| ANXIOLYTIC | • anxiolytic adj. (Pharmacology) That reduces anxiety; tranquilizing. • anxiolytic n. (Pharmacology) A drug prescribed for the treatment of symptoms of anxiety. • ANXIOLYTIC adj. serving to reduce tension or stress. |
| EXCISIONAL | • excisional adj. Performed by excision. • EXCISIONAL adj. relating to the act of excision. |
| EXPLOITING | • exploiting v. Present participle of exploit. • EXPLOIT v. to take advantage of. |
| FLUXIONIST | • fluxionist n. One skilled in fluxions. • FLUXIONIST n. one skilled in fluxions. |
| IMPLEXIONS | • implexions n. Plural of implexion. • IMPLEXION n. the act of involving, or state of being involved. |
| INFLEXIONS | • inflexions n. Plural of inflexion. • INFLEXION n. a change in the form of a word, usually modification or affixation, signalling change in such grammatical functions as tense, voice, mood, person, also INFLECTION. |
| INFLUXIONS | • influxions n. Plural of influxion. • INFLUXION n. a flowing in, also INFLUX. |
| MINOXIDILS | • MINOXIDIL n. a peripheral vasodilator used to treat hypertension. |
| MIXOLYDIAN | • mixolydian adj. Alternative form of Mixolydian. • Mixolydian adj. (Music) Designating the Mixolydian mode, the highest of the ancient Greek modes, and now having final… • MIXOLYDIAN adj. denoting the seventh ecclesiastical mode, whose scale commences on G. |
| OXACILLINS | • oxacillins n. Plural of oxacillin. • OXACILLIN n. a semisynthetic penicillin, used in the treatment of penicillin-resistant conditions. |
| PHILOXENIA | • philoxenia n. Love of strangers; eagerness to show hospitality. • PHILOXENIA n. hospitality. |
| PIXELATION | • pixelation n. A blocky effect caused by enlarging a bitmap so that individual pixels can be distinguished. • pixelation n. The obscuring or censoring of part of an image by reducing the resolution, resulting in a blocky blur. • PIXELATION n. a video technique in which an image is blurred by being overlaid with a grid of squares, usually to disguise the identity of a person. |
| PIXILATION | • pixilation n. A stop-motion technique where live actors are used as a frame-by-frame subject in an animated film… • pixilation n. Alternative form of pixelation. • PIXILATION n. a technique for making human figures and animals appear to be animated e.g. by the use of stop-frame methods, also PIXELLATION, PIXILLATION. |
| SAXICOLINE | • saxicoline adj. Synonym of saxicolous. • SAXICOLINE adj. inhabiting or growing among rocks, also SAXICOLOUS. |
| SEXTILLION | • sextillion num. (US, Britain, Australia, short scale) A trillion billion: 1 followed by 21 zeros, 1021. • sextillion num. (Dated Britain and Australia, long scale) A million quintillion: 1 followed by 36 zeros, 1036. • SEXTILLION n. a thousand raised to the seventh power (10 to the 21). |
| XENOLITHIC | • xenolithic adj. Being or pertaining to a xenolith. • XENOLITHIC adj. of or like a xenolith, a rock fragment foreign to the igneous mass in which it occurs. |
| XYLOIDINES | • xyloidines n. Plural of xyloidine. • XYLOIDINE n. a substance resembling pyroxylin, obtained by the action of nitric acid on starch, also XYLOIDIN. |