(organic chemistry) The unsaturated aliphatic hydrocarbon (8Z,11Z,14Z)-heptadeca-1,8,11,14-tetraene present in the roots of burdock
apoplexies
apoplexies
noun
plural of apoplexy
appomattox
appomattox
Proper noun
A river in Virginia, USA.
A town in Virginia, USA.
approximal
approximal
adj
Contiguous
Near or adjacent
auxotrophy
auxotrophy
noun
(biology) The inability of a microorganism to synthesize an organic compound required for its growth, often as a result of mutation.
axiopoenus
axonophora
axoplasmic
axoplasmic
adj
Of or pertaining to axoplasm.
coexpanded
coexpanded
verb
simple past tense and past participle of coexpand
contraplex
contraplex
adj
(telegraphy) Of message signals, passing in opposite directions at the same time.
desmopexia
diplotaxis
doxography
doxography
noun
The work or works of classical historians describing the opinions of Ancient Greek philosophers and scientists.
echopraxia
echopraxia
noun
The involuntary repetition or imitation of the observed movements of another.
exomphalos
exomphalos
noun
A defect in the development of the muscles of the abdominal wall.
exomphalus
exomphalus
noun
Alternative form of exomphalos
exophagous
exophagous
adj
Exhibiting or relating to exophagy.
expansions
expansions
noun
plural of expansion
expatiator
expatiator
noun
One who expatiates.
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.
explodable
explodable
adj
That can be exploded.
exploitage
exploitage
noun
exploitation
explorable
explorable
adj
Capable of being explored.
noun
(rare) That which can be explored; a subject for exploration.
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.
exprobrate
exprobrate
verb
(dated) To reproach or upbraid
expurgator
expurgator
noun
One who expurgates.
extemporal
extemporal
adj
(archaic) Extemporaneous.
extirpateo
extirpator
extirpator
noun
someone or something that extirpates
extrapolar
extrapolar
adj
From outside of a polar region
extropical
gastropexy
gastropexy
noun
(surgery) The surgical fixation of the stomach to the abdominal wall or diaphragm.
glycopexia
hepatopexy
hepatopexy
noun
(surgery) Surgical anchoring of a displaced liver to the abdominal wall.
hexaploidy
hexaploidy
noun
The property of being hexaploid.
hexapodies
hexapodies
noun
plural of hexapody
hexapodous
hexapodous
adj
(zoology) Having six feet; belonging to the Hexapoda.
holoplexia
hypopraxia
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
juxtaposit
juxtaposit
verb
To place in close connection or contiguity; to juxtapose.
lipomyxoma
lipoxidase
lipoxidase
noun
(biochemistry) Any enzyme that catalyses the oxidation of unsaturated fatty acids
myxolipoma
myxophobia
nomophylax
nomophylax
noun
(historical) A magistrate, in ancient Greece, who was the custodian of the texts of the law.
oophorauxe
oropharynx
oropharynx
noun
(anatomy) The oral part of the pharynx, reaching from the uvula to the level of the hyoid bone.
orthopraxy
orthopraxy
noun
Correct practice or action
Right belief combined with right practice, with the emphasis being on the latter, a term specially used in Latin American liberation theology, often in contrast with an orthodoxy seen as insufficiently interested in the practical and political content of faith.
otosalpinx
overexpand
overexpand
verb
To expand to an excessive or unwise degree
oxyblepsia
oxycamphor
oxycamphor
noun
An oxidation product of camphor, used in treating dyspnea.
oxycaproic
oxycephaly
oxycephaly
noun
A kind of cephalic disorder: sometimes the premature closure of the coronal suture plus any other suture, such as the lambdoid; sometimes the premature fusing of all sutures.
paradoxial
paradoxial
adj
Archaic form of paradoxical.
paradoxism
paradoxism
noun
An avant-garde movement in the arts etc, based on heavy use of contradictions and paradoxes, founded by F. Smarandache in the 1980s.
paradoxist
paradoxist
noun
(dated, derogatory) One who holds incorrect or eccentric beliefs; a bad scientist; a crank.
