(organic chemistry) A hemiacetal formed by alloxan with its reduced reaction product dialuric acid.
anemotaxis
anemotaxis
noun
(biology) Movement of an organism in response to air currents.
annexation
annexation
noun
(law) A legal merging of a territory into another body.
Addition or incorporation of something, or territories that have been annexed.
anorexiant
anorexiant
noun
A thing, especially a medication, that promotes a decrease in body weight or a reduction in appetite.
anteflexed
anteflexed
adj
Bent in an anterior (forward) direction, as the uterus.
anthotaxis
antialexin
antialexin
noun
(biochemistry) Any material that counteracts the action of an alexin
antiboxing
antiboxing
adj
Opposing the sport of boxing.
anticlimax
anticlimax
noun
(narratology) An unsatisfying resolution to a narrative, usually owing to a deus ex machina or similarly trivial resolution of the main conflict.
(rhetoric) An abrupt descent (either deliberate or unintentional) from the dignity of the idea which the speaker or writer appeared to be aiming for.
antimixing
antimixing
adj
Preventing or opposing mixing.
antioxygen
antioxygen
noun
The antimatter counterpart of oxygen. Made up of positron and antiprotons instead of electrons and protons.
antisexist
antisexist
noun
One who opposes sexism.
antisexual
antisexual
adj
Opposing sexual intercourse.
noun
One who is opposed to sex or to (teaching, researching, expressing, etc) sexuality.
antispadix
antitoxine
antitoxine
noun
Archaic form of antitoxin.
antitoxins
antitoxins
noun
plural of antitoxin
anxiolytic
anxiolytic
adj
(pharmacology) That reduces anxiety; tranquilizing
noun
(pharmacology) A drug prescribed for the treatment of symptoms of anxiety.
aplotaxene
aplotaxene
noun
(organic chemistry) The unsaturated aliphatic hydrocarbon (8Z,11Z,14Z)-heptadeca-1,8,11,14-tetraene present in the roots of burdock
asphyxiant
asphyxiant
adj
That can cause asphyxiation
noun
Any substance that can cause asphyxia
ataxinomic
ataxonomic
autosexing
autosexing
noun
The identification of the sex of newborn chicks by their physical appearance, possible with certain breeds of poultry.
auxoaction
axonometry
axonometry
noun
axonometric projection
binoxalate
binoxalate
noun
(chemistry) A salt having two equivalents of oxalic acid to one of the base; an acid oxalate.
cacanthrax
cacoxenite
cacoxenite
noun
(chemistry) A soft phosphate of iron occurring in yellowish clumps: hydrated iron aluminum phosphate oxide: (Fe,Al)₂₅(PO₄)₁₇O₆(OH)₁₂·17H₂O.
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.
contraplex
contraplex
adj
(telegraphy) Of message signals, passing in opposite directions at the same time.
detoxicant
detoxicant
adj
That detoxicates
noun
Any material that detoxicates
dextranase
dextranase
noun
(biochemistry) An enzyme that catalyzes the endohydrolysis of (1->6)-alpha-D-glucosidic linkages in dextran.
dextrinase
dextrinase
noun
(biochemistry) Any enzyme that catalyzes the hydrolysis of a dextrin
dextrinate
doxasticon
endothorax
endothorax
noun
(zoology) An internal process of the sternal plates in the thorax of insects.
entomotaxy
entomotaxy
noun
The preparation of insects for preservation.
entothorax
entothorax
noun
Alternative form of endothorax
esonarthex
esonarthex
noun
An inner narthex (in a church).
euxanthate
euxanthate
noun
(chemistry) Any salt or ester of euxanthic acid.
euxanthone
euxanthone
noun
(organic chemistry) A naturally occurring xanthonoid with the molecular formula C₁₃H₈O₄.
exactingly
exactingly
adv
In an exacting manner.
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.
examinator
examinator
noun
An examiner.
exannulate
exannulate
adj
(botany) Having the sporangium destitute of a ring; said of certain genera of ferns.
exanthemas
excalation
excalation
noun
(pathology) The absence, or failure to develop, of a digit, vertebra etc.
excavating
excavating
verb
present participle of excavate
excavation
excavation
noun
(countable) A cavity formed by cutting, digging, or scooping.
(countable) A site where an archaeological exploration is being carried out.
(countable) An uncovered cutting in the earth, in distinction from a covered cutting or tunnel.
(countable) Something uncovered by archaeological excavation.
(countable) The material dug out in making a channel or cavity.
(uncountable) Archaeological research that unearths buildings, tombs and objects of historical value.
