| 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. |
| EXCULPATORY | • exculpatory adj. Tending to excuse or clear of wrongdoing. • EXCULPATORY adj. tending or serving to clear from alleged fault or guilt. |
| EXPURGATION | • expurgation n. The act of expurgating, purging, or cleansing; purification from anything noxious, offensive, sinful, or erroneous. • EXPURGATION n. the act of expurgating. |
| EXPURGATORS | • expurgators n. Plural of expurgator. • EXPURGATOR n. one who expurgates. |
| EXPURGATORY | • expurgatory adj. Serving to expurgate. • EXPURGATORY adj. tending to expurgate or purify, also EXPURGATORIAL. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| PARADOXURES | • paradoxures n. Plural of paradoxure. • PARADOXURE n. a civetlike animal of South Asia. |
| 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. |
| REEXPOSURES | • reexposures n. Plural of reexposure. • REEXPOSURE n. a new exposure. |
| SUPEROXIDES | • superoxides n. Plural of superoxide. • SUPEROXIDE n. a peroxide, an oxide with the highest proportion of oxygen. |
| UNDEREXPOSE | • underexpose v. (Photography) To take a photograph using too small an exposure. • underexpose v. To provide with insufficient publicity. • underexpose adj. (Photography) The condition when a photograph is darker than it should be because the film was not exposed… |
| 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. |
| XYLOCARPOUS | • xylocarpous adj. Bearing fruit that becomes hard or woody. • XYLOCARPOUS adj. having woody fruit. |