(mathematics) An approximation to the solution of a function, series, etc.
(phonetics) A consonant sound made by slightly narrowing the vocal tract, while still allowing a smooth flow of air. Liquids and glides are approximants.
asteroxylon
auxanometer
auxanometer
noun
An instrument to measure the growth of plants.
axodendrite
axonometric
axonometric
adj
(technical drawing) Describing a projection in which the horizontal and vertical axes are to the same scale, but the third axis is reduced to allow for perspective
centraxonia
consolatrix
contextural
contextural
adj
Relating to contexture or arrangement of parts; producing contexture; interwoven.
contextured
contextured
adj
Formed into texture; woven together; arranged or composed.
contextures
contextures
noun
plural of contexture
counterflux
cystosyrinx
cytopharynx
cytopharynx
noun
(cytology) A tube-like opening in the lateral surface of a ciliate, through which food is ingested.
dicrostonyx
enteropexia
enterotoxin
enterotoxin
noun
(biochemistry) Any of several toxins produced by intestinal bacteria
examinatory
excarnation
excarnation
noun
The act of removing flesh.
The burial practice of removing (or causing to be removed) the flesh and organs of the dead, leaving only the bones, especially the practice laying out corpses for vultures to strip bare.
exceptioner
exceptioner
noun
(obsolete) One who takes exceptions or protests.
excerptions
excerptions
noun
plural of excerption
excoriating
excoriating
verb
present participle of excoriate
excoriation
excoriation
noun
A severe verbal denouncing.
The act of excoriating or flaying.
The excoriated place, or the state of being excoriated or stripped of the skin; abrasion.
excurvation
execrations
execrations
noun
plural of execration
executioner
executioner
noun
(archaic) Executor.
A hit man, especially being in some organization.
An official person who carries out the capital punishment of a criminal.
exhortation
exhortation
noun
Language intended to incite and encourage
The act or practice of exhorting; the act of inciting to laudable deeds; incitement to that which is good or commendable.
exhortingly
exhortingly
adv
So as to exhort.
exonerating
exonerating
verb
present participle of exonerate
exoneration
exoneration
noun
(uncountable) The state of being disburdened or freed from a charge.
An act of disburdening, discharging, or freeing morally from a charge or imputation.
exonerative
exonerative
adj
Freeing from a burden or obligation; tending to exonerate.
exonerators
exonerators
noun
plural of exonerator
exorbitance
exorbitance
noun
A large excess.
The state or characteristic of being exorbitant.
exorbitancy
exorbitancy
noun
Alternative form of exorbitance
expectorant
expectorant
adj
(medicine) Causing or assisting the expulsion of phlegm.
noun
(medicine) An agent or drug used to cause or induce the expulsion of phlegm from the lungs.
expirations
expirations
noun
plural of expiration
explanatory
explanatory
adj
(of a person) Disposed to explain.
Intended to serve as an explanation.
explanitory
exploration
exploration
noun
(medicine) A physical examination of a patient.
The (pre-)mining process of finding and determining commercially viable ore deposits (after prospecting), also called mineral exploration.
The process of exploring.
The process of penetrating, or ranging over for purposes of (especially geographical) discovery.
explorement
explorement
noun
(archaic) exploration
exportation
exportation
noun
(logic) Either the logical law ((P∧Q)→R)⇒(P→(Q→R)), or the rule of replacement ((P∧Q)→R)⇔(P→(Q→R)).
The act of carrying something outside.
The act of exporting; the act of conveying or sending commodities abroad or to another country, in the course of commerce.
The commodity exported; an export.
expurgation
expurgation
noun
The act of expurgating, purging, or cleansing; purification from anything noxious, offensive, sinful, or erroneous.
extenuators
extenuators
noun
plural of extenuator
extenuatory
extenuatory
adj
Tending to extenuate or palliate.
externation
extirpation
extirpation
noun
The act of extirpating or uprooting.
extortioner
extortioner
noun
someone who extorts; an extortionist
extractions
extractions
noun
plural of extraction
extradition
extradition
noun
A formal process by which a criminal suspect held by one government is handed over to another government for trial or, if the suspect has already been tried and found guilty, to serve his or her sentence.
extranormal
extranormal
adj
Outside or beyond what is normal.
extrication
extrication
noun
(public safety, emergency medicine) Rescue of a trapped person in vehicle or machinery
The act of sending out or evolving.