A participant in the art movement of paradoxism.
paradoxure
paradoxure
noun
Any member of the species of genus Paradoxurus, Asiatic viverrine mammals allied to the civet.
paroxazine
paroxysmal
paroxysmal
adj
Of, pertaining to, causing or accompanied by paroxysms.
paroxysmic
paroxysmic
adj
Relating to paroxysms.
paroxytone
paroxytone
adj
(linguistics, of a word) Having the stress or accent on the penultimate syllable.
noun
(linguistics) A paroxytone word.
periaxonal
periaxonal
adj
(anatomy) Surrounding an axon (of a nerve).
peroxidase
peroxidase
noun
(biochemistry) Any of a class of enzymes that act on substrates such as hydrogen peroxide and organic hydroperoxides such as lipid peroxides.
peroxidate
peroxyacid
peroxyacid
noun
Synonym of peracid (“acid containing an acidic -OOH group”)
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.
phototaxis
phototaxis
noun
(biology) The movement of an organism either towards or away from a source of light
phyllotaxy
phyllotaxy
noun
phyllotaxis
phylloxera
phylloxera
noun
An insect, Daktulosphaira vitifoliae of the family Phylloxeridae (not the genus Phylloxera), that is very destructive to grape vines; also, the diseased condition of a vine caused by this insect.
pixilation
pixilation
noun
A stop-motion technique where live actors are used as a frame-by-frame subject in an animated film, by repeatedly posing while one or more frame is taken and changing pose slightly before the next frame or frames.
Alternative form of pixelation
pleiotaxis
podaxonial
polyaxonic
postclimax
postclimax
adj
(ecology) After the point of climax.
postfixial
praxeology
praxeology
noun
The study of human action or conduct.
praxiology
praxiology
noun
Alternative form of praxeology
promaximum
prophylaxy
prophylaxy
noun
Archaic form of prophylaxis.
proxically
proximally
proximally
adv
(medicine) In the proximal direction: reverse of distally
(of causation) Immediately; most directly
pyosalpinx
pyosalpinx
noun
A distally blocked Fallopian tube filled with pus.
saxophones
saxophones
noun
plural of saxophone
saxophonic
saxophonic
adj
Of or pertaining to the saxophone.
sextipolar
sextipolar
adj
Having six poles.
sexuparous
sexuparous
adj
(biology) Describing a generation of aphids that produces sexual offspring
smallpoxes
smallpoxes
noun
plural of smallpox
supracoxal
toxiphagus
toxiphobia
toxiphobia
noun
Alternative form of toxicophobia
toxophobia
toxoplasma
toxoplasma
noun
Any member of the genus Toxoplasma of parasitic sporozoans.
trichoplax
tropotaxis
tropotaxis
noun
(biology) Movement by organisms with paired receptor cells, triggered when the stimuli at the receptors are equally balanced.
uteropexia
vaginopexy
xanthophyl
xanthophyl
noun
Dated form of xanthophyll.
xanthopsia
xanthopsia
noun
A visual defect, a form of chromatopsia in which everything appears yellow.
xanthopsin
xanthopsin
noun
visual yellow; any of a form of visual purple that has been bleached by exposure to light
xenomorpha
xenophanes
xenophanes
Proper noun
A Greek given name.
The pre-Socratic philosopher Xenophanes of Colophon; by extension or reference, any profound or transformative religious thinker.
xenophobia
xenophobia
noun
A fear of aliens.
A fear of strangers or foreigners.
A hatred of strangers or foreigners.
A strong antipathy or aversion to strangers or foreigners.
xenophoran
xenopsylla
xenopteran
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.
xerophagia
xerophagia
noun
The eating of dry food
xiphodynia
xiphodynia
noun
xiphoidalgia
xiphoidian
xiphoidian
adj
(anatomy, rare) xiphoid
xiphopagic
xiphopagic
adj
(rare) Synonym of xiphopagus
xiphopagus
xiphopagus
adj
(of conjoined twins) United at the xiphoid process.
noun
(countable) Either of a pair of congenitally joined twins (Siamese twin) united at the xiphoid process.
(uncountable) The condition of being such a twin.
xiphosuran
xiphosuran
adj
(zoology) Of or pertaining to the order Xiphosura.
noun
(zoology) Any member of the order Xiphosura, including horseshoe crabs.
xylography
xylography
noun
(rare) The art of making xylographs.
xylophagan
xylophagan
noun
Any wood-boring marine bivalve of the genus Xylophaga, which bores into wood.