A thing, especially a medication, that promotes a decrease in body weight or a reduction in appetite.
axonometry
axonometry
noun
axonometric projection
carbethoxy
carbethoxy
noun
(organic chemistry, especially in combination) The univalent radical -CO-OCH₂CH₃
chatterbox
chatterbox
noun
(computing) Synonym of chatterbot
(informal) One who chats or talks to excess.
A cootie catcher (children's fortune-telling device).
chteauroux
coexecutor
coexecutor
noun
A joint executor.
coexerting
coexerting
verb
present participle of coexert
coexertion
commixture
commixture
noun
The act or state of being mixed together; a union or mingling of constituents; commixtion.
contexture
contexture
noun
A body or structure made by interweaving or assembling parts.
A weaving together of parts.
Context.
The arrangement and union of the constituent parts of a thing.
The structural character of a thing.
contraplex
contraplex
adj
(telegraphy) Of message signals, passing in opposite directions at the same time.
counterfix
coxocerite
crenothrix
deoxidator
detoxifier
detoxifier
noun
Anything that serves to detoxify.
dexiotrope
dextrinous
dextrogyre
dextrogyre
adj
(chemistry) Dextrorotatory.
dextrorsal
dextrorsal
adj
Synonym of dextrorse
dextrously
dextrously
adv
Alternative form of dexterously
endocortex
endocortex
noun
(anatomy) The inside layer of a cortex
endothorax
endothorax
noun
(zoology) An internal process of the sternal plates in the thorax of insects.
enteropexy
enteropexy
noun
(surgery) fixation of part of the intestine to the abdominal wall
entothorax
entothorax
noun
Alternative form of endothorax
ergotoxine
ergotoxine
noun
(biochemistry) A mixture of alkaloids (ergocristine, ergocornine and ergocryptine) identified in ergot, formerly believed to be a single compound.
esonarthex
esonarthex
noun
An inner narthex (in a church).
examinator
examinator
noun
An examiner.
exareolate
excavators
excavators
noun
plural of excavator
excavatory
excavatory
adj
Of or pertaining to excavation.
excerption
excerption
noun
That which is selected or gleaned; an extract.
The act of excerpting or selecting.
excitatory
excitatory
adj
Stimulating, exciting or causing excitation; excitative.
excoriated
excoriated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of excoriate
excoriates
excoriates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of excoriate
excoriator
excoriator
noun
A machine for stripping the skin from fruits.
One who excoriates, or strongly denounces.
excreation
excreation
noun
(obsolete) The act of spitting out.
excretions
excretions
noun
plural of excretion
excretolic
excusatory
excusatory
adj
serving to make an excuse
execration
execration
noun
An act or instance of cursing; a curse dictated by violent feelings of hatred; an imprecation; an expression of utter detestation.
That which is execrated; a detested thing.
execrators
execrators
noun
plural of execrator
execratory
execratory
adj
Tending to execrate or cause execration.
exhalatory
exhalatory
adj
Of or pertaining to exhalation
exhibitors
exhibitors
noun
plural of exhibitor
exhibitory
exhibitory
adj
exhibiting; publicly showing
exhortator
exhumatory
exhumatory
adj
Relating to exhumation or disinterment.
exocentric
exocentric
adj
(grammar, of a phrase or compound) Not having the same part of speech as any of its constituent words.
(semantics, of or relating to a compound term) Not having the same semantic referent as the semantic referent of any of its constituent parts.
Focused or centered on something outside of itself.
noun
(grammar) An exocentric compound.
exogastric
exogastric
adj
Of the shell of a mollusc, curving forwards towards the head.
Outside of the stomach.
exonarthex
exonarthex
noun
(architecture, Christianity) The space anterior to the narthex of a church, sometimes roofed-over as with a porch, but more often an enclosed courtyard; in antiquity, the courtyard where catechumens were permitted to be close to the Eucharist, but forbidden to see it celebrated.
exonerated
exonerated
adj
Freed from any question of guilt, acquitted.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of exonerate
exonerates
exonerates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of exonerate
exonerator
exonerator
noun
One who exonerates.
exoneretur
exorbitant
exorbitant
adj
Exceeding proper limits; excessive or unduly high; extravagant.
exorbitate
exorbitate
verb
(obsolete) To go out of the track; to deviate.
exorcistic
exorcistic
adj
Relating to exorcism.
exornation
exornation
noun
(obsolete) ornament; decoration; embellishment
exoterical
exoterical
adj
Alternative form of exoteric
exothermal
exothermal
adj
exothermic
exothermic
exothermic
adj
(chemistry, of a compound) That releases heat during its formation, and absorbs it during its decomposition.
(chemistry, of a reaction) That releases energy in the form of heat.
(zoology) Of an animal: whose body temperature is regulated by external factors; cold-blooded.
exotospore
exotospore
noun
The needle-shaped form of the spore of the malarial parasite transmitted by mosquitos.
exotropism
expatiator
expatiator
noun
One who expatiates.
expenditor
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.
exploiters
exploiters
noun
plural of exploiter
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.