The act or process of extricating or disentangling; a freeing from perplexities; disentanglement.
exuberation
fornicatrix
fornicatrix
noun
A female fornicator.
foxtrotting
foxtrotting
verb
present participle of foxtrot
grippotoxin
gymnothorax
heteroauxin
heteroauxin
noun
A growth-promoting hormone, 3-indoleacetic acid, occurring in some plants.
intoxicator
intoxicator
noun
One who or that which intoxicates.
keratonyxis
keratonyxis
noun
(medicine, archaic) The operation of removing a cataract by thrusting a needle through the cornea of the eye and breaking up the opaque mass.
luxuriation
luxuriation
noun
The act of enjoying or experiencing luxury.
monilethrix
monilethrix
noun
(medicine, dermatology) A rare autosomal-dominant hair disease that results in short, fragile, broken hair with a beaded appearance.
naltrexones
negotiatrix
negotiatrix
noun
(obsolete) A female negotiator.
neocortexes
neocortexes
noun
plural of neocortex
neoorthodox
nephrotoxic
nephrotoxic
adj
that is poisonous to kidney tissue
nephrotoxin
nephrotoxin
noun
Any nephrotoxic substance.
neurotoxins
neurotoxins
noun
plural of neurotoxin
nondextrous
nonexertion
nonexertion
noun
Lack of exertion.
nonexertive
nonexternal
nonexternal
adj
Not external.
nonorthodox
nonorthodox
adj
Not Orthodox.
Not orthodox.
nontextural
orthodoxian
orthodoxian
adj
Of or pertaining to Orthodox beliefs.
noun
A person who follows orthodox beliefs.
orthoxazine
orthoxylene
orthoxylene
noun
(organic chemistry) An aromatic hydrocarbon based on benzene with two methyl substituents bonded to adjacent carbon atoms in the aromatic ring (the ortho configuration).
overanxiety
overanxiety
noun
Excessive anxiety.
overextends
overextends
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of overextend
oxalonitril
oxenstierna
oxygenators
oxygenators
noun
plural of oxygenator
paroxytonic
paroxytonic
adj
(prosody) Of or relating to words whose stress falls on the penultimate syllable
picrotoxins
picrotoxins
noun
plural of picrotoxin
preexaction
prefixation
prefixation
noun
(anatomy, of a nerve) The state or condition of being prefixed.
(biology, cytology) Initial treatment of tissue with a fixative, as a preliminary to the application of another fixative or to the use of a different treatment.
(linguistics) The adding of a prefix to a word.
pretaxation
pretaxation
adj
Before taxation.
progenitrix
progenitrix
noun
A female progenitor, a foremother, any of a person's direct female ancestors (ancestresses).
protaxation
proxenetism
proxenetism
noun
(formal) The negotiation or facilitation of a transaction between a sex worker and a customer.
proximation
proximation
noun
approximation
proximity
pyroxanthin
pyroxanthin
noun
(organic chemistry) A yellow, crystalline substance obtained from creosote etc; it seems to be a polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon.
pyroxenites
pyroxenites
noun
plural of pyroxenite
pyroxenitic
pyroxenitic
adj
Of or relating to pyroxenite.
reexecution
reexporting
reexporting
verb
present participle of reexport
relaxations
relaxations
noun
plural of relaxation
reoxidation
reoxidation
noun
A second or subsequent oxidation (e.g. of hemoglobin)
reoxygenate
reoxygenate
verb
(transitive) To oxygenate again or anew.
spermatoxin
spermotoxin
spermotoxin
noun
Alternative form of spermatotoxin
stauraxonia
stenothorax
strongboxes
strongboxes
noun
plural of strongbox
tetraxonian
tetraxonida
thromboxane
thromboxane
noun
(organic chemistry, medicine) Any of a number of eicosanoids, related to prostaglandin, that have a role in the clotting of blood
tinderboxes
tinderboxes
noun
plural of tinderbox
transfixion
transfixion
noun
(surgery) In amputation, passing the knife from side to side through tissue close to the bone and dividing muscles outward.
trexlertown
tyrotoxicon
tyrotoxicon
noun
(organic chemistry) A ptomaine found in putrid cheese and other dairy products, producing symptoms similar to cholera infantum.
undersexton
undersexton
noun
A subordinate sexton.
undexterous
unexporting
unexporting
verb
present participle of unexport
unorthodoxy
unorthodoxy
noun
Lack of orthodoxy; the quality or state of being unorthodox
unproximity
urechitoxin
urechitoxin
noun
(organic chemistry) A poisonous glucoside found accompanying urechitin.
ventroaxial
xanthoceras
xanthochroi
xanthochroi
noun
Alternative letter-case form of Xanthochroi
xanthoderma
xanthoderma
noun
A yellow coloration of the skin.
xanthometer
xanthometer
noun
A graduated scale of colors from blue to yellow, white, or green, for determining the color of ocean or lake water.
xanthophore
xanthophore
noun
(biology) A xanthochrome-containing chromatophore, frequently a lipophore