| EXCLAVE | • exclave n. A portion of a country’s territory not connected to the main part. • exclave n. (Medicine, rare) A detached part of an organ, as of the pancreas, thyroid (accessory thyroids), or other gland. • EXCLAVE n. a portion of a country separated from the main part and constituting an enclave in respect to the surrounding territory. |
| EXUVIAE | • exuviae n. Plural of exuvia. • exuviae n. The coverings of an animal that have been shed or cast off, particularly the molted exoskeletons of arthropods. • exuviae n. (History, military) Among the Ancient Romans, weaponry and equipment stripped from the person of a foe; booty. |
| EXUVIAL | • exuvial adj. Related to something sloughed off or stripped away. • EXUVIAL adj. of or pertaining to exuviae, cast skins, shells, or coverings of animals. |
| EXUVIUM | • exuvium n. (Biology) Synonym of exuvia. • EXUVIUM n. (Latin) the moulted covering of an animal. |
| FLUXIVE | • fluxive adj. Flowing; lacking solidity. • FLUXIVE adj. (Shakespeare) flowing with tears. |
| INVEXED | • invexed adj. (Heraldry, obsolete) arched or enarched. • INVEXED adj. (in heraldry) arched. |
| OVERLAX | • overlax adj. Excessively lax. • OVERLAX adj. excessively lax. |
| OVERMIX | • overmix v. To mix too thoroughly. • OVERMIX v. to mix too much. |
| OVERTAX | • overtax v. To tax to an excessive degree. • overtax v. To overburden. • OVERTAX v. to tax too heavily. |
| UNVEXED | • unvexed adj. Not vexed. • UNVEXED adj. not vexed, also UNVEXT. |
| VEXEDLY | • vexedly adv. In a vexed manner; annoyedly. • VEXED adv. VEX, to distress or annoy. |
| VEXILLA | • vexilla n. Plural of vexillum. • VEXILLUM n. (Latin) the web or vane of a feather, also VEXIL. |
| VEXINGS | • vexings n. Plural of vexing. • VEXING n. the act of vexing. |
| VITEXES | • vitexes n. Plural of vitex. • VITEX n. (Latin) any of various shrubs and small trees of the verbena family. |
| VIXENLY | • vixenly adj. Like a vixen; vixenish. • VIXENLY adj. snarling. |