dextral | (adjective) of or on the right | - |
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(adjective) preferring to use right foot or hand or eye | - |
dextrality | (noun) preference for using the right hand | Synonyms: right-handedness |
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extra | (adjective) further or added | Synonyms: additional |
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(adjective) more than is needed, desired, or required | Synonyms: excess, redundant, spare, supererogatory, superfluous, supernumerary, surplus |
(adjective) added to a regular schedule | Synonyms: special |
(noun) something additional of the same kind | Synonyms: duplicate |
(noun) an additional edition of a newspaper (usually to report a crisis) | - |
(noun) a minor actor in crowd scenes | Synonyms: spear carrier, supernumerary |
(adverb) unusually or exceptionally | - |
extracellular | (adjective) located or occurring outside a cell or cells | - |
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extract | (noun) a passage selected from a larger work | Synonyms: excerpt, excerption, selection |
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(noun) a solution obtained by steeping or soaking a substance (usually in water) | Synonyms: infusion |
(verb) extract by the process of distillation | Synonyms: distil, distill |
(verb) take out of a literary work in order to cite or copy | Synonyms: excerpt, take out |
(verb) calculate the root of a number | - |
(verb) remove, usually with some force or effort; also used in an abstract sense | Synonyms: draw out, pull, pull out, pull up, rip out, take out, tear out |
(verb) obtain from a substance, as by mechanical action | Synonyms: express, press out |
(verb) separate (a metal) from an ore | - |
(verb) deduce (a principle) or construe (a meaning) | Synonyms: draw out, educe, elicit, evoke |
(verb) get despite difficulties or obstacles | - |
extractable | (adjective) capable of being extracted | Synonyms: extractible |
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extractant | (noun) an immiscible liquid used to extract a substance from another liquid. | - |
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extractible | (adjective) capable of being extracted | Synonyms: extractable |
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extraction | (noun) the action of taking out something (especially using effort or force) | - |
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(noun) properties attributable to your ancestry | Synonyms: descent, origin |
(noun) the process of obtaining something from a mixture or compound by chemical or physical or mechanical means | - |
extractivity | (noun) the amount of extract that grains of malt yield. | - |
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extractor | (noun) an instrument for extracting tight-fitting components | - |
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(noun) an apparatus that uses centrifugal force to separate particles from a suspension | Synonyms: centrifuge, separator |
(noun) a mechanism in a firearm that pulls an empty shell case out of the chamber and passes it to the ejector | Synonyms: cartridge extractor, cartridge remover |
extracurricular | (adjective) characterized by adultery | Synonyms: adulterous, extramarital |
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(adjective) outside the regular duties of your job or profession | - |
(adjective) outside the regular academic curriculum | - |
extradite | (verb) hand over to the authorities of another country | Synonyms: deliver, deport |
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extradition | (noun) the surrender of an accused or convicted person by one state or country to another (usually under the provisions of a statute or treaty) | - |
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extrados | (noun) the exterior curve of an arch | - |
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extradural | (adjective) on or outside the dura mater | Synonyms: epidural |
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extragalactic | (adjective) outside or beyond a galaxy | - |
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extrajudicial | (adjective) beyond the usual course of legal proceedings; legally unwarranted | - |
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extralegal | (adjective) not regulated or sanctioned by law | Synonyms: nonlegal |
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extralinguistic | (adjective) not included within the realm of language | - |
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extramarital | (adjective) characterized by adultery | Synonyms: adulterous, extracurricular |
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extramural | (adjective) carried on outside the bounds of an institution or community | - |
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extraneity | (noun) The state of not forming an essential or vital part. | Synonyms: extraneousness |
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extraneous | (adjective) not belonging to that in which it is contained; introduced from an outside source | Synonyms: foreign |
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(adjective) not pertinent to the matter under consideration | Synonyms: immaterial, impertinent, orthogonal |
(adjective) coming from the outside | Synonyms: external, outside |
(adjective) not essential | - |
