(botany) Having the sporangium destitute of a ring; said of certain genera of ferns.
exanthematous
exanthematous
adj
Of or pertaining to exanthem.
exappendiculate
exarticulate
exarticulate
adj
(zoology) Having only one joint; said of certain insects.
verb
(surgery) To amputate a limb by cutting through a joint
exarticulation
exarticulation
noun
(surgery) The action, or the result of exarticulating
Luxation; the dislocation of a joint
exauctorate
exauctorate
verb
Obsolete form of exauthorate.
exaugurate
exaugurate
verb
(obsolete, transitive) To annul the consecration of; to secularize or unhallow.
exauguration
exauguration
noun
(obsolete) The act of exaugurating; desecration.
exauthorate
exauthorate
verb
(obsolete) To deprive of authority or office; to depose or discharge.
exauthorize
exauthorize
verb
(obsolete, transitive) To deprive of authority.
exauthorizeexc
excaudate
excaudate
adj
(zoology) Not caudate; without a cauda.
excitoglandular
excitoglandular
adj
That increases the output of a gland
excitomuscular
excitovascular
exclaustration
exclaustration
noun
The release of a monk (or nun) from their religious vows, and their subsequent return to the outside world.
excludability
excludability
noun
The ability to be excluded.
excommunicant
excommunicant
noun
One who has been excommunicated.
excommunicate
excommunicate
adj
Excommunicated.
noun
An excommunicated person.
verb
(transitive) To officially exclude someone from membership of a church or religious community.
(transitive, historical or figurative) To exclude from any other group; to banish.
excommunicated
excommunicated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of excommunicate
excommunicates
excommunicates
noun
plural of excommunicate
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of excommunicate
excommunicating
excommunicating
verb
present participle of excommunicate
excommunication
excommunication
noun
The act of excommunicating, disfellowshipping or ejecting; especially an ecclesiastical censure whereby the person against whom it is pronounced is, for the time, cast out of the communication of the church; exclusion from fellowship in things spiritual.
excommunications
excommunications
noun
plural of excommunication
excommunicative
excommunicative
adj
Relating to excommunication.
excommunicator
excommunicator
noun
One who excommunicates.
excommunicators
excommunicators
noun
plural of excommunicator
excommunicatory
excommunicatory
Adjective
Relating to excommunication.
exconjugant
exconjugant
noun
Either of a conjugating pair of protozoan ciliates after separation and before subsequent mitotic division
excruciate
excruciate
adj
(obsolete) Excruciated; tortured.
verb
(transitive) To inflict intense pain or mental distress on (someone); to torture.
excruciated
excruciated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of excruciate
excruciates
excruciates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of excruciate
excruciating
excruciating
adj
Causing great pain or anguish, agonizing
Exceedingly intense; extreme
excruciatingly
excruciatingly
adv
In a very intense or extreme manner.
In an excruciating manner or to an excruciating degree; in a manner causing great anguish or pain.
excruciatingness
excruciation
excruciation
noun
Excruciating pain.
excruciator
excubant
excubant
adj
(formal) Watchful; keeping watch or guarding.
excubitoria
excubitoria
noun
plural of excubitorium
excubittoria
excudate
exculpate
exculpate
verb
To clear of or to free from guilt; exonerate.
exculpated
exculpated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of exculpate
exculpates
exculpates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of exculpate
exculpating
exculpating
verb
present participle of exculpate
exculpation
exculpation
noun
That which exculpates; an excuse.
The act of exculpating from alleged fault or crime.
exculpations
exculpations
noun
plural of exculpation
exculpative
exculpative
adj
Alternative form of exculpatory
exculpatorily
exculpatorily
adv
So as to exculpate.
exculpatory
exculpatory
adj
Tending to excuse or clear of wrongdoing.
excurvate
excurvated
excurvation
excurvature
excusability
excusability
Noun
The quality of being excusable.
excusation
excusation
noun
(obsolete) The act of offering an excuse or apology, or the fact of being excused; an excuse, a defence.
excusative
excusator
excusator
noun
(obsolete) One who makes, or is authorized to make, an excuse; an apologist.
excusatory
excusatory
adj
serving to make an excuse
executable
executable
adj
Capable of being executed.
noun
(computing) A file that can be run directly by a computer's hardware or a p-code interpreter with no further processing.
executancy
executancy
noun
execution; performance
executant
executant
noun
A person who executes a dance or piece of music; a performer.
