| AUXOMETERS | • auxometers n. Plural of auxometer. • AUXOMETER n. an instrument for measuring magnifying power. |
| EXCEPTIOUS | • exceptious adj. (Obsolete) Apt to take exception, or to object; captious, complaining. • EXCEPTIOUS adj. (archaic) disposed to take exception. |
| EXCLOSURES | • exclosures n. Plural of exclosure. • EXCLOSURE n. an area shut off from intrusion. |
| EXECUTIONS | • executions n. Plural of execution. • EXECUTION n. the act of executing. |
| EXPOSTURES | • EXPOSTURE n. (Shakespeare) exposure. |
| EXPOUNDERS | • expounders n. Plural of expounder. • EXPOUNDER n. one who expounds. |
| EXTRANEOUS | • extraneous adj. Not belonging to, or dependent upon, a thing; without or beyond a thing; foreign. • extraneous adj. Not essential or intrinsic. • EXTRANEOUS adj. not forming an essential or vital part. |
| FOURPLEXES | • fourplexes n. Plural of fourplex. • FOURPLEX n. a building having four units, also QUADPLEX. |
| HEXAMEROUS | • hexamerous adj. (Botany) In six parts; occurring in sixes. • HEXAMEROUS adj. having six parts. |
| REEXPOSURE | • reexposure n. A second or subsequent exposure. • REEXPOSURE n. a new exposure. |
| SAUCEBOXES | • sauceboxes n. Plural of saucebox. • SAUCEBOX n. a saucy, impudent person; esp. a pert child, also SAUCEPOT. |
| SQUEEZEBOX | • squeezebox n. (Music, informal) Synonym of accordion or concertina. • squeezebox n. Alternative form of squeeze box (“device for immobilizing an animal; box used by cavers for practising”). • squeeze␣box n. (Caving) A box with an adjustable opening used by cavers to practise crawling through tight spaces. |
| SUPEROXIDE | • superoxide n. (Chemistry) A peroxide. • superoxide n. (Chemistry) The univalent anion, O2-, obtained from molecular oxygen by adding an electron; any compound… • SUPEROXIDE n. a peroxide, an oxide with the highest proportion of oxygen. |
| XENOGENOUS | • xenogenous adj. Of foreign origin; xenogenic. • xenogenous adj. (Pathology) Caused by a foreign body; originating outside the organism. Xenogenous caused by a foreign… • XENOGENOUS adj. due to an outside cause. |