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
extemporizing
extemporizing
verb
present participle of extemporize
extempory
extensimeter
extensometer
extensometer
noun
An electromechanical device for measuring changes in length of an object undergoing stress.
exterminable
exterminable
adj
Capable of being exterminated.
exterminate
exterminate
verb
(figuratively, transitive) To bring a definite end to; finish completely.
(transitive) To kill all of (a population of pests or undesirables), usually intentionally.
exterminated
exterminated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of exterminate
exterminates
exterminates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of exterminate
exterminating
exterminating
verb
present participle of exterminate
extermination
extermination
noun
Elimination.
The act of exterminating; total destruction or eradication
exterminations
exterminations
noun
plural of extermination
exterminative
exterminative
adj
Serving to exterminate; exterminatory.
exterminator
exterminator
noun
Someone or something that exterminates.
Specifically, a person whose job it is to kill insects and other pests in a building.
exterminators
exterminators
noun
plural of exterminator
exterminatory
exterminatory
adj
relating to or marked by extermination
exterminatress
exterminatress
noun
(rare) A female exterminator; an exterminatrix.
exterminatrix
exterminatrix
noun
(rare) A woman who exterminates; an exterminatress.
extermine
extermine
verb
(transitive, obsolete) To exterminate (someone or something); to destroy.
extermined
extermined
verb
simple past tense and past participle of extermine
extermining
extermining
verb
present participle of extermine
exterminist
externalism
externalism
noun
Excessive regard to outward acts or appearances, especially in religion.
The act of judging by outward appearance or acts.
The belief that only things that can be observed by senses are real.
externalisms
externalisms
noun
plural of externalism
externomedian
externomedian
adj
external to a median
externum
extracampus
extrachromosomal
extrachromosomal
adj
Happening outside a chromosome.
extraclassroom
extraclassroom
adj
(education) Outside of the classroom.
extracolumella
extracommunity
extracosmic
extracosmical
extractiform
extractiform
adj
(chemistry, archaic) Having the form, appearance, or nature of an extract.
extracurriculum
extracurriculum
noun
The activities and groups, clubs, and societies that are sponsored or regulated by an educational institution but which are not part of the academic curriculum.
extradepartmental
extradepartmental
adj
Outside a department.
extradomestic
extradomestic
adj
Outside of the home or household.
extraembryonal
extraembryonal
adj
(medicine) Extraembryonic.
extraembryonic
extraembryonic
adj
(medicine) Inside the womb, but outside the embryo.
extraequilibrium
extrafamilial
extrafamilial
adj
Outside a family
extraformal
extragovernmental
extrahuman
extrahuman
noun
Synonym of nonhuman
Synonym of parahuman
extraliminal
extralimital
extralimital
adj
From beyond a boundary or limit
extramarginal
extramarginal
adj
Below the limit of consciousness.
Having a cost to produce or a price to purchase that exceeds the market value.
Located outside of the margin or edge.
extramarital
extramarital
adj
Occurring outside marriage.
extramatrical
extramatrical
adj
Outside the matrix of a fungus.
extramedullary
extramedullary
adj
(anatomy, medicine) Outside of the bone marrow, as with extramedullary hematopoiesis.
(anatomy, medicine) Outside of the medulla oblongata, as with extramedullary influences on control of ventilation.
(anatomy, medicine) Outside of the renal medulla, as with extramedullary electrolytes or renal tissue.
(anatomy, medicine) Outside of the spinal cord, as with intrameningeal but extramedullary tissues of the central nervous system.
extramental
extramental
adj
Outside of the mind or intellect.
extrameridian
extrameridian
adj
(acupuncture) Outside of the meridians.
extrameridional
extrameridional
adj
(astronomy) Outside of the meridian.
extrametaphysical
extrametaphysical
adj
(rare) Outside of metaphysics.
extrametrical
extrametrical
adj
(linguistics) Exhibiting or relating to extrametricality.
extrametropolitan
extrametropolitan
adj
Outside of a metropolis.
extramission
extramission
noun
(obsolete) Emission.
extramodal
extramodal
adj
Outside of a mode or modes.
extramolecular
extramolecular
adj
(chemistry, physics) Not relating to a molecule
extramorainal
extramorainal
adj
Outside of a moraine.
extramorainic
extramoral
extramoral
adj
Outside of morality.
extramoralist
extramundane
extramundane
adj
Beyond mundane, beyond ordinary.
Extraterrestrial; occurring or originating outside of the Earth.
extramural
extramural
adj
Describing teaching of students who are not resident at such an institution.
