| 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. |
| EPOXIDATION | • epoxidation n. (Organic chemistry) Any reaction that converts a compound (especially an alkene) into an epoxide. • EPOXIDATION n. a conversion of a usually unsaturated compound into an epoxide. |
| EXPLORATION | • exploration n. The process of exploring. • exploration n. The process of penetrating, or ranging over for purposes of (especially geographical) discovery. • exploration n. The (pre-)mining process of finding and determining commercially viable ore deposits (after prospecting)… |
| EXPORTATION | • exportation n. The act of exporting; the act of conveying or sending commodities abroad or to another country, in the… • exportation n. The commodity exported; an export. • exportation n. The act of carrying something outside. |
| HEPATOTOXIC | • hepatotoxic adj. Toxic to the liver; causing hepatotoxicity. • HEPATOTOXIC adj. relating to or causing injury to the liver. |
| ORTHOPRAXIS | • orthopraxis n. Orthopraxy. • ORTHOPRAXIS n. correct practice in religion. |
| PAROXYTONIC | • paroxytonic adj. (Prosody) Of or relating to words whose stress falls on the penultimate syllable. • PAROXYTONIC adj. like a paroxytone. |
| PEROXISOMAL | • peroxisomal adj. Of or pertaining to the peroxisome. • PEROXISOMAL adj. of or like a peroxisome. |
| PHOTOTAXIES | • PHOTOTAXY n. the movement of an entire organism in response to light. |
| PROXIMATION | • proximation n. Proximity. • proximation n. Approximation. • PROXIMATION n. immediate nearness in time, place, relationship, etc., also PROXIMITY. |
| 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. |
| TOXOPLASMIC | • toxoplasmic adj. Pertaining to toxoplasmas. • TOXOPLASMIC adj. relating to toxoplasma. |
| 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. |