| ADIEUX | • adieux n. Plural of adieu. • ADIEU n. (French) a farewell. |
| AFFLUX | • afflux n. An upward rush of fluid. • afflux n. (Hydrology) The rise in water level (above normal) on the upstream side of a bridge or obstruction caused… • AFFLUX n. a flowing towards or together, also AFFLUXION. |
| AUSPEX | • AUSPEX n. (Latin) a soothsayer of ancient Rome. |
| AUXINS | • auxins n. Plural of auxin. • AUXIN n. a substance increasing the growth of plants; a plant hormone. |
| BOYAUX | • boyaux n. Plural of boyau. • BOYAU n. (French) a communication trench. |
| CAUDEX | • caudex n. (Botany) An enlargement of the stem, branch or root of a woody plant, usually serving to store water. • CAUDEX n. (Latin) the woody base of some plants. |
| EUTAXY | • eutaxy n. Good or established order or arrangement. • EUTAXY n. (Greek) good order. |
| EXACUM | • EXACUM n. any plant of the tropical genus Exacum. |
| EXUVIA | • exuvia n. (Biology) The remains of the exoskeleton after any of the Ecdysozoa, such as Arthropoda, has sloughed… • exuvia n. Plural of exuvium. • EXUVIUM n. (Latin) the moulted covering of an animal. |
| GUANXI | • guanxi n. (Chinese society) Connections; relationships; one’s social or business network. • GUANXI n. (Chinese) a Chinese social concept based on the exchange of favours. |
| HALLUX | • hallux n. (Anatomy) The big toe. • HALLUX n. (Latin) the big toe; the hind toe of birds. |
| LUXATE | • luxate v. To dislocate. • luxate adj. Dislocated. • LUXATE v. to put out of joint. |
| NOYAUX | • NOYAU n. (French) a liqueur made from brandy flavoured with bitter almonds or peach-stones. |
| SAXAUL | • saxaul n. Any of two species of the amaranth genus Haloxylon: Haloxylon ammodendron (syn. Haloxylon aphyllum;… • SAXAUL n. a low, thick, grotesquely contorted tree of the saltbush family found on the steppes of Asia, also SAKSAUL. |
| SEXUAL | • sexual adj. Arising from the fact of being male or female; pertaining to sex or gender, or to the social relations… • sexual adj. (Biology) Capable of sexual reproduction; sexed, sexuate. • sexual adj. Pertaining to sexual intercourse or other intimate physical contact. |
| SURTAX | • surtax n. (Law) An additional or extra tax. • surtax v. (Transitive) To impose a surtax upon. • SURTAX v. to assess with an extra tax. |
| UNAXED | • unaxed adj. Not axed or felled. • UNAXED adj. not axed. |
| WUXIAS | • WUXIA n. (Chinese) a genre of Chinese fiction involving the adventures of sword-wielding heroes. |