| CARNIFEXES | • carnifexes n. Plural of carnifex. • CARNIFEX n. (Latin) an executioner, esp. the public executioner in ancient Rome. |
| CHRONAXIES | • chronaxies n. Plural of chronaxie. • CHRONAXY n. a time constant in the excitation of a nerve or muscle, also CHRONAXIE. |
| CLANGBOXES | • CLANGBOX n. a deflector fitted to a jet engine to divert gas flow. |
| COXSWAINED | • coxswained v. Simple past tense and past participle of coxswain. • COXSWAIN v. to steer a racing rowboat, also COX. |
| EXACTMENTS | • exactments n. Plural of exactment. • EXACTMENT n. exactness. |
| EXCAMBIONS | • excambions n. Plural of excambion. • EXCAMBION n. in Scots law, exchange of lands, also EXCAMBIUM. |
| EXCARNATES | • excarnates v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of excarnate. • EXCARNATE v. to deprive or strip of flesh. |
| EXCEPTANTS | • exceptants n. Plural of exceptant. • EXCEPTANT n. something excepted, left out. |
| EXCHANGERS | • exchangers n. Plural of exchanger. • EXCHANGER n. one who exchanges. |
| EXCISIONAL | • excisional adj. Performed by excision. • EXCISIONAL adj. relating to the act of excision. |
| EXECUTANTS | • executants n. Plural of executant. • EXECUTANT n. one who executes or performs, esp. a performer on a musical instrument. |
| EXPECTANTS | • expectants n. Plural of expectant. • EXPECTANT n. a person who is expectant. |
| EXSICCANTS | • exsiccants n. Plural of exsiccant. • EXSICCANT n. something having the quality of drying up. |
| EXULTANCES | • exultances n. Plural of exultance. • EXULTANCE n. exultation, also EXULTANCY. |
| FAUXMANCES | • fauxmances n. Plural of fauxmance. • FAUXMANCE n. (colloquial) a fake romance between two celebrities in order to gain press coverage. |
| INDEXICALS | • indexicals n. Plural of indexical. • INDEXICAL n. something with the form of an index. |
| SAXICOLINE | • saxicoline adj. Synonym of saxicolous. • SAXICOLINE adj. inhabiting or growing among rocks, also SAXICOLOUS. |
| TANOREXICS | • tanorexics n. Plural of tanorexic. • TANOREXIC n. a person obsessed with maintaining a permanent deep tan, esp. through use of tanning machines. |