| Words | Parts of Speech | Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
|---|---|---|
| excalibur | noun | The name of King Arthur’s mythical sword. |
| excambion | noun | Alt. of Excambium |
| excambium | noun | Exchange; barter; — used commonly of lands. |
| excarnate | verb t. | To deprive or clear of flesh. |
| excavated | imp. & past participle | of Excavate |
| excavator | noun | One who, or that which, excavates or hollows out; a machine, as a dredging machine, or a tool, for excavating. |
| exceeding | present participle & vb. noun | of Exceed, More than usual; extraordinary; more than sufficient; measureless., In a very great degree; extremely; exceedingly. |
| excelling | present participle & vb. noun | of Excel |
| excellent | adjective | Excelling; surpassing others in some good quality or the sum of qualities; of great worth; eminent, in a good sense; superior; as, an excellent man, artist, citizen, husband, discourse, book, song, etc.; excellent breeding, principles, aims, action., Superior in kind or degree, irrespective of moral quality; — used with words of a bad significance., Excellently; eminently; exceedingly. |
| excelsior | verb t. | More lofty; still higher; ever upward., A kind of stuffing for upholstered furniture, mattresses, etc., in which curled shreds of wood are substituted for curled hair. |
| excentral | adjective | Out of the center. |
| excentric | adjective | Alt. of Excentrical |
| excepting | present participle & vb. noun | of Except, With rejection or exception of; excluding; except. |
| exceptant | adjective | Making exception. |
| exception | noun | The act of excepting or excluding; exclusion; restriction by taking out something which would otherwise be included, as in a class, statement, rule., That which is excepted or taken out from others; a person, thing, or case, specified as distinct, or not included; as, almost every general rule has its exceptions., An objection, oral or written, taken, in the course of an action, as to bail or security; or as to the decision of a judge, in the course of a trail, or in his charge to a jury; or as to lapse of time, or scandal, impertinence, or insufficiency in a pleading; also, as in conveyancing, a clause by which the grantor excepts something before granted., An objection; cavil; dissent; disapprobation; offense; cause of offense; — usually followed by to or against. |
| exceptive | adjective | That excepts; including an exception; as, an exceptive proposition. |
| excernent | adjective | Connected with, or pertaining to, excretion. |
| excerpted | imp. & past participle | of Excerpt |
| excerptor | noun | One who makes excerpts; a picker; a culler. |
| excessive | adjective | Characterized by, or exhibiting, excess; overmuch. |
| exchanged | imp. & past participle | of Exchange |
| exchanger | noun | One who exchanges; one who practices exchange. |
| excheator | noun | See Escheator. |
| exchequer | noun | One of the superior courts of law; — so called from a checkered cloth, which covers, or formerly covered, the table., The department of state having charge of the collection and management of the royal revenue. [Eng.] Hence, the treasury; and, colloquially, pecuniary possessions in general; as, the company’s exchequer is low., To institute a process against (any one) in the Court of Exchequer. |
| excipient | verb t. | Taking an exception., An exceptor., An inert or slightly active substance used in preparing remedies as a vehicle or medium of administration for the medicinal agents. |
| excipulum | noun | The outer part of the fructification of most lichens. |
| excisable | adjective | Liable or subject to excise; as, tobacco in an excisable commodity. |
| excisemen | plural | of Exciseman |
| exciseman | noun | An officer who inspects and rates articles liable to excise duty. |
| excitable | adjective | Capable of being excited, or roused into action; susceptible of excitement; easily stirred up, or stimulated. |
| excitator | noun | A kind of discarder. |
| exciteful | noun | Full of exciting qualities; as, an exciteful story; exciteful players. |
| exclaimed | imp. & past participle | of Exclaim |
| exclaimer | noun | One who exclaims. |
| excluding | present participle & vb. noun | of Exclude |
| exclusion | noun | The act of excluding, or of shutting out, whether by thrusting out or by preventing admission; a debarring; rejection; prohibition; the state of being excluded., The act of expelling or ejecting a fetus or an egg from the womb., Thing emitted. |
| exclusive | adjective | Having the power of preventing entrance; debarring from participation or enjoyment; possessed and enjoyed to the exclusion of others; as, exclusive bars; exclusive privilege; exclusive circles of society., Not taking into the account; excluding from consideration; — opposed to inclusive; as, five thousand troops, exclusive of artillery., One of a coterie who exclude others; one who from real of affected fastidiousness limits his acquaintance to a select few. |
| exclusory | adjective | Able to exclude; excluding; serving to exclude. |
| excoction | The act of excocting or boiling out. | |
| excommune | verb t. | To exclude from participation in; to excommunicate. |
| excreable | adjective | Capable of being discharged by spitting. |
| excrement | noun | Matter excreted and ejected; that which is excreted or cast out of the animal body by any of the natural emunctories; especially, alvine, discharges; dung; ordure., An excrescence or appendage; an outgrowth. |
| excreting | present participle & vb. noun | of Excrete |
| excretion | noun | The act of excreting., That which is excreted; excrement. |
| excretive | adjective | Having the power of excreting, or promoting excretion. |
| excretory | adjective | Having the quality of excreting, or throwing off excrementitious matter. |
| exculpate | verb t. | To clear from alleged fault or guilt; to prove to be guiltless; to relieve of blame; to acquit. |
| excurrent | adjective | Running or flowing out, Running or extending out; as, an excurrent midrib, one which projects beyond the apex of a leaf; an excurrent steam or trunk, one which continues to the top., Characterized by a current which flows outward; as, an excurrent orifice or tube. |
| excursion | A running or going out or forth; an expedition; a sally., A journey chiefly for recreation; a pleasure trip; a brief tour; as, an excursion into the country., A wandering from a subject; digression., Length of stroke, as of a piston; stroke. [An awkward use of the word.] | |
| excursive | adjective | Prone to make excursions; wandering; roving; exploring; as, an excursive fancy. |
| excusable | adjective | That may be excused, forgiven, justified, or acquitted of blame; pardonable; as, the man is excusable; an excusable action. |
| excusator | noun | One who makes, or is authorized to make, an excuse; an apologist. |
| excussion | noun | The act of excusing; seizure by law. |