(rhetoric) Fine writing on a minor or trivial subject.
angiemphraxis
antiexporting
antiexporting
adj
Synonym of antiexport (“opposing exports”)
apexing
appendixing
approximating
approximating
verb
present participle of approximate
archlexicographer
asphyxiating
asphyxiating
verb
present participle of asphyxiate
ataxiagraph
ataxiagraph
noun
An instrument that measures the degree of ataxia in a patient
auxograph
auxographic
chromoxylograph
chromoxylograph
noun
A woodcut produced in colour.
chromoxylography
chromoxylography
noun
The art or technique of producing chromoxylographs.
cryptoglaux
doxographer
doxographer
noun
A classical historian who describes the opinions of Ancient Greek philosophers and scientists.
doxographical
doxographical
adj
relating to doxographers
doxography
doxography
noun
The work or works of classical historians describing the opinions of Ancient Greek philosophers and scientists.
epexegetical
epexegetical
adj
Relating to epexegesis.
epexegetically
epexegetically
adv
In an epexegetic manner.
exampling
exampling
verb
present participle of example
exasperating
exasperating
adj
That exasperates, infuriates, annoys or irritates
verb
present participle of exasperate
exasperatingly
exasperatingly
adv
In an exasperating manner; frustratingly.
exculpating
exculpating
verb
present participle of exculpate
exograph
exophagous
exophagous
adj
Exhibiting or relating to exophagy.
exophagy
exophagy
noun
(rare) Cannibalism, of those outside a social group.
exopterygota
expanding
expanding
verb
present participle of expand
expandingly
expandingly
adv
With expansion; so as to expand.
expatiating
expatiating
noun
expatiation
verb
present participle of expatiate
expatiatingly
expatiatingly
adv
So as to expatiate; speaking or writing at length.
expatriating
expatriating
verb
present participle of expatriate
expectorating
expectorating
verb
present participle of expectorate
expeditating
expeditating
verb
present participle of expeditate
expergefacient
expergefaction
expergefaction
noun
An awakening
expiating
expiating
verb
present participle of expiate
expiscating
expiscating
verb
present participle of expiscate
explaining
explaining
noun
explanation
verb
present participle of explain
explainingly
explainingly
adv
By way of explanation.
explanting
explanting
verb
present participle of explant
explicating
explicating
verb
present participle of explicate
exploitage
exploitage
noun
exploitation
exponentiating
exponentiating
verb
present participle of exponentiate
expostulating
expostulating
verb
present participle of expostulate
expostulatingly
expostulatingly
adv
With expostulations.
expressage
expressage
noun
The fee for carrying a parcel by express.
expressages
expressages
noun
plural of expressage
expropriating
expropriating
verb
present participle of expropriate
expugnable
expugnable
adj
Capable of being taken by storm
expungeable
expungeable
adj
Alternative form of expungible
expurgate
expurgate
verb
(transitive) To edit out (incorrect, offensive, or otherwise undesirable information) from a book or other publication; to cleanse; to purge.
(transitive) To undertake editing out incorrect, offensive, or otherwise undesirable information from (a book or other publication); to cleanse; to purge.
expurgated
expurgated
adj
Having had erroneous, obscene, or other objectionable material removed.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of expurgate
expurgates
expurgates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of expurgate
expurgating
expurgating
verb
present participle of expurgate
expurgation
expurgation
noun
The act of expurgating, purging, or cleansing; purification from anything noxious, offensive, sinful, or erroneous.
expurgational
expurgations
expurgations
noun
plural of expurgation
expurgative
expurgator
expurgator
noun
One who expurgates.
expurgatorial
expurgatorial
adj
Tending or serving to expurgate; expurgatory.
expurgators
expurgators
noun
plural of expurgator
expurgatory
expurgatory
adj
Serving to expurgate.
extirpating
extirpating
verb
present participle of extirpate
extraphysiological
extrapolating
extrapolating
verb
present participle of extrapolate
flexographic
flexographic
adj
Of or pertaining to flexography
flexographically
flexographically
adv
By means of flexography.
flexography
flexography
noun
A method of printing using a rubber or polymer rotating printing plate, most commonly used for packaging (labels, tape etc.).
fluxgraph
galloperdix
ganglioplexus
gastrohysteropexy
gastropexy
gastropexy
noun
(surgery) The surgical fixation of the stomach to the abdominal wall or diaphragm.
gedankenexperiment
gedankenexperiment
noun
thought experiment
glycopexia
goatpox
goatpox
noun
A viral disease of goats, resembling sheeppox.
hexametrographer
hygroexpansivity
hyperoxygenate
hyperoxygenate
verb
To oxygenate excessively
hyperoxygenating
hyperoxygenating
verb
present participle of hyperoxygenate
hyperoxygenation
hyperoxygenation
noun
(medicine) The administration of a higher than usual concentration of oxygen, or the condition of having such a concentration of oxygen.
inexpugnability
inexpugnability
noun
The quality of being inexpugnable.
inexpugnable
inexpugnable
adj
Impossible to eliminate or destroy; impregnable.
