(uncountable) Pursuit of the course of action that brings the desired effect even if it is unjust or unprincipled.
(uncountable) The quality of being fit or suitable to effect some desired end or the purpose intended; suitability for particular circumstance or situation.
expedient
expedient
adj
(obsolete) Expeditious, quick, rapid.
Affording short-term benefit, often at the expense of the long-term.
Governed by self-interest, often short-term self-interest.
Suitable to effect some desired end or the purpose intended.
noun
A method or means for achieving a particular result, especially when direct or efficient; a resource.
expediente
expediential
expediential
adj
Governed by expediency; seeking advantage.
expedientially
expedientially
adv
In an expediential manner.
expedientist
expediently
expediently
adv
In an expedient manner
expedients
expedients
noun
plural of expedient
expediment
expediment
noun
Obsolete form of expedient.
expeding
expeding
verb
present participle of expede
expedious
expeditate
expeditate
verb
(UK, obsolete, transitive, law, forest law) To deprive of the claws or the balls of the forefeet.
expeditated
expeditated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of expeditate
expeditating
expeditating
verb
present participle of expeditate
expeditation
expeditation
noun
(UK, obsolete, transitive, law, forest law) The process of expeditating.
expedite
expedite
adj
Expeditious; quick; prompt.
Free of impediment; unimpeded.
verb
(transitive) To accelerate the progress of.
(transitive, by extension) To perform (a task) fast and efficiently.
To perform the duties of an expediter.
expedited
expedited
adj
accelerated
arranged, executed or dispatched quickly or more efficiently
verb
simple past tense and past participle of expedite
expeditely
expeditely
adv
In an expedite manner; expeditiously.
expediteness
expediteness
noun
The quality of being expedite.
expediter
expediter
noun
A person who expedites.
Employee charged with tasks related to the purchase of materials (place orders, receive shipments, examine deliveries, check correctness of invoices) and other clerical duties.
expediters
expediters
noun
plural of expediter
expedites
expedites
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of expedite
expediting
expediting
verb
present participle of expedite
expedition
expedition
noun
(collective) The group of people making such excursion.
(military) An important or long journey, for example a march or a voyage
(now rare) The quality of being expedite; speed, quickness.
(obsolete) The act of expediting something; prompt execution.
A military journey; an enterprise against some enemy or into enemy territory.
A trip, especially a long one, made by a person or a group of people for a specific purpose
The process or activities of performing expediter tasks.
verb
(intransitive) To take part in a trip or expedition; to travel.
expeditionary
expeditionary
adj
(military) Intended for military operations abroad.
Of or pertaining to an expedition.
noun
(chiefly in the plural) One who goes on expeditions, especially one who is a member of an expeditionary military force.
expeditionist
expeditionist
noun
(rare) One who goes on an expedition.
expeditions
expeditions
noun
plural of expedition
expeditious
expeditious
adj
(of a process or thing) Completed or done with efficiency and speed; facilitating speed.
Fast, prompt, speedy.
expeditiously
expeditiously
adv
In an expeditious manner
expeditiousness
expeditiousness
noun
The state of being expeditious; celerity, rapidity or speed
expeditive
expeditive
adj
(obsolete) Performing with speed.
expeditor
expeditor
noun
Alternative spelling of expediter
expelled
expelled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of expel
expend
expend
verb
(transitive) to consume, exhaust (some resource)
(transitive, rare, of money) to spend, disburse
expendability
expendability
noun
The state or quality of being expendable.
expendable
expendable
adj
Able to be expended; not inexhaustible.
Designed for a single use; not reusable.
Not essential or mandatory in order to achieve a goal.
Regarded as not worth preserving or saving; able to be sacrificed.
noun
An expendable person or object; usually used in the plural.
expendables
expendables
noun
plural of expendable
expended
expended
adj
Spent; used up; exhausted.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of expend
expender
expender
noun
One who expends.
expenders
expenders
noun
plural of expender
expendible
expendible
adj
Alternative form of expendable
expending
expending
noun
expenditure
verb
present participle of expend
expenditor
expenditrix
expenditure
expenditure
noun
(uncountable, countable) Act of expending or paying out.
(uncountable, countable) The amount expended; expense; outlay.
expenditures
expenditures
noun
plural of expenditure
expends
expends
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of expend
expensed
expensed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of expense
experienced
experienced
adj
Experient.
