| CARBOXYLASE | • carboxylase n. (Biochemistry) Any enzyme that catalyzes either a carboxylation or decarboxylation reaction. • CARBOXYLASE n. an enzyme that catalyzes decarboxylation or carboxylation. |
| 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. |
| COXCOMBICAL | • coxcombical adj. Like, or in the style of, a coxcomb. • COXCOMBICAL adj. foppish, vain, also COXCOMBIC, COXCOMICAL. |
| EXCERPTIBLE | • excerptible adj. Able to be excerpted. • EXCERPTIBLE adj. that can be excerpted. |
| EXCOGITABLE | • excogitable adj. Imaginable; able to be thought or conceived of. • EXCOGITABLE adj. that can be excogitated. |
| EXECUTABLES | • executables n. Plural of executable. • EXECUTABLE n. an executable piece of code. |
| EXERCISABLE | • exercisable adj. Capable of being exercised. • EXERCISABLE adj. that can be exercised. |
| EXTRACTABLE | • extractable adj. Capable of being extracted. • EXTRACTABLE adj. that can be extracted, also EXTRACTIBLE. |
| EXTRACTIBLE | • extractible adj. Alternative spelling of extractable. • EXTRACTIBLE adj. that can be extracted, also EXTRACTABLE. |
| INEXCITABLE | • inexcitable adj. Not excitable. • INEXCITABLE adj. not excitable. |
| INEXCUSABLE | • inexcusable adj. Not excusable. • INEXCUSABLE adj. that cannot be excused. |
| INEXCUSABLY | • inexcusably adv. In an inexcusable manner. • INEXCUSABLE adv. that cannot be excused. |
| INEXECRABLE | • inexecrable adj. (Obsolete) That cannot be execrated enough. • INEXECRABLE adj. (Shakespeare) perhaps a misprint for inexorable, though interpreted by some as an intensive form of execrable. |
| INTOXICABLE | • intoxicable adj. That can become intoxicated. • INTOXICABLE adj. able to be intoxicated. |
| SUBCLIMAXES | • subclimaxes n. Plural of subclimax. • SUBCLIMAX n. a subordinate climax. |
| UNEXCITABLE | • unexcitable adj. Not excitable, not easily excited. • unexcitable adj. Not capable of being excited. • UNEXCITABLE adj. not excitable. |