(chiefly journalism) A guide that explains a topic.
agent noun of explain; one who explains.
explicans
exploding
exploding
noun
explosion
verb
present participle of explode
exploring
exploring
noun
The action of the verb explore.
verb
present participle of explore
explosion
explosion
noun
A bursting due to pressure.
A sudden outburst.
A sudden uncontrolled increase.
A violent release of energy (sometimes mechanical, nuclear, or chemical.)
The sound of an explosion.
exponible
exponible
adj
Able to be, or requiring to be, explained.
exporting
exporting
verb
present participle and gerund of export
expuition
expuition
noun
(obsolete) The act of spiting phlegm.
expulsing
expulsing
verb
present participle of expulse
expulsion
expulsion
noun
The act of expelling or the state of being expelled.
expunging
expunging
noun
The act by which something is expunged; a deletion.
verb
present participle of expunge
exscinded
exscinded
verb
simple past tense and past participle of exscind
exsecting
exsecting
verb
present participle of exsect
exsection
exsection
noun
(surgery) The removal by operation of a portion of a limb, especially the removal of a portion of a bone in the vicinity of a joint.
A cutting out or away.
exserting
exserting
verb
present participle of exsert
exsertion
exsertion
noun
protrusion; thrusting outward
exsiccant
exsiccant
adj
Having the quality of drying up; causing a drying up.
noun
A medicine that causes drying up.
exsolving
exsolving
verb
present participle of exsolve
exsuction
exsuction
noun
The act of sucking out.
extending
extending
verb
present participle of extend
extensile
extensile
adj
extensible
extension
extension
noun
(banking, finance) A written engagement on the part of a creditor, allowing a debtor further time to pay a debt.
(computing) A file extension.
(computing) An optional software component that adds functionality to an application.
(education) University programs that are targeted at the broader (usually adults) community whose participants are not full-time enrolled students.
(fencing) A simple offensive action, consisting of extending the weapon arm forward.
(grammar) A kind of derivative morpheme applied to verbs in Bantu languages.
(linguistics, semantics) semantic widening, broadening of meaning
(logic) The set of tuples of values that, used as arguments, satisfy the predicate.
(medicine) The operation of stretching a broken bone so as to bring the fragments into the same straight line.
(semantics) Capacity of a concept or general term to include a greater or smaller number of objects; — correlative of intension.
(telecommunications) A numerical code used to specify a specific telephone in a telecommunication network.
(weightlifting) An exercise in which an arm or leg is straightened against resistance.
A part of a building that has been extended from the original
That property of a body by which it occupies a portion of space (or time, e.g. "spatiotemporal extension")
The act of extending; a stretching out; enlargement in length, breadth, or time; an increase
The state of being extended
extensity
extensity
noun
(countable) The degree to which something is extensive
(uncountable) The state of being extensive or of having extension
extensive
extensive
adj
(figurative) Considerable in amount.
(physics) Having a combined system entropy that equals the sum of the entropies of the independent systems.
Having a great extent; covering a large area; vast.
Serving to extend or lengthen; characterized by extension.
extermine
extermine
verb
(transitive, obsolete) To exterminate (someone or something); to destroy.
externity
externity
noun
The condition of being external; outwardness
externize
extincted
extincted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of extinct
extinctor
extinctor
noun
(dated) An extinguisher.
A cause of extinction.
extolling
extolling
verb
present participle of extoll
extorsion
extorsion
noun
(medicine) An outward rotation of a limb, organ or part of the eye.
extorting
extorting
verb
present participle of extort
extortion
extortion
noun
The practice of extorting money or other property by the use of force or threats.
extrafine
extrinsic
extrinsic
adj
external; separable from the thing itself; inessential
not belonging to something; outside
noun
An external factor
extruding
extruding
verb
present participle of extrude
extrusion
extrusion
noun
A manufacturing process where a billet of material is pushed and/or drawn through a die to create a shaped rod, rail or pipe.
An item formed by the process of extrusion.
exudation
exudation
noun
Something that is exuded.
