ALEXANDRITES | • alexandrites n. Plural of alexandrite. • ALEXANDRITE n. a gem variety of chrysoberyl which appears green in daylight and red in artificial light. |
ANTIOXIDANTS | • antioxidants n. Plural of antioxidant. • ANTIOXIDANT n. a substance (as betacarotene or vitamin C) that inhibits oxidation. |
APPROXIMATED | • approximated v. Simple past tense and past participle of approximate. • approximated adj. Calculated by approximation. • APPROXIMATE v. to come close to. |
AUTOXIDATION | • autoxidation n. (Chemistry) A spontaneous oxidation reaction that results in the slow, flameless combustion of a material. • AUTOXIDATION n. oxidation by direct combination with oxygen at ordinary temperatures. |
CARBOXYLATED | • carboxylated v. Simple past tense and past participle of carboxylate. • carboxylated adj. (Chemistry) Converted into a carboxylic acid, normally by the oxidation of an alcohol or aldehyde. • CARBOXYLATE v. to introduce carboxyl or carbon dioxide into (a compound) with formation of a carboxylic acid. |
DEXTROCARDIA | • dextrocardia n. (Medicine) A congenital abnormality in which the heart is transposed to the right side of the chest. • DEXTROCARDIA n. a condition in which the heart is on the right-hand side of the chest. |
EXTRADITABLE | • extraditable adj. Of a person: able to be extradited. • extraditable adj. Of an action or an offense: for which one can be extradited. • EXTRADITABLE adj. subject or liable to extradition. |
EXTRAMUNDANE | • extramundane adj. Beyond mundane, beyond ordinary. • extramundane adj. Extraterrestrial; occurring or originating outside of the Earth. • EXTRAMUNDANE adj. beyond the known universe. |
EXTRAPOLATED | • extrapolated v. Simple past tense and past participle of extrapolate. • EXTRAPOLATE v. to infer (values of a variable in an unobserved interval) from values within an already observed interval. |
EXTRAVAGATED | • extravagated v. Simple past tense and past participle of extravagate. • EXTRAVAGATE v. (archaic) to wander; to exceed reasonable limits. |
EXTRAVASATED | • extravasated v. Simple past tense and past participle of extravasate. • extravasated adj. Produced by extravasation. • EXTRAVASATE v. in pathology, to exude from a vessel into surrounding tissue; in geology, to erupt. |
HEXADACTYLIC | • hexadactylic adj. Hexadactylous. • HEXADACTYLIC adj. having six fingers, also HEXADACTYLOUS. |
HEXAHYDRATED | • hexahydrated adj. Converted to a hexahydrate. • HEXAHYDRATED adj. like a hexahydrate, a chemical compound with six molecules of water. |
HEXAHYDRATES | • hexahydrates n. Plural of hexahydrate. • HEXAHYDRATE n. a chemical compound with six molecules of water. |
QUADRATRIXES | • quadratrixes n. Plural of quadratrix. • QUADRATRIX n. a curve by which a circle may be squared. |