(rhetoric) Fine writing on a minor or trivial subject.
angiemphraxis
antiexporting
antiexporting
adj
Synonym of antiexport (“opposing exports”)
approximating
approximating
verb
present participle of approximate
archlexicographer
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.
exasperating
exasperating
adj
That exasperates, infuriates, annoys or irritates
verb
present participle of exasperate
exasperatingly
exasperatingly
adv
In an exasperating manner; frustratingly.
exograph
exopterygota
expatriating
expatriating
verb
present participle of expatriate
expectorating
expectorating
verb
present participle of expectorate
expergefacient
expergefaction
expergefaction
noun
An awakening
expressage
expressage
noun
The fee for carrying a parcel by express.
expressages
expressages
noun
plural of expressage
expropriating
expropriating
verb
present participle of expropriate
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
gastrohysteropexy
gastropexy
gastropexy
noun
(surgery) The surgical fixation of the stomach to the abdominal wall or diaphragm.
gedankenexperiment
gedankenexperiment
noun
thought experiment
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.
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.
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
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
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
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
superoxygenating
superoxygenation
superoxygenation
noun
enrichment in oxygen
unexasperating
unexasperating
adj
Not exasperating.
unexpurgated
unexpurgated
adj
Not expurgated, not having had anything objectionable removed
unexpurgatedly
unexpurgatedly
adv
In an unexpurgated manner.
unexpurgatedness
unlexicographical
unlexicographically
xenopterygian
xerographer
xerographer
noun
A xerography machine; a photocopier.
xerographic
xerographic
adj
of, relating to, or produced by xerography
xerographically
xerographically
adv
In a xerographic way; by xerography.
xerographies
xerography
xerography
noun
A photocopying process in which a negative image formed on an electrically charged plate is transferred as a positive to paper and thermally fixed.
xerophagia
xerophagia
noun
The eating of dry food
xerophagies
xerophagies
noun
plural of xerophagy
xerophagy
xerophagy
noun
A restrictive diet (of bread and water, for example) as a punishment or religious form of discipline.
xograph
xylograph
xylograph
noun
A print taken from such an engraving.
An engraving in wood or woodcut, especially one used in printing predating the Western tradition (14th c.).
verb
(transitive) To make a print from an engraving in wood.
xylographed
xylographed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of xylograph