10 letter word starting with ex

Words	Parts of Speech	Meaning/Definition/Similar Words
exacerbate	verb t.	To render more violent or bitter; to irriate; to exasperate; to imbitter, as passions or disease.
exacritude	noun	The quality of being exact; exactness.
exaggerate	verb t.	To heap up; to accumulate., To amplify; to magnify; to enlarge beyond bounds or the truth ; to delineate extravagantly ; to overstate the truth concerning.
exaltation	noun	The act of exalting or raising high; also, the state of being exalted; elevation., The refinement or subtilization of a body, or the increasing of its virtue or principal property., That place of a planet in the zodiac in which it was supposed to exert its strongest influence.
examinable	adjective	Capable of being examined or inquired into.
examinator	noun	An examiner.
exanguious	adjective	Bloodless. [Obs.] See Exsanguious.
exangulous	adjective	Having no corners; without angles.
exannulate	adjective	Having the sporangium destitute of a ring; — said of certain genera of ferns.
exanthesis	noun	An eruption of the skin; cutaneous efflorescence.
exarillate	adjective	Having no aril; — said of certain seeds, or of the plants producing them.
exasperate	adjective	Exasperated; imbittered., To irritate in a high degree; to provoke; to enrage; to exscite or to inflame the anger of; as, to exasperate a person or his feelings., To make grievous, or more grievous or malignant; to aggravate; to imbitter; as, to exasperate enmity.
exaspidean	adjective	Having the anterior scute/ extending around the tarsus on the outer side, leaving the inner side naked; — said of certain birds.
exaugurate	verb t.	To annul the consecration of; to secularize; to unhellow.
excalceate	verb t.	To deprive of shoes.
excavating	present participle & vb. noun	of Excavate
excavation	noun	The act of excavating, or of making hollow, by cutting, scooping, or digging out a part of a solid mass., A cavity formed by cutting, digging, or scooping., An uncovered cutting in the earth, in distinction from a covered cutting or tunnel., The material dug out in making a channel or cavity.
excecation	noun	The act of making blind.
exceedable	adjective	Capable of exceeding or surpassing.
excellence	noun	The quality of being excellent; state of possessing good qualities in an eminent degree; exalted merit; superiority in virtue., An excellent or valuable quality; that by which any one excels or is eminent; a virtue., A title of honor or respect; — more common in the form excellency.
excellency	noun	Excellence; virtue; dignity; worth; superiority., A title of honor given to certain high dignitaries, esp. to viceroys, ministers, and ambassadors, to English colonial governors, etc. It was formerly sometimes given to kings and princes.
exceptious	adjective	Disposed or apt to take exceptions, or to object; captious.
exceptless	adjective	Not exceptional; usual.
excerpting	present participle & vb. noun	of Excerpt
excerption	noun	The act of excerpting or selecting., That which is selected or gleaned; an extract.
excerptive	adjective	That excerpts, selects, or chooses.
exchanging	present participle & vb. noun	of Exchange
excitation	noun	The act of exciting or putting in motion; the act of rousing up or awakening., The act of producing excitement (stimulation); also, the excitement produced.
excitative	adjective	Having power to excite; tending or serving to excite; excitatory.
excitatory	adjective	Tending to excite; containing excitement; excitative.
excitement	noun	The act of exciting, or the state of being roused into action, or of having increased action; impulsion; agitation; as, an excitement of the people., That which excites or rouses; that which moves, stirs, or induces action; a motive., A state of aroused or increased vital activity in an organism, or any of its organs or tissues.
exclaiming	present participle & vb. noun	of Exclaim
excogitate	verb t.	To think out; to find out or discover by thinking; to devise; to contrive., To cogitate.
excoriable		Capable of being excoriated.
excoriated	imp. & past participle	of Eccoriate
excreation	noun	Act of spitting out.
excrescent	adjective	Growing out in an abnormal or morbid manner or as a superfluity.
