(physiology) Exciting motion; said of that portion of the nervous system concerned in reflex action, by which impressions are transmitted to a nerve centre and then reflected back so as to produce muscular contraction without sensation or volition.
excitomuscular
exclamation
exclamation
noun
(linguistics) A clause type used to make an exclamatory statement: What a mess they made!; How stupid I was!
A loud calling or crying out, for example as in surprise, pain, grief, joy, anger, etc.
A word expressing outcry; an interjection
The sign "!" by which outcry or emphatic utterance is marked.
exclamational
exclamational
adj
Relating to, or having the form of, an exclamation.
exclamations
exclamations
noun
plural of exclamation
exclamative
exclamative
adj
In the form of an exclamation; exclamatory.
exclamatively
exclamatively
adv
In an exclamative manner.
exclamatorily
exclamatorily
adv
In an exclamatory way.
exclamatory
exclamatory
adj
Emphatic.
resembling an exclamation.
excommunicant
excommunicant
noun
One who has been excommunicated.
excommunicate
excommunicate
adj
Excommunicated.
noun
An excommunicated person.
verb
(transitive) To officially exclude someone from membership of a church or religious community.
(transitive, historical or figurative) To exclude from any other group; to banish.
excommunicated
excommunicated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of excommunicate
excommunicates
excommunicates
noun
plural of excommunicate
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of excommunicate
excommunicating
excommunicating
verb
present participle of excommunicate
excommunication
excommunication
noun
The act of excommunicating, disfellowshipping or ejecting; especially an ecclesiastical censure whereby the person against whom it is pronounced is, for the time, cast out of the communication of the church; exclusion from fellowship in things spiritual.
excommunications
excommunications
noun
plural of excommunication
excommunicative
excommunicative
adj
Relating to excommunication.
excommunicator
excommunicator
noun
One who excommunicates.
excommunicators
excommunicators
noun
plural of excommunicator
excommunicatory
excommunicatory
Adjective
Relating to excommunication.
excrement
excrement
noun
(archaic) Any waste matter excreted from the human or animal body, or discharged by bodily organs.
(now specifically) Human and animal solid waste excreted from the bowels; feces.
(obsolete) Something which grows out of the body; hair, nails etc.
excremental
excremental
adj
Of or pertaining to excrement
excrementally
excrementary
excrementitial
excrementitial
adj
(physiology) Pertaining to, or consisting of, excrement; of the nature of excrement.
excrementitious
excrementitious
adj
Of or pertaining to the nature of excrement.
excrementitiously
excrementitiously
adv
In an excrementitious manner.
excrementitiousness
excrementitiousness
noun
The quality of being excrementitious.
excrementive
excrementive
adj
(archaic) Serving to excrete; connected with excretion or excrement.
excrementize
excrementize
verb
(archaic, intransitive) To void excrement; to defecate.
excrementous
excrements
excrements
noun
plural of excrement
excriminate
excubitorium
excubitorium
noun
(historical) A gallery in a church, used for all-night vigils.
excystment
excystment
noun
The process, or the result of excysting
exembryonate
exemplarity
exemplarity
noun
The quality of being exemplary.
exemplification
exemplification
noun
(law) A copy or transcript attested to be correct by the seal of an officer having custody of the original.
That which exemplifies; a case in point; example.
The act of exemplifying; a showing or illustrating by example.
exemplificational
exemplifications
exemplifications
noun
plural of exemplification
exemplificative
exemplificative
adj
Serving as an example; illustrative.
exemplificator
exempt
exempt
adj
(obsolete) Cut off; set apart.
(obsolete) Extraordinary; exceptional.
(of an employee or his position) Not entitled to overtime pay when working overtime.
Free from a duty or obligation.
noun
(UK) One of four officers of the Yeomen of the Royal Guard, having the rank of corporal; an exon.
(historical) A type of French police officer.
One who has been released from something.
verb
(transitive) To grant (someone) freedom or immunity from.
exempted
exempted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of exempt
exemptible
exemptible
adj
That may be exempted.
exemptile
exempting
exempting
verb
present participle of exempt
exemption
exemption
noun
A deduction from the normal amount of taxes.
