(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
colporrhexis
colporrhexis
noun
vaginal laceration
counterexposition
counterexposition
noun
An exposition that responds to, or counters, another exposition.
counterexpostulation
criosphinx
criosphinx
noun
A sphinx with the head of a ram.
criosphinxes
criosphinxes
noun
plural of criosphinx
cupressinoxylon
desoxyribonucleoprotein
excerptions
excerptions
noun
plural of excerption
executorship
executorship
noun
the office or position of an executor
exendospermic
exospheric
exospheric
adj
Of or pertaining to an exosphere.
exospherical
expectorations
expectorations
noun
plural of expectoration
expiscator
expiscator
noun
(formal, archaic, rare) One who expiscates.
expiscatory
expiscatory
adj
(archaic) Tending to fish out; searching.
explicators
explicators
noun
plural of explicator
expressionistic
expressionistic
adj
Expressionist.
expressionistically
expressionistically
adv
In an expressionistic manner.
exteroceptist
extractorship
extraphysiological
extraprostatic
extraprostatic
adj
(anatomy) Outside or independent of the prostate
extrospection
extrospection
noun
The observation of things external to one's own mind, as opposed to introspection. Ordinary sense perception or reasoning concerning the things perceived.
extrospective
extrospective
adj
Involving extrospection.
formaldehydesulphoxylic
hexosediphosphoric
hexosemonophosphoric
hexosephosphoric
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
indoxylsulphuric
lexicographers
lexicographers
noun
plural of lexicographer
lexicographies
lexicographies
noun
plural of lexicography
lexicographist
lexicographist
noun
(chiefly archaic) A student specialising in the discipline of lexicography; lexicographer.
nonexpressionistic
nonparadoxicalness
paradoxicalism
paradoxicalness
paradoxicalness
noun
The state or quality of being paradoxical.
paroxysmic
paroxysmic
adj
Relating to paroxysms.
pericoxitis
picrotoxins
picrotoxins
noun
plural of picrotoxin
postexercise
postexercise
adj
That follows exercise (physical activity)
posthexaplaric
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.
preexclusion
preexcursion
princoxes
princoxes
noun
plural of princox
procatarxis
procatarxis
noun
(medicine, dated) The kindling of a disease into action; the procatarctic cause.
proexercise
prosecutrix
prosecutrix
noun
A female prosecutor
A female victim of a crime on whose behalf the state is prosecuting a suspect
prosecutrixes
prosecutrixes
noun
plural of prosecutrix
proxemics
proxemics
noun
The study of the effects of the physical distance between people in different cultures and societies.
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.
rickettsialpox
rickettsialpox
noun
An illness caused by bacteria of the Rickettsia genus.
scapuloaxillary
semiexpressionistic
supercomplexities
supercomplexity
superexceptional
superexceptionally
superexcitation
superexcitation
noun
Excessive, or more than normal, excitation.
superexpectation
uniprocessorunix
xanthopsydracia
xanthopsydracia
noun
(archaic, medicine) A condition characterized by the occurrence on the skin of small yellow pustules.
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.
