(rhetoric) Fine writing on a minor or trivial subject.
amyxorrhoea
androsphinx
androsphinx
noun
A sphinx with the head of a man.
anhydroxime
anthracoxen
anthraxylon
anthroxanic
antianthrax
antianthrax
adj
Preventing or countering anthrax.
noun
An animal-derived serum used as a vaccine to prevent anthrax.
archosyrinx
asphyxiator
asphyxiator
noun
One who or that which asphyxiates.
ataxiagraph
ataxiagraph
noun
An instrument that measures the degree of ataxia in a patient
auxochromic
auxochromic
adj
Relating to an auxochrome
auxographic
auxohormone
auxotrophic
auxotrophic
adj
(biology) Describing a strain of organism that requires a specific metabolic substance that the parent organism was able to synthesize by itself
axerophthol
axerophthol
noun
Vitamin A
carbethoxyl
carbethoxyl
noun
(organic chemistry) Alternative form of carbethoxy
chateauroux
chemoreflex
chemoreflex
noun
(physiology) A reflex in response to a chemical stimulus
chiropraxis
chrysothrix
chylothorax
chylothorax
noun
An accumulation of chyle in the pleural cavity.
ciphertexts
ciphertexts
noun
plural of ciphertext
cytopharynx
cytopharynx
noun
(cytology) A tube-like opening in the lateral surface of a ciliate, through which food is ingested.
dendrohyrax
doxographer
doxographer
noun
A classical historian who describes the opinions of Ancient Greek philosophers and scientists.
eurypharynx
exauthorate
exauthorate
verb
(obsolete) To deprive of authority or office; to depose or discharge.
exauthorize
exauthorize
verb
(obsolete, transitive) To deprive of authority.
excathedral
exhilarated
exhilarated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of exhilarate
exhilarates
exhilarates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of exhilarate
exhilarator
exhilarator
noun
One who, or that which, causes exhilaration.
exhortation
exhortation
noun
Language intended to incite and encourage
The act or practice of exhorting; the act of inciting to laudable deeds; incitement to that which is good or commendable.
exhortative
exhortative
adj
(comparable) Appearing to exhort; in an urging manner.
(grammar, not comparable) Inflected hortative verb form that a speaker uses to avidly encourage a listener.
noun
The exhortative mood.
exhortatory
exhortatory
adj
Serving to exhort.
exhortingly
exhortingly
adv
So as to exhort.
exilarchate
exomorphism
exomorphism
noun
(geology) A change in a rock that happens when igneous material intrudes upon it.
exothermous
exstrophies
exstrophies
noun
plural of exstrophy
externships
externships
noun
plural of externship
extraschool
extraschool
adj
Synonym of extrascholastic
extrathecal
extrathecal
adj
Located outside of the theca (any sense).
flexography
flexography
noun
A method of printing using a rubber or polymer rotating printing plate, most commonly used for packaging (labels, tape etc.).
gymnothorax
haemothorax
hemiapraxia
heteroauxin
heteroauxin
noun
A growth-promoting hormone, 3-indoleacetic acid, occurring in some plants.
heterodoxal
heterodoxal
Adjective
Not orthodox.
heterodoxly
heterodoxly
adv
In a heterodox manner.
heterotaxia
heterotaxia
noun
heterotaxis
heterotaxic
heterotaxic
adj
Of, pertaining to, or exhibiting heterotaxis
heterotaxis
heterotaxis
noun
An abnormal structural arrangement
hexabromide
hexabromide
noun
(chemistry) any bromide containing six bromine atoms in each molecule
hexacoralla
hexagrammos
hexahedrons
hexahemeric
hexahemeron
hexahemeron
noun
A term of six days, especially the hexameron, or six days of the biblical creation.
hexahydrate
hexahydrate
noun
(chemistry) A hydrate whose solid contains six molecules of water of crystallization per molecule, or per unit cell
hexahydride
hexahydride
noun
(chemistry) Any hydride containing six atoms of hydrogen
hexahydrite
hexahydrite
noun
(mineralogy) An evaporite, consisting of magnesium sulphate hexahydrate.
