The practice of choking or strangling oneself for sexual gratification.
axanthopsia
axanthopsia
noun
Inability to see the colours yellow and blue.
boxthorns
boxthorns
noun
plural of boxthorn
chemotaxonomist
chemotaxonomist
noun
One who studies chemotaxonomy.
christianomastix
chronomastix
countercathexis
countercathexis
noun
(psychology) The suppression or repression of mental energy.
cytopharynxes
cytopharynxes
noun
plural of cytopharynx
desiodothyroxine
dexamethasone
dexamethasone
noun
(pharmacology, biochemistry) A synthetic member of the glucocorticoid-class of steroid hormones, having the chemical formula C₂₂H₂₉FO₅, and used especially as an anti-inflammatory agent.
dishexecontahedroid
enterorrhexis
enterorrhexis
noun
(medicine, rare) Rupture of the intestine.
esonarthex
esonarthex
noun
An inner narthex (in a church).
exanthalose
exanthemas
exanthematous
exanthematous
adj
Of or pertaining to exanthem.
exanthems
exanthems
noun
plural of exanthem
exhalants
exhalants
noun
plural of exhalant
exhalations
exhalations
noun
plural of exhalation
exhalents
exhalents
noun
plural of exhalent
exhaustedness
exhaustedness
noun
The state, quality, or condition of being exhausted.
exhausting
exhausting
adj
Very tiring.
verb
present participle of exhaust
exhaustingly
exhaustingly
adv
In an exhausting manner.
exhaustion
exhaustion
noun
(dated, chemistry) The removal (by percolation etc) of an active medicinal constituent from plant material.
(dated, physics) The removal of all air from a vessel (the creation of a vacuum).
(mathematics) An exhaustive procedure
Supreme tiredness; having exhausted energy.
The point of complete depletion, of the state of being used up.
exhaustions
exhaustions
noun
plural of exhaustion
exhaustiveness
exhaustiveness
noun
The state of being exhaustive.
exhaustlessness
exhaustlessness
noun
(dated) inexhaustibility; infinite supply
exhibitionism
exhibitionism
noun
(pathology) The practice or character trait of deliberately displaying one's genitals, nipples, or buttocks in public.
The practice or character trait of deliberately drawing attention to oneself.
exhibitionist
exhibitionist
adj
compulsively seeking attention
noun
One who attempts to draw attention to himself or herself by his or her behaviour.
One who exposes his or her genitalia (or female nipples) in public.
Synonym of exhibitioner (“student who is awarded an exhibition”)
exhibitionistic
exhibitionistic
adj
Having a tendency toward exhibitionism.
exhibitionists
exhibitionists
noun
plural of exhibitionist
exhibitions
exhibitions
noun
plural of exhibition
exhilarations
exhilarations
noun
plural of exhilaration
exhortations
exhortations
noun
plural of exhortation
exhumations
exhumations
noun
plural of exhumation
expenthesis
externship
externship
noun
An experiential learning opportunity, usually offered by a school, similar to an internship, but generally shorter in duration.
externships
externships
noun
plural of externship
extinguish
extinguish
verb
(intransitive) To die out.
(transitive) To destroy or abolish something.
(transitive) To obscure or eclipse something.
(transitive) To put out, as in fire; to end burning; to quench.
(transitive, literally) To hunt down (a species) to extinction.
(transitive, psychology) To bring about the extinction of a conditioned reflex.
extinguishable
extinguishable
adj
Able to be extinguished.
extinguishant
extinguishant
adj
That serves to extinguish
noun
An extinguishing medium such as water, chemical powders, gases (CO2,Halon etc)
extinguisher, especially a fire extinguisher
extinguished
extinguished
adj
Having been quenched or eliminated.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of extinguish
extinguisher
extinguisher
noun
(historical) A small hollow conical instrument for putting out a candle.
A fire extinguisher.
extinguishers
extinguishers
noun
plural of extinguisher
extinguishes
extinguishes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of extinguish
extinguishing
extinguishing
noun
The process by which something is extinguished.
verb
present participle of extinguish
extinguishment
extinguishment
noun
(law) The annihilation or extinction of a right or obligation.
