| APPROXIMATE | • approximate adj. Approaching; proximate; nearly resembling. • approximate adj. Nearing correctness; nearly exact; not perfectly accurate. • approximate v. (Transitive, intransitive) To estimate. |
| AUXANOMETER | • auxanometer n. An instrument to measure the growth of plants. • AUXANOMETER n. an instrument for measuring growth of plants. |
| 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. |
| EXAGGERATOR | • exaggerator n. Someone who exaggerates. • EXAGGERATOR n. one who exaggerates. |
| EXAMINATORS | • examinators n. Plural of examinator. • EXAMINATOR n. an examiner. |
| EXASPERATOR | • exasperator n. Alternative spelling of exasperater. • EXASPERATOR n. one who exasperates, also EXASPERATER. |
| EXCARNATION | • excarnation n. The act of removing flesh. • excarnation n. The burial practice of removing (or causing to be removed) the flesh and organs of the dead, leaving… • EXCARNATION n. the act of excarnating, removing the flesh from. |
| EXCLAMATORY | • exclamatory adj. Resembling an exclamation. • exclamatory adj. Emphatic. • EXCLAMATORY adj. containing or expressing exclamation, also EXCLAMATIVE. |
| EXHILARATOR | • exhilarator n. One who, or that which, causes exhilaration. • EXHILARATOR n. one who exhilarates. |
| EXOPARASITE | • exoparasite n. (Biology) Alternative form of ectoparasite. • EXOPARASITE n. a parasite, such as the flea, that lives on the outer surface of its host. |
| EXPATIATORS | • expatiators n. Plural of expatiator. • EXPATIATOR n. one who expatiates. |
| EXPATIATORY | • expatiatory adj. Expansive; diffusive. • EXPATIATORY adj. expansive, also EXPATIATIVE. |
| EXPLANATORY | • explanatory adj. Intended to serve as an explanation. • explanatory adj. (Of a person) Disposed to explain. • EXPLANATORY adj. serving to explain, also EXPLANATIVE. |
| 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. |
| HETEROTAXIA | • heterotaxia n. Heterotaxis. • HETEROTAXIA n. the abnormal disposition of organs or parts, also HETEROTAXY. |
| RELAXATIONS | • relaxations n. Plural of relaxation. • RELAXATION n. the act of relaxing or state of being relaxed. |
| STEREOTAXIA | • STEREOTAXIA n. the electrical destruction of a small area of brain tissue, using stereotactic methods, to relieve disorders such as epilepsy and Parkinsonism. |
| XEROSTOMATA | • XEROSTOMA n. excessive dryness of the mouth due to insufficient secretions, also XEROSTOMIA. |