A severe and rapid systemic allergic reaction to an allergen, causing a constriction of the trachea, preventing breathing; anaphylactic shock.
Extreme sensitivity to a substance such as a foreign protein or drug.
androsphinx
androsphinx
noun
A sphinx with the head of a man.
anticomplex
appendixing
approximant
approximant
noun
(mathematics) An approximation to the solution of a function, series, etc.
(phonetics) A consonant sound made by slightly narrowing the vocal tract, while still allowing a smooth flow of air. Liquids and glides are approximants.
axanthopsia
axanthopsia
noun
Inability to see the colours yellow and blue.
axonolipous
axonolipous
adj
Belonging to the Axonolipa.
cephalexins
cephalexins
noun
plural of cephalexin
echinopanax
enteropexia
epoxidation
epoxidation
noun
(organic chemistry) Any reaction that converts a compound (especially an alkene) into an epoxide
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
exculpating
exculpating
verb
present participle of exculpate
exculpation
exculpation
noun
That which exculpates; an excuse.
The act of exculpating from alleged fault or crime.
expandingly
expandingly
adv
With expansion; so as to expand.
expansional
expansional
adj
Relating to expansion.
expansively
expansively
adv
In an expansive manner
expansivity
expansivity
noun
(mathematics) The formal notion of points moving away from one another under the action of an iterated function.
expansiveness
expatiating
expatiating
noun
expatiation
verb
present participle of expatiate
expatiation
expatiation
noun
An act of expatiating
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.
expiational
expiational
adj
Synonym of expiatory
expirations
expirations
noun
plural of expiration
expiscating
expiscating
verb
present participle of expiscate
expiscation
expiscation
noun
(archaic, formal) The act of expiscating; fishing.
explainable
explainable
adj
Able to be explained or understood
explanation
explanation
noun
A resolution of disputed points pursuant to discussion; a mutual clarification of disputed points; reconciliation.
Something that explains, makes understandable.
The act or process of explaining.
explanative
explanative
adj
That serves to explain; explanatory
explanitory
explicandum
explicandum
noun
(logic) That which is to be explained or explicated
explicantia
explicating
explicating
verb
present participle of explicate
explication
explication
noun
(dated or formal) The act of explaining; an explanation.
The act of opening or unfolding.
The sense given by an expositor.
exploration
exploration
noun
(medicine) A physical examination of a patient.
The (pre-)mining process of finding and determining commercially viable ore deposits (after prospecting), also called mineral exploration.
The process of exploring.
The process of penetrating, or ranging over for purposes of (especially geographical) discovery.
exponential
exponential
adj
(loosely) Characterised by a very rapid rate of change, especially increase.
(mathematics) Characterised by a rate of change that is proportional to the value of the varying quantity, or, equivalently, by a doubling or halving over successive fixed intervals of time or other parameter.
(mathematics) Expressed in terms of a power of e.
Relating to an exponent.
noun
(mathematics) Any function that has an exponent as an independent variable.
exportation
exportation
noun
(logic) Either the logical law ((P∧Q)→R)⇒(P→(Q→R)), or the rule of replacement ((P∧Q)→R)⇔(P→(Q→R)).
The act of carrying something outside.
The act of exporting; the act of conveying or sending commodities abroad or to another country, in the course of commerce.
The commodity exported; an export.
expurgating
expurgating
verb
present participle of expurgate
expurgation
expurgation
noun
The act of expurgating, purging, or cleansing; purification from anything noxious, offensive, sinful, or erroneous.
extirpating
extirpating
verb
present participle of extirpate
extirpation
extirpation
noun
The act of extirpating or uprooting.
extraspinal
extraspinal
adj
Outside of the spine.
hemosalpinx
hepatotoxin
hepatotoxin
noun
Any substance that causes hepatotoxicity
hexaplarian
hypoxanthic
inexpansive
inexpectant
inexpectant
adj
Not expectant.
inexposable
inspiratrix
inspiratrix
noun
A female inspirator.
juxtaposing
juxtaposing
noun
An act of juxtaposition.
verb
present participle of juxtapose
juxtaspinal
juxtaspinal
adj
Beside the spine.
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.
naphthoxide
nonexpiable
overexplain
overexplain
verb
(transitive) To explain at unnecessary length or in too much detail.
pachymeninx
pachymeninx
noun
(anatomy) dura mater
paroxytonic
paroxytonic
adj
(prosody) Of or relating to words whose stress falls on the penultimate syllable
paxtonville
phenoxazine
phenoxazine
noun
(organic chemistry) A tricyclic heterocycle consisting of two benzene rings fused to oxazine
philoxenian
phytoalexin
phytoalexin
noun
(medicine) any of several classes of antibiotics produced by plants in response to microorganisms
pixilations
pixilations
noun
plural of pixilation
postexilian
postexilian
Adjective
After an exile, especially the Biblical exile of the Jews.
praxitelean
praxitelean
Adjective
Of or relating to the ancient sculptor Praxiteles.
preexaction
preexamined
preexamined
verb
simple past tense and past participle of preexamine
preexaminer
preexamines
preexamines
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of preexamine
prefixation
prefixation
noun
(anatomy, of a nerve) The state or condition of being prefixed.
(biology, cytology) Initial treatment of tissue with a fixative, as a preliminary to the application of another fixative or to the use of a different treatment.
(linguistics) The adding of a prefix to a word.
pretaxation
pretaxation
adj
Before taxation.
protaxation
proximation
proximation
noun
approximation
proximity
pyroxanthin
pyroxanthin
noun
(organic chemistry) A yellow, crystalline substance obtained from creosote etc; it seems to be a polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon.
reexpansion
reexpansion
noun
another expansion
reexplained
saxophonist
saxophonist
noun
A person who owns, plays or practices with the saxophone.
siphonoplax
spasmotoxin
spasmotoxin
noun
(organic chemistry, archaic) An alkaloid, found in cultures of the tetanus bacillus, that induces violent convulsions.
spermatoxin
splenopexia
taxaspidean
taxaspidean
adj
(zoology) Having the posterior tarsal scales, or scutella, rectangular and arranged in regular rows; said of certain birds.