(toxicology) Any of a family of mycotoxins, produced by molds of the Aspergillus genus, that can be toxic, carcinogenic, mutagenic or teratogenic; typically found as contaminants of animal food or peanuts.
amplexifoliate
anteflexion
anteflexion
noun
(anatomy) A forward bending or an organ, especially that of the uterus near the cervix
anterofixation
anteroflexion
complexification
complexification
noun
(countable, mathematics) An extension from a basis on real numbers to a basis on complex numbers.
(uncountable) The act or process of making something more complex.
contraflexure
detoxification
detoxification
noun
The process of removing toxins.
ethoxycaffeine
excalfaction
exemplification
exemplification
noun
(law) A copy or transcript attested to be correct by the seal of an officer having custody of the original.
That which exemplifies; a case in point; example.
The act of exemplifying; a showing or illustrating by example.
exemplificational
exemplifications
exemplifications
noun
plural of exemplification
exemplificator
exfetation
exfetation
noun
(medicine) imperfect fetation in some organ exterior to the uterus
exfiguration
exfiltration
exfiltration
noun
(biology) A gradual movement of a substance to exterior (as through cell membrane to extracellular fluid or medium).
(civil engineering) A method for managing storm water runoff.
(computing) Covert extraction of data.
(military) The process of exiting an area (usually behind enemy lines or in enemy territory).
(sciences) A filtering out (usually movement of a substance through a barrier).
exflagellation
exflagellation
noun
The protrusion or formation of flagella by a protozoon.
exfodiate
exfodiation
exfoliate
exfoliate
verb
(mineralogy) To split into scales, especially to become converted into scales as the result of heat or decomposition.
To remove a layer of skin, as in cosmetic preparation.
To remove the leaves from a plant.
exfoliated
exfoliated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of exfoliate
exfoliating
exfoliating
verb
present participle of exfoliate
exfoliation
exfoliation
noun
(cosmetics) The removal of a layer of skin, as in cosmetic preparation.
The loss of leaves from a plant.
The scaling off of a bone, a rock, or a mineral, etc.; the state of being exfoliated.
exfoliations
exfoliations
noun
plural of exfoliation
exfoliative
exfoliative
adj
That causes, or is accompanied by, exfoliation
exfoliatory
exfoliatory
adj
Relating to, or performing, exfoliation.
expergefaction
expergefaction
noun
An awakening
exsufflation
exsufflation
noun
(biology, obsolete) A strongly forced expiration of air from the lungs.
(obsolete) A blast from beneath.
(obsolete) A kind of exorcism by blowing with the breath.
extraboldface
extractiform
extractiform
adj
(chemistry, archaic) Having the form, appearance, or nature of an extract.
extrafloral
extrafloral
adj
(botany) Describing a nectary that is situated on a leaf or stem rather than in a flower
extrafocal
extrafocal
adj
Outside of a focus.
extrafoliaceous
extrafoliaceous
adj
(botany) Away from the leaves, or inserted in a different place from them.
extraforaneous
extraforaneous
adj
(nonce word, archaic) outdoor
extraformal
extraofficial
extraofficial
adj
Beyond what is official; not prescribed by official duty.
extraprofessional
extraprofessional
adj
Foreign to a profession; not within the ordinary limits of professional duty or business.
fixation
fixation
noun
(cytology, histology, pathology) preservation of biological tissues from decay due to autolysis or putrefaction.
(genetics) The change in a gene pool from a situation where there exists at least two variants of a particular gene (allele) to a situation where only one of the alleles remains.
(law) Recording a creative work in a medium of expression for more than a transitory duration, thereby satisfying the "fixation" requirement for the purposes of copyright law.
(ophthalmology) maintaining of the gaze on a single location.
(orthopaedics) process by which an injury is rendered immobile.
A state of mind involving obsession with a particular person, idea, or thing.
In metals, a state of resistance to evaporation or volatilization by heat.
The act of fixing.
The act of uniting chemically with a solid substance or in a solid form; reduction to a non-volatile condition; -- said of volatile elements.