excruciate	adjective	Excruciated; tortured., To inflict agonizing pain upon; to torture; to torment greatly; to rack; as, to excruciate the heart or the body.
excubation	noun	A keeping watch.
exculpable		Capable of being exculpated; deserving exculpation.
exculpated	imp. & past participle	of Exculpate
excusation	noun	Excuse; apology.
excusatory	adjective	Making or containing excuse or apology; apologetical; as, an excusatory plea.
excuseless	adjective	Having no excuse; not admitting of excuse or apology.
excusement	noun	Excuse.
execrating	present participle & vb. noun	of Execrate
execration	noun	The act of cursing; a curse dictated by violent feelings of hatred; imprecation; utter detestation expressed., That which is execrated; a detested thing.
execrative	adjective	Cursing; imprecatory; vilifying., A word used for cursing; an imprecatory word or expression.
execratory	adjective	Of the nature of execration; imprecatory; denunciatory., A formulary of execrations.
executable	adjective	Capable of being executed; feasible; as, an executable project.
executress	noun	An executrix.
exegetical	adjective	Pertaining to exegesis; tending to unfold or illustrate; explanatory; expository.
exemptible	adjective	That may be exempted.
exenterate	verb t.	To take out the bowels or entrails of; to disembowel; to eviscerate; as, exenterated fishes.
exercising	present participle & vb. noun	of Exercise
exfetation	n	Imperfect fetation in some organ exterior to the uterus; extra-uterine fetation.
exfoliated	imp. & past participle	of Exfoliate
exhalation	noun	The act or process of exhaling, or sending forth in the form of steam or vapor; evaporation., That which is exhaled, or which rises in the form of vapor, fume, or steam; effluvium; emanation; as, exhalations from the earth or flowers, decaying matter, etc., A bright phenomenon; a meteor.
exhalement	noun	Exhalation.
exhausting	present participle & vb. noun	of Exhaust, Producing exhaustion; as, exhausting labors.
exhaustion	noun	The act of draining out or draining off; the act of emptying completely of the contents., The state of being exhausted or emptied; the state of being deprived of strength or spirits., An ancient geometrical method in which an exhaustive process was employed. It was nearly equivalent to the modern method of limits.
exhaustive	adjective	Serving or tending to exhaust; exhibiting all the facts or arguments; as, an exhaustive method.
exhausture	noun	Exhaustion.
exheredate	verb t.	To disinherit.
exhibiting	present participle & vb. noun	of Exhibit
exhibition	noun	The act of exhibiting for inspection, or of holding forth to view; manifestation; display., That which is exhibited, held forth, or displayed; also, any public show; a display of works of art, or of feats of skill, or of oratorical or dramatic ability; as, an exhibition of animals; an exhibition of pictures, statues, etc.; an industrial exhibition., Sustenance; maintenance; allowance, esp. for meat and drink; pension. Specifically: (Eng. Univ.) Private benefaction for the maintenance of scholars., The act of administering a remedy.
exhibitive	adjective	Serving for exhibition; representative; exhibitory.
exhibitory	adjective	Exhibiting; publicly showing.
exhilarant	adjective	Exciting joy, mirth, or pleasure., That which exhilarates.
exhilarate	verb t.	To make merry or jolly; to enliven; to animate; to gladden greatly; to cheer; as, good news exhilarates the mind; wine exhilarates a man., To become joyous.
exhumation	noun	The act of exhuming that which has been buried; as, the exhumation of a body.
exiccation	noun	See Exsiccation.
exigencies	plural	of Exigency
exigendary	noun	See Exigenter.
exocardiac	adjective	Alt. of Exocardial
exocardial	adjective	Situated or arising outside of the heat; as, exocardial murmurs; — opposed to endocardiac.
ex officio		From office; by virtue, or as a consequence, of an office; officially.
exogenetic	adjective	Arising or growing from without; exogenous.
exonerated	imp. & past participle	of Exonerate
exonerator	noun	One who exonerates or frees from obligation.
