The identification of the sex of newborn chicks by their physical appearance, possible with certain breeds of poultry.
axiologies
axiologies
noun
plural of axiology
bisglyoxaline
coexisting
coexisting
verb
present participle of coexist
coxalgies
coxalgies
noun
plural of coxalgy
deoxidising
deoxidising
verb
present participle of deoxidise
deoxygenates
deoxygenates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of deoxygenate
desexing
desexing
verb
present participle of desex
desexualizing
desexualizing
verb
present participle of desexualize
dextroglucose
dextroglucose
noun
(archaic) dextrose (D-glucose) form of glucose
dextrogyrous
dextrogyrous
adj
dextrogyrate
digitoxose
digitoxose
noun
(biochemistry) The glycone of digitoxin or gitoxin
disoxygenate
disoxygenate
verb
(chemistry, transitive) To deprive of oxygen; to deoxidize.
disoxygenation
disoxygenation
Noun
deoxidation
doxologies
doxologies
noun
plural of doxology
epexegeses
epexegeses
noun
plural of epexegesis
epexegesis
epexegesis
noun
(rhetoric) An additional explanation or explanatory material.
exactingness
exactingness
noun
The state of being exacting.
exaggeratedness
exaggeratedness
noun
The quality of being exaggerated.
exaggerates
exaggerates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of exaggerate
exaggerations
exaggerations
noun
plural of exaggeration
exaggerativeness
exaggerativeness
noun
The state of being exaggerative.
exaggerators
exaggerators
noun
plural of exaggerator
exasperating
exasperating
adj
That exasperates, infuriates, annoys or irritates
verb
present participle of exasperate
exasperatingly
exasperatingly
adv
In an exasperating manner; frustratingly.
exceedingness
exceedingness
noun
The quality of exceeding.
exchanges
exchanges
noun
plural of exchange
excising
excising
verb
present participle of excise
excogitates
excogitates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of excogitate
excruciatingness
excursing
excursing
verb
present participle of excurse
excusing
excusing
noun
The act of making an excuse.
verb
present participle of excuse
excusingly
excusingly
adv
So as to excuse; by way of an excuse.
excussing
excussing
verb
present participle of excuss
exegeses
exegeses
noun
plural of exegesis
exegesis
exegesis
noun
A critical explanation or interpretation of a text, especially a religious text.
An explanatory note; a gloss.
exegesist
exegesist
noun
One who carries out exegesis, the critical explanation or interpretation of a text.
exegetes
exegetes
noun
plural of exegete
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of exegete
exegetics
exegetics
noun
The science of interpretation or exegesis.
exegetist
exegetist
noun
One versed in exegesis or interpretation.
exercising
exercising
noun
The act by which something is exercised.
verb
present participle of exercise
exergues
exergues
noun
plural of exergue
exhausting
exhausting
adj
Very tiring.
verb
present participle of exhaust
exhaustingly
exhaustingly
adv
In an exhausting manner.
exigences
exigences
noun
plural of exigence
exigencies
exigencies
noun
plural of exigency
exiguities
exiguities
noun
plural of exiguity
exiguous
exiguous
adj
scanty; meager
exiguously
exiguously
adv
In an exiguous way.
exiguousness
exiguousness
Noun
The quality of being meagre or scanty.
existing
existing
adj
That exists, or has existence, especially that exists now.
verb
present participle of exist
exobiologies
exobiologies
noun
plural of exobiology
exobiologist
exobiologist
noun
A biologist whose speciality is exobiology.
exobiologists
exobiologists
noun
plural of exobiologist
exocrinologies
exocytosing
exocytosing
verb
present participle of exocytose
exogamies
exogamies
noun
plural of exogamy
exogamous
exogamous
adj
(biology, marriage) Of or relating to exogamy.
exogastric
exogastric
adj
Of the shell of a mollusc, curving forwards towards the head.
Outside of the stomach.
exogastrically
exogastrically
adv
In an exogastric manner.
exogastritis
exogenism
exogenous
exogenous
adj
(biology) Growing as an exogen, by successive additions to the outside.
(biology) Produced or originating outside of an organism.
(biology, dermatology, uncommon) Related to the exogen growth phase.
(databases, of a key) Having no meaning in itself, such as an automatically generated sequential identifier.
(economics, of a model) Being or relating to a change that comes from outside the model and is not explained by the model.
