| ANOREXIGENIC | • anorexigenic adj. (Medicine) creating or inducing a state of anorexia. • anorexigenic n. An anorexigenic agent. • ANOREXIGENIC adj. promoting or causing anorexia. |
| CARBOXYLATING | • carboxylating v. Present participle of carboxylate. • CARBOXYLATE v. to introduce carboxyl or carbon dioxide into (a compound) with formation of a carboxylic acid. |
| DECARBOXYLATING | • decarboxylating v. Present participle of decarboxylate. • DECARBOXYLATE v. to remove carbon dioxide from its substrate. |
| EXACERBATING | • exacerbating v. Present participle of exacerbate. • exacerbating adj. That exacerbates. • EXACERBATE v. to make more violent, bitter, or severe. |
| EXCARNATING | • excarnating v. Present participle of excarnate. • EXCARNATE v. to deprive or strip of flesh. |
| EXCORIATING | • excoriating v. Present participle of excoriate. • EXCORIATE v. to abrade; to heap abuse. |
| EXCORTICATING | • excorticating v. Present participle of excorticate. • EXCORTICATE v. to strip the bark off of. |
| EXCRUCIATING | • excruciating adj. Causing great pain or anguish, agonizing. • excruciating adj. Exceedingly intense; extreme. • EXCRUCIATE v. to inflict intense pain on. |
| EXCRUCIATINGLY | • excruciatingly adv. In an excruciating manner or to an excruciating degree; in a manner causing great anguish or pain. • excruciatingly adv. In a very intense or extreme manner. • EXCRUCIATING adv. EXCRUCIATE, to inflict intense pain on. |
| EXECRATING | • execrating v. Present participle of execrate. • EXECRATE v. to declare to be evil; to denounce or place under a curse. |
| EXPECTORATING | • expectorating v. Present participle of expectorate. • EXPECTORATE v. to eject from the throat or lungs by coughing or hawking and spitting. |
| EXTRACTING | • extracting v. Present participle of extract. • EXTRACT v. to draw out by force. |
| EXTRALINGUISTIC | • extralinguistic adj. Outside the realm of linguistics. • EXTRALINGUISTIC adj. lying outside the province of linguistics. |
| EXTRAVAGANCIES | • extravagancies n. Plural of extravagancy. • EXTRAVAGANCY n. an instance of excess or prodigality, also EXTRAVAGANCE. |
| EXTRICATING | • extricating v. Present participle of extricate. • EXTRICATE v. to free from entanglements or perplexities. |
| EXULCERATING | • exulcerating v. Present participle of exulcerate. • EXULCERATE v. to ulcerate. |
| XERISCAPING | • xeriscaping n. Landscaping in ways that do not require supplemental irrigation. • xeriscaping v. Present participle of xeriscape. • XERISCAPE v. (tradename) to landscape (an arid place) in a way that conserves by using plants that require little water. |