exorbitant	adjective	Departing from an orbit or usual track; hence, deviating from the usual or due course; going beyond the appointed rules or established limits of right or propriety; excessive; extravagant; enormous; inordinate; as, exorbitant appetites and passions; exorbitant charges, demands, or claims., Not comprehended in a settled rule or method; anomalous.
exorbitate	verb i.	To go out of the track; to deviate.
exorcising	present participle & vb. noun	of Exorcise
exorhizous	adjective	Having a radicle which is not inclosed by the cotyledons or plumule; of or relating to an exorhiza.
exornation	noun	Ornament; decoration; embellishment.
exosculate	verb t.	To kiss; especially, to kiss repeatedly or fondly.
exossation	noun	A depriving of bone or of fruit stones.
exosse-ous	adjective	Boneless.
exoterical	adjective	External; public; suitable to be imparted to the public; hence, capable of being readily or fully comprehended; — opposed to esoteric, or secret.
exothecium	noun	The outer coat of the anther.
expansible	adjective	Capable of being expanded or spread out widely.
expatiated	imp. & past participle	of Expatiate
expatriate	verb t.	To banish; to drive or force (a person) from his own country; to make an exile of., Reflexively, as To expatriate one’s self: To withdraw from one’s native country; to renounce the rights and liabilities of citizenship where one is born, and become a citizen of another country.
expectable	adjective	That may be expected or looked for.
expectance	noun	Alt. of Expectancy
expectancy	noun	The act of expecting ; expectation., That which is expected, or looked or waited for with interest; the object of expectation or hope.
expectedly	adverb	In conformity with expectation.
expedience	noun	Alt. of Expediency
expediency	noun	The quality of being expedient or advantageous; fitness or suitableness to effect a purpose intended; adaptedness to self-interest; desirableness; advantage; advisability; — sometimes contradistinguished from moral rectitude., Expedition; haste; dispatch., An expedition; enterprise; adventure.
expediment	noun	An expedient.
expeditate	verb t.	To deprive of the claws or the balls of the fore feet; as, to expeditate a dog that he may not chase deer.
expediting	present participle & vb. noun	of Expedite
expeditely	adverb	In expedite manner; expeditiously.
expedition	noun	The quality of being expedite; efficient promptness; haste; dispatch; speed; quickness; as to carry the mail with expedition., A sending forth or setting forth the execution of some object of consequence; progress., An important enterprise, implying a change of place; especially, a warlike enterprise; a march or a voyage with martial intentions; an excursion by a body of persons for a valuable end; as, a military, naval, exploring, or scientific expedition; also, the body of persons making such excursion.
expeditive	adjective	Performing with speed.
expellable	adjective	Capable of being expelled or driven out.
experience	noun	Trial, as a test or experiment., The effect upon the judgment or feelings produced by any event, whether witnessed or participated in; personal and direct impressions as contrasted with description or fancies; personal acquaintance; actual enjoyment or suffering., An act of knowledge, one or more, by which single facts or general truths are ascertained; experimental or inductive knowledge; hence, implying skill, facility, or practical wisdom gained by personal knowledge, feeling or action; as, a king without experience of war.
exrerience	verb t.	To make practical acquaintance with; to try personally; to prove by use or trial; to have trial of; to have the lot or fortune of; to have befall one; to be affected by; to feel; as, to experience pain or pleasure; to experience poverty; to experience a change of views., To exercise; to train by practice.
experiment	noun	Atrial or special observation, made to confirm or disprove something doubtful; esp., one under conditions determined by the experimenter; an act or operation undertaken in order to discover some unknown principle or effect, or to test, establish, or illustrate some suggest or known truth; practical test; poof., Experience., To make experiment; to operate by test or trial; — often with on, upon, or in, referring to the subject of an experiment; with, referring to the instrument; and by, referring to the means; as, to experiment upon electricity; he experimented in plowing with ponies, or by steam power., To try; to know, perceive, or prove, by trial experience.
expertness	noun	Skill derived from practice; readiness; as, expertness in seamanship, or in reasoning.
