ANTIANXIETY | • antianxiety adj. (Psychology, pharmacology) Acting to combat or reduce anxiety. • antianxiety n. (Pharmacology) A medication that combats or reduces anxiety. • ANTIANXIETY adj. designed to alleviate anxiety. |
ANXIOLYTICS | • anxiolytics n. Plural of anxiolytic. • ANXIOLYTIC n. a drug used to reduce tension. |
ASPHYXIANTS | • asphyxiants n. Plural of asphyxiant. • ASPHYXIANT n. an agent causing asphyxiation. |
EXORBITANCY | • exorbitancy n. Alternative form of exorbitance. • EXORBITANCY n. the state of being exorbitant, also EXORBITANCE. |
EXPANSIVITY | • expansivity n. Expansiveness. • expansivity n. (Mathematics) The formal notion of points moving away from one another under the action of an iterated function. • EXPANSIVITY n. the state of being expansive. |
EXTERNALITY | • externality n. (Uncountable) The state of being external or externalized. • externality n. (Countable) A thing that is external relative to something else. • externality n. (Economics, countable) An impact, positive or negative, on any party not involved in a given economic… |
HEMATOXYLIN | • hematoxylin n. (Medicine, organic chemistry) A phenolic compound having the chemical formula C16H14O6, used (most often… • HEMATOXYLIN n. a dye obtained from logwood, also HAEMATOXYLIN. |
LUXULYANITE | • LUXULYANITE n. a tourmaline granite found at Luxulyan in Cornwall, also LUXULIANITE, LUXULLIANITE. |
LUXURIANTLY | • luxuriantly adv. In a luxuriant manner. • LUXURIANT adv. overabundant in growth. |
OVERANXIETY | • overanxiety n. Excessive anxiety. • OVERANXIETY n. excessive anxiety. |
OXYGENATING | • oxygenating v. Present participle of oxygenate. • OXYGENATE v. to impregnate or treat with oxygen. |
OXYGENATION | • oxygenation n. The process of reacting or treating something with oxygen. • OXYGENATION n. the act of oxygenating. |
PAROXYTONIC | • paroxytonic adj. (Prosody) Of or relating to words whose stress falls on the penultimate syllable. • PAROXYTONIC adj. like a paroxytone. |
PHYTOALEXIN | • phytoalexin n. (Medicine) any of several classes of antibiotics produced by plants in response to microorganisms. • PHYTOALEXIN n. any substance produced by a plant as a defence against disease. |