| BISECT | • bisect v. (Transitive) To cut or divide into two parts. • bisect n. (Geometry) A bisector, which divides into two equal parts. • bisect n. (Philately) An envelope, card, or fragment thereof showing an affixed cut half of a regular issued stamp… |
| DISSECT | • dissect v. (Transitive) To study an animal’s anatomy by cutting it apart; to perform a necropsy or an autopsy. • dissect v. (Transitive) To study a plant or other organism’s anatomy similarly. • dissect v. (Transitive) To analyze an idea in detail by separating it into its parts. |
| EXSECT | • exsect v. (Transitive) To cut out or away; to remove by exsection. • EXSECT v. to cut out. |
| INSECT | • insect n. An arthropod (in the Insecta class) characterized by six legs, up to four wings, and a chitinous exoskeleton. • insect n. (Colloquial) Any small arthropod similar to an insect, including spiders, centipedes, millipedes, etc. • insect n. (Derogatory) A contemptible or powerless person. |
| INTERSECT | • intersect v. (Transitive, intransitive) To cut into or between; to cut or cross mutually; to divide into parts. • intersect v. (Mathematics) Of two sets, to have at least one element in common. • INTERSECT v. to cut into or between; to cut or cross mutually. |
| NONINSECT | • noninsect n. A creature that is not a insect. • NONINSECT n. a creature that is not an insect. |
| PALMATISECT | • palmatisect adj. (Botany, of leaves) Having lobes with incisions that extend almost up, but not quite to the petiole. • PALMATISECT adj. deeply cut in a palmate manner. |
| PINNATISECT | • pinnatisect adj. (Botany, of leaves) Having lobes with incisions that extend almost, or up to midrib. • PINNATISECT adj. pinnately lobed almost to the rachis. |
| PROSECT | • prosect v. (Transitive, intransitive) To dissect beforehand, as in preparation for an anatomical lecture. • PROSECT v. to dissect. |
| QUADRISECT | • quadrisect v. (Transitive) To divide into four parts. • QUADRISECT v. to divide into four equal parts. |
| RESECT | • resect v. (Surgery, transitive) To remove (some part of an organ or structure) by surgical means. • RESECT v. to cut away part of. |
| SECT | • sect n. An offshoot of a larger religion or denomination, usually and especially one with unorthodox or extreme… • sect n. A group following a specific ideal or a leader. • sect n. (Obsolete) A cutting; a scion. |
| SUBSECT | • subsect n. A secondary or subsidiary sect. • SUBSECT n. a sect directly derived from another. |
| TRANSECT | • transect v. (Transitive) To divide something by cutting transversely. • transect n. A path along which a researcher moves to count and record observations or collect data. • TRANSECT v. to cut across. |
| TRISECT | • trisect v. (Transitive) to cut into three pieces. • trisect v. (Transitive, mathematics) to divide a quantity, angle etc into three equal parts. • TRISECT v. to divide into three equal parts. |
| VIVISECT | • vivisect v. (Transitive) To perform vivisection upon; to dissect alive. • VIVISECT v. to dissect the living body of. |