(biochemistry) Any substance that inhibits auxin by competing for the same receptors.
antiflux
antihomosexual
antihomosexual
adj
Opposed to homosexuality.
noun
A person who opposes homosexuality.
antineurotoxin
antineurotoxin
noun
Any substance, especially an antibody, that counters the effect of a neurotoxin
antisexual
antisexual
adj
Opposing sexual intercourse.
noun
One who is opposed to sex or to (teaching, researching, expressing, etc) sexuality.
anxietude
anxietude
noun
The state or condition of being troubled, worried, or anxious; anxiety.
asexualisation
asexualisation
noun
Alternative spelling of asexualization
asexualization
asexualization
noun
The act or process of asexualizing.
autoantitoxin
autoasphyxiation
autoasphyxiation
noun
The practice of choking or strangling oneself for sexual gratification.
autoexcitation
autoindex
autoindexing
autoindexing
noun
(computing) The programmed retrieval of words from a document for use in building an index
automatic indexing
autointoxicant
autointoxicant
noun
Any substance causing autointoxication.
autointoxication
autointoxication
noun
(medicine) Poisoning due to the faulty absorption of the waste products of metabolism or of the products of decomposition within the intestines.
autonephrotoxin
autoneurotoxin
autooxidation
autooxidation
noun
autoxidation
autosexing
autosexing
noun
The identification of the sex of newborn chicks by their physical appearance, possible with certain breeds of poultry.
autotoxication
autotoxication
noun
Synonym of autointoxication
autotoxin
autotoxin
noun
Any substance that is toxic to the organism in which it is generated
autoxeny
autoxidation
autoxidation
noun
(chemistry) A spontaneous oxidation reaction that results in the slow, flameless combustion of a material.
auxanometer
auxanometer
noun
An instrument to measure the growth of plants.
auxiliation
auxoaction
auxosubstance
auxotonic
auxotonic
adj
(botany) Relating to plant movement classified by growth as opposed to mature reactions to exogenous stimuli in surrounding environment.
(physiology) Of or involving muscular contraction against resistance in which the length of the muscle changes and the tension differs due to an increasing load or difference in leverage.
azoxytoluidine
coexecutant
coexecutant
noun
A joint executant.
contextual
contextual
adj
Of, pertaining to, or depending on the context of information; relating to the situation or location in which the information was found.
contextualize
contextualize
verb
To place something or someone in a particular context.
contextually
contextually
adv
In a contextual manner; with reference to context
contextural
contextural
adj
Relating to contexture or arrangement of parts; producing contexture; interwoven.
contraflexure
contumax
countercathexis
countercathexis
noun
(psychology) The suppression or repression of mental energy.
counterexaggeration
counterexaggeration
noun
An exaggeration in response to another exaggeration.
counterexample
counterexample
noun
(logic) An example that counters a general rule; an exception to a general rule; a specific instance of the falsity of (and falsifiability of) any proposed universal applicability of a rule or statement.
counterexamples
counterexamples
noun
plural of counterexample
counterexcommunication
counterexcommunication
noun
An excommunication in response to another excommunication.
counterexplanation
counterexplanation
noun
An opposing explanation
counterexpostulation
counterparadox
cristineaux
desexualization
desexualization
noun
The act or process of desexualizing.
dextromanual
dextromanual
adj
right-handed
disexcommunicate
enterauxe
euxanthate
euxanthate
noun
(chemistry) Any salt or ester of euxanthic acid.
euxanthic
euxanthic
adj
(organic chemistry) Pertaining to, derived from, or resembling euxanthin.
euxanthin
euxanthin
noun
Indian yellow or magnesium euxanthate, a transparent yellow pigment used in oil paint.
euxanthone
euxanthone
noun
(organic chemistry) A naturally occurring xanthonoid with the molecular formula C₁₃H₈O₄.
exannulate
exannulate
adj
(botany) Having the sporangium destitute of a ring; said of certain genera of ferns.
exanthematous
exanthematous
adj
Of or pertaining to exanthem.
exappendiculate
exarticulation
exarticulation
noun
(surgery) The action, or the result of exarticulating
Luxation; the dislocation of a joint
exauguration
exauguration
noun
(obsolete) The act of exaugurating; desecration.
excitoglandular
excitoglandular
adj
That increases the output of a gland
exclaustration
exclaustration
noun
The release of a monk (or nun) from their religious vows, and their subsequent return to the outside world.
excommunicant
excommunicant
noun
One who has been excommunicated.
excommunicate
excommunicate
adj
Excommunicated.
noun
An excommunicated person.
verb
(transitive) To officially exclude someone from membership of a church or religious community.
