(obsolete) Apt to take exception, or to object; captious, complaining.
exemptions
exemptions
noun
plural of exemption
exospheric
exospheric
adj
Of or pertaining to an exosphere.
exosporium
exosporium
noun
(botany) The outer layer of a pollen grain or spore; the exine.
exotropism
expansions
expansions
noun
plural of expansion
expiations
expiations
noun
plural of expiation
expiscator
expiscator
noun
(formal, archaic, rare) One who expiscates.
exploiters
exploiters
noun
plural of exploiter
explosible
explosible
adj
explosive
explosions
explosions
noun
plural of explosion
explosives
explosives
noun
plural of explosive
expositing
expositing
verb
present participle of exposit
exposition
exposition
noun
(authorship) An essay or speech in which any topic is discussed in detail.
(authorship) An opening section in fiction, in which background information about the characters, events or setting is conveyed.
(authorship) The act or process of declaring or describing something through either speech or writing; the portions and aspects of a piece of writing that exist mainly to describe the setting, characters and other non-plot elements.
(music) The opening section of a movement in sonata form; the opening section of a fugue.
(obsolete) The act of expulsion, or being expelled, from a place.
An exhibition, especially of goods, artwork or cultural displays to the public.
The abandonment of an unwanted child.
The action of exposing something to something, such as skin to the sunlight.
expositive
expositive
adj
That explains; expository
expositors
expositors
noun
plural of expositor
expository
expository
adj
Serving to explain, explicate, or elucidate; expositive; of or relating to exposition.
expression
expression
noun
(biology) (manufacturing) The act of pressing or squeezing out.
(biology) The process of translating a gene into a protein.
(mathematics) An arrangement of symbols denoting values, operations performed on them, and grouping symbols.
(mostly preceded by with) emotional involvement or engagement in a text read aloud rendered by the voice of the reciter or the reader
(music) The tone of voice or sound in music.
(programming) A piece of code in a high-level language that returns a value.
A colloquialism or idiom.
A facial appearance usually associated with an emotion.
A particular way of phrasing an idea.
A specific blend of whisky.
The action of expressing thoughts, ideas, feelings, etc.
expulsions
expulsions
noun
plural of expulsion
exspuition
exspuition
noun
(obsolete) The act of spitting.
glycopexis
hexapodies
hexapodies
noun
plural of hexapody
hypozeuxis
hypozeuxis
noun
(rhetoric) An expression whose every clause has its own independent subject and predicate.
inexposure
inexposure
noun
A state of not being exposed.
lipoxenous
lipoxidase
lipoxidase
noun
(biochemistry) Any enzyme that catalyses the oxidation of unsaturated fatty acids
misexpound
misexpound
verb
To expound erroneously.
oxyblepsia
perionyxis
peroxidase
peroxidase
noun
(biochemistry) Any of a class of enzymes that act on substrates such as hydrogen peroxide and organic hydroperoxides such as lipid peroxides.
peroxisome
peroxisome
noun
(cytology) An intracellular organelle found in all eukaryotes (except Archezoa) which is the source of the enzymes that catalyze the production and breakdown hydrogen peroxide, and are responsible for the oxidation of long-chain fatty acids.
petrosilex
petrosilex
noun
(mineralogy) felsite
pleiotaxis
postexilic
postexilic
adj
After an exile, especially the Biblical exile of the Jews.
poxviruses
poxviruses
noun
plural of poxvirus
prefixions
prefixions
noun
plural of prefixion
prolixness
prolixness
noun
prolixity
reexposing
reexposing
verb
present participle of reexpose
sextipolar
sextipolar
adj
Having six poles.
sextonship
sextonship
noun
The office or position of a sexton.
sulphoxide
sulphoxide
noun
Alternative form of sulfoxide
superoxide
superoxide
noun
(chemistry) A peroxide
(chemistry) The univalent anion, O₂⁻, obtained from molecular oxygen by adding an electron; any compound containing this anion
