Any microorganism that has lost the ability to synthesize an organic compound required for its growth, usually as a result of mutation
excerpted
excerpted
adj
Consisting of excerpts.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of excerpt
excerpter
excerpter
noun
Alternative form of excerptor
excerptor
excerptor
noun
One who makes excerpts.
exotropia
exotropia
noun
(medicine) A form of strabismus in which the eyes deviate outwards.
exotropic
exotropic
adj
Suffering from or related to exotropia.
expecters
expecters
noun
plural of expecter
expediter
expediter
noun
A person who expedites.
Employee charged with tasks related to the purchase of materials (place orders, receive shipments, examine deliveries, check correctness of invoices) and other clerical duties.
expeditor
expeditor
noun
Alternative spelling of expediter
experient
experient
adj
Met with in the course of experience.
noun
A person who experiences something.
experting
expertise
expertise
noun
Advice, or opinion, of an expert.
Great skill or knowledge in a particular field or hobby.
verb
(transitive, rare) To supply with expert knowledge or advice.
expertism
expertism
noun
A policy of consulting experts.
expertize
expertize
verb
(intransitive) To act as an expert.
(transitive) To give an expert opinion on; to assess.
expiators
expiators
noun
plural of expiator
expiatory
expiatory
adj
Of or pertaining to expiation.
expilator
expilator
noun
(obsolete) One who plunders or pillages.
expirator
expletory
expletory
adj
Serving to fill up; expletive; superfluous.
exploiter
exploiter
noun
One who exploits.
verb
to make use of.
explorate
explorate
verb
(obsolete) To explore.
exporters
exporters
noun
plural of exporter
exporting
exporting
verb
present participle and gerund of export
expositor
expositor
noun
A person who expounds; a commentator.
exposture
exposture
noun
(obsolete) exposure
exprobate
exprobate
verb
Obsolete form of exprobrate.
expurgate
expurgate
verb
(transitive) To edit out (incorrect, offensive, or otherwise undesirable information) from a book or other publication; to cleanse; to purge.
(transitive) To undertake editing out incorrect, offensive, or otherwise undesirable information from (a book or other publication); to cleanse; to purge.
exsputory
exstrophy
exstrophy
noun
(anatomy) The eversion or turning out of any organ, or of its inner surface.
(especially) A congenital malformation of the bladder in which the normally internal mucosa of the organ lies exposed on the abdominal wall because of failure of union between the halves of the pubic symphysis and between the adjacent halves of the abdominal wall.
extempore
extempore
adj
Carried out with no preparation; impromptu.
adv
Without preparation; extemporaneously.
noun
Something improvised.
extempory
extirpate
extirpate
verb
(transitive) To destroy completely; to annihilate, to cause to go extinct locally.
(transitive) To pull up by the roots; uproot.
(transitive) To surgically remove.
(transitive, obsolete) To clear an area of roots and stumps.
impermixt
impostrix
impostrix
noun
(archaic) A female impostor.
inexperts
inexperts
noun
plural of inexpert
lepothrix
lophortyx
nonexpert
nonexpert
adj
Not expert.
noun
A person who is not an expert (in the field that is relevant to the context).
noxapater
operatrix
oxytropis
parataxic
parataxic
adj
Pertaining to parataxis.
parataxis
parataxis
noun
(grammar) Speech or writing in which clauses or phrases are placed together without being separated by conjunctions, for example "I came; I saw; I conquered".
(historical, politics) A coalition or "partisan camp" in the Ancient Greek political system.
(literature) The juxtaposition of two images or fragments, usually starkly dissimilar, without a clear connection.
praetexta
praetexta
noun
(historical, Roman antiquity) A white robe with a purple border, worn by a Roman boy before he was entitled to wear the toga virilis, or until about the completion of his fourteenth year, and by girls until their marriage. It was also worn by magistrates and priests.
praxithea
preataxic
preataxic
adj
(medicine) Before the onset of ataxia.
preexcept
preexcite
preexcite
verb
(transitive, medicine) To excite earlier than usual.
preexempt
preexists
preexists
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of preexist
preexpect
preextend
preextent
pretextae
pretexted
pretexted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of pretext
proexpert
prolixity
prolixity
noun
Long-windedness, an excess of words.
promotrix
protaxial
prothorax
prothorax
noun
(entomology) The anterior segment of the insect thorax; it carries the first pair of legs
protoxide
protoxide
noun
(inorganic chemistry) Any of a series of oxides of a particular metal that has the fewest atoms of oxygen per molecule
protoxids
protoxids
noun
plural of protoxid
proxenete
proximate
proximate
adj
(law) Immediately preceding or following in a chain of causation.
About to take place; impending.
Close or closest; adjacent.
noun
(linguistics) A grammatical marker that distinguishes a relatively salient referent in a given context from a relatively non-salient (obviative) one.
proximity
proximity
noun
Closeness; the state of being near as in space, time, or relationship.
pyothorax
pyothorax
noun
pleural empyema; an accumulation of pus in the pleural cavity
pyrotoxin
pyrotoxin
noun
(toxicology) Any of several pyrogenic bacterial toxins.
Any toxic agent produced by combustion.
rectopexy
rectopexy
noun
(surgery) surgical fixation of the bowel
reexports
reexports
noun
plural of reexport
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of reexport
sextipara
sextipara
noun
A female that has borne six offspring.
taxpayers
taxpayers
noun
plural of taxpayer
triplexes
triplexes
noun
plural of triplex
uteropexy
xenopteri
xerophyte
xerophyte
noun
(botany) Any plant suited for life in a habitat where water is scarce, such as in a desert or chaparral. Such plants may be succulent, have small or reduced leaves, or spines.