hexahydroxy
hexahydroxy
noun
(organic chemistry, in combination) Six hydroxy groups in a molecule
hexametrist
hexametrist
noun
One who writes in hexameter.
hexametrize
hexametrize
verb
(transitive) To convert to hexameter.
hexanitrate
hexanitrate
noun
(chemistry) Any compound containing six nitrate groups.
hexapartite
hexapartite
Adjective
In six parts.
hexaplarian
hexapterous
hexapterous
adj
(botany) Having six wing-like processes or extensions
hydrothorax
hydrothorax
noun
(medicine) The presence of fluid in the pleural cavity.
hydroxamino
hydroxylase
hydroxylase
noun
(biochemistry) Any of several enzymes that catalyze the oxidation of compounds by the introduction of hydroxyl groups.
hydroxylate
hydroxylate
verb
(organic chemistry) To introduce a hydroxyl group into a compound
hydroxylize
hydroxyurea
hydroxyurea
noun
(organic chemistry) The hydroxylated derivative of urea, NH₂CO-NHOH, used as an antineoplastic drug; any N- or O- derivative of this compound
hydroxyzine
hydroxyzine
noun
(pharmacology) A first-generation antihistamine of the piperazine class, used as an antihistamine, antiemetic, anxiolytic, and weak analgesic.
hyperclimax
hyperextend
hyperextend
verb
(medicine) To extend a joint beyond its normal position in a way that stresses the ligaments, often causing injury
hyperoxemia
hyperoxemia
noun
(pathology) A high level of oxygen in the blood, typically as a result of hyperoxia
hypersexual
hypersexual
adj
Excessively interested in sex.
Of or relating to hypersexuality.
noun
A person who is hypersexual.
hypopharynx
hypopharynx
noun
(anatomy) bottom part of the pharynx, the part of the throat that connects to the esophagus
hysteropexy
hysteropexy
noun
(surgery) The fixation of a misplaced or abnormally movable uterus.
iridorhexis
lexigraphic
lexigraphic
adj
Of or pertaining to lexigraphy.
lithanthrax
lithanthrax
noun
mineral coal
loxodograph
loxodograph
noun
(nautical, obsolete) An apparatus that records the course that a ship has travelled
microthorax
mixotrophic
mixotrophic
adj
Of or pertaining to mixotrophy or mixotrophs
monilethrix
monilethrix
noun
(medicine, dermatology) A rare autosomal-dominant hair disease that results in short, fragile, broken hair with a beaded appearance.
monohydroxy
monohydroxy
noun
(organic chemistry, in combination) Having a single hydroxy group in a molecule. E.g. a monool is monohydroxy/monohydric alcohol.
nasopharynx
nasopharynx
noun
(anatomy) The nasal part of the pharynx, lying behind the nose and above the level of the soft palate.
neoorthodox
nephrotoxic
nephrotoxic
adj
that is poisonous to kidney tissue
nephrotoxin
nephrotoxin
noun
Any nephrotoxic substance.
nonorthodox
nonorthodox
adj
Not Orthodox.
Not orthodox.
oophoropexy
orchidopexy
orchidopexy
noun
(surgery) Alternative form of orchiopexy
orthodoxian
orthodoxian
adj
Of or pertaining to Orthodox beliefs.
noun
A person who follows orthodox beliefs.
orthodoxies
orthodoxies
noun
plural of orthodoxy
orthodoxism
orthodoxism
noun
(religion) Strict orthodoxy.
orthodoxist
orthodoxist
noun
An advocate of a rigid orthodoxy
orthopraxia
orthopraxis
orthopraxis
noun
orthopraxy
orthoxazine
orthoxylene
orthoxylene
noun
(organic chemistry) An aromatic hydrocarbon based on benzene with two methyl substituents bonded to adjacent carbon atoms in the aromatic ring (the ortho configuration).
overexhaust
oxfordshire
oxfordshire
Proper noun
A midland county of England bordered by Buckinghamshire, Gloucestershire, Berkshire, Wiltshire, Warwickshire and Northamptonshire.
