| ASPHYXIATE | • asphyxiate v. (Transitive) To smother or suffocate someone. • asphyxiate v. (Intransitive) To be smothered or suffocated. • ASPHYXIATE v. to cause asphyxia in. |
| COMPLEXITY | • complexity n. (Uncountable) The state of being complex; intricacy; entanglement. • complexity n. (Countable) That which is and renders complex; intricacy; complication. • COMPLEXITY n. the state of being complex. |
| EXPECTABLY | • expectably adv. In an expectable manner. • EXPECTABLE adv. that may be expected. |
| EXPECTANCY | • expectancy n. Expectation or anticipation; the state of expecting something. • expectancy n. The state of being expected. (The addition of quotations indicative of this usage is being sought:) • expectancy n. (Law) Future interest as to possession or enjoyment. |
| EXPECTEDLY | • expectedly adv. In an expected way; as expected; predictably. • EXPECTED adv. EXPECT, to anticipate. |
| EXPEDITELY | • expeditely adv. In an expedite manner; expeditiously. • EXPEDITE adv. expeditious. |
| EXPIRATORY | • expiratory adj. Of or pertaining to expiration. • EXPIRATORY adj. pertaining to the expiration of air from the lungs. |
| EXPLICITLY | • explicitly adv. In an explicit manner. • EXPLICIT adv. distinctly stated. |
| EXPOSITORY | • expository adj. Serving to explain, explicate, or elucidate; expositive; of or relating to exposition. • EXPOSITORY adj. pertaining to, or containing, exposition. |
| HYPERTEXTS | • hypertexts n. Plural of hypertext. • HYPERTEXT n. computer software and hardware that allows users to create, store, and view text and move between related items easily and in a nonsequential way. |
| INEXPERTLY | • inexpertly adv. In an inexpert manner. • INEXPERT adv. one who lacks specific skills, also NONEXPERT. |
| PAROXYTONE | • paroxytone adj. (Linguistics, of a word) Having the stress or accent on the penultimate syllable. • paroxytone n. (Linguistics) A paroxytone word. • PAROXYTONE n. a word having an acute accent on the penultimate syllable. |
| PERPLEXITY | • perplexity n. The state or quality of being perplexed; puzzled or confused. • perplexity n. Something that perplexes. • perplexity n. In information theory, a measurement of how well a probability distribution or model predicts a sample. |
| PLEXIMETRY | • pleximetry n. The use of the pleximeter. • PLEXIMETRY n. the use of a pleximeter, a small, hard, elastic plate, as of ivory, bone, or rubber, placed in contact with body to receive the blow, in examination by mediate percussion. |
| PROTOXYLEM | • protoxylem n. The first xylem to form in a plant. • PROTOXYLEM n. the first part of the xylem to be formed. |
| PYROXENITE | • pyroxenite n. (Geology) A heavy, dark igneous rock consisting mostly of pyroxene minerals with smaller amounts of… • PYROXENITE n. a rock consisting essentially of pyroxene. |
| XEROPHYTES | • xerophytes n. Plural of xerophyte. • XEROPHYTE n. a plant thriving in desert conditions. |
| XEROPHYTIC | • xerophytic adj. (Botany) Of, pertaining to, or being a xerophyte. • xerophytic adj. (Ecology) Having a very dry environment. • xerophytic n. Xerophyte. |