| ANTIOXIDANTS | • antioxidants n. Plural of antioxidant. • ANTIOXIDANT n. a substance (as betacarotene or vitamin C) that inhibits oxidation. |
| AUTOXIDATION | • autoxidation n. (Chemistry) A spontaneous oxidation reaction that results in the slow, flameless combustion of a material. • AUTOXIDATION n. oxidation by direct combination with oxygen at ordinary temperatures. |
| DETOXICATING | • detoxicating v. Present participle of detoxicate. • DETOXICATE v. to rid of a poison or the effects of it. |
| DETOXICATION | • detoxication n. (Biochemistry) Any metabolic process by which the toxicity of a material is reduced. • detoxication n. (Medicine) Any treatment of a patient suffering from poisoning that promotes physiological process to… • DETOXICATION n. the act of detoxicating. |
| DEXTROGYRATE | • dextrogyrate adj. Dextrorotatory. • DEXTROGYRATE adj. causing to turn to the right hand, also DEXTROGYRE. |
| DEXTROROTARY | • dextrorotary adj. Dextrorotatory. • DEXTROROTARY adj. turning to the right, esp. turning plane of polarized light, also DEXTROROTATORY. |
| EXCORTICATED | • excorticated v. Simple past tense and past participle of excorticate. • EXCORTICATE v. to strip the bark off of. |
| EXPECTORATED | • expectorated v. Simple past tense and past participle of expectorate. • EXPECTORATE v. to eject from the throat or lungs by coughing or hawking and spitting. |
| EXPEDITATION | • expeditation n. (UK, obsolete, transitive, law, forest law) The process of expeditating. • EXPEDITATION n. the act of expediting. |
| EXPOSTULATED | • expostulated v. Simple past tense and past participle of expostulate. • EXPOSTULATE v. to remonstrate; to discuss or reason with. |
| EXTRADITIONS | • extraditions n. Plural of extradition. • EXTRADITION n. a delivering up of an accused person by one government to another. |
| EXTRAPOLATED | • extrapolated v. Simple past tense and past participle of extrapolate. • EXTRAPOLATE v. to infer (values of a variable in an unobserved interval) from values within an already observed interval. |
| MALTODEXTRIN | • maltodextrin n. (Biochemistry) A type of dextrin commonly used as a food additive. • MALTODEXTRIN n. any of various carbohydrates derived from the partial hydrolysis of starch (as of corn or potatoes). |