(art) A conventional subject of ancient Greek votive sculpture: an athlete caught in the familiar act of scraping sweat and dust from his body with a strigil.
asphyxiator
asphyxiator
noun
One who or that which asphyxiates.
axanthopsia
axanthopsia
noun
Inability to see the colours yellow and blue.
axonolipous
axonolipous
adj
Belonging to the Axonolipa.
axospermous
chiropraxis
coexplosion
complexions
complexions
noun
plural of complexion
complexness
complexness
noun
The state or quality of being complex.
disulphoxid
dopaoxidase
excerptions
excerptions
noun
plural of excerption
exomorphism
exomorphism
noun
(geology) A change in a rock that happens when igneous material intrudes upon it.
exomphalous
exomphalous
adj
Relating to or exhibiting exomphalos.
expansional
expansional
adj
Relating to expansion.
expatiators
expatiators
noun
plural of expatiator
expeditions
expeditions
noun
plural of expedition
expeditious
expeditious
adj
(of a process or thing) Completed or done with efficiency and speed; facilitating speed.
Fast, prompt, speedy.
expirations
expirations
noun
plural of expiration
expiscation
expiscation
noun
(archaic, formal) The act of expiscating; fishing.
expiscatory
expiscatory
adj
(archaic) Tending to fish out; searching.
explicators
explicators
noun
plural of explicator
explosively
explosively
adv
In an explosive manner.
exposedness
exposedness
noun
The state or quality of being exposed.
expositions
expositions
noun
plural of exposition
expositress
expositress
noun
(dated) A female expositor.
expostulate
expostulate
verb
(intransitive) To protest or remonstrate; to reason earnestly with a person on some impropriety of conduct.
expressions
expressions
noun
plural of expression
expromissor
expromissor
noun
(law) The new debtor introduced by expromission.
expulsatory
expulsatory
adj
expulsive; having the power to expel; serving to expel
expunctions
expunctions
noun
plural of expunction
expurgators
expurgators
noun
plural of expurgator
exstemporal
exstrophies
exstrophies
noun
plural of exstrophy
extemporise
extemporise
verb
(intransitive) To do something in a makeshift way.
(intransitive) To do something, particularly to perform or speak, without prior planning or thought; to act in an impromptu manner; to improvise.
(transitive) To make or create ex tempore.
(transitive, music) To compose extemporaneously or improvise.
extirpators
extirpators
noun
plural of extirpator
hematopexis
hemosalpinx
hexapterous
hexapterous
adj
(botany) Having six wing-like processes or extensions
hysteropexy
hysteropexy
noun
(surgery) The fixation of a misplaced or abnormally movable uterus.
ideopraxist
ideopraxist
noun
A person who is compelled to carry out an idea.
inexplosive
inexplosive
adj
Not explosive.
inexposable
juxtaposing
juxtaposing
noun
An act of juxtaposition.
verb
present participle of juxtapose
lymphotaxis
lymphotaxis
noun
The attraction to, or repulsion from lymphocytes
mastopexies
mastopexies
noun
plural of mastopexy
mesosalpinx
mesosalpinx
noun
(anatomy) Part of the lining of the abdominal cavity in higher vertebrates, specifically the portion of the broad ligament that stretches from the ovary to the level of the uterine tube.
metroplexes
metroplexes
noun
plural of metroplex
myeloplaxes
myeloplaxes
noun
plural of myeloplax
myxopoiesis
myxosporium
myxosporous
nasopharynx
nasopharynx
noun
(anatomy) The nasal part of the pharynx, lying behind the nose and above the level of the soft palate.
neuroplexus
nonexpiries
nonexposure
nonexposure
noun
Lack of exposure.
orthopraxis
orthopraxis
noun
orthopraxy
overexpands
overexpands
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of overexpand
overexposed
overexposed
adj
Exposed too much, especially of film or a photograph.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of overexpose
overexposes
overexposes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of overexpose
overexpress
overexpress
verb
(genetics, transitive) To artificially express (a gene) in increased quantity.
