(biology) Describing a strain of organism that requires a specific metabolic substance that the parent organism was able to synthesize by itself
camphocarboxylic
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
chemoprophylaxis
chemoprophylaxis
noun
chemoprevention; the prevention of disease using food supplements or drugs.
chiropraxis
chlordiazepoxide
chlordiazepoxide
noun
A benzodiazepine derivative used as a sedative drug; trade name Librium among others.
complexionary
complexionary
adj
Pertaining to the complexion, or to the care of it.
counterexplanation
counterexplanation
noun
An opposing explanation
counterexpostulation
cryptoxanthin
cryptoxanthin
noun
(organic chemistry) A xanthophyll pigment (a hydroxy derivative of carotene) that occurs widely in nature.
doxographical
doxographical
adj
relating to doxographers
echopraxia
echopraxia
noun
The involuntary repetition or imitation of the observed movements of another.
exceptionary
exculpatorily
exculpatorily
adv
So as to exculpate.
exemplificator
exocataphoria
exospherical
expectorating
expectorating
verb
present participle of expectorate
expectoration
expectoration
noun
(physiology) That which is expectorated, as phlegm or mucus.
(physiology) The action of expectorating, of ejecting phlegm or mucus from the throat or lungs by coughing, hawking, or spitting.
expectorations
expectorations
noun
plural of expectoration
expectorative
expectorative
adj
Alternative form of expectorant
expergefaction
expergefaction
noun
An awakening
expiscator
expiscator
noun
(formal, archaic, rare) One who expiscates.
expiscatory
expiscatory
adj
(archaic) Tending to fish out; searching.
explicator
explicator
noun
One who or that which explicates.
explicators
explicators
noun
plural of explicator
explicatory
explicatory
adj
Explanatory; serving to explain logically or in detail.
expressionistically
expressionistically
adv
In an expressionistic manner.
extractorship
extraparochial
extraparochial
adj
Beyond the limits of a parish.
extraparochially
extraparochially
adv
Outside the limits of a parish.
extraperiodic
extraperiodic
adj
Outside of a given period.
extraphysiological
extrapoetical
extrapoetical
adj
Outside of a poem, or of poetry.
extraprostatic
extraprostatic
adj
(anatomy) Outside or independent of the prostate
extraprovincial
extraprovincial
adj
Outside a province.
extratropical
extratropical
adj
(meteorology) Lacking or having lost tropical characteristics.
Occurring outside the tropics, usually in temperate latitudes.
extropical
flexographic
flexographic
adj
Of or pertaining to flexography
flexographically
flexographically
adv
By means of flexography.
formaldehydesulphoxylic
hieracosphinx
hieracosphinx
noun
A mythical beast found in Egyptian sculpture and European heraldry, being a lion with the head of a falcon.
hieracosphinxes
hieracosphinxes
noun
plural of hieracosphinx
hyperoxymuriatic
hyperoxymuriatic
adj
(obsolete, chemistry) perchloric
juxtapyloric
juxtapyloric
adj
Next to the pylorus.
juxtatropical
juxtatropical
adj
Near the tropics.
lexicographer
lexicographer
noun
One who writes or compiles a dictionary
lexicographers
lexicographers
noun
plural of lexicographer
lexicographian
lexicographic
lexicographic
adj
Like a dictionary, relating to lexicography (the writing of a dictionary).
lexicographical
lexicographical
adj
Meeting lexicographical standards or requirements; worthy of being included in a dictionary.
Relating to lexicography.
lexicographically
lexicographically
adv
(domain) From the perspective of lexicography.
(manner) In a lexicographical way.
(sequence) In lexicographical order.
lexicographies
lexicographies
noun
plural of lexicography
lexicographist
lexicographist
noun
(chiefly archaic) A student specialising in the discipline of lexicography; lexicographer.
lexicography
lexicography
noun
(countable) A dictionary, a lexicon, a wordbook.
(uncountable) The art or craft of compiling, writing, and editing dictionaries.
