| APPROXIMATELY | • approximately adv. Imprecise but close to in quantity or amount. • APPROXIMATE adv. close together. |
| CARBOXYLATING | • carboxylating v. Present participle of carboxylate. • CARBOXYLATE v. to introduce carboxyl or carbon dioxide into (a compound) with formation of a carboxylic acid. |
| CARBOXYLATION | • carboxylation n. (Organic chemistry) Any reaction that introduces a carboxylate group into a molecule. • CARBOXYLATION n. the act of carboxylating. |
| COCARBOXYLASE | • cocarboxylase n. A compound, related to vitamin B, that can be prepared from aneurine. • COCARBOXYLASE n. a coenzyme that is a pyrophosphate of thiamine and is important in metabolic reactions. |
| DECARBOXYLASE | • decarboxylase n. (Biochemistry) Any enzyme that catalyzes the hydrolysis of a carboxyl group, effectively removing carbon… • DECARBOXYLASE n. any of a group of enzymes that accelerate decarboxylation esp. of amino acids. |
| DECARBOXYLATE | • decarboxylate v. (Organic chemistry) To remove one or more carboxyl groups from a molecule. • DECARBOXYLATE v. to remove carbon dioxide from its substrate. |
| EXAGGERATEDLY | • exaggeratedly adv. To an excessive degree; in an exaggerated manner. • EXAGGERATED adv. EXAGGERATE, to enlarge beyond bounds or the truth. |
| EXASPERATEDLY | • exasperatedly adv. In an exasperated manner. • EXASPERATED adv. EXASPERATE, to excite the anger of. |
| EXCLAMATORILY | • exclamatorily adv. In an exclamatory way. • EXCLAMATORY adv. containing or expressing exclamation, also EXCLAMATIVE. |
| EXPLANATORILY | • explanatorily adv. With regard to explanation, or explanatory power. • EXPLANATORY adv. serving to explain, also EXPLANATIVE. |
| EXTRALIMITARY | • extralimitary adj. Beyond the limit or bounds. • EXTRALIMITARY adj. not found within a given faunal area; lying outside a prescribed area. |
| EXTRALITERARY | • extraliterary adj. Outside literature. • EXTRALITERARY adj. lying outside the field of literature. |
| EXTRAPOLATORY | • extrapolatory adj. Serving to extrapolate. • EXTRAPOLATORY adj. of or like an extrapolation. |
| EXTRAVAGANTLY | • extravagantly adv. With lavish expenditure or behaviour. • EXTRAVAGANT adv. exceeding the limits of reason or necessity. |
| MAXILLIPEDARY | • maxillipedary adj. Of, or pertaining to, the maxilliped. • MAXILLIPEDARY adj. like a maxilliped, one of the mouth appendages of Crustacea. |
| PARADOXICALLY | • paradoxically adv. In a paradoxical manner; so as to create a paradox. • PARADOXICAL adv. of the nature of a paradox, also PARADOXAL. |
| PARASEXUALITY | • parasexuality n. (Biology) A phenomenon, involving a complex form of mitosis, whereby two cell nuclei merge without any… • PARASEXUALITY n. the state of being parasexual. |
| TRANSEXUALITY | • TRANSEXUALITY n. the state of being transsexual, also TRANSSEXUALITY. |
| XYLOGRAPHICAL | • xylographical adj. Xylographic. • XYLOGRAPHICAL adj. relating to xylography, the art of making engravings on wood, also XYLOGRAPHIC. |