(in particular, historical) The enlightened despot Catherine II of Russia, who reigned from 1762 to 1796 as empress and autocratrix of all the Russias.
A female autocrat.
auxochromic
auxochromic
adj
Relating to an auxochrome
auxographic
auxotrophic
auxotrophic
adj
(biology) Describing a strain of organism that requires a specific metabolic substance that the parent organism was able to synthesize by itself
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
carbethoxyl
carbethoxyl
noun
(organic chemistry) Alternative form of carbethoxy
carbolxylol
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
cardiotoxic
cardiotoxic
adj
chemically damaging to the tissues of the heart
centraxonia
chateauroux
chiropraxis
chylothorax
chylothorax
noun
An accumulation of chyle in the pleural cavity.
consolatrix
contextural
contextural
adj
Relating to contexture or arrangement of parts; producing contexture; interwoven.
coxofemoral
coxofemoral
adj
(anatomy) Relating to the hip and the femur
cryptoglaux
cytopharynx
cytopharynx
noun
(cytology) A tube-like opening in the lateral surface of a ciliate, through which food is ingested.
detoxicator
dexiocardia
dextrocular
dextrocular
adj
(of a person) Having the right eye dominant over the left eye.
electroplax
electroplax
noun
(anatomy) electric organ
exauctorate
exauctorate
verb
Obsolete form of exauthorate.
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.
exclamatory
exclamatory
adj
Emphatic.
resembling an exclamation.
excogitator
excogitator
noun
One who excogitates.
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
exculpatory
exculpatory
adj
Tending to excuse or clear of wrongdoing.
excursional
excursional
adj
Of or relating to excursions.
excurvation
execrations
execrations
noun
plural of execration
executorial
executorial
adj
Of or relating to an executive (branch of government etc.).
Of or relating to an executor.
exorbitance
exorbitance
noun
A large excess.
The state or characteristic of being exorbitant.
exorbitancy
exorbitancy
noun
Alternative form of exorbitance
exostracism
exostracize
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.
expiscatory
expiscatory
adj
(archaic) Tending to fish out; searching.
explicators
explicators
noun
plural of explicator
explicatory
explicatory
adj
Explanatory; serving to explain logically or in detail.
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.
fornicatrix
fornicatrix
noun
A female fornicator.
heterotaxic
heterotaxic
adj
Of, pertaining to, or exhibiting heterotaxis
hexacoralla
intoxicator
intoxicator
noun
One who or that which intoxicates.
microthorax
myxogastric
myxosarcoma
myxosarcoma
noun
A rare malignant tumor of the heart.
oxychlorate
oxycoumarin
oxymuriatic
oxymuriatic
adj
(chemistry, obsolete) Pertaining to, or consisting of, oxygen and hydrochloric acid.
oxyrrhyncha
paradoxical
paradoxical
adj
Having self-contradictory properties.
paroxytonic
paroxytonic
adj
(prosody) Of or relating to words whose stress falls on the penultimate syllable
preexaction
procatarxis
procatarxis
noun
(medicine, dated) The kindling of a disease into action; the procatarctic cause.
procreatrix
procuratrix
procuratrix
noun
A female procurator.
rhyotaxitic
sacrococcyx
sacrococcyx
noun
(anatomy) A bone formed by fusion of the sacrum and coccyx
stereotaxic
stereotaxic
adj
Of or pertaining to stereotaxis
thermotaxic
thermotaxic
adj
(biology) Relating to the regulation of temperature in the animal body
toxicoderma
xanthoceras
xanthochroi
xanthochroi
noun
Alternative letter-case form of Xanthochroi
xenocratean
xenocratean
Adjective
Of or relating to Xenocrates.
xerographic
xerographic
adj
of, relating to, or produced by xerography
xylocarpous
xylocarpous
adj
Bearing fruit that becomes hard or woody.
xylographic
xylographic
adj
of or pertaining to xylographs
xyridaceous
xyridaceous
adj
Belonging or pertaining to the Xyridaceae, a family of flowering plants.