| ANTICLIMAXES | • anticlimaxes n. Plural of anticlimax. • anti-climaxes n. Plural of anti-climax. • ANTICLIMAX n. the usually sudden transition in discourse from a significant idea to a trivial or ludicrous idea. |
| AXINOMANCIES | • AXINOMANCY n. divination using an axe or hatchet. |
| 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. |
| EXACERBATING | • exacerbating v. Present participle of exacerbate. • exacerbating adj. That exacerbates. • EXACERBATE v. to make more violent, bitter, or severe. |
| EXACERBATION | • exacerbation n. An increase in the severity of something (such as a disease). • EXACERBATION n. the act of exarcebating. |
| EXANTHEMATIC | • exanthematic adj. Of or pertaining to exanthem. • EXANTHEMATIC adj. of or like an exanthem, a skin eruption, esp. accompanied by fever, also EXANTHEMATOUS. |
| EXCARNATIONS | • excarnations n. Plural of excarnation. • EXCARNATION n. the act of excarnating, removing the flesh from. |
| EXCAVATIONAL | • excavational adj. Relating to excavation. • EXCAVATIONAL adj. relating to excavation. |
| EXCHANGEABLE | • exchangeable adj. Able to be exchanged. • exchangeable adj. (Finance) Having an associated right to be exchanged for another form of financial security. • exchangeable n. (Finance) Any financial instrument with an associated right to be exchanged for another form of financial security. |
| EXCHANGEABLY | • exchangeably adv. By way of exchange. • EXCHANGEABLE adv. capable of being exchanged. |
| EXCLAMATIONS | • exclamations n. Plural of exclamation. • EXCLAMATION n. a sharp or sudden utterance. |
| 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. |
| EXTRAVAGANCE | • extravagance n. Excessive or superfluous expenditure of money. • extravagance n. Prodigality, as of anger, love, expression, imagination, or demands. • EXTRAVAGANCE n. an instance of excess or prodigality, also EXTRAVAGANCY. |
| EXTRAVAGANCY | • extravagancy n. (Archaic, 17-19th centuries) The characteristic of being extravagant. • extravagancy n. (Archaic, 17-19th centuries) A thing that is extravagant. • EXTRAVAGANCY n. an instance of excess or prodigality, also EXTRAVAGANCE. |
| HEXACOSANOIC | • hexacosanoic adj. Of or pertaining to hexacosanoic acid or its derivatives; cerotic. • HEXACOSANOIC adj. as in hexacosanoic acid. |
| HEXADECANOIC | • hexadecanoic adj. Of or pertaining to hexadecanoic acid or its derivatives. • HEXADECANOIC adj. as in hexadecanoic acid, a fatty acid, aka palmitic acid. |
| TOXICOMANIAS | • toxicomanias n. Plural of toxicomania. • TOXICOMANIA n. a morbid craving for poisons. |
| XANTHOCHROIA | • xanthochroia n. (Pathology) A condition characterized by yellow patches on the skin. • XANTHOCHROIA n. yellowness of the skin. |