| AUXANOMETER | • auxanometer n. An instrument to measure the growth of plants. • AUXANOMETER n. an instrument for measuring growth of plants. |
| 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. |
| CONTEXTURAL | • contextural adj. Relating to contexture or arrangement of parts; producing contexture; interwoven. • CONTEXTURAL adj. relating to contexture, weaving together. |
| EXCULPATORY | • exculpatory adj. Tending to excuse or clear of wrongdoing. • EXCULPATORY adj. tending or serving to clear from alleged fault or guilt. |
| EXECUTORIAL | • executorial adj. Of or relating to an executive (Branch of government etc.). • executorial adj. Of or relating to an executor. • EXECUTORIAL adj. relating to an executor. |
| EXPURGATION | • expurgation n. The act of expurgating, purging, or cleansing; purification from anything noxious, offensive, sinful, or erroneous. • EXPURGATION n. the act of expurgating. |
| EXPURGATORS | • expurgators n. Plural of expurgator. • EXPURGATOR n. one who expurgates. |
| EXPURGATORY | • expurgatory adj. Serving to expurgate. • EXPURGATORY adj. tending to expurgate or purify, also EXPURGATORIAL. |
| EXTENUATORS | • extenuators n. Plural of extenuator. • EXTENUATOR n. one who extenuates. |
| EXTENUATORY | • extenuatory adj. Tending to extenuate or palliate. • EXTENUATORY adj. serving to extenuate. |
| HETEROAUXIN | • heteroauxin n. A growth-promoting hormone, 3-indoleacetic acid, occurring in some plants. • HETEROAUXIN n. a natural plant hormone, used esp. for stimulating growth and root formation in plant cutting. |
| LUXURIATION | • luxuriation n. The act of enjoying or experiencing luxury. • LUXURIATION n. the act of luxuriating. |
| METROSEXUAL | • metrosexual n. A man — typically urban, heterosexual, and affluent — who is concerned with personal appearance, such… • metrosexual n. A heterosexual man who is seen, sociologically, as having attributes common to homosexuals. • metrosexual adj. Of or relating to a metrosexual or the metrosexual lifestyle. |
| RETROSEXUAL | • retrosexual n. A man who embraces traditional masculinity in his dress and behavior. • retrosexual n. (Humorous) One who has not had sex in a very long time. • RETROSEXUAL n. a man with traditional sexual attitudes. |
| THOROUGHWAX | • thoroughwax n. An umbelliferous plant (Bupleurum rotundifolium) with perfoliate leaves. • thoroughwax n. The thoroughwort. • THOROUGHWAX n. the plant hare's-ear, from the stem seeming to 'wax' (i.e. grow) through the leaves. |