| 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. |
| DEXIOTROPIC | • dexiotropic adj. Having the form of a right-handed spiral. • DEXIOTROPIC adj. coiled in a rightward direction, as of a right-spiralling snail shell. |
| EXPLORATION | • exploration n. The process of exploring. • exploration n. The process of penetrating, or ranging over for purposes of (especially geographical) discovery. • exploration n. The (pre-)mining process of finding and determining commercially viable ore deposits (after prospecting)… |
| EXPORTATION | • exportation n. The act of exporting; the act of conveying or sending commodities abroad or to another country, in the… • exportation n. The commodity exported; an export. • exportation n. The act of carrying something outside. |
| MIXOTROPHIC | • mixotrophic adj. Of or pertaining to mixotrophy or mixotrophs. • MIXOTROPHIC adj. combining different modes of nutrition. |
| NEPHROTOXIC | • nephrotoxic adj. That is poisonous to kidney tissue. • NEPHROTOXIC adj. poisonous to the kidney. |
| ORTHOPRAXIS | • orthopraxis n. Orthopraxy. • ORTHOPRAXIS n. correct practice in religion. |
| OVEREXPLOIT | • overexploit v. To exploit excessively. • OVEREXPLOIT v. to exploit to excess. |
| PAROXYTONIC | • paroxytonic adj. (Prosody) Of or relating to words whose stress falls on the penultimate syllable. • PAROXYTONIC adj. like a paroxytone. |
| PICROTOXINS | • picrotoxins n. Plural of picrotoxin. • PICROTOXIN n. a bitter toxin obtained from the seeds of the shrub Anamirta cocculus. |
| PROLOCUTRIX | • prolocutrix n. (Obsolete) A female prolocutor; a spokeswoman. • PROLOCUTRIX n. a spokesman, a chairwoman, esp. of the lower house of Convocation. |
| PROXIMATION | • proximation n. Proximity. • proximation n. Approximation. • PROXIMATION n. immediate nearness in time, place, relationship, etc., also PROXIMITY. |
| THIXOTROPES | • THIXOTROPE n. a thixotropic substance. |
| THIXOTROPIC | • thixotropic adj. (Chemistry, medicine, of a gel) Becoming a fluid when agitated but solid or semi-solid when allowed to stand. • THIXOTROPIC adj. of or showing, thixotropy; (of paints) nondrip. |
| TROPHOTAXIS | • TROPHOTAXIS n. chemotaxis and chemotropism where the stimulating substance is food. |