oxypetalous
oxyphyllous
oxysulphate
oxysulphate
noun
Alternative form of oxysulfate
oxysulphide
oxysulphide
noun
Alternative form of oxysulfide
paradoxides
paradoxurus
paroxysmist
pepperboxes
pepperboxes
noun
plural of pepperbox
pericoxitis
peroxidases
peroxidases
noun
plural of peroxidase
peroxisomal
peroxisomal
adj
Of or pertaining to the peroxisome
peroxisomes
peroxisomes
noun
plural of peroxisome
photosyntax
photosyntax
noun
(archaic) photosynthesis
phototaxies
phyllotaxes
phyllotaxes
noun
plural of phyllotaxis
phyllotaxis
phyllotaxis
noun
(botany) The arrangement of leaves on a stem, or the mathematical principles governing such arrangement.
phylloxeras
picrotoxins
picrotoxins
noun
plural of picrotoxin
pixilations
pixilations
noun
plural of pixilation
pleiotaxies
postaxially
postaxially
adv
In a postaxial manner or direction
postexilian
postexilian
Adjective
After an exile, especially the Biblical exile of the Jews.
postflexion
postflexion
adj
(zoology) After the flexion stage of larval development.
postmaximal
postmaximal
adj
(mathematics) After a maximum.
postxiphoid
postxyphoid
preexposing
preexposure
preexposure
adj
Prior to exposure
pretextuous
pretextuous
adj
Synonym of pretextual (“false or contrived”)
procatarxis
procatarxis
noun
(medicine, dated) The kindling of a disease into action; the procatarctic cause.
proexercise
proexposure
prolixities
prolixities
noun
plural of prolixity
prophylaxes
prophylaxes
noun
plural of prophylaxis
prophylaxis
prophylaxis
noun
(chess) A move or strategy that frustrates an opponent's plan or tactic.
(medicine) Prevention of, or protective treatment for, disease.
prosecutrix
prosecutrix
noun
A female prosecutor
A female victim of a crime on whose behalf the state is prosecuting a suspect
prostatauxe
proteopexis
prothoraxes
protoxylems
protoxylems
noun
plural of protoxylem
proxenetism
proxenetism
noun
(formal) The negotiation or facilitation of a transaction between a sex worker and a customer.
proximities
proximities
noun
plural of proximity
pseudodoxal
pseudolarix
psychotaxis
psychotoxic
psychotoxic
adj
That has a toxic effect on the mind
pyoxanthose
pyoxanthose
noun
(chemistry, archaic) A greenish-yellow crystalline colouring matter found with pyocyanin in pus.
pyridoxines
pyridoxines
noun
plural of pyridoxine
pyroxenites
pyroxenites
noun
plural of pyroxenite
pyroxenoids
pyroxenoids
noun
plural of pyroxenoid
radiopraxis
reexpansion
reexpansion
noun
another expansion
reexposures
reexposures
noun
plural of reexposure
saxophonist
saxophonist
noun
A person who owns, plays or practices with the saxophone.
scapulopexy
sceuophylax
sceuophylax
noun
A sacristan or church treasurer.
semiexposed
semiexposed
adj
Somewhat or partly exposed.
siphonoplax
spasmotoxin
spasmotoxin
noun
(organic chemistry, archaic) An alkaloid, found in cultures of the tetanus bacillus, that induces violent convulsions.
spermatoxin
spermotoxin
spermotoxin
noun
Alternative form of spermatotoxin
splenopexia
splenopexis
splenotoxin
splenotoxin
noun
Any substance that is toxic to the spleen.
sulphoxylic
superexport
superextoll
superoxides
superoxides
noun
plural of superoxide
taxeopodous
toxophilies
toxophilism
toxophilous
toxophorous
toxoplasmas
toxoplasmic
toxoplasmic
adj
Pertaining to toxoplasmas
trophotaxis
underexpose
underexpose
adj
(photography) The condition when a photograph is darker than it should be because the film was not exposed to sufficient light either because the camera aperture was too small or the duration of light was too short.
verb
(photography) To take a photograph using too small an exposure
To provide with insufficient publicity
unexplosive
unexplosive
adj
Not explosive
unexposable
unexposable
adj
Not exposable.
xanthophose
xenophilism
xenophilism
noun
xenophilia (attraction to foreign people, manners or culture)