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Era(n.) A fixed point of time, usually an epoch, from which a series of years is reckoned.
Eradicate(v. t.) To pluck up by the roots
Eraser(n.) One who, or that which, erases
Erasure(n.) An instance of erasing
Erato(n.) The Muse who presided over lyric and amatory poetry.
Erbium(n.) A metallic element of the rare earth group, found in gadolinite and some other minerals. Symbol, Er
Ere(adv.) Before
(v. t.) To plow.
Erect(a.) Bold
(v. i.) To rise upright.
(v. t.) To animate
Erelong(adv.) Before the /apse of a long time
Eremite(n.) A hermit.
Erethism(n.) A morbid degree of excitement or irritation in an organ.
Erg(n.) The unit of work or energy in the C. G. S. system, being the amount of work done by a dyne working through a distance of one centimeter
Ergo(conj. / adv.) Therefore
Erica(n.) A genus of shrubby plants, including the heaths, many of them producing beautiful flowers.
Eridanus(n.) A long, winding constellation extending southward from Taurus and containing the bright star Achernar
Erin(n.) An early, and now a poetic, name of Ireland.
Ermine(n.) A valuable fur-bearing animal of the genus Mustela (M. erminea), allied to the weasel
(v. t.) To clothe with, or as with, ermine.
Erne(n.) A sea eagle, esp. the European white-tailed sea eagle (Haliaeetus albicilla).
Erode(v. t.) To eat into or away
Eros(n.) Love
Erotic(n.) An amorous composition or poem.
Err(v. i.) To deviate from the true course
Errancy(n.) A wandering
Errand(n.) A special business intrusted to a messenger
Errant(a.) Journeying
(n.) One who wanders about.
Erratic(a.) Deviating from a wise of the common course in opinion or conduct
(n.) Any stone or material that has been borne away from its original site by natural agencies
Erratum(n.) An error or mistake in writing or printing.
Erroneous(a.) Containing error
Error(n.) A departing or deviation from the truth
Erse(a.) Of or pertaining to the Celtic race in the Highlands of Scotland, or to their language.
(n.) A name sometimes given to that dialect of the Celtic which is spoken in the Highlands of Scotland
Erst(adv.) First.
Erudite(a.) Characterized by extensive reading or knowledge
Erudition(n.) The act of instructing
Erupt(v. i.) To burst forth
(v. t.) To cause to burst forth
Erysipelas(n.) St. Anthony's fire
Erythema(n.) A disease of the skin, in which a diffused inflammation forms rose-colored patches of variable size
Erythrism(n.) A condition of excessive redness.
Erythrite(n.) A colorless crystalline substance, C4H6.(OH)4, of a sweet, cooling taste, extracted from certain lichens, and obtained by the decomposition of erythrin
Escalade(v. t.) A furious attack made by troops on a fortified place, in which ladders are used to pass a ditch or mount a rampart
Escalator(n.) A stairway or incline arranged like an endless belt so that the steps or treads ascend or descend continuously, and one stepping upon it is carried up or down
Escapade(n.) Act by which one breaks loose from the rules of propriety or good sense
Escape(n.) An apophyge.
(v.) To avoid the notice of
(v. i.) To flee, and become secure from danger
Escarp(n.) The side of the ditch next the parapet
(v. t.) To make into, or furnish with, a steep slope, like that of a scrap.
Eschar(n.) A dry slough, crust, or scab, which separates from the healthy part of the body, as that produced by a burn, or the application of caustics
Eschatology(n.) The doctrine of the last or final things, as death, judgment, and the events therewith connected
Escheat(n.) A writ, now abolished, to recover escheats from the person in possession.
(v. i.) To revert, or become forfeited, to the lord, the crown, or the State, as lands by the failure of persons entitled to hold the same, or by forfeiture
(v. t.) To forfeit.
