| ALEXANDRITE | • alexandrite n. (Mineralogy) A form of chrysoberyl that displays a colour change dependent upon the light source, along… • ALEXANDRITE n. a gem variety of chrysoberyl which appears green in daylight and red in artificial light. |
| CARBOXYLATE | • carboxylate n. (Organic chemistry) Any salt or ester of a carboxylic acid. • carboxylate v. (Organic chemistry) To form a carboxyl group by introduction of carbon dioxide. • carboxylate v. (Organic chemistry) To react with a carboxylic acid. |
| EARTHFLAXES | • EARTHFLAX n. asbestos. |
| EXCLAMATORY | • exclamatory adj. Resembling an exclamation. • exclamatory adj. Emphatic. • EXCLAMATORY adj. containing or expressing exclamation, also EXCLAMATIVE. |
| EXHILARANTS | • exhilarants n. Plural of exhilarant. • EXHILARANT n. an exhilarant medicine. |
| EXHILARATED | • exhilarated v. Simple past tense and past participle of exhilarate. • EXHILARATE v. to make cheerful and excited. |
| EXHILARATES | • exhilarates v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of exhilarate. • EXHILARATE v. to make cheerful and excited. |
| EXHILARATOR | • exhilarator n. One who, or that which, causes exhilaration. • EXHILARATOR n. one who exhilarates. |
| EXPLANATORY | • explanatory adj. Intended to serve as an explanation. • explanatory adj. (Of a person) Disposed to explain. • EXPLANATORY adj. serving to explain, also EXPLANATIVE. |
| EXTRACTABLE | • extractable adj. Capable of being extracted. • EXTRACTABLE adj. that can be extracted, also EXTRACTIBLE. |
| EXTRADURALS | • extradurals n. Plural of extradural. • EXTRADURAL n. the epidural injection of an anaesthetic esp. in childbirth. |
| EXTRAFLORAL | • extrafloral adj. (Botany) Describing a nectary that is situated on a leaf or stem rather than in a flower. • EXTRAFLORAL adj. of nectaries borne outside flowers. |
| EXTRAPOLATE | • extrapolate v. (Transitive) To infer by extending known information. • extrapolate v. (Transitive, mathematics) To estimate the value of a variable outside a known range from values within… • EXTRAPOLATE v. to infer (values of a variable in an unobserved interval) from values within an already observed interval. |
| FLEXITARIAN | • flexitarian n. One who is usually or primarily vegetarian, but not strictly so. • flexitarian adj. (Of a person) Being a flexitarian. • flexitarian adj. (Of food, a diet, etc.) Being what a flexitarian might eat. |
| INTRASEXUAL | • intrasexual adj. Within a group of individuals of the same sex. • INTRASEXUAL adj. within or between members of the same sex. |
| RELAXATIONS | • relaxations n. Plural of relaxation. • RELAXATION n. the act of relaxing or state of being relaxed. |
| RELAXATIVES | • relaxatives n. Plural of relaxative. • RELAXATIVE n. a medication or activity that promotes relaxation. |
| TRANSEXUALS | • transexuals n. Plural of transexual. • TRANSEXUAL n. a person anatomically of one sex but having a strong desire to adopt the physical characteristics and role of a member of the opposite sex, also TRANSSEXUAL. |
| TRANSSEXUAL | • transsexual adj. (Of a person) Having changed, or being in the process of changing, physical sex (because it does not… • transsexual n. A transsexual person. • TRANSSEXUAL n. a person anatomically of one sex but having a strong desire to adopt the physical characteristics and role of a member of the opposite sex, also TRANSEXUAL. |