(organic chemistry) The introduction of a hydroxyl group into a molecule, especially by the replacement of a hydrogen atom
hydroxylic
hydroxylic
adj
(chemistry) Of, pertaining to, or containing hydroxyl groups
hydroxylization
hydroxylize
hydroxyls
hydroxyls
noun
plural of hydroxyl
hydroxyproline
hydroxyproline
noun
(biochemistry) A hydroxy derivative of the amino acid proline found in the structural proteins of connective tissue
hypercatalexis
hypercatalexis
noun
(poetry) The addition of one or two syllables to the last foot of a verse
hyperclimax
hypercomplex
hypercomplex
adj
(mathematics) Describing any of several types of higher-dimensional numbers having some characteristics of complex numbers.
noun
(mathematics) A hypercomplex number.
hyperexaltation
hyperexcitability
hyperexcitability
noun
Excessive sensitivity of the nerves.
hyperactivity
hyperexcitable
hyperexcitable
adj
Unusually or excessively excitable
hyperexcitableness
hyperexcitably
hyperexcitably
adv
In a hyperexcitable manner.
hyperexcursively
hyperflexibility
hyperflexibility
noun
The condition of being hyperflexible
hyperflexible
hyperflexible
adj
Extremely flexible.
hyperflexibleness
hyperflexibly
hyperflexion
hyperflexion
noun
Excessive flexion of a joint.
hyperlexis
hypermixolydian
hyperpyrexial
hyperpyrexial
adj
Exhibiting or relating to hyperpyrexia.
hypersexual
hypersexual
adj
Excessively interested in sex.
Of or relating to hypersexuality.
noun
A person who is hypersexual.
hypersexualities
hypersexualities
noun
plural of hypersexuality
hypersexuality
hypersexuality
noun
The desire for sexual activity at levels high enough to be considered clinically significant.
indoxylsulphuric
lagothrix
laparohysteropexy
laparohysteropexy
noun
(surgery) ventrofixation of the uterus
laryngemphraxis
laryngemphraxis
noun
(medicine) The closure or obstruction of the larynx.
laryngopharynx
laryngopharynx
noun
(anatomy) The part of the pharynx below and behind the larynx
laryngopharynxes
leiothrix
leiothrix
noun
Either of two babblers of the genus Leiothrix within the family Leiothrichidae.
lepothrix
leptothrix
lexicographer
lexicographer
noun
One who writes or compiles a dictionary
lexicographers
lexicographers
noun
plural of lexicographer
lexicographian
lexicographic
lexicographic
adj
Like a dictionary, relating to lexicography (the writing of a dictionary).
lexicographical
lexicographical
adj
Meeting lexicographical standards or requirements; worthy of being included in a dictionary.
Relating to lexicography.
lexicographically
lexicographically
adv
(domain) From the perspective of lexicography.
(manner) In a lexicographical way.
(sequence) In lexicographical order.
lexicographies
lexicographies
noun
plural of lexicography
lexicographist
lexicographist
noun
(chiefly archaic) A student specialising in the discipline of lexicography; lexicographer.
lexicography
lexicography
noun
(countable) A dictionary, a lexicon, a wordbook.
(uncountable) The art or craft of compiling, writing, and editing dictionaries.
(uncountable, linguistics) The scholarly discipline of analysing and describing the semantic, syntagmatic and paradigmatic relationships within the lexicon (vocabulary) of a language and developing theories of dictionary components and structures linking the data in dictionaries.
lexigraphic
lexigraphic
adj
Of or pertaining to lexigraphy.
lexigraphical
lexigraphical
adj
Misspelling of lexicographical.
lexigraphically
lexigraphically
adv
In terms of lexigraphy.
lexigraphy
lexigraphy
noun
(countable) A system of writing in which there is a one-to-one correspondence between symbols and words.
(uncountable) The representation of words in writing.
liothrix
lithanthrax
lithanthrax
noun
mineral coal
lophortyx
loxodograph
loxodograph
noun
(nautical, obsolete) An apparatus that records the course that a ship has travelled
maxillopharyngeal
maxillopharyngeal
adj
Relating to the maxilla and the pharynx.
methoxychlor
methoxychlor
noun
(organic chemistry) A synthetic organochlorine used as an insecticide.
methoxyflurane
methoxyflurane
noun
(pharmaceutical drugs) An inhalational anaesthetic of the 1960s and early 1970s, now largely abandoned because of detrimental effects on the kidneys.
monilethrix
monilethrix
noun
(medicine, dermatology) A rare autosomal-dominant hair disease that results in short, fragile, broken hair with a beaded appearance.
morphallaxes
morphallaxes
noun
plural of morphallaxis
morphallaxis
morphallaxis
noun
(biology) The regeneration of specific tissue due to loss or death of the existing tissue.
nephrocolopexy
nonorthodoxly
oleothorax
omphalorrhexis
ophthalmorrhexis
orthodoxal
orthodoxal
adj
Pertaining to, or evincing, orthodoxy; orthodox.
orthodoxality
orthodoxality
noun
The quality of being orthodox.
orthodoxally
orthodoxally
adv
Obsolete form of orthodoxly.
orthodoxical
orthodoxical
adj
orthodox
orthodoxically
orthodoxically
adv
In an orthodoxical manner.
orthodoxicalness
orthodoxly
orthodoxly
adv
In a correct or proper way; conventionally; correctly.