expilation	noun	The act of expilating or stripping off; plunder; pillage.
expiration	noun	The act of expiring, The act or process of breathing out, or forcing air from the lungs through the nose or mouth; as, respiration consists of inspiration and expiration; — opposed to inspiration., Emission of volatile matter; exhalation., The last emission of breath; death., A coming to a close; cessation; extinction; termination; end., That which is expired; matter breathed forth; that which is produced by breathing out, as a sound.
expiratory	adjective	Pertaining to, or employed in, the expiration or emission of air from the lungs; as, the expiratory muscles.
explaining	present participle & vb. noun	of Explain
explicable	adjective	Capable of being explicated; that may be explained or accounted for; admitting explanation.
explicated	imp. & past participle	of Explicate
explicator	noun	One who unfolds or explains; an expounder; an explainer.
explicitly	adverb	In an explicit manner; clearly; plainly; without disguise or reservation of meaning; not by inference or implication; as, he explicitly avows his intention.
exploiture	noun	The act of exploiting or accomplishing; achievement., Exploitation.
explorable	adjective	That may be explored; as, an explorable region.
explorator	noun	One who explores; one who examines closely; a searcher.
exportable	adjective	Suitable for exportation; as, exportable products.
exposition	noun	The act of exposing or laying open; a setting out or displaying to public view., The act of expounding or of laying open the sense or meaning of an author, or a passage; explanation; interpretation; the sense put upon a passage; a law, or the like, by an interpreter; hence, a work containing explanations or interpretations; a commentary., Situation or position with reference to direction of view or accessibility to influence of sun, wind, etc.; exposure; as, an easterly exposition; an exposition to the sun., A public exhibition or show, as of industrial and artistic productions; as, the Paris Exposition of 1878.
expositive	adjective	Serving to explain; expository.
expository	adjective	Pertaining to, or containing, exposition; serving to explain; explanatory; illustrative; exegetical.
expounding	present participle & vb. noun	of Expound
expressing	present participle & vb. noun	of Express
expressage	noun	The charge for carrying a parcel by express.
expression	noun	The act of expressing; the act of forcing out by pressure; as, the expression of juices or oils; also, of extorting or eliciting; as, a forcible expression of truth., The act of declaring or signifying; declaration; utterance; as, an expression of the public will., Lively or vivid representation of meaning, sentiment, or feeling, etc.; significant and impressive indication, whether by language, appearance, or gesture; that manner or style which gives life and suggestive force to ideas and sentiments; as, he reads with expression; her performance on the piano has expression., That which is expressed by a countenance, a posture, a work of art, etc.; look, as indicative of thought or feeling., A form of words in which an idea or sentiment is conveyed; a mode of speech; a phrase; as, a common expression; an odd expression., The representation of any quantity by its appropriate characters or signs.
expressive	adjective	Serving to express, utter, or represent; indicative; communicative; — followed by of; as, words expressive of his gratitude., Full of expression; vividly representing the meaning or feeling meant to be conveyed; significant; emphatic; as, expressive looks or words.
expressmen	plural	of Expressman
expressman	noun	A person employed in the express business; also, the driver of a job wagon.
expressure	noun	The act of expressing; expression; utterance; representation.
exprobrate	verb t.	To charge upon with reproach; to upbraid.
expugnable	adjective	Capable of being expugned.
expunction	noun	The act of expunging or erasing; the condition of being expunged.
expurgated	imp. & past participle	of Expurgate
expurgator	noun	One who expurgates or purifies.
exsanguine	adjective	Bloodless.
exscinding	present participle & vb. noun	of Exscind
exsiccated	imp. & past participle	of Exsiccate
exsiccator	noun	An apparatus for drying substances or preserving them from moisture; a desiccator; also, less frequently, an agent employed to absorb moisture, as calcium chloride, or concentrated sulphuric acid.
exsiliency	noun	A leaping out.
exsolution	noun	Relaxation.
