| inexpedience | (noun) the quality of being unsuited to the end in view | Synonyms: inexpediency |
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| inexpediency | (noun) the quality of being unsuited to the end in view | Synonyms: inexpedience |
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| inexpensiveness | (noun) the quality of being affordable | - |
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| inexperience | (noun) lack of experience and the knowledge and understanding derived from experience | Synonyms: rawness |
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| inexplicitness | (noun) unclearness by virtue of not being explicit | - |
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| inflexibility | (noun) the quality of being rigid and rigorously severe | Synonyms: rigidity, rigidness |
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| (noun) a lack of physical flexibility | Synonyms: inflexibleness |
| inflexibleness | (noun) a lack of physical flexibility | Synonyms: inflexibility |
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| inflexion | (noun) a change in the form of a word (usually by adding a suffix) to indicate a change in its grammatical function | Synonyms: inflection |
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| intersex | (noun) one having both male and female sexual characteristics and organs; at birth an unambiguous assignment of male or female cannot be made | Synonyms: androgyne, epicene, epicene person, gynandromorph, hermaphrodite |
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| isolex | (noun) an isogloss marking off the area in which a particular item of vocabulary is found. | - |
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| ketohexose | (noun) a monosaccharide having six carbon atoms and a ketone group | - |
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| latex | (noun) a water-base paint that has a latex binder | Synonyms: latex paint, rubber-base paint |
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| (noun) a milky exudate from certain plants that coagulates on exposure to air | - |
| lexeme | (noun) a minimal unit (as a word or stem) in the lexicon of a language; `go' and `went' and `gone' and `going' are all members of the English lexeme `go' | - |
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| lexicalisation | (noun) the process of making a word to express a concept | Synonyms: lexicalization |
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| lexicalization | (noun) the process of making a word to express a concept | Synonyms: lexicalisation |
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| lexicographer | (noun) a compiler or writer of a dictionary; a student of the lexical component of language | Synonyms: lexicologist |
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| lexicography | (noun) the act of writing dictionaries | - |
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| lexicologist | (noun) a compiler or writer of a dictionary; a student of the lexical component of language | Synonyms: lexicographer |
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| lexicology | (noun) the branch of linguistics that studies the lexical component of language | - |
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| lexicon | (noun) a language user's knowledge of words | Synonyms: mental lexicon, vocabulary |
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| (noun) a reference book containing an alphabetical list of words with information about them | Synonyms: dictionary |
| lexicostatistics | (noun) a statistical technique used in glottochronology; used to estimate how long ago different languages evolved from a common source language | - |
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| lexis | (noun) all of the words in a language; all word forms having meaning or grammatical function | - |
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| mastopexy | (noun) plastic surgery to lift or reshape the breasts | - |
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| methotrexate | (noun) toxic antimetabolite that limits cellular reproduction by acting as an antagonist to folic acid; used to treat certain cancers and psoriasis and rheumatoid arthritis | Synonyms: amethopterin, methotrexate sodium |
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| mexiletine | (noun) antiarrhythmic drug (trade name Mexitil) used to treat ventricular arrhythmias | Synonyms: Mexitil |
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| multiplex | (noun) a movie theater that has several different auditoriums in the same building | - |
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| (noun) communicates two or more signals over a common channel | - |
| multiplexer | (noun) a device that can interleave two or more activities | - |
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| naltrexone | (noun) an oral antagonist against the action of opiates | - |
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| narthex | (noun) a vestibule leading to the nave of a church | - |
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| (noun) portico at the west end of an early Christian basilica or church | - |
| neocortex | (noun) the cortical part of the neencephalon | Synonyms: neopallium |
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| neoexpressionism | (noun) an art movement based on expressionism; developed in 1980s in Europe and United States; crudely drawn garish paintings | - |
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| nexus | (noun) a connected series or group | - |
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| (noun) the means of connection between things linked in series | Synonyms: link |
| nonexistence | (noun) the state of not existing | Synonyms: nonentity |
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| orchiopexy | (noun) operation to bring an undescended testicle into the scrotum | - |
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| overexertion | (noun) excessive exertion; so much exertion that discomfort or injury results | - |
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| overexploitation | (noun) exploitation to the point of diminishing returns | Synonyms: overuse, overutilisation, overutilization |
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| overexposure | (noun) the act of exposing film to too much light or for too long a time | - |
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| (noun) the act of exposing someone excessively to an influencing experience | - |
| paleocortex | (noun) the olfactory cortex of the cerebrum | Synonyms: archipallium |
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| pansexual | (noun) a person who participates in (or is open to) sexual activities of many kinds | - |
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| perplexity | (noun) trouble or confusion resulting from complexity | - |
