(chiefly Canada, US) Various plants of genus Zizia or Angelica thought to resemble European alexanders.
Any of various umbellifers, often specifically Smyrnium olusatrum or Heracleum maximum, the cow parsnip.
plural of alexander
alexanderson
alexandrianism
alexandrianism
Noun
The culture (of literature, philosophy, medicine, and the sciences) that developed in Alexandria, Egypt during the Hellenistic and Roman periods.
Alexandrian Wicca.
alexandrines
alexandrines
noun
plural of alexandrine
alexandrinus
alexandrites
alexandrites
noun
plural of alexandrite
alexandropolis
alexandros
alexandros
Proper noun
A transliteration of the Greek male given name
alexandroupolis
alexines
alexines
noun
plural of alexine
alexins
alexins
noun
plural of alexin
alexishafen
alloxans
alloxans
noun
plural of alloxan
amoxicillins
amoxicillins
noun
plural of amoxicillin
amoxycillins
amoxycillins
noun
plural of amoxycillin
anaphylaxes
anaphylaxes
noun
plural of anaphylaxis
anaphylaxis
anaphylaxis
noun
A severe and rapid systemic allergic reaction to an allergen, causing a constriction of the trachea, preventing breathing; anaphylactic shock.
Extreme sensitivity to a substance such as a foreign protein or drug.
anisaldoxime
antianaphylaxis
antianaphylaxis
noun
(immunology) desensitization to antigens
anticlimaxes
anticlimaxes
noun
plural of anticlimax
antiexpressively
antiglyoxalase
antihelixes
antihelixes
noun
plural of antihelix
antihomosexual
antihomosexual
adj
Opposed to homosexuality.
noun
A person who opposes homosexuality.
antisexual
antisexual
adj
Opposing sexual intercourse.
noun
One who is opposed to sex or to (teaching, researching, expressing, etc) sexuality.
anxiolytics
anxiolytics
noun
plural of anxiolytic
anxiously
anxiously
adv
In an anxious manner; with painful uncertainty; solicitously.
asexualisation
asexualisation
noun
Alternative spelling of asexualization
asexualising
asexualising
verb
present participle of asexualise
asexualization
asexualization
noun
The act or process of asexualizing.
asexualizing
asexualizing
verb
present participle of asexualize
asteroxylon
axonolipous
axonolipous
adj
Belonging to the Axonolipa.
azoxyanisole
bisglyoxaline
cephalexins
cephalexins
noun
plural of cephalexin
clarenceuxship
claxons
claxons
noun
plural of claxon
clinoaxis
clinoaxis
noun
the diagonal axis that makes an oblique angle with the vertical axis in a monoclinic crystal
cloxacillins
cloxacillins
noun
plural of cloxacillin
connexionalism
connexionalism
noun
(theology) The theological understanding and foundation of Methodist polity, as practised in the British Methodist Church, the American United Methodist Church, and many of the countries where Methodism was established by their missionaries.
consolatrix
counterexamples
counterexamples
noun
plural of counterexample
counterexpostulation
cyclohexanes
cyclohexanes
noun
plural of cyclohexane
deoxyribonuclease
deoxyribonuclease
noun
(biochemistry, genetics) Any of several enzymes that catalyze the cleavage of DNA.
desexualization
desexualization
noun
The act or process of desexualizing.
desexualizing
desexualizing
verb
present participle of desexualize
desoxyribonuclease
desoxyribonuclease
noun
Alternative form of deoxyribonuclease
dextrosinistral
dextrosinistral
adj
Moving or directed from the right to the left.
dextrosinistrally
dextrosinistrally
adv
In a dextrosinistral manner.
encephalomalaxis
exalbuminose
exalbuminose
adj
Alternative form of exalbuminous
exalbuminous
exalbuminous
adj
(botany) Having no albumen about the embryo; said of certain seeds.
exaltations
exaltations
noun
plural of exaltation
exaltedness
exaltedness
noun
The state of being exalted.
exanthalose
exasperatingly
exasperatingly
adv
In an exasperating manner; frustratingly.
exceptionableness
exceptionableness
noun
exceptionability
exceptionalness
exceptionalness
noun
The quality of being exceptional.
excitableness
excitableness
noun
The quality of being excitable, excitability.
exclamations
exclamations
noun
plural of exclamation
exclaustration
exclaustration
noun
The release of a monk (or nun) from their religious vows, and their subsequent return to the outside world.
exclusionary
exclusionary
adj
Acting to exclude something
excrescential
excrescential
adj
Pertaining to, or resembling, an excrescence.
exculpations
exculpations
noun
plural of exculpation
excursional
excursional
adj
Of or relating to excursions.
excusableness
excusableness
noun
The quality of being excusable.
execrableness
execrableness
noun
The quality of being execrable.
exemplariness
exemplariness
noun
The state or condition of being exemplary, serving as a shining example.
exemplifications
exemplifications
noun
plural of exemplification
exencephalous
exencephalus
exencephalus
noun
(medicine) A deformed infant with the brain more or less outside the cranial cavity.
exfoliations
exfoliations
noun
plural of exfoliation
exhalants
exhalants
noun
plural of exhalant
exhalations
exhalations
noun
plural of exhalation
exhalents
exhalents
noun
plural of exhalent
exhaustingly
exhaustingly
adv
In an exhausting manner.
exhaustlessness
exhaustlessness
noun
(dated) inexhaustibility; infinite supply
exhilarations
exhilarations
noun
plural of exhilaration
existential
existential
adj
(linguistics) Relating to part of a clause that indicates existence, e.g. "there is".
