| CHATTERBOX | • chatterbox n. (Informal) One who chats or talks to excess. • chatterbox n. A cootie catcher (children’s fortune-telling device). • chatterbox n. (Computing) Synonym of chatterbot. |
| CHEMOTAXES | • chemotaxes n. Plural of chemotaxis. • CHEMOTAXIS n. orientation of an animalcule relative to a chemical substance. |
| CHEMOTAXIS | • chemotaxis n. (Biology, biochemistry) The movement of a cell or an organism in response to a chemical stimulant. • CHEMOTAXIS n. orientation of an animalcule relative to a chemical substance. |
| CIPHERTEXT | • ciphertext n. Encoded text, text that is unreadable. • CIPHERTEXT n. enciphered text. |
| EXARCHATES | • exarchates n. Plural of exarchate. • EXARCHATE n. the office or the province of an exarch, the rank below patriarch in the Eastern church. |
| EXARCHISTS | • exarchists n. Plural of exarchist. • EXARCHIST n. a supporter of the Bulgarian exarch. |
| EXOTHERMIC | • exothermic adj. (Chemistry, of a reaction) That releases energy in the form of heat. • exothermic adj. (Chemistry, of a compound) That releases heat during its formation, and absorbs it during its decomposition. • exothermic adj. (Zoology) Of an animal: whose body temperature is regulated by external factors; cold-blooded. |
| HAEMOTOXIC | • haemotoxic adj. Alternative form of hemotoxic. • HAEMOTOXIC adj. of or like a haemotoxin, a substance that destroys red blood cells, also HEMOTOXIC. |
| HEXACTINAL | • hexactinal adj. (Biology) Having six rays. • HEXACTINAL adj. having six rays. |
| HEXAMETRIC | • hexametric adj. Relating to or exhibiting hexameter. • HEXAMETRIC adj. of verse, written in hexameters, also HEXAMETRAL, HEXAMETRICAL. |
| HEXASTICHS | • hexastichs n. Plural of hexastich. • HEXASTICH n. a poem or stanza of six lines, also HEXASTICHON. |
| MATCHBOXES | • matchboxes n. Plural of matchbox. • MATCHBOX n. a small box. |
| WATCHBOXES | • watchboxes n. Plural of watchbox. • WATCHBOX n. a sentry box. |
| XENOLITHIC | • xenolithic adj. Being or pertaining to a xenolith. • XENOLITHIC adj. of or like a xenolith, a rock fragment foreign to the igneous mass in which it occurs. |
| XEROPHYTIC | • xerophytic adj. (Botany) Of, pertaining to, or being a xerophyte. • xerophytic adj. (Ecology) Having a very dry environment. • xerophytic n. Xerophyte. |