(pharmacology) That reduces anxiety; tranquilizing
noun
(pharmacology) A drug prescribed for the treatment of symptoms of anxiety.
axenically
axenically
adv
Without other living organisms.
axinomancy
axinomancy
noun
(rare) Divination by saws or axes.
brachyaxis
carbethoxy
carbethoxy
noun
(organic chemistry, especially in combination) The univalent radical -CO-OCH₂CH₃
carboxylic
carboxylic
adj
(organic chemistry) Of, or relating to the carboxyl functional group.
chaetotaxy
chaetotaxy
noun
(zoology) The arrangement of, and study of arrangement of, chaetae (chitinous bristles) on a species or subspecies of animal, usually and especially an arthropod or annelid.
colloxylin
colloxylin
noun
Synonym of pyroxylin
colonopexy
complexify
complexify
verb
To make something more complex; to complicate.
complexity
complexity
noun
(countable) That which is and renders complex; intricacy; complication.
(uncountable) The state of being complex; intricacy; entanglement.
convexedly
convexedly
adv
In a convex form; convexly.
coxcombity
cyclohexyl
cyclohexyl
noun
(organic chemistry) The univalent radical derived from cyclohexane by the formal removal of a hydrogen atom.
epicalyxes
exactingly
exactingly
adv
In an exacting manner.
excavatory
excavatory
adj
Of or pertaining to excavation.
excellency
excellency
noun
The quality of being excellent.
excitatory
excitatory
adj
Stimulating, exciting or causing excitation; excitative.
excitingly
excitingly
adv
In an exciting manner
excusatory
excusatory
adj
serving to make an excuse
excusingly
excusingly
adv
So as to excuse; by way of an excuse.
excusively
excystment
excystment
noun
The process, or the result of excysting
execratory
execratory
adj
Tending to execrate or cause execration.
executancy
executancy
noun
execution; performance
exocyclica
exocytosis
exocytosis
noun
(biology) The secretion of substances through cellular membranes, either to excrete waste products or as a regulatory function.
exoenzymic
exoenzymic
adj
Synonym of exoenzymatic
exorcisory
exorcisory
adj
Of or relating to exorcism.
exotically
exotically
adv
In an exotic manner.
expectably
expectably
adv
In an expectable manner
expectancy
expectancy
noun
(law) Future interest as to possession or enjoyment
(obsolete) Something expected or awaited.
Expectation or anticipation; the state of expecting something.
The state of being expected.
expectedly
expectedly
adv
In an expected way; as expected; predictably.
expediency
expediency
noun
(countable) An expedient.
(obsolete) Haste; dispatch.
(uncountable) Pursuit of the course of action that brings the desired effect even if it is unjust or unprincipled.
(uncountable) The quality of being fit or suitable to effect some desired end or the purpose intended; suitability for particular circumstance or situation.
explicably
explicably
adv
(rare) In a way that can be explained.
explicitly
explicitly
adv
In an explicit manner.
exsiliency
extricably
exuberancy
exuberancy
noun
Archaic form of exuberance.
glycopexia
glycopexis
glykopexic
hexacyclic
hexacyclic
adj
(chemistry) Having six rings of atoms
hexahydric
hexahydric
adj
(organic chemistry) That has six hydroxyl groups
hexastichy
hexicology
hexicology
noun
Alternative form of hexiology
hydroxamic
hydroxamic
adj
(organic chemistry) Describing any of several classes of compounds derived from oxoacids by replacing -OH by -NHOH; the N-hydroxy amides
hydroximic
hydroximic
adj
(organic chemistry) Describing any of several classes of oxoacids in which a double-bonded oxygen atom is replaced by a =N-OH or =N-OR
hydroxylic
hydroxylic
adj
(chemistry) Of, pertaining to, or containing hydroxyl groups
hypertoxic
hypertoxic
adj
(rare, toxicology) Excessively toxic.
lexicality
lexicality
noun
The condition of being lexical.
The degree to which something is lexical.
lexicology
lexicology
noun
(countable) A specific theory concerning the lexicon.
(uncountable, linguistics) The part of linguistics that studies words, their nature and meaning, words' elements, relations between words including semantic relations, words groups and the whole lexicon.
luxuriancy
luxuriancy
noun
Obsolete form of luxuriance.
myxococcus
myxoedemic
myxoedemic
adj
Alternative form of myxedemic
myxomycete
myxomycete
noun
Any protozoan of the phylum Myxomycota; the slime molds
nectocalyx
nectocalyx
noun
(zoology) One of the zooids of certain Siphonophorae, having somewhat the form, and the essential structure, of the bell of a jellyfish, and acting as a swimming organ.
(zoology) The swimming bell or umbrella of a jellyfish or medusa.
nycticorax
onychauxis
orchiopexy
orchiopexy
noun
(surgery) A procedure for fixation of a testis, often to move an undescended testicle into the scrotum and keep it there.
oxybenzoic
oxybenzoic
adj
(chemistry, archaic) hydroxybenzoic
oxybutyric
oxybutyric
adj
(organic chemistry) hydroxybutyric
oxycalcium
oxycalcium
adj
(dated) Of, pertaining to, or produced by a combination of calcium (or lime) and oxygen
oxycamphor
oxycamphor
noun
An oxidation product of camphor, used in treating dyspnea.
oxycaproic
oxycephaly
oxycephaly
noun
A kind of cephalic disorder: sometimes the premature closure of the coronal suture plus any other suture, such as the lambdoid; sometimes the premature fusing of all sutures.
oxychloric
oxychloric
adj
(chemistry) Containing both oxygen and chlorine.
oxychlorid
oxycyanide
oxymoronic
oxymoronic
adj
Of or pertaining to an oxymoron.
oxyophitic
oxystearic
oxytonical
oxytonical
adj
(linguistics) oxytone
oxyuricide
oxyuricide
noun
Any anthelmintic that is destructive to worms of the genus Oxyuris, or pinworms.
paroxysmic
paroxysmic
adj
Relating to paroxysms.
peroxyacid
peroxyacid
noun
Synonym of peracid (“acid containing an acidic -OOH group”)
phytotoxic
phytotoxic
adj
(biochemistry) Characteristic of a phytotoxin.
polyaxonic
proxically
sulfoxylic
thyrotoxic
thyrotoxic
adj
Marked by toxic activity of the thyroid gland.
thyroxinic
toxicology
toxicology
noun
(sciences, pharmacology) The branch of pharmacology that deals with the nature, effect, detection and treatment of poisons and poisoning.