extraneousness | (noun) The state of not forming an essential or vital part. | Synonyms: extraneity |
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(noun) unrelatedness by virtue of falling outside the matter at hand | - |
extraordinaire | (adjective) extraordinary in a particular capacity | - |
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extraordinarily | (adverb) to a surprising degree | Synonyms: inordinately |
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extraordinariness | (noun) the quality of being extraordinary and not commonly encountered | - |
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extraordinary | (adjective) beyond what is ordinary or usual; highly unusual or exceptional or remarkable; special | - |
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(adjective) far more than usual or expected | Synonyms: over-the-top, sinful |
(adjective) (of an official) serving an unusual or special function in addition to those of the regular officials | - |
extrapolate | (verb) estimate the value of something based on known values | Synonyms: interpolate |
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(verb) gain knowledge of (an area not known or experienced) by extrapolating | - |
(verb) draw from specific cases for more general cases | Synonyms: generalise, generalize, infer |
extrapolation | (noun) (mathematics) calculation of the value of a function outside the range of known values | - |
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(noun) an inference about the future (or about some hypothetical situation) based on known facts and observations | - |
extrasensory | (adjective) seemingly outside normal sensory channels | Synonyms: paranormal |
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extrasystole | (noun) a premature systole resulting in a momentary cardiac arrhythmia | - |
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extrasystolic | (adjective) of or relating to or happening during an extrasystole | - |
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extraterrestrial | (adjective) originating or located or occurring outside Earth or its atmosphere | - |
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(noun) a form of life assumed to exist outside the Earth or its atmosphere | Synonyms: alien, extraterrestrial being |
extraterritorial | (adjective) outside territorial limits or jurisdiction | Synonyms: exterritorial |
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extravagance | (noun) the activity of excessive spending | Synonyms: high life, highlife, lavishness, prodigality |
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(noun) the trait of spending extravagantly | Synonyms: prodigality, profligacy |
(noun) the quality of exceeding the appropriate limits of decorum or probability or truth | Synonyms: extravagancy |
extravagancy | (noun) the quality of exceeding the appropriate limits of decorum or probability or truth | Synonyms: extravagance |
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extravagant | (adjective) unrestrained, especially with regard to feelings | Synonyms: excessive, exuberant, overweening |
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(adjective) recklessly wasteful | Synonyms: prodigal, profligate, spendthrift |
extravagantly | (adverb) in a wasteful manner | Synonyms: lavishly |
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(adverb) in a rich and lavish manner | Synonyms: lavishly, richly |
(adverb) in an abundant manner | Synonyms: abundantly, copiously, profusely |
extravaganza | (noun) any lavishly staged or spectacular entertainment | - |
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extravasate | (verb) cause molten material, such as lava, to pour forth | - |
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(verb) become active and spew forth lava and rocks | Synonyms: belch, erupt |
(verb) force out or cause to escape from a proper vessel or channel | - |
extravasation | (noun) the process of exuding or passing out of a vessel into surrounding tissues; said of blood or lymph or urine | - |
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(noun) (of volcanoes) pouring out fumes or lava (or a deposit so formed) | Synonyms: eructation, eruption |
(noun) an extravasated liquid (blood or lymph or urine); the product of extravasation | - |
extraversion | (noun) (psychology) an extroverted disposition; concern with what is outside the self | Synonyms: extroversion |
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extraversive | (adjective) directed outward; marked by interest in others or concerned with external reality | Synonyms: extroversive |
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extravert | (adjective) being concerned with the social and physical environment | Synonyms: extraverted, extravertive, extrovert, extroverted, extrovertive |
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(noun) (psychology) a person concerned more with practical realities than with inner thoughts and feelings | Synonyms: extrovert |
extraverted | (adjective) being concerned with the social and physical environment | Synonyms: extravert, extravertive, extrovert, extroverted, extrovertive |
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extravertive | (adjective) being concerned with the social and physical environment | Synonyms: extravert, extraverted, extrovert, extroverted, extrovertive |
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