| BOXHAULING | • boxhauling v. Present participle of boxhaul. • BOXHAUL v. to put (a vessel) on the other tack by veering her short round on her heel. |
| EXHAUSTING | • exhausting adj. Very tiring. • exhausting v. Present participle of exhaust. • EXHAUST v. to use the whole strength of. |
| EXHAUSTION | • exhaustion n. The point of complete depletion, of the state of being used up. • exhaustion n. Supreme tiredness; having exhausted energy. • exhaustion n. (Dated, chemistry) The removal (by percolation etc) of an active medicinal constituent from plant material. |
| EXHAUSTIVE | • exhaustive adj. Including every possible element. • exhaustive adj. Fully comprehensive. • exhaustive adj. (Now rare) Causing exhaustion; very tiring. |
| EXHUMATING | • exhumating v. Present participle of exhumate. • EXHUMATE v. to dig out from the earth, also EXHUME. |
| EXHUMATION | • exhumation n. The act of digging up that which has been buried. • EXHUMATION n. the act of exhuming. |
| EXTINGUISH | • extinguish v. (Transitive) To put out, as in fire; to end burning; to quench. • extinguish v. (Transitive) To destroy or abolish something. • extinguish v. (Transitive) To obscure or eclipse something. |
| FLEXIHOURS | • flexihours n. Flexitime. • FLEXIHOURS n. flexible working time. |
| FOXHUNTING | • foxhunting v. Present participle of foxhunt. • fox␣hunting n. The sport of hunting foxes across country with a pack of hounds by a group of people on foot and horseback… • FOXHUNTING n. the pastime of hunting foxes. |
| HYDROXIUMS | • HYDROXIUM n. a positive ion, H3O+, formed by the attachment of a proton to a water molecule. |
| SULPHOXIDE | • sulphoxide n. Alternative form of sulfoxide. • SULPHOXIDE n. any compound containing a sulphinyl group and a hydrocarbon radical, also SULFOXIDE. |
| SUPERHELIX | • superhelix n. (Molecular biology) The shape formed by a helix which in turn is twisted into a larger helix. • SUPERHELIX n. a helix, as of DNA, which has its axis arranged in a helical coil. |
| XIPHOPAGUS | • xiphopagus adj. (Of conjoined twins) United at the xiphoid process. • xiphopagus n. (Countable) Either of a pair of congenitally joined twins (Siamese twin) united at the xiphoid process. • xiphopagus n. (Uncountable) The condition of being such a twin. |
| XIPHOSURAN | • xiphosuran n. (Zoology) Any member of the order Xiphosura, including horseshoe crabs. • xiphosuran adj. (Zoology) Of or pertaining to the order Xiphosura. • XIPHOSURAN adj. belonging to the Xiphosura, an order of Arthropoda of which the only survivors are the king crabs. |