(philosophy) Of, or relating to existentialism.
Based on experience; empirical.
Concerning the very existence of something, especially with regard to extinction.
Of or relating to existence.
noun
(linguistics) Ellipsis of existential clause.
(programming) Ellipsis of existential type.
existentialism
existentialism
noun
(philosophy, countable) The philosophical views of a particular thinker associated with the existentialist movement.
(philosophy, not countable) A twentieth-century philosophical movement emphasizing the uniqueness of each human existence in freely making its self-defining choices.
existentialist
existentialist
adj
Of or pertaining to existentialism.
noun
A person who adheres to the philosophy of existentialism.
existentialistic
existentialistic
adj
Existentialist.
existentialistically
existentialistically
adv
In an existentialist manner.
existentialists
existentialists
noun
plural of existentialist
existentialize
existentialize
verb
(transitive) To make existential.
existentially
existentially
adv
In an existential manner
exocannibalism
exocannibalism
noun
(anthropology) A form of cannibalism, the eating of members of other social groups than one's own, as opposed to endocannibalism.
exonuclease
exonuclease
noun
(biochemistry, genetics) Any of a group of enzymes which cleave single nucleotides from the end of a polynucleotide (DNA or RNA) chain.
exonucleases
exonucleases
noun
plural of exonuclease
exorableness
exorableness
noun
(uncommon) The quality or state of being exorable.
exosculation
exoticalness
exoticalness
noun
Synonym of exoticness
expansibility
expansibility
noun
The condition of being expansible
expansible
expansible
adj
expandable
expansibleness
expansibly
expansibly
adv
In an expansible manner.
expansile
expansile
adj
expandable, which can be expanded
expansionary, relating to expansion
expansional
expansional
adj
Relating to expansion.
expansively
expansively
adv
In an expansive manner
expendables
expendables
noun
plural of expendable
expensilation
experientialism
experientialism
noun
(philosophy) The theory that experience is the source of knowledge.
experientialist
experientialist
noun
A proponent of experientialism.
experientialistic
experimentalism
experimentalism
noun
(philosophy) An empirical or pragmatic approach which emphasizes the importance of experimentation
An experimental practice or tendency, especially in the arts
experimentalist
experimentalist
adj
Relating to experimentation
noun
A person who seeks or enjoys new experiences
A person who values the results of experiments over theory
One who performs experiments
experimentalists
experimentalists
noun
plural of experimentalist
explainableness
explainers
explainers
noun
plural of explainer
explains
explains
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of explain
explanations
explanations
noun
plural of explanation
explanatoriness
explanatoriness
noun
The quality of being explanatory.
explants
explants
noun
plural of explant
explicableness
explicableness
noun
The quality of being explicable.
explicans
explications
explications
noun
plural of explication
exploitationist
exploitations
exploitations
noun
plural of exploitation
explorations
explorations
noun
plural of exploration
explorativeness
explorativeness
noun
The condition of being explorative
exponentials
exponentials
noun
plural of exponential
expositional
expositional
adj
Declared information openly.
Explained in clear terms, as in writing.
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
expressionable
expressional
expressional
adj
Of or pertaining to expression, either in language, genetics, the face or the arts
expressionistically
expressionistically
adv
In an expressionistic manner.
exsibilation
exspoliation
exspoliation
noun
(obsolete) Spoliation.
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.
extemporalness
extemporaneously
extemporaneously
adv
In an extemporaneous manner; without prior preparation or planning.
extensional
extensional
adj
Having great extent.
Of or pertaining to extension.
extensionalism
extensionalism
noun
(philosophy) The belief in extensionality.
extensionality
extensionality
noun
(mathematics, functional analysis) The principle that functions are equal if and only if they operate on the same domain and for any given element of the domain the result of each of the functions is the same.
(mathematics, set theory) The principle, codified in the axiom of extensionality, that sets are equal if and only if they contain the same elements.
(philosophy) The principle that objects are equal if and only if their observed properties are the same, regardless of internal processes that lead to those properties.
extensionally
extensionally
adv
In terms or by means of extension.
externalisation
externalisation
noun
Alternative spelling of externalization
externalise
externalise
verb
Alternative spelling of externalize
externalised
externalised
verb
simple past tense and past participle of externalise
externalises
externalises
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of externalise
externalising
externalising
verb
present participle of externalise
externalism
externalism
noun
Excessive regard to outward acts or appearances, especially in religion.
The act of judging by outward appearance or acts.
The belief that only things that can be observed by senses are real.
externalisms
externalisms
noun
plural of externalism
externalist
externalist
adj
(epistemology) Contending that there are non-internal factors which can affect the justificatory status of a belief
noun
One who adheres to externalist beliefs
externalistic
externalistic
adj
Of or pertaining to externalism.
externalities
externalities
noun
plural of externality
externalizes
externalizes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of externalize
externalness
externalness
noun
The state or quality of being external.
externals
externals
noun
plural of external
extinguishable
extinguishable
adj
Able to be extinguished.
extraconstellated
extraconstitutional
extraconstitutional
adj
Beyond what is accommodated for in a constitution.