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
expurgator
expurgator
noun
One who expurgates.
exsiccator
exsiccator
noun
(dated) A desiccator.
extemporal
extemporal
adj
(archaic) Extemporaneous.
extenuator
extenuator
noun
One who extenuates.
exteriorly
exteriorly
adv
from the exterior, from outside
on the exterior, outside
extirpateo
extirpator
extirpator
noun
someone or something that extirpates
extortions
extortions
noun
plural of extortion
extraction
extraction
noun
(dentistry) A removal of a tooth from its socket.
(military) An act of removing someone from a hostile area to a secure location.
A person's origin or ancestry.
An act of extracting or the condition of being extracted.
Something extracted, an extract, as from a plant or an organ of an animal etc.
extractors
extractors
noun
(automotive) A set of pipes fitted to the exhaust ports of an automotive engine, designed to increase its power output (essentially by altering gas pressures to get more fuel through it). https://web.archive.org/web/20060820191056/http://moonahmufflers.com.au/extractors/index.html
plural of extractor
extradosed
extradosed
adj
(architecture) Having an extrados
extradoses
extradoses
noun
plural of extrados
extradotal
extradotal
adj
(obsolete, law) Describing the part of a wife's property that does not form part of her dowry and is administered by her husband
extrafocal
extrafocal
adj
Outside of a focus.
extramodal
extramodal
adj
Outside of a mode or modes.
extramoral
extramoral
adj
Outside of morality.
extraneous
extraneous
adj
Not belonging to, or dependent upon, a thing; without or beyond a thing; foreign
Not essential or intrinsic
extraovate
extrapolar
extrapolar
adj
From outside of a polar region
extrasolar
extrasolar
adj
(astronomy) of or originating outside the Solar System.
(astrophysics) of or originating in a solar system other than Earth's.
extroitive
extroitive
adj
(obsolete) Seeking or going out after external objects.
extropical
extrorsely
extrorsely
adv
(botany) In an extrorse manner.
extrospect
extrospect
verb
Synonym of extraspect.
extroverts
extroverts
noun
plural of extrovert
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of extrovert
extrusions
extrusions
noun
plural of extrusion
gastropexy
gastropexy
noun
(surgery) The surgical fixation of the stomach to the abdominal wall or diaphragm.
gerontoxon
gerontoxon
noun
arcus senilis
hemothorax
hemothorax
noun
(pathology) A condition resulting from accumulation of blood in the pleural cavity
heterodoxy
heterodoxy
noun
A heterodox belief, creed, or teaching.
The quality of being heterodox.
heterotaxy
heterotaxy
noun
(dated) heterotaxis
hexatriose
hexoestrol
hexoestrol
noun
Alternative form of hexestrol
hypertoxic
hypertoxic
adj
(rare, toxicology) Excessively toxic.
inexertion
inexertion
noun
Lack of exertion or effort; indolence; laziness.
intercoxal
intercoxal
adj
(anatomy) Between the hips
lacroixite
lacroixite
noun
(mineralogy) A monoclinic-prismatic mineral containing aluminum, fluorine, oxygen, phosphorus, and sodium.
leptothrix
medithorax
mesothorax
mesothorax
noun
(entomology) The middle of the three segments of the thorax of an insect, carrying the second pair of legs, and the forewings when present.
metathorax
metathorax
noun
(entomology) The hindmost of the three sections of the thorax of an insect, carrying the posterior pair of legs and the hindwings when present.
metroxylon
moderatrix
moderatrix
noun
A female moderator.
myxogaster
neurotoxia
neurotoxic
neurotoxic
adj
(toxicology, neuroscience, pharmacology) Having a toxic effect on nerve tissue.
neurotoxin
neurotoxin
noun
(neuroscience, toxicology, pharmacology) A toxin that specifically acts upon neurons, their synapses, or the nervous system in its entirety.
nonextreme
nonextreme
adj
Not extreme.
notiosorex
oleothorax
orthodoxes
overexcite
overexcite
verb
To excite to an excessive degree
overexerts
overexerts
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of overexert
overexpect
overexpect
verb
To expect too much.
overexpert
overextend
overextend
verb
(chess, transitive) To push a pawn too far, so that it becomes vulnerable to the opponent's attacks.
(linguistics, transitive) To apply (a term) to too many referents, by overextension.
To expand or extend to an excessive degree, especially to do so beyond a safe limit.
overtaxing
overtaxing
verb
present participle of overtax
oxidimetry
oxidimetry
noun
(chemistry) Any form of volumetric analysis using an oxidizing agent such as potassium permanganate.
oxygenator
oxygenator
noun
any device that releases oxygen (or air) into water, especially one in an aquarium
oxyhydrate
oxyhydrate
noun
(inorganic chemistry) A hydrated oxide
oxymuriate
oxymuriate
noun
(obsolete) chlorate
oxynitrate
oxynitrate
noun
(inorganic chemistry) A mixed oxide and nitrate
oxystearic
oxyterpene
paroxytone
paroxytone
adj
(linguistics, of a word) Having the stress or accent on the penultimate syllable.
noun
(linguistics) A paroxytone word.
permixtion
permixtion
noun
Obsolete form of permission.
peroxidate
petrosilex
petrosilex
noun
(mineralogy) felsite
petroxolin
plexometer
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.