along a single line or plane; uniaxial
monaxile
naxalite
neuraxis
neuraxis
noun
(anatomy, embryology, medicine, sometimes) A subset of the central nervous system: i.e., the spinal cord, rhombencephalon, mesencephalon and diencephalon.
(anatomy, medicine, usually) Synonym of central nervous system.
nixtamal
nixtamal
noun
Hominy; maize kernels which have undergone nixtamalization, that is, hulling and soaking and cooking in an alkaline solution.
notaulix
notaulix
noun
A furrow in the anterior part of the mesonotum of some insects
novatrix
oxamidin
oxanilic
oxanilic
adj
(organic chemistry) Of or pertaining to oxanilic acid or its derivatives
oxazines
oxazines
noun
plural of oxazine
oxidants
oxidants
noun
plural of oxidant
oxyamine
paintbox
paintbox
noun
A box used to hold an artist's paints.
paintrix
paixhans
panmixes
panmixia
panmixia
noun
(biology) The cessation of natural selection, as on a useless organ.
(ecology) A situation in which an individual is just as likely to mate with a randomly chosen individual as any other in the population.
panmixis
panmixis
Noun
Panmixia.
relaxing
relaxing
adj
Conducive to relaxation; helping one to relax.
noun
The process by which something is relaxed.
verb
present participle of relax
relaxins
relaxins
noun
plural of relaxin
retaxing
retaxing
verb
present participle of retax
rewaxing
rewaxing
noun
The act of waxing something again.
verb
present participle of rewax
rinceaux
roxolani
saindoux
saxonian
saxonian
Adjective
Of or pertaining to Saxony.
Noun
An inhabitant of Saxony.
saxonies
saxonish
saxonism
saxonism
Noun
An idiom of the Saxon or Anglo-Saxon language.
saxonist
saxonist
Noun
One versed in the Saxon language.
saxonite
saxonite
noun
(mineralogy) Harzburgite, a peridotite consisting mostly of olivine and low-calcium pyroxene.
Peridotite composed of olivine and enstatite.
saxonize
senatrix
senatrix
noun
(rare) A female senator (a female member of a senate)
(rare) Traditionally used as a term of address for a female senator in parliamentary proceedings in some Senates like those of the United States, Canada and France .
(rare, dated) The wife of a senator.
sextains
sextains
noun
plural of sextain
siloxane
siloxane
noun
(chemistry) Any of a class of compound having a short repeating unit of silicon and oxygen atoms (either in a chain or a ring), typically with organic side chains
sixhaend
syntaxis
syntaxis
noun
(archaic, grammar) Syntax.
(crystallography) Syntaxy.
(geology) A convergence of mountain ranges, or geological folds, towards a single point.
taxation
taxation
noun
A particular system of taxing people or companies
The act of imposing taxes and the fact of being taxed.
The revenue gained from taxes
taxicorn
taxingly
taxingly
adv
In a taxing manner.
taxinomy
toxicant
toxicant
adj
Capable of causing damage or dysfunction by toxicity; (broadly) poisonous.
noun
A toxic or poisonous substance.
transfix
transfix
noun
(linguistics) A discontinuous affix, which occurs at more than one position in a word, typical of Semitic languages.
verb
(transitive) To fix or impale.
(transitive) To pierce with a sharp pointed weapon.
(transitive) To render motionless, by arousing terror, amazement or awe.
unaxised
uniaxial
uniaxial
adj
(botany) Having a single stem, with no branches, that terminates in a flower
Having a single axis; monoaxial
untaxied
untaxing
untaxing
adj
Not taxing.
uroxanic
uroxanic
adj
(chemistry) Pertaining to, or designating, an acid, C₅H₈N₄O₆, which is obtained by the slow oxidation of uric acid in alkaline solution.
vexation
vexation
noun
Something that vexes or irritates.
The act of annoying, vexing, or irritating.
The state of being vexed or irritated.
waxiness
waxiness
noun
The quality of being waxy
waxingly
waxwings
waxwings
noun
plural of waxwing
wraxling
wraxling
noun
(UK, dialect, archaic) wrestling
xanthein
xanthein
noun
(chemistry) The water-soluble part of the yellow carotenoid pigment present in the cell sap of some plants.
xanthian
xanthian
Adjective
Of the city Xanthos (or Xanthus) in ancient Lycia.
Noun
A citizen of Xanthos.
xanthide
xanthide
noun
(dated, organic chemistry) Any derivative of xanthogen
xanthine
xanthine
noun
(chemistry) Any of a group of alkaloids that include caffeine, theophylline, and theobromine as well as the parent compound, a precursor of uric acid found in many organs of the body.
xanthins
xanthins
noun
plural of xanthin
xanthism
xanthism
noun
(biology, zoology) A yellowish colouring of pigments in hair, skin, feathers, etc.
xanthite
xanthite
noun
A variety of vesuvianite found in limestone near Amity, New York.