| ALEXIA | • alexia n. (Psychiatry) Word blindness, the inability, due to a cerebral disorder, to comprehend or understand writing. • Alexia prop.n. A female given name from Ancient Greek. • ALEXIA n. loss of power to read. |
| ALEXIC | • alexic adj. Related to, or afflicted with alexia. • ALEXIC adj. word-blind. |
| ALEXIN | • alexin n. (Biochemistry, dated) A protective substance that exists in the serum or other bodily fluid and is capable… • ALEXIN n. a substance in the blood which protects against disease, also ALEXINE. |
| AXILLA | • axilla n. The armpit, or the cavity beneath the junction of the arm and shoulder. • axilla n. (Botany, uncommon) Alternative form of axil. • AXILLA n. (Latin) the armpit. |
| AXLIKE | • axlike adj. Resembling an ax. • AXLIKE adj. like an ax, also AXELIKE. |
| BIAXAL | • biaxal adj. Archaic form of biaxial. • BIAXAL adj. having two axes, also BIAXIAL. |
| CLIMAX | • climax n. (Originally rhetoric) A rhetorical device in which a series is arranged in ascending order. • climax n. (Obsolete) An instance of such an ascending series. • climax n. (Narratology) The culmination of a narrative’s rising action, the turning point. |
| LAXING | • laxing n. (Phonetics) The process whereby a tense vowel becomes lax. • LAX v. to relax. |
| LAXISM | • laxism n. Laxity (in interpreting or enforcing a rule). • LAXISM n. the belief that an unlikely opinion may be safely followed. |
| LAXIST | • laxist n. (Chiefly theology) Someone promoting lax views or relaxed interpretations of something. • laxist adj. (Chiefly theology) Promoting a lax view or interpretation of something. • LAXIST n. a person with low moral views. |
| LAXITY | • laxity n. The state of being lax; looseness, lack of tension. • laxity n. Moral looseness; lack of rigorousness or strictness. • LAXITY n. the state of being lax, also LAXNESS. |
| LEXICA | • lexica n. Plural of lexicon. • LEXICON n. (Greek) a dictionary. |
| OXALIC | • oxalic adj. Of or pertaining to oxalic acid or its derivatives. • oxalic adj. (Medicine, rare) Of or pertaining to oxaluria. • OXALIC adj. applied to an acid obtained from wood sorrel and other plants, used for cleaning metals and as a bleaching agent. |
| OXALIS | • oxalis n. (Horticulture) Any of various ornamental flowering plants of the genus Oxalis. • Oxalis prop.n. A taxonomic genus within the family Oxalidaceae – including most of the wood sorrels. • OXALIS n. (Greek) a plant of the wood-sorrel genus. |
| OXTAIL | • oxtail n. The tail of an ox or cow. • oxtail n. A cut of meat taken from the tail of a cow or calf; it requires long, slow braising, and is used to… • OXTAIL n. the tail of an ox, esp. as used in soup. |
| SMILAX | • smilax n. Any member of the Smilax genus of greenbriers. • Smilax prop.n. A taxonomic genus within the family Smilacaceae – the greenbriers. • SMILAX n. (Greek) a genus of perennial climbing plants, usually with a prickly woody stem. |
| WAXILY | • waxily adv. In a waxy way. • WAXY adv. like wax. |
| XENIAL | • xenial adj. Hospitable, especially to visiting strangers or foreigners. • xenial adj. Of the relation between a host and guest; friendly. • XENIAL adj. of or concerning hospitality towards guests. |