(organic chemistry) The acetate group, CH₃COO-, when viewed as a substituent
aftertax
aftertax
adj
Alternative spelling of after-tax.
anatexes
anatexis
anatexis
noun
(geology) The metamorphism of plutonic rock into magma in the lower levels of the crust
anauxite
antefixa
antefixa
noun
(architecture) Alternative form of antefix
plural of antefixum
anthelix
anthelix
noun
(anatomy) Alternative spelling of antihelix.
atriplex
autoxeny
auxetics
auxetics
noun
plural of auxetic
auxocyte
axiolite
axletree
axletree
noun
A bar or beam of wood or iron, connecting the opposite wheels of a carriage, on the ends of which the wheels revolve.
A spindle or axle of a wheel.
A stimulus or driving force.
axmaster
axometer
axometry
axopetal
axopetal
adj
(physiology, dated) Seeking the axon.
axophyte
axophyte
noun
(botany) Any plant with an axis or stem
axostyle
axostyle
noun
A sheet of microtubules found in certain microbial eukaryotes, arising from the bases of the flagella.
batteaux
batteaux
noun
plural of batteau
bauxites
bauxites
noun
plural of bauxite
beauxite
beauxite
noun
Archaic form of bauxite.
belatrix
cathexes
cathexes
noun
plural of cathexis
cathexis
cathexis
noun
(psychoanalysis) The concentration of libido or emotional energy on a single object or idea.
chateaux
chateaux
noun
plural of chateau
couteaux
couteaux
noun
plural of couteau
creatrix
creatrix
noun
(rare) A female creator.
dextrane
dextrans
dextrans
noun
plural of dextran
epitaxic
epitaxic
adj
Relating to epitaxy
epitaxis
eutaxies
eutaxite
eutaxite
noun
(geology, uncommon) A pyroclastic deposit that exhibits characteristics of both tuff and lava flows.
exacters
exacters
noun
plural of exacter
exactest
exactest
adj
superlative form of exact: most exact
verb
(archaic) second-person singular simple present form of exact
exacting
exacting
adj
(of a person or organization) Characterized by exaction.
(of an action, task, etc) Requiring precise accuracy, great care, effort, or attention.
Making great demands; difficult to satisfy.
verb
present participle and gerund of exact
exaction
exaction
noun
That which is exacted; a severe tribute; a fee, reward, or contribution, demanded or levied with severity or injustice.
The act of demanding with authority, and compelling to pay or yield; compulsion to give or furnish; a levying by force
extortion.
exactive
exactive
adj
exacting
exactors
exactors
noun
plural of exactor
exacuate
exacuate
verb
(obsolete) To whet or sharpen.
exaltate
exaltate
Adjective
Exercising its highest influence.
exalters
exalters
noun
plural of exalter
exalting
exalting
adj
Of something that uplifts, that exalts.
verb
present participle of exalt
exameter
exameter
noun
US spelling of exametre
exanthem
exanthem
noun
A widespread rash usually occurring in children.
excalate
excavate
excavate
noun
(zoology) Any member of a major grouping of unicellular eukaryotes, of the clade Excavata.
verb
(transitive) To make a hole in (something); to hollow.
(transitive) To remove part of (something) by scooping or digging it out.
(transitive) To uncover (something) by digging.
excecate
excecate
verb
(obsolete) To blind.
excerpta
excerpta
noun
plural of excerptum
excitant
excitant
adj
exciting; stimulating
noun
Something that excites or stimulates; a stimulant
excitate
excitate
verb
(obsolete) To excite.
excretal
excretal
adj
Relating to excretion or to excrement.
excubant
excubant
adj
(formal) Watchful; keeping watch or guarding.
excudate
execrate
execrate
verb
(intransitive, archaic) to invoke a curse; to curse or swear
(transitive) to declare to be hateful or abhorrent; to denounce
(transitive) to feel loathing for; to abhor
exhalant
exhalant
adj
exhaling (emitting a fluid)
noun
Something that emits a fluid
exhalate
exhalate
verb
to breathe out or upon.
exhalent
exhalent
adj
Alternative form of exhalant
exhausts
exhausts
noun
plural of exhaust
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of exhaust
exhumate
exhumate
verb
(obsolete) To exhume; to disinter.
exigeant
exigeant
adj
exigent; demanding
existant
existant
adj
Misspelling of existent.
exitance
exitance
noun
(physics) Flux (of radiation).
exornate
exossate
exostema
exostema
noun
(botany) Any of the flowering plant genus Exostema.
exostrae
exotheca
exotheca
noun
(zoology) The tissue that fills the interspaces between the costae of many madreporarian corals, usually consisting of small transverse or oblique septa.
expiated
expiated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of expiate
expiates
expiates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of expiate
expiator
expiator
noun
One who makes expiation or atonement.
expilate
expirant
expirant
noun
One who expires or is expiring.
expirate
explants
explants
noun
plural of explant
exsecant
exsecant
noun
(trigonometry) The trigonometric function sec(x) − 1. Abbreviation: exsec
exsheath
exsheath
verb
To remove from a sheath
exsudate
extasiie
external
external
adj
(anatomy) Situated near or toward the surface of the body.
