| CHEMOTAXIS | • chemotaxis n. (Biology, biochemistry) The movement of a cell or an organism in response to a chemical stimulant. • CHEMOTAXIS n. orientation of an animalcule relative to a chemical substance. |
| DETOXICANT | • detoxicant adj. That detoxicates. • detoxicant n. Any material that detoxicates. • DETOXICANT n. an agent that detoxicates, gets rid of a poison. |
| DETOXICATE | • detoxicate v. (Of a person) To remove poison (or its effects) from. • detoxicate v. (Of a poison) To counteract, or make less poisonous. • DETOXICATE v. to rid of a poison or the effects of it. |
| EXCAVATION | • excavation n. (Uncountable) The act of excavating, or of making hollow, by cutting, scooping, or digging out a part of a solid mass. • excavation n. (Countable) A cavity formed by cutting, digging, or scooping. • excavation n. (Countable) An uncovered cutting in the earth, in distinction from a covered cutting or tunnel. |
| EXCITATION | • excitation n. The act of exciting or putting in motion; the act of rousing up or awakening. • excitation n. The act of producing excitement (stimulation); also, the excitement produced. • excitation n. (Physiology) The activity produced in an organ, tissue, or part, such as a nerve cell, as a result of stimulation. |
| EXCITATORY | • excitatory adj. Stimulating, exciting or causing excitation; excitative. • EXCITATORY adj. tending to excite. |
| EXCOGITATE | • excogitate v. To think over something carefully; to consider fully; cogitate. • excogitate v. To reach as a conclusion through reason or careful thought. • EXCOGITATE v. to discover by thinking out or reasoning. |
| EXCORIATED | • excoriated v. Simple past tense and past participle of excoriate. • EXCORIATE v. to abrade; to heap abuse. |
| EXCORIATES | • excoriates v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of excoriate. • EXCORIATE v. to abrade; to heap abuse. |
| EXECRATION | • execration n. An act or instance of cursing; a curse dictated by violent feelings of hatred; an imprecation; an expression… • execration n. That which is execrated; a detested thing. • EXECRATION n. the act of cursing. |
| EXOTERICAL | • exoterical adj. Alternative form of exoteric. • EXOTERICAL adj. intelligible to the uninitiated. |
| EXOTICALLY | • exotically adv. In an exotic manner. • EXOTIC adv. from another part of the world. |
| EXPLICATOR | • explicator n. One who or that which explicates. • EXPLICATOR n. one who explicates. |
| EXSICCATOR | • exsiccator n. (Dated) A desiccator. • EXSICCATOR n. a drying agent or apparatus. |
| EXTRACTION | • extraction n. An act of extracting or the condition of being extracted. • extraction n. A person’s origin or ancestry. • extraction n. Something extracted, an extract, as from a plant or an organ of an animal etc. |
| HAEMOTOXIC | • haemotoxic adj. Alternative form of hemotoxic. • HAEMOTOXIC adj. of or like a haemotoxin, a substance that destroys red blood cells, also HEMOTOXIC. |
| INTOXICATE | • intoxicate v. To stupefy by doping with chemical substances such as alcohol. • intoxicate v. To excite to enthusiasm or madness. • intoxicate adj. (Obsolete) Intoxicated. |
| TANOREXICS | • tanorexics n. Plural of tanorexic. • TANOREXIC n. a person obsessed with maintaining a permanent deep tan, esp. through use of tanning machines. |