(art) A conventional subject of ancient Greek votive sculpture: an athlete caught in the familiar act of scraping sweat and dust from his body with a strigil.
apteryxes
apteryxes
noun
plural of apteryx
asexuality
asexuality
noun
The quality (of a species or organism) of reproducing asexually.
The state of not experiencing sexual attraction.
The state of not having a sex or sexual organs.
asexually
asexually
adv
In an asexual manner; without having sex.
asphyxiate
asphyxiate
verb
(intransitive) To be smothered or suffocated.
(transitive) To smother or suffocate someone.
asphyxiated
asphyxiated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of asphyxiate
asphyxiates
asphyxiates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of asphyxiate
asphyxiative
asphyxied
asphyxied
verb
simple past tense and past participle of asphyxy
asphyxies
asphyxies
noun
plural of asphyxy
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of asphyxy
asteroxylaceae
asteroxylon
autexousy
auxamylase
auxoamylase
axisymmetric
axisymmetric
adj
Exhibiting symmetry around an axis; exhibiting cylindrical symmetry.
axisymmetrical
axisymmetrical
adj
axisymmetric
axisymmetrically
axisymmetrically
adv
In axisymmetric fashion.
axisymmetry
axisymmetry
noun
symmetry about an axis; rotational symmetry
axostyle
axostyle
noun
A sheet of microtubules found in certain microbial eukaryotes, arising from the bases of the flagella.
azoxyanisole
bisexuality
bisexuality
noun
(chiefly botany) The state of being bisexual (“having both male and female parts or roles”).
(of humans or other animals) The state of being sexually or romantically attracted to members of either sex or gender.
bisexually
bisexually
adv
In a bisexual manner
bisglyoxaline
bobbysoxer
bobbysoxer
noun
Alternative form of bobby soxer
bobbysoxers
bobbysoxers
noun
plural of bobbysoxer
bombyxes
bombyxes
noun
plural of bombyx
bradyauxesis
calyxes
carboxylase
carboxylase
noun
(biochemistry) Any enzyme that catalyzes either a carboxylation or decarboxylation reaction.
carboxylases
carboxylases
noun
plural of carboxylase
carboxylates
carboxylates
noun
plural of carboxylate
carboxypeptidase
carboxypeptidase
noun
(biochemistry) Any enzyme that catalyzes the hydrolysis of the terminal amino acid of a polypeptide/protein from the end that contains a free carboxyl group
chartophylaxes
chartophylaxes
noun
plural of chartophylax
chemoprophylaxis
chemoprophylaxis
noun
chemoprevention; the prevention of disease using food supplements or drugs.
cholecystopexy
cocarboxylase
cocarboxylase
noun
A compound, related to vitamin B, that can be prepared from aneurine.
coccyxes
coexistency
coexistency
noun
Alternative form of coexistence
coextensively
coextensively
adv
To the same extent.
costopneumopexy
coysevox
cresoxy
cupressinoxylon
cyclohexanes
cyclohexanes
noun
plural of cyclohexane
cytopharynxes
cytopharynxes
noun
plural of cytopharynx
decarboxylase
decarboxylase
noun
(biochemistry) Any enzyme that catalyzes the hydrolysis of a carboxyl group, effectively removing carbon dioxide from a compound.
deoxycorticosterone
deoxycorticosterone
noun
(biochemistry, steroids) A steroid hormone, produced in the adrenal cortex; sometimes manufactured synthetically for use in cases of adrenal insufficiency.
deoxygenates
deoxygenates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of deoxygenate
deoxyribonuclease
deoxyribonuclease
noun
(biochemistry, genetics) Any of several enzymes that catalyze the cleavage of DNA.
deoxyribose
deoxyribose
noun
(biochemistry) A derivative of the pentose sugar ribose in which the 2' hydroxyl (-OH) is reduced to a hydrogen (H); it is a constituent of the nucleotides that constitute the biopolymer, deoxyribonucleic acid, or DNA.
deoxyriboses
deoxyriboses
noun
plural of deoxyribose
desiodothyroxine
desoxyanisoin
desoxybenzoin
desoxycinchonine
desoxycorticosterone
desoxycorticosterone
noun
(biochemistry, steroids) US form of deoxycorticosterone.
desoxyephedrine
desoxyephedrine
Noun
methamphetamine
desoxymorphine
desoxyribonuclease
desoxyribonuclease
noun
Alternative form of deoxyribonuclease
desoxyribonucleic
desoxyribonucleic
adj
Alternative form of deoxyribonucleic
desoxyribonucleoprotein
desoxyribose
desoxyribose
noun
(biochemistry) Alternative spelling of deoxyribose
dexterously
dexterously
adv
In a dexterous manner; skillfully; with precision.
dextrogyrous
dextrogyrous
adj
dextrogyrate
dextrorsely
dextrorsely
adv
In a dextrorse manner.
dextrosinistrally
dextrosinistrally
adv
In a dextrosinistral manner.
dextrously
dextrously
adv
Alternative form of dexterously
dimethylsulfoxide
dimethylsulfoxide
noun
Alternative spelling of dimethylsulphoxide
dimethylsulphoxide
dimethylsulphoxide
noun
Alternative spelling of dimethyl sulfoxide
disoxygenate
disoxygenate
verb
(chemistry, transitive) To deprive of oxygen; to deoxidize.
disoxygenation
disoxygenation
Noun
deoxidation
doxycyclines
doxycyclines
noun
plural of doxycycline
dyslexia
dyslexia
noun
(neurology, pathology) A learning disability characterized by reading and writing difficulties.
dyslexias
dyslexias
noun
plural of dyslexia
dyslexic
dyslexic
adj
Having dyslexia.
