(rhetoric) Fine writing on a minor or trivial subject.
amphioxidae
amphioxides
amphioxididae
androsphinx
androsphinx
noun
A sphinx with the head of a man.
androsphinxes
androsphinxes
noun
plural of androsphinx
anthropodeoxycholic
asphyxiated
asphyxiated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of asphyxiate
asphyxied
asphyxied
verb
simple past tense and past participle of asphyxy
autohexaploid
autohexaploid
adj
(genetics) hexaploid as a result of multiplication of a haploid set of chromosomes
cardiemphraxia
chlordiazepoxide
chlordiazepoxide
noun
A benzodiazepine derivative used as a sedative drug; trade name Librium among others.
dextroamphetamine
dextroamphetamine
noun
(pharmacology) One of the stereoisomers of amphetamine, with the chemical formula C₉H₁₃N, that is used to stimulate the central nervous system.
diphenoxylate
diphenoxylate
noun
(pharmacology) An antidiarrheal agent (trademark Lomotil) chemically related to pethidine and administered in the form of its hydrochloride C₃₀H₃₂N₂O₂·HCl in combination with the sulfate of atropine.
doxographer
doxographer
noun
A classical historian who describes the opinions of Ancient Greek philosophers and scientists.
doxographical
doxographical
adj
relating to doxographers
doxography
doxography
noun
The work or works of classical historians describing the opinions of Ancient Greek philosophers and scientists.
formaldehydesulphoxylate
formaldehydesulphoxylate
noun
A salt or ester of formaldehydesulphoxylic acid.
formaldehydesulphoxylic
heptahexahedral
heptahexahedral
adj
Having seven ranges of faces one above another, each range containing six faces.
heptahydroxy
heptahydroxy
noun
(organic chemistry, in combination) seven hydroxy groups. (OH)₇
hexanitrodiphenylamine
hexanitrodiphenylamine
noun
(organic chemistry) A substance that was mixed with TNT in World War II to make it more explosive.
hexaped
hexaped
noun
A hexapod.
hexapetaloid
hexapetaloideous
hexaploid
hexaploid
adj
Having six complete sets of chromosomes in a single cell
noun
A cell or organism that has six complete sets of chromosomes
hexaploidies
hexaploidy
hexaploidy
noun
The property of being hexaploid.
hexapod
hexapod
adj
Having six feet, six-footed; belonging to the subphylum Hexapoda; hexapodous.
noun
(dated) An insect.
An arthropod with six feet; a member of subphylum Hexapoda.
Any organism, being or robot with six legs.
hexapoda
hexapodal
hexapodal
adj
Having six legs.
hexapodan
hexapodic
hexapodies
hexapodies
noun
plural of hexapody
hexapodous
hexapodous
adj
(zoology) Having six feet; belonging to the Hexapoda.
hexapods
hexapods
noun
plural of hexapod
hexapody
hexapody
noun
(poetry, countable) Six metrical feet taken together, or included in one measure.
(zoology, uncountable) The property of being a hexapod; six-leggedness.
hexasulphide
hydropneumothorax
hydropneumothorax
noun
(medicine) The presence of both fluid and air in the pleural cavity
hydrosalpinx
hydrosalpinx
noun
A distally blocked Fallopian tube filled with serous or clear fluid.
hydroxyapatite
hydroxyapatite
noun
A basic calcium phosphate mineral that is the principal inorganic constituent of bone and teeth.
hydroxytryptamine
hydroxytryptamine
noun
(organic chemistry) Any hydroxy derivative of tryptamine, but especially 5-hydroxytryptamine (serotonin)
hyperdiazeuxis
hypermixolydian
hyperoxidation
hyperoxidation
noun
Excessive oxidation
hypodiazeuxis
hypomixolydian
hypomixolydian
adj
(music) Describing a mode of church music represented by a major scale from D to G
loxodograph
loxodograph
noun
(nautical, obsolete) An apparatus that records the course that a ship has travelled
naphthoxide
paradoxographer
paradoxographer
noun
A writer of paradoxography.
paradoxographical
paradoxographical
adj
Relating to paradoxography.
pentahexahedral
pentahexahedron
pentahydroxy
pentahydroxy
noun
(organic chemistry, in combination) Five hydroxy groups in a molecule.
phalanxed
philodoxical
philodoxical
adj
Interested in opinions or beliefs, rather than facts.
photooxidation
photooxidation
noun
(chemistry) The reaction of something with oxygen in the presence of light
(physics, chemistry) The loss of an electron from a photoexcited species
photooxidative
photooxidative
adj
That causes, or undergoes photooxidation.
phylloxeridae
pneumohydrothorax
preexchanged
preexchanged
verb
simple past tense and past participle of preexchange
pseudoanaphylaxis
pseudoanaphylaxis
noun
A kind of anaphylaxis that does not involve an allergic reaction but is due to direct mast cell degranulation.
pseudohexagonal
pseudohexagonal
adj
being or pertaining to a pseudohexagon
pseudohexagonally
pseudohexagonally
adv
In a pseudohexagonal way.
pseudoxanthine
pyxidanthera
radioanaphylaxis
spondylexarthrosis
toxicophidia
xanthopsydracia
xanthopsydracia
noun
(archaic, medicine) A condition characterized by the occurrence on the skin of small yellow pustules.
xenophoridae
xiphiidae
xiphodontidae
xiphodynia
xiphodynia
noun
xiphoidalgia
xiphoidal
xiphoidal
adj
xiphoid; sword-shaped
xiphoidian
xiphoidian
adj
(anatomy, rare) xiphoid
xiphosuridae
xiphydria
xiphydriidae
xylographed
xylographed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of xylograph