The act of extinguishing, putting out, or quenching, or the state of being extinguished.
foxhuntings
fucoxanthins
fucoxanthins
noun
plural of fucoxanthin
glossanthrax
glossanthrax
noun
A disease of horses and cattle accompanied by carbuncles in the mouth and on the tongue.
hapaxanthous
hapaxanthous
adj
Being or relating to a hapaxanth.
hematosalpinx
hematosalpinx
noun
(medicine) A medical condition involving bleeding into the Fallopian tubes.
hematoxylins
hematoxylins
noun
plural of hematoxylin
herstmonceux
heteroauxins
heteroauxins
noun
plural of heteroauxin
heterodoxness
heteroxenous
heteroxenous
adj
(biology) parasitic to two different types of host (typically as part of a complex life cycle)
hexacanthous
hexakisoctahedron
hexakisoctahedron
noun
A three-dimensional solid with 48 faces arranged around 9 planes of reflection and 13 rotary axes.
hexakistetrahedron
hexakistetrahedron
noun
A polyhedron with 24 faces.
hexastemonous
hexastichon
hurstmonceux
hydroxycorticosterone
hydroxydehydrocorticosterone
hydroxydesoxycorticosterone
hygroexpansivity
hyperexcitableness
hyperextends
hyperextends
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of hyperextend
hyperextension
hyperextension
noun
an exercise performed by lying on the stomach, ideally inclined upwards as on a Roman chair to reach a higher range of motion, and raising and lowering the upper torso.
the extension of a joint beyond its normal range; the condition of being hyperextended.
inexhaust
inexhausted
inexhausted
Adjective
Not exhausted.
inexhaustedly
inexhaustedly
adv
Without exhaustion.
inexhaustibility
inexhaustibility
noun
The state or condition of being inexhaustible.
inexhaustible
inexhaustible
adj
Impossible to exhaust; unlimited.
inexhaustibleness
inexhaustibleness
noun
inexhaustibility; the quality of being inexhaustible.
inexhaustibly
inexhaustibly
adv
In an inexhaustible manner.
To an inexhaustible degree.
inexhaustive
inexhaustive
adj
Synonym of inexhaustible
inexhaustively
inexhaustless
inextinguishability
inextinguishability
noun
The state of not being extinguishable.
inextinguishable
inextinguishable
adj
Incapable of being extinguished, not extinguishable.
inextinguishables
inextinguishably
inextinguishably
adv
In a way that cannot be extinguished; immortally.
inextinguished
inheritrixes
isoxanthine
myxasthenia
myxasthenia
noun
A reduced secretion of mucus
narthexes
nonexhausted
nonexhaustible
nonexhaustive
nonexhaustive
adj
Not exhaustive
nonexhaustively
nonexhaustiveness
nonexhibitionism
nonexhibitionistic
nonexhibitionistic
adj
Not exhibitionistic.
nonextinguishable
nonextinguished
octakishexahedron
octakishexahedron
noun
(geometry, rare) A polyhedron with 48 faces.
orthodoxicalness
orthodoxness
orthodoxness
noun
The state or condition of being orthodox.
overexhausting
oxyacanthous
oxygnathous
oxygnathous
adj
Having a smooth jaw
pancreatemphraxis
photosyntax
photosyntax
noun
(archaic) photosynthesis
phytoalexins
phytoalexins
noun
plural of phytoalexin
preexhaustion
preextinguish
preextinguishment
pseudoxanthine
pyoxanthose
pyoxanthose
noun
(chemistry, archaic) A greenish-yellow crystalline colouring matter found with pyocyanin in pus.
saxophonist
saxophonist
noun
A person who owns, plays or practices with the saxophone.
saxophonists
saxophonists
noun
plural of saxophonist
scleroxanthin
scleroxanthin
noun
(organic chemistry, obsolete) A hydrated compound of sclerocrystallin.
semiexhibitionist
seropneumothorax
sextillionth
sextillionth
adj
The ordinal form of the number one sextillion.
noun
One of a sextillion equal parts of a whole.
The person or thing in the sextillionth position.
sextonship
sextonship
noun
The office or position of a sexton.
shikimotoxin
sixpennyworth
sixpennyworth
noun
(dated) A portion worth sixpence.
sixteenth
sixteenth
adj
The ordinal form of the number sixteen.
noun
One of sixteen equal parts of a whole.
sixteenthly
sixteenthly
adv
In the sixteenth place; sixteenth in a row.
sixteenths
sixteenths
noun
plural of sixteenth
sphacelotoxin
spondylexarthrosis
staphylotoxin
staphylotoxin
noun
Any of various toxins produced by Staphylococcus bacteria.
stenothorax
sternoxiphoid
sulfadimethoxine
sulfadimethoxine
noun
(pharmacology) A sulfonamide antibacterial derivative of sulfadiazine