Eschew(a.) To escape from
Escort(n.) A body of armed men to attend a person of distinction for the sake of affording safety when on a journey
Escritoire(n.) A piece of furniture used as a writing table, commonly with drawers, pigeonholes, and the like
Escrow(n.) A deed, bond, or other written engagement, delivered to a third person, to be held by him till some act is done or some condition is performed, and then to be by him delivered to the grantee
Esculent(a.) Suitable to be used by man for food
(n.) Anything that is fit for eating
Escutcheon(n.) A marking upon the back of a cow's udder and the space above it (the perineum), formed by the hair growing upward or outward instead of downward
Ese(n.) Ease
Eserine(n.) An alkaloid found in the Calabar bean, and the seed of Physostigma venenosum
Eskimo(n.) One of a peculiar race inhabiting Arctic America and Greenland. In many respects the Eskimos resemble the Mongolian race
Esophagus(n.) That part of the alimentary canal between the pharynx and the stomach
Esoteric(a.) Designed for, and understood by, the specially initiated alone
(n.) An esoteric doctrine or treatise
Espalier(n.) A railing or trellis upon which fruit trees or shrubs are trained, as upon a wall
(v. t.) To form an espalier of, or to protect by an espalier.
Esparto(n.) A species of Spanish grass (Macrochloa tenacissima), of which cordage, shoes, baskets, etc
Especial(a.) Distinguished among others of the same class or kind
Esperanto(n.) An artificial language, intended to be universal, devised by Dr. Zamenhof, a Russian, who adopted the pseudonym "Dr
Espial(n.) One who espies
Espionage(n.) The practice or employment of spies
Esplanade(n.) A clear space between a citadel and the nearest houses of the town.
Espousal(n.) The act of espousing or betrothing
Espouse(v. t.) To betroth
Espressivo(a.) With expression.
Esprit(n.) Spirit.
Espy(n.) A spy
(v. i.) To look or search narrowly
(v. t.) To catch sight of
Esquire(n.) Originally, a shield-bearer or armor-bearer, an attendant on a knight
(v. t.) To wait on as an esquire or attendant in public
Essay(n.) A composition treating of any particular subject
Essence(n.) A being
(v. t.) To perfume
Essential(a.) Belonging to the essence, or that which makes an object, or class of objects, what it is
Essonite(n.) Cinnamon stone, a variety of garnet.
Est(n. & adv.) East.
Establish(a.) To appoint or constitute for permanence, as officers, laws, regulations, etc.
Estaminet(n.) A cafe, or room in a cafe, in which smoking is allowed.
Estancia(n.) A grazing
Estate(n.) A person of high rank.
(v. t.) To endow with an estate.
Esteem(v. i.) To form an estimate
(v. t.) Estimation
Ester(n.) An ethereal salt, or compound ether, consisting of an organic radical united with the residue of any oxygen acid, organic or inorganic
Estimable(a.) Capable of being estimated or valued
(n.) A thing worthy of regard.
Estimate(n.) A valuing or rating by the mind, without actually measuring, weighing, or the like
(v. t.) To from an opinion of, as to amount,, number, etc., from imperfect data, comparison, or experience
Estimation(v. t.) An opinion or judgment of the worth, extent, or quantity of anything, formed without using precise data
Estop(v. t.) To impede or bar by estoppel.
Estrange(v. t.) To alienate the affections or confidence of
Estray(n.) Any valuable animal, not wild, found wandering from its owner
(v. i.) To stray.
Estuarine(a.) Pertaining to an estuary
Estuary(a.) Belonging to, or formed in, an estuary
(n.) A passage, as the mouth of a river or lake, where the tide meets the current
Esurient(a.) Inclined to eat
(n.) One who is hungry or greedy.
Etamine(n.) A light textile fabric, like a fine bunting.
Etch(n.) A variant of Eddish.
(v. i.) To practice etching
(v. t.) To produce, as figures or designs, on mental, glass, or the like, by means of lines or strokes eaten in or corroded by means of some strong acid
Eternal(a.) Continued without intermission
(n.) One of the appellations of God.
Eternity(n.) Condition which begins at death
Eternize(v. t.) To make eternal or endless.
Ethane(n.) A gaseous hydrocarbon, C2H6, forming a constituent of ordinary illuminating gas. It is the second member of the paraffin series, and its most important derivatives are common alcohol, aldehyde, ether, and acetic acid
Ethene(n.) Ethylene
Ether(n.) A light, volatile, mobile, inflammable liquid, (C2H5)2O, of a characteristic aromatic odor, obtained by the distillation of alcohol with sulphuric acid, and hence called also sulphuric ether
Ethical(a.) Of, or belonging to, morals
Ethicist(n.) One who is versed in ethics, or has written on ethics.
Ethics(n.) The science of human duty
Ethiopian(n.) A native or inhabitant of Ethiopia
Ethiopic(a.) Of or relating to Ethiopia or the Ethiopians.
