| BISSEXTILE | • bissextile adj. Having an intercalary day, particularly the quadrennial leap day of the Julian and Gregorian calendars… • bissextile n. Synonym of leap year: a year with an intercalary day. • BISSEXTILE n. the extra day in the leap year. |
| EXTINCTING | • extincting v. Present participle of extinct. • EXTINCT v. to extinguish. |
| EXTINCTION | • extinction n. The action of making or becoming extinct; annihilation. • extinction n. (Astronomy) The absorption or scattering of electromagnetic radiation emitted by astronomical objects… • extinction n. (Pathology) The inability to perceive multiple stimuli simultaneously. |
| EXTINCTIVE | • extinctive adj. Tending or serving to extinguish, or make extinct. • EXTINCTIVE adj. tending to extinguish. |
| EXTINCTURE | • extincture n. (Obsolete) extinction. • EXTINCTURE n. (Shakespeare) extinction. |
| 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. |
| EXTIRPABLE | • extirpable adj. Capable of being extirpated or eradicated. • EXTIRPABLE adj. capable of being extirpated or eradicated; as, an extirpable plant. |
| EXTIRPATED | • extirpated v. Simple past tense and past participle of extirpate. • extirpated adj. (Of a species) Locally extinct (though alive elsewhere). • EXTIRPATE v. to pull out by the roots. |
| EXTIRPATES | • extirpates v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of extirpate. • EXTIRPATE v. to pull out by the roots. |
| EXTIRPATOR | • extirpator n. Someone or something that extirpates. • EXTIRPATOR n. one who extirpates or roots out. |
| FLEXTIMERS | • FLEXTIMER n. one who works flextime. |
| GEOTEXTILE | • geotextile n. Any strong, permeable fabric used in earthworks for any of a number of purposes, including separation… • GEOTEXTILE n. any strong synthetic fabric used in civil engineering, as to retain an embankment. |
| PRETEXTING | • pretexting v. Present participle of pretext. • PRETEXTING n. the act of alleging as an excuse. |
| SEXTILLION | • sextillion num. (US, Britain, Australia, short scale) A trillion billion: 1 followed by 21 zeros, 1021. • sextillion num. (Dated Britain and Australia, long scale) A million quintillion: 1 followed by 36 zeros, 1036. • SEXTILLION n. a thousand raised to the seventh power (10 to the 21). |