(transitive, historical or figurative) To exclude from any other group; to banish.
excommunicated
excommunicated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of excommunicate
excommunicates
excommunicates
noun
plural of excommunicate
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of excommunicate
excommunicating
excommunicating
verb
present participle of excommunicate
excommunication
excommunication
noun
The act of excommunicating, disfellowshipping or ejecting; especially an ecclesiastical censure whereby the person against whom it is pronounced is, for the time, cast out of the communication of the church; exclusion from fellowship in things spiritual.
excommunications
excommunications
noun
plural of excommunication
excommunicative
excommunicative
adj
Relating to excommunication.
excommunicator
excommunicator
noun
One who excommunicates.
excommunicators
excommunicators
noun
plural of excommunicator
excommunicatory
excommunicatory
Adjective
Relating to excommunication.
exconjugant
exconjugant
noun
Either of a conjugating pair of protozoan ciliates after separation and before subsequent mitotic division
excruciating
excruciating
adj
Causing great pain or anguish, agonizing
Exceedingly intense; extreme
excruciatingly
excruciatingly
adv
In a very intense or extreme manner.
In an excruciating manner or to an excruciating degree; in a manner causing great anguish or pain.
excruciatingness
excruciation
excruciation
noun
Excruciating pain.
excubant
excubant
adj
(formal) Watchful; keeping watch or guarding.
exculpating
exculpating
verb
present participle of exculpate
exculpation
exculpation
noun
That which exculpates; an excuse.
The act of exculpating from alleged fault or crime.
exculpations
exculpations
noun
plural of exculpation
excurvation
excusation
excusation
noun
(obsolete) The act of offering an excuse or apology, or the fact of being excused; an excuse, a defence.
executancy
executancy
noun
execution; performance
executant
executant
noun
A person who executes a dance or piece of music; a performer.
A person who puts something into action, such as a plan or design.
executional
executional
adj
(business) Relating to the execution of an idea; putting something into practice.
exfiguration
exhaustedness
exhaustedness
noun
The state, quality, or condition of being exhausted.
exhausting
exhausting
adj
Very tiring.
verb
present participle of exhaust
exhaustingly
exhaustingly
adv
In an exhausting manner.
exhaustion
exhaustion
noun
(dated, chemistry) The removal (by percolation etc) of an active medicinal constituent from plant material.
(dated, physics) The removal of all air from a vessel (the creation of a vacuum).
(mathematics) An exhaustive procedure
Supreme tiredness; having exhausted energy.
The point of complete depletion, of the state of being used up.
exhaustions
exhaustions
noun
plural of exhaustion
exhaustiveness
exhaustiveness
noun
The state of being exhaustive.
exhaustlessness
exhaustlessness
noun
(dated) inexhaustibility; infinite supply
exhumating
exhumating
verb
present participle of exhumate
exhumation
exhumation
noun
The act of digging up that which has been buried.
exhumations
exhumations
noun
plural of exhumation
exindusiate
exoculating
exoculating
verb
present participle of exoculate
exoculation
exosculation
expostulating
expostulating
verb
present participle of expostulate
expostulatingly
expostulatingly
adv
With expostulations.
expostulation
expostulation
noun
The act of reasoning earnestly in order to dissuade or remonstrate.
expostulations
expostulations
noun
plural of expostulation
expurgating
expurgating
verb
present participle of expurgate
expurgation
expurgation
noun
The act of expurgating, purging, or cleansing; purification from anything noxious, offensive, sinful, or erroneous.
expurgational
expurgations
expurgations
noun
plural of expurgation
exsanguinate
exsanguinate
verb
(intransitive) To die by means of blood loss.
(transitive) To drain a body (living or dead) of blood.
(transitive) To kill by means of blood loss.
exsanguinated
exsanguinated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of exsanguinate
exsanguinating
exsanguinating
verb
present participle of exsanguinate
exsanguination
exsanguination
noun
(pathology) Excessive loss of blood due to hemorrhage.
Bloodletting.
Hemorrhage.
