(botany) A class of plant growth substance (often called phytohormones or plant hormones) which play an essential role in coordination of many growth and behavioral processes in the plant life cycle.
axine
axing
axing
noun
An assault carried out with an axe.
verb
present participle of axe
axion
axion
noun
(physics) A hypothetical subatomic particle postulated to resolve certain symmetry problems concerning the strong nuclear force.
bixin
bixin
noun
(organic chemistry) An apocarotenoid that is the active ingredient of annatto.
dixon
dixon
Proper noun
a city in Illinois, USA
a small home-rule class city in Kentucky, USA
exine
exine
noun
(botany, palynology) the outer layer of a pollen grain or spore; the exosporium.
exing
exing
verb
present participle of ex
exion
fixin
index
index
noun
(computing, databases) A data structure that improves the performance of operations on a table.
(computing, especially programming and databases) An integer or other key indicating the location of data, e.g. within an array, vector, database table, associative array, or hash table.
(economics) A single number calculated from an array of prices or of quantities.
(linguistics) A type of noun where the meaning of the form changes with respect to the context; e.g., 'Today's newspaper' is an indexical form since its referent will differ depending on the context. See also icon and symbol.
(mathematics) A raised suffix indicating a power.
(obsolete) A prologue indicating what follows.
(sciences) A number representing a property or ratio; a coefficient.
(typography) A symbol resembling a pointing hand, used to direct particular attention to a note or paragraph.
A movable finger on a gauge, scale, etc.
A sign; an indication; a token.
An alphabetical listing of items and their location.
That which points out; that which shows, indicates, manifests, or discloses.
The index finger; the forefinger.
verb
(chiefly economics) To normalise in order to account for inflation; to correct for inflation by linking to a price index in order to maintain real levels.
(computing) To access a value in a data container by an index.
(linguistics, transitive) To be indexical for (some situation or state of affairs); to indicate.
(transitive) To arrange an index for something, especially a long text.
To inventory; to take stock.
To measure by an associated value.
infix
infix
noun
(linguistics) A morpheme inserted inside an existing word, such as -bloody- in English.
(linguistics, proscribed) A morpheme that always appears between other morphemes in a word, such as -i- and -o- in English (i.e. an interfix).
verb
(transitive) To instill.
(transitive, archaic) To set; to fasten or fix by piercing or thrusting in.
(transitive, linguistics) To insert a morpheme inside an existing word.
ixion
mixen
mixen
noun
A compost heap; a dunghill.
ninox
nixed
nixed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of nix
nixer
nixer
noun
(Ireland, slang) A job or income which is taken in addition to one's normal employment, generally at evenings or weekends. Originally implied that payment was not declared for taxation, but now refers to any work that is not part of one's regular job.
nixes
nixes
noun
nothing
plural of nixe
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of nix
nixie
nixie
noun
A female nix, a water-spirit.
A piece of mail returned as undeliverable.
nixon
nixon
Noun
A low quality, low potency drug passed off as a powerful, pure drug.
nyxis
pinax
pinax
noun
(by extension) A list or scheme inscribed on a tablet.
A tablet or register.
taxin
toxin
toxin
noun
(usually proscribed) Synonym of toxicant: a toxic substance in a body requiring removal.
A toxic substance, specifically a poison produced by the biological processes of organisms.
unfix
unfix
verb
(transitive) To unfasten from a fixing.
unmix
unmix
verb
(informal, transitive) To separate the components of (a mixture).
vixen
vixen
noun
(colloquial) A racy or salacious woman who is sexually attractive.
(colloquial) A wife who has sex with other men with her husband's consent.
A female fox.
A malicious, quarrelsome or temperamental woman.
xenia
xenia
noun
(botany) The effect that genes from pollen have on the endosperm.
(classical studies) The concept of hospitality to strangers.
plural of xenium
xenic
xenic
adj
(LGBT) Of or pertaining to xenogenders.
(biology, of a culture) Containing an unidentified organism, especially a bacterium.
(inorganic chemistry) Relating to xenic acid.
Strange or foreign in some way.
xinca
xinca
Noun
A non-Mayan indigenous people of Mesoamerica with communities in the southern portion of Guatemala, near its border with El Salvador, and in the mountainous region to the north.
Proper noun
Their language, generally considered a language isolate.
xingu
xingu
Proper noun
A major river in Brazil that flows north into the Amazon delta.
Cultural reservation in central Brazil, in the state of Mato Grosso.
Any of several indigenous tribes of Amerindian peoples who live in the Xingu reservation.