| EXFOLIATOR | • exfoliator n. An exfoliant. • EXFOLIATOR n. an exfoliating agent. |
| EXORATIONS | • exorations n. Plural of exoration. • EXORATION n. (obsolete) entreaty. |
| EXOTROPIAS | • exotropias n. Plural of exotropia. • EXOTROPIA n. a condition in which the eyes turn outwards. |
| 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. |
| EXTORTIONS | • extortions n. Plural of extortion. • EXTORTION n. the illegal securing of money by compulsion or violence. |
| NEUROTOXIC | • neurotoxic adj. (Toxicology, neuroscience, pharmacology) Having a toxic effect on nerve tissue. • NEUROTOXIC adj. toxic to the nerves or nervous tissue. |
| NEUROTOXIN | • neurotoxin n. (Neuroscience, toxicology, pharmacology) A toxin that specifically acts upon neurons, their synapses… • NEUROTOXIN n. a nerve poison. |
| ORTHOREXIA | • orthorexia n. (Psychology) A fixation with healthy or righteous eating. • ORTHOREXIA n. an eating disorder characterized by excessive focus on eating healthy foods. |
| 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. |
| RADIOTOXIC | • radiotoxic adj. Toxic because of its radioactivity. • RADIOTOXIC adj. relating to the toxic effects of radioactivity or radioactive waste. |
| TETROTOXIN | • TETROTOXIN n. a deadly nerve poison found in a species of Japanese puffer fish, also TETRODOTOXIN. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| XEROSTOMIA | • xerostomia n. (Medicine) Abnormal dryness of the mouth. • XEROSTOMIA n. excessive dryness of the mouth due to insufficient secretions, also XEROSTOMA. |