ALEXANDRINES | • alexandrines n. Plural of alexandrine. • ALEXANDRINE n. (French) a French verse form. |
ALEXANDRITES | • alexandrites n. Plural of alexandrite. • ALEXANDRITE n. a gem variety of chrysoberyl which appears green in daylight and red in artificial light. |
CYCLODEXTRIN | • cyclodextrin n. (Biochemistry) Any of a class of cyclic oligosaccharides consisting of glucopyranose residues linked… • CYCLODEXTRIN n. any of several water-soluble carbohydrates with hydrophobic interiors, used to provide capsules for drugs. |
DEXTRALITIES | • DEXTRALITY n. right-handedness. |
DICARBOXYLIC | • dicarboxylic adj. (Organic chemistry) Having two carboxylic groups. • DICARBOXYLIC adj. containing two carboxyl groups in the molecule. |
DORSIFLEXING | • dorsiflexing v. Present participle of dorsiflex. • DORSIFLEX v. to bend towards the back or dorsal. |
DORSIFLEXION | • dorsiflexion n. (Medicine) Flexion in the dorsal direction. • DORSIFLEXION n. a bending backwards; a bending of the back. |
EXTERNALISED | • externalised v. Simple past tense and past participle of externalise. • EXTERNALISE v. to make external, also EXTERNALIZE. |
EXTERNALIZED | • externalized v. Simple past tense and past participle of externalize. • EXTERNALIZE v. to make external, also EXTERNALISE. |
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. |
FLUIDEXTRACT | • fluidextract n. Dated form of fluid extract. • FLUIDEXTRACT n. an alcohol preparation of a plant-derived drug containing the active constituents of one gram of the dry drug in each milliliter. |
HEXACHLORIDE | • hexachloride n. (Chemistry) Any chloride having six chlorine atoms. • HEXACHLORIDE n. a chloride containing six atoms of chlorine. |
HEXAFLUORIDE | • hexafluoride n. (Chemistry) any fluoride containing six fluorine atoms in each molecule. • HEXAFLUORIDE n. a chemical compound with the general formula XF6. |
LOXODROMICAL | • loxodromical adj. Synonym of loxodromic. • LOXODROMICAL adj. pertaining to sailing on rhumb lines, also LOXODROMIC. |
MALTODEXTRIN | • maltodextrin n. (Biochemistry) A type of dextrin commonly used as a food additive. • MALTODEXTRIN n. any of various carbohydrates derived from the partial hydrolysis of starch (as of corn or potatoes). |
UNDEREXPLOIT | • underexploit v. To exploit insufficiently. • UNDEREXPLOIT v. to make insufficient use of. |