CONTRASEXUAL | • contrasexual adj. (Jungian psychology, of part of the psyche) Having characteristics of the opposite gender. • CONTRASEXUAL n. one who represses the personality traits that most people repress because they are characteristic of the opposite sex. |
EXTRACRANIAL | • extracranial adj. Not intracranial, but outside the cranium. • EXTRACRANIAL adj. situated or occurring outside the cranium. |
EXTRANUCLEAR | • extranuclear adj. Outside the nucleus. • extranuclear adj. (Biology) Outside the nucleus but within the cell cytoplasm. • EXTRANUCLEAR adj. situated in or affecting the parts of a cell external to the nucleus. |
CARBOXYLATING | • carboxylating v. Present participle of carboxylate. • CARBOXYLATE v. to introduce carboxyl or carbon dioxide into (a compound) with formation of a carboxylic acid. |
CARBOXYLATION | • carboxylation n. (Organic chemistry) Any reaction that introduces a carboxylate group into a molecule. • CARBOXYLATION n. the act of carboxylating. |
CONTRASEXUALS | • CONTRASEXUAL n. one who represses the personality traits that most people repress because they are characteristic of the opposite sex. |
CARBOXYLATIONS | • carboxylations n. Plural of carboxylation. • CARBOXYLATION n. the act of carboxylating. |
EXCLAUSTRATION | • exclaustration n. The release of a monk (or nun) from their religious vows, and their subsequent return to the outside world. • EXCLAUSTRATION n. a release from religious vows to return to the secular world. |
EXTRACANONICAL | • extracanonical adj. Outside of canon. • EXTRACANONICAL adj. not part of the canon of the Bible. |
DECARBOXYLATING | • decarboxylating v. Present participle of decarboxylate. • DECARBOXYLATE v. to remove carbon dioxide from its substrate. |
DECARBOXYLATION | • decarboxylation n. (Organic chemistry) The removal of one or more carboxyl groups from a molecule. • DECARBOXYLATION n. the removal or elimination of carboxyl from a molecule. |
EXCLAUSTRATIONS | • exclaustrations n. Plural of exclaustration. • EXCLAUSTRATION n. a release from religious vows to return to the secular world. |
HEXACHLORETHANE | • hexachlorethane n. Alternative form of hexachloroethane. • HEXACHLORETHANE n. a toxic crystalline compound used in smoke bombs. |
HEXACHLOROPHANE | • HEXACHLOROPHANE n. a bactericide used in antiseptic soaps, deodorants etc., also HEXACHLOROPHENE. |
PARADOXICALNESS | • paradoxicalness n. The state or quality of being paradoxical. • PARADOXICAL n. of the nature of a paradox, also PARADOXAL. |