The fact or condition of immediate succession or proximity; the quality of being next.
nitroxyl
nitroxyl
noun
Aminoxyl.
nixtamal
nixtamal
noun
Hominy; maize kernels which have undergone nixtamalization, that is, hulling and soaking and cooking in an alkaline solution.
nontaxer
nontaxes
nontaxes
noun
plural of nontax
nontoxic
nontoxic
adj
Not toxic; not poisonous.
noun
A substance that is not toxic.
nosotaxy
notaulix
notaulix
noun
A furrow in the anterior part of the mesonotum of some insects
novatrix
octuplex
octuplex
adj
Having eight components.
onyxitis
onyxitis
noun
Alternative form of onychitis
oreortyx
orthodox
orthodox
adj
(botany) Of pollen, seed, or spores: viable for a long time; viable when dried to low moisture content.
Adhering to whatever is customary, traditional, or generally accepted.
Conforming to the accepted, established, or traditional doctrines of a given faith, religion, or ideology.
Of a branch of Judaism.
Of the eastern churches, Eastern Orthodox.
ototoxic
ototoxic
adj
Causing ototoxicity.
outboxed
outboxed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of outbox
outboxes
outboxes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of outbox
outfoxed
outfoxed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of outfox
outfoxes
outfoxes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of outfox
oxalated
oxalated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of oxalate
oxalates
oxalates
noun
plural of oxalate
oxammite
oxammite
noun
(mineralogy) An orthorhombic-disphenoidal mineral containing carbon, hydrogen, nitrogen, and oxygen.
oxhearts
oxhearts
noun
plural of oxheart
oxidants
oxidants
noun
plural of oxidant
oxidated
oxidated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of oxidate
oxidates
oxidates
noun
plural of oxidate
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of oxidate
oxidator
oxidator
noun
(obsolete) A device for causing a current of air to impinge on the flame of the Argand lamp.
(obsolete) An oxidizer.
oximeter
oximeter
noun
(chemistry) A device that measures the quantity of oxygen in something, particularly air in the atmosphere.
(medicine, specifically) A device that measures the oxygen saturation of arterial blood.
oximetry
oximetry
noun
The measurement of the oxygen level in arterial blood
oxtongue
oxtongue
noun
A flowering plant of the genus Anchusa, especially Anchusa officinalis (true alkanet).
A flowering plant of the genus Picris, especially Picris echioides (bristly oxtongue).
Beef tongue (a foodstuff).
oxyaster
oxycrate
oxycrate
noun
(medicine, archaic) A mixture of water and vinegar.
oxydiact
oxyether
oxyethyl
oxyfatty
oxyphyte
oxysalts
oxysalts
noun
plural of oxysalt
oxystome
oxytocia
oxytocia
noun
(medicine) An unusually rapid childbirth.
oxytocic
oxytocic
adj
(medicine) Serving to promote uterine contractions, thus accelerating childbirth.
noun
An oxytocic drug.
oxytocin
oxytocin
noun
(biochemistry) A hormone that stimulates contractions during labor, and then the production of milk; also plays a role in social bonding.
oxytones
oxytones
noun
plural of oxytone
oxytonic
oxytonic
adj
(prosody) Having a stress on the last syllable.
paintbox
paintbox
noun
A box used to hold an artist's paints.
paintrix
patrixes
patuxent
plateaux
plateaux
noun
plural of plateau
pontifex
pontifex
noun
(historical) A pontiff, or high priest, in Ancient Rome.
preexact
preexist
preexist
verb
To exist before something else.
pretexta
pretexts
pretexts
noun
plural of pretext
protaxis
protoxid
protoxid
noun
Archaic form of protoxide.
proxenet
proxenet
noun
A negotiator; a factor.
pyxidate
pyxidate
adj
Having a pyxidium.
quixotes
quixotic
quixotic
adj
Resembling or characteristic of the Spanish chivalric hero Don Quixote; possessed with or resulting from the desire to do noble and romantic deeds, without thought of realism and practicality; exceedingly idealistic.
noun
(rare) A quixotic person or sentiment.
quixotry
quixotry
noun
A wild, visionary idea, an eccentric notion or act; a quixotism.
reexport
reexport
noun
(economics) export of a (recently) imported good (often not or hardly reworked)
verb
to export again; to export something that has been imported
relatrix
relatrix
noun
(law) A female relator.
relaxant
relaxant
noun
A drug or other agent that promotes relaxation.
retaxing
retaxing
verb
present participle of retax
retraxit
retraxit
noun
(law, obsolete) A dismissal with prejudice based on a plaintiff's withdrawal of the suit.
rexenite
rixatrix
rixatrix
Noun
A scolding or quarrelsome female; a scold.
salteaux
saxatile
saxatile
adj
Of or relating to rocks; living among rocks.
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.
saxtubas
saxtubas
noun
plural of saxtuba
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
sextants
sextants
noun
plural of sextant
sextarii
sextarii
noun
plural of sextarius
sextette
sextette
noun
Dated form of sextet.
sextiles
sextiles
noun
plural of sextile
sextilis
sextiply
sextolet
sextolet
noun
(music) A double triplet; a group of six equal notes played in the time of four.
sextuple
sextuple
adj
(music) Having six beats to the bar.
Being six times as great.
