| ALEXITHYMIA | • alexithymia n. A deficiency in understanding, processing, or describing emotions. • ALEXITHYMIA n. an inability to recognize, understand, and describe emotions. |
| EXANTHEMATA | • exanthemata n. Plural of exanthema. • EXANTHEMA n. a skin eruption, esp. accompanied by fever, also EXANTHEM. |
| EXHUMATIONS | • exhumations n. Plural of exhumation. • EXHUMATION n. the act of exhuming. |
| HAEMOTOXINS | • haemotoxins n. Plural of haemotoxin. • HAEMOTOXIN n. a substance that destroys red blood cells, also HEMOTOXIN. |
| HEMATOXYLIN | • hematoxylin n. (Medicine, organic chemistry) A phenolic compound having the chemical formula C16H14O6, used (most often… • HEMATOXYLIN n. a dye obtained from logwood, also HAEMATOXYLIN. |
| HEXAMETRISE | • HEXAMETRISE v. to put into hexameters, also HEXAMETRIZE. |
| HEXAMETRIST | • hexametrist n. One who writes in hexameter. • HEXAMETRIST n. a writer of hexameters. |
| HEXAMETRIZE | • hexametrize v. (Transitive) To convert to hexameter. • HEXAMETRIZE v. to put into hexameters, also HEXAMETRISE. |
| MIXOTROPHIC | • mixotrophic adj. Of or pertaining to mixotrophy or mixotrophs. • MIXOTROPHIC adj. combining different modes of nutrition. |
| THERMOTAXES | • thermotaxes n. Plural of thermotaxis. • THERMOTAXIS n. movement influenced or controlled by heat. |
| THERMOTAXIC | • thermotaxic adj. (Biology) Relating to the regulation of temperature in the animal body. • THERMOTAXIC adj. of or showing thermotaxis, also THERMOTACTIC. |
| THERMOTAXIS | • thermotaxis n. (Biology) Movement in response to temperature. • THERMOTAXIS n. movement influenced or controlled by heat. |
| THIGMOTAXES | • thigmotaxes n. Plural of thigmotaxis. • THIGMOTAXIS n. the movement of a plant towards or away from an object. |
| THIGMOTAXIS | • thigmotaxis n. (Biology) The movement of an organism either towards or away from the stimulus of physical contact. • THIGMOTAXIS n. the movement of a plant towards or away from an object. |
| THROMBOXANE | • thromboxane n. (Organic chemistry, medicine) Any of a number of eicosanoids, related to prostaglandin, that have a… • THROMBOXANE n. any of several compounds formed from prostaglandin endoperoxides which, when released from blood platelets, induce platelet aggregation and arterial constriction. |
| XERANTHEMUM | • xeranthemum n. Any of the genus Xeranthemum of flowering plants native to Southern Europe. • XERANTHEMUM n. any plant of the Xeranthemum genus of plants of southern Europe, belonging to the thistle family. |
| XEROPHYTISM | • xerophytism n. (Botany) The adaptation of plants to habitats where water is scarce. • XEROPHYTISM n. being a xerophyte. |
| XEROTHERMIC | • xerothermic adj. (Sciences) Both hot and dry. • xerothermic adj. (Of an organism) That flourishes in hot, dry conditions. • XEROTHERMIC adj. of a region or climate, both dry and hot; of an animal or plant, living in a xerothermic environment. |
| ZANTHOXYLUM | • zanthoxylum n. Any of the genus Zanthoxylum of deciduous and evergreen trees and shrubs in the citrus or rue family. • Zanthoxylum prop.n. A taxonomic genus within the family Rutaceae – trees and shrubs including prickly ash and Hercules’… • ZANTHOXYLUM n. a plant of a genus of the rue family found in Brazil, in particular the prickly-ash or Hercules club, also XANTHOXYL, ZANTHOXYL. |