(chemistry) The sodium salt of boric acid, Na₂B₄O₇, either anhydrous or with 5 or 10 molecules of water of crystallisation; sodium tetraborate.
(sometimes attributive) Cheap or tawdry furniture or other works of industrial design.
A white or gray/grey crystalline salt, with a slight alkaline taste, used as a flux, in soldering metals, making enamels, fixing colors/colours on porcelain, and as a soap, etc.
verb
(transitive) To treat with borax.
boxer
boxer
noun
A breed of stocky, medium-sized, short-haired dog with a square-jawed muzzle.
A letterboxer.
A participant (fighter) in a boxing match.
A type of internal combustion engine in which cylinders are arranged in two banks on either side of a single crankshaft.
One who packs boxes.
The person running a game of two-up.
bronx
bronx
Proper noun
A borough of New York City.
Noun
A cocktail containing gin, vermouth and orange juice.
croix
ferox
forex
forex
noun
Short for foreign exchange.
foxer
foxer
noun
(military, historical) An acoustic decoy used to confuse acoustic homing torpedoes by mechanically generating a loud noise while being towed some distance behind a ship.
ixora
ixora
noun
(botany) Any of the plants in the genus Ixora.
luxor
luxor
Proper noun
A city in Egypt, located on the site of the ancient Thebes.
ortyx
oxter
oxter
noun
(chiefly Scotland, Ireland, Northern England) The armpit.
verb
(transitive) To hug with the arms, or support by taking the arm of.
proxy
proxy
adj
Used as a proxy or acting as a proxy.
noun
(sciences) A measurement of one physical quantity that is used as an indicator of the value of another
(software) An interface for a service, especially for one that is remote, resource-intensive, or otherwise difficult to use directly.
(video game slang) A proximity mine; a mine that explodes when something approaches within a certain distance.
An agent or substitute authorized to act for another person.
The authority to act for another, especially when written.
The written appointment of a proctor in suits in the ecclesiastical courts
verb
(networking) To function as a server for a client device, but pass on the requests to another server for service.
To serve as a proxy for.
rebox
rebox
verb
(transitive) To place in a box again; to pack back into a box.
redox
redox
adj
(chemistry) Of or relating to any reaction in which oxidation and reduction occur simultaneously.
noun
(rare, chemistry) A reaction in which an oxidation and a reduction occur simultaneously; a reaction in which electrons are transferred.
verb
(transitive) To subject to a redox reaction.
roxie
sorex
taxor
taxor
noun
Alternative form of taxer
xerox
xerox
noun
(dated in North America, Philippines, colloquial, informal) A photocopy.
(dated, Canada, US, colloquial, informal) A photocopier.
verb
(dated, Canada, US, Philippines, colloquial, informal) To make a paper copy or copies by means of a photocopier.