| AXIOLOGIES | • axiologies n. Plural of axiology. • AXIOLOGY n. the science of the ultimate nature of values. |
| EXCISIONAL | • excisional adj. Performed by excision. • EXCISIONAL adj. relating to the act of excision. |
| EXIMIOUSLY | • eximiously adv. In an eximious way; with distinction, outstandingly. • EXIMIOUS adv. (archaic) choice, excellent. |
| EXPLOITING | • exploiting v. Present participle of exploit. • EXPLOIT v. to take advantage of. |
| EXPLOITIVE | • exploitive adj. Exploitative: taking advantage of someone. • EXPLOITIVE adj. serving to exploit, also EXPLOITATIVE. |
| HELIOTAXIS | • heliotaxis n. (Biology) Phototaxis related to the sun. • HELIOTAXIS n. the response of an organism to the sun's rays. |
| IMPLEXIONS | • implexions n. Plural of implexion. • IMPLEXION n. the act of involving, or state of being involved. |
| INFLEXIONS | • inflexions n. Plural of inflexion. • INFLEXION n. a change in the form of a word, usually modification or affixation, signalling change in such grammatical functions as tense, voice, mood, person, also INFLECTION. |
| MIXOLOGIES | • mixologies n. Plural of mixology. • MIXOLOGY n. the art of making mixed drinks. |
| OXIDISABLE | • oxidisable adj. (British spelling) Alternative spelling of oxidizable. • OXIDISABLE adj. that can be oxidised, also OXIDIZABLE. |
| OXIDIZABLE | • oxidizable adj. Capable of being oxidized. • OXIDIZABLE adj. that can be oxidized, also OXIDISABLE. |
| PHILOXENIA | • philoxenia n. Love of strangers; eagerness to show hospitality. • PHILOXENIA n. hospitality. |
| PIXELATION | • pixelation n. A blocky effect caused by enlarging a bitmap so that individual pixels can be distinguished. • pixelation n. The obscuring or censoring of part of an image by reducing the resolution, resulting in a blocky blur. • PIXELATION n. a video technique in which an image is blurred by being overlaid with a grid of squares, usually to disguise the identity of a person. |
| POSTEXILIC | • postexilic adj. After an exile, especially the Biblical exile of the Jews. • POSTEXILIC adj. existing or occurring after exile, esp. after the Babylonian captivity of the Jews, also POSTEXILIAN. |
| SAXICOLINE | • saxicoline adj. Synonym of saxicolous. • SAXICOLINE adj. inhabiting or growing among rocks, also SAXICOLOUS. |
| SEXTILLION | • sextillion num. (US, Britain, Australia, short scale) A trillion billion: 1 followed by 21 zeros, 1021. • sextillion num. (Dated Britain and Australia, long scale) A million quintillion: 1 followed by 36 zeros, 1036. • SEXTILLION n. a thousand raised to the seventh power (10 to the 21). |
| XENOLITHIC | • xenolithic adj. Being or pertaining to a xenolith. • XENOLITHIC adj. of or like a xenolith, a rock fragment foreign to the igneous mass in which it occurs. |
| XYLOIDINES | • xyloidines n. Plural of xyloidine. • XYLOIDINE n. a substance resembling pyroxylin, obtained by the action of nitric acid on starch, also XYLOIDIN. |