oxychlorate
oxychloride
oxychloride
noun
(inorganic chemistry) A ternary compound of oxygen and chlorine.
oxychlorine
oxyhexaster
oxyhydrogen
oxyhydrogen
adj
Of, or using a mixture of, hydrogen and oxygen.
noun
(chemistry) A potentially explosive mixture of hydrogen and oxygen
oxyrhynchid
oxyrhynchus
oxyrhynchus
noun
(ichthyology) Mormyrus kannume
(ichthyology) a fish with a pointed snout
oxyrrhyncha
phylloxerae
phylloxerae
noun
plural of phylloxera
phylloxeran
phylloxeran
noun
Any of the plant-feeding insects of the family Phylloxeridae, closely related to aphids.
phylloxeras
phylloxeric
phylloxeric
adj
Relating to, or caused by, phylloxera.
polyhydroxy
polyhydroxy
adj
(organic chemistry) Having three or more hydroxy functional groups.
preexchange
preexchange
adj
Occurring before an exchange.
noun
An exchange that takes place beforehand.
An interaction that introduces and leads to but is not yet a true exchange.
verb
To exchange beforehand.
prophylaxes
prophylaxes
noun
plural of prophylaxis
prophylaxis
prophylaxis
noun
(chess) A move or strategy that frustrates an opponent's plan or tactic.
(medicine) Prevention of, or protective treatment for, disease.
prothoraxes
pterothorax
pterothorax
noun
The mesothorax and metathorax of an insect
pyroxanthin
pyroxanthin
noun
(organic chemistry) A yellow, crystalline substance obtained from creosote etc; it seems to be a polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon.
pyrrhuloxia
pyrrhuloxia
noun
Cardinalis sinuatus (desert cardinal), a North American bird with grey and red plumage
reexchanged
reexchanged
verb
simple past tense and past participle of reexchange
reexchanges
reexchanges
noun
plural of reexchange
reexhibited
reexhibited
verb
simple past tense and past participle of reexhibit
rhyotaxitic
stenothorax
taxgatherer
taxgatherer
noun
(dated) One who collects taxes or revenues; a tax collector.
thermotaxes
thermotaxes
noun
plural of thermotaxis
thermotaxic
thermotaxic
adj
(biology) Relating to the regulation of temperature in the animal body
thermotaxis
thermotaxis
noun
(biology) Movement in response to temperature
thixotropic
thixotropic
adj
(chemistry, medicine, of a gel) Becoming a fluid when agitated but solid or semi-solid when allowed to stand.
thoroughwax
thoroughwax
noun
An umbelliferous plant (Bupleurum rotundifolium) with perfoliate leaves.
The thoroughwort.
thromboxane
thromboxane
noun
(organic chemistry, medicine) Any of a number of eicosanoids, related to prostaglandin, that have a role in the clotting of blood
toxophorous
trophotaxis
unorthodoxy
unorthodoxy
noun
Lack of orthodoxy; the quality or state of being unorthodox
urechitoxin
urechitoxin
noun
(organic chemistry) A poisonous glucoside found accompanying urechitin.
waxchandler
xanthinuria
xanthinuria
noun
An abnormally high level of xanthine in one's urine.
The genetic disorder that causes this excess.
xanthoceras
xanthochroi
xanthochroi
noun
Alternative letter-case form of Xanthochroi
xanthoderma
xanthoderma
noun
A yellow coloration of the skin.
xanthometer
xanthometer
noun
A graduated scale of colors from blue to yellow, white, or green, for determining the color of ocean or lake water.
xanthophore
xanthophore
noun
(biology) A xanthochrome-containing chromatophore, frequently a lipophore
xenarthrous
xenarthrous
adj
Characteristic of a xenarthran
xenomorphic
xenomorphic
adj
(petrography, of a mineral grain) That does not have its characteristic crystalline form but has a form impressed on it by surrounding grains; anhedral.
In an unusual form; having a strange form.
xeranthemum
xeranthemum
noun
Any of the genus Xeranthemum of flowering plants native to Southern Europe.