(biochemistry) A mixture of alkaloids (ergocristine, ergocornine and ergocryptine) identified in ergot, formerly believed to be a single compound.
exaggerate
exaggerate
verb
To overstate, to describe more than is fact.
exaugurate
exaugurate
verb
(obsolete, transitive) To annul the consecration of; to secularize or unhallow.
excerpting
excerpting
noun
The act of taking an excerpt.
verb
present participle of excerpt
execrating
execrating
verb
present participle of execrate
exercising
exercising
noun
The act by which something is exercised.
verb
present participle of exercise
exogastric
exogastric
adj
Of the shell of a mollusc, curving forwards towards the head.
Outside of the stomach.
exorcising
exorcising
verb
present participle of exorcise
exorcizing
exorcizing
verb
present participle of exorcize
expiringly
expiringly
adv
While expiring or dying.
expressage
expressage
noun
The fee for carrying a parcel by express.
expressing
expressing
adj
(biochemistry) That translates or transcribes nucleic acid.
verb
present participle of express
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
expurgator
expurgator
noun
One who expurgates.
extracting
extracting
verb
present participle of extract
extralegal
extralegal
adj
Occurring outside the law; not governed by law; lawless.
gastropexy
gastropexy
noun
(surgery) The surgical fixation of the stomach to the abdominal wall or diaphragm.
generatrix
generatrix
noun
(geometry) A curve that, when rotated about an axis, produces a solid figure.
gerontoxon
gerontoxon
noun
arcus senilis
hexangular
hexangular
adj
Having six angles or corners.
lexigraphy
lexigraphy
noun
(countable) A system of writing in which there is a one-to-one correspondence between symbols and words.
(uncountable) The representation of words in writing.
luxembourg
luxembourg
Proper noun
country in Europe having borders with Belgium, France and Germany. Member state of the European Union. Official language: Letzeburgesh. Official name: Grand Duchy of Luxembourg.
A province of Wallonia, Belgium.
The capital city of
One of the twelve cantons of Luxembourg (the country), that includes its capital city.
myxogaster
overmixing
overmixing
verb
present participle of overmix
overtaxing
overtaxing
verb
present participle of overtax
oxygenator
oxygenator
noun
any device that releases oxygen (or air) into water, especially one in an aquarium
oxygenizer
peroxiding
peroxiding
verb
present participle of peroxide
perplexing
perplexing
adj
Bewildering.
Confusing or puzzling.
verb
present participle of perplex
praxeology
praxeology
noun
The study of human action or conduct.
pretexting
pretexting
verb
present participle of pretext
reaffixing
reaffixing
verb
present participle of reaffix
reannexing
reannexing
verb
present participle of reannex
reexchange
reexchange
noun
(finance) The expense chargeable on a bill of exchange or draft that has been dishonoured in a foreign country and returned to its country of origin, and then taken up.
A renewed exchange.
A reversal of an exchange.
verb
(transitive) To exchange again or anew.
reexposing
reexposing
verb
present participle of reexpose
reindexing
reindexing
verb
present participle of reindex
sexagenary
sexagenary
adj
(mathematics, astronomy, now rare) Synonym of sexagesimal: base-60.
(now rare) Synonym of sexagenarian: lasting or aged sixty years; sixty-year-old.
Containing sixty years.
noun
(mathematics, astronomy, now rare) Synonym of sexagesimal: base-60 numeration.
(now rare) Synonym of sexagenarian: a sixty-year-old.
sexangular
sexangular
adj
Having six angles; hexagonal.
unexpiring
unexpiring
verb
present participle of unexpire
unrelaxing
unrelaxing
adj
Not relaxing.
xerography
xerography
noun
A photocopying process in which a negative image formed on an electrically charged plate is transferred as a positive to paper and thermally fixed.