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exaxahuaniliztli.

Headword: 
exaxahuaniliztli.
Principal English Translation: 

a heavy flow or spilling of blood; a rain of blood (see Molina)

Orthographic Variants: 
exaxauanilizlli
Alonso de Molina: 

exaxauaniliztli. sangre lluuia.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 29v. col. 1. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.

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