| ALEXANDRITES | • alexandrites n. Plural of alexandrite. • ALEXANDRITE n. a gem variety of chrysoberyl which appears green in daylight and red in artificial light. |
| ANDROMEDOTOXINS | • andromedotoxins n. Plural of andromedotoxin. • ANDROMEDOTOXIN n. a poisonous substance extracted from plants of the heath family and used in medicine to lower high blood pressure. |
| DEXTRANASE | • dextranase n. (Biochemistry) An enzyme that catalyzes the endohydrolysis of (1->6)-alpha-D-glucosidic linkages in dextran. • DEXTRANASE n. a hydrolase that prevents tooth decay. |
| DEXTRANASES | • dextranases n. Plural of dextranase. • DEXTRANASE n. a hydrolase that prevents tooth decay. |
| DEXTRANS | • dextrans n. Plural of dextran. • DEXTRAN n. a substitute for blood plasma. |
| DEXTROROTATIONS | • dextrorotations n. Plural of dextrorotation. • DEXTROROTATION n. rotation to the right. |
| DOMINATRIXES | • dominatrixes n. Plural of dominatrix. • DOMINATRIX n. a prostitute catering for masochists. |
| EXAGGERATEDNESS | • exaggeratedness n. The quality of being exaggerated. • EXAGGERATEDNESS n. the state of being exaggerated. |
| EXHEREDATIONS | • exheredations n. Plural of exheredation. • EXHEREDATION n. the act of exheredating, disinheriting. |
| EXTERNALISED | • externalised v. Simple past tense and past participle of externalise. • EXTERNALISE v. to make external, also EXTERNALIZE. |
| EXTRADITIONS | • extraditions n. Plural of extradition. • EXTRADITION n. a delivering up of an accused person by one government to another. |
| EXTRAORDINARIES | • extraordinaries n. Plural of extraordinary. • extra-ordinaries n. Plural of extra-ordinary. • EXTRAORDINARY n. something out of the ordinary. |
| MALTODEXTRINS | • maltodextrins n. Plural of maltodextrin. • MALTODEXTRIN n. any of various carbohydrates derived from the partial hydrolysis of starch (as of corn or potatoes). |
| PEROXIDATIONS | • peroxidations n. Plural of peroxidation. • PEROXIDATION n. the creation of a peroxide. |
| REOXIDATIONS | • reoxidations n. Plural of reoxidation. • REOXIDATION n. the process of reoxidizing. |
| SINISTRODEXTRAL | • sinistrodextral adj. Moving or directed from the left to the right. • SINISTRODEXTRAL adj. going or directed from left to right, as a sinistrodextral script. |
| TAXIDERMISING | • TAXIDERMISE v. to practise taxidermy, also TAXIDERMIZE. |
| TRANSFIXED | • transfixed adj. Rendered motionless by completely focused attention, rapt, entranced, mesmerized. • transfixed v. Simple past tense and past participle of transfix. • TRANSFIX v. to impale. |
| UNDERTAXES | • undertaxes v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of undertax. • UNDERTAX v. to tax less than the usual amount. |