| exiguity | (noun) the quality of being meager | Synonyms: leanness, meagerness, meagreness, poorness, scantiness, scantness |
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| exiguous | (adjective) extremely scanty | - |
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| exile | (noun) the act of expelling a person from their native land | Synonyms: deportation, expatriation, transportation |
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| (noun) a person who is expelled from home or country by authority | Synonyms: deportee |
| (noun) a person who is voluntarily absent from home or country | Synonyms: expat, expatriate |
| (verb) expel from a country | Synonyms: deport, expatriate |
| exilic | (adjective) of or relating to a period of exile (especially the exile of the Jews known as the Babylonian Captivity) | - |
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| exist | (verb) have an existence, be extant | Synonyms: be |
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| (verb) support oneself | Synonyms: live, subsist, survive |
| existence | (noun) everything that exists anywhere | Synonyms: cosmos, creation, macrocosm, universe, world |
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| (noun) the state or fact of existing | Synonyms: being, beingness, face of the earth |
| existent | (adjective) having existence or being or actuality | Synonyms: existing |
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| (adjective) being or occurring in fact or actuality; having verified existence; not illusory | Synonyms: real |
| (adjective) presently existing in fact and not merely potential or possible | Synonyms: actual |
| existential | (adjective) relating to or dealing with existence (especially with human existence) | - |
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| (adjective) of or as conceived by existentialism | - |
| (adjective) derived from experience or the experience of existence | Synonyms: experiential |
| existentialism | (noun) (philosophy) a 20th-century philosophical movement chiefly in Europe; assumes that people are entirely free and thus responsible for what they make of themselves | Synonyms: existential philosophy, existentialist philosophy |
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| existentialist | (adjective) relating to or involving existentialism | - |
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| (noun) a philosopher who emphasizes freedom of choice and personal responsibility but who regards human existence in a hostile universe as unexplainable | Synonyms: existential philosopher, existentialist philosopher |
| existing | (adjective) having existence or being or actuality | Synonyms: existent |
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| (adjective) presently existing | - |
| (adjective) existing in something specified | - |
| exit | (noun) the act of going out | - |
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| (noun) an opening that permits escape or release | Synonyms: issue, outlet, way out |
| (noun) euphemistic expressions for death | Synonyms: departure, expiration, going, loss, passing, release |
| (verb) pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life | Synonyms: buy the farm, cash in one's chips, choke, conk, croak, decease, die, drop dead, expire, give-up the ghost, go, kick the bucket, pass, pass away, perish, pop off, snuff it |
| (verb) lose the lead | - |
| (verb) move out of or depart from | Synonyms: get out, go out, leave |
| exobiology | (noun) the branch of biology concerned with the effects of outer space on living organisms and the search for extraterrestrial life | Synonyms: astrobiology, space biology |
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| exocarp | (noun) outermost layer of the pericarp of fruits as the skin of a peach or grape | Synonyms: epicarp |
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| exocentric | (adjective) not fulfilling the same grammatical role of any of its constituents | - |
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| exocrine | (adjective) of or relating to exocrine glands or their secretions | - |
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| (noun) a gland that secretes externally through a duct | Synonyms: duct gland, exocrine gland |
| exode | (noun) a farcical afterpiece in the ancient Roman theater | - |
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| exoderm | (noun) the outer germ layer that develops into skin and nervous tissue | Synonyms: ectoblast, ectoderm |
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| exodontia | (noun) the branch of dentistry dealing with extraction of teeth | Synonyms: exodontics |
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| exodontic | (adjective) of or relating to or involving exodontics | - |
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| exodontics | (noun) the branch of dentistry dealing with extraction of teeth | Synonyms: exodontia |
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| exodontist | (noun) a dentist specializing in the extraction of teeth | - |
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| exodus | (noun) a journey by a large group to escape from a hostile environment | Synonyms: hegira, hejira |
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| exoergic | (adjective) (of a nuclear reaction) occurring with evolution or releasing of energy | Synonyms: energy-releasing |