Having six parts.
noun
(sports, soccer) A team that wins 6 titles in the same year or season.
a sixfold amount
verb
To make, or to become, six times as much (or as many).
sextuply
sextuply
adv
In a sextuple fashion.
silexite
silexite
noun
Synonym of quartzolite
sixteens
sixteens
noun
plural of sixteen
sixtieth
sixtieth
adj
The ordinal form of the number sixty.
noun
One of sixty equal parts of a whole.
The person or thing in the sixtieth position.
sixtowns
skatoxyl
spintext
spintext
noun
(archaic) A long-winded preacher.
stomoxys
storaxes
storaxes
noun
plural of storax
styraxes
styraxes
noun
plural of styrax
subtaxer
subtaxon
subtaxon
noun
(taxonomy) One of the elements within a taxon.
subtexts
subtexts
noun
plural of subtext
supertax
supertax
noun
A higher rate of an existing tax.
An additional tax on something that has already been taxed.
surtaxed
surtaxed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of surtax
surtaxes
surtaxes
noun
plural of surtax
sweatbox
sweatbox
noun
(UK, slang) A compartment in a police van to hold a prisoner being transported.
(US, slang) A jail cell.
(animation) The review process that takes place in a sweat box.
(animation) The room where a scene is reviewed.
(slang) A small nightclub packed to capacity where people get hot and sweaty.
A small overheated cell or room used for solitary confinement or torture.
Any box or boxlike structure used to induce sweating, such as of hides or tobacco
syntaxes
syntaxes
noun
plural of syntax
plural of syntaxis
syntaxis
syntaxis
noun
(archaic, grammar) Syntax.
(crystallography) Syntaxy.
(geology) A convergence of mountain ranges, or geological folds, towards a single point.
syntexis
syntexis
noun
(geology) A change in the structure of magma by melting or the assimilation of a different type of rock.
(medicine) emaciation or wasting away
tableaux
tableaux
noun
plural of tableau
taxables
taxables
noun
plural of taxable
taxaceae
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
taxative
taxative
adj
Exhaustive, comprehensive.
Relating to taxation.
taxeater
taxeopod
taxiable
taxiable
adj
Able to be taxied
taxiarch
taxiarch
noun
(historical, Ancient Greece) An Athenian military officer commanding a certain division of an army.
taxiauto
taxicabs
taxicabs
noun
plural of taxicab
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of taxicab
taxicorn
taxingly
taxingly
adv
In a taxing manner.
taxinomy
taxiways
taxiways
noun
plural of taxiway
taxodium
taxodium
noun
Any of the genus Taxodium of flood-tolerant conifers in the cypress family.
taxodont
taxodont
adj
(marine biology, of a bivalve) Pertaining to a group of many short interlocking teeth, at least some of which are transverse to the hinge margin.
taxology
taxology
noun
taxonomy
taxonomy
taxonomy
noun
(taxonomy, uncountable) The science of finding, describing, classifying and naming organisms.
A classification; especially, a classification in a hierarchical system.
The science or the technique used to make a classification.
taxpayer
taxpayer
noun
A person who is subject to, liable for, or pays tax as opposed to a nontaxpayer who is neither the subject nor the object of revenue laws.
All of the people, collectively, in a population who pay tax (especially used in the context of the government financing something using the tax revenue).
teaboxes
teaboxes
noun
plural of teabox
teguexin
teguexin
noun
(zoology) A large South American lizard with yellowish spots; a gold tegu.
teletext
teletext
noun
Alternative form of Teletext
telexing
telexing
verb
present participle of telex
teroxide
tetraxon
tetraxon
noun
A tetraxonal spicule of a sponge
tetroxid
tetroxid
noun
Archaic form of tetroxide.
texcocan
texguino
textbook
textbook
adj
Having the typical characteristics of some class of phenomenon, so that it might be included as an example in a textbook.
Of or pertaining to textbooks or their style, especially in being dry and pedagogical; textbooky, textbooklike.
noun
A coursebook, a formal manual of instruction in a specific subject, especially one for use in schools or colleges.
textiles
textiles
noun
The industry involved in the manufacture of cloth.
The study of the manufacture of cloth.
plural of textile
textless
textless
adj
Without text.
textrine
textrine
adj
Of or relating to weaving; textorial.
textuary
textuary
adj
Contained in a text; textual.
Serving as a text; authoritative.
noun
One who adheres strictly or rigidly to a text.
One who is well versed in Scripture; a textman.
textuist
textuist
noun
(obsolete) A textualist; a textman.
textural
textural
adj
Of or pertaining to texture.
textured
textured
adj
Having texture, not smooth.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of texture
textures
textures
noun
plural of texture
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of texture
thioxene
thioxene
noun
(chemistry) Any of three possible metameric substances that are dimethyl derivatives of thiophene, like the xylenes from benzene.
thoraxes
thrsieux
thyroxin
thyroxin
noun
Alternative spelling of thyroxine
tlaxcala
tlaxcala
Proper noun
A state of Mexico.
toadflax
toadflax
noun
Any of several European plants, of the genus Linaria, having two-lipped yellow flowers.
Any of several other plants in the family Plantaginaceae.
tonneaux
tonneaux
noun
plural of tonneau
torteaux
touchbox
touchbox
noun
A box containing lighted tinder, formerly carried by soldiers for kindling matchlocks.
toxaemia
toxaemia
noun
Alternative spelling of toxemia, organic blood poisoning