(n.) The language of ancient Ethiopia
Ethnarch(n.) The governor of a province or people.
Ethnic(n.) A heathen
Ethnography(n.) That branch of knowledge which has for its subject the characteristics of the human family, developing the details with which ethnology as a comparative science deals
Ethnology(n.) The science which treats of the division of mankind into races, their origin, distribution, and relations, and the peculiarities which characterize them
Ethology(n.) A treatise on morality
Ethos(n.) The character, sentiment, or disposition of a community or people, considered as a natural endowment
Ethyl(n.) A monatomic, hydrocarbon radical, C2H5 of the paraffin series, forming the essential radical of ethane, and of common alcohol and ether
Etiolated(a.) Having a blanched or faded appearance, as birds inhabiting desert regions.
Etiology(n.) The science of causes. Same as /tiology.
Etiquette(n.) The forms required by good breeding, or prescribed by authority, to be observed in social or official life
Etruscan(n.) A native or inhabitant of Etruria.
Etymologize(v. t.) To give the etymology of
Etymology(n.) That branch of philological science which treats of the history of words, tracing out their origin, primitive significance, and changes of form and meaning
Etymon(n.) An original form
Eucalyptus(n.) A myrtaceous genus of trees, mostly Australian. Many of them grow to an immense height, one or two species exceeding the height even of the California Sequoia
Eucharist(n.) The act of giving thanks
Euchre(n.) A game at cards, that may be played by two, three, or four persons, the highest card (except when an extra card called the Joker is used) being the knave of the same suit as the trump, and called right bower, the lowest card used being the seven, or frequently, in two-handed euchre, the nine spot
(v. t.) To defeat, in a game of euchre, the side that named the trump.
Eudiometer(n.) An instrument for the volumetric measurement of gases
Eugenics(n.) The science of improving stock, whether human or animal.
Eugenol(n.) A colorless, aromatic, liquid hydrocarbon, C10H12O2 resembling the phenols, and hence also called eugenic acid
Euhemerism(n.) The theory, held by Euhemerus, that the gods of mythology were but deified mortals, and their deeds only the amplification in imagination of human acts
Euhemerize(v. t.) To interpret (mythology) on the theory of euhemerism.
Eulachon(n.) The candlefish.
Eulogium(n.) A formal eulogy.
Eulogize(v. t.) To speak or write in commendation of (another)
Eulogy(n.) A speech or writing in commendation of the character or services of a person
Eumenides(n. pl.) A euphemistic name for the Furies of Erinyes.
Eunuch(n.) A male of the human species castrated
Euonymus(n.) A genus of small European and American trees
Eupatrid(n.) One well born, or of noble birth.
Eupeptic(a.) Of or pertaining to good digestion
Euphemism(n.) A figure in which a harts or indelicate word or expression is softened
Euphemize(v. t. & i.) To express by a euphemism, or in delicate language
Euphonious(a.) Pleasing or sweet in sound
Euphonium(n.) A bass instrument of the saxhorn family.
Euphonize(v. t.) To make euphonic.
Euphony(n.) A pleasing or sweet sound
Euphorbia(n.) Spurge, or bastard spurge, a genus of plants of many species, mostly shrubby, herbaceous succulents, affording an acrid, milky juice
Euphuism(n.) An affectation of excessive elegance and refinement of language
Euplastic(a.) Having the capacity of becoming organizable in a high degree, as the matter forming the false membranes which sometimes result from acute inflammation in a healthy person
(n.) Organizable substance by which the tissues of an animal body are renewed.
Eurasian(a.) Of European and Asiatic descent
(n.) A child of a European parent on the one side and an Asiatic on the other.
European(a.) Of or pertaining to Europe, or to its inhabitants.
(n.) A native or an inhabitant of Europe.
Europium(n.) A metallic element of the rare-earth group, discovered spectroscopically by Demarcay in 1896
Eurythmy(n.) Just or harmonious proportion or movement, as in the composition of a poem, an edifice, a painting, or a statue
Eutectic(a.) Of maximum fusibility
Euthanasia(n.) An easy death
Evacuant(a.) Emptying
(n.) A purgative or cathartic.
Evacuate(v. i.) To let blood
Evacuation(n.) Abolition
Evade(v. t.) To attempt to escape
Evaginate(a.) Protruded, or grown out, as an evagination
(v. i. & t.) To become evaginate
Evaluate(v. t.) To fix the value of
Evaluation(n.) Valuation
Evanesce(v. i.) To vanish away
Evangel(n.) Good news
Evaporable(a.) Capable of being converted into vapor, or dissipated by evaporation.