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| exogamic | (adjective) pertaining to or characterized by the custom of marrying only outside the limits of a clan or tribe | Synonyms: exogamous |
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| (adjective) characterized by or fit for fertilization by a flower that is not closely related | Synonyms: exogamous |
| exogamous | (adjective) pertaining to or characterized by the custom of marrying only outside the limits of a clan or tribe | Synonyms: exogamic |
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| (adjective) characterized by or fit for fertilization by a flower that is not closely related | Synonyms: exogamic |
| exogamy | (noun) marriage to a person belonging to a tribe or group other than your own as required by custom or law | Synonyms: intermarriage |
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| exogen | (noun) flowering plant with two cotyledons; the stem grows by deposit on its outside | Synonyms: dicot, dicotyledon, magnoliopsid |
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| exogenic | (adjective) derived or originating externally | Synonyms: exogenous |
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| exogenous | (adjective) derived or originating externally | Synonyms: exogenic |
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| exomphalos | (noun) an umbilical hernia at birth in which some abdominal organs push into the umbilical cord | - |
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| exon | (noun) sequence of a gene's DNA that transcribes into protein structures | Synonyms: coding DNA |
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| exonerate | (verb) pronounce not guilty of criminal charges | Synonyms: acquit, assoil, clear, discharge, exculpate |
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| exonerated | (adjective) freed from any question of guilt | Synonyms: absolved, clear, cleared, exculpated, vindicated |
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| exoneration | (noun) the act of vindicating or defending against criticism or censure etc. | Synonyms: vindication |
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| (noun) the condition of being relieved from blame or obligation | - |
| exonerative | (adjective) providing absolution | Synonyms: absolvitory, forgiving |
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| exonuclease | (noun) a nuclease that releases one nucleotide at a time (serially) beginning at one of a nucleic acid | - |
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| exophthalmos | (noun) protrusion of the eyeball from the socket | - |
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| exoplanet | (noun) A planet which exists outside Earth's solar system | - |
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| exorbitance | (noun) excessive excess | Synonyms: outrageousness |
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| exorbitant | (adjective) greatly exceeding bounds of reason or moderation | Synonyms: extortionate, outrageous, steep, unconscionable, usurious |
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| exorbitantly | (adverb) to an exorbitant degree | Synonyms: extortionately, usuriously |
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| exorcise | (verb) expel through adjuration or prayers | Synonyms: exorcize |
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| exorciser | (noun) someone who practices exorcism | Synonyms: exorcist |
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| exorcism | (noun) freeing from evil spirits | Synonyms: dispossession |
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| exorcist | (noun) someone who practices exorcism | Synonyms: exorciser |
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| (noun) one of the minor orders in the unreformed Western Church but now suppressed in the Roman Catholic Church | - |
| exorcize | (verb) expel through adjuration or prayers | Synonyms: exorcise |
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| exordium | (noun) (rhetoric) the introductory section of an oration or discourse | - |
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| exoskeleton | (noun) the exterior protective or supporting structure or shell of many animals (especially invertebrates) including bony or horny parts such as nails or scales or hoofs | - |
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| exosphere | (noun) the outermost atmospheric layer | - |
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| exostosis | (noun) a benign outgrowth from a bone (usually covered with cartilage) | - |
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| exoteric | (adjective) suitable for the general public | - |
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| exotherm | (noun) a compound that gives off heat during its formation and absorbs heat during its decomposition | - |
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| exothermal | (adjective) (of a chemical reaction or compound) occurring or formed with the liberation of heat | Synonyms: exothermic, heat-releasing |
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| exothermic | (adjective) (of a chemical reaction or compound) occurring or formed with the liberation of heat | Synonyms: exothermal, heat-releasing |
