The practice of choking or strangling oneself for sexual gratification.
autocomplexes
autohexaploid
autohexaploid
adj
(genetics) hexaploid as a result of multiplication of a haploid set of chromosomes
autonephrotoxin
auxotroph
auxotroph
noun
Any microorganism that has lost the ability to synthesize an organic compound required for its growth, usually as a result of mutation
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
auxotrophies
auxotrophies
noun
plural of auxotrophy
auxotrophy
auxotrophy
noun
(biology) The inability of a microorganism to synthesize an organic compound required for its growth, often as a result of mutation.
capiteaux
cephalotaxus
counterexample
counterexample
noun
(logic) An example that counters a general rule; an exception to a general rule; a specific instance of the falsity of (and falsifiability of) any proposed universal applicability of a rule or statement.
counterexamples
counterexamples
noun
plural of counterexample
counterexplanation
counterexplanation
noun
An opposing explanation
counterexpostulation
counterparadox
cryptoglaux
euplexoptera
exappendiculate
exculpate
exculpate
verb
To clear of or to free from guilt; exonerate.
exculpated
exculpated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of exculpate
exculpates
exculpates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of exculpate
exculpating
exculpating
verb
present participle of exculpate
exculpation
exculpation
noun
That which exculpates; an excuse.
The act of exculpating from alleged fault or crime.
exculpations
exculpations
noun
plural of exculpation
exculpative
exculpative
adj
Alternative form of exculpatory
exculpatorily
exculpatorily
adv
So as to exculpate.
exculpatory
exculpatory
adj
Tending to excuse or clear of wrongdoing.
exophthalmus
exophthalmus
noun
Alternative form of exophthalmos
expostulate
expostulate
verb
(intransitive) To protest or remonstrate; to reason earnestly with a person on some impropriety of conduct.
expostulated
expostulated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of expostulate
expostulates
expostulates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of expostulate
expostulating
expostulating
verb
present participle of expostulate
expostulatingly
expostulatingly
adv
With expostulations.
expostulation
expostulation
noun
The act of reasoning earnestly in order to dissuade or remonstrate.
expostulations
expostulations
noun
plural of expostulation
expostulative
expostulative
adj
Synonym of expostulatory
expostulatively
expostulatively
adv
In an expostulative manner.
expostulator
expostulator
noun
One who expostulates.
expostulatory
expostulatory
adj
Of, characterized by, or exhibiting expostulation.
expulsatory
expulsatory
adj
expulsive; having the power to expel; serving to expel
expurgate
expurgate
verb
(transitive) To edit out (incorrect, offensive, or otherwise undesirable information) from a book or other publication; to cleanse; to purge.
(transitive) To undertake editing out incorrect, offensive, or otherwise undesirable information from (a book or other publication); to cleanse; to purge.
expurgated
expurgated
adj
Having had erroneous, obscene, or other objectionable material removed.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of expurgate
expurgates
expurgates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of expurgate
expurgating
expurgating
verb
present participle of expurgate
expurgation
expurgation
noun
The act of expurgating, purging, or cleansing; purification from anything noxious, offensive, sinful, or erroneous.
expurgational
expurgations
expurgations
noun
plural of expurgation
expurgative
expurgator
expurgator
noun
One who expurgates.
expurgatorial
expurgatorial
adj
Tending or serving to expurgate; expurgatory.
expurgators
expurgators
noun
plural of expurgator
expurgatory
expurgatory
adj
Serving to expurgate.
exscriptural
exscriptural
adj
Not in accordance with the doctrines of Scripture; unscriptural.
exsculptate
exstemporaneous
exstipulate
exstipulate
adj
(botany) Not bearing stipules.
exsuperate
extemporaneous
extemporaneous
adj
With inadequate preparation or without advance thought; offhand.
extemporaneously
extemporaneously
adv
In an extemporaneous manner; without prior preparation or planning.
extemporaneousness
extemporaneousness
noun
The degree or property of being extemporaneous.
extipulate
extracampus
extracapsular
extracapsular
adj
(anatomy) Situated outside a capsule, especially outside the capsular ligament of a joint.
extracorpuscular
extracorpuscular
adj
(anatomy) Outside the corpuscle.
extrapituitary
extrapituitary
adj
Outside of the pituitary gland
extrapleural
extrapleural
adj
Outside of the pleura
extrapopular
extrapopular
adj
Outside of the populace.
extrapulmonary
extrapulmonary
adj
(anatomy) Beyond or outside the lungs.
extrapunitive
extrapunitive
adj
(psychology) Tending to punish others.
extrascriptural
extrascriptural
adj
Outside of scripture.
extrascripturality
extrascripturality
noun
The quality of being extrascriptural.
formaldehydesulphoxylate
formaldehydesulphoxylate
noun
A salt or ester of formaldehydesulphoxylic acid.
hapaxanthous
hapaxanthous
adj
Being or relating to a hapaxanth.
hemopneumothorax
hemopneumothorax
noun
(medicine) pneumothorax and hemothorax occurring together
hepatauxe
hexapetaloideous
hexapetalous
hexapetalous
adj
(botany) Having six petals.
hexapterous
hexapterous
adj
(botany) Having six wing-like processes or extensions
hydropneumothorax
hydropneumothorax
noun
(medicine) The presence of both fluid and air in the pleural cavity
hyperoxymuriate
hyperoxymuriate
noun
(chemistry, obsolete) Any perchlorate.
