| CARBOXYLASES | • carboxylases n. Plural of carboxylase. • CARBOXYLASE n. an enzyme that catalyzes decarboxylation or carboxylation. |
| CARBOXYLATED | • carboxylated v. Simple past tense and past participle of carboxylate. • carboxylated adj. (Chemistry) Converted into a carboxylic acid, normally by the oxidation of an alcohol or aldehyde. • CARBOXYLATE v. to introduce carboxyl or carbon dioxide into (a compound) with formation of a carboxylic acid. |
| CARBOXYLATES | • carboxylates n. Plural of carboxylate. • CARBOXYLATE v. to introduce carboxyl or carbon dioxide into (a compound) with formation of a carboxylic acid. |
| CONTRASEXUAL | • contrasexual adj. (Jungian psychology, of part of the psyche) Having characteristics of the opposite gender. • CONTRASEXUAL n. one who represses the personality traits that most people repress because they are characteristic of the opposite sex. |
| DICARBOXYLIC | • dicarboxylic adj. (Organic chemistry) Having two carboxylic groups. • DICARBOXYLIC adj. containing two carboxyl groups in the molecule. |
| EXCLUSIONARY | • exclusionary adj. Acting to exclude something. • EXCLUSIONARY adj. relating to exclusion. |
| EXORCISTICAL | • exorcistical adj. Relating to exorcism. • EXORCISTICAL adj. relating to exorcism, also EXORCISTIC. |
| EXOSPHERICAL | • EXOSPHERICAL adj. related to the exosphere, the outermost layer of the earth's atmosphere, also EXOSPHERIC. |
| EXOTERICALLY | • exoterically adv. In an exoteric manner. • EXOTERICAL adv. intelligible to the uninitiated. |
| EXTRALOGICAL | • extralogical adj. Outside of the domain of logic. • EXTRALOGICAL adj. not guided or determined by considerations of logic. |
| EXULCERATION | • exulceration n. (Obsolete) ulceration. • exulceration n. (Obsolete) fretting; festering; soreness. • EXULCERATION n. ulceration. |
| FLEXOGRAPHIC | • flexographic adj. Of or pertaining to flexography. • FLEXOGRAPHIC adj. relating to flexography. |
| HEXACHLORIDE | • hexachloride n. (Chemistry) Any chloride having six chlorine atoms. • HEXACHLORIDE n. a chloride containing six atoms of chlorine. |
| LEXICOGRAPHY | • lexicography n. (Uncountable) The art or craft of compiling, writing, and editing dictionaries. • lexicography n. (Uncountable, linguistics) The scholarly discipline of analysing and describing the semantic, syntagmatic… • lexicography n. (Countable) A dictionary, a lexicon, a wordbook. |
| LOXODROMICAL | • loxodromical adj. Synonym of loxodromic. • LOXODROMICAL adj. pertaining to sailing on rhumb lines, also LOXODROMIC. |