| AFFIXATION | • affixation n. (Linguistics) The adding of an affix to a word. • AFFIXATION n. the act of affixing. |
| AFLATOXINS | • aflatoxins n. Plural of aflatoxin. • AFLATOXIN n. a toxin produced in foodstuffs by the action of the mould aspergillus. |
| ANNEXATION | • annexation n. Addition or incorporation of something, or territories that have been annexed. • annexation n. (Law) A legal merging of a territory into another body. • ANNEXATION n. the act of annexing, also ANNEXION. |
| ANOXAEMIAS | • anoxaemias n. Plural of anoxaemia. • ANOXAEMIA n. a disorder of the blood, also ANOXEMIA. |
| AXINOMANCY | • axinomancy n. (Rare) Divination by saws or axes. • AXINOMANCY n. divination using an axe or hatchet. |
| EXALTATION | • exaltation n. The act of exalting or raising high; also, the state of being exalted; elevation. • exaltation n. The refinement or subtilization of a body, or the increasing of its virtue or principal property. • exaltation n. (Astrology) That placement of a planet in the zodiac in which it is deemed to exert its strongest influence. |
| EXAMINATOR | • examinator n. An examiner. • EXAMINATOR n. an examiner. |
| EXAPTATION | • exaptation n. (Biology, evolutionary theory) The use of a biological structure or function for a purpose other than… • exaptation n. (Linguistics, by extension) The promotion of meaningless or redundant material so that it does new grammatical… |
| EXARATIONS | • exarations n. Plural of exaration. • EXARATION n. the act of writing or engraving on stone. |
| EXCAVATION | • excavation n. (Uncountable) The act of excavating, or of making hollow, by cutting, scooping, or digging out a part of a solid mass. • excavation n. (Countable) A cavity formed by cutting, digging, or scooping. • excavation n. (Countable) An uncovered cutting in the earth, in distinction from a covered cutting or tunnel. |
| EXHALATION | • exhalation n. The act or process of exhaling; breathing out. • exhalation n. That which is exhaled, or which rises in the form of vapor, fume, or steam. • exhalation n. A bright phenomenon; a meteor. |
| MALAXATION | • malaxation n. The act of softening a mass by malaxating. • malaxation n. (Entomology) A kneading or softening, especially the chewing and squeezing by which certain species… • malaxation n. (Agriculture) The process of slowly churning milled oil crops such as olives, allowing droplets of oil… |
| MAXIMATION | • MAXIMATION n. the act of maximising, also MAXIMISATION, MAXIMIZATION. |
| RELAXATION | • relaxation n. The act of relaxing or the state of being relaxed; the opposite of stress or tension; the aim of recreation… • relaxation n. A diminution of tone, tension, or firmness; specifically in pathology: a looseness; a diminution of… • relaxation n. Remission or abatement of rigor. |
| SYNAXARION | • synaxarion n. (Christianity) A compilation of hagiographies corresponding roughly to the martyrology of the Roman Church. • SYNAXARION n. a lection containing an account of a saint's life. |
| TAXATIONAL | • taxational adj. (Economics) Relating to taxation. • TAXATIONAL adj. relating to taxation. |
| XANTHATION | • xanthation n. (Chemistry) Conversion into a xanthate. • XANTHATION n. the formation of a xanthate, a salt of xanthic acid. |
| XANTHOPSIA | • xanthopsia n. A visual defect, a form of chromatopsia in which everything appears yellow. • XANTHOPSIA n. a visual condition where things appear yellow. |
| XENOMANIAS | • XENOMANIA n. an inordinate attachment to foreign things. |