(computing, of a hardware) Not contained in the main computer.
(computing, of storage) Using a disk or tape drive rather than the main memory.
(education) For or concerning students registered with and taking the examinations of a university but not resident there.
(pharmacology, relational) Relating to or denoting a medicine or similar substance for use on the outside of the body.
Having existence independent of the mind.
Having merely the outward appearance of something.
Not intrinsic or essential.
Outside of something; on the exterior.
Provided by something or someone outside of the entity (object, group, company etc.) considered.
Relating to or connected with foreign nations or institutions.
noun
(programming, in the C language) A variable that is defined in the source code but whose value comes from some external source.
(usually in the plural) The exterior; outward features or appearances.
Inessential or superficial features.
Outward appearance.
externat
externat
noun
A day school.
extracts
extracts
noun
plural of extract
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of extract
extrados
extrados
noun
(architecture) The outer or upper curve of an arch.
extrared
extrared
adj
(obsolete) infrared
extremal
extremal
adj
(mathematics) Relating to extrema (maximal or minimal)
noun
(mathematics) Any solution to a variety of equations in the calculus of variations
extubate
extubate
verb
(surgery) To remove a tube from a hollow organ or from an airway.
exudates
exudates
noun
plural of exudate
exultant
exultant
adj
Very happy, especially at someone else's defeat or failure.
exundate
exundate
verb
(formal) To overflow; to inundate.
exuviate
exuviate
verb
(transitive, intransitive, rare) To shed or cast off a covering, especially a skin; to slough; to molt (moult).
fixative
fixative
adj
Serving to fix or bind.
noun
(perfumery) The components of a perfume that prolong or bolster the notes, and may or may not be the base note itself.
A substance that fixes, protects, or preserves.
fixature
fixature
noun
(historical) A gummy preparation for fixing the hair in place.
flaxiest
fortaxed
fraxetin
fraxetin
noun
(organic chemistry) A hydrolysis product of fraxin; 7,8-dihydroxy-6-methoxycoumarin.
geotaxes
geotaxes
noun
plural of geotaxis
geotaxis
geotaxis
noun
(biology) A downward movement.
(biology) A living creature's ability to move by orienting itself by gravitational forces.
hatboxes
hatboxes
noun
plural of hatbox
hexaglot
hexaglot
adj
(rare) In six languages.
hexamita
hexaster
hexaster
noun
(zoology) A hexact with axes that branch into rays at the extremity.
huxtable
inextant
inextant
Adjective
Not extant.
jaxartes
laxative
laxative
adj
Having the effect of moving the bowels, or aiding digestion and preventing constipation.
noun
Any substance, such as a food or in the form of a medicine which has a laxative effect.
laxities
laxities
noun
plural of laxity
malaxate
malaxate
verb
To soften, especially by kneading with the hands.
manteaux
manteaux
noun
plural of manteau
mastauxe
mastixes
matrixes
maxentia
maximate
maximite
meiotaxy
metaxite
mixtecan
mixtecan
Adjective
Of or relating to a branch of the Otomanguean language family of Mexico, including the Trique (or Triqui) languages, Cuicatec, and the large expanse of Mixtec languages.
naxalite
nontaxer
nontaxes
nontaxes
noun
plural of nontax
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
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
oxyaster
oxycrate
oxycrate
noun
(medicine, archaic) A mixture of water and vinegar.
patrixes
patuxent
plateaux
plateaux
noun
plural of plateau
preexact
pretexta
pyxidate
pyxidate
adj
Having a pyxidium.
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.
salteaux
saxatile
saxatile
adj
Of or relating to rocks; living among rocks.
saxonite
saxonite
noun
(mineralogy) Harzburgite, a peridotite consisting mostly of olivine and low-calcium pyroxene.
Peridotite composed of olivine and enstatite.
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
storaxes
storaxes
noun
plural of storax
styraxes
styraxes
noun
plural of styrax
subtaxer
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