(rhetoric) Supporting a proposition by reference to common knowledge.
apomixes
apomixes
noun
plural of apomixis
apomixis
apomixis
noun
(botany) Plant reproduction without fertilization, meiosis, or the production of gametes.
(botany) Plant reproduction without fertilization.
(zoology) Animal reproduction in which the egg cell does not undergo meiosis or fertilization.
apoxesis
axolysis
axolysis
noun
(physics) The degeneration or dissolution of an axon
bollixes
bollixes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bollix
boxerism
boxiness
boxiness
noun
The condition of being boxy
coexists
coexists
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of coexist
colaxais
commixes
commixes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of commix
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
cresoxid
digoxins
digoxins
noun
plural of digoxin
dioxanes
dioxanes
noun
plural of dioxane
dioxides
dioxides
noun
plural of dioxide
doxastic
doxastic
adj
Of, pertaining to, or depending on opinion; conjectural.
epoxides
epoxides
noun
plural of epoxide
ethoxies
excision
excision
noun
(genetics) The removal of a gene from a section of genetic material.
(surgery) The removal of something (a tumor or body part) by cutting.
(topology) The fact that, under certain hypotheses, the homology of a space relative to a subspace is unchanged by the identification of a subspace of the latter to a point.
The removal of some text during editing.
excitons
excitons
noun
plural of exciton
excitors
excitors
noun
plural of excitor
excussio
exiguous
exiguous
adj
scanty; meager
eximious
eximious
adj
(archaic) Pre-eminent, outstanding.
exitious
exitious
adj
Harmful, destructive, deadly, pernicious.
exonship
exonship
noun
The role or status of an exon.
exorcise
exorcise
verb
(transitive) To drive out (an evil spirit) from a person, place or thing, especially by an incantation or prayer.
(transitive) To rid (a person, place or thing) of an evil spirit.
exorcism
exorcism
noun
The ritual act of driving out evil spirits from persons, places or things that are possessed by them.
exorcist
exorcist
noun
A person, especially a priest, who practices exorcism.
exotisms
exotisms
noun
plural of exotism
exploits
exploits
noun
plural of exploit
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of exploit
expolish
expolish
verb
(obsolete, nonce word) To polish thoroughly.
exposing
exposing
verb
present participle of expose
exposits
exposits
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of exposit
extusion
flexions
flexions
noun
plural of flexion
fluxions
fluxions
noun
(obsolete, mathematics) differential calculus
plural of fluxion
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of fluxion
foxfires
foxiness
foxiness
noun
The characteristic or quality of being foxy
foxskins
foxskins
noun
plural of foxskin
foxtails
foxtails
noun
plural of foxtail
geotaxis
geotaxis
noun
(biology) A downward movement.
(biology) A living creature's ability to move by orienting itself by gravitational forces.
gobiesox
hypoxias
hypoxias
noun
plural of hypoxia
iceboxes
iceboxes
noun
plural of icebox
indoxyls
indoxyls
noun
plural of indoxyl
isohexyl
lexicons
lexicons
noun
plural of lexicon
misoxene
misoxeny
misoxeny
noun
Aversion to foreigners or strangers.
mixtecos
onyxitis
onyxitis
noun
Alternative form of onychitis
oxalises
oxalises
noun
plural of oxalis
oxazines
oxazines
noun
plural of oxazine
oxidants
oxidants
noun
plural of oxidant
oxidases
oxidases
noun
plural of oxidase
oxidasic
oxidasic
adj
Of or relating to oxidase.
oxidates
oxidates
noun
plural of oxidate
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of oxidate
oxidised
oxidised
adj
Alternative spelling of oxidized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of oxidise
oxidiser
oxidiser
noun
Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of oxidizer.
oxidises
oxidises
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of oxidise
oxidizes
oxidizes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of oxidize
oxyacids
oxyacids
noun
plural of oxyacid
oxydasic
oxyphils
oxypolis
peroxids
peroxids
noun
plural of peroxid
poxvirus
poxvirus
noun
Any of a group of DNA viruses, of the family Poxviridae, that cause pox diseases in vertebrates
protaxis
quixotes
saindoux
sarcoxie
saxicola
saxicole
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
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
sixfolds
sixscore
sixscore
num
(archaic) One hundred and twenty.
sixtowns
spillbox
suboxide
suboxide
noun
(chemistry) any oxide containing a small proportion of oxygen
swinepox
swinepox
noun
(medicine, obsolete) A form of chickenpox, with acuminated vesicles containing a watery fluid; the waterpox.
A disease of pigs, caused by a virus of the family Poxviridae and the genus Suipoxvirus.
toxemias
toxemias
noun
plural of toxemia
trioxids
trioxids
noun
plural of trioxid
uxorious
uxorious
adj
Very devoted and possibly submissive to one's wife.