exspuition	noun	A discharge of saliva by spitting.
exsudation	noun	Exudation.
exsufflate	verb t.	To exorcise or renounce by blowing.
extemporal	adjective	Extemporaneous; unpremeditated.
extendedly	adverb	In an extended manner.
extendible	adjective	Capable of being extended, susceptible of being stretched, extended, enlarged, widened, or expanded., Liable to be taken by a writ of extent.
extensible	adjective	Capable of being extended, whether in length or breadth; susceptible of enlargement; extensible; extendible; — the opposite of contractible or compressible.
extenuated	imp. & past participle	of Extenuate
extenuator	noun	One who extenuates.
exteriorly	adverb	Outwardly; externally; on the exterior.
externally	adverb	In an external manner; outwardly; on the outside; in appearance; visibly.
extimulate	verb t.	To stimulate.
extinction	noun	The act of extinguishing or making extinct; a putting an end to; the act of putting out or destroying light, fire, life, activity, influence, etc., State of being extinguished or of ceasing to be; destruction; suppression; as, the extinction of life, of a family, of a quarrel, of claim.
extinguish	verb t.	To quench; to put out, as a light or fire; to stifle; to cause to die out; to put an end to; to destroy; as, to extinguish a flame, or life, or love, or hope, a pretense or a right., To obscure; to eclipse, as by superior splendor.
extirpable	adjective	Capable of being extirpated or eradicated; as, an extirpable plant.
extirpated	imp. & past participle	of Extirpate
extirpator	noun	One who extirpates or roots out; a destroyer.
extogenous	adjective	Exogenous.
extortious	adjective	Extortionate.
extracting	present participle & vb. noun	of Extract
extraction	noun	The act of extracting, or drawing out; as, the extraction of a tooth, of a bone or an arrow from the body, of a stump from earth, of a passage from a book, of an essence or tincture., Derivation from a stock or family; lineage; descent; birth; the stock from which one has descended., That which is extracted; extract; essence.
extractive	adjective	Capable of being extracted., Tending or serving to extract or draw out., Anything extracted; an extract., A chemical principle once supposed to exist in all extracts., Any one of a large class of substances obtained by extraction, and consisting largely of nitrogenous hydrocarbons, such as xanthin, hypoxanthin, and creatin extractives from muscle tissue.
extradited	imp. & past participle	of Extradite
extradotal	adjective	Forming no part of the dowry; as, extradotal property.
extramural	adjective	Outside of the walls, as of a fortified or walled city.
extraneity	noun	State of being without or beyond a thing; foreignness.
extraneous	adjective	Not belonging to, or dependent upon, a thing; without or beyond a thing; not essential or intrinsic; foreign; as, to separate gold from extraneous matter.
extricable	adjective	Capable of being extricated.
extricated	imp. & past participle	of Extricate
extroitive	adjective	Seeking or going out after external objects.
extruction	noun	A building up; construction.
extructive	adjective	Constructive.
extuberant	adjective	Swollen out; protuberant.
extuberate	verb i.	To swell out.
exuberance	noun	The state of being exuberant; an overflowing quantity; a copious or excessive production or supply; superabundance; richness; as, an exuberance of joy, of fancy, or of foliage.
exuberancy	noun	Exuberance.
exulcerate	verb t. & i.	To ulcerate., To corrode; to fret; to chafe; to inflame., Very sore; ulcerated.
exultation	noun	The act of exulting; lively joy at success or victory, or at any advantage gained; rapturous delight; triumph.
exundation	noun	An overflow, or overflowing abundance.
exungulate	verb t.	To pare off, as nails, the hoof, etc.
exuperable	adjective	Surmountable; superable.
exuperance	noun	Superiority; superfluity.
exuscitate	verb t.	See Exsuscitate
exuviating	present participle & vb. noun	of Exuviate
exuviation	noun	The rejecting or casting off of some part, more particularly, the outer cuticular layer, as the shells of crustaceans, skins of snakes, etc.; molting; ecdysis.