(technical drawing) Describing a projection in which the horizontal and vertical axes are to the same scale, but the third axis is reduced to allow for perspective
biconvexity
biconvexity
noun
The quality of being biconvex.
carbethoxyl
carbethoxyl
noun
(organic chemistry) Alternative form of carbethoxy
carbonnieux
carboxylase
carboxylase
noun
(biochemistry) Any enzyme that catalyzes either a carboxylation or decarboxylation reaction.
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
centraxonia
chalcedonyx
chalcedonyx
noun
(mineralogy) An agate formed of a white opaque chalcedony alternating with a greyish translucent chalcedony.
chateauroux
chemiotaxic
chemiotaxis
chemiotaxis
noun
Dated form of chemotaxis.
chemoreflex
chemoreflex
noun
(physiology) A reflex in response to a chemical stimulus
chinotoxine
coexclusive
coexecutant
coexecutant
noun
A joint executant.
coexecutors
coexecutors
noun
plural of coexecutor
coexecutrix
coexecutrix
noun
A joint executrix.
coexistence
coexistence
noun
The state of two or more things existing together, usually in a temporal or spatial sense, with or without mutual interaction.
coexistency
coexistency
noun
Alternative form of coexistence
coexplosion
coextending
coextending
verb
present participle of coextend
coextension
coextension
noun
The act of extending equally, or the state of being equally extended.
coextensive
coextensive
adj
(logic) Having the same extension—the object or set of objects to which a term refers.
Having the same spatial limits or boundaries; sharing the same area.
Occurring over the same period of time; contemporaneous.
colitoxemia
commixtures
commixtures
noun
plural of commixture
competitrix
competitrix
noun
(rare) A female competitor.
complexions
complexions
noun
plural of complexion
complexness
complexness
noun
The state or quality of being complex.
confluxible
connexional
connexional
adj
Dated form of connectional.
connexities
contextless
contextless
adj
without context
contextural
contextural
adj
Relating to contexture or arrangement of parts; producing contexture; interwoven.
contextured
contextured
adj
Formed into texture; woven together; arranged or composed.
contextures
contextures
noun
plural of contexture
convexities
convexities
noun
plural of convexity
counterflux
coxcombries
coxcombries
noun
plural of coxcombry
coxoceritic
coxofemoral
coxofemoral
adj
(anatomy) Relating to the hip and the femur
cyclohexane
cyclohexane
noun
(organic chemistry) An alicyclic hydrocarbon, C₆H₁₂, consisting of a ring of six carbon atoms; a volatile liquid.
cyclohexene
cyclohexene
noun
(organic chemistry) A cyclic hydrocarbon containing six carbon atoms and one double bond; any of its derivatives.
decimosexto
decimosexto
adj
having sixteen leaves to a sheet
noun
a book consisting of sheets, each of which is folded into sixteen leaves
desmoscolex
detoxicants
detoxicants
noun
plural of detoxicant
detoxicated
detoxicated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of detoxicate
detoxicates
detoxicates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of detoxicate
detoxicator
deutoscolex
dexiocardia
dexiotropic
dexiotropic
adj
Having the form of a right-handed spiral
dextrocular
dextrocular
adj
(of a person) Having the right eye dominant over the left eye.
doxycycline
doxycycline
noun
(pharmacology) A broad-spectrum antibiotic C₂₂H₂₄N₂O₈ of the tetracycline class, which has a long half-life in the body and used orally to treat various bacterial infections.
echinopanax
electroplax
electroplax
noun
(anatomy) electric organ
exauctorate
exauctorate
verb
Obsolete form of exauthorate.
excantation
excantation
noun
(obsolete) Disenchantment by a countercharm.
excarnation
excarnation
noun
The act of removing flesh.
The burial practice of removing (or causing to be removed) the flesh and organs of the dead, leaving only the bones, especially the practice laying out corpses for vultures to strip bare.
excavations
excavations
noun
plural of excavation
exceptional
exceptional
adj
(geometry) Corresponding to something of lower dimension under a birational correspondence.
Better than the average; superior due to exception or rarity.
Forming an exception; not ordinary; uncommon; rare.
noun
An exception, or something having an exceptional value
exceptioner
exceptioner
noun
(obsolete) One who takes exceptions or protests.
excerptions
excerptions
noun
plural of excerption
excitations
excitations
noun
plural of excitation
excitomotor
excitomotor
adj
Alternative form of excitomotory
exclamation
exclamation
noun
(linguistics) A clause type used to make an exclamatory statement: What a mess they made!; How stupid I was!
A loud calling or crying out, for example as in surprise, pain, grief, joy, anger, etc.
A word expressing outcry; an interjection
The sign "!" by which outcry or emphatic utterance is marked.
exclamatory
exclamatory
adj
Emphatic.
resembling an exclamation.
exclusioner
exclusioner
Noun
A member of the political factions that sought to exclude from the throne of England in the 17th century.
excogitable
excogitable
adj
imaginable; able to be thought or conceived of
excogitated
excogitated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of excogitate
excogitates
excogitates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of excogitate
excogitator
excogitator
noun
One who excogitates.
excommunion
excommunion
noun
(obsolete) A shutting out from communion; excommunication.
exconjugant
exconjugant
noun
Either of a conjugating pair of protozoan ciliates after separation and before subsequent mitotic division
excoriating
excoriating
verb
present participle of excoriate
excoriation
excoriation
noun
A severe verbal denouncing.
