| ANXIOLYTICS | • anxiolytics n. Plural of anxiolytic. • ANXIOLYTIC n. a drug used to reduce tension. |
| DEOXYGENATE | • deoxygenate v. (Transitive, physiology) To remove dissolved oxygen from (something, such as water or blood). • DEOXYGENATE v. to remove esp. molecular oxygen from. |
| EXORBITANCY | • exorbitancy n. Alternative form of exorbitance. • EXORBITANCY n. the state of being exorbitant, also EXORBITANCE. |
| EXPLANATORY | • explanatory adj. Intended to serve as an explanation. • explanatory adj. (Of a person) Disposed to explain. • EXPLANATORY adj. serving to explain, also EXPLANATIVE. |
| EXTENUATORY | • extenuatory adj. Tending to extenuate or palliate. • EXTENUATORY adj. serving to extenuate. |
| 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. |
| OVERANXIETY | • overanxiety n. Excessive anxiety. • OVERANXIETY n. excessive anxiety. |
| 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. |
| OXYGENATORS | • oxygenators n. Plural of oxygenator. • OXYGENATOR n. an oxidizer. |
| PAROXYTONES | • paroxytones n. Plural of paroxytone. • PAROXYTONE n. a word having an acute accent on the penultimate syllable. |
| PAROXYTONIC | • paroxytonic adj. (Prosody) Of or relating to words whose stress falls on the penultimate syllable. • PAROXYTONIC adj. like a paroxytone. |
| 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. |
| REOXYGENATE | • reoxygenate v. (Transitive) To oxygenate again or anew. • REOXYGENATE v. to oxygenate again. |
| XANTHOPHYLL | • xanthophyll n. (Organic chemistry, countable) Any of various hydroxy, carbonyl or carboxylic acid derivatives of carotenes. • xanthophyll n. (Organic chemistry, uncountable) Lutein. • XANTHOPHYLL n. a yellow carotenoid pigment found with chlorophyll in green plants and in egg yolks, also XANTHOPHYL. |
| XANTHOPHYLS | • xanthophyls n. Plural of xanthophyl. • XANTHOPHYL n. a yellow carotenoid pigment found with chlorophyll in green plants and in egg yolks, also XANTHOPHYLL. |
| ZANTHOXYLUM | • zanthoxylum n. Any of the genus Zanthoxylum of deciduous and evergreen trees and shrubs in the citrus or rue family. • Zanthoxylum prop.n. A taxonomic genus within the family Rutaceae – trees and shrubs including prickly ash and Hercules’… • ZANTHOXYLUM n. a plant of a genus of the rue family found in Brazil, in particular the prickly-ash or Hercules club, also XANTHOXYL, ZANTHOXYL. |