inexpugnableness
inexpugnably
inexpugnably
adv
In an inexpugnable manner.
inexpungeable
juxtaposing
juxtaposing
noun
An act of juxtaposition.
verb
present participle of juxtapose
laryngemphraxis
laryngemphraxis
noun
(medicine) The closure or obstruction of the larynx.
laryngopharynx
laryngopharynx
noun
(anatomy) The part of the pharynx below and behind the larynx
laryngopharynxes
lexicographer
lexicographer
noun
One who writes or compiles a dictionary
lexicographers
lexicographers
noun
plural of lexicographer
lexicographian
lexicographic
lexicographic
adj
Like a dictionary, relating to lexicography (the writing of a dictionary).
lexicographical
lexicographical
adj
Meeting lexicographical standards or requirements; worthy of being included in a dictionary.
Relating to lexicography.
lexicographically
lexicographically
adv
(domain) From the perspective of lexicography.
(manner) In a lexicographical way.
(sequence) In lexicographical order.
lexicographies
lexicographies
noun
plural of lexicography
lexicographist
lexicographist
noun
(chiefly archaic) A student specialising in the discipline of lexicography; lexicographer.
lexicography
lexicography
noun
(countable) A dictionary, a lexicon, a wordbook.
(uncountable) The art or craft of compiling, writing, and editing dictionaries.
(uncountable, linguistics) The scholarly discipline of analysing and describing the semantic, syntagmatic and paradigmatic relationships within the lexicon (vocabulary) of a language and developing theories of dictionary components and structures linking the data in dictionaries.
lexigraphic
lexigraphic
adj
Of or pertaining to lexigraphy.
lexigraphical
lexigraphical
adj
Misspelling of lexicographical.
lexigraphically
lexigraphically
adv
In terms of lexigraphy.
lexigraphy
lexigraphy
noun
(countable) A system of writing in which there is a one-to-one correspondence between symbols and words.
(uncountable) The representation of words in writing.
loxodograph
loxodograph
noun
(nautical, obsolete) An apparatus that records the course that a ship has travelled
maxillopharyngeal
maxillopharyngeal
adj
Relating to the maxilla and the pharynx.
myxospongiae
myxospongian
myxospongida
nonexpanding
nonexpanding
adj
Not expanding.
overexpanding
overexpanding
verb
present participle of overexpand
overexplaining
overexplaining
verb
present participle of overexplain
paradoxographer
paradoxographer
noun
A writer of paradoxography.
paradoxographical
paradoxographical
adj
Relating to paradoxography.
paradoxology
paradoxology
noun
(obsolete) The use of paradoxes.
pharyngemphraxis
pharyngomaxillary
pharyngomaxillary
adj
(anatomy) Relating to the pharynx and maxilla.
pharyngoxerosis
photoxylography
photoxylography
noun
A process in which a photograph is printed on wood to use as a template for engraving
pickaxing
pickaxing
verb
present participle of pickax
plagioclimax
plagioclimax
noun
An altered or reduced climax of a plant ecosystem caused by human activity.
plexiglas
plexiglass
plexiglass
noun
polymethyl methacrylate (polymer of methyl methacrylate), a tough transparent plastic used sometimes in lieu of glass.
poleaxing
poleaxing
verb
present participle of poleaxe
praxeological
praxeological
adj
Of or pertaining to praxeology.
praxeologies
praxeologies
noun
plural of praxeology
praxeology
praxeology
noun
The study of human action or conduct.
praxiology
praxiology
noun
Alternative form of praxeology
preexamining
preexamining
verb
present participle of preexamine
preexchange
preexchange
adj
Occurring before an exchange.
noun
An exchange that takes place beforehand.
An interaction that introduces and leads to but is not yet a true exchange.
verb
To exchange beforehand.
preexchanged
preexchanged
verb
simple past tense and past participle of preexchange
preexchanging
preexchanging
verb
present participle of preexchange
proextravagance
protogalaxy
protogalaxy
noun
A cloud of gas which is starting to form a galaxy.
proximolingual
pseudohexagonal
pseudohexagonal
adj
being or pertaining to a pseudohexagon
pseudohexagonally
pseudohexagonally
adv
In a pseudohexagonal way.
pterygomaxillary
pterygomaxillary
adj
(anatomy, relational) Of or pertaining to the pterygoid process of the sphenoid bone and the maxilla.
pyroxmangite
pyroxmangite
noun
(mineralogy) A triclinic-pinacoidal mineral containing iron, manganese, oxygen, and silicon.
reexplaining
reexplaining
verb
present participle of reexplain
reexplicating
salpingemphraxis
salpingopexy
sextuplicating
sextuplicating
verb
present participle of sextuplicate
superexacting
superexacting
adj
Very exacting.
supergalaxies
supergalaxies
noun
plural of supergalaxy
supergalaxy
supergalaxy
noun
A very large, extended cluster of galaxies.
superoxygenate
superoxygenate
verb
To increase the proportion of oxygen
superoxygenated
superoxygenated
adj
enriched in oxygen
verb
simple past tense and past participle of superoxygenate