| ANDROMEDOTOXIN | • andromedotoxin n. One of the grayanotoxins; grayanotoxin I. • ANDROMEDOTOXIN n. a poisonous substance extracted from plants of the heath family and used in medicine to lower high blood pressure. |
| DEXTROGLUCOSES | • dextroglucoses n. Plural of dextroglucose. • DEXTROGLUCOSE n. a white soluble sweet-tasting crystalline solid that is the dextrorotatory isomer of glucose, aka dextrose. |
| DEXTROROTATION | • dextrorotation n. Rotation in a clockwise direction, especially such rotation of the plane of polarized light. • DEXTROROTATION n. rotation to the right. |
| DEXTROROTATORY | • dextrorotatory adj. (Chemistry, of an optically active compound or crystal) That rotates the plane of polarized light to… • DEXTROROTATORY adj. turning to the right, esp. turning plane of polarized light, also DEXTROROTARY. |
| HYDROEXTRACTOR | • hydroextractor n. A machine that uses a rotating drum to remove excess water from textiles. • HYDROEXTRACTOR n. a drying machine that works centrifugally. |
| HYDROPEROXIDES | • hydroperoxides n. Plural of hydroperoxide. • HYDROPEROXIDE n. a compound containing an O2H group. |
| HYDROXYLATIONS | • hydroxylations n. Plural of hydroxylation. • HYDROXYLATION n. the act of hydroxylating. |
| HYDROXYPROLINE | • hydroxyproline n. (Biochemistry) A hydroxy derivative of the amino acid proline found in the structural proteins of connective tissue. • HYDROXYPROLINE n. an amino acid. |
| ISOCARBOXAZIDS | • ISOCARBOXAZID n. an antidepressant drug. |
| LOXODROMICALLY | • loxodromically adv. In a loxodromic fashion. • LOXODROMICAL adv. pertaining to sailing on rhumb lines, also LOXODROMIC. |
| NEOORTHODOXIES | • NEOORTHODOXY n. reactionaryism. |
| OXIDOREDUCTASE | • oxidoreductase n. (Biochemistry) Any enzyme that catalyzes an oxidation-reduction (redox) reaction. • OXIDOREDUCTASE n. an enzyme that catalyzes an oxidationreduction reaction. |
| PARADOXOLOGIES | • paradoxologies n. Plural of paradoxology. • PARADOXOLOGY n. the holding or maintaining of paradoxes. |