AUTOEXPOSURES | • AUTOEXPOSURE n. a system for automatically adjusting the aperture and/or shutter speed of a camera according to the lighting conditions. |
AUTOTOXAEMIAS | • autotoxaemias n. Plural of autotoxaemia. • AUTOTOXAEMIA n. self-poisoning caused by absorption of toxic products originating within the body, also AUTOTOXEMIA. |
AUTOXIDATIONS | • autoxidations n. Plural of autoxidation. • AUTOXIDATION n. oxidation by direct combination with oxygen at ordinary temperatures. |
EXPOSTULATION | • expostulation n. The act of reasoning earnestly in order to dissuade or remonstrate. • EXPOSTULATION n. an act or an instance of expostulating. |
EXPOSTULATORS | • expostulators n. Plural of expostulator. • EXPOSTULATOR n. one who expostulates. |
EXPOSTULATORY | • expostulatory adj. Of, characterized by, or exhibiting expostulation. • EXPOSTULATORY adj. relating to expostulation, also EXPOSTULATIVE. |
HOMOSEXUALISM | • homosexualism n. (Dated) Homosexuality, the state of being homosexual. • homosexualism n. (Derogatory) A purported ideology behind (and promoting) homosexuality; gayness viewed as an ideology… • HOMOSEXUALISM n. being homosexual. |
HOMOSEXUALIST | • homosexualist n. (Rare, dated, often derogatory) Alternative form of homosexual. • HOMOSEXUALIST n. a homosexual. |
HOMOSEXUALITY | • homosexuality n. The state of being sexually attracted primarily or exclusively to persons of the same sex, sometimes… • homosexuality n. Sexual activity with a person of the same sex, sometimes (potentially offensive) restricted to same-sex… • HOMOSEXUALITY n. the state of being homosexual. |
JUXTAPOSITION | • juxtaposition n. The nearness of objects with little or no delimiter. • juxtaposition n. The extra emphasis given to a comparison when the contrasted objects are close together. • juxtaposition v. To place in juxtaposition. |
MYXOEDEMATOUS | • myxoedematous adj. Alternative form of myxedematous. • MYXOEDEMATOUS adj. relating to myxoedema, a skin disease, also MYXEDEMATOUS. |
NONHOMOSEXUAL | • nonhomosexual adj. Not homosexual. • nonhomosexual n. One who is not a homosexual. • NONHOMOSEXUAL n. one who is not homosexual. |
THOROUGHWAXES | • THOROUGHWAX n. the plant hare's-ear, from the stem seeming to 'wax' (i.e. grow) through the leaves. |
TOXICOPHAGOUS | • TOXICOPHAGOUS adj. eating poison, also TOXIPHAGOUS. |
XANTHOCHROOUS | • xanthochroous adj. Yellow‐skinned; of or pertaining to Xanthochroi. • XANTHOCHROOUS adj. exhibiting xanthochroism, a condition in which all pigments other than yellow disappear, also XANTHOCHROIC. |
XERODERMATOUS | • xerodermatous adj. Exhibiting or relating to xeroderma. • XERODERMATOUS adj. suffering from xeroderma, morbid dryness of skin. |