(medicine, of a disease) Having a cause external to the infected organism.
exogenously
exogenously
adv
In an exogenous manner
exogens
exogens
noun
plural of exogen
exomologesis
exomologesis
noun
(religion) The rite of confession and repentance.
exophagous
exophagous
adj
Exhibiting or relating to exophagy.
exopterygotism
exopterygotous
exorcising
exorcising
verb
present participle of exorcise
expensing
expensing
verb
present participle of expense
expertising
expertising
verb
present participle of expertise
expiscating
expiscating
verb
present participle of expiscate
exposing
exposing
verb
present participle of expose
expositing
expositing
verb
present participle of exposit
expostulating
expostulating
verb
present participle of expostulate
expostulatingly
expostulatingly
adv
With expostulations.
expressage
expressage
noun
The fee for carrying a parcel by express.
expressages
expressages
noun
plural of expressage
expressing
expressing
adj
(biochemistry) That translates or transcribes nucleic acid.
verb
present participle of express
expulsing
expulsing
verb
present participle of expulse
expungers
expungers
noun
plural of expunger
expunges
expunges
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of expunge
expurgates
expurgates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of expurgate
expurgations
expurgations
noun
plural of expurgation
expurgators
expurgators
noun
plural of expurgator
exsanguinate
exsanguinate
verb
(intransitive) To die by means of blood loss.
(transitive) To drain a body (living or dead) of blood.
(transitive) To kill by means of blood loss.
exsanguinated
exsanguinated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of exsanguinate
exsanguinating
exsanguinating
verb
present participle of exsanguinate
exsanguination
exsanguination
noun
(pathology) Excessive loss of blood due to hemorrhage.
Bloodletting.
Hemorrhage.
Slaughter of an animal by cutting its throat and allowing it to bleed out, especially for the production of halal and kosher meat.
exsanguine
exsanguine
adj
Lacking blood; anemic
exsanguineous
exsanguineous
adj
destitute of blood; anaemic; exsanguious
exsanguinity
exsanguinity
noun
(medicine) Lack of blood.
exsanguinous
exsanguinous
adj
Alternative form of exsanguious
exsanguious
exsanguious
adj
(zoology) Without true, or red, blood.
Destitute of blood.
exscinding
exscinding
verb
present participle of exscind
exsecting
exsecting
verb
present participle of exsect
exserting
exserting
verb
present participle of exsert
exsiccating
exsiccating
verb
present participle of exsiccate
exsolving
exsolving
verb
present participle of exsolve
exsurge
exsurgent
extemporising
extemporising
verb
present participle of extemporise
exteriorising
exteriorising
verb
present participle of exteriorise
externalising
externalising
verb
present participle of externalise
extinguised
extinguish
extinguish
verb
(intransitive) To die out.
(transitive) To destroy or abolish something.
(transitive) To obscure or eclipse something.
(transitive) To put out, as in fire; to end burning; to quench.
(transitive, literally) To hunt down (a species) to extinction.
(transitive, psychology) To bring about the extinction of a conditioned reflex.
extinguishable
extinguishable
adj
Able to be extinguished.
extinguishant
extinguishant
adj
That serves to extinguish
noun
An extinguishing medium such as water, chemical powders, gases (CO2,Halon etc)
extinguisher, especially a fire extinguisher
extinguished
extinguished
adj
Having been quenched or eliminated.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of extinguish
extinguisher
extinguisher
noun
(historical) A small hollow conical instrument for putting out a candle.
A fire extinguisher.
extinguishers
extinguishers
noun
plural of extinguisher
extinguishes
extinguishes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of extinguish
extinguishing
extinguishing
noun
The process by which something is extinguished.
verb
present participle of extinguish
extinguishment
extinguishment
noun
(law) The annihilation or extinction of a right or obligation.
The act of extinguishing, putting out, or quenching, or the state of being extinguished.
extogenous
extragastric
extragastric
adj
Outside of the stomach
extralinguistic
extralinguistic
adj
Outside the realm of linguistics.
extralinguistically
extralinguistically
adv
Outside of language.
extraorganismal
extraorganismal
adj
That exists outside of an organism
extraphysiological
extrasyllogistic
extrasyllogistic
adj
Outside of a syllogism.
extravagances
extravagances
noun
plural of extravagance
extravagancies
extravagancies
noun
plural of extravagancy
extravagantes
extravagantness
extravagantness
noun
The quality of being extravagant.
extravaganzas
extravaganzas
noun
plural of extravaganza
extravagates
extravagates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of extravagate
extravasating
extravasating
adj
That undergoes extravasation
verb
present participle of extravasate
foxgloves
foxgloves
noun
plural of foxglove
galaxes
galaxies
galaxies
noun
plural of galaxy
ganglioplexus
gastrohysteropexy
gastromyxorrhea
gastropexy
gastropexy
noun
(surgery) The surgical fixation of the stomach to the abdominal wall or diaphragm.
gearboxes
gearboxes
noun
plural of gearbox
genuflexuous
geotaxes
geotaxes
noun
plural of geotaxis
geotaxis
geotaxis
noun
(biology) A downward movement.
(biology) A living creature's ability to move by orienting itself by gravitational forces.
glycopexis
glyoxalase
glyoxalase
noun
(biochemistry) Either of a pair of related thiol-dependent enzymes: glyoxalase І, which catalyses the isomerisation of the spontaneously formed hemithioacetal adduct between GSH and 2-oxoaldehydes (such as methylglyoxal) into S-2-hydroxyacylglutathione; and glyoxalase ІІ, which hydrolyses these thiolesters.