A service similar to a private branch exchange, but providing switching at the central office instead of at the customer's premises.
dextran
dextran
noun
(biochemistry) A biopolymer of glucose produced by enzymes of certain bacteria; used as a substitute for blood plasma, and as a stationary phase in chromatography.
dextrin
dextrin
noun
(biochemistry) Any of a range of oligomers of glucose, intermediate in complexity between maltose and starch, produced by the enzymatic hydrolysis of starch; used commercially as adhesives.
externa
externe
externe
noun
A person affiliated with an institution who does not reside there, especially a doctor or medical student in attendance upon a hospital, but not residing in it.
externs
externs
noun
plural of extern
exurban
exurban
adj
Of, pertaining to, or residing in an exurb
flexner
hendrix
indexer
indexer
noun
(computing, programming, .NET) A special property of a class allowing objects of the class to be accessed by index as though they were arrays or hash tables.
A person or program which creates indexes.
murexan
murexan
noun
(obsolete, chemistry) A poorly-characterized nitrogenous material formed from several ureids
narthex
narthex
noun
(architecture) A western vestibule leading to the nave in some Christian churches.
pinxter
praxean
proxeny
proxeny
noun
(historical) In Ancient Greece, an arrangement whereby a citizen (chosen by the city) hosted foreign ambassadors at his own expense, in return for honorary titles from the state.
reannex
reannex
verb
(transitive) To annex again.
reindex
reindex
verb
(computing, databases) To index again or anew.
relaxin
relaxin
noun
(biochemistry) A peptide hormone of the insulin superfamily.
rexanna
rexanne
rexmond
rexmont
roxanne
roxanne
Proper noun
name; a spelling variant of Roxane, fairly popular since the 1930s.
