(chiefly of a crystal) Having axes of approximately the same dimensions.
essexite
essexite
noun
(petrology) A form of silica-undersaturated pyroxene gabbro, containing nepheline and orthoclase as essential constituents.
ethoxide
ethoxide
noun
(chemistry) any salt of this anion
(chemistry) the anion CH₃CH₂O⁻ derived from ethanol by the loss of a proton
ethoxies
ethoxyls
ethoxyls
noun
plural of ethoxyl
eudoxian
eudoxian
Noun
A follower of (died in 370), patriarch of Antioch and Constantinople, and a celebrated defender of the doctrines of Arius.
Adjective
Of or relating to (408–355 BC), Greek astronomer and mathematician.
eupraxia
eupraxia
noun
eupraxy
learning attributes of deaf people
eutaxies
eutaxite
eutaxite
noun
(geology, uncommon) A pyroclastic deposit that exhibits characteristics of both tuff and lava flows.
euxenite
euxenite
noun
(mineralogy) A dark brown lustrous mineral that is a mixed oxide of cerium, erbium, titanium, uranium, yttrium and other more common metals, with the chemical formula (Y,Ca,Ce,U,Th)(Nb,Ta,Ti)₂O₆.
exacters
exacters
noun
plural of exacter
exactest
exactest
adj
superlative form of exact: most exact
verb
(archaic) second-person singular simple present form of exact
exacting
exacting
adj
(of a person or organization) Characterized by exaction.
(of an action, task, etc) Requiring precise accuracy, great care, effort, or attention.
Making great demands; difficult to satisfy.
verb
present participle and gerund of exact
exaction
exaction
noun
That which is exacted; a severe tribute; a fee, reward, or contribution, demanded or levied with severity or injustice.
The act of demanding with authority, and compelling to pay or yield; compulsion to give or furnish; a levying by force
extortion.
exactive
exactive
adj
exacting
exactors
exactors
noun
plural of exactor
exacuate
exacuate
verb
(obsolete) To whet or sharpen.
exaltate
exaltate
Adjective
Exercising its highest influence.
exalters
exalters
noun
plural of exalter
exalting
exalting
adj
Of something that uplifts, that exalts.
verb
present participle of exalt
exameter
exameter
noun
US spelling of exametre
examined
examined
verb
simple past tense and past participle of examine
examinee
examinee
noun
One who is examined, e.g. for medical reasons.
One who sits an examination.
examiner
examiner
noun
A person who investigates someone or something.
A person who marks an examination.
A person who sets an examination.
examines
examines
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of examine
examplar
exampled
exampled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of example
examples
examples
noun
plural of example
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of example
exanguin
exanthem
exanthem
noun
A widespread rash usually occurring in children.
exarchal
exarchal
adj
Of or relating to an exarch.
exarchic
excalate
excamber
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.
excecate
excecate
verb
(obsolete) To blind.
excedent
excedent
noun
excess
excedrin
exceeded
exceeded
verb
simple past tense and past participle of exceed
exceeder
exceeder
noun
One who, or that which, exceeds.
excelled
excelled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of excel
excelsin
excelsin
noun
A quassinoid found in brazil nuts.
excepted
excepted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of except
excepter
exceptio
exceptor
exceptor
noun
Someone who makes exceptions.
excerpta
excerpta
noun
plural of excerptum
excerpts
excerpts
noun
plural of excerpt
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of excerpt
excessed
excessed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of excess
excesses
excesses
noun
plural of excess
exchange
exchange
noun
(biochemistry) The transfer of substances or elements like gas, amino-acids, ions etc. sometimes through a surface like a membrane.
(chess) The loss of one piece and associated capture of another.
(finance) The difference between the values of money in different places.
(law, England & Wales, Northern Ireland) Clipping of exchange of contracts.
(obsolete) The thing given or received in return; especially, a publication exchanged for another.
(telephony, US) The fourth through sixth digits of a ten-digit phone number (the first three before the introduction of area codes).
(usually with "the") The loss of a minor piece (typically a bishop or knight) and associated capture of the more advantageous rook.
A conversation.
A place for conducting trading.
A telephone exchange.
An act of exchanging or trading.
verb
(law, England & Wales, Northern Ireland) Clipping of exchange contracts.
(transitive) To replace with, as a substitute.
(transitive) To trade or barter.
exciding
exciding
verb
present participle of excide
excimers
excimers
noun
plural of excimer
exciples
exciples
noun
plural of exciple
excipula
excipula
noun
plural of excipulum
excipule
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.
excising
excising
verb
present participle of excise
excision
excision
noun
(genetics) The removal of a gene from a section of genetic material.
(surgery) The removal of something (a tumor or body part) by cutting.
(topology) The fact that, under certain hypotheses, the homology of a space relative to a subspace is unchanged by the identification of a subspace of the latter to a point.
