| AMPHIOXI | • amphioxi n. Plural of amphioxus. • AMPHIOXUS n. (Greek) a fishlike creature, two or three inches long, found in temperate seas, aka lancelet. |
| APOMIXIS | • apomixis n. (Botany) Plant reproduction without fertilization. • apomixis n. (Botany) Plant reproduction without fertilization, meiosis, or the production of gametes. • apomixis n. (Zoology) Animal reproduction in which the egg cell does not undergo meiosis or fertilization. |
| EPITAXIC | • epitaxic adj. Relating to epitaxy. • EPITAXIC adj. relating to epitaxy, the growth of a thin layer of crystals on another crystal so that they have the same structure, also EPITAXIAL. |
| EPITAXIS | • EPITAXIS n. the part of a play in which the main action develops, also EPITASIS. |
| EXPIRIES | • expiries n. Plural of expiry. • EXPIRY n. expiration; death. |
| EXPIRING | • expiring adj. Ending, terminating, dying. • expiring v. Present participle of expire. • EXPIRE v. to come to an end. |
| EXPLICIT | • explicit adj. Very specific, clear, or detailed. • explicit adj. (Euphemistic) Containing material (e.g. language or film footage) that might be deemed offensive or graphic. • explicit n. The final few words of a text. |
| MIREPOIX | • mirepoix n. A combination of diced onions, carrots, celery and herbs sautéed in oil or butter as used in French cooking. • mirepoix n. (Figurative) A mixture. • Mirepoix prop.n. A city in the Ariège department, France. |
| PANMIXIA | • panmixia n. (Ecology) A situation in which an individual is just as likely to mate with a randomly chosen individual… • panmixia n. (Biology) The cessation of natural selection, as on a useless organ. • PANMIXIA n. random mating within a breeding population, also PANMIXIS. |
| PANMIXIS | • panmixis n. (Ecology) Panmixia. • PANMIXIS n. (Greek) random mating within a breeding population, also PANMIXIA. |
| PIXIEISH | • pixieish adj. Alternative spelling of pixyish. • PIXIEISH adj. like a pixie. |
| PIXILATE | • pixilate v. Misspelling of pixelate. • PIXILATE v. to divide an image into pixels for display in a digital format, also PIXELATE, PIXELLATE, PIXILLATE. |
| PIXINESS | • pixiness n. Quality of being pixyish. • PIXINESS n. the state of being playfully mischievous. |
| PYXIDIUM | • pyxidium n. (Botany) A seed capsule in the form of a box, the seeds being released when the top splits off. • PYXIDIUM n. a capsule that opens by a transverse circular split. |
| SPINIFEX | • spinifex n. An Australian coastal grass, in genus Spinifex. • spinifex n. (Australia) A coastal grass, either in genera Triodia or Spinifex. • SPINIFEX n. (Latin) a sharp-pointed Australian grass. |
| XIPHOIDS | • xiphoids n. Plural of xiphoid. • XIPHOID n. the xiphoid process or xiphisternum. |