(biochemistry, cytology) A form of dextrin that is not colourable by iodine
achrodextrinase
achroodextrin
achroodextrin
noun
Alternative form of achrodextrin
achroodextrinase
acroataxia
acroataxia
noun
(pathology) ataxia that affects the hands and fingers, feet and toes
actinomyxidia
actinomyxidiida
actinopraxis
actinotoxemia
advocatrix
alexipyretic
alexipyretic
adj
(pharmacology, obsolete, rare) Having the effect of reducing fever.
noun
(pharmacology, obsolete) A medicine which reduces fever.
alexiteric
alexiteric
adj
Resisting poison or venom.
noun
(medicine) A preservative against infectious diseases.
A preservative against the effects of poison.
alexiterical
alexiterical
adj
alexiteric
alloxyproteic
amplexicaudate
anoxybiotic
anoxybiotic
adj
Of or pertaining to anoxybiosis.
anthropodeoxycholic
anthroxanic
anticathexis
anticathexis
noun
countercathexis
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.
anticlimaxes
anticlimaxes
noun
plural of anticlimax
anticomplex
anticytotoxin
anticytotoxin
noun
Any substance, especially an antibody, that counteracts the effects of a cytotoxin
antiexpressionistic
antioxygenic
antioxygenic
adj
antioxidant
antiphylloxeric
antiphylloxeric
adj
Destroying or countering the phylloxera insect.
antitoxic
antitoxic
adj
(immunology) that counteracts a toxin or poison
of, or relating to an antitoxin
antixerophthalmic
antixerophthalmic
adj
(medicine) Countering xerophthalmia.
anxiolytic
anxiolytic
adj
(pharmacology) That reduces anxiety; tranquilizing
noun
(pharmacology) A drug prescribed for the treatment of symptoms of anxiety.
anxiolytics
anxiolytics
noun
plural of anxiolytic
archexorcist
archocystosyrinx
ataraxic
ataraxic
adj
(pharmacology) ataractic; tranquilizing
Of or pertaining to ataraxia or ataraxy
noun
(pharmaceutical) An ataractic or tranquilizing agent.
ataraxics
ataraxics
noun
plural of ataraxic
ataxic
ataxic
adj
(geology) Not eutaxic
Pertaining to ataxia
noun
A person suffering from ataxia.
ataxics
ataxics
noun
plural of ataxic
ataxinomic
ataxonomic
atoxic
atoxic
adj
Synonym of nontoxic
autocratrix
autocratrix
noun
(in particular, historical) The enlightened despot Catherine II of Russia, who reigned from 1762 to 1796 as empress and autocratrix of all the Russias.
A female autocrat.
autoexcitation
autointoxicant
autointoxicant
noun
Any substance causing autointoxication.
autointoxication
autointoxication
noun
(medicine) Poisoning due to the faulty absorption of the waste products of metabolism or of the products of decomposition within the intestines.
autotoxic
autotoxic
adj
toxic to itself; having the nature of an autotoxin
autotoxication
autotoxication
noun
Synonym of autointoxication
autotoxicity
autotoxicity
noun
Self-destruction of a species through the production of chemicals that escape into the environment and directly inhibit the growth of that species.
autotoxicosis
autotoxicosis
noun
(medicine) Synonym of autointoxication
auxetic
auxetic
adj
(chemistry) Having the property of counterintuitively expanding when being stretched.
(pathology) Relating to auxesis
noun
An auxetic material.
auxetical
auxetically
auxetically
adv
By auxesis.
auxetics
auxetics
noun
plural of auxetic
auxilytic
auxoaction
auxotonic
auxotonic
adj
(botany) Relating to plant movement classified by growth as opposed to mature reactions to exogenous stimuli in surrounding environment.
(physiology) Of or involving muscular contraction against resistance in which the length of the muscle changes and the tension differs due to an increasing load or difference in leverage.
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
axiolitic
axiomatic
axiomatic
adj
(mathematics) Relating to or containing axioms. [from 19th c.]
Self-evident or unquestionable. [from 18th c.]
axiomatical
axiomatical
adj
Of or pertaining to an axiom; having the nature of an axiom; characterized by axioms.
axiomatically
axiomatically
adv
By the use of axioms; in the form of an axiom.
axisymmetric
axisymmetric
adj
Exhibiting symmetry around an axis; exhibiting cylindrical symmetry.
axisymmetrical
axisymmetrical
adj
axisymmetric
axisymmetrically
axisymmetrically
adv
In axisymmetric fashion.
axometric
axonometric
axonometric
adj
(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
bacteriotoxic
bacteriotoxic
adj
toxic to bacteria
bacteriotoxin
bacteriotoxin
noun
Any material that is toxic to bacteria
Any toxin produced by a bacterium
batrachotoxin
batrachotoxin
noun
(neurotoxicology, uncountable) An extremely neurotoxic and cardiotoxic steroidal alkaloid found in poison dart frogs.
