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adj. 1. 1 of or pertaining to an affix.
Syn. -- affixial [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. 1. 1 a European herb (Smyrnium olusatrum) somewhat resembling celery widely naturalized in Britain coastal regions and often cultivated as a potherb.
Syn. -- Alexanders, black lovage, horse parsley [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. 1 the famous king of Macedon, son of Philip; conqueror of Greece and Egypt and Persia; founder of Alexandria -- (356-323 BC).
Syn. -- Alexander the Great [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. 1. same as Alexander[ wn1 ]; Smyrnium olusatrum.
Syn. -- Alexander, black lovage, horse parsley, Smyrnium olusatrum [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. a city on the Mediterranean Sea, the chief port of Egypt.
Syn. -- El Iskandariyah [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. 1. Of or pertaining to Alexandria in Egypt; as, the Alexandrian library. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Applied to a kind of heroic verse. See Alexandrine, n. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Belonging to Alexandria; Alexandrian. Bancroft. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. alexandrin. ] A kind of verse consisting in English of twelve syllables. [ 1913 Webster ]

The needless Alexandrine ends the song,
That, like a wounded snake, drags its slow length along. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. alisaundre, OF. alissandere, fr. Alexander or Alexandria. ] (Bot) A name given to two species of the genus Smyrnium, formerly cultivated and used as celery now is; -- called also horse parsely. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Allantoin + oxalic, as containing the elements of allantion and oxalic acid. ] (Chem.) An oxidation product of uric acid. It is of a pale reddish color, readily soluble in water or alcohol. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Chem.) A combination of alloxanic acid and a base or base or positive radical. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Chem.) Of or pertaining to alloxan; -- applied to an acid obtained by the action of soluble alkalies on alloxan. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Chem.) A substance produced by acting upon uric with warm and very dilute nitric acid. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. amplexari to embrace. ] An embrace. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

An humble amplexation of those sacred feet. Bp. Hall. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. annexation. See Annex, v. t. ] 1. The act of annexing; process of attaching, adding, or appending; the act of connecting; union; as, the annexation of Texas to the United States, or of chattels to the freehold. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (a) (Law) The union of property with a freehold so as to become a fixture. Bouvier. (b) (Scots Law) The appropriation of lands or rents to the crown. Wharton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who favors annexation. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖ n. [ NL.; Gr. 'an priv. + oxygen + Gr. a'i^ma blood. ] (Med.) A former term used to refer to an abnormal condition due to deficient oxygenation of the arterial blood, as in balloon sickness, mountain sickness; now the term is replaced by the term hypoxemia. -- An`ox*ae"mic, An`ox*e"mic a. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. + AS ]

‖ n. [ NL. See Auto-, and Toxæmia. ] (Physiol.) Self-intoxication. See Auto-intoxication. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; to cause to increase + -meter. ] An instrument to measure the growth of plants. Goodale. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ See Axial. ] [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. [ Pref. bi- + axal, axial. ] (Opt.) Having two axes; as, biaxial polarization; biaxial crystals. Brewster. -- Bi*ax"i*al*ly, adv. [1913 Webster]

n. [ Pref. bin- + oxalate. ] (Chem.) A salt having two equivalents of oxalic acid to one of the base; an acid oxalate. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; the noise of frogs. ] The act of croaking. [ R ] Dr. H. More. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ L., the hip. ] (Zool.) The first joint of the leg of an insect or crustacean. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ ‖ } n. [ NL. coxalgia, fr. L. coxa hip. + Gr. &unr_;&unr_;&unr_; pain: cf. F. coxalgie. ] (Med.) Pain in the hip. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Law) The interrogating or questioning of a witness by the party against whom he has been called and examined. See Examination. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. [ fig. ] close or detailed questioning. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Cross-examined p. pr. & vb. n. Cross-examining. ] (Law) To examine or question, as a witness who has been called and examined by the opposite party. “The opportunity to cross-examine the witnesses.” Kent. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who cross-examines or conducts a crosse-examination. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ F. pref. des- from + E. oxalic. ] (Chem.) Made or derived from oxalic acid; as, desoxalic acid. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a corticosteroid drug used to treat allergies or inflammation. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. [ Pref. di- + hexagonal. ] (a) Consisting of two hexagonal parts united; thus, a dihexagonal pyramid is composed of two hexagonal pyramids placed base to base. (b) Having twelve similar faces; as, a dihexagonal prism. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ L. elixatus, p. p. of elixare to seethe, fr. elixus thoroughly boiled; e + lixare to boil, lix ashes. ] To boil; to seethe; hence, to extract by boiling or seething. [ Obs. ] Cockeram. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. élixation. ] A seething; digestion. [ Obs. ] Burton. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ Pref. e- + luxate. ] To dislocate; to luxate. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Dislocation; luxation. [ 1913 Webster ]