In a religiously orthodox way; in accordance with accepted religious doctrine.
orthoxylene
orthoxylene
noun
(organic chemistry) An aromatic hydrocarbon based on benzene with two methyl substituents bonded to adjacent carbon atoms in the aromatic ring (the ortho configuration).
oxychlorate
oxychloric
oxychloric
adj
(chemistry) Containing both oxygen and chlorine.
oxychlorid
oxychloride
oxychloride
noun
(inorganic chemistry) A ternary compound of oxygen and chlorine.
oxychlorine
oxycholesterol
paradoxographical
paradoxographical
adj
Relating to paradoxography.
pentahexahedral
phalacrocorax
pharyngomaxillary
pharyngomaxillary
adj
(anatomy) Relating to the pharynx and maxilla.
philodoxer
philodoxer
noun
One who is interested in opinions or beliefs, rather than facts.
philorthodox
phlebemphraxis
phleborrhexis
photoxylography
photoxylography
noun
A process in which a photograph is printed on wood to use as a template for engraving
phyllopteryx
phylloxera
phylloxera
noun
An insect, Daktulosphaira vitifoliae of the family Phylloxeridae (not the genus Phylloxera), that is very destructive to grape vines; also, the diseased condition of a vine caused by this insect.
phylloxerae
phylloxerae
noun
plural of phylloxera
phylloxeran
phylloxeran
noun
Any of the plant-feeding insects of the family Phylloxeridae, closely related to aphids.
phylloxeras
phylloxeric
phylloxeric
adj
Relating to, or caused by, phylloxera.
phylloxeridae
plasmatorrhexis
polyhydroxy
polyhydroxy
adj
(organic chemistry) Having three or more hydroxy functional groups.
posthexaplar
posthexaplaric
praehallux
praehallux
noun
Alternative form of prehallux
prehallux
prehallux
noun
(anatomy) An extra first toe, or rudiment of a toe, on the preaxial side of the hallux.
prehexameral
prophylaxes
prophylaxes
noun
plural of prophylaxis
prophylaxis
prophylaxis
noun
(chess) A move or strategy that frustrates an opponent's plan or tactic.
(medicine) Prevention of, or protective treatment for, disease.
prophylaxy
prophylaxy
noun
Archaic form of prophylaxis.
propylhexedrine
propylhexedrine
noun
(pharmacology) An adrenergic compound that is a sympathomimetic with varied medicinal uses.
psychoprophylaxis
psychoprophylaxis
noun
(obsolete, rare) The prevention of disease by psychological means.
A method of preparing women for natural childbirth by means of special breathing, relaxation techniques and psychological conditioning, practiced without anaesthetics.
psychoreflex
pyrrhuloxia
pyrrhuloxia
noun
Cardinalis sinuatus (desert cardinal), a North American bird with grey and red plumage
radioanaphylaxis
rhamnohexitol
salpingemphraxis
scleroxanthin
scleroxanthin
noun
(organic chemistry, obsolete) A hydrated compound of sclerocrystallin.
semiorthodoxly
seroanaphylaxis
seroanaphylaxis
noun
(medicine, uncommon) Anaphylaxis as a result of an injection of a foreign serum, usually conducted under experimental conditions.
seroprophylaxis
seroprophylaxis
noun
(immunology) Disease prophylaxis achieved via the administration of antibody-containing serum.
sphenomaxillary
sphenomaxillary
adj
(anatomy) Relating to the sphenoid bone and the maxilla.
splanchnemphraxis
splenemphraxis
spondylexarthrosis
superhelix
superhelix
noun
(molecular biology) The shape formed by a helix which in turn is twisted into a larger helix
superhelixes
tetrahexahedral
tetrahexahedral
adj
(crystallography) Pertaining to a tetrahexahedron.
trachelectomopexia
trachelopexia
trichoplax
trioxymethylene
trioxymethylene
noun
1,3,5-trioxane, a stable cyclic trimer of formaldehyde.
trisulphoxid
trisulphoxide
trophallaxes
trophallaxes
noun
plural of trophallaxis
trophallaxis
trophallaxis
noun
(biology) The mutual exchange of (fluid) food between individuals, especially in social insects.
trophothylax
ulothrix
ultraorthodox
ultraorthodox
adj
Very orthodox, chiefly among Jewish sects.
ultraorthodoxy
ultraorthodoxy
noun
The quality of being ultraorthodox.
unexhilarated
unexhilarated
adj
Not exhilarated.
unexhilarating
unexhilarating
adj
Not exhilarating.
unexhilarative
unlexicographical
unlexicographically
unorthodoxically
unorthodoxly
unorthodoxly
adv
In an unorthodox manner, unconventionally.
urethrosexual
urethrosexual
adj
(anatomy) Relating to the urethra and the sex organs.
waxchandler
waxchandlery
xantholeucophore
xantholeucophore
noun
A leucophore arising from a xanthophore.
xanthydrol
xanthydrol
noun
(organic chemistry) An organic compound with chemical formula C₁₃H₁₀O₂, used to test the levels of urea in the bloodstream.
xenarthral
xenarthral
adj
(zoology) Having unusual joints.
xenomorphically
xerographically
xerographically
adv
In a xerographic way; by xerography.
xerophil
xerophil
noun
Dated form of xerophile.
xerophile
xerophile
noun
Any xerophilic organism.
xerophilies
xerophilous
xerophilous
adj
Able to thrive in dry weather.
xerophily
xerophily
noun
Quality of being xerophilic.
xerophthalmia
xerophthalmia
noun
(ophthalmology) A condition due to a deficiency of vitamin A where the conjunctiva and cornea become dry. The condition starts with conjunctival xerosis and night blindness and progresses to corneal xerosis and, later, a severe condition called keratomalacia.