| CLINOPYROXENES | • clinopyroxenes n. Plural of clinopyroxene. • CLINOPYROXENE n. a member of the pyroxene group of minerals having a monoclinic crystal structure, such as augite, diopside, or jadeite. |
| CYCLOHEXANONES | • cyclohexanones n. Plural of cyclohexanone. • CYCLOHEXANONE n. a liquid ketone used esp. as a solvent and in organic synthesis. |
| CYCLOHEXIMIDES | • cycloheximides n. Plural of cycloheximide. • CYCLOHEXIMIDE n. an agricultural fungicide that inhibits protein synthesis and is obtained from a soil bacterium, Streptomyces griseus. |
| CYCLOOXYGENASE | • cyclooxygenase n. (Biochemistry) Any of several enzymes that catalyze a cyclooxygenation reaction, but especially the… • cyclo-oxygenase n. (Biochemistry) Alternative spelling of cyclooxygenase. |
| DECARBOXYLASES | • decarboxylases n. Plural of decarboxylase. • DECARBOXYLASE n. any of a group of enzymes that accelerate decarboxylation esp. of amino acids. |
| DECARBOXYLATED | • decarboxylated v. Simple past tense and past participle of decarboxylate. • decarboxylated adj. Describing a product of decarboxylation. • DECARBOXYLATE v. to remove carbon dioxide from its substrate. |
| DECARBOXYLATES | • decarboxylates v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of decarboxylate. • DECARBOXYLATE v. to remove carbon dioxide from its substrate. |
| EXCEPTIONALITY | • exceptionality n. (Uncountable) The quality of being exceptional. • exceptionality n. (Countable) A thing, condition, or other matter which is exceptional. • exceptionality n. (Education) the condition of requiring special schooling for reasons of intellectual giftedness or physical… |
| EXOTHERMICALLY | • exothermically adv. In an exothermic manner. • EXOTHERMIC adv. of a chemical reaction, giving out heat, also EXOTHERMAL. |
| EXPLOITATIVELY | • exploitatively adv. In an exploitative manner. • EXPLOITATIVE adv. serving to exploit, also EXPLOITIVE. |
| EXTENSIONALITY | • extensionality n. (Philosophy) The principle that objects are equal if and only if their observed properties are the same… • extensionality n. (Mathematics, functional analysis) The principle that functions are equal if and only if they operate… • extensionality n. (Mathematics, set theory) The principle, codified in the axiom of extensionality, that sets are equal… |
| EXTORTIONATELY | • extortionately adv. In an extortionate manner; in a manner that greatly exceeds what is reasonable or moderate. • EXTORTIONATE adv. characterized by extortion. |
| EXTROVERSIVELY | • extroversively adv. In an extroversive manner. • EXTROVERSIVE adv. characterised by extroversion. |
| HETEROSEXUALLY | • heterosexually adj. In a heterosexual way. • HETEROSEXUAL adv. attracted to the opposite sex. |
| METHOXYFLURANE | • methoxyflurane n. (Pharmaceutical drugs) An inhalational anaesthetic of the 1960s and early 1970s, now largely abandoned… • METHOXYFLURANE n. a potent general anaesthetic administered as a vapor. |
| METROSEXUALITY | • metrosexuality n. The quality of being metrosexual. |