| 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. |
| DEXTRIN | • dextrin n. (Biochemistry) Any of a range of oligomers of glucose, intermediate in complexity between maltose and… • DEXTRIN n. a substance used as an adhesive, also DEXTRINE. |
| EXCITON | • exciton n. (Physics) A bound state of an electron and an electron hole in an insulator or semiconductor. • EXCITON n. a combination of excited electron and hole. |
| EXIGENT | • exigent adj. Urgent; pressing; needing immediate action. • exigent adj. Demanding; requiring great effort. • exigent n. (Archaic) Extremity; end; limit; pressing urgency. |
| EXITING | • exiting v. Present participle of exit. • exiting v. Misspelling of exciting. • exiting n. The act of one who exits; a departure. |
| EXTINCT | • extinct adj. (Dated) Extinguished, no longer alight (Of fire, candles etc.). • extinct adj. No longer used; obsolete, discontinued. • extinct adj. (Of a group of organisms, as a species) No longer in existence; having died out. |
| EXTINES | • extines n. Plural of extine. • EXTINE n. the outer layer of some spores, also EXINE. |
| 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. |
| SEXTAIN | • sextain n. (Poetry) A stanza of six lines; a sestine. • SEXTAIN n. a stanza of six lines, also SESTINA, SESTINE. |
| SEXTING | • sexting n. The act of transmitting and/or receiving sexually suggestive text messages and/or photographs between… • sexting v. Present participle of sext. • SEXTING n. the act of sending text messages of a sexual nature. |
| SIXTEEN | • sixteen num. The cardinal number occurring after fifteen and before seventeen, represented in Arabic numerals as… • SIXTEEN n. a number. |
| TAXIMEN | • taximen n. Plural of taximan. • TAXIMAN n. the driver of a taxicab. |
| TEXTING | • texting v. Present participle of text. • texting n. The use of a mobile phone to send text messages. • texting n. The words set to a piece of music. |
| TOXINES | • toxines n. Plural of toxine. • TOXINE n. a poisonous product formed by pathogenic bacteria, as a toxic proteid or poisonous ptomaine, also TOXIN. |