ex·o·pol·y·sac·cha·ride 
(ĕk′sə-pŏl′ē-săkə-rīd′)
(ĕk′sə-pŏl′ē-săkə-rīd′)n.
A mucoid polysaccharide matrix produced by bacterial colonies, such as those in biofilms, that protects against heat, antibiotics, and other chemicals.
- compend
- compendious
- compendiously
- compendium
- compensable
- compensate
- compensation
- compensational
- compensative
- compensator
- compensatory
- compensatory time
- compere
- compete
- competence
- competency
- competent
- competently
- competition
- competitive
- competitive exclusion principle
- competitively
- competitiveness
- competitor
- compilation