(mathematics) An imprecise solution or result that is adequate for a defined purpose.
(medicine) The act of bringing together the edges of tissue to be sutured.
The act, process or result of approximating.
bacteriotoxin
bacteriotoxin
noun
Any material that is toxic to bacteria
Any toxin produced by a bacterium
batrachotoxin
batrachotoxin
noun
(neurotoxicology, uncountable) An extremely neurotoxic and cardiotoxic steroidal alkaloid found in poison dart frogs.
(toxicology, countable) Any one of a group of extremely neurotoxic and cardiotoxic steroidal alkaloids found in poison dart frogs, Melyridae beetles, and certain birds.
benefactrixes
carboxylating
carboxylating
verb
present participle of carboxylate
carboxylation
carboxylation
noun
(organic chemistry) Any reaction that introduces a carboxylate group into a molecule
chondromyxoma
chondromyxoma
noun
(pathology) chondromyxoid fibroma
complexionary
complexionary
adj
Pertaining to the complexion, or to the care of it.
contraflexure
cryptoxanthin
cryptoxanthin
noun
(organic chemistry) A xanthophyll pigment (a hydroxy derivative of carotene) that occurs widely in nature.
cytopharynxes
cytopharynxes
noun
plural of cytopharynx
enterotoxemia
enterotoxemia
noun
Alternative form of enterotoxaemia
exacerbations
exacerbations
noun
plural of exacerbation
exacerbescent
exaggerations
exaggerations
noun
plural of exaggeration
examinatorial
examinatorial
adj
Relating to, or characteristic of, an academic examination.
exasperations
exasperations
noun
plural of exasperation
excardination
excardination
noun
The freeing of a member of the clergy from the jurisdiction of a particular bishop
excarnificate
excarnificate
verb
(transitive, obsolete) To strip (something) of flesh; to excarnate.
excerebration
excerebration
noun
The act of removing or beating out the brains.
excorticating
excorticating
verb
present participle of excorticate
excortication
excortication
noun
The act of stripping off bark, or the state of being thus stripped.
excrementally
excrescential
excrescential
adj
Pertaining to, or resembling, an excrescence.
execrableness
execrableness
noun
The quality of being execrable.
exemplariness
exemplariness
noun
The state or condition of being exemplary, serving as a shining example.
exgorgitation
exhilarations
exhilarations
noun
plural of exhilaration
expatriations
expatriations
noun
plural of expatriation
expectorating
expectorating
verb
present participle of expectorate
expectoration
expectoration
noun
(physiology) That which is expectorated, as phlegm or mucus.
(physiology) The action of expectorating, of ejecting phlegm or mucus from the throat or lungs by coughing, hawking, or spitting.
expeditionary
expeditionary
adj
(military) Intended for military operations abroad.
Of or pertaining to an expedition.
noun
(chiefly in the plural) One who goes on expeditions, especially one who is a member of an expeditionary military force.
expiatoriness
explanatorily
explanatorily
adv
With regard to explanation, or explanatory power.
explorational
explorational
adj
Of, pertaining to, or by means of exploration
expositionary
expositionary
adj
(writing) Serving as exposition.
expropriating
expropriating
verb
present participle of expropriate
expropriation
expropriation
noun
The act of expropriating; the surrender of a claim to private property; the act of depriving of private propriety rights.
expurgational
exterioration
exterminating
exterminating
verb
present participle of exterminate
extermination
extermination
noun
Elimination.
The act of exterminating; total destruction or eradication
exterminative
exterminative
adj
Serving to exterminate; exterminatory.
exterminators
exterminators
noun
plural of exterminator
exterminatory
exterminatory
adj
relating to or marked by extermination
exterminatrix
exterminatrix
noun
(rare) A woman who exterminates; an exterminatress.
externalising
externalising
verb
present participle of externalise
externalistic
externalistic
adj
Of or pertaining to externalism.
externalities
externalities
noun
plural of externality
externalizing
externalizing
verb
present participle of externalize
externization
externomedian
externomedian
adj
external to a median
extracalendar
extradiocesan
extramarginal
extramarginal
adj
Below the limit of consciousness.
Having a cost to produce or a price to purchase that exceeds the market value.
Located outside of the margin or edge.
extrameridian
extrameridian
adj
(acupuncture) Outside of the meridians.
extramorainal
extramorainal
adj
Outside of a moraine.
extramorainic
extranational
extranational
adj
outside of a particular nation, or beyond its scope
extraordinary
extraordinary
adj
Not ordinary; exceptional; unusual.
Remarkably good.
Special or supernumerary.
noun
Anything that goes beyond what is ordinary.
extraparental
extraparental
adj
Beyond the parents.
extraperineal
extraperineal
adj
(medicine) Outside the perineum.
extrapolating
extrapolating
verb
present participle of extrapolate
extrapolation
extrapolation
noun
(mathematics) A calculation of an estimate of the value of some function outside the range of known values.
(music) The diametric opposite of interpolation.
