XEROPHAGY | • xerophagy n. A restrictive diet (of bread and water, for example) as a punishment or religious form of discipline. • XEROPHAGY n. the eating of dry food, esp. food cooked without oil. |
LEXIGRAPHY | • lexigraphy n. (Uncountable) The representation of words in writing. • lexigraphy n. (Countable) A system of writing in which there is a one-to-one correspondence between symbols and words. • LEXIGRAPHY n. the art of the definition of words. |
PRAXEOLOGY | • praxeology n. The study of human action or conduct. • PRAXEOLOGY n. the study of human action and conduct. |
XEROGRAPHY | • xerography n. A photocopying process in which a negative image formed on an electrically charged plate is transferred… • XEROGRAPHY n. a nonchemical photographic process in which the plate is sensitized electrically and developed by dusting with electrically-charged fine powder. |
EXPURGATORY | • expurgatory adj. Serving to expurgate. • EXPURGATORY adj. tending to expurgate or purify, also EXPURGATORIAL. |
FLEXOGRAPHY | • flexography n. A method of printing using a rubber or polymer rotating printing plate, most commonly used for packaging… • FLEXOGRAPHY n. a method of rotary letterpress printing using a resilient printing plate and solvent-based ink, used characteristically for printing on metal foil or plastic. |
XYLOGRAPHED | • xylographed v. Simple past tense and past participle of xylograph. • XYLOGRAPH v. to copy by xylograph. |
XYLOGRAPHER | • xylographer n. A person who makes xylographs. • XYLOGRAPHER n. one who practises xylography, the art of making engravings on wood. |
LEXICOGRAPHY | • lexicography n. (Uncountable) The art or craft of compiling, writing, and editing dictionaries. • lexicography n. (Uncountable, linguistics) The scholarly discipline of analysing and describing the semantic, syntagmatic… • lexicography n. (Countable) A dictionary, a lexicon, a wordbook. |
PERPLEXINGLY | • perplexingly adv. In a way or to an extent that is perplexing. • PERPLEXING adv. PERPLEX, to puzzle. |
XYLOGRAPHERS | • xylographers n. Plural of xylographer. • XYLOGRAPHER n. one who practises xylography, the art of making engravings on wood. |
XYLOGRAPHIES | • xylographies n. Plural of xylography. • XYLOGRAPHY n. the art of making engravings on wood, esp. for printing. |
EXASPERATINGLY | • exasperatingly adv. In an exasperating manner; frustratingly. • EXASPERATING adv. exciting the anger of. |
HYPEREXTENDING | • hyperextending v. Present participle of hyperextend. • HYPEREXTEND v. to extend so that the angle between bones of a joint is greater than normal. |
XEROGRAPHICALLY | • xerographically adv. In a xerographic way; by xerography. • XEROGRAPHIC adv. relating to xerography. |
XERORADIOGRAPHY | • xeroradiography n. A method of X-ray photography which uses an electrically charged metal plate instead of film. • XERORADIOGRAPHY n. radiography used esp. in mammographic screening for breast cancer that produces an image using X-rays in a manner similar to the way an image is produced by light in xerography. |