(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
carbethoxyl
carbethoxyl
noun
(organic chemistry) Alternative form of carbethoxy
carbonnieux
carboxylase
carboxylase
noun
(biochemistry) Any enzyme that catalyzes either a carboxylation or decarboxylation reaction.
carboxylate
carboxylate
noun
(organic chemistry) Any salt or ester of a carboxylic acid.
verb
(organic chemistry) To form a carboxyl group by introduction of carbon dioxide
(organic chemistry) To react with a carboxylic acid
centraxonia
chalcedonyx
chalcedonyx
noun
(mineralogy) An agate formed of a white opaque chalcedony alternating with a greyish translucent chalcedony.
chateauroux
chemiotaxic
chemiotaxis
chemiotaxis
noun
Dated form of chemotaxis.
coexecutant
coexecutant
noun
A joint executant.
colitoxemia
connexional
connexional
adj
Dated form of connectional.
contextural
contextural
adj
Relating to contexture or arrangement of parts; producing contexture; interwoven.
coxofemoral
coxofemoral
adj
(anatomy) Relating to the hip and the femur
cyclohexane
cyclohexane
noun
(organic chemistry) An alicyclic hydrocarbon, C₆H₁₂, consisting of a ring of six carbon atoms; a volatile liquid.
detoxicants
detoxicants
noun
plural of detoxicant
detoxicated
detoxicated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of detoxicate
detoxicates
detoxicates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of detoxicate
detoxicator
dexiocardia
dextrocular
dextrocular
adj
(of a person) Having the right eye dominant over the left eye.
echinopanax
electroplax
electroplax
noun
(anatomy) electric organ
exauctorate
exauctorate
verb
Obsolete form of exauthorate.
excantation
excantation
noun
(obsolete) Disenchantment by a countercharm.
excarnation
excarnation
noun
The act of removing flesh.
The burial practice of removing (or causing to be removed) the flesh and organs of the dead, leaving only the bones, especially the practice laying out corpses for vultures to strip bare.
excavations
excavations
noun
plural of excavation
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
excitations
excitations
noun
plural of excitation
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.
excogitable
excogitable
adj
imaginable; able to be thought or conceived of
excogitated
excogitated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of excogitate
excogitates
excogitates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of excogitate
excogitator
excogitator
noun
One who excogitates.
exconjugant
exconjugant
noun
Either of a conjugating pair of protozoan ciliates after separation and before subsequent mitotic division
excoriating
excoriating
verb
present participle of excoriate
excoriation
excoriation
noun
A severe verbal denouncing.
The act of excoriating or flaying.
The excoriated place, or the state of being excoriated or stripped of the skin; abrasion.
excorticate
excorticate
verb
(obsolete) To strip of bark or skin.
excruciator
excubitoria
excubitoria
noun
plural of excubitorium
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.
excursional
excursional
adj
Of or relating to excursions.
excurvation
excystation
excystation
noun
(biology) The stage in the life cycle of a parasite in which it escapes from a cyst (after being swallowed by its host)
execrations
execrations
noun
plural of execration
executional
executional
adj
(business) Relating to the execution of an idea; putting something into practice.
executorial
executorial
adj
Of or relating to an executive (branch of government etc.).
Of or relating to an executor.
exoascaceae
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.
exocoetidae
exoculating
exoculating
verb
present participle of exoculate
exoculation
exocycloida
exonuclease
exonuclease
noun
(biochemistry, genetics) Any of a group of enzymes which cleave single nucleotides from the end of a polynucleotide (DNA or RNA) chain.
exorbitance
exorbitance
noun
A large excess.
The state or characteristic of being exorbitant.
exorbitancy
exorbitancy
noun
Alternative form of exorbitance
exostracism
exostracize
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.
exsiccation
exsiccation
noun
The act of operation of drying; evaporation or expulsion of moisture.
extracosmic
extracostal
extracostal
adj
(anatomy) Outside of the ribs.
extractions
extractions
noun
plural of extraction
extraocular
extraocular
adj
Situated outside of or away from the eyes.
extraschool
extraschool
adj
Synonym of extrascholastic
extrasocial
extrication
extrication
noun
(public safety, emergency medicine) Rescue of a trapped person in vehicle or machinery
The act of sending out or evolving.
The act or process of extricating or disentangling; a freeing from perplexities; disentanglement.
hematoxylic
hepatotoxic
hepatotoxic
adj
Toxic to the liver; causing hepatotoxicity.
heterotaxic
heterotaxic
adj
Of, pertaining to, or exhibiting heterotaxis
hexacoralla
hexagonical
hexagonical
adj
(obsolete) hexagonal
hexastichon
hexecontane
hexosaminic
hexosaminic
adj
Of or relating to hexosamine.
intoxicable
intoxicable
adj
That can become intoxicated
intoxicated
intoxicated
adj
Stupefied by alcohol, drunk.
Stupefied by any chemical substance.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of intoxicate
intoxicates
intoxicates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of intoxicate
leucotaxine
lexological
loxahatchee
myxophyceae
myxophycean
nonexacting
nonexaction
nonexaction
noun
Lack of exaction; failure to exact something.
oxalacetate
oxalacetate
noun
Alternative form of oxaloacetate
oxalidaceae
oxaloacetic
oxaloacetic
adj
(organic chemistry) Relating to oxaloacetic acid and its derivatives
oxycephalic
oxycephalic
adj
Of or relating to oxycephaly.
oxychlorate
oxymandelic
planoconvex
planoconvex
adj
(optics, of a lens) Having one side plane and the other convex.
preexaction
procreatrix
saxicolidae
saxicolinae
scapulopexy
sceuophylax
sceuophylax
noun
A sacristan or church treasurer.
sexological
sexological
adj
Of or relating to sexology.
sociosexual
sociosexual
adj
Of or pertaining to sexual behaviour as it relates to society
stereotaxic
stereotaxic
adj
Of or pertaining to stereotaxis
taxodiaceae
thermotaxic
thermotaxic
adj
(biology) Relating to the regulation of temperature in the animal body
toxicoderma
toxicohemia
xanthoceras
xanthogenic
xanthogenic
adj
(organic chemistry) xanthic
Producing a yellow colour
xenocratean
xenocratean
Adjective
Of or relating to Xenocrates.
xenoplastic
xenoplastic
adj
Of or pertaining to xenoplasty.
xerographic
xerographic
adj
of, relating to, or produced by xerography
xylocopidae
xyridaceous
xyridaceous
adj
Belonging or pertaining to the Xyridaceae, a family of flowering plants.