| EXOPODITES | • exopodites n. Plural of exopodite. • EXOPODITE n. the outer branch of a crustacean limb, also EXOPOD. |
| EXOPODITIC | • exopoditic adj. (Zoology) Relating to the exopodite. • EXOPODITIC adj. of or like an exopodite, the outer branch of a crustacean limb. |
| EXOTROPIAS | • exotropias n. Plural of exotropia. • EXOTROPIA n. a condition in which the eyes turn outwards. |
| EXPOSITION | • exposition n. The action of exposing something to something, such as skin to the sunlight. • exposition n. (Authorship) The act or process of declaring or describing something through either speech or writing;… • exposition n. (Obsolete) The act of expulsion, or being expelled, from a place. |
| EXPOSITORS | • expositors n. Plural of expositor. • EXPOSITOR n. one who, or that which, exposits. |
| EXPOSITORY | • expository adj. Serving to explain, explicate, or elucidate; expositive; of or relating to exposition. • EXPOSITORY adj. pertaining to, or containing, exposition. |
| PHOTOTAXIS | • phototaxis n. (Biology) The movement of an organism either towards or away from a source of light. • PHOTOTAXIS n. growth or movement determined by light. |
| PHOTOTOXIC | • phototoxic adj. (Medicine, of a medicine or cosmetic) Causing damage to the skin when exposed to light. • PHOTOTOXIC adj. rendering the skin susceptible to damage (as sunburn or blisters). |
| PHYTOTOXIC | • phytotoxic adj. (Biochemistry) Characteristic of a phytotoxin. • PHYTOTOXIC adj. harmful to plants. |
| PHYTOTOXIN | • phytotoxin n. (Biochemistry) Any toxic substance produced by a plant. • PHYTOTOXIN n. a poison produced by a plant. |
| PICROTOXIN | • picrotoxin n. (Organic chemistry) A poisonous material, extracted from the seeds of plants of species Anamirta cocculus… • PICROTOXIN n. a bitter toxin obtained from the seeds of the shrub Anamirta cocculus. |
| PROTOXIDES | • protoxides n. Plural of protoxide. • PROTOXIDE n. that one of a series of oxides having the lowest proportion of oxygen, also PROTOXID. |
| THIXOTROPE | • THIXOTROPE n. a thixotropic substance. |
| THIXOTROPY | • thixotropy n. (Physics) The reduction of viscosity with increased shear. • thixotropy n. (Medicine) The property of certain gels whereby they become fluids when agitated and return to being… • THIXOTROPY n. the property of certain gels of becoming fluid when agitated and of reverting back to a gel when left to stand. |
| TOXIPHOBIA | • toxiphobia n. Alternative form of toxicophobia. • TOXIPHOBIA n. the morbid fear of poisoning, also TOXICOPHOBIA. |
| TROPOTAXIS | • tropotaxis n. (Biology) Movement by organisms with paired receptor cells, triggered when the stimuli at the receptors… • TROPOTAXIS n. a taxis in which an organism orients itself by the simultaneous comparison of stimuli of different intensity operating on different end organs. |
| XENOTROPIC | • xenotropic adj. (Biology) Describing a virus growing in tissue of an organism other than its normal host. • XENOTROPIC adj. reproducing or replicating only in cells other than those of the host species. |