(biology) A bundle of nine microtubules forming the internal scaffolding of a cilium, with two extra central microtubules connecting the others if the cilium is motile
axstone
axstone
noun
A variety of jade, used by the natives of the South Sea Islands for making axes or hatchets.
azoxime
azoxine
baxtone
benzoxy
bioxide
boraxes
boraxes
noun
plural of borax
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of borax
boxhead
boxhead
noun
(UK, military, slang, dated) A German person.
boxiest
boxiest
adj
superlative form of boxy: most boxy
boxlike
boxlike
adj
similar to a box
boxtree
boxtree
noun
Alternative form of box tree
buxeous
buxomer
buxomer
adj
comparative form of buxom: more buxom
cakebox
cakebox
noun
A box for keeping cake.
A cylindrical container for recordable compact discs.
carefox
casebox
casebox
noun
A box or shoe from which playing cards are dealt in the game of faro
celotex
celotex
Noun
A rough-textured fiberboard used on ceilings as acoustic paneling.
choenix
choenix
noun
(historical) An ancient dry measure of two pints or greater.
coannex
coaxers
coaxers
noun
plural of coaxer
coexert
coexert
verb
To exert a combined influence.
coexist
coexist
verb
(intransitive, stative, of two or more things, people, concepts, etc.) To exist contemporaneously or in the same area.
colauxe
complex
complex
adj
(geometry) A curve, polygon or other figure that crosses or intersects itself.
(mathematics, algebra) Whose coefficients are complex numbers; defined over the field of complex numbers.
(mathematics, mathematical analysis, of a function) Whose range is a subset of the complex numbers.
(mathematics, of a number) Having the form a + bi, where a and b are real numbers and i is (by definition) the imaginary square root of −1.
Made up of multiple parts; composite; not simple.
Not simple, easy, or straightforward; complicated.
noun
(chemistry) A structure consisting of a central atom or molecule weakly connected to surrounding atoms or molecules, as for example coordination complexes in inorganic chemistry and protein complexes in biochemistry.
(informal, by extension) A vehement, often excessive psychological dislike or fear of a particular thing.
(linguistics) A multimorphemic word, one with several parts, one with affixes.
(mathematics) A complex number.
(psychoanalysis) An abnormal mental condition caused by repressed emotions.
(taxonomy) A group of closely related species, often distinguished only with difficulty by traditional morphological methods.
A cluster of wildfires burning in the same vicinity.
A collection of buildings with a common purpose, such as a university or military base.
A network of interconnected systems.
A problem.
An assemblage of related things; a collection.
An organized cluster of thunderstorms.
verb
(chemistry, intransitive) To form a complex with another substance
(transitive) To complicate.
context
context
adj
(obsolete) Knit or woven together; close; firm.
noun
(archaeology) The surroundings and environment in which an artifact is found and which may provide important clues about the artifact's function and/or cultural meaning.
(linguistics) The text in which a word or passage appears and which helps ascertain its meaning.
(logic) For a formula: a finite set of variables, which set contains all the free variables in the given formula.
(mycology) The trama or flesh of a mushroom.
The surroundings, circumstances, environment, background or settings that determine, specify, or clarify the meaning of an event or other occurrence.
verb
(obsolete) To knit or bind together; to unite closely.
convexo
corebox
coteaux
coteaux
noun
plural of coteau
coxiest
coxiest
adj
superlative form of coxy: most coxy
cresoxy
deedbox
demodex
demonax
detoxed
detoxed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of detox
detoxes
detoxes
noun
plural of detox
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of detox
diaxone
dicebox
dicebox
noun
A box from which dice are thrown in gaming.
dimebox
dioxane
dioxane
noun
(chemistry) Any of a class of six-membered, saturated heterocycles having four carbon atoms and two oxygen atoms in the ring.
dioxide
dioxide
noun
(chemistry) Any oxide containing two oxygen atoms in each molecule.
dioxime
epoxide
epoxide
noun
(organic chemistry) Any of a class of organic compound, cyclic ethers, having a three-membered ring; they are prepared by the selective oxidation of alkenes or by ring-closure of halohydrins; used to make plastics.
