(organic chemistry) The acetate group, CH₃COO-, when viewed as a substituent
acxoyatl
ataraxic
ataraxic
adj
(pharmacology) ataractic; tranquilizing
Of or pertaining to ataraxia or ataraxy
noun
(pharmaceutical) An ataractic or tranquilizing agent.
auxetics
auxetics
noun
plural of auxetic
auxocyte
bauxitic
bauxitic
adj
Containing or relating to bauxite.
calixtin
calixtus
camaxtli
cathexes
cathexes
noun
plural of cathexis
cathexis
cathexis
noun
(psychoanalysis) The concentration of libido or emotional energy on a single object or idea.
chateaux
chateaux
noun
plural of chateau
cicatrix
cicatrix
noun
A scar that remains after the development of new tissue over a recovering wound or sore (also used figuratively).
coexerts
coexerts
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of coexert
coexists
coexists
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of coexist
coextend
coextend
verb
(transitive, intransitive) To extend along with another.
coextent
coltpixy
coltpixy
noun
Alternative form of coltpixie
contexts
contexts
noun
plural of context
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of context
contumax
cortexes
cotopaxi
coturnix
couteaux
couteaux
noun
plural of couteau
creatrix
creatrix
noun
(rare) A female creator.
curatrix
curatrix
noun
(dated) A female curator, guardian, or custodian
(obsolete) A female who cures.
curtalax
doxastic
doxastic
adj
Of, pertaining to, or depending on opinion; conjectural.
epitaxic
epitaxic
adj
Relating to epitaxy
exacters
exacters
noun
plural of exacter
exactest
exactest
adj
superlative form of exact: most exact
verb
(archaic) second-person singular simple present form of exact
exacting
exacting
adj
(of a person or organization) Characterized by exaction.
(of an action, task, etc) Requiring precise accuracy, great care, effort, or attention.
Making great demands; difficult to satisfy.
verb
present participle and gerund of exact
exaction
exaction
noun
That which is exacted; a severe tribute; a fee, reward, or contribution, demanded or levied with severity or injustice.
The act of demanding with authority, and compelling to pay or yield; compulsion to give or furnish; a levying by force
extortion.
exactive
exactive
adj
exacting
exactors
exactors
noun
plural of exactor
exacuate
exacuate
verb
(obsolete) To whet or sharpen.
excalate
excavate
excavate
noun
(zoology) Any member of a major grouping of unicellular eukaryotes, of the clade Excavata.
verb
(transitive) To make a hole in (something); to hollow.
(transitive) To remove part of (something) by scooping or digging it out.
(transitive) To uncover (something) by digging.
excecate
excecate
verb
(obsolete) To blind.
excedent
excedent
noun
excess
excepted
excepted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of except
excepter
exceptio
exceptor
exceptor
noun
Someone who makes exceptions.
excerpta
excerpta
noun
plural of excerptum
excerpts
excerpts
noun
plural of excerpt
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of excerpt
excitant
excitant
adj
exciting; stimulating
noun
Something that excites or stimulates; a stimulant
excitate
excitate
verb
(obsolete) To excite.
exciters
exciters
noun
plural of exciter
exciting
exciting
adj
creating or producing excitement
noun
The process of something becoming excited; excitation.
verb
present participle of excite
excitive
excitive
adj
(archaic) excited
Serving or tending to excite; excitative.
noun
(archaic) That which excites; an excitant.
excitons
excitons
noun
plural of exciton
excitors
excitors
noun
plural of excitor
excitory
excitory
adj
Misspelling of excitatory.
excitron
excitron
Noun
A kind of mercury pool tube.
excretal
excretal
adj
Relating to excretion or to excrement.
excreted
excreted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of excrete
excreter
excreter
noun
One who excretes.
excretes
excretes
noun
excreta; matters discharged from the animal body
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of excrete
excubant
excubant
adj
(formal) Watchful; keeping watch or guarding.
excudate
excysted
excysted
adj
Subjected to excystation
verb
simple past tense and past participle of excyst
execrate
execrate
verb
(intransitive, archaic) to invoke a curse; to curse or swear
(transitive) to declare to be hateful or abhorrent; to denounce
(transitive) to feel loathing for; to abhor
executed
executed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of execute
executer
executer
noun
Alternative form of executor
executes
executes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of execute
executor
executor
noun
(computing) A component of a system that executes or runs something.
