An increase in the severity of something (such as a disease)
exacerbations
exacerbations
noun
plural of exacerbation
exacervation
exacervation
noun
(medicine, uncommon) A recurrence of a symptom; paroxysm.
(obsolete) The act of heaping up.
exarchateship
exarchic
exarchies
exarchies
noun
plural of exarchy
exarchist
exarchist
noun
A supporter of the exarch.
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
exauthorizeexc
excalibur
excardination
excardination
noun
The freeing of a member of the clergy from the jurisdiction of a particular bishop
excarnation
excarnation
noun
The act of removing flesh.
The burial practice of removing (or causing to be removed) the flesh and organs of the dead, leaving only the bones, especially the practice laying out corpses for vultures to strip bare.
excarnificate
excarnificate
verb
(transitive, obsolete) To strip (something) of flesh; to excarnate.
excavatorial
excavatorial
adj
Relating to excavation or to excavators
excedrin
excelsior
excelsior
adj
(archaic) Loftier, yet higher, more elevated; ever upward.
More surpassing, more excelling.
intj
A greeting, farewell or acclamation, especially associated with comic book fandom and famous comic book writer Stan Lee.
noun
(Canada, US) Stuffing material (as for furniture and mattresses) made of slender, curled woodshavings, as a substitute for hair.
(US printing, dated) The size of type between Norse and brilliant, standardized as 3-point.
excentric
excentric
adj
(botany) One-sided; having the normally central portion not in the true center.
Alternative form of eccentric
noun
Alternative form of eccentric (disk or wheel with off-centre axis)
excentrical
excentrical
adj
Alternative form of excentric
excentricity
excentricity
noun
(mathematics) Archaic form of eccentricity.
exceptionary
exceptioner
exceptioner
noun
(obsolete) One who takes exceptions or protests.
excercise
excercise
noun
Misspelling of exercise.
excerebration
excerebration
noun
The act of removing or beating out the brains.
excerptible
excerptible
adj
Able to be excerpted.
excerpting
excerpting
noun
The act of taking an excerpt.
verb
present participle of excerpt
excerption
excerption
noun
That which is selected or gleaned; an extract.
The act of excerpting or selecting.
excerptions
excerptions
noun
plural of excerption
excerptive
excerptive
adj
That excerpts or selects.
excimer
excimer
noun
(chemistry, physics) Any diatomic exciplex
excimers
excimers
noun
plural of excimer
excipular
excipuliform
excircle
excircle
noun
(geometry) An escribed circle; a circle outside a polygon (especially a triangle, but also sometimes a quadrilateral) that is tangent to each of the lines on which the sides of the polygon lie.
excisor
excisor
noun
One who excises, especially one who performs female genital cutting.
excitator
excitatory
excitatory
adj
Stimulating, exciting or causing excitation; excitative.
exciter
exciter
noun
A person who excites.
The electronic oscillator that generates the carrier signal for a transmitter.
exciters
exciters
noun
plural of exciter
excitoglandular
excitoglandular
adj
That increases the output of a gland
excitomotor
excitomotor
adj
Alternative form of excitomotory
excitomotory
excitomotory
adj
(physiology) Exciting motion; said of that portion of the nervous system concerned in reflex action, by which impressions are transmitted to a nerve centre and then reflected back so as to produce muscular contraction without sensation or volition.
excitomuscular
excitonutrient
excitor
excitor
noun
Alternative form of exciter
excitors
excitors
noun
plural of excitor
excitory
excitory
adj
Misspelling of excitatory.
excitosecretory
excitosecretory
adj
(physiology) Triggering secretion; said of the influence exerted by reflex action on the function of secretion, by which the various glands are activated.
excitovascular
excitron
excitron
Noun
A kind of mercury pool tube.
exclaimer
exclaimer
noun
One who exclaims.
exclaimers
exclaimers
noun
plural of exclaimer
exclamatorily
exclamatorily
adv
In an exclamatory way.
exclaustration
exclaustration
noun
The release of a monk (or nun) from their religious vows, and their subsequent return to the outside world.
exclusionary
exclusionary
adj
Acting to exclude something
exclusioner
exclusioner
Noun
A member of the political factions that sought to exclude from the throne of England in the 17th century.
excoecaria
excogitator
excogitator
noun
One who excogitates.
excommunicator
excommunicator
noun
One who excommunicates.
excommunicators
excommunicators
noun
plural of excommunicator
excommunicatory
excommunicatory
Adjective
Relating to excommunication.
excoriable
excoriable
adj
Capable of being excoriated.
excoriate
excoriate
verb
(transitive) To wear off the skin of; to chafe or flay.
(transitive, figuratively) To strongly denounce or censure.
excoriated
excoriated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of excoriate
excoriates
excoriates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of excoriate
excoriating
excoriating
verb
present participle of excoriate
excoriation
excoriation
noun
A severe verbal denouncing.
The act of excoriating or flaying.
The excoriated place, or the state of being excoriated or stripped of the skin; abrasion.
excoriations
excoriations
noun
plural of excoriation
excoriator
excoriator
noun
A machine for stripping the skin from fruits.
