| BORAX | • borax n. A white or gray/grey crystalline salt, with a slight alkaline taste, used as a flux, in soldering metals… • borax n. (Chemistry) The sodium salt of boric acid, Na2B4O7, either anhydrous or with 5 or 10 molecules of water… • borax n. (Sometimes attributive) Cheap or tawdry furniture or other works of industrial design. |
| BRAXY | • braxy n. An inflammatory disease of sheep. • braxy n. (Now historical) Meat from sheep that have died from this disease, or that have died from accident or… • braxy adj. Diseased with braxy. |
| CAREX | • carex n. Any member of the genus Carex of sedges. • Carex prop.n. A taxonomic genus within the family Cyperaceae – the true sedge. • Carex prop.n. A taxonomic section within the family Cyperaceae – Carex sect. Carex. |
| EXTRA | • extra adj. (Not comparable) Beyond what is due, usual, expected, or necessary; extraneous; additional; supernumerary. • extra adj. (Not comparable, dated) Extraordinarily good; superior. • extra adj. (Comparable, slang) Over the top; going beyond what is normal or appropriate, often in a dramatic manner. |
| HYRAX | • hyrax n. Any of several small, paenungulate herbivorous mammals of the order Hyracoidea, with a bulky frame and… • Hyrax prop.n. (Archaic) A taxonomic genus within the family Procaviidae – the hyraxes. • HYRAX n. (Greek) a small, harelike mammal, also HYRACOID. |
| IXORA | • ixora n. (Botany) Any of the plants in the genus Ixora. • Ixora prop.n. A taxonomic genus within the family Rubiaceae – numerous tropical flowering shrubs and trees. • IXORA n. a flowering plant, aka St Rita and Maltese Cross. |
| LAXER | • laxer adj. Comparative form of lax: more lax. • laxer n. (Slang) lacrosse player. • LAX adj. slack, careless. |
| ORIXA | • orixa n. Alternative spelling of orisha. • ORIXA n. (Yoruba) any of the minor gods or spirits of traditional Yoruba religion, also ORISHA. |
| RADIX | • radix n. (Biology) A root. • radix n. (Linguistics) A primitive word, from which other words may be derived. • radix n. (Mathematics) The number of distinct symbols used to represent numbers in a particular base, as ten for decimal. |
| RAXED | • raxed v. Simple past tense and past participle of rax. • RAX v. to stretch out. |
| RAXES | • raxes v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of rax. • RAX v. to stretch out. |
| RELAX | • relax v. (Transitive) To calm down. • relax v. (Transitive) To make something loose. • relax v. (Intransitive) To become loose. |
| RETAX | • retax v. (Transitive) To tax again. • RETAX v. to tax again. |
| REWAX | • rewax v. (Transitive) To wax again. • REWAX v. to wax again. |
| TAXER | • taxer n. One who taxes. • taxer n. (UK, Cambridge University) One of two officers chosen yearly to regulate the assize of bread, and to… • TAXER n. one who imposes taxes, also TAXOR. |
| TAXOR | • taxor n. Alternative form of taxer. • TAXOR n. one who taxes, also TAXER. |
| VARIX | • varix n. (Medicine) A varicose, i.e. swollen and knotted, vein. • varix n. (Zoology) In mollusks, a particular ridge on the shell, corresponding to a former position of the aperture. • VARIX n. (Latin) a varicose vein. |
| WAXER | • waxer n. A device used to apply wax. • waxer n. A person who applies wax. • waxer n. Something that waxes (grows larger, as opposed to waning). |
| XRAYS | • Xrays n. Plural of Xray. • x-rays n. Plural of x-ray. • x-rays v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of x-ray. |