(rhetoric) Fine writing on a minor or trivial subject.
alexandropolis
alexandroupolis
amphioxidae
amphioxides
amphioxididae
androsphinx
androsphinx
noun
A sphinx with the head of a man.
androsphinxes
androsphinxes
noun
plural of androsphinx
anthropodeoxycholic
apodeixis
apodeixis
noun
Alternative form of apodixis
apodioxis
apodioxis
noun
(rhetoric, obsolete) Emphatic rejection or dismissal of an opponent or an opposing proposition.
apodixis
apodixis
noun
(rhetoric) Supporting a proposition by reference to common knowledge.
approximated
approximated
adj
Calculated by approximation
verb
simple past tense and past participle of approximate
autohexaploid
autohexaploid
adj
(genetics) hexaploid as a result of multiplication of a haploid set of chromosomes
axopodia
axopodia
noun
plural of axopodium
axopodium
axopodium
noun
axopod
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
chlordiazepoxide
chlordiazepoxide
noun
A benzodiazepine derivative used as a sedative drug; trade name Librium among others.
coexpand
coexpand
verb
(transitive, intransitive) To expand together; to (cause to) undergo coexpansion.
coexpanded
coexpanded
verb
simple past tense and past participle of coexpand
counterparadox
desmopexia
dextroamphetamine
dextroamphetamine
noun
(pharmacology) One of the stereoisomers of amphetamine, with the chemical formula C₉H₁₃N, that is used to stimulate the central nervous system.
dextropedal
diphenoxylate
diphenoxylate
noun
(pharmacology) An antidiarrheal agent (trademark Lomotil) chemically related to pethidine and administered in the form of its hydrochloride C₃₀H₃₂N₂O₂·HCl in combination with the sulfate of atropine.
diplotaxis
dopaoxidase
doxographer
doxographer
noun
A classical historian who describes the opinions of Ancient Greek philosophers and scientists.
doxographical
doxographical
adj
relating to doxographers
doxography
doxography
noun
The work or works of classical historians describing the opinions of Ancient Greek philosophers and scientists.
dropax
empidonax
epoxidation
epoxidation
noun
(organic chemistry) Any reaction that converts a compound (especially an alkene) into an epoxide
epoxidations
epoxidations
noun
plural of epoxidation
exopeptidase
exopeptidase
noun
(biochemistry) Any of a group of enzymes which catalyze the removal of a single amino acid from the end of a polypeptide chain
expandor
expandor
noun
Dated form of expander.
expectorated
expectorated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of expectorate
expeditation
expeditation
noun
(UK, obsolete, transitive, law, forest law) The process of expeditating.
expeditionary
expeditionary
adj
(military) Intended for military operations abroad.
Of or pertaining to an expedition.
noun
(chiefly in the plural) One who goes on expeditions, especially one who is a member of an expeditionary military force.
explodable
explodable
adj
That can be exploded.
exponentiated
exponentiated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of exponentiate
expostulated
expostulated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of expostulate
expoundable
expoundable
adj
Able to be expounded.
expropriated
expropriated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of expropriate
extraperiodic
extraperiodic
adj
Outside of a given period.
extrapolated
extrapolated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of extrapolate
flaxdrop
formaldehydesulphoxylate
formaldehydesulphoxylate
noun
A salt or ester of formaldehydesulphoxylic acid.
formaldehydesulphoxylic
galloperdix
heptahydroxy
heptahydroxy
noun
(organic chemistry, in combination) seven hydroxy groups. (OH)₇
hexanitrodiphenylamine
hexanitrodiphenylamine
noun
(organic chemistry) A substance that was mixed with TNT in World War II to make it more explosive.
hexapetaloid
hexapetaloideous
hexaploid
hexaploid
adj
Having six complete sets of chromosomes in a single cell
noun
A cell or organism that has six complete sets of chromosomes
hexaploidies
hexaploidy
hexaploidy
noun
The property of being hexaploid.
hexapod
hexapod
adj
Having six feet, six-footed; belonging to the subphylum Hexapoda; hexapodous.
noun
(dated) An insect.
An arthropod with six feet; a member of subphylum Hexapoda.
Any organism, being or robot with six legs.
hexapoda
hexapodal
hexapodal
adj
Having six legs.
hexapodan
hexapodic
hexapodies
hexapodies
noun
plural of hexapody
hexapodous
hexapodous
adj
(zoology) Having six feet; belonging to the Hexapoda.
hexapods
hexapods
noun
plural of hexapod
hexapody
hexapody
noun
(poetry, countable) Six metrical feet taken together, or included in one measure.
(zoology, uncountable) The property of being a hexapod; six-leggedness.
hydropneumothorax
hydropneumothorax
noun
(medicine) The presence of both fluid and air in the pleural cavity
hydrosalpinx
hydrosalpinx
noun
A distally blocked Fallopian tube filled with serous or clear fluid.
hydroxyapatite
hydroxyapatite
noun
A basic calcium phosphate mineral that is the principal inorganic constituent of bone and teeth.
hydroxytryptamine
hydroxytryptamine
noun
(organic chemistry) Any hydroxy derivative of tryptamine, but especially 5-hydroxytryptamine (serotonin)
hypermixolydian
hyperoxidation
hyperoxidation
noun
Excessive oxidation
hypodiazeuxis
hypomixolydian
hypomixolydian
adj
(music) Describing a mode of church music represented by a major scale from D to G
ideopraxist
ideopraxist
noun
A person who is compelled to carry out an idea.
