Third-person singular simple present indicative form of coax
cruxes
exacts
exacts
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of exact
excels
excels
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of excel
excess
excess
adj
More than is normal, necessary or specified.
noun
(Britain, insurance) A condition on an insurance policy by which the insured pays for a part of the claim.
(geometry) Spherical excess, the amount by which the sum of the three angles of a spherical triangle exceeds two right angles. The spherical excess is proportional to the area of the triangle.
An act of eating or drinking more than enough.
The degree or amount by which one thing or number exceeds another; remainder.
The state of surpassing or going beyond a limit; the state of being beyond sufficiency, necessity, or duty; more than what is usual or proper.
verb
(US, transitive) To declare (an employee) surplus to requirements, such that he or she might not be given work.
excise
excise
noun
A tax charged on goods produced within the country (as opposed to customs duties, charged on goods from outside the country).
verb
To cut out; to remove.
To impose an excise tax on something.
excuse
excuse
noun
(countable, uncountable) Explanation designed to avoid or alleviate guilt or negative judgment; a plea offered in extenuation of a fault.
(law) A defense to a criminal or civil charge wherein the accused party admits to doing acts for which legal consequences would normally be appropriate, but asserts that special circumstances relieve that party of culpability for having done those acts.
(often with preceding negative adjective, especially sorry, poor, or lame) An example of something that is substandard or of inferior quality.
verb
(transitive) To allow to leave, or release from any obligation.
(transitive) To forgive; to pardon.
(transitive) To provide an excuse for; to explain, with the aim of alleviating guilt or negative judgement.
To relieve of an imputation by apology or defense; to make apology for as not seriously evil; to ask pardon or indulgence for.
excuss
excuss
verb
(law) To proceed against a principal debtor where there are either joint debtors or debtors and sureties.
(obsolete) To shake off.
(obsolete, transitive) To decipher.
(obsolete, transitive) To examine (a document).
(transitive, law) To seize and detain by law.
excyst
excyst
verb
(biology, intransitive) To undergo excystation.
exsect
exsect
verb
(transitive) To cut out or away; to remove by exsection.
mscdex
scolex
scolex
noun
(zoology) The structure at the front end of a tapeworm which, in the adult, has suckers and hooks by which it attaches itself to a host.
sextic
sextic
adj
(mathematics) Of the sixth degree or order.
noun
(mathematics) An algebraic equation or function of the sixth degree, e.g. a polynomial of degree 6; a curve surface etc. describing such an equation or function, especially a quantic of the sixth degree.