lexia
1 of 2noun
le·xia
ləˈhēə
plural -s
: a soft light-colored raisin produced chiefly in Spain and Australia from which vinifera grapes that are treated with a caustic solution and sometimes with olive oil before drying
-lexia
2 of 2noun combining form
-lex·ia
ˈleksēə
plural -s
: reading of (such) a kind or with (such) an impairment
bradylexia
dyslexia
Word History
Etymology
Noun
perhaps from obsolete Spanish lexía lye (now lejía), from Latin lixiva, feminine of lixivus consisting of lye
Noun combining form
New Latin, from Greek lexis word, speech
- pulling into
- pulling off
- pulling on
- pulling one's leg
- pulling out
- pulling over
- pulling power
- pulling round
- pulling stakes
- pulling the wool over one's eyes
- pulling through
- pulling together
- pulling up
- pullings
- Pullman
- pullman conductor
- Pullman National Monument
- pullmans
- pullorum disease
- pullout
- pullouts
- pullover
- pullovers
- pulls
- pulls a face