One who excoriates, or strongly denounces.
excorticate
excorticate
verb
(obsolete) To strip of bark or skin.
excorticated
excorticated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of excorticate
excorticating
excorticating
verb
present participle of excorticate
excortication
excortication
noun
The act of stripping off bark, or the state of being thus stripped.
excreation
excreation
noun
(obsolete) The act of spitting out.
excrementitial
excrementitial
adj
(physiology) Pertaining to, or consisting of, excrement; of the nature of excrement.
excrementitious
excrementitious
adj
Of or pertaining to the nature of excrement.
excrementitiously
excrementitiously
adv
In an excrementitious manner.
excrementitiousness
excrementitiousness
noun
The quality of being excrementitious.
excrementive
excrementive
adj
(archaic) Serving to excrete; connected with excretion or excrement.
excrementize
excrementize
verb
(archaic, intransitive) To void excrement; to defecate.
excrescencies
excrescencies
noun
plural of excrescency
excrescential
excrescential
adj
Pertaining to, or resembling, an excrescence.
excression
excreting
excreting
noun
An act of excretion.
verb
present participle of excrete
excretion
excretion
noun
Something excreted in that manner, especially urine or feces.
The process of removing or ejecting material that has no further utility, especially from the body; the act of excreting.
excretionary
excretions
excretions
noun
plural of excretion
excretitious
excretive
excretive
adj
Having the power of excreting, or promoting excretion.
excretolic
excretories
excretories
noun
plural of excretory
excriminate
excruciable
excruciable
adj
(archaic) Liable to torment.
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
excubitoria
excubitoria
noun
plural of excubitorium
excubitorium
excubitorium
noun
(historical) A gallery in a church, used for all-night vigils.
excubittoria
exculpatorily
exculpatorily
adv
So as to exculpate.
excursing
excursing
verb
present participle of excurse
excursion
excursion
noun
(aviation) An occurrence where an aircraft runs off the end or side of a runway or taxiway, usally during takeoff, landing, or taxi.
(phonetics) A deviation in pitch, for example in the syllables of enthusiastic speech.
A brief recreational trip; a journey out of the usual way.
A wandering from the main subject: a digression.
verb
(intransitive) To go on a recreational trip or excursion.
excursional
excursional
adj
Of or relating to excursions.
excursionary
excursioner
excursioner
noun
One who goes on a trip or excursion.
excursionism
excursionism
noun
The practice of going on excursions; travel; tourism.
excursionist
excursionist
noun
A person who goes on an excursion; a traveller or tourist
excursionists
excursionists
noun
plural of excursionist
excursionize
excursionize
verb
(intransitive, dated) To go on an excursion.
excursions
excursions
noun
plural of excursion
excursive
excursive
adj
Tending to digress.
Tending to go out.
excursively
excursively
adv
In an excursive manner.
excursiveness
excursiveness
noun
The quality of being discursive
excurvation
execrating
execrating
verb
present participle of execrate
execration
execration
noun
An act or instance of cursing; a curse dictated by violent feelings of hatred; an imprecation; an expression of utter detestation.
That which is execrated; a detested thing.
execrations
execrations
noun
plural of execration
execrative
execrative
adj
Cursing; imprecatory; vilifying.
noun
A word used for cursing; an oath.
execratively
execratively
adv
In an execrative manner.
executioneering
executioner
executioner
noun
(archaic) Executor.
A hit man, especially being in some organization.
An official person who carries out the capital punishment of a criminal.
executioneress
executioneress
noun
(rare) A female executioner.
executioners
executioners
noun
plural of executioner
executorial
executorial
adj
Of or relating to an executive (branch of government etc.).
Of or relating to an executor.
executorship
executorship
noun
the office or position of an executor
executrices
executrices
noun
plural of executrix
executrix
executrix
noun
(chiefly law) A female executor.
executrixes
executrixship
executrixship
noun
The state or business of an executrix.
exemplaric
exemplaric
adj
Relating to or characteristic of an exemplar
exemplificator
exendospermic
exercisable
exercisable
adj
Capable of being exercised.
exercise
exercise
noun
(countable) Any activity designed to develop or hone a skill or ability.
(countable, uncountable) Activity intended to improve physical, or sometimes mental, strength and fitness.
(obsolete) That which gives practice; a trial; a test.
A setting in action or practicing; employment in the proper mode of activity; exertion; application; use.
The performance of an office, ceremony, or duty.
verb
(intransitive) To perform physical activity for health or training.
(now often in passive) To occupy the attention and effort of; to task; to tax, especially in a painful or vexatious manner; harass; to vex; to worry or make anxious.
(obsolete) To set in action; to cause to act, move, or make exertion; to give employment to.
(transitive) To use (a right, an option, etc.); to put into practice.
To exert for the sake of training or improvement; to practice in order to develop.
exercised
exercised
adj
Practiced, trained, experienced.
The property of having been exercised, used, acted upon.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of exercise
exerciser
exerciser
noun
A person who exercises.
Any of many devices for use in exercising the body.
exercisers
exercisers
noun
plural of exerciser
exercises
exercises
noun
A ceremony or assembly: opening exercises; graduation exercises.
plural of exercise
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of exercise
exercising
exercising
noun
The act by which something is exercised.
verb
present participle of exercise
exercitant
exercitant
noun
(religion) One who practises spiritual exercises, especially those of Ignatius of Loyola.
exercitation
exercitation
noun
(rare or obsolete) The exercise or exertion of some power, responsibility, faculty etc.
exercite
exercitor
exercitorial
exercitorian
exergonic
exergonic
adj
(chemistry, of a reaction) Releasing energy (especially as heat)
exilarch
exilarch
noun
The head of a community of Jews in the diaspora.
The leader of the Jews of the Babylonian exile.
exilarchate
exocardia
exocardiac
exocardiac
adj
Outside of the heart
exocardial
exocardial
adj
(anatomy) Situated or arising outside of the heart.