The act or process of exuding.
fixations
fixations
noun
plural of fixation
fixedness
fixedness
noun
The state or condition of being fixed.
flexional
flexional
adj
Dated form of flectional.
fluxation
fluxation
noun
The act of fluxing; a flowing or passing away.
fluxional
fluxional
adj
(chemistry, of a compound) That undergoes rapid intramolecular rearrangements, component atoms being interchanged among equivalent structures.
Pertaining to, or having the nature of, fluxion or fluxions; variable; inconstant.
foxfinger
fundatrix
fundatrix
noun
(zoology) A female aphid hatched in the spring from an overwintering egg.
gloxinias
gloxinias
noun
plural of gloxinia
glyoxalin
glyoxilin
haloxylin
hemiauxin
hemotoxin
hemotoxin
noun
(chiefly cytology) Any toxin that destroys red blood cells
hexactine
hexactine
adj
Having six rays.
noun
A six-rayed spicule, made of silica, that makes up the skeleton of some sponges.
hexadiene
hexadiene
noun
(organic chemistry) Any of several isomers of the alkene having six carbon atoms and two double bonds
hexadiine
hexadiyne
hexagynia
hexamines
hexamines
noun
plural of hexamine
hexammine
hexammino
hexandria
hexandric
homaxonic
immixting
incomplex
incomplex
adj
(especially philosophy) Not complex; simple.
noun
(philosophy) An item or thing, as opposed to a relationship between items.
indexable
indexable
Adjective
That can be indexed.
indexical
indexical
adj
(linguistics, philosophy) Having or imparting a meaning, or signifying a referent, that changes according to context.
Of, pertaining to, or like, an index; having the form of an index.
noun
(linguistics, philosophy) An indexical term.
indexless
indexless
adj
Without an index.
indoxylic
indoxylic
adj
(chemistry) Of or pertaining to indoxyl.
inexactly
inexactly
adv
In a manner not exact or precise; inaccurately.
inexhaust
inexperts
inexperts
noun
plural of inexpert
inexpiate
inexpiate
adj
(obsolete) Not appeased or placated.
inexpress
inextinct
inextinct
adj
(archaic) Not quenched; not extinct.
infixions
infixions
noun
plural of infixion
inflexion
inflexion
noun
Alternative spelling of inflection
inflexive
inflexive
adj
(obsolete) inflexible
inflective
inflexure
inflexure
noun
An inflection; a bend or fold.
influxion
influxion
noun
A flowing in; infusion.
influxive
influxive
adj
(obsolete) Having influence; influential.
Having a tendency to flow inward.
inmixture
innoxious
innoxious
adj
(archaic) Having no harmful effect; harmless, innocuous.
inomyxoma
inoxidize
intaxable
interaxal
interaxal
adj
(architecture) Situated in an interaxis.
interaxes
interaxes
noun
plural of interaxis
interaxis
interaxis
noun
(architecture) The space between two axes.
interflux
intermixt
intermixt
verb
simple past tense and past participle of intermix; archaic spelling of intermixed.
intextine
intextine
noun
Synonym of endexine
intexture
introflex
ionoxalis
isoxazine
isoxylene
kenotoxin
kenotoxin
noun
(biochemistry, obsolete) A supposed toxin thought to be generated by exertion and to cause fatigue.
knoxville
knoxville
Proper noun
The name of a number of places in the United States of America:
An unincorporated community in Alabama.
A town in Arkansas.
An unincorporated community in California.
An unincorporated community and CDP in Georgia
A city in Illinois.
A city in Iowa
An unincorporated community in Maryland.
An unincorporated community in Missouri.
An unincorporated community in Nebraska.
An unincorporated community in Ohio.
A small borough in Pennsylvania.
A neighbourhood in Pennsylvania.
A large city in Tennessee
An unincorporated community in West Virginia.
kosotoxin
kosotoxin
noun
(organic chemistry) A toxic substance obtained from the flowers of kousso.
laxations
laxations
noun
plural of laxation
lexington
lexington
Proper noun
Any number of places in the USA, see Wikipedia:Lexington.
a city in Missouri
a city in Nebraska
a city in North Carolina
a city in Tennessee
an independent city in Virginia which is the county seat of
The battle of Lexington, one of the first battles in the American Revolutionary War, see Wikipedia:Battles of Lexington and Concord
luxations
luxations
noun
plural of luxation
luxuriant
luxuriant
adj
Abundant in growth or detail.
