| ALEXIPHARMIC | • alexipharmic n. (Pharmacology, chiefly archaic or historical, also figuratively) Synonym of alexipharmac (“a medical… • alexipharmic adj. (Pharmacology, chiefly archaic or historical) Synonym of alexipharmac (“of or pertaining to an alexipharmac;… • ALEXIPHARMIC adj. acting as an antidote to poison. |
| AXEROPHTHOLS | • AXEROPHTHOL n. vitamin A, a pale yellow crystalline substance, deficiency of which causes xerophthalmia. |
| EXOSPHERICAL | • EXOSPHERICAL adj. related to the exosphere, the outermost layer of the earth's atmosphere, also EXOSPHERIC. |
| EXTREMOPHILE | • extremophile n. (Ecology) An organism that lives under extreme conditions of temperature, salinity etc; commercially… • EXTREMOPHILE n. an organism that lives under extreme environmental conditions. |
| FLEXOGRAPHIC | • flexographic adj. Of or pertaining to flexography. • FLEXOGRAPHIC adj. relating to flexography. |
| HETERODUPLEX | • heteroduplex n. (Biochemistry) A nucleic acid composed of two chains with each derived from a different parent molecule. • heteroduplex v. To form such a compound by genetic recombination. • HETERODUPLEX n. a nucleic-acid molecule, such as DNA, composed of two chains with each derived from a different parent molecule. |
| HYPERCOMPLEX | • hypercomplex adj. (Mathematics) Describing any of several types of higher-dimensional numbers having some characteristics… • hypercomplex n. (Mathematics) A hypercomplex number. • HYPERCOMPLEX adj. excessively complex. |
| HYPERTEXTUAL | • hypertextual adj. Of or relating to hypertext. |
| LEXICOGRAPHY | • lexicography n. (Uncountable) The art or craft of compiling, writing, and editing dictionaries. • lexicography n. (Uncountable, linguistics) The scholarly discipline of analysing and describing the semantic, syntagmatic… • lexicography n. (Countable) A dictionary, a lexicon, a wordbook. |
| LEXIGRAPHIES | • lexigraphies n. Plural of lexigraphy. • LEXIGRAPHY n. the art of the definition of words. |
| MORPHALLAXES | • morphallaxes n. Plural of morphallaxis. • MORPHALLAXIS n. regeneration in a changed form. |
| MORPHALLAXIS | • morphallaxis n. (Biology) The regeneration of specific tissue due to loss or death of the existing tissue. • MORPHALLAXIS n. regeneration in a changed form. |
| PYRRHULOXIAS | • pyrrhuloxias n. Plural of pyrrhuloxia. • PYRRHULOXIA n. a grey-and-pink crested bunting of Central and SW North America, with a short parrot-like bill. |
| SUPERHELIXES | • superhelixes n. Plural of superhelix. • SUPERHELIX n. a helix, as of DNA, which has its axis arranged in a helical coil. |
| TROPHALLAXES | • trophallaxes n. Plural of trophallaxis. • TROPHALLAXIS n. mutual exchange of nutriment in symbiosis. |
| TROPHALLAXIS | • trophallaxis n. (Biology) The mutual exchange of (fluid) food between individuals, especially in social insects. • TROPHALLAXIS n. mutual exchange of nutriment in symbiosis. |
| XIPHIPLASTRA | • xiphiplastra n. Plural of xiphiplastron. • XIPHIPLASTRON n. in chelonians, one of the plates forming the plastron, lying posterior to the hypoplastron. |
| XYLOGRAPHERS | • xylographers n. Plural of xylographer. • XYLOGRAPHER n. one who practises xylography, the art of making engravings on wood. |
| XYLOGRAPHIES | • xylographies n. Plural of xylography. • XYLOGRAPHY n. the art of making engravings on wood, esp. for printing. |
| XYLOGRAPHING | • xylographing v. Present participle of xylograph. • XYLOGRAPH v. to copy by xylograph. |