The fused head and thorax of spiders and crustaceans
chlorhexidine
chlorhexidine
noun
(pharmacology) A particular chemical antiseptic and bacteriostatic.
circumflexion
circumflexion
noun
A winding about; a turning or fold.
The act of bending, or causing to assume a curved form.
cleidorrhexis
clinopyroxene
clinopyroxene
noun
(mineralogy) Any pyroxene that has a monoclinic crystal structure.
cocarboxylase
cocarboxylase
noun
A compound, related to vitamin B, that can be prepared from aneurine.
coexecutrices
coexperiencer
coexperiencer
noun
One who coexperiences.
complexionary
complexionary
adj
Pertaining to the complexion, or to the care of it.
complexometry
complexometry
noun
(chemistry) A form of titration in which the titrant forms a complex (usually coloured) with the analyte.
contraflexure
counterextend
coxarthrocace
cytopharynxes
cytopharynxes
noun
plural of cytopharynx
decarboxylase
decarboxylase
noun
(biochemistry) Any enzyme that catalyzes the hydrolysis of a carboxyl group, effectively removing carbon dioxide from a compound.
decarboxylate
decarboxylate
verb
(organic chemistry) To remove one or more carboxyl groups from a molecule
decarboxylize
decarboxylize
verb
Synonym of decarboxylate
dextrocardial
dextroduction
dextroglucose
dextroglucose
noun
(archaic) dextrose (D-glucose) form of glucose
dicarboxylate
dicarboxylate
noun
(organic chemistry) Any salt or ester of a dicarboxylic acid, but especially any of such compounds (such as glutamates) that have biological activity
discohexaster
discohexaster
noun
(zoology) A sponge spicule with six rays octahedrally arranged, ending with disks.
exacerbations
exacerbations
noun
plural of exacerbation
excardination
excardination
noun
The freeing of a member of the clergy from the jurisdiction of a particular bishop
excerebration
excerebration
noun
The act of removing or beating out the brains.
exclamatorily
exclamatorily
adv
In an exclamatory way.
excorticating
excorticating
verb
present participle of excorticate
excortication
excortication
noun
The act of stripping off bark, or the state of being thus stripped.
exculpatorily
exculpatorily
adv
So as to exculpate.
excursionists
excursionists
noun
plural of excursionist
exendospermic
exocataphoria
exopterygotic
exothermicity
exothermicity
noun
(chemistry, physics, uncountable) The quality or state of being exothermic.
(countable) The release of heat during an exothermic reaction.
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.
expectorative
expectorative
adj
Alternative form of expectorant
expectorators
expectorators
noun
plural of expectorator
exteroceptist
exteroceptive
exteroceptive
adj
(anatomy) That responds to external stimuli
extraboldface
extracosmical
extractorship
extradiocesan
extradomestic
extradomestic
adj
Outside of the home or household.
extramorainic
extraofficial
extraofficial
adj
Beyond what is official; not prescribed by official duty.
extraperiodic
extraperiodic
adj
Outside of a given period.
extrapoetical
extrapoetical
adj
Outside of a poem, or of poetry.
extrasystolic
extrasystolic
adj
Relating to extrasystole, the premature contraction of the heart.
extrathoracic
extrathoracic
adj
(medicine) Outside the chest.
extratropical
extratropical
adj
(meteorology) Lacking or having lost tropical characteristics.
Occurring outside the tropics, usually in temperate latitudes.
extrazodiacal
extrazodiacal
adj
Outside of the zodiac.
extrospection
extrospection
noun
The observation of things external to one's own mind, as opposed to introspection. Ordinary sense perception or reasoning concerning the things perceived.
extrospective
extrospective
adj
Involving extrospection.
heterodoxical
heterodoxical
adj
heterodox
hexoctahedral
hexoctahedral
adj
Having the form of a hexoctahedron.
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.
hydroxyacetic
hypertoxicity
hypertoxicity
noun
The quality of being hypertoxic.
interlocutrix
interlocutrix
Noun
A female interlocutor
lexicographer
lexicographer
noun
One who writes or compiles a dictionary
lexicographic
lexicographic
adj
Like a dictionary, relating to lexicography (the writing of a dictionary).
neurotoxicity
neurotoxicity
noun
The state or property of being neurotoxic.
nonexcitatory
nonexcitatory
adj
Not excitatory.
nonexperience
nonexperience
noun
(countable) Something that is not an experience.
(uncountable) Lack of experience.
nonextraction
nonextraction
noun
Lack of extraction; failure to extract something.
nonextractive
nonextractive
adj
Not extractive.
nonextricable
nonextricably
nonexuberance
nonexuberancy
onychorrhexis
onychorrhexis
noun
(pathology) fingernail and toenail brittleness and breakage, such as may be due to excessive strong soap and water exposure, nail polish remover, hypothyroidism, anemia, anorexia nervosa or bulimia, or after oral retinoid therapy.
overexcelling
overexcitable
overexcitable
adj
Excessively excitable
overexcitably
overexcitably
adv
In an overexcitable manner.
overexercised
overexercised
verb
simple past tense and past participle of overexercise
overexercises
overexercises
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of overexercise
overexpectant
overexpectant
adj
Excessively expectant; expecting too much.
oxyanthracene
oxylabracidae
praxeological
praxeological
adj
Of or pertaining to praxeology.
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
preextinction
preextraction
preextraction
noun
extraction prior to some other operation
prosecutrixes
prosecutrixes
noun
plural of prosecutrix
reexplication
scleroxanthin
scleroxanthin
noun
(organic chemistry, obsolete) A hydrated compound of sclerocrystallin.
sermocinatrix
surexcitation
toxicodendrol
toxicodendrol
noun
Synonym of urushiol
toxicodendron
toxicodendron
noun
Any of the plants in the genus Toxicodendron, including poison ivy, poison oak, etc.
trachelopexia
trichorrhexic
trichorrhexis
trichorrhexis
noun
brittleness of the hair
unexecutorial
unexorcisable
unexorcisable
adj
Not exorcisable.
unexorcisably
unexorcisably
adv
Such that it cannot be exorcised.
vercingetorix
vercingetorix
Proper noun
72 the chieftain of the Arverni, leader of the great Gallic revolt against the Romans in 53–52
xanthopicrite
xanthopicrite
noun
(organic chemistry, archaic) A bitter crystalline alkaloid extracted from plants of family Xanthoxylaceae.
xanthoproteic
xanthoproteic
adj
Of or pertaining to xanthoproteic acid or xanthoproteins.
xerophthalmic
xerophthalmic
adj
Of or pertaining to xerophthalmia.
zoopraxiscope
zoopraxiscope
noun
(photography, historical) An instrument developed by Eadweard Muybridge in the 1870's, similar to the phenakistoscope. The instrument involves a disc that includes serial pictures being rotated in front of a light source, projecting them upon a screen, to exhibit the natural movements of animals and the like.