Of or pertaining to dyslexia.
noun
A person who has dyslexia.
dyslexics
dyslexics
noun
plural of dyslexic
dysorexia
dysorexia
noun
(pathology) An impaired or unnatural appetite.
dysorexy
dysoxidizable
dysoxidize
epicalyxes
epiphylaxis
epixylous
epixylous
adj
(mycology) Relating to, growing or living on the surface of wood
erysipelothrix
erythrocytorrhexis
erythrorrhexis
erythroxylaceous
erythroxylaceous
adj
(botany) Belonging or relating to the Erythroxylaceae.
esothyropexy
ethoxyls
ethoxyls
noun
plural of ethoxyl
exasperatedly
exasperatedly
adv
In an exasperated manner.
exasperatingly
exasperatingly
adv
In an exasperating manner; frustratingly.
excandescency
excessively
excessively
adj
in an excessive manner
adv
In excess.
To an excessive degree.
excitosecretory
excitosecretory
adj
(physiology) Triggering secretion; said of the influence exerted by reflex action on the function of secretion, by which the various glands are activated.
exclusionary
exclusionary
adj
Acting to exclude something
exclusively
exclusively
adv
(focus) to the exclusion of anything or anyone else; solely or entirely
exclusivity
exclusivity
noun
The quality of being exclusive.
exclusory
exclusory
adj
having the power or the function of excluding.
tending to exclude.
excrementitiously
excrementitiously
adv
In an excrementitious manner.
excrescency
excrescency
noun
(obsolete) An abnormal, morbid, or unsightly outgrowth.
(obsolete) An excrescence, and excrescent growth; an outgrowth.
(obsolete) An exuberant outburst; an extravagance.
An excrescent state or condition; the quality or fact of growing out of something; abnormal or excessive development
excrescently
excrescently
adv
In an excrescent manner.
excursionary
excursively
excursively
adv
In an excursive manner.
excursory
excusability
excusability
Noun
The quality of being excusable.
excusably
excusably
adv
In an excusable manner or to an excusable degree
excusatory
excusatory
adj
serving to make an excuse
excusefully
excusingly
excusingly
adv
So as to excuse; by way of an excuse.
excusively
excyst
excyst
verb
(biology, intransitive) To undergo excystation.
excystation
excystation
noun
(biology) The stage in the life cycle of a parasite in which it escapes from a cyst (after being swallowed by its host)
excysted
excysted
adj
Subjected to excystation
verb
simple past tense and past participle of excyst
excystment
excystment
noun
The process, or the result of excysting
exhaustedly
exhaustedly
adv
In an exhausted manner.
exhaustibility
exhaustibility
noun
The property of being exhaustible.
exhaustingly
exhaustingly
adv
In an exhausting manner.
exhaustively
exhaustively
adv
In an exhaustive manner.
exhaustivity
exhaustivity
noun
The condition of being exhaustive
exhaustlessly
exhaustlessly
adv
Without running out or coming to an end.
exiguously
exiguously
adv
In an exiguous way.
eximiously
eximiously
adv
In an eximious way; with distinction, outstandingly.
existability
existability
noun
The possibility that something can exist.
existentialistically
existentialistically
adv
In an existentialist manner.
existentially
existentially
adv
In an existential manner
existently
existibility
exocytosing
exocytosing
verb
present participle of exocytose
exocytosis
exocytosis
noun
(biology) The secretion of substances through cellular membranes, either to excrete waste products or as a regulatory function.
exogastrically
exogastrically
adv
In an exogastric manner.
exogenously
exogenously
adv
In an exogenous manner
exopterygotism
exopterygotous
exorcisory
exorcisory
adj
Of or relating to exorcism.
expansibility
expansibility
noun
The condition of being expansible
expansibly
expansibly
adv
In an expansible manner.
expansionary
expansionary
adj
That promotes or exhibits expansion; expansionist.
expansively
expansively
adv
In an expansive manner
expansivity
expansivity
noun
(mathematics) The formal notion of points moving away from one another under the action of an iterated function.
expansiveness
expeditiously
expeditiously
adv
In an expeditious manner
expensefully
expensefully
adv
In an expenseful manner.
expensively
expensively
adv
In an expensive manner.
expiscatory
expiscatory
adj
(archaic) Tending to fish out; searching.
explosibility
explosibility
noun
(countable) A measure of the extent to which a material is explosible