An act of exempting.
Freedom from a defect or weakness.
The state of being exempt; immunity.
exemptionist
exemptions
exemptions
noun
plural of exemption
exemptive
exempts
exempts
noun
plural of exempt
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of exempt
exhibitionism
exhibitionism
noun
(pathology) The practice or character trait of deliberately displaying one's genitals, nipples, or buttocks in public.
The practice or character trait of deliberately drawing attention to oneself.
exhumate
exhumate
verb
(obsolete) To exhume; to disinter.
exhumated
exhumated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of exhumate
exhumating
exhumating
verb
present participle of exhumate
exhumation
exhumation
noun
The act of digging up that which has been buried.
exhumations
exhumations
noun
plural of exhumation
exhumator
exhumator
noun
One who exhumes or disinters.
exhumatory
exhumatory
adj
Relating to exhumation or disinterment.
exilement
exilement
noun
(archaic) banishment; exile
existentialism
existentialism
noun
(philosophy, countable) The philosophical views of a particular thinker associated with the existentialist movement.
(philosophy, not countable) A twentieth-century philosophical movement emphasizing the uniqueness of each human existence in freely making its self-defining choices.
existimation
existimation
noun
Opinion, esteem or judgment.
exometritis
exophthalmia
exophthalmia
noun
(medicine) The protrusion of an eyeball so that the eyelids will not cover it, as a consequence of disease.
exophthalmic
exophthalmic
adj
Having prominent eyeballs.
Of, or relating to exophthalmos.
exophthalmos
exophthalmos
noun
(pathology) An abnormal protrusion of the eyeball from its socket.
exophthalmus
exophthalmus
noun
Alternative form of exophthalmos
exopterygotism
exorcisement
exorcisement
noun
exorcism
exorcizement
exosmotic
exosmotic
adj
Relating to exosmosis.
exostema
exostema
noun
(botany) Any of the flowering plant genus Exostema.
exostome
exostome
noun
(botany) The small aperture or foramen in the outer coat of the ovule of a plant.
exostracism
exotericism
exotericism
noun
The quality of being widely known or exoteric.
exothecium
exothecium
noun
(botany) The outer coat of the anther.
exothermal
exothermal
adj
exothermic
exothermally
exothermally
adv
In an exothermal manner
exothermic
exothermic
adj
(chemistry, of a compound) That releases heat during its formation, and absorbs it during its decomposition.
(chemistry, of a reaction) That releases energy in the form of heat.
(zoology) Of an animal: whose body temperature is regulated by external factors; cold-blooded.
exothermically
exothermically
adv
In an exothermic manner
exothermicity
exothermicity
noun
(chemistry, physics, uncountable) The quality or state of being exothermic.
(countable) The release of heat during an exothermic reaction.
exothermous
exoticism
exoticism
noun
(uncountable) The state of being exotic.
Something exotic.
exoticisms
exoticisms
noun
plural of exoticism
exotism
exotism
noun
A product or feature of exotic quality.
exotisms
exotisms
noun
plural of exotism
exotropism
expansometer
expatriatism
expatriatism
noun
The condition of being an expatriate, especially a deliberate one
expediment
expediment
noun
Obsolete form of expedient.
experientialism
experientialism
noun
(philosophy) The theory that experience is the source of knowledge.
experiment
experiment
noun
(obsolete) Experience, practical familiarity with something.
A test under controlled conditions made to either demonstrate a known truth, examine the validity of a hypothesis, or determine the efficacy or likelihood of something previously untried.
verb
(intransitive) To conduct an experiment.
(transitive, obsolete) To experience; to feel; to perceive; to detect.
(transitive, obsolete) To test or ascertain by experiment; to try out; to make an experiment on.
experimental
experimental
adj
(sciences) Serving to be experimented upon; used in an experiment.
Experiential, empirical.
Pertaining to or founded on experiment.
