Words |
Parts of Speech |
Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
expariating |
present participle & vb. noun |
of Expatiate |
expatiation |
noun |
Act of expatiating. |
expatiatory |
adjective |
Expansive; diffusive. |
expatriated |
imp. & past participle |
of Expatriate |
expectation |
noun |
The act or state of expecting or looking forward to an event as about to happen., That which is expected or looked for., The prospect of the future; grounds upon which something excellent is expected to happen; prospect of anything good to come, esp. of property or rank., The value of any chance (as the prospect of prize or property) which depends upon some contingent event. Expectations are computed for or against the occurrence of the event., The leaving of the disease principally to the efforts of nature to effect a cure. |
expectative |
adjective |
Constituting an object of expectation; contingent., Something in expectation; esp., an expectative grace. |
expectingly |
adverb |
In a state of expectation. |
expectorant |
adjective |
Tending to facilitate expectoration or to promote discharges of mucus, etc., from the lungs or throat., An expectorant medicine. |
expectorate |
verb t. |
To eject from the trachea or lungs; to discharge, as phlegm or other matter, by coughing, hawking, and spitting; to spit forth., To discharge matter from the lungs or throat by hawking and spitting; to spit. |
expediently |
adverb |
In an expedient manner; fitly; suitably; conveniently., With expedition; quickly. |
expeditious |
adjective |
Possessed of, or characterized by, expedition, or efficiency and rapidity in action; performed with, or acting with, expedition; quick; having celerity; speedily; as, an expeditious march or messenger. |
expenditure |
noun |
The act of expending; a laying out, as of money; disbursement., That which is expended or paid out; expense. |
expensefull |
adjective |
Full of expense; costly; chargeable. |
expenseless |
adjective |
Without cost or expense. |
experienced |
imp. & past participle |
of Exrerience, Taught by practice or by repeated observations; skillful or wise by means of trials, use, or observation; as, an experienced physician, workman, soldier; an experienced eye. |
experiencer |
noun |
One who experiences., An experimenter. |
expiscation |
noun |
The act of expiscating; a fishing. |
expiscatory |
adjective |
Tending to fish out; searching out |
explainable |
adjective |
Capable of being explained or made plain to the understanding; capable of being interpreted. |
explanation |
noun |
The act of explaining, expounding, or interpreting; the act of clearing from obscurity and making intelligible; as, the explanation of a passage in Scripture, or of a contract or treaty., That which explains or makes clear; as, a satisfactory explanation., The meaning attributed to anything by one who explains it; definition; interpretation; sense., A mutual exposition of terms, meaning, or motives, with a view to adjust a misunderstanding, and reconcile differences; reconciliation; agreement; as, to come to an explanation. |
explanative |
adjective |
Explanatory. |
explanatory |
adjective |
Serving to explain; containing explanation; as explanatory notes. |
expletively |
adverb |
In the manner of an expletive. |
explicating |
present participle & vb. noun |
of Explicate |
explication |
noun |
The act of opening, unfolding, or explaining; explanation; exposition; interpretation., The sense given by an expositor. |
explicative |
adjective |
Serving to unfold or explain; tending to lay open to the understanding; explanatory. |
explicatory |
adjective |
Explicative. |
exploration |
noun |
The act of exploring, penetrating, or ranging over for purposes of discovery, especially of geographical discovery; examination; as, the exploration of unknown countries, physical examination. |
explorative |
adjective |
Exploratory. |
exploratory |
adjective |
Serving or intended to explore; searching; examining; explorative. |
explorement |
noun |
The act of exploring; exploration. |
explosively |
adverb |
In an explosive manner. |
expoliation |
noun |
See Exspoliation. |
exponential |
adjective |
Pertaining to exponents; involving variable exponents; as, an exponential expression; exponential calculus; an exponential function. |
exportation |
noun |
The act of exporting; the act of conveying or sending commodities abroad or to another country, in the course of commerce., Commodity exported; an export., The act of carrying out. |
exposedness |
noun |
The state of being exposed, laid open, or unprotected; as, an exposedness to sin or temptation. |
expostulate |
verb i. |
To reason earnestly with a person on some impropriety of his conduct, representing the wrong he has done or intends, and urging him to make redress or to desist; to remonstrate; — followed by with., To discuss; to examine. |
expressible |
adjective |
Capable of being expressed, squeezed out, shown, represented, or uttered. |
expressness |
noun |
The state or quality of being express; definiteness. |
expropriate |
verb t. |
To put out of one’s possession; to surrender the ownership of; also, to deprive of possession or proprietary rights. |
expugnation |
noun |
The act of taking by assault; conquest. |
expurgating |
present participle & vb. noun |
of Expurgate |
expurgation |
noun |
The act of expurgating, purging, or cleansing; purification from anything noxious, offensive, sinful, or erroneous. |
expurgatory |
adjective |
Serving to purify from anything noxious or erroneous; cleansing; purifying. |