| EXPECTORANT | • expectorant n. (Medicine) An agent or drug used to cause or induce the expulsion of phlegm from the lungs. • expectorant adj. (Medicine) Causing or assisting the expulsion of phlegm. • EXPECTORANT n. an agent that promotes the discharge or expulsion of mucus from the respiratory tract. |
| EXPIRATIONS | • expirations n. Plural of expiration. • EXPIRATION n. the last emission of breath. |
| EXPLANATORY | • explanatory adj. Intended to serve as an explanation. • explanatory adj. (Of a person) Disposed to explain. • EXPLANATORY adj. serving to explain, also EXPLANATIVE. |
| EXPLORATION | • exploration n. The process of exploring. • exploration n. The process of penetrating, or ranging over for purposes of (especially geographical) discovery. • exploration n. The (pre-)mining process of finding and determining commercially viable ore deposits (after prospecting)… |
| EXPORTATION | • exportation n. The act of exporting; the act of conveying or sending commodities abroad or to another country, in the… • exportation n. The commodity exported; an export. • exportation n. The act of carrying something outside. |
| EXPURGATING | • expurgating v. Present participle of expurgate. • EXPURGATE v. to purify or revise; to censor. |
| EXPURGATION | • expurgation n. The act of expurgating, purging, or cleansing; purification from anything noxious, offensive, sinful, or erroneous. • EXPURGATION n. the act of expurgating. |
| EXTIRPATING | • extirpating v. Present participle of extirpate. • EXTIRPATE v. to pull out by the roots. |
| EXTIRPATION | • extirpation n. The act of extirpating or uprooting. • EXTIRPATION n. the act of extirpating. |
| EXTRAPOSING | • extraposing v. Present participle of extrapose. • EXTRAPOSE v. to move an item normally positioned within a phrase or sentence to the end, to focus attention on it. |
| PAROXETINES | • PAROXETINE n. a kind of antidepressant drug. |
| PAROXYTONES | • paroxytones n. Plural of paroxytone. • PAROXYTONE n. a word having an acute accent on the penultimate syllable. |
| PAROXYTONIC | • paroxytonic adj. (Prosody) Of or relating to words whose stress falls on the penultimate syllable. • PAROXYTONIC adj. like a paroxytone. |
| PROXIMATION | • proximation n. Proximity. • proximation n. Approximation. • PROXIMATION n. immediate nearness in time, place, relationship, etc., also PROXIMITY. |
| XIPHISTERNA | • xiphisterna n. Plural of xiphisternum. • XIPHISTERNUM n. the posterior and smallest of the three divisions of the sternum. |