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.
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
excavate
excavate
noun
(zoology) Any member of a major grouping of unicellular eukaryotes, of the clade Excavata.
verb
(transitive) To make a hole in (something); to hollow.
(transitive) To remove part of (something) by scooping or digging it out.
(transitive) To uncover (something) by digging.
excavated
excavated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of excavate
excavates
excavates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of excavate
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
excavator
excavator
noun
A curette used to scrape out pathological material.
A person who excavates.
A vehicle, often on tracks, used to dig ditches etc.
excavatorial
excavatorial
adj
Relating to excavation or to excavators
excavators
excavators
noun
plural of excavator
excavatory
excavatory
adj
Of or pertaining to excavation.
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
excurvate
excurvated
excurvation
excurvature
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.
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
extragovernmental
extraovate
extraovular
extraovular
adj
Outside the egg
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”)
extravagance
extravagance
noun
Excessive or superfluous expenditure of money.
Prodigality, as of anger, love, expression, imagination, or demands.
extravagances
extravagances
noun
plural of extravagance
extravagancies
extravagancies
noun
plural of extravagancy
extravagancy
extravagancy
noun
(archaic, 17-19th centuries) A thing that is extravagant.
(archaic, 17-19th centuries) The characteristic of being extravagant.
extravagant
extravagant
adj
Exceeding the bounds of something; roving; hence, foreign.
Exorbitant.
Extreme; wild; excessive; unrestrained.
Profuse in expenditure; prodigal; wasteful.
extravagantes
extravagantly
extravagantly
adv
With lavish expenditure or behaviour.
extravagantness
extravagantness
noun
The quality of being extravagant.
extravaganza
extravaganza
noun
An extravagant or eccentric piece of music, literature, or drama.
An instance of fantastical, unrestrained, lavish, or chaotic behaviour or conduct.
extravaganzas
extravaganzas
noun
plural of extravaganza
extravagate
extravagate
verb
(intransitive) To rove.
(intransitive) To wander beyond the limits.
extravagated
extravagated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of extravagate
extravagates
extravagates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of extravagate
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.
extravagence
extravagence
noun
Misspelling of extravagance.
extravaginal
extravaginal
adj
(anatomy) Outside the vagina.
extravasate
extravasate
adj
Outside of a vessel.
noun
That which is outside a vessel (especially blood or other bodily fluids).
verb
To flow (or be forced) from a vessel.
extravasated
extravasated
adj
Produced by extravasation
verb
simple past tense and past participle of extravasate
extravasates
extravasates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of extravasate
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
extravascular
extravascular
adj
Situated or happening outside of the blood vessels or lymph vessels.
extravehicular
extravehicular
adj
Relating to, on happening in, the space outside a vehicle, especially a spacecraft in space
extravenate
extravenate
adj
(obsolete) That has been let out of the veins.
verb
Synonym of extravasate
extraventricular
extraventricular
adj
(anatomy) Outside the ventricle.
extraversion
extraversion
noun
Alternative spelling of extroversion
extraversions
extraversions
noun
plural of extraversion
extraversive
extraversively
extravert
extravert
noun
Alternative spelling of extrovert
verb
Alternative spelling of extrovert, especially (early chemistry, obsolete) so as to be visible.
extraverted
extraverted
adj
Alternative form of extroverted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of extravert
extravertish
extravertish
adj
Alternative spelling of extrovertish (“extroverted”)
extravertive
extravertive
adj
Of, or pertaining to being an extravert.
extravertively
extraverts
extraverts
noun
plural of extravert
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of extravert
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.
exuviability
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
galvanotaxis
galvanotaxis
noun
(biology) The movement of an organism either towards or away from an electric current
hexavalent
hexavalent
adj
(chemistry) Having an atomic valence of 6.
(medicine) Having a vaccine valence of 6.
hygroexpansivity
inexhaustive
inexhaustive
adj
Synonym of inexhaustible
inexhaustively
intoxicative
intoxicative
adj
Relating to, or causing intoxication
intoxicatively
juxtapositive
juxtapositive
adj
(grammar) Of or relating to a grammatical case expressing position beside something.