(phonetics) The epenthesis (insertion) of a vowel.
antapexes
aphotaxis
apostaxis
appomatox
apteryxes
apteryxes
noun
plural of apteryx
auxotroph
auxotroph
noun
Any microorganism that has lost the ability to synthesize an organic compound required for its growth, usually as a result of mutation
axiopisty
axiopisty
noun
Worthiness of being believed.
capiteaux
cataplexy
cataplexy
noun
(medicine) An abrupt loss of muscle tone, sometimes associated with narcolepsy.
epistaxis
epistaxis
noun
(medicine) nosebleed
epitaxial
epitaxial
adj
Of, pertaining to, or employing epitaxy
epitaxies
epitaxies
noun
plural of epitaxy
exceptant
exceptant
adj
(archaic) Making exception.
noun
One who makes an exception.
exculpate
exculpate
verb
To clear of or to free from guilt; exonerate.
exopathic
exotropia
exotropia
noun
(medicine) A form of strabismus in which the eyes deviate outwards.
expalpate
expatiate
expatiate
verb
(obsolete) To expand; to spread; to extend; to diffuse; to broaden.
(rare) To range at large, or without restraint.
To write or speak at length; to be copious in argument or discussion.
expectant
expectant
adj
(medicine, dated) Awaiting the effects of nature, with little active treatment.
Marked by expectation.
Pregnant.
noun
A person who expects or awaits something.
expediate
expediate
adj
(obsolete) Expeditious.
verb
(rare, historical) To injure (a dog) by cutting away the pads of the forefeet, thereby preventing it from hunting.
Misconstruction of expedite
expellant
expellant
adj
That expels
noun
(medicine) A substance that expels undesirable material (typically worms) from the body
expiating
expiating
verb
present participle of expiate
expiation
expiation
noun
(obsolete) The act of expiating or stripping off.
An act of atonement for a sin or wrongdoing.
expiatist
expiative
expiative
adj
That serves to expiate.
expiators
expiators
noun
plural of expiator
expiatory
expiatory
adj
Of or pertaining to expiation.
expilator
expilator
noun
(obsolete) One who plunders or pillages.
expirator
expiscate
expiscate
verb
(transitive, formal, archaic) To fish out; to find out by skill or laborious investigation; to search out.
explanate
explanate
adj
(botany) Flat; flattened.
explanted
explanted
adj
Removed from a natural site of growth, and placed in a culture medium (especially in relation to plants)
Removed from the body (especially in relation to organs)
verb
simple past tense and past participle of explant
explicate
explicate
adj
(obsolete) Evolved; unfolded.
verb
(transitive) To explain meticulously or in great detail.
explorate
explorate
verb
(obsolete) To explore.
expoliate
exprobate
exprobate
verb
Obsolete form of exprobrate.
expurgate
expurgate
verb
(transitive) To edit out (incorrect, offensive, or otherwise undesirable information) from a book or other publication; to cleanse; to purge.
(transitive) To undertake editing out incorrect, offensive, or otherwise undesirable information from (a book or other publication); to cleanse; to purge.
extirpate
extirpate
verb
(transitive) To destroy completely; to annihilate, to cause to go extinct locally.
(transitive) To pull up by the roots; uproot.
(transitive) To surgically remove.
(transitive, obsolete) To clear an area of roots and stumps.
hepatauxe
hypotaxia
hypotaxic
hypotaxis
hypotaxis
noun
(grammar) Syntactic subordination of one clause or construction to another.
inexpiate
inexpiate
adj
(obsolete) Not appeased or placated.
juxtapose
juxtapose
verb
(transitive) To place side by side, especially for contrast or comparison.
kataplexy
kataplexy
noun
Alternative form of cataplexy
mastopexy
mastopexy
noun
(surgery) Any operation designed to lift or reshape a woman's breast.
myxophyta
noxapater
operatrix
parataxic
parataxic
adj
Pertaining to parataxis.
parataxis
parataxis
noun
(grammar) Speech or writing in which clauses or phrases are placed together without being separated by conjunctions, for example "I came; I saw; I conquered".
(historical, politics) A coalition or "partisan camp" in the Ancient Greek political system.
(literature) The juxtaposition of two images or fragments, usually starkly dissimilar, without a clear connection.
paxillate
paxillate
adj
Having, or in the form of paxillae
phototaxy
phototaxy
noun
phototaxis
pixilated
pixilated
adj
behaving in an eccentric manner, as though led by pixies.
drunk
whimsical
plaintext
plaintext
noun
(cryptography, computing) Alternative spelling of plain text
pleiotaxy
postaxiad
postaxial
postaxial
adj
(anatomy) Situated behind any transverse axis in the body of an animal; caudal; posterior.
postcoxal
postfixal
postfixal
adj
(linguistics) Relating to, or taking the form of, a postfix.
praetexta
praetexta
noun
(historical, Roman antiquity) A white robe with a purple border, worn by a Roman boy before he was entitled to wear the toga virilis, or until about the completion of his fourteenth year, and by girls until their marriage. It was also worn by magistrates and priests.
praxithea
preataxic
preataxic
adj
(medicine) Before the onset of ataxia.
pretextae
protaxial
prothorax
prothorax
noun
(entomology) The anterior segment of the insect thorax; it carries the first pair of legs
proximate
proximate
adj
(law) Immediately preceding or following in a chain of causation.
About to take place; impending.
Close or closest; adjacent.
noun
(linguistics) A grammatical marker that distinguishes a relatively salient referent in a given context from a relatively non-salient (obviative) one.
pyothorax
pyothorax
noun
pleural empyema; an accumulation of pus in the pleural cavity
sapotoxin
sapotoxin
noun
A toxic saponin.
sextipara
sextipara
noun
A female that has borne six offspring.
tapayaxin
tapayaxin
noun
(dated) The horned lizard.
taxeopoda
taxeopody
taxiplane
taxiplane
noun
An airplane that can be hired to transport people, like a taxi.
taxpayers
taxpayers
noun
plural of taxpayer
taxpaying
taxpaying
adj
That pays taxes.
topotaxis
toxaphene
toxaphene
noun
An acaricide and insecticide that is a mixture of chlorinated camphenes, now considered a persistent organic pollutant.
toxiphagi
waxplants
waxplants
noun
plural of waxplant
xanthippe
xanthippe
Noun
An ill-tempered woman.
xanthopia
xanthopia
noun
A visual disorder in which things appear yellowish.