(biochemistry) Any enzyme that catalyzes the hydrolysis of the terminal amino acid of a polypeptide/protein from the end that contains a free carboxyl group
cataplexies
cataplexies
noun
plural of cataplexy
cephalexins
cephalexins
noun
plural of cephalexin
cephalotaxus
cephalothoraxes
cephalothoraxes
noun
plural of cephalothorax
chartophylaxes
chartophylaxes
noun
plural of chartophylax
chemoprophylaxis
chemoprophylaxis
noun
chemoprevention; the prevention of disease using food supplements or drugs.
clarenceuxship
counterexamples
counterexamples
noun
plural of counterexample
counterexpostulation
cytopharynxes
cytopharynxes
noun
plural of cytopharynx
encephalomalaxis
epicalyxes
exarchateship
exceptionableness
exceptionableness
noun
exceptionability
exceptionalness
exceptionalness
noun
The quality of being exceptional.
excisemanship
excisemanship
noun
The state or business of an exciseman.
exculpates
exculpates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of exculpate
exculpations
exculpations
noun
plural of exculpation
exemplifications
exemplifications
noun
plural of exemplification
exencephalous
exencephalus
exencephalus
noun
(medicine) A deformed infant with the brain more or less outside the cranial cavity.
exocarps
exocarps
noun
plural of exocarp
exophasic
exospherical
expansionistic
expansionistic
adj
Of, or pertaining to expansionism.
expectances
expectances
noun
plural of expectance
expectancies
expectancies
noun
plural of expectancy
expectations
expectations
noun
plural of expectation
expectorants
expectorants
noun
plural of expectorant
expectorates
expectorates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of expectorate
expectorations
expectorations
noun
plural of expectoration
expectorators
expectorators
noun
plural of expectorator
experientialistic
expiscate
expiscate
verb
(transitive, formal, archaic) To fish out; to find out by skill or laborious investigation; to search out.
expiscated
expiscated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of expiscate
expiscating
expiscating
verb
present participle of expiscate
expiscation
expiscation
noun
(archaic, formal) The act of expiscating; fishing.
expiscator
expiscator
noun
(formal, archaic, rare) One who expiscates.
expiscatory
expiscatory
adj
(archaic) Tending to fish out; searching.
explicableness
explicableness
noun
The quality of being explicable.
explicans
explicates
explicates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of explicate
explications
explications
noun
plural of explication
explicators
explicators
noun
plural of explicator
expressionistically
expressionistically
adv
In an expressionistic manner.
exscriptural
exscriptural
adj
Not in accordance with the doctrines of Scripture; unscriptural.
exsculptate
exsuperance
extracampus
extracapsular
extracapsular
adj
(anatomy) Situated outside a capsule, especially outside the capsular ligament of a joint.
extracorpuscular
extracorpuscular
adj
(anatomy) Outside the corpuscle.
extractorship
extrametaphysical
extrametaphysical
adj
(rare) Outside of metaphysics.
extraphysical
extraphysical
adj
Not governed by physical laws
extraphysiological
extraprostatic
extraprostatic
adj
(anatomy) Outside or independent of the prostate
extrascriptural
extrascriptural
adj
Outside of scripture.
extrascripturality
extrascripturality
noun
The quality of being extrascriptural.
extraspectral
extraspectral
adj
(colorimetry) Producible by a combination of wavelengths but not by any single wavelength.
extraspherical
extraspherical
adj
Outside of a sphere.
extrasyphilitic
formaldehydesulphoxylic
hexacapsular
hieracosphinx
hieracosphinx
noun
A mythical beast found in Egyptian sculpture and European heraldry, being a lion with the head of a falcon.
hieracosphinxes
hieracosphinxes
noun
plural of hieracosphinx
hypercatalexis
hypercatalexis
noun
(poetry) The addition of one or two syllables to the last foot of a verse
hypercathexis
hypercathexis
noun
An excessive concentration of mental energy on an object or person.
hyperexcitableness
hypocathexis
inexplicableness
inexplicableness
noun
the state of being difficult to account for; the state of being inexplicable
inexplicables
lexicographers
lexicographers
noun
plural of lexicographer
lexicographies
lexicographies
noun
plural of lexicography
lexicographist
lexicographist
noun
(chiefly archaic) A student specialising in the discipline of lexicography; lexicographer.
lexiphanicism
lexiphanicism
noun
The use of pretentious words or language.
misexpectation
misexpectation
noun
Bad or wrong expectation.
misexplicate
misexplicate
verb
To explicate incorrectly.
misexplication
misexplication
noun
Wrong explication.
nonparadoxicalness
overexpectantness
oxycephalism
oxycephalism
noun
Synonym of oxycephaly
oxycephalous
packwaxes
paclitaxels
panchaxes
panchaxes
noun
plural of panchax
pancreatemphraxis
paradoxicalness
paradoxicalness
noun
The state or quality of being paradoxical.
pickaxes
pickaxes
noun
plural of pickaxe
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of pickax
posthexaplaric
praxinoscope
praxinoscope
noun
(historical) An animation device invented in 1877 and used in early image projection. It consisted of a series of pictures and an arrangement of mirrors in a horizontally rotating box.
pseudataxic
psychosexual
psychosexual
adj
Of or relating to the psychological aspect or aspects of sexuality.
psychosexuality
psychosexuality
noun
The psychological aspects of sexuality.
psychosexually
psychosexually
adv
In a psychosexual manner or context.
rickettsialpox
rickettsialpox
noun
An illness caused by bacteria of the Rickettsia genus.
saxpence
scapulopexy
sceuophylax
sceuophylax
noun
A sacristan or church treasurer.
semiamplexicaul
semiamplexicaul
adj
(botany) Partially amplexicaul; embracing the stem half round, as a leaf.
sexcuspidate
sextuplicate
sextuplicate
adj
Comprising six identical parts.
Six times the number, volume, length, etc. (of something else).
noun
A series, set, collection, or group of six identical copies of something.
verb
(transitive) To make six copies of.
sextuplicated
sextuplicated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of sextuplicate
sextuplicating
sextuplicating
verb
present participle of sextuplicate
spectatrix
speculatrix
speculatrix
noun
A female speculator.
sphacelotoxin
splanchnemphraxis
superexacting
superexacting
adj
Very exacting.
superexceptional
superexceptionally
superexcitation
superexcitation
noun
Excessive, or more than normal, excitation.
superexpectation
unexceptionableness
unexceptionableness
noun
The state or condition of being unexceptionable.
unexceptionalness
unexceptionalness
noun
The quality of being unexceptional.
unexplicableness
xanthocephalus
xenoplastic
xenoplastic
adj
Of or pertaining to xenoplasty.
zoopraxiscope
zoopraxiscope
noun
(photography, historical) An instrument developed by Eadweard Muybridge in the 1870's, similar to the phenakistoscope. The instrument involves a disc that includes serial pictures being rotated in front of a light source, projecting them upon a screen, to exhibit the natural movements of animals and the like.