(biology) Describing a strain of organism that requires a specific metabolic substance that the parent organism was able to synthesize by itself
chiropraxis
cryptoglaux
cytopharynx
cytopharynx
noun
(cytology) A tube-like opening in the lateral surface of a ciliate, through which food is ingested.
echinopanax
electroplax
electroplax
noun
(anatomy) electric organ
exceptional
exceptional
adj
(geometry) Corresponding to something of lower dimension under a birational correspondence.
Better than the average; superior due to exception or rarity.
Forming an exception; not ordinary; uncommon; rare.
noun
An exception, or something having an exceptional value
exculpation
exculpation
noun
That which exculpates; an excuse.
The act of exculpating from alleged fault or crime.
exculpatory
exculpatory
adj
Tending to excuse or clear of wrongdoing.
exoccipital
exoccipital
adj
(anatomy) Pertaining to a bone or region on each side of the great foramen of the skull.
noun
(anatomy) Such a bone.
expectation
expectation
noun
(colloquial statistics) The arithmetic mean.
(medicine, rare) The leaving of a disease principally to the efforts of nature to effect a cure.
(statistics) The first moment; the long-run average value of a variable over many independent repetitions of an experiment.
That which is expected or looked for.
The act or state of expecting or looking forward to an event as about to happen.
The prospect of the future; grounds upon which something excellent is expected to occur; prospect of anything good to come, especially of property or rank.
The value of any chance (as the prospect of prize or property) which depends upon some contingent event.
expectorant
expectorant
adj
(medicine) Causing or assisting the expulsion of phlegm.
noun
(medicine) An agent or drug used to cause or induce the expulsion of phlegm from the lungs.
expectorate
expectorate
verb
(transitive, intransitive) To cough up fluid from the lungs.
(transitive, intransitive) To spit.
expiscation
expiscation
noun
(archaic, formal) The act of expiscating; fishing.
expiscatory
expiscatory
adj
(archaic) Tending to fish out; searching.
explication
explication
noun
(dated or formal) The act of explaining; an explanation.
The act of opening or unfolding.
The sense given by an expositor.
explicators
explicators
noun
plural of explicator
explicatory
explicatory
adj
Explanatory; serving to explain logically or in detail.
hepatotoxic
hepatotoxic
adj
Toxic to the liver; causing hepatotoxicity.
hypoxanthic
myxophyceae
myxophycean
oxycephalic
oxycephalic
adj
Of or relating to oxycephaly.
oxycopaivic
oxyphthalic
paradoxical
paradoxical
adj
Having self-contradictory properties.
paroxytonic
paroxytonic
adj
(prosody) Of or relating to words whose stress falls on the penultimate syllable
phyllotaxic
pilotaxitic
planoconvex
planoconvex
adj
(optics, of a lens) Having one side plane and the other convex.
preexaction
procatarxis
procatarxis
noun
(medicine, dated) The kindling of a disease into action; the procatarctic cause.
procreatrix
procuratrix
procuratrix
noun
A female procurator.
psychotaxis
scapulopexy
sceuophylax
sceuophylax
noun
A sacristan or church treasurer.
toxicopathy
toxicophagy
toxiphobiac
toxoplasmic
toxoplasmic
adj
Pertaining to toxoplasmas
xenoplastic
xenoplastic
adj
Of or pertaining to xenoplasty.
xerographic
xerographic
adj
of, relating to, or produced by xerography
xiphocostal
xiphocostal
adj
(anatomy) Pertaining to the xiphoid process and the ribs.
xylocarpous
xylocarpous
adj
Bearing fruit that becomes hard or woody.
xylocopidae
xylographic
xylographic
adj
of or pertaining to xylographs
xyloplastic
xyloplastic
adj
(dated, engineering) Made from wood pulp shaped in a mould.