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| exotic | (adjective) being or from or characteristic of another place or part of the world | Synonyms: alien |
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| (adjective) strikingly strange or unusual | - |
| exoticism | (noun) the quality of being exotic | Synonyms: exoticness, exotism |
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| exoticness | (noun) the quality of being exotic | Synonyms: exoticism, exotism |
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| exotism | (noun) the quality of being exotic | Synonyms: exoticism, exoticness |
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| exotoxin | (noun) a toxin that is secreted by microorganisms into the surrounding medium | - |
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| exotropia | (noun) strabismus in which one or both eyes are directed outward | Synonyms: divergent strabismus, walleye |
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| expand | (verb) grow vigorously | Synonyms: boom, flourish, thrive |
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| (verb) exaggerate or make bigger | Synonyms: amplify, blow up, inflate |
| (verb) become larger in size or volume or quantity | - |
| (verb) expand the influence of | Synonyms: extend |
| (verb) make bigger or wider in size, volume, or quantity | - |
| (verb) add details, as to an account or idea; clarify the meaning of and discourse in a learned way, usually in writing | Synonyms: dilate, elaborate, enlarge, expatiate, exposit, expound, flesh out, lucubrate |
| (verb) extend in one or more directions | Synonyms: spread out |
| expandability | (noun) A physical property of gases, denoting that they expand to fill their containers. | - |
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| expandable | (adjective) (of gases) capable of expansion | Synonyms: expandible, expansible, expansile |
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| (adjective) able to expand or be expanded | Synonyms: expandible, expansible |
| expanded | (adjective) increased in extent or size or bulk or scope | - |
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| expander | (noun) an electronic device that increases the dynamic range of the audio signal. | - |
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| expandible | (adjective) (of gases) capable of expansion | Synonyms: expandable, expansible, expansile |
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| (adjective) able to expand or be expanded | Synonyms: expandable, expansible |
| expanse | (noun) the extent of a 2-dimensional surface enclosed within a boundary | Synonyms: area, surface area |
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| (noun) a wide scope | Synonyms: sweep |
| (noun) a wide and open space or area as of surface or land or sky | - |
| expansible | (adjective) (of gases) capable of expansion | Synonyms: expandable, expandible, expansile |
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| (adjective) able to expand or be expanded | Synonyms: expandable, expandible |
| expansile | (adjective) (of gases) capable of expansion | Synonyms: expandable, expandible, expansible |
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| expansion | (noun) the act of increasing (something) in size or volume or quantity or scope | Synonyms: enlargement |
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| (noun) adding information or detail | Synonyms: expanding upon |
| (noun) a discussion that provides additional information | Synonyms: elaboration, enlargement |
| (noun) a function expressed as a sum or product of terms | - |
| expansionism | (noun) the doctrine of expanding the territory or the economic influence of a country | - |
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| expansionist | (adjective) of or involving or guided by expansionism | - |
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| expansive | (adjective) able or tending to expand or characterized by expansion | - |
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| (adjective) friendly and open and willing to talk | Synonyms: talkative |
| (adjective) marked by exaggerated feelings of euphoria and delusions of grandeur | - |
| (adjective) of behavior that is impressive and ambitious in scale or scope | Synonyms: grand, heroic |
| expansively | (adverb) in an ebullient manner | Synonyms: ebulliently, exuberantly |
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| (adverb) in an impressively expansive manner | - |
| expansiveness | (noun) a friendly open trait of a talkative person | Synonyms: effusiveness, expansivity |
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| (noun) a quality characterized by magnificence of scale or the tendency to expand | Synonyms: expansivity |
| expansivity | (noun) a friendly open trait of a talkative person | Synonyms: effusiveness, expansiveness |
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| (noun) a quality characterized by magnificence of scale or the tendency to expand | Synonyms: expansiveness |
| (noun) the fractional change in length or area or volume per unit change in temperature at a given constant pressure | Synonyms: coefficient of expansion |
| expat | (noun) a person who is voluntarily absent from home or country | Synonyms: exile, expatriate |
