(organic chemistry) The unsaturated aliphatic hydrocarbon (8Z,11Z,14Z)-heptadeca-1,8,11,14-tetraene present in the roots of burdock
complexest
complexest
adj
superlative form of complex: most complex
complexity
complexity
noun
(countable) That which is and renders complex; intricacy; complication.
(uncountable) The state of being complex; intricacy; entanglement.
contraplex
contraplex
adj
(telegraphy) Of message signals, passing in opposite directions at the same time.
coxopodite
coxopodite
noun
Synonym of coxa
dexiotrope
enteropexy
enteropexy
noun
(surgery) fixation of part of the intestine to the abdominal wall
exceptions
exceptions
noun
plural of exception
exceptious
exceptious
adj
(obsolete) Apt to take exception, or to object; captious, complaining.
excerption
excerption
noun
That which is selected or gleaned; an extract.
The act of excerpting or selecting.
exemptions
exemptions
noun
plural of exemption
exopoditic
exopoditic
adj
(zoology) Relating to the exopodite.
exotospore
exotospore
noun
The needle-shaped form of the spore of the malarial parasite transmitted by mosquitos.
exotropism
expatiator
expatiator
noun
One who expatiates.
expedition
expedition
noun
(collective) The group of people making such excursion.
(military) An important or long journey, for example a march or a voyage
(now rare) The quality of being expedite; speed, quickness.
(obsolete) The act of expediting something; prompt execution.
A military journey; an enterprise against some enemy or into enemy territory.
A trip, especially a long one, made by a person or a group of people for a specific purpose
The process or activities of performing expediter tasks.
verb
(intransitive) To take part in a trip or expedition; to travel.
expenditor
expiations
expiations
noun
plural of expiation
expilation
expiration
expiration
noun
(euphemistic) The last emission of breath; death.
A cessation, extinction, ending
Emission of volatile matter; exhalation.
That which is produced by breathing out, as a sound.
The act of expiring.
The act or process of breathing out, or forcing air from the lungs through the nose or mouth
expiratory
expiratory
adj
Of or pertaining to expiration
expiscator
expiscator
noun
(formal, archaic, rare) One who expiscates.
explanator
explanator
noun
(statistics) A variable that predicts or explains the variation in another variable; an explanatory variable.
One who explains.
explicator
explicator
noun
One who or that which explicates.
exploitage
exploitage
noun
exploitation
exploiters
exploiters
noun
plural of exploiter
exploiting
exploiting
verb
present participle of exploit
exploitive
exploitive
adj
Exploitative: taking advantage of someone
exploiture
exploiture
noun
(obsolete) The act of exploiting or accomplishing; achievement.
(obsolete) exploitation
explorator
explorator
noun
(dated) One who explores; one who examines closely; a searcher.
exportable
exportable
adj
Able to be exported.
noun
Something that can be exported.
expositing
expositing
verb
present participle of exposit
exposition
exposition
noun
(authorship) An essay or speech in which any topic is discussed in detail.
(authorship) An opening section in fiction, in which background information about the characters, events or setting is conveyed.
(authorship) The act or process of declaring or describing something through either speech or writing; the portions and aspects of a piece of writing that exist mainly to describe the setting, characters and other non-plot elements.
(music) The opening section of a movement in sonata form; the opening section of a fugue.
(obsolete) The act of expulsion, or being expelled, from a place.
An exhibition, especially of goods, artwork or cultural displays to the public.
The abandonment of an unwanted child.
The action of exposing something to something, such as skin to the sunlight.
expositive
expositive
adj
That explains; expository
expositors
expositors
noun
plural of expositor
expository
expository
adj
Serving to explain, explicate, or elucidate; expositive; of or relating to exposition.
exprobrate
exprobrate
verb
(dated) To reproach or upbraid
expunction
expunction
noun
The act of expunging or erasing.
The condition of being expunged.
expurgator
expurgator
noun
One who expurgates.
exspuition
exspuition
noun
(obsolete) The act of spitting.
extemporal
extemporal
adj
(archaic) Extemporaneous.
extirpateo
extirpator
extirpator
noun
someone or something that extirpates
extrapolar
extrapolar
adj
From outside of a polar region
extropical
extrospect
extrospect
verb
Synonym of extraspect.
gastropexy
gastropexy
noun
(surgery) The surgical fixation of the stomach to the abdominal wall or diaphragm.
hepatopexy
hepatopexy
noun
(surgery) Surgical anchoring of a displaced liver to the abdominal wall.
hypertoxic
hypertoxic
adj
(rare, toxicology) Excessively toxic.
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
leptothrix
omentopexy
omentopexy
noun
(surgery) The operation of suturing the omentum to the abdominal wall, securing anastomotic communication between the portal system and that of the vena cava.
optomeninx
overexpect
overexpect
verb
To expect too much.
overexpert
oxyterpene
paroxytone
paroxytone
adj
(linguistics, of a word) Having the stress or accent on the penultimate syllable.
noun
(linguistics) A paroxytone word.
peptotoxin
peptotoxin
noun
A poisonous ptomaine found in peptones and in putrefying albuminous substances, such as fibrin, casein, brain, liver, and muscle.
permixtion
permixtion
noun
Obsolete form of permission.
peroxidate
petrosilex
petrosilex
noun
(mineralogy) felsite
petroxolin
phantoplex
phantoplex
noun
(historical, chiefly attributive) A superposed circuit operated by alternating current over a simplex, duplex or quadruplex circuit operated from direct current sources.
phoenixity
pleiotaxis
plexometer
postexilic
postexilic
adj
After an exile, especially the Biblical exile of the Jews.
projectrix
protectrix
protectrix
noun
(archaic) A woman who protects; a protectress.
proteopexy
protoxylem
protoxylem
noun
The first xylem to form in a plant.
pyroxenite
pyroxenite
noun
(geology) A heavy, dark igneous rock consisting mostly of pyroxene minerals with smaller amounts of olivine and hornblende.
reexported
reexported
verb
simple past tense and past participle of reexport
reexporter
sextipolar
sextipolar
adj
Having six poles.
sextonship
sextonship
noun
The office or position of a sexton.
superextol
typhlopexy
unexported
unexported
adj
Not exported.
uteropexia
xenopeltid
xenopeltid
noun
(zoology) Any snake in the family Xenopeltidae.
xenopteran
xenotropic
xenotropic
adj
(biology) Describing a virus growing in tissue of an organism other than its normal host