pos>a. (Chem.) Having a yellow color; pertaining to, derived from, or resembling, euxanthin. [ 1913 Webster ]

Euxanthic acid (Chem.), a yellow, crystalline, organic acid, extracted from euxanthin. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. e'y^ well + &unr_; yellow. ] (Chem.) A yellow pigment imported from India and China. It has a strong odor, and is said to be obtained from the urine of herbivorous animals when fed on the mango. It consists if a magnesium salt of euxanthic acid. Called also puri, purree, and Indian yellow. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Exacerbated p. pr. & vb. n. Exacerbating ] [ L. exacerbatus, p. p. of exacerbare; ex out (intens.) + acerbare. See Acerbate. ] To render more violent or bitter; to irritate; to exasperate; to imbitter, as passions or disease. Brougham. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. Making worse.
Syn. -- aggravating, exasperating. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

pos>n. [ Cf. F. exacerbation. ] 1. The act of rendering more violent or bitter; the state of being exacerbated or intensified in violence or malignity; as, exacerbation of passion. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Med.) A periodical increase of violence in a disease, as in remittent or continuous fever; an increased energy of diseased and painful action. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. exacerbescens, -entis, p. pr. of exacerbescere, incho. of exacerbare. ] Increase of irritation or violence, particularly the increase of a fever or disease. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. exacervare to heap up exceedingly. See Ex-, and Acervate. ] The act of heaping up. [ Obs. ] Bailey. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ L. ex out + acinus kernel. ] To remove the kernel form. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Removal of the kernel. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. exactus precise, accurate, p. p. of exigere to drive out, to demand, enforce, finish, determine, measure; ex out + agere to drive; cf. F. exact. See Agent, Act. ] 1. Precisely agreeing with a standard, a fact, or the truth; perfectly conforming; neither exceeding nor falling short in any respect; true; correct; precise; as, the clock keeps exact time; he paid the exact debt; an exact copy of a letter; exact accounts. [ 1913 Webster ]

I took a great pains to make out the exact truth. Jowett (Thucyd. ) [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Habitually careful to agree with a standard, a rule, or a promise; accurate; methodical; punctual; as, a man exact in observing an appointment; in my doings I was exact. “I see thou art exact of taste.” Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Precisely or definitely conceived or stated; strict. [ 1913 Webster ]

An exact command,
Larded with many several sorts of reason. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Exacted; p. pr. & vb. n. Exacting. ] [ From L. exactus, p. p. of exigere; or fr. LL. exactare: cf. OF. exacter. See Exact, a. ] To demand or require authoritatively or peremptorily, as a right; to enforce the payment of, or a yielding of; to compel to yield or to furnish; hence, to wrest, as a fee or reward when none is due; -- followed by from or of before the one subjected to exaction; as, to exact tribute, fees, obedience, etc., from or of some one. [ 1913 Webster ]

He said into them, Exact no more than that which is appointed you. Luke. iii. 13. [ 1913 Webster ]

Years of servise past
From grateful souls exact reward at last Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

My designs
Exact me in another place. Massinger. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To practice exaction. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

The anemy shall not exact upon him. Ps. lxxxix. 22. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. An exactor. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Oppressive or unreasonably severe in making demands or requiring the exact fulfillment of obligations; harsh; severe. “A temper so exacting.” T. Arnold -- Ex*act"ing*ly, adv. -- Ex*act"ing*ness, n. [ 1913 Webster ]