| APPROXIMATE | • approximate adj. Approaching; proximate; nearly resembling. • approximate adj. Nearing correctness; nearly exact; not perfectly accurate. • approximate v. (Transitive, intransitive) To estimate. |
| AUXANOMETER | • auxanometer n. An instrument to measure the growth of plants. • AUXANOMETER n. an instrument for measuring growth of plants. |
| AUXOCHROMES | • auxochromes n. Plural of auxochrome. • AUXOCHROME n. a group of atoms that can be attached to a chromogen to convert it into a dye. |
| AXONOMETRIC | • axonometric adj. (Technical drawing) Describing a projection in which the horizontal and vertical axes are to the same… • AXONOMETRIC adj. relating to the projection of objects on the drawing surface so that they appear inclined with three sides showing and with horizontal and vertical distances drawn to scale but diagonal and curved lines distorted. |
| EXAMINATORS | • examinators n. Plural of examinator. • EXAMINATOR n. an examiner. |
| EXCLAMATORY | • exclamatory adj. Resembling an exclamation. • exclamatory adj. Emphatic. • EXCLAMATORY adj. containing or expressing exclamation, also EXCLAMATIVE. |
| EXTEMPORARY | • extemporary adj. Extemporaneous. • EXTEMPORARY adj. unpremeditated; esp. of prayer, discourse, composition, etc., also EXTEMPORANEOUS, EXTEMPORE. |
| HEXAEMERONS | • HEXAEMERON n. the (biblical) six days of creation, also HEXAHEMERON. |
| HEXAHEMERON | • hexahemeron n. A term of six days, especially the hexameron, or six days of the biblical creation. • HEXAHEMERON n. the (biblical) six days of creation, also HEXAEMERON. |
| METROSEXUAL | • metrosexual n. A man — typically urban, heterosexual, and affluent — who is concerned with personal appearance, such… • metrosexual n. A heterosexual man who is seen, sociologically, as having attributes common to homosexuals. • metrosexual adj. Of or relating to a metrosexual or the metrosexual lifestyle. |
| PEROXISOMAL | • peroxisomal adj. Of or pertaining to the peroxisome. • PEROXISOMAL adj. of or like a peroxisome. |
| PROXIMATELY | • proximately adv. In a proximate manner, position, or degree; immediately. • PROXIMATE adv. nearest or next. |
| PROXIMATION | • proximation n. Proximity. • proximation n. Approximation. • PROXIMATION n. immediate nearness in time, place, relationship, etc., also PROXIMITY. |
| THERMOTAXES | • thermotaxes n. Plural of thermotaxis. • THERMOTAXIS n. movement influenced or controlled by heat. |
| THERMOTAXIC | • thermotaxic adj. (Biology) Relating to the regulation of temperature in the animal body. • THERMOTAXIC adj. of or showing thermotaxis, also THERMOTACTIC. |
| THERMOTAXIS | • thermotaxis n. (Biology) Movement in response to temperature. • THERMOTAXIS n. movement influenced or controlled by heat. |
| THROMBOXANE | • thromboxane n. (Organic chemistry, medicine) Any of a number of eicosanoids, related to prostaglandin, that have a… • THROMBOXANE n. any of several compounds formed from prostaglandin endoperoxides which, when released from blood platelets, induce platelet aggregation and arterial constriction. |
| XERODERMIAS | • XERODERMIA n. morbid dryness of skin, ichthyosis, also XERODERMA. |
| XEROSTOMATA | • XEROSTOMA n. excessive dryness of the mouth due to insufficient secretions, also XEROSTOMIA. |
| XEROSTOMIAS | • xerostomias n. Plural of xerostomia. • XEROSTOMIA n. excessive dryness of the mouth due to insufficient secretions, also XEROSTOMA. |