| ANTICLIMAX | • anticlimax n. A failed or reverse climax, particularly… • anti-climax n. Alternative spelling of anticlimax. • ANTICLIMAX n. the usually sudden transition in discourse from a significant idea to a trivial or ludicrous idea. |
| ANXIOLYTIC | • anxiolytic adj. (Pharmacology) That reduces anxiety; tranquilizing. • anxiolytic n. (Pharmacology) A drug prescribed for the treatment of symptoms of anxiety. • ANXIOLYTIC adj. serving to reduce tension or stress. |
| CIGUATOXIN | • ciguatoxin n. (Toxicology) Any of several closely related toxins, having a complex structure including a row of thirteen… • CIGUATOXIN n. a toxin found in seafood. |
| DETOXICANT | • detoxicant adj. That detoxicates. • detoxicant n. Any material that detoxicates. • DETOXICANT n. an agent that detoxicates, gets rid of a poison. |
| EXACTINGLY | • exactingly adv. In an exacting manner. • EXACTING adv. EXACT, to demand. |
| EXCAVATING | • excavating v. Present participle of excavate. • EXCAVATE v. to dig out. |
| EXCAVATION | • excavation n. (Uncountable) The act of excavating, or of making hollow, by cutting, scooping, or digging out a part of a solid mass. • excavation n. (Countable) A cavity formed by cutting, digging, or scooping. • excavation n. (Countable) An uncovered cutting in the earth, in distinction from a covered cutting or tunnel. |
| EXCITATION | • excitation n. The act of exciting or putting in motion; the act of rousing up or awakening. • excitation n. The act of producing excitement (stimulation); also, the excitement produced. • excitation n. (Physiology) The activity produced in an organ, tissue, or part, such as a nerve cell, as a result of stimulation. |
| EXECRATING | • execrating v. Present participle of execrate. • EXECRATE v. to declare to be evil; to denounce or place under a curse. |
| EXECRATION | • execration n. An act or instance of cursing; a curse dictated by violent feelings of hatred; an imprecation; an expression… • execration n. That which is execrated; a detested thing. • EXECRATION n. the act of cursing. |
| EXSICCANTS | • exsiccants n. Plural of exsiccant. • EXSICCANT n. something having the quality of drying up. |
| EXTRACTING | • extracting v. Present participle of extract. • EXTRACT v. to draw out by force. |
| EXTRACTION | • extraction n. An act of extracting or the condition of being extracted. • extraction n. A person’s origin or ancestry. • extraction n. Something extracted, an extract, as from a plant or an organ of an animal etc. |
| HEXACTINAL | • hexactinal adj. (Biology) Having six rays. • HEXACTINAL adj. having six rays. |
| INTOXICANT | • intoxicant n. Something which intoxicates; an intoxicating agent. • intoxicant n. Poison. • intoxicant adj. Intoxicating. |
| INTOXICATE | • intoxicate v. To stupefy by doping with chemical substances such as alcohol. • intoxicate v. To excite to enthusiasm or madness. • intoxicate adj. (Obsolete) Intoxicated. |
| TANOREXICS | • tanorexics n. Plural of tanorexic. • TANOREXIC n. a person obsessed with maintaining a permanent deep tan, esp. through use of tanning machines. |
| TOXICATION | • toxication n. (Biochemistry) the metabolism of a drug or other compound to produce a toxic metabolite. • TOXICATION n. the state of being toxic. |
| UNEXACTING | • unexacting adj. (Of persons, feelings, states of mind, etc.) Not demanding; uncritical; not difficult to satisfy. • unexacting adj. Not requiring precision or substantial effort. • UNEXACTING adj. not exacting. |