Taking place outside the walls of an institution, especially a school or university.
extramurally
extramurally
adv
In an extramural manner
extramusical
extramusical
adj
Apart from and in addition to music
extranormal
extranormal
adj
Outside or beyond what is normal.
extraorganismal
extraorganismal
adj
That exists outside of an organism
extraparenchymal
extraparenchymal
adj
Unrelated to a parenchyma
extraparliamentary
extraparliamentary
adj
Outside of a parliament or legislature
extraphenomenal
extraphenomenal
adj
Beyond or outside of phenomena.
extrapulmonary
extrapulmonary
adj
(anatomy) Beyond or outside the lungs.
extrapyramidal
extrapyramidal
adj
Of or pertaining to the neural pathways that are independent of the pyramidal tract.
extrarhythmical
extrarhythmical
adj
Alternative form of extrarhythmic
extrasomatic
extrasomatic
adj
Outside of, or unrelated to, the body.
extrastomachal
extratemporal
extratemporal
adj
(anatomy) Of or pertaining to the side of the head behind the eyes; external to the temporal bone of the skull.
That appears to happen outside of time.
extrathermodynamic
extrathermodynamic
adj
Outside of the realm of thermodynamics.
extratympanic
extratympanic
adj
Outside of the tympanum
extrema
extrema
noun
plural of extremum
extremadura
extremadura
Proper noun
An autonomous province of western Spain, capital Mérida
extremal
extremal
adj
(mathematics) Relating to extrema (maximal or minimal)
noun
(mathematics) Any solution to a variety of equations in the calculus of variations
extreme
extreme
adj
(archaic) Ultimate, final or last.
Drastic, or of great severity.
Excessive, or far beyond the norm.
In the greatest or highest degree; intense.
Of a place, the most remote, farthest or outermost.
Of sports, difficult or dangerous; performed in a hazardous environment.
adv
(archaic) Extremely.
noun
(mathematics) Either of the two numbers at the ends of a proportion, as 1 and 6 in 1:2=3:6.
(obsolete, plural only) Hardships, straits.
(obsolete, plural only) One of the last moments of life.
A drastic expedient.
Each of the things at opposite ends of a range or scale.
The greatest or utmost point, degree or condition.
extremeless
extremeless
adj
Having no extremes or limits; infinite.
extremely
extremely
adv
(degree) To an extreme degree.
extremeness
extremeness
noun
The degree or property of being extreme.
extremer
extremer
adj
comparative form of extreme: more extreme
extremes
extremes
noun
plural of extreme
extremest
extremest
adj
superlative form of extreme: most extreme
extremis
extremism
extremism
noun
Extreme ideas or actions, primarily in politics or religion.
extremist
extremist
adj
Holding extreme views, especially on a political or religious subject.
Of or relating to extremism.
noun
A person who holds extreme views, especially one who advocates such views; a radical or fanatic.
extremistic
extremists
extremists
noun
plural of extremist
extremital
extremital
adj
(anatomy) Of or relating to the extremities.
extremities
extremities
noun
plural of extremity.
extremity
extremity
noun
A hand or foot.
A limb (“major appendage of a human or animal such as an arm, leg, or wing”).
An extreme measure.
The most extreme or furthest point of something.
extremum
extremum
noun
(mathematics) A point, or value, which is a maximum or a minimum.
extremuma
extromit
fluxmeter
formaldehydesulphoxylate
formaldehydesulphoxylate
noun
A salt or ester of formaldehydesulphoxylic acid.
frontomaxillary
frontomaxillary
adj
(anatomy) frontal and maxillary
gastromyxorrhea
gedankenexperiment
gedankenexperiment
noun
thought experiment
gymnothorax
haemothorax
hematothorax
hemopneumothorax
hemopneumothorax
noun
(medicine) pneumothorax and hemothorax occurring together
hemothorax
hemothorax
noun
(pathology) A condition resulting from accumulation of blood in the pleural cavity
herstmonceux
hexahydrothymol
hexameter
hexameter
noun
(countable) A line in a poem having six metrical feet.
(uncountable) A poetic metre in which each line has six feet.
hexameters
hexameters
noun
plural of hexameter
hexamethylenetetramine
hexamethylenetetramine
noun
(organic chemistry) A crystalline compound C₆H₁₂N₄ used especially as an accelerator in vulcanizing rubber.
hexametral
hexametral
adj
hexametric
hexametric
hexametric
adj
Relating to or exhibiting hexameter
hexametrical
hexametrical
adj
hexametric; consisting of six metrical feet
hexametrist
hexametrist
noun
One who writes in hexameter.
hexametrize
hexametrize
verb
(transitive) To convert to hexameter.
hexametrographer
hexanitrodiphenylamine
hexanitrodiphenylamine
noun
(organic chemistry) A substance that was mixed with TNT in World War II to make it more explosive.
histriomastix
homeromastix
hurstmonceux
hydrohemothorax
hydropneumothorax
hydropneumothorax
noun
(medicine) The presence of both fluid and air in the pleural cavity
hydroxytryptamine
hydroxytryptamine
noun
(organic chemistry) Any hydroxy derivative of tryptamine, but especially 5-hydroxytryptamine (serotonin)