Of, relating to, or being an estimate or approximation.
noun
(grammar) A grammatical construct that expresses approximation.
approximatively
approximatively
adv
In an approximative manner.
approximativeness
approximativeness
noun
The state or quality of being approximative.
asphyxiative
aviatrix
aviatrix
noun
(dated) A female aviator.
aviatrixes
captivatrix
captivatrix
noun
A female captivator.
cervicoaxillary
cervicoaxillary
adj
(anatomy) Related to the cervical vertebrae and the axilla
charlevoix
charlevoix
Proper noun
A region of Quebec, Canada.
A city in Michigan, USA
clavilux
clavilux
noun
(art) A mechanical device for projecting lumia (an art form consisting of light patterns).
connexiva
connexiva
noun
plural of connexivum
conservatrix
conservatrix
noun
A female conservator.
deoxidative
deoxidative
adj
Relating to deoxidation.
elixiviate
evocatrix
evocatrix
noun
(dated) A female evocator.
exacervation
exacervation
noun
(medicine, uncommon) A recurrence of a symptom; paroxysm.
(obsolete) The act of heaping up.
exactive
exactive
adj
exacting
exactiveness
exactiveness
noun
The quality of being exactive.
exaggerative
exaggerative
adj
Marked by exaggeration.
exaggeratively
exaggeratively
adv
In an exaggerative manner.
exaggerativeness
exaggerativeness
noun
The state of being exaggerative.
exaltative
examinative
exasperative
exasperative
adj
(archaic) exasperating; causing annoyance
excavating
excavating
verb
present participle of excavate
excavation
excavation
noun
(countable) A cavity formed by cutting, digging, or scooping.
(countable) A site where an archaeological exploration is being carried out.
(countable) An uncovered cutting in the earth, in distinction from a covered cutting or tunnel.
(countable) Something uncovered by archaeological excavation.
(countable) The material dug out in making a channel or cavity.
(uncountable) Archaeological research that unearths buildings, tombs and objects of historical value.
(uncountable) The act of excavating, or of making hollow, by cutting, scooping, or digging out a part of a solid mass.
excavational
excavational
adj
Relating to excavation.
excavationist
excavationist
noun
One who carries out excavations, especially in archaeology.
excavations
excavations
noun
plural of excavation
excavatorial
excavatorial
adj
Relating to excavation or to excavators
excitative
excitative
adj
That causes excitation
excitovascular
exclamative
exclamative
adj
In the form of an exclamation; exclamatory.
exclamatively
exclamatively
adv
In an exclamative manner.
excogitative
excogitative
adj
Relating to excogitation.
excommunicative
excommunicative
adj
Relating to excommunication.
exculpative
exculpative
adj
Alternative form of exculpatory
excurvation
excusative
execrative
execrative
adj
Cursing; imprecatory; vilifying.
noun
A word used for cursing; an oath.
execratively
execratively
adv
In an execrative manner.
exemplificative
exemplificative
adj
Serving as an example; illustrative.
exfoliative
exfoliative
adj
That causes, or is accompanied by, exfoliation
exhaustive
exhaustive
adj
(now rare) Causing exhaustion; very tiring
Fully comprehensive
Including every possible element
exhaustively
exhaustively
adv
In an exhaustive manner.
exhaustiveness
exhaustiveness
noun
The state of being exhaustive.
exhaustivity
exhaustivity
noun
The condition of being exhaustive
exhilarative
exhilarative
adj
exhilarating
exhortative
exhortative
adj
(comparable) Appearing to exhort; in an urging manner.
(grammar, not comparable) Inflected hortative verb form that a speaker uses to avidly encourage a listener.
noun
The exhortative mood.
exhortatively
exhortatively
adv
In an exhortative way.
exonerative
exonerative
adj
Freeing from a burden or obligation; tending to exonerate.
expansive
expansive
adj
(mathematics) Exhibiting expansivity.
Able to be expanded.
Comprehensive in scope or extent.
Talkative and sociable.
expansively
expansively
adv
In an expansive manner
expansiveness
expansiveness
noun
The state of being expansive.
expansivenesses
expansivenesses
noun
plural of expansiveness
expansivity
expansivity
noun
(mathematics) The formal notion of points moving away from one another under the action of an iterated function.
expansiveness
expatiative
expatiative
adj
expatiatory; expansive; diffusive
expectative
expectative
adj
(canon law) Of or pertaining to the reversion of a benefice.
Of or pertaining to an expectation.
noun
(canon law) The anticipatory grant of an ecclesiastical benefice, not vacant at the moment but which will become so, regularly, on the death of its present incumbent.
expectorative
expectorative
adj
Alternative form of expectorant
experimentative
experimentative
adj
experimental; of the nature of experiment
expiative
expiative
adj
That serves to expiate.
explanative
explanative
adj
That serves to explain; explanatory
explanatively
explanatively
adv
In an explanative manner.
explicative
explicative
Adjective
Explanatory; serving to explain logically or in detail.
explicatively
explicatively
adv
In an explicative way.
exploitative
exploitative
adj
(ecology, of competition) Wherein one organism reduces a resource to the point of affecting other organisms.
(more generally) Of or relating to exploitation.