Serving as an experiment; serving to experiment.
noun
The subject of an experiment.
experimentalism
experimentalism
noun
(philosophy) An empirical or pragmatic approach which emphasizes the importance of experimentation
An experimental practice or tendency, especially in the arts
experimentalist
experimentalist
adj
Relating to experimentation
noun
A person who seeks or enjoys new experiences
A person who values the results of experiments over theory
One who performs experiments
experimentalists
experimentalists
noun
plural of experimentalist
experimentalize
experimentalize
verb
(intransitive) To experiment.
(transitive) To make experiments upon.
experimentally
experimentally
adv
in the manner of an experiment
experimentarian
experimentarian
adj
(obsolete) Relying on experiment or experience.
noun
(obsolete) One who relies on experiment or experience.
experimentation
experimentation
noun
(sciences) A set of actions and observations, performed to verify or falsify a hypothesis or to research a causal relationship between phenomena.
The act of experimenting; practice by experiment.
experimentations
experimentations
noun
plural of experimentation
experimentative
experimentative
adj
experimental; of the nature of experiment
experimentator
experimentator
noun
(archaic) An experimenter.
experimented
experimented
verb
simple past tense and past participle of experiment
experimentee
experimentee
noun
Someone who is subjected to an experiment.
experimenter
experimenter
noun
A person who experiments.
experimenters
experimenters
noun
plural of experimenter
experimenting
experimenting
noun
experimentation
verb
present participle of experiment
experimentist
experimentist
noun
An experimenter.
experimentize
experimentize
verb
(intransitive, archaic) To perform a scientific experiment.
experimently
experimentor
experiments
experiments
noun
plural of experiment
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of experiment
expermentized
expertism
expertism
noun
A policy of consulting experts.
explement
explement
noun
The remainder of subtracting an angle from a full circle.
explemental
explementary
explementary
adj
(geometry) Of or relating to the explement
explorement
explorement
noun
(archaic) exploration
explosimeter
explosimeter
noun
A device used for detecting explosive gases.
expungement
expungement
noun
(US, Canada) The process by which the record of a criminal conviction is erased, destroyed or sealed.
The act of expunging.
exquisitism
exsomatic
exstemporal
exstemporaneous
exstimulate
extemporal
extemporal
adj
(archaic) Extemporaneous.
extemporally
extemporally
adv
In an extemporal manner.
extemporalness
extemporaneity
extemporaneous
extemporaneous
adj
With inadequate preparation or without advance thought; offhand.
extemporaneously
extemporaneously
adv
In an extemporaneous manner; without prior preparation or planning.
extemporaneousness
extemporaneousness
noun
The degree or property of being extemporaneous.
extemporarily
extemporarily
adv
In an extemporary manner.
extemporariness
extemporariness
noun
The quality of being extemporary.
extemporary
extemporary
adj
Extemporaneous.
extempore
extempore
adj
Carried out with no preparation; impromptu.
adv
Without preparation; extemporaneously.
noun
Something improvised.
extemporisation
extemporisation
noun
(British spelling) Alternative spelling of extemporization.
extemporise
extemporise
verb
(intransitive) To do something in a makeshift way.
(intransitive) To do something, particularly to perform or speak, without prior planning or thought; to act in an impromptu manner; to improvise.
(transitive) To make or create ex tempore.
(transitive, music) To compose extemporaneously or improvise.
extemporised
extemporised
verb
simple past tense and past participle of extemporise
extemporiser
extemporiser
noun
Alternative form of extemporizer
extemporises
extemporises
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of extemporise
extemporising
extemporising
verb
present participle of extemporise
extemporization
extemporization
noun
The act of extemporizing; the act of doing anything extempore.
extemporize
extemporize
verb
(intransitive) To perform or speak without prior planning or thought; to act in an impromptu manner; to improvise.
(transitive) To adapt, improvise, or devise action or speech in an impromptu or spontaneous manner.
extemporized
extemporized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of extemporize
extemporizer
extemporizer
noun
One who extemporizes.
extemporizes
extemporizes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of extemporize