The act of excoriating or flaying.
The excoriated place, or the state of being excoriated or stripped of the skin; abrasion.
excorticate
excorticate
verb
(obsolete) To strip of bark or skin.
excretories
excretories
noun
plural of excretory
excruciator
excubitoria
excubitoria
noun
plural of excubitorium
exculpation
exculpation
noun
That which exculpates; an excuse.
The act of exculpating from alleged fault or crime.
exculpatory
exculpatory
adj
Tending to excuse or clear of wrongdoing.
excursional
excursional
adj
Of or relating to excursions.
excursioner
excursioner
noun
One who goes on a trip or excursion.
excurvation
excystation
excystation
noun
(biology) The stage in the life cycle of a parasite in which it escapes from a cyst (after being swallowed by its host)
execrations
execrations
noun
plural of execration
executional
executional
adj
(business) Relating to the execution of an idea; putting something into practice.
executioner
executioner
noun
(archaic) Executor.
A hit man, especially being in some organization.
An official person who carries out the capital punishment of a criminal.
executorial
executorial
adj
Of or relating to an executive (branch of government etc.).
Of or relating to an executor.
exoascaceae
exoccipital
exoccipital
adj
(anatomy) Pertaining to a bone or region on each side of the great foramen of the skull.
noun
(anatomy) Such a bone.
exocoetidae
exoculating
exoculating
verb
present participle of exoculate
exoculation
exocycloida
exocytosing
exocytosing
verb
present participle of exocytose
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.
exorbitance
exorbitance
noun
A large excess.
The state or characteristic of being exorbitant.
exorbitancy
exorbitancy
noun
Alternative form of exorbitance
exostracism
exostracize
exotericism
exotericism
noun
The quality of being widely known or exoteric.
expectation
expectation
noun
(colloquial statistics) The arithmetic mean.
(medicine, rare) The leaving of a disease principally to the efforts of nature to effect a cure.
(statistics) The first moment; the long-run average value of a variable over many independent repetitions of an experiment.
That which is expected or looked for.
The act or state of expecting or looking forward to an event as about to happen.
The prospect of the future; grounds upon which something excellent is expected to occur; prospect of anything good to come, especially of property or rank.
The value of any chance (as the prospect of prize or property) which depends upon some contingent event.
expectorant
expectorant
adj
(medicine) Causing or assisting the expulsion of phlegm.
noun
(medicine) An agent or drug used to cause or induce the expulsion of phlegm from the lungs.
expectorate
expectorate
verb
(transitive, intransitive) To cough up fluid from the lungs.
(transitive, intransitive) To spit.
expiscation
expiscation
noun
(archaic, formal) The act of expiscating; fishing.
expiscatory
expiscatory
adj
(archaic) Tending to fish out; searching.
explication
explication
noun
(dated or formal) The act of explaining; an explanation.
The act of opening or unfolding.
The sense given by an expositor.
explicators
explicators
noun
plural of explicator
explicatory
explicatory
adj
Explanatory; serving to explain logically or in detail.
expunctions
expunctions
noun
plural of expunction
exsiccation
exsiccation
noun
The act of operation of drying; evaporation or expulsion of moisture.
extinctions
extinctions
noun
plural of extinction
extracosmic
extracostal
extracostal
adj
(anatomy) Outside of the ribs.
extractions
extractions
noun
plural of extraction
extraocular
extraocular
adj
Situated outside of or away from the eyes.
extraschool
extraschool
adj
Synonym of extrascholastic
extrasocial
extrication
extrication
noun
(public safety, emergency medicine) Rescue of a trapped person in vehicle or machinery
The act of sending out or evolving.
The act or process of extricating or disentangling; a freeing from perplexities; disentanglement.
glyceroxide
glyceroxide
noun
(chemistry) Any alkoxide derived from glycerol
hematoxylic
hepatotoxic
hepatotoxic
adj
Toxic to the liver; causing hepatotoxicity.
heterotaxic
heterotaxic
adj
Of, pertaining to, or exhibiting heterotaxis
hexacoralla
hexagonical
hexagonical
adj
(obsolete) hexagonal
hexastichon
hexecontane
hexosaminic
hexosaminic
adj
Of or relating to hexosamine.
inconnexion
inexecution
inexecution
noun
Failure to execute or carry out.
intoxicable
intoxicable
adj
That can become intoxicated
intoxicated
intoxicated
adj
Stupefied by alcohol, drunk.
Stupefied by any chemical substance.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of intoxicate
intoxicates
intoxicates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of intoxicate
leucotaxine
lexicologic
lexicologic
adj
lexicological
lexological
loxahatchee
micropteryx
myxomycetes
myxomycetes
noun
plural of myxomycete
myxophyceae
myxophycean
neocortexes
neocortexes
noun
plural of neocortex
nephrotoxic
nephrotoxic
adj
that is poisonous to kidney tissue
nonexacting
nonexaction
nonexaction
noun
Lack of exaction; failure to exact something.
nonexcepted
nonexcepted
adj
Not excepted.
nonexciting
nonexciting
adj
Not exciting; unexciting.
nonexercise
nonexercise
adj
Not being or pertaining to exercise.
orchidopexy
orchidopexy
noun
(surgery) Alternative form of orchiopexy
overcomplex
overcomplex
adj
Excessively complex.
overexcited
overexcited
adj
Excessively excited
verb
simple past tense and past participle of overexcite
overexcites
overexcites
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of overexcite