| EXCLUSIVE | • exclusive adj. (Literally) Excluding items or members that do not meet certain conditions. • exclusive adj. (Figuratively) Referring to a membership organisation, service or product: of high quality and/or renown… • exclusive adj. Exclusionary. |
| EXPLETIVE | • expletive adj. Serving to fill up, merely for effect, otherwise redundant. • expletive adj. Marked by expletives (phrase-fillers). • expletive n. A profane, vulgar term, notably a curse or obscene oath. |
| EXPLOSIVE | • explosive adj. With the capability to, or likely to, explode. • explosive adj. Having the character of an explosion. • explosive adj. (Figurative) Shocking; startling. |
| EXPULSIVE | • expulsive adj. Tending to expel or resulting in expulsion. • EXPULSIVE adj. serving to expel. |
| FOXGLOVES | • foxgloves n. Plural of foxglove. • fox-gloves n. Plural of fox-glove. • FOXGLOVE n. a tall plant with drooping bell-shaped flowers. |
| GRAVADLAX | • gravadlax n. Alternative form of gravlax. • GRAVADLAX n. (Swedish) a Scandinavian dish of salmon with spices and salad, also GRAVLAKS, GRAVLAX. |
| GRAVLAXES | • GRAVLAX n. (Swedish) a Scandinavian dish of salmon with spices and salad, also GRAVADLAX, GRAVLAKS. |
| LAXATIVES | • laxatives n. Plural of laxative. • LAXATIVE n. a drug that stimulates evacuation of the bowels. |
| LIXIVIATE | • lixiviate v. To separate (a substance) into soluble and insoluble components through percolation; to leach. • lixiviate adj. Of or relating to lye or lixivium; of the quality of alkaline salts. • lixiviate adj. Impregnated with salts from wood ashes. |
| LIXIVIOUS | • lixivious adj. Alternative form of lixivial. • LIXIVIOUS adj. impregnated with a salt or salts like a lixivium. |
| LIXIVIUMS | • lixiviums n. Plural of lixivium. • LIXIVIUM n. (Latin) a solution of alkaline salts extracted from wood ashes; hence, any solution obtained by lixiviation. |
| MYXOVIRAL | • myxoviral adj. Relating to myxoviruses. • MYXOVIRAL adj. of or like a myxovirus, any of a group of related viruses causing influenza, mumps etc. |
| REFLEXIVE | • reflexive adj. (Grammar) Referring back to the subject, or having an object equal to the subject. • reflexive adj. (Mathematics) Of a relation R on a set S, such that xRx for all members x of S (that is, the relation… • reflexive adj. Of or resulting from a reflex. |
| SEXVALENT | • sexvalent adj. (Chemistry) Hexavalent. • SEXVALENT adj. of a valency of six, also SEXIVALENT. |
| VEXILLARY | • vexillary n. A standard-bearer. • VEXILLARY n. a standard-bearer. |
| VEXILLATE | • vexillate adj. (Botany) Having vexilla. • VEXILLATE adj. of or like a vexillum, the vane of a feather, also VEXILLAR. |