| AFFIXATION | • affixation n. (Linguistics) The adding of an affix to a word. • AFFIXATION n. the act of affixing. |
| ANTITOXINS | • antitoxins n. Plural of antitoxin. • ANTITOXIN n. an antidote to a toxin. |
| ANXIOLYTIC | • anxiolytic adj. (Pharmacology) That reduces anxiety; tranquilizing. • anxiolytic n. (Pharmacology) A drug prescribed for the treatment of symptoms of anxiety. • ANXIOLYTIC adj. serving to reduce tension or stress. |
| CIGUATOXIN | • ciguatoxin n. (Toxicology) Any of several closely related toxins, having a complex structure including a row of thirteen… • CIGUATOXIN n. a toxin found in seafood. |
| DOMINATRIX | • dominatrix n. A dominating woman; a female dominator. • dominatrix n. A dominant female in sadomasochistic practices. • DOMINATRIX n. a prostitute catering for masochists. |
| 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. |
| EXPIATIONS | • expiations n. Plural of expiation. • EXPIATION n. the act of expiating. |
| EXPIRATION | • expiration n. The act of expiring. • expiration n. The act or process of breathing out, or forcing air from the lungs through the nose or mouth. • expiration n. Emission of volatile matter; exhalation. |
| EXUVIATION | • exuviation n. The act of exuviating. • exuviation n. The exuviated coverings; exuviae. • EXUVIATION n. the act of exuviating. |
| INDEXATION | • indexation n. The adjustment of an economic variable (such as a salary) according to an index (such as that of inflation). • INDEXATION n. a system by which wages, rates of interest etc. are directly linked to changes in the cost of living index. |
| INFIXATION | • infixation n. (Linguistic morphology) Word-formation involving an infix or infixes; adding an infix to a word. • infixation n. (Grammar) The state or quality of being infixed. • INFIXATION n. the act of infixing. |
| INTOXICANT | • intoxicant n. Something which intoxicates; an intoxicating agent. • intoxicant n. Poison. • intoxicant adj. Intoxicating. |
| 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. |
| MAXIMATION | • MAXIMATION n. the act of maximising, also MAXIMISATION, MAXIMIZATION. |
| OXIDATIONS | • oxidations n. Plural of oxidation. • OXIDATION n. the act of oxidizing. |
| PIXELATION | • pixelation n. A blocky effect caused by enlarging a bitmap so that individual pixels can be distinguished. • pixelation n. The obscuring or censoring of part of an image by reducing the resolution, resulting in a blocky blur. • PIXELATION n. a video technique in which an image is blurred by being overlaid with a grid of squares, usually to disguise the identity of a person. |
| PIXILATION | • pixilation n. A stop-motion technique where live actors are used as a frame-by-frame subject in an animated film… • pixilation n. Alternative form of pixelation. • PIXILATION n. a technique for making human figures and animals appear to be animated e.g. by the use of stop-frame methods, also PIXELLATION, PIXILLATION. |
| SAXITOXINS | • saxitoxins n. Plural of saxitoxin. • SAXITOXIN n. a nerve poison found in molluscs feeding on dinoflagellates of the genus Gonyaulax. |
| TOXICATION | • toxication n. (Biochemistry) the metabolism of a drug or other compound to produce a toxic metabolite. • TOXICATION n. the state of being toxic. |