A group of particularly brutal mercenaries who were active in Africa and Asia during the 1960s.
annexer
annexer
noun
One who annexes.
anorexy
anorexy
noun
Archaic form of anorexia.
apteryx
apteryx
noun
(dated) kiwi bird
apyrexy
apyrexy
noun
apyrexia
artifex
aruspex
aurifex
axifera
axmaker
beatrix
beatrix
Proper noun
a main belt asteroid; named the beloved of
boraxes
boraxes
noun
plural of borax
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of borax
braxies
braxies
noun
plural of braxy
breakax
bureaux
bureaux
noun
plural of bureau
carefox
coaxers
coaxers
noun
plural of coaxer
curtaxe
dextrad
dextrad
adv
(anatomy, archaic) Toward the right side; dextrally.
dextral
dextral
adj
Of or pertaining to the right side
dextran
dextran
noun
(biochemistry) A biopolymer of glucose produced by enzymes of certain bacteria; used as a substitute for blood plasma, and as a stationary phase in chromatography.
exacter
exacter
noun
Alternative spelling of exactor
exactor
exactor
noun
A person who collects taxes.
A person who makes illegal or unreasonable demands; an extortioner.
exalter
exalter
noun
Someone who exalts.
exarate
exarate
adj
(entomology, of a pupa) Having the appendages free and not attached to the body wall.
verb
(obsolete) To plough up.
(obsolete) To write or engrave.
exarchs
exarchs
noun
plural of exarch
exarchy
exarchy
noun
(botany) A vascular system in which development starts in the regions farthest from the axis and spreads inward.
The jurisdiction of an exarch (any definition); an exarchate.
exasper
excreta
excreta
noun
Bodily waste which is excreted from the body.
exedrae
exedral
exhedra
exhedra
noun
Alternative form of exedra
exocarp
exocarp
noun
(biology) The outermost layer of the pericarp of fruits; the skin or epicarp
exogyra
exorate
exordia
exordia
noun
plural of exordium
exormia
exostra
exradio
exradio
noun
(obsolete) Obsolete form of radon (“radon-222”).; an isotope of radon (element 86)
externa
extract
extract
noun
(obsolete) A peculiar principle (fundamental essence) once erroneously supposed to form the basis of all vegetable extracts.
A decoction, solution, or infusion made by drawing out from any substance that which gives it its essential and characteristic virtue
A draft or copy of writing; a certified copy of the proceedings in an action and the judgment therein, with an order for execution.
A portion of a book or document, incorporated distinctly in another work; a citation; a quotation.
A solid preparation obtained by evaporating a solution of a drug, etc., or the fresh juice of a plant (distinguished from an abstract).
Ancestry; descent.
Any substance extracted is such a way, and characteristic of that from which it is obtained
Something that is extracted or drawn out.
verb
(transitive) To draw out; to pull out; to remove forcibly from a fixed position, as by traction or suction, etc.
(transitive) To select parts of a whole
(transitive) To take by selection; to choose out; to cite or quote, as a passage from a book.
(transitive) To withdraw by expression, distillation, or other mechanical or chemical process. Compare abstract (transitive verb).
(transitive, arithmetic) To determine (a root of a number).
extrait
extreat
extreat
noun
(obsolete) Estreat.
(obsolete) Extraction.
extrema
extrema
noun
plural of extremum
exurban
exurban
adj
Of, pertaining to, or residing in an exurb
exurbia
exurbia
noun
A residential area beyond the suburbs.
flaxier
flexura
gearbox
gearbox
noun
An enclosed gear train.
That part of a car's transmission containing the train of gears, and to which the gear lever is connected.
hexamer
hexamer
noun
A subunit of a viral capsid
An oligomer having six subunits
hexarch
hexarch
noun
The ruler of one of the parts of a hexarchy.
hoaxers
hoaxers
noun
plural of hoaxer
hyraxes
martext
martext
noun
(obsolete, rare) A blundering preacher.
murexan
murexan
noun
(obsolete, chemistry) A poorly-characterized nitrogenous material formed from several ureids
narthex
narthex
noun
(architecture) A western vestibule leading to the nave in some Christian churches.
overlax
overlax
adj
Excessively lax.
overtax
overtax
verb
To overburden.
To tax to an excessive degree.
oxbrake
oxheart
oxheart
noun
A large heart-shaped cherry.
praecox
praecox
noun
dementia praecox
praxean
pyrexia
pyrexia
noun
(medicine) Fever.
(medicine) Trench fever.
radeaux
radeaux
noun
plural of radeau
radixes
raveaux
reaffix
reaffix
verb
(transitive) To affix again.
reannex
reannex
verb
(transitive) To annex again.
relaxed
relaxed
adj
(chiefly physics) Without physical tension; in a state of equilibrium.
(obsolete, physiology) Made slack or feeble; weak, soft.
(physiology) Of a muscle: soft, not tensed.
Free from tension or anxiety; at ease; leisurely.
Made more lenient; less strict; lax.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of relax
relaxer
relaxer
noun
(cosmetics) A cream or lotion that loosens curls in the hair to aid straightening.
A person who relaxes.
Any agent that produces relaxation.
relaxes
relaxes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of relax
relaxin
relaxin
noun
(biochemistry) A peptide hormone of the insulin superfamily.
reseaux
retaxed
retaxed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of retax
retaxes
retaxes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of retax
rewaxed
rewaxed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of rewax
rewaxes
rewaxes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of rewax
rexanna
rexanne
roxanne
roxanne
Proper noun
name; a spelling variant of Roxane, fairly popular since the 1930s.
sextary
sextary
noun
(historical) An Anglo-Saxon unit of liquid measure, chiefly used for wine and cider.
(historical) Synonym of sextarius, an ancient Roman unit of volume
(obsolete) A sacristy.
startex
thaxter
wraxled
wrexham
wrexham
Proper noun
A town in north-east Wales, United Kingdom.
A county borough in north-east Wales, named after the town, formerly belonging to Denbighshire and Clwyd