(uncountable) The act of excavating, or of making hollow, by cutting, scooping, or digging out a part of a solid mass.
excecation
excecation
noun
(obsolete) The act of making blind.
exchangite
excitation
excitation
noun
(physics) A transition of a nucleus, atom or molecule to an excited state by the absorption of a quantum of energy; the opposite of relaxation
(physiology) The activity produced in an organ, tissue, or part, such as a nerve cell, as a result of stimulation
The act of exciting or putting in motion; the act of rousing up or awakening.
The act of producing excitement (stimulation); also, the excitement produced.
excreation
excreation
noun
(obsolete) The act of spitting out.
excusation
excusation
noun
(obsolete) The act of offering an excuse or apology, or the fact of being excused; an excuse, a defence.
execrating
execrating
verb
present participle of execrate
execration
execration
noun
An act or instance of cursing; a curse dictated by violent feelings of hatred; an imprecation; an expression of utter detestation.
That which is execrated; a detested thing.
executancy
executancy
noun
execution; performance
exenterate
exenterate
verb
(transitive) To disembowel; to eviscerate.
exercitant
exercitant
noun
(religion) One who practises spiritual exercises, especially those of Ignatius of Loyola.
exfetation
exfetation
noun
(medicine) imperfect fetation in some organ exterior to the uterus
exhalation
exhalation
noun
A bright phenomenon; a meteor.
That which is exhaled, or which rises in the form of vapor, fume, or steam
The act or process of exhaling; breathing out
exhausting
exhausting
adj
Very tiring.
verb
present participle of exhaust
exhaustion
exhaustion
noun
(dated, chemistry) The removal (by percolation etc) of an active medicinal constituent from plant material.
(dated, physics) The removal of all air from a vessel (the creation of a vacuum).
(mathematics) An exhaustive procedure
Supreme tiredness; having exhausted energy.
The point of complete depletion, of the state of being used up.
exhibitant
exhilarant
exhilarant
adj
Exciting joy, mirth, or pleasure.
noun
That which exhilarates.
exhumating
exhumating
verb
present participle of exhumate
exhumation
exhumation
noun
The act of digging up that which has been buried.
exonarthex
exonarthex
noun
(architecture, Christianity) The space anterior to the narthex of a church, sometimes roofed-over as with a porch, but more often an enclosed courtyard; in antiquity, the courtyard where catechumens were permitted to be close to the Eucharist, but forbidden to see it celebrated.
exonerated
exonerated
adj
Freed from any question of guilt, acquitted.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of exonerate
exonerates
exonerates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of exonerate
exonerator
exonerator
noun
One who exonerates.
exorbitant
exorbitant
adj
Exceeding proper limits; excessive or unduly high; extravagant.
exornation
exornation
noun
(obsolete) ornament; decoration; embellishment
expectance
expectance
noun
Alternative form of expectancy
expectancy
expectancy
noun
(law) Future interest as to possession or enjoyment
(obsolete) Something expected or awaited.
Expectation or anticipation; the state of expecting something.
The state of being expected.
expiations
expiations
noun
plural of expiation
expilation
expiration
expiration
noun
(euphemistic) The last emission of breath; death.
A cessation, extinction, ending
Emission of volatile matter; exhalation.
That which is produced by breathing out, as a sound.
The act of expiring.
The act or process of breathing out, or forcing air from the lungs through the nose or mouth
explanator
explanator
noun
(statistics) A variable that predicts or explains the variation in another variable; an explanatory variable.
One who explains.
explanting
explanting
verb
present participle of explant
extendable
extendable
adj
capable of being extended
extenuated
extenuated
adj
Made slender or thin; emaciated, wasted.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of extenuate
extenuates
extenuates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of extenuate
extenuator
extenuator
noun
One who extenuates.
externally
externally
adv
on the surface or the outside
extractant
extractant
noun
A liquid used to extract a substance from another material
extracting
extracting
verb
present participle of extract
extraction
extraction
noun
(dentistry) A removal of a tooth from its socket.
(military) An act of removing someone from a hostile area to a secure location.
A person's origin or ancestry.
An act of extracting or the condition of being extracted.
Something extracted, an extract, as from a plant or an organ of an animal etc.
extrahuman
extrahuman
noun
Synonym of nonhuman
Synonym of parahuman
extraneity
extraneity
noun
(countable) Something extraneous
(uncountable) The state of being extraneous
extraneous
extraneous
adj
Not belonging to, or dependent upon, a thing; without or beyond a thing; foreign
Not essential or intrinsic
extranidal
extranidal
adj
(biology) Outside a nest.
extrarenal
extrarenal
adj
(anatomy) Outside (but adjacent to) a kidney
extubation
extubation
noun
(medicine) The removal of a tube inserted by intubation.
extuberant
extuberant
adj
swelling out; protuberant
exucontian
exudations
exudations
noun
plural of exudation
exultantly
exultantly
adv
In an exultant manner.
exultation
exultation
noun
The act of exulting; great joy at success or victory, or at any advantage gained; rapturous delight
exundation
exundation
noun
An overflow, or overflowing abundance.
exungulate
exungulate
verb
(rare, obsolete) To pare off (nails, the hoof, etc.).
exurbanite
exurbanite
noun
A person who lives in an exurb
a former urbanite
exuviating
exuviating
verb
present participle of exuviate
exuviation
exuviation
noun
The act of exuviating.