(organic chemistry) Any similar compound in which an ether linkage has been made across a larger ring.
epoxied
epoxied
verb
simple past tense and past participle of epoxy
epoxies
epoxies
noun
plural of epoxy
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of epoxy
epoxyed
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.
ethoxyl
ethoxyl
noun
(organic chemistry, especially in combination) The radical CH₃-CH₂-O- derived from ethanol
eudoxia
eudoxus
exactor
exactor
noun
A person who collects taxes.
A person who makes illegal or unreasonable demands; an extortioner.
excello
excisor
excisor
noun
One who excises, especially one who performs female genital cutting.
exciton
exciton
noun
(physics) A bound state of an electron and an electron hole in an insulator or semiconductor
excitor
excitor
noun
Alternative form of exciter
exesion
exesion
noun
(obsolete) The act of eating out or through.
exhorts
exhorts
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of exhort
exition
exocarp
exocarp
noun
(biology) The outermost layer of the pericarp of fruits; the skin or epicarp
exocone
exocone
noun
(entomology) An elongated crystallized cone made of transparent material from the cornea in an insect eye.
exoderm
exoderm
noun
An outer layer of skin.
The outermost layer of cells in a developing embryo.
exodist
exodist
noun
One who goes out or emigrates; a member of an exodus.
exodium
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
exogens
exogens
noun
plural of exogen
exogeny
exogeny
noun
(anatomy) A phase in the life cycle of a hair follicle in which a hair exits the follicle.
(anthropology) Exogamy.
(botany) A division of woody plants whose stem is formed by successive accretions to the outside of the wood under the bark
Growth on the outside or near the surface.
Influence by external forces.
exogyra
exolete
exolete
adj
(obsolete) (of flowers) Faded.
(obsolete) That has gone out of use; disused, obsolete.
(obsolete) That has lost its virtue; effete, insipid.
exomion
exomion
noun
(rare) Synonym of exomis (“Ancient Greek tunic”)
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
exosmic
exostra
exotery
exotery
noun
That which is obvious or commonplace.
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
exotics
exotism
exotism
noun
A product or feature of exotic quality.
explode
explode
verb
(computing, programming, PHP) To break (a delimited string of text) into several smaller strings by removing the separators.
(figurative, intransitive) To increase suddenly.
(figuratively, intransitive) To make a violent or emotional outburst.
(intransitive) To fly apart with sudden violent force; to blow up, to burst, to detonate, to go off.
(intransitive, board gaming) Of a die, to produce the highest face result and consequently reroll.
(transitive) To create an exploded view of.
(transitive) To destroy violently or abruptly.
(transitive) To destroy with an explosion.
(transitive) To open all doors and hatches on an automobile.
(transitive, archaic) To disprove or debunk.
(transitive, computing) To decompress (data) that was previously imploded.
exploit
exploit
noun
(by extension, Internet, video games) An action or technique that takes advantage of the conditions of a video game to gain an advantage, or to disadvantage others.
(computing) A program or technique that exploits a vulnerability in other software.
A heroic or extraordinary deed.
An achievement.
verb
(transitive) To forcibly deprive (someone) of something to which she or he has a natural right for one's own benefit.
(transitive) To use for one’s own advantage.
explore
explore
noun
(colloquial) An exploration; a tour of a place to see what it is like.
verb
(intransitive) To be engaged exploring in any of the above senses.
(intransitive) To wander without any particular aim or purpose.
(intransitive, medicine) To examine diagnostically.
(intransitive, obsolete) To seek for something or after someone.
(transitive) To (seek) experience first hand.
(transitive) To examine or investigate something systematically.
(transitive) To seek sexual variety, to sow one's wild oats.
(transitive) To travel somewhere in search of discovery.
exports
exports
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of export
exposal
exposal
noun
(archaic) exposure
exposed
exposed
adj
(usually followed by to) Vulnerable, susceptible.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of expose
exposer
exposer
noun
One who exposes.
exposes
exposes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of expose
exposit
exposit
verb
to expound
expound
expound
verb
(intransitive) To make a statement, especially at length.
