CYCLOHEXIMIDE | • cycloheximide n. (Organic chemistry) An agricultural fungicide produced by the bacterium Streptomyces griseus, widely… • CYCLOHEXIMIDE n. an agricultural fungicide that inhibits protein synthesis and is obtained from a soil bacterium, Streptomyces griseus. |
EXOPHTHALMIAS | • exophthalmias n. Plural of exophthalmia. • EXOPHTHALMIA n. a protrusion of the eyeballs. |
EXTREMOPHILES | • extremophiles n. Plural of extremophile. • EXTREMOPHILE n. an organism that lives under extreme environmental conditions. |
HAEMATOXYLINS | • haematoxylins n. Plural of haematoxylin. • HAEMATOXYLIN n. a dye obtained from logwood, also HEMATOXYLIN. |
HAEMATOXYLONS | • HAEMATOXYLON n. any thorny leguminous tree of the genus Haematoxylon, esp. the logwood, of tropical America and SW Africa, the heartwood of which yields the dye haematoxylin. |
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. |
HYDROXYLAMINE | • hydroxylamine n. (Inorganic chemistry) An explosive inorganic derivative of ammonia, NH2OH, used as a reducing agent… • hydroxylamine n. (Organic chemistry) Any organic derivative of this compound. • HYDROXYLAMINE n. a colorless odorless nitrogenous base that resembles ammonia in its reactions. |
METHOXYCHLORS | • METHOXYCHLOR n. a relatively nontoxic organochlorine insecticide. |
NONHOMOSEXUAL | • nonhomosexual adj. Not homosexual. • nonhomosexual n. One who is not a homosexual. • NONHOMOSEXUAL n. one who is not homosexual. |
OXYHEMOGLOBIN | • oxyhemoglobin n. (American spelling) Alternative form of oxyhaemoglobin. • OXYHEMOGLOBIN n. a loose compound of oxygen and haemoglobin, also OXYHAEMOGLOBIN. |
XEROPHTHALMIA | • xerophthalmia n. (Ophthalmology) A condition due to a deficiency of vitamin A where the conjunctiva and cornea become… • XEROPHTHALMIA n. extreme dryness of the conjunctive, thought to stem from a vitamin A deficiency, also XEROMA. |
XEROPHTHALMIC | • xerophthalmic adj. Of or pertaining to xerophthalmia. • XEROPHTHALMIC adj. relating to xerophthalmia. |