(organic chemistry) The acetate group, CH₃COO-, when viewed as a substituent
acetoxyls
acetoxyls
noun
plural of acetoxyl
acetoxyphthalide
acetylperoxide
acxoyatl
acyloxymethane
aflatoxin
aflatoxin
noun
(toxicology) Any of a family of mycotoxins, produced by molds of the Aspergillus genus, that can be toxic, carcinogenic, mutagenic or teratogenic; typically found as contaminants of animal food or peanuts.
allantoxaidin
alloxanate
alloxanate
noun
(chemistry) A salt of alloxanic acid.
alloxantin
alloxantin
noun
(organic chemistry) A hemiacetal formed by alloxan with its reduced reaction product dialuric acid.
alloxyproteic
aloxite
aloxite
noun
Synonym of aluminium oxide
ambidextrously
ambidextrously
adv
In an ambidextrous manner.
amplexation
amplexation
Noun
An embrace.
amplexifoliate
amylodextrin
amylodextrin
noun
(biochemistry) A high molecular weight form of dextrin
anaphylatoxin
anaphylatoxin
noun
(biochemistry) Any of several toxic substances that trigger anaphylaxis
annexational
annexational
adj
Of or pertaining to annexation
anomalopteryx
antecoxal
anteflexion
anteflexion
noun
(anatomy) A forward bending or an organ, especially that of the uterus near the cervix
anteroexternal
anteroexternal
adj
(anatomy) anterior and external
anteroflexion
anthraxolite
anthraxolite
noun
A carbonaceous substance resembling anthracite.
anthraxylon
anthropodeoxycholic
antialdoxime
antibenzaldoxime
anticomplex
antiglyoxalase
antihomosexual
antihomosexual
adj
Opposed to homosexuality.
noun
A person who opposes homosexuality.
antiorthodoxly
antiphylloxeric
antiphylloxeric
adj
Destroying or countering the phylloxera insect.
antixerophthalmic
antixerophthalmic
adj
(medicine) Countering xerophthalmia.
anxiolytic
anxiolytic
adj
(pharmacology) That reduces anxiety; tranquilizing
noun
(pharmacology) A drug prescribed for the treatment of symptoms of anxiety.
anxiolytics
anxiolytics
noun
plural of anxiolytic
aortomalaxis
aplotaxene
aplotaxene
noun
(organic chemistry) The unsaturated aliphatic hydrocarbon (8Z,11Z,14Z)-heptadeca-1,8,11,14-tetraene present in the roots of burdock
approximately
approximately
adv
Imprecise but close to in quantity or amount.
approximatively
approximatively
adv
In an approximative manner.
asexualisation
asexualisation
noun
Alternative spelling of asexualization
asexualization
asexualization
noun
The act or process of asexualizing.
asteroxylaceae
asteroxylon
atlantoaxial
atlantoaxial
adj
(anatomy) Of or pertaining to the articulation of the atlas with the axis.
atloaxoid
atloidoaxoid
atoxyl
atoxyl
noun
arsanilic acid
autocomplexes
autohexaploid
autohexaploid
adj
(genetics) hexaploid as a result of multiplication of a haploid set of chromosomes
autoxidizability
autoxidizability
noun
Alternative form of autoxidisability
autoxidizable
autoxidizable
adj
Alternative form of autoxidisable
auxiliation
auxiliator
auxiliatory
auxiliatory
adj
(obsolete) auxiliary; helping.
auxoblast
axerophthol
axerophthol
noun
Vitamin A
axiolite
axiolitic
axiologist
axiologist
noun
A person, especially a philosopher, who studies theory of value.
axiomatical
axiomatical
adj
Of or pertaining to an axiom; having the nature of an axiom; characterized by axioms.
axiomatically
axiomatically
adv
By the use of axioms; in the form of an axiom.
axolotl
axolotl
noun
A critically endangered salamander found in the elevated lakes of Mexico, Ambystoma mexicanum.
axolotls
axolotls
noun
plural of axolotl
axopetal
axopetal
adj
(physiology, dated) Seeking the axon.
axostyle
axostyle
noun
A sheet of microtubules found in certain microbial eukaryotes, arising from the bases of the flagella.
azoxynaphthalene
azoxynaphthalene
noun
(organic chemistry) Any azoxy derivative of naphthalene
azoxyphenetole
azoxytoluidine
benzantialdoxime
binoxalate
binoxalate
noun
(chemistry) A salt having two equivalents of oxalic acid to one of the base; an acid oxalate.
bioxalate
bioxalate
noun
(inorganic chemistry) The univalent group -HC₂O₄, or any salt containing it.
blennothorax
calixto
calothrix
carbethoxyl
carbethoxyl
noun
(organic chemistry) Alternative form of carbethoxy
carbomethoxyl
carbomethoxyl
noun
Alternative form of carbomethoxy
carboxylate
carboxylate
noun
(organic chemistry) Any salt or ester of a carboxylic acid.
