Acting to prevent the expansion of a physical substance.
Opposing expansion (as of a state or corporation).
asphyxiations
asphyxiations
noun
plural of asphyxiation
autocomplexes
calciphylaxis
calciphylaxis
noun
A syndrome of vascular calcification, thrombosis and skin necrosis, seen almost exclusively in patients with chronic kidney disease.
cytopharynxes
cytopharynxes
noun
plural of cytopharynx
exarchateship
exasperatedly
exasperatedly
adv
In an exasperated manner.
exasperations
exasperations
noun
plural of exasperation
excisemanship
excisemanship
noun
The state or business of an exciseman.
exemplariness
exemplariness
noun
The state or condition of being exemplary, serving as a shining example.
exencephalous
expansibility
expansibility
noun
The condition of being expansible
expansionists
expansionists
noun
plural of expansionist
expansiveness
expansiveness
noun
The state of being expansive.
expatriations
expatriations
noun
plural of expatriation
expectorators
expectorators
noun
plural of expectorator
expensilation
expiatoriness
exploitations
exploitations
noun
plural of exploitation
exponentiates
exponentiates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of exponentiate
expositionary
expositionary
adj
(writing) Serving as exposition.
expostulating
expostulating
verb
present participle of expostulate
expostulation
expostulation
noun
The act of reasoning earnestly in order to dissuade or remonstrate.
expostulative
expostulative
adj
Synonym of expostulatory
expostulatory
expostulatory
adj
Of, characterized by, or exhibiting expostulation.
extracapsular
extracapsular
adj
(anatomy) Situated outside a capsule, especially outside the capsular ligament of a joint.
extractorship
extraphysical
extraphysical
adj
Not governed by physical laws
extraposition
extraposition
noun
(linguistics) The movement of an element from its normal place to one at the end, or near the end, of a sentence.
extraspectral
extraspectral
adj
(colorimetry) Producible by a combination of wavelengths but not by any single wavelength.
ganglioplexus
hematosalpinx
hematosalpinx
noun
(medicine) A medical condition involving bleeding into the Fallopian tubes.
hepatorrhexis
hepatorrhexis
noun
(medicine, pathology) A rupture of the liver.
hieracosphinx
hieracosphinx
noun
A mythical beast found in Egyptian sculpture and European heraldry, being a lion with the head of a falcon.
hypercathexis
hypercathexis
noun
An excessive concentration of mental energy on an object or person.
hyperparoxysm
hyperprosexia
hyperprosexia
noun
(medicine, rare) Excessive attention; an abnormal state in which a person concentrates on one thing to the exclusion of everything else.
hypodiazeuxis
hypopharynxes
hypopharynxes
noun
plural of hypopharynx
impersonatrix
inexplicables
inexsuperable
inexsuperable
adj
(archaic) Not capable of being passed over; insuperable; insurmountable.
juxtaposition
juxtaposition
noun
(art) Two or more contrasting sounds, colours, styles etc. placed together for stylistic effect.
(grammar) An absence of linking elements in a group of words that are listed together.
(mathematics) An absence of operators in an expression.
(rhetoric) The close placement of two ideas to imply a link that may not exist.
The extra emphasis given to a comparison when the contrasted objects are close together.
The nearness of objects with little or no delimiter.
verb
To place in juxtaposition.
juxtapositive
juxtapositive
adj
(grammar) Of or relating to a grammatical case expressing position beside something.
Relating to juxtaposition.
lexiphanicism
lexiphanicism
noun
The use of pretentious words or language.
loxophthalmus
myxosporidian
myxosporidian
noun
Any member of the Myxosporidia.
nasopharynxes
nasopharynxes
noun
plural of nasopharynx
nonexpansible
overexpansion
overexpansion
noun
Excessive expansion, especially expansion that is not sustainable
overexpansive
overexpansive
adj
Too expansive.
paramyxovirus
paramyxovirus
noun
(virology) Any member of the Paramyxoviridae family of negative-sense single-stranded RNA viruses responsible for a number of human and animal diseases.
parasexuality
parasexuality
noun
(biology) A phenomenon, involving a complex form of mitosis, whereby two cell nuclei merge without any sexual process and the chromosome count is doubled.
paroxysmalist
paxilliferous
paxilliferous
adj
(zoology) Bearing a paxilla.
postmaxillary
postmaxillary
adj
(anatomy) posterior to the maxilla
preexhaustion
preparoxysmal
preparoxysmal
adj
Before a paroxysm.
proximateness
proximateness
noun
Quality of being proximate.
sexploitation
sexploitation
noun
Sexual exploitation in the media (especially film).
sextuplicated
sextuplicated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of sextuplicate
sphacelotoxin
sphinxianness
staphylotoxin
staphylotoxin
noun
Any of various toxins produced by Staphylococcus bacteria.
superaxillary
superexacting
superexacting
adj
Very exacting.
superexaminer
supergalaxies
supergalaxies
noun
plural of supergalaxy
supertaxation
supervexation
tachyphylaxis
tachyphylaxis
noun
(medicine) A rapidly decreasing response to a drug following administration of the initial doses.
toxicophagous
toxoplasmosis
toxoplasmosis
noun
A disease, caused by the parasite Toxoplasma gondii, that primarily affects felids, but also other mammals including humans.
unexasperated
unexasperated
adj
Not exasperated.
unexpansively
unexpansively
adv
In an unexpansive way.
unexpressable
unexpressable
adj
Synonym of inexpressible
unexpressably
unexpressably
adv
Synonym of inexpressibly
xanthocarpous
xanthocarpous
adj
(botany) Having yellow fruits.
xerophthalmos
xiphiplastral
xiphiplastral
adj
Relating to a xiphiplastron.
xiphiplastron
xiphiplastron
noun
The posterior, or fourth lateral plate in the plastron of a turtle.
zoopraxiscope
zoopraxiscope
noun
(photography, historical) An instrument developed by Eadweard Muybridge in the 1870's, similar to the phenakistoscope. The instrument involves a disc that includes serial pictures being rotated in front of a light source, projecting them upon a screen, to exhibit the natural movements of animals and the like.