| EXAPTATION | • exaptation n. (Biology, evolutionary theory) The use of a biological structure or function for a purpose other than… • exaptation n. (Linguistics, by extension) The promotion of meaningless or redundant material so that it does new grammatical… |
| EXCEPTIONS | • exceptions n. Plural of exception. • EXCEPTION n. the act of excepting; something that is excepted. |
| EXCERPTION | • excerption n. The act of excerpting or selecting. • excerption n. That which is selected or gleaned; an extract. • EXCERPTION n. the act of excerpting or selecting. |
| EXEMPTIONS | • exemptions n. Plural of exemption. • EXEMPTION n. the act of making exempt. |
| EXPEDITION | • expedition n. (Obsolete) The act of expediting something; prompt execution. • expedition n. A military journey; an enterprise against some enemy or into enemy territory. • expedition n. (Now rare) The quality of being expedite; speed, quickness. |
| EXPIATIONS | • expiations n. Plural of expiation. • EXPIATION n. the act of expiating. |
| EXPIRATION | • expiration n. The act of expiring. • expiration n. The act or process of breathing out, or forcing air from the lungs through the nose or mouth. • expiration n. Emission of volatile matter; exhalation. |
| EXPLOITING | • exploiting v. Present participle of exploit. • EXPLOIT v. to take advantage of. |
| EXPOSITING | • expositing v. Present participle of exposit. • EXPOSIT v. to expound. |
| EXPOSITION | • exposition n. The action of exposing something to something, such as skin to the sunlight. • exposition n. (Authorship) The act or process of declaring or describing something through either speech or writing;… • exposition n. (Obsolete) The act of expulsion, or being expelled, from a place. |
| EXPUNCTION | • expunction n. The act of expunging or erasing. • expunction n. The condition of being expunged. • EXPUNCTION n. the act of expunging or erasing. |
| EXTROPIANS | • extropians n. Plural of extropian. • Extropians n. Plural of Extropian. • EXTROPIAN n. a believer in extropy, the principle that human intelligence will enable life to expand throughout the universe. |
| PAINTBOXES | • paintboxes n. Plural of paintbox. • PAINTBOX n. a box containing paints. |
| PAROXETINE | • paroxetine n. (Pharmacology) An antidepressant that is a selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor and is also used for… • PAROXETINE n. a kind of antidepressant drug. |
| PENTOXIDES | • pentoxides n. Plural of pentoxide. • PENTOXIDE n. an oxide containing five atoms of oxygen in each molecule; as, phosphorus pentoxide. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| SEXTONSHIP | • sextonship n. The office or position of a sexton. • SEXTONSHIP n. the office of a sexton. |
| XENOTROPIC | • xenotropic adj. (Biology) Describing a virus growing in tissue of an organism other than its normal host. • XENOTROPIC adj. reproducing or replicating only in cells other than those of the host species. |