| ALEXINS | • alexins n. Plural of alexin. • ALEXIN n. a substance in the blood which protects against disease, also ALEXINE. |
| ANNEXES | • annexes n. Plural of annex. • annexes n. Plural of annexe. • annexes v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of annex. |
| ANTISEX | • antisex adj. Opposed to sexual activity. • ANTISEX adj. opposed to sexual activity. |
| EXAMENS | • examens n. Plural of examen. • EXAMEN n. (Latin) a critical study of conscience. |
| EXPANDS | • expands v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of expand. • EXPAND v. to increase in size or volume. |
| EXPANSE | • expanse n. A wide stretch, usually of sea, sky, or land. • expanse n. An amount of spread or stretch. • EXPANSE n. a wide area or extent. |
| HEXANES | • hexanes n. Plural of hexane. • HEXANE n. any one of five hydrocarbons of the paraffin series, so called because the molecule has six carbon atoms. |
| HEXOSAN | • hexosan n. (Biochemistry) Any polysaccharide composed of hexoses. • HEXOSAN n. a polysaccharide that yields hexose on hydrolysis. |
| LAXNESS | • laxness n. The property of being lax, lacking strictness. • LAXNESS n. the state of being lax, also LAXITY. |
| PANAXES | • panaxes n. Plural of panax. • PANAX n. (Greek) a tree of the Aralia family. |
| SEXTAIN | • sextain n. (Poetry) A stanza of six lines; a sestine. • SEXTAIN n. a stanza of six lines, also SESTINA, SESTINE. |
| SEXTANS | • sextans n. (Historical, Roman antiquity) A Roman coin worth one sixth of an as. • Sextans prop.n. (Astronomy) A dim spring constellation of the northern sky, said to resemble a sextant. It lies south… • SEXTANS n. (Latin) a Roman gold coin. |
| SEXTANT | • sextant n. (Nautical) A navigational device for deriving angular distances between objects so as to determine latitude… • sextant n. (Geometry) One sixth of a circle or disc; a sector with an angle of 60°. • sextant n. (Dentistry) One of six groups of adjacent teeth, excluding the wisdom teeth. The front sextants go from… |
| SIXAINE | • SIXAINE n. (French) a stanza of six lines, also SIXAIN. |
| SPANDEX | • spandex n. A synthetic fibre known for its exceptional elasticity. • spandex n. Clothing made from such material. • SPANDEX n. (tradename) a synthetic elastic fibre. |
| SYNAXES | • synaxes n. Plural of synaxis. • SYNAXIS n. (Greek) in the early Church, meeting for worship, esp. the Eucharist. |
| UNTAXES | • untaxes v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of untax. • UNTAX v. to remit a tax on. |