The act or process of ceasing to be fluid and becoming firm.
The state of being fixed or fixated.
fixations
fixations
noun
plural of fixation
fixator
fixator
noun
(anatomy) Any muscle that fixes, or limits the movement, of a bone or joint
flaxton
flaxwort
flaxwort
noun
Any of the flax plants of genus Linum.
fluxation
fluxation
noun
The act of fluxing; a flowing or passing away.
formaldehydesulphoxylate
formaldehydesulphoxylate
noun
A salt or ester of formaldehydesulphoxylic acid.
fornicatrix
fornicatrix
noun
A female fornicator.
fortaxed
foxtail
foxtail
noun
(metallurgy) The last cinders obtained in the fining process.
A dry spikelet or spikelet seed and flower cluster of some grasses
Acalypha hispida, chenille plant.
Any of various grasses having bushy seed spikelets that resemble the tail of a fox
Bromus madritensis, foxtail brome.
Hordeum jubatum, foxtail barley.
Lycopodiella alopecuroides, foxtail clubmoss.
The tail of a fox.
Wodyetia bifurcata, foxtail palm.
species of Setaria, foxtail millets.
species of genus Alopecurus, foxtail grasses.
foxtailed
foxtails
foxtails
noun
plural of foxtail
frontomaxillary
frontomaxillary
adj
(anatomy) frontal and maxillary
fucoxanthin
fucoxanthin
noun
(organic chemistry) A carotenoid pigment found in the chloroplasts of brown algae.
fucoxanthine
fucoxanthins
fucoxanthins
noun
plural of fucoxanthin
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.
infixations
infixations
noun
plural of infixation
lateriflexion
lateroflexion
lateroflexion
noun
lateral flexion (bending to one side)
laxifoliate
methoxyflurane
methoxyflurane
noun
(pharmaceutical drugs) An inhalational anaesthetic of the 1960s and early 1970s, now largely abandoned because of detrimental effects on the kidneys.
myxoflagellate
myxoflagellate
noun
A swimming peritrichous organism of the Myxogastria that develops in moist environments and usually has two flagella.
nonexemplification
nonexemplification
noun
Lack of exemplification.
nonexemplificatior
nonfixation
nonfixation
noun
An absence of fixation
omentofixation
oxyfatty
postfixal
postfixal
adj
(linguistics) Relating to, or taking the form of, a postfix.
postfixation
postfixation
noun
(biology) A secondary fixation of a histological sample, often using osmium tetroxide to fixate lipids.
postfixial
prefixation
prefixation
noun
(anatomy, of a nerve) The state or condition of being prefixed.
(biology, cytology) Initial treatment of tissue with a fixative, as a preliminary to the application of another fixative or to the use of a different treatment.
(linguistics) The adding of a prefix to a word.
pronatoflexor
refixation
refixation
noun
The fixing in place of something that had previously been removed
suffixation
suffixation
noun
The process of adding a suffix to a word.
suffixations
suffixations
noun
plural of suffixation
sulfadimethoxine
sulfadimethoxine
noun
(pharmacology) A sulfonamide antibacterial derivative of sulfadiazine
sulfoxylate
sulfoxylate
noun
(inorganic chemistry) hyposulfite
(organic chemistry) sulfinate
thermofax
toadflax
toadflax
noun
Any of several European plants, of the genus Linaria, having two-lipped yellow flowers.
Any of several other plants in the family Plantaginaceae.
toadflaxes
toadflaxes
noun
plural of toadflax
toxifera
transfixation
transfixation
noun
The condition of being transfixed
transfixion
transfixion
noun
(surgery) In amputation, passing the knife from side to side through tissue close to the bone and dividing muscles outward.
transfixions
transfixions
noun
plural of transfixion
uterofixation
vaginofixation
vaginofixation
noun
(surgery) suture of a prolapsed vagina to the abdominal wall
ventrifixation
ventrofixation
ventrofixation
noun
The suture of a displaced viscus, such as the uterus, to the abdominal wall.
vesicofixation
xenograft
xenograft
noun
A tissue graft taken from a species different from that of the recipient.