(toxicology, countable) Any one of a group of extremely neurotoxic and cardiotoxic steroidal alkaloids found in poison dart frogs, Melyridae beetles, and certain birds.
bauxitic
bauxitic
adj
Containing or relating to bauxite.
benefactrix
benefactrix
Noun
A female benefactor.
benefactrixes
benzoxyacetic
biconvexities
biconvexities
noun
plural of biconvexity
biconvexity
biconvexity
noun
The quality of being biconvex.
bisectrix
bisectrix
noun
The line bisecting the angle between the optic axes of a biaxial crystal.
bradyauxetic
bradyauxetically
bucculatrix
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.
calixtin
calixtine
calixto
calixtus
callithrix
calothrix
camaxtli
capiteaux
captivatrix
captivatrix
noun
A female captivator.
carboxylating
carboxylating
verb
present participle of carboxylate
carboxylation
carboxylation
noun
(organic chemistry) Any reaction that introduces a carboxylate group into a molecule
carboxypeptidase
carboxypeptidase
noun
(biochemistry) Any enzyme that catalyzes the hydrolysis of the terminal amino acid of a polypeptide/protein from the end that contains a free carboxyl group
cardiataxia
cardiotoxic
cardiotoxic
adj
chemically damaging to the tissues of the heart
cardiotoxicities
cardiotoxicities
noun
plural of cardiotoxicity
cardiotoxicity
cardiotoxicity
noun
The state or condition of being cardiotoxic.
catalexis
catalexis
noun
A shortened or incomplete last foot at the end of a verse.
Truncation at the close of a line of poetry by omission of one or two final syllables.
cataplexies
cataplexies
noun
plural of cataplexy
cathexion
cathexion
noun
cathexis
cathexis
cathexis
noun
(psychoanalysis) The concentration of libido or emotional energy on a single object or idea.
caulotaxis
caxtonian
caxtonian
Adjective
Of or relating to (c. 1422 – c. 1491), who introduced the printing press into England.
cellulotoxic
centraxonia
centraxonial
chemiotaxic
chemiotaxis
chemiotaxis
noun
Dated form of chemotaxis.
chemotaxis
chemotaxis
noun
(biology, biochemistry) The movement of a cell or an organism in response to a chemical stimulant.
chemotaxonomic
chemotaxonomic
adj
Of or pertaining to chemotaxonomy
chemotaxonomically
chemotaxonomically
adv
In terms of, or by means of, chemotaxonomy.
chemotaxonomist
chemotaxonomist
noun
One who studies chemotaxonomy.
chenevixite
chenevixite
noun
(mineralogy) A monoclinic-prismatic mineral containing arsenic, copper, hydrogen, iron, and oxygen.
chilomastix
chinotoxine
christianomastix
chronomastix
chrysothrix
cicatrix
cicatrix
noun
A scar that remains after the development of new tissue over a recovering wound or sore (also used figuratively).
cicatrixes
cicutoxin
cicutoxin
noun
(organic chemistry) A poisonous polyyne and alcohol found in various plants, including the water hemlock.
cinchotoxine
cinchotoxine
noun
(organic chemistry) The alkaloid 3-[(3R,4R)-3-ethenylpiperidin-4-yl]-1-quinolin-4-ylpropan-1-one related to cinchonine
ciphertext
ciphertext
noun
Encoded text, text that is unreadable.
ciphertexts
ciphertexts
noun
plural of ciphertext
citharexylum
cladothrix
clitoridauxe
clonothrix
coadjutrix
coadjutrix
noun
A female coadjutor
An assistant (and eventual successor) to an abbess
coadministratrix
coaxation
coaxation
noun
(rare) The act of croaking.
coccothrinax
coexecutrices
coexecutrix
coexecutrix
noun
A joint executrix.
coexerting
coexerting
verb
present participle of coexert
coexertion
coexist
coexist
verb
(intransitive, stative, of two or more things, people, concepts, etc.) To exist contemporaneously or in the same area.
coexisted
coexisted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of coexist
coexistence
coexistence
noun
The state of two or more things existing together, usually in a temporal or spatial sense, with or without mutual interaction.
coexistences
coexistences
noun
plural of coexistence
coexistency
coexistency
noun
Alternative form of coexistence
coexistent
coexistent
adj
existing at the same time as something else
noun
That which coexists with another.
coexisting
coexisting
verb
present participle of coexist
coexists
coexists
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of coexist
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.
coextensively
coextensively
adv
To the same extent.
coextensiveness
coextensiveness
noun
The property of being coextensive.
colitoxemia
coltpixie
coltpixie
noun
(UK, Hampshire, archaic, folklore) A kind of hobgoblin.