verb
(organic chemistry) To form a carboxyl group by introduction of carbon dioxide
(organic chemistry) To react with a carboxylic acid
carboxylated
carboxylated
adj
(chemistry) Converted into a carboxylic acid, normally by the oxidation of an alcohol or aldehyde.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of carboxylate
carboxylates
carboxylates
noun
plural of carboxylate
carboxylating
carboxylating
verb
present participle of carboxylate
carboxylation
carboxylation
noun
(organic chemistry) Any reaction that introduces a carboxylate group into a molecule
caulotaxis
caulotaxy
centraxonial
cephalotaxus
cephalothorax
cephalothorax
noun
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
chemotaxonomically
chemotaxonomically
adv
In terms of, or by means of, chemotaxonomy.
chilomastix
chylothorax
chylothorax
noun
An accumulation of chyle in the pleural cavity.
cladothrix
claxton
clitoridauxe
colitoxemia
complexation
complexation
noun
(chemistry) The formation of a complex
complexification
complexification
noun
(countable, mathematics) An extension from a basis on real numbers to a basis on complex numbers.
(uncountable) The act or process of making something more complex.
consolatrix
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
contraplex
contraplex
adj
(telegraphy) Of message signals, passing in opposite directions at the same time.
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
counterexplanation
counterexplanation
noun
An opposing explanation
counterexpostulation
coxankylometer
coxcombicality
coxcombicality
noun
The quality of being coxcombical.
cryptoglaux
cyclohexatriene
cyclohexatriene
noun
Synonym of benzene
any molecule composed of a ring of 6 carbon atoms with 3 double bonds
the theoretical resonance isomers of benzene
cytotaxonomically
cytotaxonomically
adv
In terms of, or by means of, cytotaxonomy.
decarboxylate
decarboxylate
verb
(organic chemistry) To remove one or more carboxyl groups from a molecule
decarboxylated
decarboxylated
adj
Describing a product of decarboxylation
verb
simple past tense and past participle of decarboxylate
decarboxylating
decarboxylating
verb
present participle of decarboxylate
decarboxylation
decarboxylation
noun
(organic chemistry) The removal of one or more carboxyl groups from a molecule
decarboxylization
desexualization
desexualization
noun
The act or process of desexualizing.
desoxalate
dextorsal
dextroaural
dextrocardial
dextrocerebral
dextrocular
dextrocular
adj
(of a person) Having the right eye dominant over the left eye.
dextrocularity
dextrolactic
dextromanual
dextromanual
adj
right-handed
dextropedal
dextrorsal
dextrorsal
adj
Synonym of dextrorse
dextrosinistral
dextrosinistral
adj
Moving or directed from the right to the left.
dextrosinistrally
dextrosinistrally
adv
In a dextrosinistral manner.
dicarboxylate
dicarboxylate
noun
(organic chemistry) Any salt or ester of a dicarboxylic acid, but especially any of such compounds (such as glutamates) that have biological activity
diphenoxylate
diphenoxylate
noun
(pharmacology) An antidiarrheal agent (trademark Lomotil) chemically related to pethidine and administered in the form of its hydrochloride C₃₀H₃₂N₂O₂·HCl in combination with the sulfate of atropine.
diplotaxis
electroextraction
electroextraction
noun
electrowinning
electroplax
electroplax
noun
(anatomy) electric organ
electrotaxis
electrotaxis
noun
(biology) movement of an organism or system of cells in an electric field
elixation
elixation
noun
(now rare) Boiling, stewing.
(now rare) Digestion (in the stomach).
(obsolete, chemistry) Boiling in order to produce an elixir
endotheliomyxoma
erythroxylaceae
erythroxylaceous
erythroxylaceous
adj
(botany) Belonging or relating to the Erythroxylaceae.
ethmomaxillary
ethmomaxillary
adj
Relating to the ethmoid bone and the maxilla
euplexoptera
exallotriote
exaltation
exaltation
noun
(astrology) That placement of a planet in the zodiac in which it is deemed to exert its strongest influence.
(medicine, archaic) An abnormal sense of personal well-being, power, or importance, observed as a symptom in various forms of insanity.
(rare) The collective noun for larks.
The act of exalting or raising high; also, the state of being exalted; elevation.
The refinement or subtilization of a body, or the increasing of its virtue or principal property.
exaltations
exaltations
noun
plural of exaltation
examinational
examinational
adj
Relating to an examination.
examinatorial
examinatorial
adj
Relating to, or characteristic of, an academic examination.
exanthalose
exantlation
exantlation
noun
(obsolete) The action of drawing something out, as though from a well.
exareolate
exarticulation
exarticulation
noun
(surgery) The action, or the result of exarticulating
Luxation; the dislocation of a joint
excalation
excalation
noun
(pathology) The absence, or failure to develop, of a digit, vertebra etc.