| AUXANOMETERS | • auxanometers n. Plural of auxanometer. • AUXANOMETER n. an instrument for measuring growth of plants. |
| 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. |
| EXCRUCIATING | • excruciating adj. Causing great pain or anguish, agonizing. • excruciating adj. Exceedingly intense; extreme. • EXCRUCIATE v. to inflict intense pain on. |
| EXCRUCIATION | • excruciation n. Excruciating pain. • EXCRUCIATION n. the act of excruciating. |
| EXPURGATIONS | • expurgations n. Plural of expurgation. • EXPURGATION n. the act of expurgating. |
| EXTRAMUNDANE | • extramundane adj. Beyond mundane, beyond ordinary. • extramundane adj. Extraterrestrial; occurring or originating outside of the Earth. • EXTRAMUNDANE adj. beyond the known universe. |
| EXTRANEOUSLY | • extraneously adv. In an extraneous manner. • EXTRANEOUS adv. not forming an essential or vital part. |
| 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. |
| EXTRAUTERINE | • extrauterine adj. Outside the uterus. • EXTRAUTERINE adj. situated or occurring outside the uterus. |
| EXULCERATING | • exulcerating v. Present participle of exulcerate. • EXULCERATE v. to ulcerate. |
| EXULCERATION | • exulceration n. (Obsolete) ulceration. • exulceration n. (Obsolete) fretting; festering; soreness. • EXULCERATION n. ulceration. |
| HETEROAUXINS | • heteroauxins n. Plural of heteroauxin. • HETEROAUXIN n. a natural plant hormone, used esp. for stimulating growth and root formation in plant cutting. |
| INTERSEXUALS | • intersexuals n. Plural of intersexual. • INTERSEXUAL n. someone existing between sexes. |
| INTERTEXTUAL | • intertextual adj. Pertaining to intertextuality; being or involving the reference to one text in another. • INTERTEXTUAL adj. of or like an intertext. |
| LUXURIATIONS | • luxuriations n. Plural of luxuriation. • LUXURIATION n. the act of luxuriating. |
| PNEUMOTHORAX | • pneumothorax n. (Medicine) Presence of air inside the pleural cavity, usually caused by injury either to the lung or the chest wall. • PNEUMOTHORAX n. accumulation of air or gas in the pleural cavity. |
| PORTMANTEAUX | • portmanteaux n. Plural of portmanteau. • PORTMANTEAU n. (French) a case opening in two parts, used for carrying clothes while traveling, also PORTMANTLE, PORTMANTUA. |
| TRANSSEXUALS | • transsexuals n. Plural of transsexual. • TRANSSEXUAL n. a person anatomically of one sex but having a strong desire to adopt the physical characteristics and role of a member of the opposite sex, also TRANSEXUAL. |
| UNEXPURGATED | • unexpurgated adj. Not expurgated, not having had anything objectionable removed. • UNEXPURGATED adj. not expurgated. |
| XERANTHEMUMS | • xeranthemums n. Plural of xeranthemum. • XERANTHEMUM n. any plant of the Xeranthemum genus of plants of southern Europe, belonging to the thistle family. |