(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.
expective
expective
adj
(linguistics) A verb form in some native American languages that implies expectation of an action, as opposed to the report of an action or a general statement about the type of action.
expectative
expectorative
expectorative
adj
Alternative form of expectorant
expeditive
expeditive
adj
(obsolete) Performing with speed.
expensive
expensive
adj
(computing) Taking a lot of system time or resources.
(obsolete) Given to expending a lot of money; profligate, lavish.
Having a high price or cost.
expensively
expensively
adv
In an expensive manner.
expensiveness
expensiveness
noun
The state of being expensive; the entailing of great expense.
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.
expletive
expletive
adj
Marked by expletives (phrase-fillers).
Serving to fill up, merely for effect, otherwise redundant.
noun
(linguistics) A word that adds to the strength of a phrase without affecting its meaning.
(linguistics) A word without meaning added to fill a syntactic position.
A profane, vulgar term, notably a curse or obscene oath.
expletively
expletively
adv
In an expletive way.
expletiveness
expletiveness
noun
The quality of being expletive.
expletives
expletives
noun
plural of expletive
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.
exploitive
exploitive
adj
Exploitative: taking advantage of someone
explorative
explorative
adj
exploratory
exploratively
exploratively
adv
In an explorative way or fashion.
explorativeness
explorativeness
noun
The condition of being explorative
explosive
explosive
adj
(figurative) Shocking; startling.
(slang) Easily driven to anger, usually with reference to a person.
Having the character of an explosion.
With the capability to, or likely to, explode.
noun
(linguistics, dated) A plosive.
Any explosive substance.
explosively
explosively
adv
In an explosive manner.
explosiveness
explosiveness
noun
The state of being explosive.
explosives
explosives
noun
plural of explosive
expositive
expositive
adj
That explains; expository
expositively
expostulative
expostulative
adj
Synonym of expostulatory
expostulatively
expostulatively
adv
In an expostulative manner.
expressive
expressive
adj
Effectively conveying thought or feeling.
noun
(linguistics) Any word or phrase that expresses (that the speaker, writer, or signer has) a certain attitude toward or information about the referent.
(linguistics, more narrowly) A word or phrase, belonging to a distinct word class or having distinct morphosyntactic properties, with semantic symbolism (for example, an onomatopoeia), variously considered either a synonym, a hypernym or a hyponym of ideophone.
expressively
expressively
adv
In an expressive manner.
expressiveness
expressiveness
noun
The quality or degree of being expressive.
expressivenesses
expressivenesses
noun
plural of expressiveness
expressivism
expressivism
noun
(philosophy, ethics) The doctrine that moral statements such as "this is wrong" express a moral evaluation rather than a statement of fact
expressivity
expressivity
noun
(genetics) The degree to which a gene affects or can affect an organism.
(uncountable) The quality of being expressive.
expulsive
expulsive
adj
Tending to expel or resulting in expulsion.
expurgative
exquisitive
exquisitive
adj
(obsolete) Eager to discover or learn; curious.
exquisitively
exquisitively
adv
In an exquisitive manner.
exquisitiveness
exquisitiveness
noun
The state or quality of being exquisitive.
exsiccative
exsiccative
adj
Tending to make dry; having the power of drying.
noun
A substance that causes drying.
exsolve
exsolve
verb
(mineralogy, when referring to two or more minerals in a solid solution) To separate from one another at a critical point in temperature.
exsolved
exsolved
verb
simple past tense and past participle of exsolve
exsolving
exsolving
verb
present participle of exsolve
extensive
extensive
adj
(figurative) Considerable in amount.
(physics) Having a combined system entropy that equals the sum of the entropies of the independent systems.
Having a great extent; covering a large area; vast.
Serving to extend or lengthen; characterized by extension.
extensively
extensively
adv
In an extensive manner, widely.
extensiveness
extensiveness
noun
The degree or property of being extensive.
extensivity
extensivity
noun
(countable) The extent to which something is extensive
(uncountable) The condition of being extensive
extenuative
extenuative
adj
Tending to extenuate.
exterminative
exterminative
adj
Serving to exterminate; exterminatory.
exteroceptive
exteroceptive
adj
(anatomy) That responds to external stimuli
extersive
extinctive
extinctive
adj
Tending or serving to extinguish, or make extinct.
extirpative
extirpative
adj
Of, relating to, or pertaining to an extirpation.
extorsive
extorsive
adj
Serving or tending to extort.
extorsively
extorsively
adv
In an extorsive manner; extortionately.
extortive
extortive
adj
Involving, constituting or accomplished by extortion.
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
extroitive
extroitive
adj
(obsolete) Seeking or going out after external objects.
extrospective
extrospective
adj
Involving extrospection.
extroversion
extroversion
noun
(informal psychology) A personality orientation towards others and things outside oneself; behavior expressing such orientation.
(medicine) The condition of being inside out, especially in relation to the bladder.
(religion, obsolete) Consideration of the material world as an aid to spiritual insight.
extroversive
extroversive
adj
(psychology) Synonym of extroverted
extroversively
extroversively
adv
In an extroversive manner.
extrovert
extrovert
adj
(informal psychology) Alternative form of extroverted: outgoing.
noun
(informal psychology) An extroverted person: one who is outgoing, sociable, and concerned with outer affairs.
verb
(transitive) To turn or thrust outwards.
extroverted
extroverted
adj
(informal psychology) Of or characteristic of the personality of an extrovert: outgoing, sociable.
(medicine) Synonym of inside-out.
Turned or thrust outwards, especially:
verb
simple past tense and past participle of extrovert
extrovertedness
extrovertedness
noun
The state or quality of being extroverted
extrovertish
extrovertish
adj
Somewhat extroverted.
extrovertive
extrovertively
extroverts
extroverts
noun
plural of extrovert
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of extrovert
extrusive
extrusive
adj
(geology) Of rocks: forced, while in a plastic or molten state, on to the Earth's surface to lie atop existing rocks.
Jutting out; extruding.
noun
(geology) Rock which has been formed through volcanic extrusion.
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
exuvium
exuvium
noun
(biology) Synonym of exuvia
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
fixive
fixive
adj
(obsolete) fixative
flaxville
flexive
fluxive
fluxive
adj
flowing; lacking solidity
foxglove
foxglove
noun
Digitalis, a genus of about 20 species of herbaceous biennials native to the Old World, certain of which are prized for their showy flowers. The drug digitalis or digoxin was first isolated from the plant.
foxgloves
foxgloves
noun
plural of foxglove
galvanotaxis
galvanotaxis
noun
(biology) The movement of an organism either towards or away from an electric current