A person who puts something into action, such as a plan or design.
executional
executional
adj
(business) Relating to the execution of an idea; putting something into practice.
executorial
executorial
adj
Of or relating to an executive (branch of government etc.).
Of or relating to an executor.
exequatur
exequatur
noun
An official authorization given by a government to a consul etc.
exestuate
exestuate
verb
(obsolete, rare) To be agitated; to boil up; to effervesce.
exfiguration
exhaust
exhaust
adj
(obsolete) Exhausted; used up.
noun
A system consisting of the parts of an engine through which burned gases or steam are discharged; see also exhaust system.
An exhaust pipe, especially on a motor vehicle.
The dirty air let out of a room through a register or pipe provided for the purpose.
The steam let out of a cylinder after it has done its work there.
exhaust gas.
verb
(transitive) To bring out or develop completely
(transitive) To discuss thoroughly or completely
(transitive) To draw or let out wholly; to drain off completely (:liquid)
(transitive) To empty by drawing or letting out the contents
(transitive) to tire out; to wear out; to cause to be without any energy
(transitive, chemistry) To subject to the action of various solvents in order to remove all soluble substances or extractives
(transitive, literally, figuratively) To use up; to deplete, drain or expend wholly, or until the supply comes to an end
exhaustable
exhaustable
adj
Misspelling of exhaustible.
exhausted
exhausted
adj
(sciences, now historical) Emptied of contents, especially of air; that has been made into a vacuum.
Depleted of resources.
Very tired; in a state of exhaustion.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of exhaust
exhaustedly
exhaustedly
adv
In an exhausted manner.
exhaustedness
exhaustedness
noun
The state, quality, or condition of being exhausted.
exhauster
exhauster
noun
(obsolete) exhaust, exhaust pipe
one who exhausts or depletes
exhaustibility
exhaustibility
noun
The property of being exhaustible.
exhaustible
exhaustible
adj
Capable of being exhausted.
exhausting
exhausting
adj
Very tiring.
verb
present participle of exhaust
exhaustingly
exhaustingly
adv
In an exhausting manner.
exhaustion
exhaustion
noun
(dated, chemistry) The removal (by percolation etc) of an active medicinal constituent from plant material.
(dated, physics) The removal of all air from a vessel (the creation of a vacuum).
(mathematics) An exhaustive procedure
Supreme tiredness; having exhausted energy.
The point of complete depletion, of the state of being used up.
exhaustions
exhaustions
noun
plural of exhaustion
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
exhaustless
exhaustless
adj
(of an automobile or similar machine) Not producing exhaust; nonpolluting.
Unable to be exhausted; having an endless supply; inexhaustible.
exhaustlessly
exhaustlessly
adv
Without running out or coming to an end.
exhaustlessness
exhaustlessness
noun
(dated) inexhaustibility; infinite supply
exhausts
exhausts
noun
plural of exhaust
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of exhaust
exhumate
exhumate
verb
(obsolete) To exhume; to disinter.
exhumated
exhumated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of exhumate
exhumating
exhumating
verb
present participle of exhumate
exhumation
exhumation
noun
The act of digging up that which has been buried.
exhumations
exhumations
noun
plural of exhumation
exhumator
exhumator
noun
One who exhumes or disinters.
exhumatory
exhumatory
adj
Relating to exhumation or disinterment.
exindusiate
exoculate
exoculate
verb
(transitive) To deprive of eyes; blind.
exoculated
exoculated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of exoculate
exoculating
exoculating
verb
present participle of exoculate
exoculation
exophthalmus
exophthalmus
noun
Alternative form of exophthalmos
exosculation
expostulate
expostulate
verb
(intransitive) To protest or remonstrate; to reason earnestly with a person on some impropriety of conduct.
expostulated
expostulated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of expostulate
expostulates
expostulates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of expostulate
expostulating
expostulating
verb
present participle of expostulate
expostulatingly
expostulatingly
adv
With expostulations.
expostulation
expostulation
noun
The act of reasoning earnestly in order to dissuade or remonstrate.
expostulations
expostulations
noun
plural of expostulation
expostulative
expostulative
adj
Synonym of expostulatory
expostulatively
expostulatively
adv
In an expostulative manner.
expostulator
expostulator
noun
One who expostulates.
expostulatory
expostulatory
adj
Of, characterized by, or exhibiting expostulation.
expulsatory
expulsatory
adj
expulsive; having the power to expel; serving to expel
expurgate
expurgate
verb
(transitive) To edit out (incorrect, offensive, or otherwise undesirable information) from a book or other publication; to cleanse; to purge.