An inference about some hypothetical situation based on known facts.
extraposition
extraposition
noun
(linguistics) The movement of an element from its normal place to one at the end, or near the end, of a sentence.
extrapunitive
extrapunitive
adj
(psychology) Tending to punish others.
extrasensible
extrasensible
adj
Beyond what can be sensed or perceived.
extrasensuous
extrasensuous
adj
Synonym of extrasensible
extratympanic
extratympanic
adj
Outside of the tympanum
extravagances
extravagances
noun
plural of extravagance
extravagantes
extravagantly
extravagantly
adv
With lavish expenditure or behaviour.
extravaganzas
extravaganzas
noun
plural of extravaganza
extravagating
extravagating
verb
present participle of extravagate
extravagation
extravagation
noun
(archaic) A wandering beyond limits; excess.
An agricultural term for the process of activating the enzymes in a cow’s stomach causing it to produce milk, this is due to the applied centrifugal force. The cow usually passes out in the first minute so no harm is felt by the animal. It is mainly used in South American farm mostly in Brasil but the technique can be found in Central Europe as well.
extravasating
extravasating
adj
That undergoes extravasation
verb
present participle of extravasate
extravasation
extravasation
noun
The eruption of molten lava from a volcanic vent.
The exudation of blood, lymph or urine from a vessel into the tissues.
extraversions
extraversions
noun
plural of extraversion
extrinsically
extrinsically
adv
In an extrinsic manner
exuberantness
exuberantness
noun
Quality of being exuberant.
hexoctahedron
hexoctahedron
noun
(geometry) A solid with forty-eight equal triangular faces.
hieracosphinx
hieracosphinx
noun
A mythical beast found in Egyptian sculpture and European heraldry, being a lion with the head of a falcon.
hydroxylamine
hydroxylamine
noun
(inorganic chemistry) An explosive inorganic derivative of ammonia, NH₂OH, used as a reducing agent, and in organic synthesis.
(organic chemistry) Any organic derivative of this compound.
hydroxylation
hydroxylation
noun
(organic chemistry) The introduction of a hydroxyl group into a molecule, especially by the replacement of a hydrogen atom
hypopharynxes
hypopharynxes
noun
plural of hypopharynx
impersonatrix
inexorability
inexorability
noun
The quality or state of being inexorable.
inexsuperable
inexsuperable
adj
(archaic) Not capable of being passed over; insuperable; insurmountable.
interaxillary
interaxillary
adj
(botany) Situated within or between the axils of leaves.
interexchange
interexchange
noun
The reciprocal exchange of people between nations for economic or cultural purposes
intermaxillar
intermaxillar
adj
Alternative form of intermaxillary
interproximal
interproximal
adj
Between the proximal parts of two adjoining surfaces, but especially between the surfaces of adjoining teeth.
interrogatrix
interrogatrix
noun
(rare, dated) A female interrogator.
intersexually
intersexually
adv
In an intersexual way.
lateriflexion
lateroflexion
lateroflexion
noun
lateral flexion (bending to one side)
luxuriantness
luxuriantness
noun
the state or quality of being luxuriant.
maltodextrine
maltodextrine
noun
Alternative form of maltodextrin
myxochondroma
myxochondroma
noun
An unusual benign tumor of cartilaginous skeletal tissues (bones, ligaments, and tendons) that is a type of chondroma with myxoid (mucoid) degeneration of chondrocytes.
myxosporidian
myxosporidian
noun
Any member of the Myxosporidia.
nasomaxillary
nasomaxillary
adj
(anatomy) Relating to, or connecting, the nasal bone and the upper jaw
nasopharynxes
nasopharynxes
noun
plural of nasopharynx
negotiatrixes
neurexairesis
neurobiotaxis
neurobiotaxis
noun
the migration of neurons towards a stimulus (during the development of the nervous system)
nonexcitatory
nonexcitatory
adj
Not excitatory.
nonexpiration
nonexportable
nonexportable
adj
Not exportable.
nonexternally
nonextraction
nonextraction
noun
Lack of extraction; failure to extract something.
nonextractive
nonextractive
adj
Not extractive.
nonextraneous
nonextraneous
adj
Not extraneous.
nonextricable
nonextricably
nonexuberance
nonexuberancy
nonrelaxation
nonrelaxation
noun
Lack of relaxation (of a muscle etc.).
nontexturally
overanxieties
overanxieties
noun
plural of overanxiety
overanxiously
overanxiously
adv
With excessive anxiety.
overexpanding
overexpanding
verb
present participle of overexpand
overexpansion
overexpansion
noun
Excessive expansion, especially expansion that is not sustainable
overexpansive
overexpansive
adj
Too expansive.
overexpectant
overexpectant
adj
Excessively expectant; expecting too much.
overexplained
overexplained
verb
simple past tense and past participle of overexplain
overexuberant
overexuberant
adj
Excessively exuberant.
overluxuriant
overluxuriant
adj
Excessively luxuriant
oxyanthracene
paradoxurinae
preexchanging
preexchanging
verb
present participle of preexchange
preexcitation
preexcitation
noun
early excitation; applied to a condition where the ventricles of the heart become depolarized too early, which leads to their partial premature contraction
preexhaustion
preexpiration
preextraction
preextraction
noun
extraction prior to some other operation
proannexation
pronatoflexor
proparoxytone
proparoxytone
adj
(linguistics, of a word) Having the stress or accent on the antepenultimate syllable.