(law) Someone appointed by a testator to administer a will; an administrator.
(obsolete) An executioner.
A person who carries out some task.
executry
executry
noun
(law) The role of executor.
exegetic
exegetic
adj
Of or pertaining to exegesis; explanatory.
exercent
exercent
adj
(obsolete) In practice; professional.
exercite
exitance
exitance
noun
(physics) Flux (of radiation).
exorcist
exorcist
noun
A person, especially a priest, who practices exorcism.
exoteric
exoteric
adj
(by extension) Accessible; capable of being readily or fully comprehended; or, having an obvious application
(obsolete) External
(rare) Public or popular; having wide currency
Suitable to be imparted to the public without secrecy or other reserves
exotheca
exotheca
noun
(zoology) The tissue that fills the interspaces between the costae of many madreporarian corals, usually consisting of small transverse or oblique septa.
exotoxic
exotoxic
adj
of, related to, or caused by an exotoxin
expected
expected
adj
Anticipated; thought to be about to arrive or occur
verb
simple past tense and past participle of expect
expecter
expecter
noun
One who expects.
explicit
explicit
adj
(euphemistic) Containing material (e.g. language or film footage) that might be deemed offensive or graphic.
Very specific, clear, or detailed.
noun
The final few words of a text.
phrase
(obsolete) Used at the conclusion of a book to indicate the end.
exscript
exscript
noun
(obsolete) A copy; a transcript.
exsecant
exsecant
noun
(trigonometry) The trigonometric function sec(x) − 1. Abbreviation: exsec
exsected
exsected
verb
simple past tense and past participle of exsect
exsector
exstruct
extincts
extincts
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of extinct
extracts
extracts
noun
plural of extract
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of extract
foxcroft
matchbox
matchbox
noun
A small cardboard box in which matches are kept.
Any small die-cast toy car, usually collectible.
maxicoat
maxicoat
noun
A woman's long coat.
mixtecan
mixtecan
Adjective
Of or relating to a branch of the Otomanguean language family of Mexico, including the Trique (or Triqui) languages, Cuicatec, and the large expanse of Mixtec languages.
mixtecos
myxocyte
nontoxic
nontoxic
adj
Not toxic; not poisonous.
noun
A substance that is not toxic.
octuplex
octuplex
adj
Having eight components.
ototoxic
ototoxic
adj
Causing ototoxicity.
oxycrate
oxycrate
noun
(medicine, archaic) A mixture of water and vinegar.
oxydiact
oxytocia
oxytocia
noun
(medicine) An unusually rapid childbirth.
oxytocic
oxytocic
adj
(medicine) Serving to promote uterine contractions, thus accelerating childbirth.
noun
An oxytocic drug.
oxytocin
oxytocin
noun
(biochemistry) A hormone that stimulates contractions during labor, and then the production of milk; also plays a role in social bonding.
oxytonic
oxytonic
adj
(prosody) Having a stress on the last syllable.
preexact
quixotic
quixotic
adj
Resembling or characteristic of the Spanish chivalric hero Don Quixote; possessed with or resulting from the desire to do noble and romantic deeds, without thought of realism and practicality; exceedingly idealistic.
noun
(rare) A quixotic person or sentiment.
taxaceae
taxiarch
taxiarch
noun
(historical, Ancient Greece) An Athenian military officer commanding a certain division of an army.
taxicabs
taxicabs
noun
plural of taxicab
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of taxicab
taxicorn
texcocan
tlaxcala
tlaxcala
Proper noun
A state of Mexico.
touchbox
touchbox
noun
A box containing lighted tinder, formerly carried by soldiers for kindling matchlocks.
toxaemic
toxaemic
adj
Alternative spelling of toxemic
toxicant
toxicant
adj
Capable of causing damage or dysfunction by toxicity; (broadly) poisonous.
noun
A toxic or poisonous substance.
toxicate
toxicate
verb
(transitive) To metabolise a drug or other compound to produce a toxic metabolite.
toxicity
toxicity
noun
The quality or degree of being toxic.
toxicoid
toxicoid
adj
(biology, medicine, rare, dated) Resembling a toxin but not the same.
tractrix
tractrix
noun
(geometry) A curve that satisfies the following property: that segment of the tangent line that lies between the point of tangency and a fixed line has length independent of the point of tangency chosen.