(biology) The inability of a microorganism to synthesize an organic compound required for its growth, often as a result of mutation.
doxography
doxography
noun
The work or works of classical historians describing the opinions of Ancient Greek philosophers and scientists.
epicalyxes
epipharynx
epipharynx
noun
(anatomy, rare) The nasopharynx.
(zoology) A structure that overlaps the mouth in certain insects.
expandedly
expandedly
adv
In an expanded manner.
expansibly
expansibly
adv
In an expansible manner.
expectably
expectably
adv
In an expectable manner
expectancy
expectancy
noun
(law) Future interest as to possession or enjoyment
(obsolete) Something expected or awaited.
Expectation or anticipation; the state of expecting something.
The state of being expected.
expiratory
expiratory
adj
Of or pertaining to expiration
explicably
explicably
adv
(rare) In a way that can be explained.
expressway
expressway
noun
(Canada, parts of the US, Malaysia, Singapore) A road built to freeway standards.
(UK, New Zealand) A road built for high speed traffic, but not up to motorway standards or designated a motorway.
(US, regional) A divided highway, especially one whose intersections and direct access to adjacent properties have been eliminated.
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.
hypopraxia
inexpiably
inexpiably
adv
In an inexpiable manner or degree; permitting no atonement.
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.
lipomyxoma
myxolipoma
myxophobia
nomophylax
nomophylax
noun
(historical) A magistrate, in ancient Greece, who was the custodian of the texts of the law.
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.
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.
palapteryx
paraxially
paraxially
adv
In a paraxial manner.
paraxylene
paraxylene
noun
An aromatic hydrocarbon consisting of a benzene with two methyl substituents
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.
periphraxy
peroxyacid
peroxyacid
noun
Synonym of peracid (“acid containing an acidic -OOH group”)
phylaxises
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.
polyaxonic
praxeology
praxeology
noun
The study of human action or conduct.
praxiology
praxiology
noun
Alternative form of praxeology
preaxially
preaxially
adv
(anatomy) In front of an axis.
prefixally
prefixally
adv
In a prefixal manner.
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.
vaginopexy
xanthophyl
xanthophyl
noun
Dated form of xanthophyll.
xenopsylla
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.
xiphodynia
xiphodynia
noun
xiphoidalgia
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.