(transitive) To undertake editing out incorrect, offensive, or otherwise undesirable information from (a book or other publication); to cleanse; to purge.
expurgated
expurgated
adj
Having had erroneous, obscene, or other objectionable material removed.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of expurgate
expurgates
expurgates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of expurgate
expurgating
expurgating
verb
present participle of expurgate
expurgation
expurgation
noun
The act of expurgating, purging, or cleansing; purification from anything noxious, offensive, sinful, or erroneous.
expurgational
expurgations
expurgations
noun
plural of expurgation
expurgative
expurgator
expurgator
noun
One who expurgates.
expurgatorial
expurgatorial
adj
Tending or serving to expurgate; expurgatory.
expurgators
expurgators
noun
plural of expurgator
expurgatory
expurgatory
adj
Serving to expurgate.
exsanguinate
exsanguinate
verb
(intransitive) To die by means of blood loss.
(transitive) To drain a body (living or dead) of blood.
(transitive) To kill by means of blood loss.
exsanguinated
exsanguinated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of exsanguinate
exsanguinating
exsanguinating
verb
present participle of exsanguinate
exsanguination
exsanguination
noun
(pathology) Excessive loss of blood due to hemorrhage.
Bloodletting.
Hemorrhage.
Slaughter of an animal by cutting its throat and allowing it to bleed out, especially for the production of halal and kosher meat.
exsanguinity
exsanguinity
noun
(medicine) Lack of blood.
exscriptural
exscriptural
adj
Not in accordance with the doctrines of Scripture; unscriptural.
exsculptate
exscutellate
exsequatur
exsequatur
noun
Alternative form of exequatur
exstemporaneous
exstimulate
exstipulate
exstipulate
adj
(botany) Not bearing stipules.
exsudate
exsufflate
exsufflate
verb
(obsolete) To exorcise or renounce by blowing.
exsufflation
exsufflation
noun
(biology, obsolete) A strongly forced expiration of air from the lungs.
(obsolete) A blast from beneath.
(obsolete) A kind of exorcism by blowing with the breath.
exsufflicate
exsufflicate
adj
empty, inflated, frivolous
exsuperate
exsuscitate
exsuscitate
verb
(obsolete) To rouse; to excite.
extemporaneous
extemporaneous
adj
With inadequate preparation or without advance thought; offhand.
extemporaneously
extemporaneously
adv
In an extemporaneous manner; without prior preparation or planning.
extemporaneousness
extemporaneousness
noun
The degree or property of being extemporaneous.
extenuate
extenuate
adj
Of a person: emaciated, wasted, weakened; of the body or part of it: atrophied, shrunken, withered.
Of a quality or thing: lessened, weakened.
Reduced to poverty; impoverished.
verb
(specifically) To diminish or seek to diminish the extent or severity of (a crime, guilt, a mistake, or something else negative) by making apologies or excuses; to palliate.
To beat or draw (a metal object, etc.) out so as to lessen the thickness.
To degrade (someone); to detract from (someone's qualities, reputation, etc.); to depreciate, to disparage.
To make (someone or something) slender or thin; to emaciate, to waste.
To make (something) less dense, or thinner; also, to lower the viscosity of (something).
To reduce the quality or quantity of (something); to lessen or weaken the force of (something).
To underestimate or understate the importance of (something); to underrate.
extenuated
extenuated
adj
Made slender or thin; emaciated, wasted.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of extenuate
extenuates
extenuates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of extenuate
extenuating
extenuating
adj
That lessens the seriousness of something by providing an excuse.
verb
present participle of extenuate
extenuatingly
extenuatingly
adv
In a manner that extenuates.
extenuation
extenuation
noun
(US, humorous, in the plural as “extenuations”) Thin garments.
(obsolete) The action of making less or weak; and instance of this; a weakening, impoverishment. Also, mitigation (of blame or punishment).
(obsolete) The action or process of making slender or diminishing in bulk; an instance of this.
(of air, obsolete) Making less dense; rarefaction.
(rhetoric, obsolete) A figure in which a term is used which, in contrast with the more fitting term it supplants, understates or seeks to diminish the significance of something.
The action of lessening, or seeking to lessen, the guilt of (an offence or fault) by alleging partial excuses; and instance or means of doing this; a plea in mitigation of censure.
The action of representing (something) as slight and trifling; underrating; an instance of this, a plea to this end; a modification in terms.
The action or process of making or becoming thin; an instance of this; a shrunken condition; leanness, emaciation.