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| plexiglass | (noun) a light transparent weather resistant thermoplastic | Synonyms: Plexiglas |
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| pleximeter | (noun) a small thin metal plate held against the body and struck with a plexor in percussive examinations | Synonyms: plessimeter |
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| pleximetry | (noun) tapping a part of the body for diagnostic purposes | Synonyms: percussion |
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| plexor | (noun) (medicine) a small hammer with a rubber head used in percussive examinations of the chest and in testing reflexes | Synonyms: percussor, plessor |
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| plexus | (noun) a network of intersecting blood vessels or intersecting nerves or intersecting lymph vessels | Synonyms: rete |
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| pollex | (noun) the thick short innermost digit of the forelimb | Synonyms: thumb |
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| pontifex | (noun) a member of the highest council of priests in ancient Rome | - |
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| preexistence | (noun) existing in a former state or previous to something else | - |
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| pretext | (noun) an artful or simulated semblance | Synonyms: guise, pretence, pretense |
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| (noun) something serving to conceal plans; a fictitious reason that is concocted in order to conceal the real reason | Synonyms: stalking-horse |
| prexy | (noun) the head administrative officer of a college or university | Synonyms: president |
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| psychosexuality | (noun) the mental representation of sexual activities | - |
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| pyrexia | (noun) a rise in the temperature of the body; frequently a symptom of infection | Synonyms: febricity, febrility, fever, feverishness |
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| reexamination | (noun) a subsequent examination of a patient for the purpose of monitoring earlier treatment | Synonyms: follow-up, followup, review |
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| (noun) (law) questioning of a witness by the party that called the witness after that witness has been subject to cross-examination | Synonyms: redirect examination |
| reflex | (noun) an automatic instinctive unlearned reaction to a stimulus | Synonyms: inborn reflex, innate reflex, instinctive reflex, physiological reaction, reflex action, reflex response, unconditioned reflex |
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| reflexion | (noun) the image of something as reflected by a mirror (or other reflective material) | Synonyms: reflection |
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| (noun) the ability to reflect beams or rays | Synonyms: reflection, reflectivity |
| (noun) a likeness in which left and right are reversed | Synonyms: mirror image, reflection |
| (noun) a calm, lengthy, intent consideration | Synonyms: contemplation, musing, reflection, rumination, thoughtfulness |
| (noun) a remark expressing careful consideration | Synonyms: observation, reflection |
| (noun) expression without words | Synonyms: expression, manifestation, reflection |
| (noun) the phenomenon of a propagating wave (light or sound) being thrown back from a surface | Synonyms: reflection |
| reflexive | (noun) a personal pronoun compounded with -self to show the agent's action affects the agent | Synonyms: reflexive pronoun |
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| reflexiveness | (noun) the coreferential relation between a reflexive pronoun and its antecedent | Synonyms: reflexivity |
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| (noun) (logic and mathematics) a relation such that it holds between an element and itself | Synonyms: reflexivity |
| reflexivity | (noun) the coreferential relation between a reflexive pronoun and its antecedent | Synonyms: reflexiveness |
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| (noun) (logic and mathematics) a relation such that it holds between an element and itself | Synonyms: reflexiveness |
| reflexology | (noun) massage to relieve tension by finger pressure; based on the belief that there are reflex points on the feet, hands, and head that are connected to every part of the body | - |
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| (noun) the study of reflex action as it relates to the behavior of organisms | - |
| retroflexion | (noun) the act of bending backward | Synonyms: retroflection |
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| (noun) an articulatory gesture made by turning the tip of the tongue back against the roof of the mouth | Synonyms: retroflection |
| (noun) a turning or tilting backward of an organ or body part | Synonyms: retroflection, retroversion |
| sex | (noun) activities associated with sexual intercourse | Synonyms: sex activity, sexual activity, sexual practice |
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| (noun) the properties that distinguish organisms on the basis of their reproductive roles | Synonyms: gender, sexuality |
| (noun) all of the feelings resulting from the urge to gratify sexual impulses | Synonyms: sexual urge |
| (noun) either of the two categories (male or female) into which most organisms are divided | - |
| sexagenarian | (noun) someone whose age is in the sixties | - |
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| sexcapade | (noun) a sexual escapade; an illicit affair | - |
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| sexiness | (noun) The state or quality of being sexy, of possessing the traits of sexual appeal. | - |
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| (noun) the arousal of feelings of sexual desire | Synonyms: amativeness, amorousness, eroticism, erotism |
| sexism | (noun) discriminatory or abusive behavior towards members of the opposite sex | - |
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| sexist | (noun) a man with a chauvinistic belief in the inferiority of women | Synonyms: male chauvinist |
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| sexlessness | (noun) having no evident sex or sex organs | Synonyms: asexuality |
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| sexploitation | (noun) the commercial exploitation of sex or sexuality or explicit sexual material | - |
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| sexpot | (noun) a young woman who is thought to have sex appeal | Synonyms: sex bomb, sex kitten |
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| sext | (noun) A message with sexual content | - |