hyperoxymuriatic
hyperoxymuriatic
adj
(obsolete, chemistry) perchloric
hypersexualities
hypersexualities
noun
plural of hypersexuality
hypersexuality
hypersexuality
noun
The desire for sexual activity at levels high enough to be considered clinically significant.
inexpugnability
inexpugnability
noun
The quality of being inexpugnable.
juxtapose
juxtapose
verb
(transitive) To place side by side, especially for contrast or comparison.
juxtaposed
juxtaposed
adj
Placed side by side often for comparison or contrast.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of juxtapose
juxtaposes
juxtaposes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of juxtapose
juxtaposing
juxtaposing
noun
An act of juxtaposition.
verb
present participle of juxtapose
juxtaposit
juxtaposit
verb
To place in close connection or contiguity; to juxtapose.
juxtaposition
juxtaposition
noun
(art) Two or more contrasting sounds, colours, styles etc. placed together for stylistic effect.
(grammar) An absence of linking elements in a group of words that are listed together.
(mathematics) An absence of operators in an expression.
(rhetoric) The close placement of two ideas to imply a link that may not exist.
The extra emphasis given to a comparison when the contrasted objects are close together.
The nearness of objects with little or no delimiter.
verb
To place in juxtaposition.
juxtapositional
juxtapositional
Adjective
In, or relating to, juxtaposition.
juxtapositions
juxtapositions
noun
plural of juxtaposition
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of juxtaposition
juxtapositive
juxtapositive
adj
(grammar) Of or relating to a grammatical case expressing position beside something.
Relating to juxtaposition.
juxtapyloric
juxtapyloric
adj
Next to the pylorus.
juxtaspinal
juxtaspinal
adj
Beside the spine.
juxtatropical
juxtatropical
adj
Near the tropics.
loxophthalmus
mantappeaux
nonexculpation
nonexculpatory
nonexculpatory
adj
Not exculpatory.
oxynaphtoquinone
oxypetalous
oxyquinaseptol
oxyquinaseptol
noun
Synonym of diaphtherin
oxysulphate
oxysulphate
noun
Alternative form of oxysulfate
pansexualist
pansexualist
adj
(psychology) Pertaining to or promoting the psychological theory of pansexualism.
noun
(psychology) A proponent of the psychological theory of pansexualism.
(rare, sometimes derogatory) A person who is attracted, or who is able to experience attraction, to everyone and everything.
pansexuality
pansexuality
noun
(rare) Sexuality that encompasses all kinds of sexuality.
A sexual orientation characterized by the potential for aesthetic attraction, romantic love and/or sexual desire for people regardless of their gender or sex.
parasexuality
parasexuality
noun
(biology) A phenomenon, involving a complex form of mitosis, whereby two cell nuclei merge without any sexual process and the chromosome count is doubled.
paravauxite
paravauxite
noun
(mineralogy) A triclinic-pinacoidal mineral containing aluminum, hydrogen, iron, oxygen, and phosphorus.
patuxent
perturbatrix
plateaux
plateaux
noun
plural of plateau
pneumohemothorax
pneumohemothorax
noun
hemopneumothorax
pneumohydrothorax
pneumopyothorax
pneumothorax
pneumothorax
noun
(medicine) Presence of air inside the pleural cavity, usually caused by injury either to the lung or the chest wall.
portmanteaux
portmanteaux
noun
plural of portmanteau
postmyxedematous
preexhaust
preexhaustion
procuratrix
procuratrix
noun
A female procurator.
prostatauxe
pseudataxic
pseudoambidextrous
pseudoambidextrously
pseudoataxia
pseudoexperimental
pseudoexperimentally
pseudoxanthine
psychosexuality
psychosexuality
noun
The psychological aspects of sexuality.
punxsutawney
purpuroxanthin
purpuroxanthin
Noun
1,3-dihydroxyanthraquinone
pyopneumothorax
pyopneumothorax
noun
(medicine) The accumulation of air (or other gas) and pus in the pleural cavity.
seropneumothorax
sexcuspidate
sextuplicate
sextuplicate
adj
Comprising six identical parts.
Six times the number, volume, length, etc. (of something else).
noun
A series, set, collection, or group of six identical copies of something.
verb
(transitive) To make six copies of.
sextuplicated
sextuplicated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of sextuplicate
sextuplicating
sextuplicating
verb
present participle of sextuplicate
speculatrix
speculatrix
noun
A female speculator.
sulphoxylate
sulphoxylate
noun
Alternative form of sulfoxylate
sulphoxyphosphate
superexacting
superexacting
adj
Very exacting.
superexalt
superexalt
verb
(transitive) To exalt to a superior degree; to exalt above others.
superexaltation
superexaltation
noun
Elevation above the common degree.
Supreme or excessive exaltation.
superexceptional
superexceptionally
superexcitation
superexcitation
noun
Excessive, or more than normal, excitation.
superexpectation
superoexternal
superoxalate
superoxygenate
superoxygenate
verb
To increase the proportion of oxygen
superoxygenated
superoxygenated
adj
enriched in oxygen
verb
simple past tense and past participle of superoxygenate
superoxygenating
superoxygenation
superoxygenation
noun
enrichment in oxygen
supertax
supertax
noun
A higher rate of an existing tax.
An additional tax on something that has already been taxed.