(organic chemistry) The acetate group, CH₃COO-, when viewed as a substituent
acetoxyls
acetoxyls
noun
plural of acetoxyl
acetoxyphthalide
acetylperoxide
achrodextrin
achrodextrin
noun
(biochemistry, cytology) A form of dextrin that is not colourable by iodine
achrodextrinase
achroodextrin
achroodextrin
noun
Alternative form of achrodextrin
achroodextrinase
acroasphyxia
acroasphyxia
noun
(pathology) Impaired circulation to the fingers
acroataxia
acroataxia
noun
(pathology) ataxia that affects the hands and fingers, feet and toes
acronyx
acrux
acrux
Proper noun
of A star in the constellation Crux the Southern Cross
actinomyxidia
actinomyxidiida
actinopraxis
actinotoxemia
acxoyatl
acyloxy
acyloxy
noun
(organic chemistry) A univalent radical R-COO-, derived from a carboxylic acid
acyloxymethane
adenomyxosarcoma
adipopexic
adoxaceae
adoxaceous
advocatrix
alexic
alexic
adj
Related to, or afflicted with alexia
alexicacus
alexinic
alexipharmacon
alexipharmacon
noun
An antidote to a poison.
alexipharmacum
alexipharmacum
noun
(obsolete) Something which protects against, or cures, a poison; an antidote.
alexipharmic
alexipharmic
adj
(pharmacology, chiefly archaic or historical) Synonym of alexipharmac (“of or pertaining to an alexipharmac; also, acting as an alexipharmac by protecting against or warding off the ill effects of a harmful substance, especially a poison or venom”)
noun
(pharmacology, chiefly archaic or historical, also figuratively) Synonym of alexipharmac (“a medical remedy for protecting the body, or an antidote, against harmful substances, especially a poison or venom (specifically, that of a snake)”); an antidote.
alexipharmical
alexipharmical
adj
Alternative form of alexipharmic
alexipyretic
alexipyretic
adj
(pharmacology, obsolete, rare) Having the effect of reducing fever.
noun
(pharmacology, obsolete) A medicine which reduces fever.
alexiteric
alexiteric
adj
Resisting poison or venom.
noun
(medicine) A preservative against infectious diseases.
A preservative against the effects of poison.
alexiterical
alexiterical
adj
alexiteric
alloxanic
alloxanic
adj
(organic chemistry) Relating to alloxanic acid or its derivatives
alloxuric
alloxyproteic
amoxicillin
amoxicillin
noun
(pharmacology) A moderate-spectrum, bacteriolytic beta-lactam antibiotic C₁₆H₁₉N₃O₅S closely related to ampicillin and with similar properties, but more readily absorbed when taken orally. It is used to treat bacterial infections caused by susceptible microorganisms.
amoxicillins
amoxicillins
noun
plural of amoxicillin
amoxycillin
amoxycillin
noun
(pharmacology) UK spelling of amoxicillin.
amoxycillins
amoxycillins
noun
plural of amoxycillin
ampheclexis
amplexicaudate
amplexicaul
amplexicaul
adj
(botany, of leaves) Having lobes (usually auriculate) that completely surround the stem.
amplexicauline
anorexic
anorexic
adj
(by extension) Thin, skinny, insubstantial.
Pertaining to, or suffering from anorexia nervosa.
noun
A medicine which suppresses appetite.
Somebody suffering from anorexia nervosa.
anorexics
anorexics
noun
plural of anorexic
anorexigenic
anorexigenic
adj
(medicine) creating or inducing a state of anorexia
noun
An anorexigenic agent.
anoxaemic
anoxaemic
adj
Relating to, or exhibiting, anoxaemia.
anoxemic
anoxemic
adj
Alternative form of anoxaemic
anoxic
anoxic
adj
(pathology) Suffering from a reduced supply of oxygen.
Lacking oxygen.
anoxybiotic
anoxybiotic
adj
Of or pertaining to anoxybiosis.
anoxyscope
antecoxal
anthracoxen
anthropodeoxycholic
anthroxanic
anticathexis
anticathexis
noun
countercathexis
anticlimax
anticlimax
noun
(narratology) An unsatisfying resolution to a narrative, usually owing to a deus ex machina or similarly trivial resolution of the main conflict.
(rhetoric) An abrupt descent (either deliberate or unintentional) from the dignity of the idea which the speaker or writer appeared to be aiming for.
anticlimaxes
anticlimaxes
noun
plural of anticlimax
anticomplex
anticytotoxin
anticytotoxin
noun
Any substance, especially an antibody, that counteracts the effects of a cytotoxin
antiexpressionistic
antioxygenic
antioxygenic
adj
antioxidant
antiphylloxeric
antiphylloxeric
adj
Destroying or countering the phylloxera insect.
antitoxic
antitoxic
adj
(immunology) that counteracts a toxin or poison
of, or relating to an antitoxin
antixerophthalmic
antixerophthalmic
adj
(medicine) Countering xerophthalmia.
anxiolytic
anxiolytic
adj
(pharmacology) That reduces anxiety; tranquilizing
noun
(pharmacology) A drug prescribed for the treatment of symptoms of anxiety.
anxiolytics
anxiolytics
noun
plural of anxiolytic
apicifixed
apicifixed
adj
(botany) Said of anthers that are attached to the filament at the top and pointing back toward the filament like a hook.
apraxic
apraxic
adj
(neurology) Relating to or exhibiting apraxia.
