(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.
approximate
approximate
adj
Approaching; proximate; nearly resembling.
Nearing correctness; nearly exact; not perfectly accurate.
verb
(transitive) To carry or advance near; to cause to approach.
(transitive) To come near to; to approach.
(transitive, intransitive) To estimate.
ataxophemia
ataxophemia
noun
Defective coordination of words in speech; atactic aphasia; incoherence.
autotoxemia
autotoxemia
noun
Alternative form of autotoxaemia
auxanometer
auxanometer
noun
An instrument to measure the growth of plants.
auxoamylase
auxohormone
axiomatized
axiomatized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of axiomatize
axiomatizes
axiomatizes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of axiomatize
axonometric
axonometric
adj
(technical drawing) Describing a projection in which the horizontal and vertical axes are to the same scale, but the third axis is reduced to allow for perspective
axospermous
chemiotaxic
chemiotaxis
chemiotaxis
noun
Dated form of chemotaxis.
colitoxemia
coxofemoral
coxofemoral
adj
(anatomy) Relating to the hip and the femur
examination
examination
noun
(education) A formal test involving answering written or oral questions under a time constraint and usually without access to textbooks; typically, a large, written test administered to high school and college students covering course material studied in a semester.
Interrogation, particularly by a lawyer in court or during discovery.
Particularly, an inspection by a medical professional to establish the extent and nature of any sickness or injury.
The act of examining.
examinatory
exanimation
exanimation
noun
Deprivation of life or spirits.
exclamation
exclamation
noun
(linguistics) A clause type used to make an exclamatory statement: What a mess they made!; How stupid I was!
A loud calling or crying out, for example as in surprise, pain, grief, joy, anger, etc.
A word expressing outcry; an interjection
The sign "!" by which outcry or emphatic utterance is marked.
exclamatory
exclamatory
adj
Emphatic.
resembling an exclamation.
exhumations
exhumations
noun
plural of exhumation
exobasidium
exomphalous
exomphalous
adj
Relating to or exhibiting exomphalos.
exostracism
exstemporal
extemporary
extemporary
adj
Extemporaneous.
extracosmic
extraformal
extranormal
extranormal
adj
Outside or beyond what is normal.
flexanimous
flexanimous
adj
(rare) Having the power to change somebody's mind.
haemothorax
hematopexis
hematoxylic
hematoxylin
hematoxylin
noun
(medicine, organic chemistry) A phenolic compound having the chemical formula C₁₆H₁₄O₆, used (most often in conjunction with eosin) to make dye for staining tissue samples; extracted from the heart of the bloodwood tree, Haematoxylum campechianum.
hemosalpinx
hexabromide
hexabromide
noun
(chemistry) any bromide containing six bromine atoms in each molecule
hexagrammos
hexahemeron
hexahemeron
noun
A term of six days, especially the hexameron, or six days of the biblical creation.
hexosaminic
hexosaminic
adj
Of or relating to hexosamine.
homosexuals
homosexuals
noun
plural of homosexual
homotaxeous
hyperoxemia
hyperoxemia
noun
(pathology) A high level of oxygen in the blood, typically as a result of hyperoxia
loxosomidae
mastopexies
mastopexies
noun
plural of mastopexy
mesosalpinx
mesosalpinx
noun
(anatomy) Part of the lining of the abdominal cavity in higher vertebrates, specifically the portion of the broad ligament that stretches from the ovary to the level of the uterine tube.
methoxamine
methoxamine
noun
An α₁-adrenergic receptor agonist used as a vasoconstrictor.
metrostaxis
myeloplaxes
myeloplaxes
noun
plural of myeloplax
myxogastres
myxomatoses
myxoneuroma
myxophyceae
myxophycean
oxaluramide
oxaluramide
noun
(organic chemistry) oxalan
oxyhaematin
oxymandelic
peroxisomal
peroxisomal
adj
Of or pertaining to the peroxisome
proximately
proximately
adv
In a proximate manner, position, or degree; immediately.
semihexagon
spermatoxin
thermotaxes
thermotaxes
noun
plural of thermotaxis
thermotaxic
thermotaxic
adj
(biology) Relating to the regulation of temperature in the animal body
thermotaxis
thermotaxis
noun
(biology) Movement in response to temperature
thigmotaxes
thigmotaxes
noun
plural of thigmotaxis
thromboxane
thromboxane
noun
(organic chemistry, medicine) Any of a number of eicosanoids, related to prostaglandin, that have a role in the clotting of blood
toxalbumose
toxicoderma
toxicohemia
xanthoderma
xanthoderma
noun
A yellow coloration of the skin.
xanthometer
xanthometer
noun
A graduated scale of colors from blue to yellow, white, or green, for determining the color of ocean or lake water.