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| expatiate | (verb) add details, as to an account or idea; clarify the meaning of and discourse in a learned way, usually in writing | Synonyms: dilate, elaborate, enlarge, expand, exposit, expound, flesh out, lucubrate |
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| expatiation | (noun) a discussion (spoken or written) that enlarges on a topic or theme at length or in detail | - |
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| expatriate | (noun) a person who is voluntarily absent from home or country | Synonyms: exile, expat |
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| (verb) move away from one's native country and adopt a new residence abroad | - |
| (verb) expel from a country | Synonyms: deport, exile |
| expatriation | (noun) the act of expelling a person from their native land | Synonyms: deportation, exile, transportation |
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| (noun) migration from a place (especially migration from your native country in order to settle in another) | Synonyms: emigration, out-migration |
| expect | (verb) be pregnant with | Synonyms: bear, carry, gestate, have a bun in the oven |
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| (verb) look forward to the birth of a child | - |
| (verb) regard something as probable or likely | Synonyms: anticipate |
| (verb) look forward to the probable occurrence of | Synonyms: await, look, wait |
| (verb) consider reasonable or due | - |
| (verb) consider obligatory; request and expect | Synonyms: ask, require |
| expectable | (adjective) to be expected | - |
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| expectancy | (noun) something expected (as on the basis of a norm) | Synonyms: anticipation |
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| (noun) an expectation | Synonyms: anticipation |
| expectant | (adjective) marked by eager anticipation | Synonyms: anticipant, anticipative |
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| (adjective) in an advanced stage of pregnancy | Synonyms: big, enceinte, gravid, great, heavy, large, with child |
| expectantly | (adverb) in an expectant manner | - |
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| expectation | (noun) belief about (or mental picture of) the future | Synonyms: outlook, prospect |
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| (noun) the sum of the values of a random variable divided by the number of values | Synonyms: arithmetic mean, expected value, first moment |
| (noun) the feeling that something is about to happen | - |
| (noun) anticipating with confidence of fulfillment | Synonyms: anticipation |
| expected | (adjective) considered likely or probable to happen or arrive | - |
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| expectedness | (noun) ordinariness as a consequence of being expected and not surprising | - |
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| (noun) the state of being that is commonly observed | Synonyms: commonness |
| expectorant | (noun) a medicine promoting expectoration | Synonyms: expectorator |
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| expectorate | (verb) discharge (phlegm or sputum) from the lungs and out of the mouth | Synonyms: cough out, cough up, spit out, spit up |
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| (verb) clear out the chest and lungs | Synonyms: clear out, drive out |
| expectoration | (noun) the act of spitting (forcefully expelling saliva) | Synonyms: spit, spitting |
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| (noun) the process of coughing up and spitting out | - |
| expectorator | (noun) a medicine promoting expectoration | Synonyms: expectorant |
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| (noun) a person who spits (ejects saliva or phlegm from the mouth) | Synonyms: spitter |
| expedience | (noun) the quality of being suited to the end in view | Synonyms: expediency |
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| (noun) taking advantage of opportunities without regard for the consequences for others | Synonyms: opportunism, self-interest, self-seeking |
| expediency | (noun) the quality of being suited to the end in view | Synonyms: expedience |
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| expedient | (adjective) serving to promote your interest | - |
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| (adjective) appropriate to a purpose; practical | - |
| (noun) a means to an end; not necessarily a principled or ethical one | - |
| expediently | (adverb) in an expedient manner | Synonyms: inadvisably |
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| expedite | (verb) speed up the progress of; facilitate | Synonyms: hasten |
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| (verb) process fast and efficiently | - |
| expedition | (noun) a journey organized for a particular purpose | - |
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| (noun) a military campaign designed to achieve a specific objective in a foreign country | Synonyms: hostile expedition, military expedition |
| (noun) a journey taken for pleasure | Synonyms: excursion, jaunt, junket, outing, pleasure trip, sashay |
| (noun) the property of being prompt and efficient | Synonyms: despatch, dispatch, expeditiousness |
| (noun) an organized group of people undertaking a journey for a particular purpose | - |