Having experience and skill in a subject.
verb
past participle of experience
experimented
experimented
verb
simple past tense and past participle of experiment
expermentized
experted
expertised
expertised
verb
simple past tense and past participle of expertise
expertized
expertized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of expertize
expiated
expiated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of expiate
expired
expired
adj
dead
that has been breathed out
that is no longer valid
verb
simple past tense and past participle of expire
expiscated
expiscated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of expiscate
explained
explained
verb
simple past tense and past participle of explain
explanted
explanted
adj
Removed from a natural site of growth, and placed in a culture medium (especially in relation to plants)
Removed from the body (especially in relation to organs)
verb
simple past tense and past participle of explant
explicanda
explicanda
noun
plural of explicandum
explicandum
explicandum
noun
(logic) That which is to be explained or explicated
explicated
explicated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of explicate
explida
explodable
explodable
adj
That can be exploded.
explode
explode
verb
(computing, programming, PHP) To break (a delimited string of text) into several smaller strings by removing the separators.
(figurative, intransitive) To increase suddenly.
(figuratively, intransitive) To make a violent or emotional outburst.
(intransitive) To fly apart with sudden violent force; to blow up, to burst, to detonate, to go off.
(intransitive, board gaming) Of a die, to produce the highest face result and consequently reroll.
(transitive) To create an exploded view of.
(transitive) To destroy violently or abruptly.
(transitive) To destroy with an explosion.
(transitive) To open all doors and hatches on an automobile.
(transitive, archaic) To disprove or debunk.
(transitive, computing) To decompress (data) that was previously imploded.
exploded
exploded
adj
Having been subjected to an explosion; blown up.
Ruined; gone; used up.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of explode
explodent
explodent
adj
(archaic) plosive
exploder
exploder
noun
(archaic) One who rejects an opinion or scheme with open contempt.
(military, nautical) A device to trigger explosions in torpedoes.
(psychology) A person who directs their anger outward.
A device to trigger explosive detonators such as a plunger or crank operated electrical generator.
Someone or something that explodes.
exploders
exploders
noun
plural of exploder
explodes
explodes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of explode
exploding
exploding
noun
explosion
verb
present participle of explode
exploited
exploited
verb
simple past tense and past participle of exploit
explored
explored
verb
simple past tense and past participle of explore
exponentiated
exponentiated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of exponentiate
exported
exported
verb
simple past tense and past participle of export
exposed
exposed
adj
(usually followed by to) Vulnerable, susceptible.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of expose
exposedness
exposedness
noun
The state or quality of being exposed.
exposited
exposited
verb
simple past tense and past participle of exposit
expostulated
expostulated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of expostulate
expound
expound
verb
(intransitive) To make a statement, especially at length.
(transitive) To set out the meaning of; to explain or discuss at length
expoundable
expoundable
adj
Able to be expounded.
expounded
expounded
verb
simple past tense and past participle of expound
expounder
expounder
noun
A person who expounds, explains
expounders
expounders
noun
plural of expounder
expounding
expounding
noun
The act by which something is expounded.
verb
present participle of expound
expounds
expounds
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of expound
expressed
expressed
adj
(genetics) transcribed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of express
expropriated
expropriated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of expropriate
expulsed
expulsed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of expulse
expunged
expunged
verb
simple past tense and past participle of expunge
expurgated
expurgated
adj
Having had erroneous, obscene, or other objectionable material removed.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of expurgate
extemporised
extemporised
verb
simple past tense and past participle of extemporise
extemporized
extemporized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of extemporize
extirpated
extirpated
adj
(of a species) Locally extinct (though alive elsewhere).
verb
simple past tense and past participle of extirpate
extradepartmental
extradepartmental
adj
Outside a department.
extraperiodic
extraperiodic
adj
Outside of a given period.
extrapolated
extrapolated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of extrapolate
extrapyramidal
extrapyramidal
adj
Of or pertaining to the neural pathways that are independent of the pyramidal tract.
extrastapedial
extrastapedial
adj
(anatomy) Projecting beyond the stapes; applied to part of the columella of the ear.
flaxdrop
formaldehydesulphoxylate
formaldehydesulphoxylate
noun
A salt or ester of formaldehydesulphoxylic acid.
formaldehydesulphoxylic
galloperdix
gedankenexperiment
gedankenexperiment
noun
thought experiment
heptahexahedral
heptahexahedral
adj
Having seven ranges of faces one above another, each range containing six faces.
