| AUXOTROPHIC | • auxotrophic adj. (Biology) Describing a strain of organism that requires a specific metabolic substance that the parent… • AUXOTROPHIC adj. requiring a specific growth substance beyond the minimum required for normal metabolism. |
| DOXOGRAPHIC | • doxographic adj. Describing the opinions of Ancient Greek philosophers and scientists. • DOXOGRAPHIC adj. relating to doxography. |
| ECHOPRAXIAS | • echopraxias n. Plural of echopraxia. • ECHOPRAXIA n. in mental illness, echo-like repetition of another's actions, also ECHOPRAXIS. |
| EXCULPATORY | • exculpatory adj. Tending to excuse or clear of wrongdoing. • EXCULPATORY adj. tending or serving to clear from alleged fault or guilt. |
| EXPECTORANT | • expectorant n. (Medicine) An agent or drug used to cause or induce the expulsion of phlegm from the lungs. • expectorant adj. (Medicine) Causing or assisting the expulsion of phlegm. • EXPECTORANT n. an agent that promotes the discharge or expulsion of mucus from the respiratory tract. |
| EXPECTORATE | • expectorate v. (Transitive, intransitive) To cough up fluid from the lungs. • expectorate v. (Transitive, intransitive) To spit. • EXPECTORATE v. to eject from the throat or lungs by coughing or hawking and spitting. |
| EXPISCATORY | • expiscatory adj. (Archaic) Tending to fish out; searching. • EXPISCATORY adj. serving to expiscate. |
| EXPLICATORS | • explicators n. Plural of explicator. • EXPLICATOR n. one who explicates. |
| EXPLICATORY | • explicatory adj. Explanatory; serving to explain logically or in detail. • EXPLICATORY adj. serving to explicate. |
| LEXIGRAPHIC | • lexigraphic adj. Of or pertaining to lexigraphy. • LEXIGRAPHIC adj. relating to lexigraphy, the art of the definition of words, also LEXIGRAPHICAL. |
| PARADOXICAL | • paradoxical adj. Having self-contradictory properties. • PARADOXICAL adj. of the nature of a paradox, also PARADOXAL. |
| PAROXYTONIC | • paroxytonic adj. (Prosody) Of or relating to words whose stress falls on the penultimate syllable. • PAROXYTONIC adj. like a paroxytone. |
| PISCATRIXES | • PISCATRIX n. a (female) angler. |
| SPECULATRIX | • speculatrix n. A female speculator. • SPECULATRIX n. a female speculator, also SPECULATRICE. |
| XERISCAPING | • xeriscaping n. Landscaping in ways that do not require supplemental irrigation. • xeriscaping v. Present participle of xeriscape. • XERISCAPE v. (tradename) to landscape (an arid place) in a way that conserves by using plants that require little water. |
| XEROGRAPHIC | • xerographic adj. Of, relating to, or produced by xerography. • XEROGRAPHIC adj. relating to xerography. |
| XYLOCARPOUS | • xylocarpous adj. Bearing fruit that becomes hard or woody. • XYLOCARPOUS adj. having woody fruit. |
| XYLOGRAPHIC | • xylographic adj. Of or pertaining to xylographs. • XYLOGRAPHIC adj. relating to xylography, the art of making engravings on wood, also XYLOGRAPHICAL. |