The exuviated coverings; exuviae.
generatrix
generatrix
noun
(geometry) A curve that, when rotated about an axis, produces a solid figure.
haemotoxin
haemotoxin
noun
Alternative form of hemotoxin
hexactinal
hexactinal
adj
(biology) Having six rays.
hexavalent
hexavalent
adj
(chemistry) Having an atomic valence of 6.
(medicine) Having a vaccine valence of 6.
ilixanthin
ilixanthin
noun
(archaic) A yellow dye obtained from holly leaves.
indexation
indexation
noun
The adjustment of an economic variable (such as a salary) according to an index (such as that of inflation).
indicatrix
indicatrix
noun
(mathematics, crystallography) An ellipsoid whose three axes represent the refractive indices of an anisotropic crystal for light following different directions with respect to the crystal axes
inexacting
inexacting
adj
Alternative form of unexacting
infixation
infixation
noun
(grammar) The state or quality of being infixed.
(linguistic morphology) Word-formation involving an infix or infixes; adding an infix to a word.
initiatrix
initiatrix
noun
A female initiator.
interaxial
interaxial
adj
Between axes
intercoxal
intercoxal
adj
(anatomy) Between the hips
intoxation
intoxicant
intoxicant
adj
Intoxicating.
noun
Poison.
Something which intoxicates; an intoxicating agent
intoxicate
intoxicate
adj
(obsolete) Overexcited, as with joy or grief.
verb
To excite to enthusiasm or madness.
To stupefy by doping with chemical substances such as alcohol.
kristinaux
lactotoxin
leucotaxin
leukotaxin
malaxation
malaxation
noun
(agriculture) The process of slowly churning milled oil crops such as olives, allowing droplets of oil to aggregate for more effective separation.
(entomology) A kneading or softening, especially the chewing and squeezing by which certain species of hunting wasps prepare captured prey as food for their larvae.
(pharmacology) The kneading and squeezing of ingredients into a mass for making pills and plasters.
In massage, a kneading technique, particularly used for softening muscle in spasm.
The act of softening a mass by malaxating.
maximation
menostaxis
metaxylene
metaxylene
noun
(organic chemistry) That variety of xylene, or dimethyl benzene, in which the two methyl groups occupy the meta position with reference to each other. It is a colourless inflammable liquid.
metoxazine
mydatoxine
myxangitis
nectocalyx
nectocalyx
noun
(zoology) One of the zooids of certain Siphonophorae, having somewhat the form, and the essential structure, of the bell of a jellyfish, and acting as a swimming organ.
(zoology) The swimming bell or umbrella of a jellyfish or medusa.
neurataxia
neuraxitis
neurotoxia
nominatrix
nominatrix
noun
A female nominator.
nontaxable
nontaxable
adj
Not subject to being taxed.
noun
Anything that is not subject to taxation.
nontaxably
nontextual
nontextual
adj
Not textual.
nycticorax
ochratoxin
ochratoxin
noun
(toxicology) Any of a class of mycotoxins, having an isocoumarin structure, produced by some fungi of the genus Aspergillus and others
orthoxazin
otosalpinx
overtaxing
overtaxing
verb
present participle of overtax
oxamethane
oxamethane
noun
(chemistry) Ethyl oxamate, obtained as a white scaly crystalline powder.
oxidations
oxidations
noun
plural of oxidation
oxonolatry
oxygenated
oxygenated
adj
(chemistry) Containing oxygen, or oxygen-containing radicals, as substituents
verb
simple past tense and past participle of oxygenate
oxygenates
oxygenates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of oxygenate
oxygenator
oxygenator
noun
any device that releases oxygen (or air) into water, especially one in an aquarium
oxyhematin
oxynitrate
oxynitrate
noun
(inorganic chemistry) A mixed oxide and nitrate
oxytonical
oxytonical
adj
(linguistics) oxytone
paroxytone
paroxytone
adj
(linguistics, of a word) Having the stress or accent on the penultimate syllable.
noun
(linguistics) A paroxytone word.
phantoplex
phantoplex
noun
(historical, chiefly attributive) A superposed circuit operated by alternating current over a simplex, duplex or quadruplex circuit operated from direct current sources.