Slaughter of an animal by cutting its throat and allowing it to bleed out, especially for the production of halal and kosher meat.
exsanguinity
exsanguinity
noun
(medicine) Lack of blood.
exstemporaneous
exsufflation
exsufflation
noun
(biology, obsolete) A strongly forced expiration of air from the lungs.
(obsolete) A blast from beneath.
(obsolete) A kind of exorcism by blowing with the breath.
extemporaneous
extemporaneous
adj
With inadequate preparation or without advance thought; offhand.
extemporaneously
extemporaneously
adv
In an extemporaneous manner; without prior preparation or planning.
extemporaneousness
extemporaneousness
noun
The degree or property of being extemporaneous.
extenuate
extenuate
adj
Of a person: emaciated, wasted, weakened; of the body or part of it: atrophied, shrunken, withered.
Of a quality or thing: lessened, weakened.
Reduced to poverty; impoverished.
verb
(specifically) To diminish or seek to diminish the extent or severity of (a crime, guilt, a mistake, or something else negative) by making apologies or excuses; to palliate.
To beat or draw (a metal object, etc.) out so as to lessen the thickness.
To degrade (someone); to detract from (someone's qualities, reputation, etc.); to depreciate, to disparage.
To make (someone or something) slender or thin; to emaciate, to waste.
To make (something) less dense, or thinner; also, to lower the viscosity of (something).
To reduce the quality or quantity of (something); to lessen or weaken the force of (something).
To underestimate or understate the importance of (something); to underrate.
extenuated
extenuated
adj
Made slender or thin; emaciated, wasted.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of extenuate
extenuates
extenuates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of extenuate
extenuating
extenuating
adj
That lessens the seriousness of something by providing an excuse.
verb
present participle of extenuate
extenuatingly
extenuatingly
adv
In a manner that extenuates.
extenuation
extenuation
noun
(US, humorous, in the plural as “extenuations”) Thin garments.
(obsolete) The action of making less or weak; and instance of this; a weakening, impoverishment. Also, mitigation (of blame or punishment).
(obsolete) The action or process of making slender or diminishing in bulk; an instance of this.
(of air, obsolete) Making less dense; rarefaction.
(rhetoric, obsolete) A figure in which a term is used which, in contrast with the more fitting term it supplants, understates or seeks to diminish the significance of something.
The action of lessening, or seeking to lessen, the guilt of (an offence or fault) by alleging partial excuses; and instance or means of doing this; a plea in mitigation of censure.
The action of representing (something) as slight and trifling; underrating; an instance of this, a plea to this end; a modification in terms.
The action or process of making or becoming thin; an instance of this; a shrunken condition; leanness, emaciation.
extenuations
extenuations
noun
plural of extenuation
extenuative
extenuative
adj
Tending to extenuate.
extenuator
extenuator
noun
One who extenuates.
extenuators
extenuators
noun
plural of extenuator
extenuatory
extenuatory
adj
Tending to extenuate or palliate.
exterraneous
exterraneous
adj
foreign; belonging to, or coming from, abroad
extinguishable
extinguishable
adj
Able to be extinguished.
extinguishant
extinguishant
adj
That serves to extinguish
noun
An extinguishing medium such as water, chemical powders, gases (CO2,Halon etc)
extinguisher, especially a fire extinguisher
extracommunity
extraconscious
extraconscious
adj
Outside of a person's consciousness.
extraconstitutional
extraconstitutional
adj
Beyond what is accommodated for in a constitution.
extracutaneous
extracutaneous
adj
Outside of the skin or cutis.
extraduction
extraforaneous
extraforaneous
adj
(nonce word, archaic) outdoor
extrahuman
extrahuman
noun
Synonym of nonhuman
Synonym of parahuman
extralinguistic
extralinguistic
adj
Outside the realm of linguistics.
extralinguistically
extralinguistically
adv
Outside of language.
extramundane
extramundane
adj
Beyond mundane, beyond ordinary.
Extraterrestrial; occurring or originating outside of the Earth.
extranatural
extranatural
adj
Alternative form of extra-natural
extraneous
extraneous
adj
Not belonging to, or dependent upon, a thing; without or beyond a thing; foreign
Not essential or intrinsic
extraneously
extraneously
adv
In an extraneous manner.
extraneousness
extraneousness
noun
The state of being extraneous or inessential and irrelevant; extrinsic.
extranuclear
extranuclear
adj
(biology) Outside the nucleus but within the cell cytoplasm.