| 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. |
| AXEROPHTHOL | • axerophthol n. Vitamin A. • AXEROPHTHOL n. vitamin A, a pale yellow crystalline substance, deficiency of which causes xerophthalmia. |
| DOXOGRAPHER | • doxographer n. A classical historian who describes the opinions of Ancient Greek philosophers and scientists. • DOXOGRAPHER n. a compiler of the opinions of philosophers. |
| DOXOGRAPHIC | • doxographic adj. Describing the opinions of Ancient Greek philosophers and scientists. • DOXOGRAPHIC adj. relating to doxography. |
| HEPATOTOXIC | • hepatotoxic adj. Toxic to the liver; causing hepatotoxicity. • HEPATOTOXIC adj. relating to or causing injury to the liver. |
| ORTHOPRAXES | • ORTHOPRAXIS n. correct practice in religion. |
| ORTHOPRAXIS | • orthopraxis n. Orthopraxy. • ORTHOPRAXIS n. correct practice in religion. |
| PHOTOTAXIES | • PHOTOTAXY n. the movement of an entire organism in response to light. |
| PROTHORAXES | • prothoraxes n. Plural of prothorax. • PROTHORAX n. the first or anterior segment of the thorax in insects. |
| SAXOPHONIST | • saxophonist n. A person who owns, plays or practices with the saxophone. • SAXOPHONIST n. one who plays the saxophone. |
| TOXIPHAGOUS | • TOXIPHAGOUS adj. eating poison, also TOXICOPHAGOUS. |
| TOXIPHOBIAC | • TOXIPHOBIAC n. one who suffers from toxiphobia, fear of poison or being poisoned. |
| TOXIPHOBIAS | • toxiphobias n. Plural of toxiphobia. • TOXIPHOBIA n. the morbid fear of poisoning, also TOXICOPHOBIA. |
| TROPHOTAXES | • TROPHOTAXIS n. chemotaxis and chemotropism where the stimulating substance is food. |
| TROPHOTAXIS | • TROPHOTAXIS n. chemotaxis and chemotropism where the stimulating substance is food. |
| XENOPHOBIAS | • xenophobias n. Plural of xenophobia. • XENOPHOBIA n. fear of foreigners, also XENOPHOBY. |
| XIPHOPAGOUS | • xiphopagous adj. (Obsolete) Alternative form of xiphopagus. • XIPHOPAGOUS adj. like a xiphopagus, a set of Siamese twins joined in the region of the xiphoid cartilage. |
| XYLOPHAGOUS | • xylophagous adj. Feeding on wood. (Of insects etc.) • xylophagous adj. Destructive to wood. (Of fungi etc.) • XYLOPHAGOUS adj. wood-eating. |