| AMBIDEXTROUS | • ambidextrous adj. Having equal ability in both hands; in particular, able to write equally well with both hands. • ambidextrous adj. Equally usable by left-handed and right-handed people (as a tool or instrument). • ambidextrous adj. (Archaic) Practising or siding with both parties. |
| AUXOTROPHIES | • auxotrophies n. Plural of auxotrophy. • AUXOTROPHY n. the state of being auxotrophic, requiring a specific growth substance beyond the minimum required for normal metabolism. |
| COADJUTRIXES | • coadjutrixes n. Plural of coadjutrix. • COADJUTRIX n. a female coadjutor or assistant, also COADJUTRESS. |
| EXCRUCIATING | • excruciating adj. Causing great pain or anguish, agonizing. • excruciating adj. Exceedingly intense; extreme. • EXCRUCIATE v. to inflict intense pain on. |
| EXCRUCIATION | • excruciation n. Excruciating pain. • EXCRUCIATION n. the act of excruciating. |
| EXPURGATIONS | • expurgations n. Plural of expurgation. • EXPURGATION n. the act of expurgating. |
| EXTRAMUSICAL | • extramusical adj. Apart from and in addition to music. • EXTRAMUSICAL adj. lying outside the province of music. |
| EXTRAUTERINE | • extrauterine adj. Outside the uterus. • EXTRAUTERINE adj. situated or occurring outside the uterus. |
| EXULCERATING | • exulcerating v. Present participle of exulcerate. • EXULCERATE v. to ulcerate. |
| EXULCERATION | • exulceration n. (Obsolete) ulceration. • exulceration n. (Obsolete) fretting; festering; soreness. • EXULCERATION n. ulceration. |
| FLUIDEXTRACT | • fluidextract n. Dated form of fluid extract. • FLUIDEXTRACT n. an alcohol preparation of a plant-derived drug containing the active constituents of one gram of the dry drug in each milliliter. |
| HETERAUXESIS | • heterauxesis n. (Botany) unequal growth of a cell, or of part of a plant. • HETERAUXESIS n. unsymmetrical growth. |
| HETEROAUXINS | • heteroauxins n. Plural of heteroauxin. • HETEROAUXIN n. a natural plant hormone, used esp. for stimulating growth and root formation in plant cutting. |
| INTERSEXUALS | • intersexuals n. Plural of intersexual. • INTERSEXUAL n. someone existing between sexes. |
| INTERTEXTUAL | • intertextual adj. Pertaining to intertextuality; being or involving the reference to one text in another. • INTERTEXTUAL adj. of or like an intertext. |
| LUXURIATIONS | • luxuriations n. Plural of luxuriation. • LUXURIATION n. the act of luxuriating. |
| QUADRATRIXES | • quadratrixes n. Plural of quadratrix. • QUADRATRIX n. a curve by which a circle may be squared. |