| ANXIOLYTICS | • anxiolytics n. Plural of anxiolytic. • ANXIOLYTIC n. a drug used to reduce tension. |
| ASPHYXIATOR | • asphyxiator n. One who or that which asphyxiates. • ASPHYXIATOR n. one of who asphyxiates. |
| EXORABILITY | • exorability n. The quality or state of being exorable. • EXORABILITY n. the state of being exorable. |
| EXORBITANCY | • exorbitancy n. Alternative form of exorbitance. • EXORBITANCY n. the state of being exorbitant, also EXORBITANCE. |
| EXPATIATORY | • expatiatory adj. Expansive; diffusive. • EXPATIATORY adj. expansive, also EXPATIATIVE. |
| EXPISCATORY | • expiscatory adj. (Archaic) Tending to fish out; searching. • EXPISCATORY adj. serving to expiscate. |
| EXPLICATORY | • explicatory adj. Explanatory; serving to explain logically or in detail. • EXPLICATORY adj. serving to explicate. |
| EXTIRPATORY | • extirpatory adj. Extirpative. • EXTIRPATORY adj. serving to extirpate, also EXTIRPATIVE. |
| HEMATOXYLIN | • hematoxylin n. (Medicine, organic chemistry) A phenolic compound having the chemical formula C16H14O6, used (most often… • HEMATOXYLIN n. a dye obtained from logwood, also HAEMATOXYLIN. |
| LITHOLAPAXY | • litholapaxy n. (Medicine) The removal of a vesical calculus by first crushing it and subsequently washing out the fragments. • LITHOLAPAXY n. the operation of crushing stone in the bladder and working it out. |
| MYXOMATOSIS | • myxomatosis n. A usually fatal viral disease of rabbits, causing skin tumors. • myxomatosis n. In general, a condition characterized by the growth of many myxomata (tumors of primitive connective tissue). • MYXOMATOSIS n. a fatal contagious disease of rabbits. |
| OVERANXIETY | • overanxiety n. Excessive anxiety. • OVERANXIETY n. excessive anxiety. |
| OXIDATIVELY | • oxidatively adv. By means of oxidation. • OXIDATIVE adv. relating to oxidation. |
| OXYGENATING | • oxygenating v. Present participle of oxygenate. • OXYGENATE v. to impregnate or treat with oxygen. |
| OXYGENATION | • oxygenation n. The process of reacting or treating something with oxygen. • OXYGENATION n. the act of oxygenating. |
| PAROXYTONIC | • paroxytonic adj. (Prosody) Of or relating to words whose stress falls on the penultimate syllable. • PAROXYTONIC adj. like a paroxytone. |
| PHYLLOTAXIS | • phyllotaxis n. (Botany) The arrangement of leaves on a stem, or the mathematical principles governing such arrangement. • PHYLLOTAXIS n. the arrangement of leaves on a stem and in relation to one another, also PHYLLOTAXY. |
| PHYTOALEXIN | • phytoalexin n. (Medicine) any of several classes of antibiotics produced by plants in response to microorganisms. • PHYTOALEXIN n. any substance produced by a plant as a defence against disease. |
| PROXIMATELY | • proximately adv. In a proximate manner, position, or degree; immediately. • PROXIMATE adv. nearest or next. |
| VEXATIOUSLY | • vexatiously adv. In a vexatious manner; so as to give annoyance. • VEXATIOUS adv. causing vexation. |