heptahydroxy
heptahydroxy
noun
(organic chemistry, in combination) seven hydroxy groups. (OH)₇
heptoxide
heptoxide
noun
(chemistry) any oxide containing seven oxygen atoms in each molecule
heteroduplex
heteroduplex
noun
(biochemistry) A nucleic acid composed of two chains with each derived from a different parent molecule
verb
To form such a compound by genetic recombination
hexanitrodiphenylamine
hexanitrodiphenylamine
noun
(organic chemistry) A substance that was mixed with TNT in World War II to make it more explosive.
hexaped
hexaped
noun
A hexapod.
hexapetaloid
hexapetaloideous
hexaploid
hexaploid
adj
Having six complete sets of chromosomes in a single cell
noun
A cell or organism that has six complete sets of chromosomes
hexaploidies
hexaploidy
hexaploidy
noun
The property of being hexaploid.
hexapod
hexapod
adj
Having six feet, six-footed; belonging to the subphylum Hexapoda; hexapodous.
noun
(dated) An insect.
An arthropod with six feet; a member of subphylum Hexapoda.
Any organism, being or robot with six legs.
hexapoda
hexapodal
hexapodal
adj
Having six legs.
hexapodan
hexapodic
hexapodies
hexapodies
noun
plural of hexapody
hexapodous
hexapodous
adj
(zoology) Having six feet; belonging to the Hexapoda.
hexapods
hexapods
noun
plural of hexapod
hexapody
hexapody
noun
(poetry, countable) Six metrical feet taken together, or included in one measure.
(zoology, uncountable) The property of being a hexapod; six-leggedness.
hexasulphide
hexosediphosphoric
hydroperoxide
hydroperoxide
noun
(organic chemistry) any mono-substituted derivative of hydrogen peroxide - ROOH
hydropneumothorax
hydropneumothorax
noun
(medicine) The presence of both fluid and air in the pleural cavity
hydrosalpinx
hydrosalpinx
noun
A distally blocked Fallopian tube filled with serous or clear fluid.
hydroxyapatite
hydroxyapatite
noun
A basic calcium phosphate mineral that is the principal inorganic constituent of bone and teeth.
hydroxyproline
hydroxyproline
noun
(biochemistry) A hydroxy derivative of the amino acid proline found in the structural proteins of connective tissue
hydroxytryptamine
hydroxytryptamine
noun
(organic chemistry) Any hydroxy derivative of tryptamine, but especially 5-hydroxytryptamine (serotonin)
hyperdiazeuxis
hyperexcited
hyperexcited
adj
Very highly excited.
hyperextend
hyperextend
verb
(medicine) To extend a joint beyond its normal position in a way that stresses the ligaments, often causing injury
hyperextends
hyperextends
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of hyperextend
hypermixolydian
hyperorthodox
hyperorthodox
adj
Extremely orthodox.
hyperorthodoxy
hyperorthodoxy
noun
Orthodoxy taken to excess.
hyperothodox
hyperothodoxy
hyperoxidation
hyperoxidation
noun
Excessive oxidation
hyperoxide
hyperoxide
noun
(inorganic chemistry) Any oxide that has a higher than normal ratio of oxygen to metal
hyperoxygenized
hyperoxygenized
adj
Synonym of hyperoxygenated
hypodiazeuxis
hypomixolydian
hypomixolydian
adj
(music) Describing a mode of church music represented by a major scale from D to G
ideopraxist
ideopraxist
noun
A person who is compelled to carry out an idea.
indoxylsulphuric
inexpected
inexpected
adj
Obsolete form of unexpected.
inexpectedly
inexpectedly
adv
Obsolete form of unexpectedly.
inexpectedness
inexpectedness
noun
Obsolete form of unexpectedness.
inexpedience
inexpedience
noun
The quality or state of being inexpedient; unsuitableness or impropriety.
inexpediency
inexpediency
noun
(countable) An inexpedient action or statement.
(uncountable) The condition of being inexpedient.
inexpedient
inexpedient
adj
Not expedient; not tending to promote a purpose; not tending to the end desired; unsuitable to time and place
inexpediently
inexpediently
adv
In a way that is not expedient.
inexperienced
inexperienced
adj
Not experienced; lacking knowledge or experience; green.
Virginal or lacking in personal knowledge and experiences of sex.