| EXHAUSTION | • exhaustion n. The point of complete depletion, of the state of being used up. • exhaustion n. Supreme tiredness; having exhausted energy. • exhaustion n. (Dated, chemistry) The removal (by percolation etc) of an active medicinal constituent from plant material. |
| XIPHOSURAN | • xiphosuran n. (Zoology) Any member of the order Xiphosura, including horseshoe crabs. • xiphosuran adj. (Zoology) Of or pertaining to the order Xiphosura. • XIPHOSURAN adj. belonging to the Xiphosura, an order of Arthropoda of which the only survivors are the king crabs. |
| EXHAUSTIONS | • exhaustions n. Plural of exhaustion. • EXHAUSTION n. the act of exhausting. |
| EXHUMATIONS | • exhumations n. Plural of exhumation. • EXHUMATION n. the act of exhuming. |
| FOXHUNTINGS | • FOXHUNTING n. the pastime of hunting foxes. |
| XIPHOSURANS | • xiphosurans n. Plural of xiphosuran. • XIPHOSURAN n. a member of the Xiphosura. |
| FUCOXANTHINS | • fucoxanthins n. Plural of fucoxanthin. • FUCOXANTHIN n. a brown carotenoid pigment occurring esp. in the chloroplasts of brown algae. |
| HETEROAUXINS | • heteroauxins n. Plural of heteroauxin. • HETEROAUXIN n. a natural plant hormone, used esp. for stimulating growth and root formation in plant cutting. |
| HYDROXONIUMS | • hydroxoniums n. Plural of hydroxonium. • HYDROXONIUM n. the obsolete name for the cation H3O+ derived from protonation of water. |
| SULPHADOXINE | • sulphadoxine n. Alternative spelling of sulfadoxine. • SULPHADOXINE n. an antibiotic drug of the sulphonamide group, commonly used in combination with pyrimethamine to treat malaria, also SULFADOXINE. |
| XENODOCHIUMS | • xenodochiums n. Plural of xenodochium. • XENODOCHIUM n. a building for the reception of strangers, e.g. a guesthouse in a monastery. |
| SULPHADOXINES | • SULPHADOXINE n. an antibiotic drug of the sulphonamide group, commonly used in combination with pyrimethamine to treat malaria, also SULFADOXINE. |
| UNORTHODOXIES | • unorthodoxies n. Plural of unorthodoxy. • UNORTHODOXY n. the state of being unorthodox. |
| ANTIHOMOSEXUAL | • antihomosexual adj. Opposed to homosexuality. • antihomosexual n. A person who opposes homosexuality. • ANTIHOMOSEXUAL adj. opposed to homosexuality. |
| HEXAMETHONIUMS | • hexamethoniums n. Plural of hexamethonium. • HEXAMETHONIUM n. either of two compounds used as ganglionic blocking agents in the treatment of hypertension. |