araucarioxylon
archaeopteryx
archduxe
archeopteryx
archeopteryx
noun
A specimen of the species Archaeopteryx lithographica, being the earliest and most primitive known bird, representing a transition in the evolution of dinosaurs to birds.
archexorcist
archidoxis
archlexicographer
archocystosyrinx
archosyrinx
asteroxylaceae
ataraxic
ataraxic
adj
(pharmacology) ataractic; tranquilizing
Of or pertaining to ataraxia or ataraxy
noun
(pharmaceutical) An ataractic or tranquilizing agent.
ataraxics
ataraxics
noun
plural of ataraxic
ataxic
ataxic
adj
(geology) Not eutaxic
Pertaining to ataxia
noun
A person suffering from ataxia.
ataxics
ataxics
noun
plural of ataxic
ataxinomic
ataxonomic
atoxic
atoxic
adj
Synonym of nontoxic
autocomplexes
autocratrix
autocratrix
noun
(in particular, historical) The enlightened despot Catherine II of Russia, who reigned from 1762 to 1796 as empress and autocratrix of all the Russias.
A female autocrat.
autoexcitation
autointoxicant
autointoxicant
noun
Any substance causing autointoxication.
autointoxication
autointoxication
noun
(medicine) Poisoning due to the faulty absorption of the waste products of metabolism or of the products of decomposition within the intestines.
autotoxic
autotoxic
adj
toxic to itself; having the nature of an autotoxin
autotoxication
autotoxication
noun
Synonym of autointoxication
autotoxicity
autotoxicity
noun
Self-destruction of a species through the production of chemicals that escape into the environment and directly inhibit the growth of that species.
autotoxicosis
autotoxicosis
noun
(medicine) Synonym of autointoxication
auxetic
auxetic
adj
(chemistry) Having the property of counterintuitively expanding when being stretched.
(pathology) Relating to auxesis
noun
An auxetic material.
auxetical
auxetically
auxetically
adv
By auxesis.
auxetics
auxetics
noun
plural of auxetic
auxilytic
auxinic
auxinic
adj
Relating to, or composed of, auxins.
auxinically
auxoaction
auxocardia
auxochrome
auxochrome
noun
(obsolete, chemistry) any atom or group which, when added to a chromophore, causes a bathochromic shift in its spectrum
auxochromic
auxochromic
adj
Relating to an auxochrome
auxochromism
auxochromous
auxocyte
auxographic
auxosubstance
auxotonic
auxotonic
adj
(botany) Relating to plant movement classified by growth as opposed to mature reactions to exogenous stimuli in surrounding environment.
(physiology) Of or involving muscular contraction against resistance in which the length of the muscle changes and the tension differs due to an increasing load or difference in leverage.
auxotrophic
auxotrophic
adj
(biology) Describing a strain of organism that requires a specific metabolic substance that the parent organism was able to synthesize by itself
axenic
axenic
adj
(biology) Containing only a single species of microorganism. For example, an "axenic culture" is a pure grown sample of the organism in question.
(biology) Isolated from organisms of any other species.
axenically
axenically
adv
Without other living organisms.
axfetch
axinomancy
axinomancy
noun
(rare) Divination by saws or axes.
axiolitic
axiological
axiological
adj
Of or relating to value theory, the philosophical field of axiology.
Of or relating to values themselves.
axiologically
axiologically
adv
In an axiological manner.
axiomatic
axiomatic
adj
(mathematics) Relating to or containing axioms. [from 19th c.]
Self-evident or unquestionable. [from 18th c.]
axiomatical
axiomatical
adj
Of or pertaining to an axiom; having the nature of an axiom; characterized by axioms.
axiomatically
axiomatically
adv
By the use of axioms; in the form of an axiom.
axisymmetric
axisymmetric
adj
Exhibiting symmetry around an axis; exhibiting cylindrical symmetry.
axisymmetrical
axisymmetrical
adj
axisymmetric
axisymmetrically
axisymmetrically
adv
In axisymmetric fashion.
axometric
axonic
axonic
adj
Relating to axons.
axonometric
axonometric
adj
(technical drawing) Describing a projection in which the horizontal and vertical axes are to the same scale, but the third axis is reduced to allow for perspective
axoplasmic
axoplasmic
adj
Of or pertaining to axoplasm.
azodicarboxylic
azoxybenzoic
bacteriotoxic
bacteriotoxic
adj
toxic to bacteria
bacteriotoxin
bacteriotoxin
noun
Any material that is toxic to bacteria
Any toxin produced by a bacterium
bandboxical
bandboxical
adj
(archaic) Small and flimsy; poky.
batrachotoxin
batrachotoxin
noun
(neurotoxicology, uncountable) An extremely neurotoxic and cardiotoxic steroidal alkaloid found in poison dart frogs.
(toxicology, countable) Any one of a group of extremely neurotoxic and cardiotoxic steroidal alkaloids found in poison dart frogs, Melyridae beetles, and certain birds.
bauxitic
bauxitic
adj
Containing or relating to bauxite.
benefactrix
benefactrix
Noun
A female benefactor.
benefactrixes
benzhydroxamic
benzoxyacetic
benzoxycamphor
biconvex
biconvex
adj
Having both sides convex.
biconvexities
biconvexities
noun
plural of biconvexity
biconvexity
biconvexity
noun
The quality of being biconvex.
bisectrix
bisectrix
noun
The line bisecting the angle between the optic axes of a biaxial crystal.