| ANTEFIX | • antefix n. (Architecture) The vertical blocks which terminate the covering tiles of the roof of a Roman, Etruscan… • antefix n. (Architecture) Any decoration serving to cover the ends of roofing tiles. • ANTEFIX n. an ornament at the end of a classical building, hiding the ends of roof tiles, also ANTEFIXA. |
| ANTISEX | • antisex adj. Opposed to sexual activity. • ANTISEX adj. opposed to sexual activity. |
| ANXIETY | • anxiety n. An unpleasant state of mental uneasiness, nervousness, apprehension and obsession or concern about some… • anxiety n. An uneasy or distressing desire (for something). • anxiety n. (Pathology) A state of restlessness and agitation, often accompanied by a distressing sense of oppression… |
| AXINITE | • axinite n. (Mineralogy) A borosilicate of aluminum, iron, and lime, commonly found in glassy, brown crystals with acute edges. • AXINITE n. a silicate of the epidote group. |
| DEXTRAN | • dextran n. (Biochemistry) A biopolymer of glucose produced by enzymes of certain bacteria; used as a substitute… • DEXTRAN n. a substitute for blood plasma. |
| EXPLANT | • explant n. (Biology) Any portion taken from a plant or an animal that will be used to initiate a culture. It can… • explant v. (Medicine) To remove something, such as a medical device, that has been implanted. • EXPLANT v. to transfer living tissue. |
| INEXACT | • inexact adj. Imperfectly conforming; exceeding or falling short in some respect. • inexact adj. Imprecisely or indefinitely conceived or stated. • inexact adj. (Physics, of a differential) having a path-dependent integral. |
| NARTHEX | • narthex n. (Architecture) A western vestibule leading to the nave in some Christian churches. • Narthex prop.n. (Obsolete) A taxonomic genus within the family Apiaceae – umbelliferous plants, now included in Ferula… • NARTHEX n. (Greek) a small entrance or porch to a church. |
| 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… |
| TAXIMEN | • taximen n. Plural of taximan. • TAXIMAN n. the driver of a taxicab. |
| UNTAXED | • untaxed adj. Not subject to being taxed. • untaxed adj. Not having had the required taxes paid on it. • untaxed adj. Not tired or strained, working well within capacity. |
| UNTAXES | • untaxes v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of untax. • UNTAX v. to remit a tax on. |