| EXCEPT | • except v. (Transitive) To exclude; to specify as being an exception. • except v. (Intransitive) To take exception, to object (to or against). • except prep. With the exception of; but. |
| EXEMPT | • exempt adj. Free from a duty or obligation. • exempt adj. (Of an employee or his position) Not entitled to overtime pay when working overtime. • exempt adj. (Obsolete) Cut off; set apart. |
| EXPATS | • expats n. Plural of expat. • ex-pats n. Plural of ex-pat. • EXPAT n. someone who lives abroad, an expatriate. |
| EXPECT | • expect v. (Transitive, intransitive) To predict or believe that something will happen. • expect v. To consider obligatory or required. • expect v. To consider reasonably due. |
| EXPERT | • expert adj. Extraordinarily capable or knowledgeable. • expert adj. Characteristic of an expert. • expert adj. (Obsolete) Proven, experienced, veteran. |
| EXPORT | • export adj. Of or relating to exportation or exports. • export n. (Countable) Something that is exported. • export n. (Uncountable) The act of exporting. |
| EXTIRP | • extirp v. (Transitive, obsolete) To extirpate (something). • EXTIRP v. (Shakespeare) to root out. |
| PINXIT | • pinxit n. An inscription indicating the identity of the one who created a painting. • PINXIT v. (Latin) a word appended to the artist's name or initials on a painting, or engraved copy of a painting: 'he painted (this)'. |
| PRETAX | • pretax adj. Before the payment of taxes. • pretax v. To tax before the action being taxed occurs. • pre-tax adj. Alternative form of pretax. |
| PTYXES | • ptyxes n. Plural of ptyxis. • PTYXIS n. (Greek) a type of leaf folding in a bud. |
| PTYXIS | • ptyxis n. (Botany) The way in which an individual leaf is folded in the bud. • PTYXIS n. (Greek) a type of leaf folding in a bud. |
| SEXPOT | • sexpot n. (Informal) A sexy person. • SEXPOT n. a sexually attractive woman. |