| AUXOTROPHIC | • auxotrophic adj. (Biology) Describing a strain of organism that requires a specific metabolic substance that the parent… • AUXOTROPHIC adj. requiring a specific growth substance beyond the minimum required for normal metabolism. |
| EXPENDITURE | • expenditure n. (Uncountable, countable) Act of expending or paying out. • expenditure n. (Uncountable, countable) The amount expended; expense; outlay. • EXPENDITURE n. the act of expending. |
| EXPURGATING | • expurgating v. Present participle of expurgate. • EXPURGATE v. to purify or revise; to censor. |
| EXPURGATION | • expurgation n. The act of expurgating, purging, or cleansing; purification from anything noxious, offensive, sinful, or erroneous. • EXPURGATION n. the act of expurgating. |
| ISOXSUPRINE | • isoxsuprine n. A drug used as a vasodilator in humans and equines. • ISOXSUPRINE n. a drug which dilates blood vessels, used to inhibit contractions in premature labour and in the treatment of arteriosclerosis. |
| MULTIPLEXER | • multiplexer n. A device that interleaves several activities; a switching device. • multiplexer n. (Computing, telecommunications) A device that combines several input signals into a single output signal. • MULTIPLEXER n. a device enabling a computer to transmit data to many terminals by switching quickly from one user's data to another, also MULTIPLEXOR. |
| MULTIPLEXOR | • multiplexor n. Alternative spelling of multiplexer. • MULTIPLEXOR n. a device enabling a computer to transmit data to many terminals by switching quickly from one user's data to another, also MULTIPLEXER. |
| PREFIXTURES | • PREFIXTURE n. the act of prefixing. |
| PROLOCUTRIX | • prolocutrix n. (Obsolete) A female prolocutor; a spokeswoman. • PROLOCUTRIX n. a spokesman, a chairwoman, esp. of the lower house of Convocation. |
| PROSECUTRIX | • prosecutrix n. A female prosecutor. • prosecutrix n. A female victim of a crime on whose behalf the state is prosecuting a suspect. • PROSECUTRIX n. a female prosecutor. |
| PYRRHULOXIA | • pyrrhuloxia n. Cardinalis sinuatus (desert cardinal), a North American bird with grey and red plumage. • Pyrrhuloxia prop.n. (Archaic) A taxonomic genus within the family Fringillidae – certain birds similar to cardinals, notably… • PYRRHULOXIA n. a grey-and-pink crested bunting of Central and SW North America, with a short parrot-like bill. |
| SPECULATRIX | • speculatrix n. A female speculator. • SPECULATRIX n. a female speculator, also SPECULATRICE. |
| SUPEROXIDES | • superoxides n. Plural of superoxide. • SUPEROXIDE n. a peroxide, an oxide with the highest proportion of oxygen. |
| UNEXPERIENT | • unexperient adj. (Obsolete) inexperienced. • UNEXPERIENT adj. (Shakespeare) inexperienced. |
| XEROPHILOUS | • xerophilous adj. Able to thrive in dry weather. • XEROPHILOUS adj. drought loving, particularly pertaining to plants. |
| XIPHOSURANS | • xiphosurans n. Plural of xiphosuran. • XIPHOSURAN n. a member of the Xiphosura. |