| 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. |
| CEPHALOTHORAX | • cephalothorax n. The fused head and thorax of spiders and crustaceans. • CEPHALOTHORAX n. the body, or head with thorax, of spiders, crustaceans, etc. |
| CONTRASEXUALS | • CONTRASEXUAL n. one who represses the personality traits that most people repress because they are characteristic of the opposite sex. |
| DECARBOXYLATE | • decarboxylate v. (Organic chemistry) To remove one or more carboxyl groups from a molecule. • DECARBOXYLATE v. to remove carbon dioxide from its substrate. |
| EXCLAMATORILY | • exclamatorily adv. In an exclamatory way. • EXCLAMATORY adv. containing or expressing exclamation, also EXCLAMATIVE. |
| EXHILARATIONS | • exhilarations n. Plural of exhilaration. • EXHILARATION n. the action of exhilarating. |
| EXPLANATORILY | • explanatorily adv. With regard to explanation, or explanatory power. • EXPLANATORY adv. serving to explain, also EXPLANATIVE. |
| EXPLORATIONAL | • explorational adj. Of, pertaining to, or by means of exploration. • EXPLORATIONAL adj. relating to exploration. |
| EXPURGATORIAL | • expurgatorial adj. Tending or serving to expurgate; expurgatory. • EXPURGATORIAL adj. tending to expurgate or purify, also EXPURGATORY. |
| EXTRAPOLATING | • extrapolating v. Present participle of extrapolate. • EXTRAPOLATE v. to infer (values of a variable in an unobserved interval) from values within an already observed interval. |
| EXTRAPOLATION | • extrapolation n. (Mathematics) A calculation of an estimate of the value of some function outside the range of known values. • extrapolation n. An inference about some hypothetical situation based on known facts. • extrapolation n. (Music) The diametric opposite of interpolation. |
| EXTRAPOLATIVE | • extrapolative adj. That serves to extrapolate. • EXTRAPOLATIVE adj. relating to extrapolation. |
| EXTRAPOLATORS | • extrapolators n. Plural of extrapolator. • EXTRAPOLATOR n. one who extrapolates. |
| EXTRAPOLATORY | • extrapolatory adj. Serving to extrapolate. • EXTRAPOLATORY adj. of or like an extrapolation. |
| EXTRATROPICAL | • extratropical adj. Occurring outside the tropics, usually in temperate latitudes. • extratropical adj. (Meteorology) Lacking or having lost tropical characteristics. • EXTRATROPICAL adj. outside the tropics. |
| HEXOBARBITALS | • HEXOBARBITAL n. a barbiturate used as a sedative and hypnotic. |
| PROTOGALAXIES | • protogalaxies n. Plural of protogalaxy. • PROTOGALAXY n. a galaxy in its initial state of formation. |
| XEROPHTHALMIA | • xerophthalmia n. (Ophthalmology) A condition due to a deficiency of vitamin A where the conjunctiva and cornea become… • XEROPHTHALMIA n. extreme dryness of the conjunctive, thought to stem from a vitamin A deficiency, also XEROMA. |