EXCERPTIONS | • excerptions n. Plural of excerption. • EXCERPTION n. the act of excerpting or selecting. |
EXPECTORANT | • expectorant n. (Medicine) An agent or drug used to cause or induce the expulsion of phlegm from the lungs. • expectorant adj. (Medicine) Causing or assisting the expulsion of phlegm. • EXPECTORANT n. an agent that promotes the discharge or expulsion of mucus from the respiratory tract. |
EXPIRATIONS | • expirations n. Plural of expiration. • EXPIRATION n. the last emission of breath. |
EXPLANATORY | • explanatory adj. Intended to serve as an explanation. • explanatory adj. (Of a person) Disposed to explain. • EXPLANATORY adj. serving to explain, also EXPLANATIVE. |
EXPLORATION | • exploration n. The process of exploring. • exploration n. The process of penetrating, or ranging over for purposes of (especially geographical) discovery. • exploration n. The (pre-)mining process of finding and determining commercially viable ore deposits (after prospecting)… |
EXPORTATION | • exportation n. The act of exporting; the act of conveying or sending commodities abroad or to another country, in the… • exportation n. The commodity exported; an export. • exportation n. The act of carrying something outside. |
EXPURGATION | • expurgation n. The act of expurgating, purging, or cleansing; purification from anything noxious, offensive, sinful, or erroneous. • EXPURGATION n. the act of expurgating. |
EXTIRPATION | • extirpation n. The act of extirpating or uprooting. • EXTIRPATION n. the act of extirpating. |
EXTRAPOSING | • extraposing v. Present participle of extrapose. • EXTRAPOSE v. to move an item normally positioned within a phrase or sentence to the end, to focus attention on it. |
NEPHROTOXIC | • nephrotoxic adj. That is poisonous to kidney tissue. • NEPHROTOXIC adj. poisonous to the kidney. |
PAROXETINES | • PAROXETINE n. a kind of antidepressant drug. |
PAROXYTONES | • paroxytones n. Plural of paroxytone. • PAROXYTONE n. a word having an acute accent on the penultimate syllable. |
PAROXYTONIC | • paroxytonic adj. (Prosody) Of or relating to words whose stress falls on the penultimate syllable. • PAROXYTONIC adj. like a paroxytone. |
PICROTOXINS | • picrotoxins n. Plural of picrotoxin. • PICROTOXIN n. a bitter toxin obtained from the seeds of the shrub Anamirta cocculus. |
PROGENITRIX | • progenitrix n. A female progenitor, a foremother, any of a person’s direct female ancestors (ancestresses). • PROGENITRIX n. a female parent or ancestor, also PROGENITRESS. |
PROXIMATION | • proximation n. Proximity. • proximation n. Approximation. • PROXIMATION n. immediate nearness in time, place, relationship, etc., also PROXIMITY. |
PYROXENITES | • pyroxenites n. Plural of pyroxenite. • PYROXENITE n. a rock consisting essentially of pyroxene. |
PYROXENITIC | • pyroxenitic adj. Of or relating to pyroxenite. • PYROXENITIC adj. of or like pyroxene. |
REEXPORTING | • reexporting v. Present participle of reexport. • re-exporting v. Present participle of re-export. • REEXPORT v. to export again. |