The removal of some text during editing.
excitant
excitant
adj
exciting; stimulating
noun
Something that excites or stimulates; a stimulant
excitate
excitate
verb
(obsolete) To excite.
exciters
exciters
noun
plural of exciter
exciting
exciting
adj
creating or producing excitement
noun
The process of something becoming excited; excitation.
verb
present participle of excite
excitive
excitive
adj
(archaic) excited
Serving or tending to excite; excitative.
noun
(archaic) That which excites; an excitant.
excitons
excitons
noun
plural of exciton
excitors
excitors
noun
plural of excitor
excitory
excitory
adj
Misspelling of excitatory.
excitron
excitron
Noun
A kind of mercury pool tube.
exclaims
exclaims
noun
plural of exclaim
exclaves
exclaves
noun
plural of exclave
excluded
excluded
verb
simple past tense and past participle of exclude
excluder
excluder
noun
Something which excludes
excludes
excludes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of exclude
excresce
excretal
excretal
adj
Relating to excretion or to excrement.
excreted
excreted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of excrete
excreter
excreter
noun
One who excretes.
excretes
excretes
noun
excreta; matters discharged from the animal body
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of excrete
excubant
excubant
adj
(formal) Watchful; keeping watch or guarding.
excudate
excursed
excursed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of excurse
excursus
excursus
noun
A fuller treatment (in a separate section) of a particular part of the text of a book, especially a classic.
A narrative digression, especially to discuss a particular issue.
excurved
excurved
adj
Curving outward, away from the center.
excusers
excusers
noun
plural of excuser
excusing
excusing
noun
The act of making an excuse.
verb
present participle of excuse
excusive
excusive
adj
Serving as an excuse; exculpatory.
excussed
excussed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of excuss
excussio
excysted
excysted
adj
Subjected to excystation
verb
simple past tense and past participle of excyst
execrate
execrate
verb
(intransitive, archaic) to invoke a curse; to curse or swear
(transitive) to declare to be hateful or abhorrent; to denounce
(transitive) to feel loathing for; to abhor
executed
executed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of execute
executer
executer
noun
Alternative form of executor
executes
executes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of execute
executor
executor
noun
(computing) A component of a system that executes or runs something.
(law) Someone appointed by a testator to administer a will; an administrator.
(obsolete) An executioner.
A person who carries out some task.
executry
executry
noun
(law) The role of executor.
exegeses
exegeses
noun
plural of exegesis
exegesis
exegesis
noun
A critical explanation or interpretation of a text, especially a religious text.
An explanatory note; a gloss.
exegetes
exegetes
noun
plural of exegete
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of exegete
exegetic
exegetic
adj
Of or pertaining to exegesis; explanatory.
exemplar
exemplar
adj
(obsolete) Exemplary.
noun
A copy of a book or piece of writing.
A handwritten manuscript used by a scribe to make a handwritten copy; the original copy of what gets multiply reproduced in a copy machine.
A pattern after which others should be made; an archetype.
A well known usage of a scientific theory.
Something fit to be imitated; an ideal, a model.
Something typical or representative of a class; an example that typifies.
exemplum
exemplum
noun
A story demonstrating a moral point; a parable.
An example.
exempted
exempted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of exempt
exequial
exequial
adj
Of or pertaining to funerals; funereal.
exequies
exequies
noun
(obsolete) plural of exequy (“funeral rites”)
exercent
exercent
adj
(obsolete) In practice; professional.
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.
exercite
exeresis
exeresis
noun
The surgical removal of any part or organ.
exergual
exergual
adj
Relating to the exergue.
exergues
exergues
noun
plural of exergue
exerting
exerting
verb
present participle of exert
exertion
exertion
noun
An expenditure of physical or mental effort.
exertive
exertive
adj
Having power or a tendency to exert; using exertion.
exfigure
exhalant
exhalant
adj
exhaling (emitting a fluid)
noun
Something that emits a fluid
exhalate
exhalate
verb
to breathe out or upon.
exhalent
exhalent
adj
Alternative form of exhalant
exhaling
exhaling
noun
exhalation
verb
present participle of exhale
exhausts
exhausts
noun
plural of exhaust
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of exhaust
exhedrae
exhibits
exhibits
noun
plural of exhibit
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of exhibit
exhorted
exhorted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of exhort
exhorter
exhorter
noun
(Protestantism) A lay preacher.
(rare) A person who exhorts.
exhumate
exhumate
verb
(obsolete) To exhume; to disinter.
exhumers
exhumers
noun
plural of exhumer
exhuming
exhuming
verb
present participle of exhume
exigeant
exigeant
adj
exigent; demanding
exigence
exigence
noun
exigency
exigency
exigency
noun
(chiefly in the plural) The demands or requirements of a situation.
An urgent situation, one requiring extreme effort or attention.
exigible
exigible
adj
That may be exacted; demandable; requirable.
exiguity
exiguity
noun
The quality of being meagre or scanty.
exiguous
exiguous
adj
scanty; meager
exilable
exilable
adj
For which one may be exiled.
exilarch
exilarch
noun
The head of a community of Jews in the diaspora.
The leader of the Jews of the Babylonian exile.
exiledom
exiledom
noun
The state or condition of being an exile.
eximidus
eximious
eximious
adj
(archaic) Pre-eminent, outstanding.
exintine
existant
existant
adj
Misspelling of existent.
existent
existent
adj
existing; having life or being, current; occurring now
noun
(archaic) a being or entity that exists independently
existing
existing
adj
That exists, or has existence, especially that exists now.
verb
present participle of exist
exitance
exitance
noun
(physics) Flux (of radiation).
exitious
exitious
adj
Harmful, destructive, deadly, pernicious.
exitless
exitless
adj
Having no exit.
exoascus
exoascus
noun
The outer functional layer of a fissitunicate ascus