The fused head and thorax of spiders and crustaceans
cephalothoraxes
cephalothoraxes
noun
plural of cephalothorax
chartophylax
chartophylax
noun
(historical) An ecclesiastical officer in charge of official documents and records in the Greek Orthodox Church in Byzantine times.
chartophylaxes
chartophylaxes
noun
plural of chartophylax
cheiropompholyx
cheiropompholyx
noun
(medicine) pompholyx affecting the hand
chemoprophylaxis
chemoprophylaxis
noun
chemoprevention; the prevention of disease using food supplements or drugs.
chiropompholyx
chlordiazepoxide
chlordiazepoxide
noun
A benzodiazepine derivative used as a sedative drug; trade name Librium among others.
cholecystopexy
chromoxylograph
chromoxylograph
noun
A woodcut produced in colour.
chromoxylography
chromoxylography
noun
The art or technique of producing chromoxylographs.
colporrhexis
colporrhexis
noun
vaginal laceration
doxographical
doxographical
adj
relating to doxographers
encephalomalaxis
exencephalous
exophthalmic
exophthalmic
adj
Having prominent eyeballs.
Of, or relating to exophthalmos.
exospherical
extraparochial
extraparochial
adj
Beyond the limits of a parish.
extraparochially
extraparochially
adv
Outside the limits of a parish.
extraphysiological
flexographic
flexographic
adj
Of or pertaining to flexography
flexographically
flexographically
adv
By means of flexography.
formaldehydesulphoxylic
hexachloraphene
hexachlorophene
hexachlorophene
noun
(organic chemistry) A polyhalogenated compound, 2,2'-methylenebis(3,4,6-trichlorophenol)-3,4,6-trichloro-2-[(2,3,5-trichloro-6-hydroxyphenyl)methyl]phenol, once used as a disinfectant
hypercomplex
hypercomplex
adj
(mathematics) Describing any of several types of higher-dimensional numbers having some characteristics of complex numbers.
noun
(mathematics) A hypercomplex number.
indoxylsulphuric
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.
lymphocytotoxin
lymphocytotoxin
noun
A toxin that has a specific destructive action on lymphocytes.
nephrocolopexy
oxycephalic
oxycephalic
adj
Of or relating to oxycephaly.
oxycephalism
oxycephalism
noun
Synonym of oxycephaly
oxycephalous
oxycephaly
oxycephaly
noun
A kind of cephalic disorder: sometimes the premature closure of the coronal suture plus any other suture, such as the lambdoid; sometimes the premature fusing of all sutures.
oxyphilic
oxyphilic
adj
Having an affinity for oxygen.
oxyphthalic
paradoxographical
paradoxographical
adj
Relating to paradoxography.
phacoanaphylaxis
phacoanaphylaxis
noun
(pathology) anaphylaxis to proteins released from the lens of the eye; the inflammation caused by this
phalacrocorax
phenylglyoxylic
philcox
philodoxical
philodoxical
adj
Interested in opinions or beliefs, rather than facts.
phyllotaxic
phylloxeric
phylloxeric
adj
Relating to, or caused by, phylloxera.
posthexaplaric
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
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.
sceuophylax
sceuophylax
noun
A sacristan or church treasurer.
sphacelotoxin
sulphoxylic
toxophilitic
toxophilitic
adj
Relating to archery.
trachelectomopexia
trachelopexia
trichoplax
unlexicographical
unlexicographically
xanthocephalus
xantholeucophore
xantholeucophore
noun
A leucophore arising from a xanthophore.
xanthophyllic
xanthophyllic
adj
Of or pertaining to xanthophyll.
xenomorphically
xerographically
xerographically
adv
In a xerographic way; by xerography.
xerophthalmic
xerophthalmic
adj
Of or pertaining to xerophthalmia.
xerophytically
xerophytically
adv
As a xerophyte.
xiphocostal
xiphocostal
adj
(anatomy) Pertaining to the xiphoid process and the ribs.