| DEXTROUSLY | • dextrously adv. Alternative form of dexterously. • DEXTROUS adv. skillful and active with the hands, also DEXTEROUS. |
| DYSPRAXIAS | • dyspraxias n. Plural of dyspraxia. • DYSPRAXIA n. an impaired ability to perform deliberate actions. |
| EXOCYTOSED | • exocytosed adj. (Biochemistry) Produced by exocytosis. • EXOCYTOSE v. to secrete a substance from within a cell. |
| HEXADECYLS | • hexadecyls n. Plural of hexadecyl. • HEXADECYL n. another name for the radical cetyl. |
| HYDROTAXES | • HYDROTAXIS n. movement towards or away from water. |
| HYDROTAXIS | • hydrotaxis n. (Biology) movement (of an organism or organ) in response to water. • HYDROTAXIS n. movement towards or away from water. |
| HYDROXIDES | • hydroxides n. Plural of hydroxide. • HYDROXIDE n. any compound containing an -OH group. |
| HYDROXIUMS | • HYDROXIUM n. a positive ion, H3O+, formed by the attachment of a proton to a water molecule. |
| MYXOEDEMAS | • myxoedemas n. Plural of myxoedema. • MYXOEDEMA n. a skin disease, marked by swelling and dryness, due to insufficient thyroid secretion, also MYXEDEMA. |
| OXYCODONES | • OXYCODONE n. an opiate drug used as a painkiller. |
| OXYGENISED | • oxygenised v. Simple past tense and past participle of oxygenise. • OXYGENISE v. to oxygenate, also OXYGENIZE. |
| PYRIDOXALS | • pyridoxals n. Plural of pyridoxal. • PYRIDOXAL n. a crystalline aldehyde of the vitamin B6 group. |
| PYRIDOXINS | • pyridoxins n. Plural of pyridoxin. • PYRIDOXIN n. a pyridine derivative, a member of the vitamin B complex, also PYRIDOXINE. |
| SARDONYXES | • sardonyxes n. Plural of sardonyx. • SARDONYX n. (Greek) an onyx with alternate layers of sard and other mineral. |
| XYLOIDINES | • xyloidines n. Plural of xyloidine. • XYLOIDINE n. a substance resembling pyroxylin, obtained by the action of nitric acid on starch, also XYLOIDIN. |