| 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… |
| EXOTROPIAS | • exotropias n. Plural of exotropia. • EXOTROPIA n. a condition in which the eyes turn outwards. |
| EXPATIATOR | • expatiator n. One who expatiates. • EXPATIATOR n. one who expatiates. |
| EXPIATIONS | • expiations n. Plural of expiation. • EXPIATION n. the act of expiating. |
| EXPIRATION | • expiration n. The act of expiring. • expiration n. The act or process of breathing out, or forcing air from the lungs through the nose or mouth. • expiration n. Emission of volatile matter; exhalation. |
| EXPIRATORY | • expiratory adj. Of or pertaining to expiration. • EXPIRATORY adj. pertaining to the expiration of air from the lungs. |
| EXPLICATOR | • explicator n. One who or that which explicates. • EXPLICATOR n. one who explicates. |
| EXPLOITAGE | • exploitage n. Exploitation. • EXPLOITAGE n. the act of exploiting. |
| EXTIRPATOR | • extirpator n. Someone or something that extirpates. • EXTIRPATOR n. one who extirpates or roots out. |
| EXTROPIANS | • extropians n. Plural of extropian. • Extropians n. Plural of Extropian. • EXTROPIAN n. a believer in extropy, the principle that human intelligence will enable life to expand throughout the universe. |
| PAINTBOXES | • paintboxes n. Plural of paintbox. • PAINTBOX n. a box containing paints. |
| PARADOXIST | • paradoxist n. (Dated, derogatory) One who holds incorrect or eccentric beliefs; a bad scientist; a crank. • paradoxist n. A participant in the art movement of paradoxism. • PARADOXIST n. one who proposes a paradox. |
| PAROXETINE | • paroxetine n. (Pharmacology) An antidepressant that is a selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor and is also used for… • PAROXETINE n. a kind of antidepressant drug. |
| PHOTOTAXIS | • phototaxis n. (Biology) The movement of an organism either towards or away from a source of light. • PHOTOTAXIS n. growth or movement determined by light. |
| PIXELATION | • pixelation n. A blocky effect caused by enlarging a bitmap so that individual pixels can be distinguished. • pixelation n. The obscuring or censoring of part of an image by reducing the resolution, resulting in a blocky blur. • PIXELATION n. a video technique in which an image is blurred by being overlaid with a grid of squares, usually to disguise the identity of a person. |
| PIXILATION | • pixilation n. A stop-motion technique where live actors are used as a frame-by-frame subject in an animated film… • pixilation n. Alternative form of pixelation. • PIXILATION n. a technique for making human figures and animals appear to be animated e.g. by the use of stop-frame methods, also PIXELLATION, PIXILLATION. |
| TOXIPHOBIA | • toxiphobia n. Alternative form of toxicophobia. • TOXIPHOBIA n. the morbid fear of poisoning, also TOXICOPHOBIA. |
| TROPOTAXIS | • tropotaxis n. (Biology) Movement by organisms with paired receptor cells, triggered when the stimuli at the receptors… • TROPOTAXIS n. a taxis in which an organism orients itself by the simultaneous comparison of stimuli of different intensity operating on different end organs. |
| XANTHOPSIA | • xanthopsia n. A visual defect, a form of chromatopsia in which everything appears yellow. • XANTHOPSIA n. a visual condition where things appear yellow. |