(transitive) To set out the meaning of; to explain or discuss at length
exradio
exradio
noun
(obsolete) Obsolete form of radon (“radon-222”).; an isotope of radon (element 86)
exsolve
exsolve
verb
(mineralogy, when referring to two or more minerals in a solid solution) To separate from one another at a critical point in temperature.
extbook
extoled
extolls
extolls
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of extoll
extorts
extorts
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of extort
feedbox
feedbox
noun
A box containing animal feed.
firebox
firebox
noun
(rail transport) The chamber of a steam engine, or a steam locomotive, in which the fuel is burned.
(vulgar) A redheaded woman or her red pubic hair.
The part of a fireplace where the fuel is burned.
flexion
flexion
noun
(grammar, dated) The variation of words by declension, comparison, or conjugation; inflection.
Deviation from straightness.
The act of bending a joint, especially a bone joint; the counteraction of extension.
(mycology, chiefly US) Bioluminescence created by some types of fungus, particularly those growing on rotting wood.
foxhole
foxhole
noun
(military) A small pit dug into the ground as a shelter for protection against enemy fire.
The burrow in the ground where a fox lives.
verb
(transitive) To dig a military foxhole into, or convert into a foxhole by digging.
(transitive) To drive into a military foxhole.
foxiest
foxiest
adj
superlative form of foxy: most foxy
foxlike
foxlike
adj
Like a fox.
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
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.
hellbox
hellbox
noun
(military, slang) A blasting machine producing an electrical charge for a detonation.
(printing, historical) A receptacle where cast metal sorts were thrown after printing.
hexagon
hexagon
noun
(geometry) A polygon with six sides and six angles.
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.
hexaxon
hexitol
hexitol
noun
(organic chemistry) Any polyol derived from a hexose
hexogen
hexogen
noun
The explosive RDX.
hexones
hexones
noun
plural of hexone
hexonic
hexosan
hexosan
noun
(biochemistry) Any polysaccharide composed of hexoses.
hexoses
hexoses
noun
plural of hexose
hoaxers
hoaxers
noun
plural of hoaxer
homosex
homosex
noun
(sexuality) Homosexual sexual intercourse.
isoxime
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.
kinepox
kinepox
noun
Alternative form of kine-pox
levroux
lexicog
lexicon
lexicon
noun
(lexicography, linguistics) A dictionary that includes or focuses on lexemes.
(programming) The lexicology of a programming language. (Usually called lexical structure.)
(rare) Any dictionary.
A dictionary of Classical Greek, Hebrew, Latin, or Aramaic.
A list thereof.
A set of vocabulary specific to a certain subject.
The vocabulary of a language.
The vocabulary used by or known to an individual. (Also called lexical knowledge.)
mesonyx
methoxy
methoxy
noun
(organic chemistry, especially in combination) The univalent radical CH₃-O- derived from methanol
mixteco
monteux
myoxine
myoxine
adj
Of, or pertaining to the dormouse.
overfix
overfix
verb
(transitive) To fix exceedingly or excessively; fix beyond what is required
overlax
overlax
adj
Excessively lax.
overmix
overmix
verb
To mix too thoroughly
overtax
overtax
verb
To overburden.
To tax to an excessive degree.
oxalate
oxalate
noun
(organic chemistry) Any salt or ester of oxalic acid.
verb
To coat (steel, etc.) with an oxalate.
oxalite
oxalite
noun
(mineralogy) A yellow mineral, one of the oxalates of iron.
oxamate
oxamate
noun
(chemistry) A salt of oxamic acid.
oxamide
oxamide
noun
(organic chemistry) A white crystalline solid, the double amide of oxalic acid, used as a stabilizer for nitrocellulose preparations and as a substitute for urea in fertilizers.
oxanate
oxazine
oxazine
noun
(organic chemistry) Any unsaturated six-membered heterocycle containing four carbon atoms, one oxygen, one nitrogen atom and two double bonds
oxazole
oxazole
noun
(organic chemistry) A five-membered heterocycle having three carbon atoms, one oxygen atom, one nitrogen atom and two double bonds; the 1,3- isomer is aromatic
oxberry
oxbiter
oxbrake
oxcheek
oxetone
oxheart
oxheart
noun
A large heart-shaped cherry.
oxhouse
oxidase
oxidase
noun
(biochemistry) Any of many enzymes which catalyze oxidation reactions, especially ones using molecular oxygen.