(uncountable, linguistics) The scholarly discipline of analysing and describing the semantic, syntagmatic and paradigmatic relationships within the lexicon (vocabulary) of a language and developing theories of dictionary components and structures linking the data in dictionaries.
nonexemplificatior
nonparadoxical
nonparadoxical
adj
Not paradoxical.
nonparadoxically
nonparadoxicalness
oxycaproic
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.
paradoxographical
paradoxographical
adj
Relating to paradoxography.
paraxonic
paraxonic
adj
(zoology) In bearing weight evenly on two parallel axes within the foot, typically the third and fourth digits.
paroxysmic
paroxysmic
adj
Relating to paroxysms.
paroxytonic
paroxytonic
adj
(prosody) Of or relating to words whose stress falls on the penultimate syllable
peroxyacid
peroxyacid
noun
Synonym of peracid (“acid containing an acidic -OOH group”)
polycarboxylic
polycarboxylic
adj
(chemistry) Having multiple carboxylic functional groups.
posthexaplaric
praxeological
praxeological
adj
Of or pertaining to praxeology.
praxinoscope
praxinoscope
noun
(historical) An animation device invented in 1877 and used in early image projection. It consisted of a series of pictures and an arrangement of mirrors in a horizontally rotating box.
preexaction
preexceptional
preexceptionally
preexcitation
preexcitation
noun
early excitation; applied to a condition where the ventricles of the heart become depolarized too early, which leads to their partial premature contraction
preexpectation
preexpectation
noun
previous expectation
preextraction
preextraction
noun
extraction prior to some other operation
procatarxis
procatarxis
noun
(medicine, dated) The kindling of a disease into action; the procatarctic cause.
proclimax
procreatrix
procuratrix
procuratrix
noun
A female procurator.
propanedicarboxylic
proparoxytonic
proparoxytonic
adj
(prosody) Of or relating to words whose stress falls on the antepenultimate (third to last) syllable
proxically
proximobuccal
psychoprophylaxis
psychoprophylaxis
noun
(obsolete, rare) The prevention of disease by psychological means.
A method of preparing women for natural childbirth by means of special breathing, relaxation techniques and psychological conditioning, practiced without anaesthetics.
reexplication
rickettsialpox
rickettsialpox
noun
An illness caused by bacteria of the Rickettsia genus.
scapuloaxillary
superexceptional
superexceptionally
superexcitation
superexcitation
noun
Excessive, or more than normal, excitation.
superexpectation
trachelectomopexia
trachelopexia
trichoplax
unlexicographical
unlexicographically
unparadoxical
unparadoxical
Adjective
Not paradoxical.
unparadoxically
unparadoxically
adv
In a way that is not paradoxical.
xanthopicrin
xanthopicrin
noun
(organic chemistry) A bitter principle obtained from the bark of Zanthoxylum clava-herculis.
xanthopicrite
xanthopicrite
noun
(organic chemistry, archaic) A bitter crystalline alkaloid extracted from plants of family Xanthoxylaceae.
xanthoproteic
xanthoproteic
adj
Of or pertaining to xanthoproteic acid or xanthoproteins.
xanthoproteinic
xanthoproteinic
adj
Alternative form of xanthoproteic
xanthopsydracia
xanthopsydracia
noun
(archaic, medicine) A condition characterized by the occurrence on the skin of small yellow pustules.
xenomorphically
xerographic
xerographic
adj
of, relating to, or produced by xerography
xerographically
xerographically
adv
In a xerographic way; by xerography.
xerophthalmic
xerophthalmic
adj
Of or pertaining to xerophthalmia.
xerophytically
xerophytically
adv
As a xerophyte.
xylographic
xylographic
adj
of or pertaining to xylographs
xylographical
xylographical
adj
xylographic
xylographically
xylographically
adv
By means of xylography.
xylotypographic
xylotypographic
adj
Of or pertaining to xylotypography.
zoopraxiscope
zoopraxiscope
noun
(photography, historical) An instrument developed by Eadweard Muybridge in the 1870's, similar to the phenakistoscope. The instrument involves a disc that includes serial pictures being rotated in front of a light source, projecting them upon a screen, to exhibit the natural movements of animals and the like.