juxtaposed
juxtaposed
adj
Placed side by side often for comparison or contrast.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of juxtapose
lipoxidase
lipoxidase
noun
(biochemistry) Any enzyme that catalyses the oxidation of unsaturated fatty acids
loxodograph
loxodograph
noun
(nautical, obsolete) An apparatus that records the course that a ship has travelled
mesoappendix
mesoappendix
noun
(anatomy) Part of the mesentery found near the appendix and the terminal ileum.
myxopoda
myxopodan
myxopodia
myxospongida
myxosporidia
myxosporidian
myxosporidian
noun
Any member of the Myxosporidia.
myxosporidiida
naphthoxide
nonexpanded
nonexpanded
Adjective
Not expanded.
nonexpanding
nonexpanding
adj
Not expanding.
nonexpediential
nonexpendable
nonexpendable
adj
Not expendable.
nonparadoxical
nonparadoxical
adj
Not paradoxical.
nonparadoxically
nonparadoxicalness
occipitoaxoid
overexpand
overexpand
verb
To expand to an excessive or unwise degree
overexpanded
overexpanded
verb
simple past tense and past participle of overexpand
overexpanding
overexpanding
verb
present participle of overexpand
overexpands
overexpands
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of overexpand
overexplained
overexplained
verb
simple past tense and past participle of overexplain
oxyopidae
paradox
paradox
noun
(obsolete) A statement which is difficult to believe, or which goes against general belief.
(uncountable) The use of counterintuitive or contradictory statements (paradoxes) in speech or writing.
(uncountable, philosophy) A state in which one is logically compelled to contradict oneself.
(uncountable, psychotherapy) The practice of giving instructions that are opposed to the therapist's actual intent, with the intention that the client will disobey or be unable to obey.
A claim that two apparently contradictory ideas are true.
A counterintuitive conclusion or outcome.
A person or thing having contradictory properties.
A thing involving contradictory yet interrelated elements that exist simultaneously and persist over time.
An apparently self-contradictory statement, which can only be true if it is false, and vice versa.
An unanswerable question or difficult puzzle, particularly one which leads to a deeper truth.
paradoxal
paradoxal
adj
(obsolete) paradoxical
paradoxer
paradoxer
noun
Person who comes up with a paradox.
paradoxes
paradoxes
noun
plural of paradox
paradoxial
paradoxial
adj
Archaic form of paradoxical.
paradoxic
paradoxic
adj
Alternative form of paradoxical
paradoxical
paradoxical
adj
Having self-contradictory properties.
paradoxicalism
paradoxicality
paradoxicality
noun
The quality of being paradoxical.
paradoxically
paradoxically
adv
In a paradoxical manner; so as to create a paradox.
paradoxicalness
paradoxicalness
noun
The state or quality of being paradoxical.
paradoxician
paradoxician
noun
A person who formulates or uses paradoxes.
paradoxides
paradoxidian
paradoxism
paradoxism
noun
An avant-garde movement in the arts etc, based on heavy use of contradictions and paradoxes, founded by F. Smarandache in the 1980s.
paradoxist
paradoxist
noun
(dated, derogatory) One who holds incorrect or eccentric beliefs; a bad scientist; a crank.
A participant in the art movement of paradoxism.
paradoxographer
paradoxographer
noun
A writer of paradoxography.
paradoxographical
paradoxographical
adj
Relating to paradoxography.
paradoxology
paradoxology
noun
(obsolete) The use of paradoxes.
paradoxure
paradoxure
noun
Any member of the species of genus Paradoxurus, Asiatic viverrine mammals allied to the civet.
paradoxurinae
paradoxurine
paradoxurine
adj
Of, or pertaining to, the genus Paradoxurus.
paradoxurus
paradoxy
paradoxy
noun
(countable) A paradoxical statement; a paradox.
(uncountable) The state or quality of being paradoxical.
pentahexahedron
pentahydroxy
pentahydroxy
noun
(organic chemistry, in combination) Five hydroxy groups in a molecule.
peroxidase
peroxidase
noun
(biochemistry) Any of a class of enzymes that act on substrates such as hydrogen peroxide and organic hydroperoxides such as lipid peroxides.
peroxidases
peroxidases
noun
plural of peroxidase
peroxidate
peroxidation
peroxidation
noun
(chemistry) Any oxidation reaction, especially of an oxide, that produces a peroxide
(organic chemistry) The reaction of a double bond with a peroxide
peroxyacid
peroxyacid
noun
Synonym of peracid (“acid containing an acidic -OOH group”)
philodoxical
philodoxical
adj
Interested in opinions or beliefs, rather than facts.
photooxidation
photooxidation
noun
(chemistry) The reaction of something with oxygen in the presence of light
(physics, chemistry) The loss of an electron from a photoexcited species
photooxidative
photooxidative
adj
That causes, or undergoes photooxidation.
phylloxeridae
pneumohydrothorax
podaxonia
podaxonial
poleaxed
poleaxed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of poleaxe
polymixiidae
postaxiad
postmyxedematous
preexpeditionary
propanedicarboxylic
proximad
proximad
adv
(anatomy) Toward a proximal part; on the proximal side of; proximally.
pseudoambidextrous
pseudoambidextrously
pseudoanaphylaxis
pseudoanaphylaxis
noun
A kind of anaphylaxis that does not involve an allergic reaction but is due to direct mast cell degranulation.