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| (noun) the fourth of the seven canonical hours; about noon | - |
| sextant | (noun) a measuring instrument for measuring the angular distance between celestial objects; resembles an octant | - |
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| (noun) a unit of angular distance equal to 60 degrees | - |
| sextet | (noun) a musical composition written for six performers | Synonyms: sestet, sextette |
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| (noun) six people considered as a unit | Synonyms: sextette, sixsome |
| (noun) a set of six similar things considered as a unit | Synonyms: sestet, sextette |
| (noun) six performers or singers who perform together | Synonyms: sestet, sextette |
| (noun) the cardinal number that is the sum of five and one | Synonyms: 6, Captain Hicks, half a dozen, hexad, sestet, sextuplet, sise, six, sixer, VI |
| sextette | (noun) a musical composition written for six performers | Synonyms: sestet, sextet |
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| (noun) six people considered as a unit | Synonyms: sextet, sixsome |
| (noun) a set of six similar things considered as a unit | Synonyms: sestet, sextet |
| (noun) six performers or singers who perform together | Synonyms: sestet, sextet |
| sextillion | (noun) the number that is represented as a one followed by 21 zeros | - |
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| sexting | (noun) sending sexual messages using a mobile phone or computer | - |
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| sexton | (noun) an officer of the church who is in charge of sacred objects | Synonyms: sacristan |
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| sextuplet | (noun) the cardinal number that is the sum of five and one | Synonyms: 6, Captain Hicks, half a dozen, hexad, sestet, sextet, sise, six, sixer, VI |
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| sexuality | (noun) the properties that distinguish organisms on the basis of their reproductive roles | Synonyms: gender, sex |
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| silex | (noun) a pure form of finely ground silica | - |
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| silvex | (noun) a herbicide that is effective in controlling woody plants but is toxic to animals | - |
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| spandex | (noun) an elastic synthetic fabric | - |
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| suffrutex | (noun) low-growing woody shrub or perennial with woody base | Synonyms: subshrub |
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| telex | (noun) a character printer connected to a telegraph that operates like a typewriter | Synonyms: teleprinter, teletype machine, teletypewriter, telex machine |
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| text | (noun) the words of something written | Synonyms: textual matter |
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| (noun) the main body of a written work (as distinct from illustrations or footnotes etc.) | - |
| (noun) a book prepared for use in schools or colleges | Synonyms: school text, schoolbook, text edition, textbook |
| (noun) a passage from the Bible that is used as the subject of a sermon | - |
| textbook | (noun) a book prepared for use in schools or colleges | Synonyms: school text, schoolbook, text, text edition |
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| textile | (noun) artifact made by weaving or felting or knitting or crocheting natural or synthetic fibers | Synonyms: cloth, fabric, material |
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| texting | (noun) the act of sending messages via SMS | - |
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| textolite | (noun) a laminated composite material used for electrotechnical components, inserts and bearings. | - |
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| texture | (noun) the feel of a surface or a fabric | - |
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| (noun) the characteristic appearance of a surface having a tactile quality | - |
| (noun) the musical pattern created by parts being played or sung together | - |
| (noun) the physical composition of something (especially with respect to the size and shape of the small constituents of a substance) | Synonyms: grain |
| (noun) the essential quality of something | - |
| transexual | (noun) a person whose sexual identification is entirely with the opposite sex | Synonyms: transsexual |
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| (noun) a person who has undergone a sex change operation | Synonyms: transgendered, transsexual |
| transsexual | (noun) a person whose sexual identification is entirely with the opposite sex | Synonyms: transexual |
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| (noun) a person who has undergone a sex change operation | Synonyms: transexual, transgendered |
| transsexualism | (noun) condition in which a person identifies with a gender different from his or her physical gender | - |
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| underexposure | (noun) the act of exposing film to too little light or for too short a time | - |
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| (noun) inadequate publicity | - |
| unexchangeability | (noun) the quality of being incapable of exchange or interchange | - |
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| unexpectedness | (noun) extraordinariness by virtue of being unexpected | Synonyms: surprisingness |
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| ununhexium | (noun) a radioactive transuranic element, with atomic number 116 | Synonyms: atomic number 116, element 116, Uuh |
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| vertex | (noun) the point of intersection of lines or the point opposite the base of a figure | - |
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| (noun) the highest point (of something) | Synonyms: acme, apex, peak |
| vexation | (noun) the act of troubling or annoying someone | Synonyms: annoyance, annoying, irritation |
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| (noun) something or someone that causes anxiety; a source of unhappiness | Synonyms: concern, headache, worry |
| (noun) anger produced by some annoying irritation | Synonyms: annoyance, chafe |
| (noun) the psychological state of being irritated or annoyed | Synonyms: annoyance, botheration, irritation |
| vexer | (noun) someone given to teasing (as by mocking or stirring curiosity) | Synonyms: annoyer, tease, teaser |
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| vortex | (noun) a powerful circular current of water (usually the result of conflicting tides) | Synonyms: maelstrom, whirlpool |
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| (noun) the shape of something rotating rapidly | Synonyms: convolution, swirl, whirl |