luxurient
matrixing
menoxenia
menoxenia
noun
(pathology) Abnormal menstruation.
mesaxonic
mesaxonic
adj
(zoology) Having an enlarged middle digit that forms the axis of the foot.
metaxenia
metaxenia
noun
ectogeny
minimaxes
minimaxes
noun
plural of minimax
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of minimax
minxishly
minxishly
adv
In a minxish manner.
misexpend
misexpend
verb
(transitive) To expend badly or wrongly.
mixedness
mixedness
noun
The condition of being mixed
mixtilion
mixtilion
noun
(obsolete) Mixed grain, such as rye and wheat.
monaxonic
monaxonic
adj
Having a single axis.
Having a single axon.
monoxides
monoxides
noun
plural of monoxide
monoxylic
monoxylic
adj
Made from a single tree trunk.
mycotoxin
mycotoxin
noun
(biochemistry) Any substance, produced by a mold or fungus, that is injurious to vertebrates upon ingestion, inhalation or skin contact.
myxinidae
myxoinoma
narratrix
narratrix
noun
A female narrator.
neuraxial
neuraxial
adj
(anatomy, medicine) Of or pertaining to a certain embryologic subset of the central nervous system.
(anatomy, medicine) Of or pertaining to the central nervous system.
nonexotic
nonexotic
adj
Not exotic.
nonexpiry
nonexpiry
noun
Lack of expiry; failure to expire.
nonprolix
nonsexist
nonsexist
adj
Not sexist.
noun
One who is not a sexist.
nonwaxing
noxiously
noxiously
adv
In a noxious manner.
nulliplex
nulliplex
adj
(genetics, of a polyploid) homozygously recessive (lacking the dominant allele) at a particular locus
obnoxiety
obnoxiety
noun
(obsolete, rare) obnoxiousness
obnoxious
obnoxious
adj
(archaic or obsolete) Exposed or vulnerable to something, especially harm or injury.
Causing harm or injury; harmful, hurtful, injurious.
Deserving of blame or punishment; blameworthy, guilty.
Extremely offensive or unpleasant; very annoying, contemptible, or odious.
Followed by to: likely to do something.
Under the authority or power of someone; subject, subordinate; hence, deferential, submissive, subservient.
outboxing
outboxing
verb
present participle of outbox
outfoxing
outfoxing
verb
present participle of outfox
outjinxed
outjinxes
oxacillin
oxacillin
noun
(pharmacology) A narrow-spectrum beta-lactam antibiotic made by chemical modification of penicillin and administered in the form of its hydrated sodium salt C₁₉H₁₈N₃NaO₅S·H₂O to treat infections caused by penicillin-resistant staphylococci.
oxalating
oxalating
verb
present participle of oxalate
oxamidine
oxamidine
noun
(organic chemistry) One of a series of bases containing the amido and isonitroso groups united to the same carbon atom.
oxanilate
oxanilate
noun
(chemistry) A salt of oxanilic acid.
oxanilide
oxanilide
noun
(organic chemistry) A white crystalline substance resembling oxanilamide, obtained by heating aniline oxalate, and regarded as a double anilide of oxalic acid; diphenyl oxamide.
oxfordian
oxfordian
Noun
A native or resident of Oxford.
One who believes that 17th Earl of Oxford, wrote the plays traditionally attributed to
Proper noun
The age from 163.5±1.0 Ma to 157.3±1.0 Ma or the stage of rocks (chiefly coral-derived limestones) deposited during it.
Adjective
Of or pertaining to Oxford or its residents.
Relating to or denoting the theory that Edward de Vere (1550–1604), Earl of Oxford, wrote the plays attributed to William Shakespeare.
Relating to the Oxfordian age or stage.
oxidating
oxidating
verb
present participle of oxidate
oxidation
oxidation
noun
(chemistry) A reaction in which the atoms of an element lose electrons and the oxidation state of the element increases.
The combination of a substance with oxygen.
oxidising
oxidising
adj
Alternative spelling of oxidizing
verb
present participle of oxidise
oxidizing
oxidizing
verb
present participle of oxidize
oximation
oximation
noun
(organic chemistry) Reaction with, or conversion into an oxime