| DETOXING | • detoxing v. Present participle of detox. • detoxing n. Synonym of detox (“detoxification, especially of the body from drugs”). • DETOX v. to remove a toxin from, also DETOXIFY. |
| EXACTION | • exaction n. The act of demanding with authority, and compelling to pay or yield; compulsion to give or furnish;… • exaction n. Extortion. • exaction n. That which is exacted; a severe tribute; a fee, reward, or contribution, demanded or levied with severity… |
| EXCITONS | • excitons n. Plural of exciton. • EXCITON n. a combination of excited electron and hole. |
| EXERTION | • exertion n. An expenditure of physical or mental effort. • EXERTION n. the act of exerting. |
| EXOTOXIN | • exotoxin n. Any toxin secreted by a microorganism into the surrounding environment. • EXOTOXIN n. a secreted toxin. |
| NEOTOXIN | • NEOTOXIN n. any harmful substance in the environment causing illness or allergy. |
| NITROXES | • NITROX n. a mixture of nitrogen and oxygen, used in underwater breathing apparatus. |
| OXTERING | • oxtering v. Present participle of oxter. • OXTER v. (Scots) to take under the arm. |
| PONTIFEX | • pontifex n. (Historical) A pontiff, or high priest, in Ancient Rome. • PONTIFEX n. (Latin) a chief priest, also PONTIFF. |
| RETOXING | • retoxing v. Present participle of retox. • RETOX v. to embark on a binge of drink, drugs, or unhealthy food after a period of abstinence. |
| SAXONITE | • saxonite n. (Mineralogy) Harzburgite, a peridotite consisting mostly of olivine and low-calcium pyroxene. • SAXONITE n. an ultrabasic igneous rock consisting of olivine and enstatite. |
| UNEXOTIC | • unexotic adj. Not exotic; mundane, commonplace. • UNEXOTIC adj. not exotic. |
| VEXATION | • vexation n. The act of annoying, vexing, or irritating. • vexation n. The state of being vexed or irritated. • vexation n. Something that vexes or irritates. |
| XENOLITH | • xenolith n. (Geology) any piece of rock having a different origin to that of the igneous rock in which it is found. • XENOLITH n. (Greek) a rock fragment foreign to the igneous mass in which it occurs. |
| XENOTIME | • xenotime n. (Mineralogy) A yellow-brown mineral, yttrium phosphate (YPO4). • XENOTIME n. (Greek) a phosphate of yttrium occurring in yellowish-brown tetragonal crystals. |
| XYLONITE | • xylonite n. (Obsolete) Celluloid. • XYLONITE n. a non-thermosetting plastic of the nitrocellulose type, also ZYLONITE. |