AXISES | • axises n. Misspelling of axes. Mistakenly used for the plural of axis (“line around which object rotates”). • axises n. Plural of axis (type of deer). • AXIS n. (Latin) the imaginary straight line about which a body rotates. |
LEXISES | • lexises n. Plural of lexis. • LEXIS n. (Latin) the total stock of words in a language. |
TAXISES | • TAXIS n. the movement of a cell or organism in a particular direction in response to an external stimulus. |
DEIXISES | • DEIXIS n. (Greek) use of words relating to the utterer's time and place. |
OREXISES | • OREXIS n. (Greek) an appetite. |
PRAXISES | • praxises n. Plural of praxis. • PRAXIS n. (Greek) practical use of a branch of learning. |
PTYXISES | • PTYXIS n. (Greek) a type of leaf folding in a bud. |
RHEXISES | • RHEXIS n. (Greek) rupture of a blood vessel. |
ENDEIXISES | • ENDEIXIS n. (Greek) in medicine, an indication. |
PANMIXISES | • PANMIXIS n. (Greek) random mating within a breeding population, also PANMIXIA. |
PHYLAXISES | • PHYLAXIS n. an inhibiting of infection by the body. |
SPARAXISES | • sparaxises n. Plural of sparaxis. • SPARAXIS n. a South African iridaceous plant with starlike flowers and lacerated spathes. |
SYNTEXISES | • SYNTEXIS n. (Greek) the alteration of magma by the melting or assimilation of another rock. |
ENDOMIXISES | • ENDOMIXIS n. in Protozoa, a nuclear reorganization without conjugation. |
EPISTAXISES | • EPISTAXIS n. bleeding from the nose. |
EPIZEUXISES | • EPIZEUXIS n. the immediate repetition of a word for emphasis. |
CHEMOTAXISES | • CHEMOTAXIS n. orientation of an animalcule relative to a chemical substance. |
PARAPRAXISES | • PARAPRAXIS n. a slip of the tongue or pen that reveals the unconscious mind. |