Words |
Parts of Speech |
Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
extemporary |
adjective |
Extemporaneous., Made for the occasion; for the time being. |
extemporize |
verb i. |
To speak extempore; especially, to discourse without special preparation; to make an offhand address., To do, make, or utter extempore or off-hand; to prepare in great haste, under urgent necessity, or with scanty or unsuitable materials; as, to extemporize a dinner, a costume, etc. |
extensional |
adjective |
Having great extent. |
extensively |
adverb |
To a great extent; widely; largely; as, a story is extensively circulated. |
extenuating |
present participle & vb. noun |
of Extenuate |
extenuation |
noun |
The act of axtenuating or the state of being extenuated; the act of making thin, slender, or lean, or of palliating; diminishing, or lessening; palliation, as of a crime; mitigation, as of punishment. |
extenuatory |
adjective |
Tending to extenuate or palliate. |
exteriority |
noun |
Surface; superficies; externality. |
exterminate |
verb t. |
To drive out or away; to expel., To destroy utterly; to cut off; to extirpate; to annihilate; to root out; as, to exterminate a colony, a tribe, or a nation; to exterminate error or vice., To eliminate, as unknown quantities. |
externalism |
noun |
The quality of being manifest to the senses; external acts or appearances; regard for externals., That philosophy or doctrine which recognizes or deals only with externals, or objects of sense perception; positivism; phenomenalism. |
externality |
noun |
State of being external; exteriority, separation from the perceiving mind. |
externalize |
verb t. |
To make external; to manifest by outward form. |
extillation |
noun |
Distillation. |
extirpating |
present participle & vb. noun |
of Extirpate |
extirpation |
noun |
The act of extirpating or rooting out, or the state of being extirpated; eradication; excision; total destruction; as, the extirpation of weeds from land, of evil from the heart, of a race of men, of heresy. |
extirpative |
adjective |
Capable of rooting out, or tending to root out. |
extirpatory |
adjective |
Extirpative. |
extortioner |
noun |
One who practices extortion. |
extractable |
adjective |
Alt. of Extractible |
extractible |
adjective |
Capable of being extracted. |
extraditing |
present participle & vb. noun |
of Extradite |
extradition |
noun |
The surrender or delivery of an alleged criminal by one State or sovereignty to another having jurisdiction to try charge. |
extravagant |
adjective |
Wandering beyond one’s bounds; roving; hence, foreign., Exceeding due bounds; wild; excessive; unrestrained; as, extravagant acts, wishes, praise, abuse., Profuse in expenditure; prodigal; wasteful; as, an extravagant man., One who is confined to no general rule., Certain constitutions or decretal epistles, not at first included with others, but subsequently made a part of the canon law. |
extravagate |
verb i. |
To rove. |
extravasate |
verb t. |
To force or let out of the proper vessels or arteries, as blood. |
extravenate |
adjective |
Let out of the veins. |
extremeless |
adjective |
Having no extremes; infinite. |
extremities |
plural |
of Extremity |
extricating |
present participle & vb. noun |
of Extricate |
extrication |
noun |
The act or process of extricating or disentangling; a freeing from perplexities; disentanglement., The act of sending out or evolving. |
extrinsical |
adjective |
Extrinsic. |
extuberance |
noun |
A swelling or rising; protuberance. |
extuberancy |
noun |
Extuberance. |