In the nature of exploitation; acting to exploit someone or something
exploitatively
exploitatively
adv
In an exploitative manner.
explorative
explorative
adj
exploratory
exploratively
exploratively
adv
In an explorative way or fashion.
explorativeness
explorativeness
noun
The condition of being explorative
expostulative
expostulative
adj
Synonym of expostulatory
expostulatively
expostulatively
adv
In an expostulative manner.
expurgative
exsiccative
exsiccative
adj
Tending to make dry; having the power of drying.
noun
A substance that causes drying.
extenuative
extenuative
adj
Tending to extenuate.
exterminative
exterminative
adj
Serving to exterminate; exterminatory.
extirpative
extirpative
adj
Of, relating to, or pertaining to an extirpation.
extracivic
extracivic
adj
Outside of a city or citizenship.
extracivically
extractive
extractive
adj
Able to be extracted
That serves to extract something
That withdraws natural resources by extraction
noun
Something that may be extracted
The substance left behind after something has been extracted
extractively
extractively
adv
By a extractive process.
extractives
extractives
noun
plural of extractive
extrapelvic
extrapelvic
adj
(anatomy) External to the pelvis
extrapolative
extrapolative
adj
That serves to extrapolate
extraprovincial
extraprovincial
adj
Outside a province.
extrapunitive
extrapunitive
adj
(psychology) Tending to punish others.
extratensive
extratensive
adj
(psychology) Synonym of extroverted (“especially as shown by responses to the Rorschach test”)
extravagancies
extravagancies
noun
plural of extravagancy
extravagating
extravagating
verb
present participle of extravagate
extravagation
extravagation
noun
(archaic) A wandering beyond limits; excess.
An agricultural term for the process of activating the enzymes in a cow’s stomach causing it to produce milk, this is due to the applied centrifugal force. The cow usually passes out in the first minute so no harm is felt by the animal. It is mainly used in South American farm mostly in Brasil but the technique can be found in Central Europe as well.
extravaginal
extravaginal
adj
(anatomy) Outside the vagina.
extravasating
extravasating
adj
That undergoes extravasation
verb
present participle of extravasate
extravasation
extravasation
noun
The eruption of molten lava from a volcanic vent.
The exudation of blood, lymph or urine from a vessel into the tissues.
extravasations
extravasations
noun
plural of extravasation
extravehicular
extravehicular
adj
Relating to, on happening in, the space outside a vehicle, especially a spacecraft in space
extraventricular
extraventricular
adj
(anatomy) Outside the ventricle.
extraversion
extraversion
noun
Alternative spelling of extroversion
extraversions
extraversions
noun
plural of extraversion
extraversive
extraversively
extravertish
extravertish
adj
Alternative spelling of extrovertish (“extroverted”)
extravertive
extravertive
adj
Of, or pertaining to being an extravert.
extravertively
extravillar
extraviolet
extraviolet
adj
(obsolete) ultraviolet
extravisceral
exudative
exudative
adj
(pathology) Of, pertaining to, or accompanied by exudation
exulcerative
exulcerative
adj
Tending to cause ulcers.
exuvia
exuvia
noun
(biology) The remains of the exoskeleton after any of the Ecdysozoa, such as Arthropoda, has sloughed, discarding its old integument and developing the new one.
plural of exuvium
exuviability
exuviable
exuviable
adj
Capable of being cast off in the form of exuviae.
exuviae
exuviae
noun
(history, military) Among the Ancient Romans, weaponry and equipment stripped from the person of a foe; booty.
The coverings of an animal that have been shed or cast off, particularly the molted exoskeletons of arthropods.
plural of exuvia
exuvial
exuvial
adj
Related to something sloughed off or stripped away.
exuviate
exuviate
verb
(transitive, intransitive, rare) To shed or cast off a covering, especially a skin; to slough; to molt (moult).
exuviated
exuviated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of exuviate
exuviates
exuviates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of exuviate
exuviating
exuviating
verb
present participle of exuviate
exuviation
exuviation
noun
The act of exuviating.
The exuviated coverings; exuviae.
exuviations
exuviations
noun
plural of exuviation
fixative
fixative
adj
Serving to fix or bind.
noun
(perfumery) The components of a perfume that prolong or bolster the notes, and may or may not be the base note itself.
A substance that fixes, protects, or preserves.
fixatives
fixatives
noun
plural of fixative
flaxville
galvanotaxis
galvanotaxis
noun
(biology) The movement of an organism either towards or away from an electric current
hygroexpansivity
inexhaustive
inexhaustive
adj
Synonym of inexhaustible
inexhaustively
inexpansive
intoxicative
intoxicative
adj
Relating to, or causing intoxication
intoxicatively
juxtapositive
juxtapositive
adj
(grammar) Of or relating to a grammatical case expressing position beside something.
Relating to juxtaposition.
laxative
laxative
adj
Having the effect of moving the bowels, or aiding digestion and preventing constipation.
noun
Any substance, such as a food or in the form of a medicine which has a laxative effect.
laxatively
laxatively
adv
In a laxative manner.
laxativeness
laxativeness
noun
The quality of being laxative.
laxatives
laxatives
noun
plural of laxative
lixivia
lixivial
lixivial
adj
(obsolete or historical) Of or derived from lye or wood ashes.
lixiviate
lixiviate
adj
Impregnated with salts from wood ashes.
Of or relating to lye or lixivium; of the quality of alkaline salts.
noun
leachate
verb
To separate (a substance) into soluble and insoluble components through percolation; to leach.
lixiviated
lixiviated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of lixiviate
lixiviating
lixiviating
verb
present participle of lixiviate
lixiviation
lixiviation
noun
The process of lixiviating.
lixiviations
lixiviations
noun
plural of lixiviation
lixiviator
lixiviator
noun
One who or that which lixiviates.
marivaux
metavauxite
metavauxite
noun
(mineralogy) A monoclinic-prismatic mineral containing aluminum, hydrogen, iron, oxygen, and phosphorus.