Evaporate(a.) Dispersed in vapors.
(v. t.) To convert from a liquid or solid state into vapor (usually) by the agency of heat
Evaporator(n.) An apparatus for condensing vegetable juices, or for drying fruit by heat.
Evasion(n.) The act of eluding or avoiding, particularly the pressure of an argument, accusation, charge, or interrogation
Evasive(a.) Tending to evade, or marked by evasion
Eve(n.) Evening.
Even(a.) As might not be expected
(n.) Evening.
(v. i.) To be equal.
(v. t.) To act up to
Ever(adv.) At all times
Evict(v. t.) To dispossess by a judicial process
Evidence(n.) One who bears witness.
(v. t.) To render evident or clear
Evident(a.) Clear to the vision
Evil(a.) Having or exhibiting bad moral qualities
(adv.) In an evil manner
(n.) Anything which impairs the happiness of a being or deprives a being of any good
Evince(v. t.) To conquer
Eviscerate(v. t.) To take out the entrails of
Evocation(n.) The act of calling out or forth.
Evocative(a.) Calling forth
Evoke(v. t.) To call away
Evolute(n.) A curve from which another curve, called the involute or evolvent, is described by the end of a thread gradually wound upon the former, or unwound from it
Evolution(n.) A general name for the history of the steps by which any living organism has acquired the morphological and physiological characters which distinguish it
Evolve(v. i.) To become open, disclosed, or developed
(v. t.) To throw out
Ewe(n.) The female of the sheep, and of sheeplike animals.
Ewer(n.) A kind of widemouthed pitcher or jug
Exacerbate(v. t.) To render more violent or bitter
Exact(a.) Habitually careful to agree with a standard, a rule, or a promise
(v. i.) To practice exaction.
Exaggerate(v. t.) To amplify
Exaggeration(n.) A representation of things beyond natural life, in expression, beauty, power, vigor.
Exalt(v. t.) To elevate by prise or estimation
Examen(a.) Examination
Examination(n.) A process prescribed or assigned for testing qualification
Examine(v. t.) To interrogate as in a judicial proceeding
Example(n.) An instance serving for illustration of a rule or precept, especially a problem to be solved, or a case to be determined, as an exercise in the application of the rules of any study or branch of science
(v. t.) To set an example for
Exanthema(n.) An efflorescence or discoloration of the skin
Exarch(n.) A viceroy
Exasperate(a.) Exasperated
(v. t.) To irritate in a high degree
Exasperation(n.) Increase of violence or malignity
Excalibur(n.) The name of King Arthur's mythical sword.
Excavate(v. t.) To dig out and remove, as earth.
Excavation(n.) A cavity formed by cutting, digging, or scooping.
Excavator(n.) One who, or that which, excavates or hollows out
Exceed(v. i.) To be more or greater
(v. t.) To go beyond
Excel(v. i.) To surpass others in good qualities, laudable actions, or acquirements
(v. t.) To exceed or go beyond
Except(conj.) Unless
(prep.) With exclusion of
(v. i.) To take exception
(v. t.) To object to
Excerpt(n.) An extract
(v. t.) To select
Excess(n.) An undue indulgence of the appetite
Exchange(n.) A mutual grant of equal interests, the one in consideration of the other. Estates exchanged must be equal in quantity, as fee simple for fee simple
(v. i.) To be changed or received in exchange for
Exchequer(n.) One of the superior courts of law
(v. t.) To institute a process against (any one) in the Court of Exchequer.
Excipient(n.) An exceptor.
(v. t.) Taking an exception.
Excise(n.) In inland duty or impost operating as an indirect tax on the consumer, levied upon certain specified articles, as, tobacco, ale, spirits, etc
(v. t.) To cut out or off
Excitable(a.) Capable of being excited, or roused into action
Excitant(a.) Tending to excite
(n.) An agent or influence which arouses vital activity, or produces increased action, in a living organism or in any of its tissues or parts
Excitation(n.) The act of exciting or putting in motion
Excite(v. t.) To call forth or increase the vital activity of an organism, or any of its parts.
Exciting(a.) Calling or rousing into action
Exclaim(n.) Outcry
(v. t. & i.) To cry out from earnestness or passion
Exclamation(n.) A loud calling or crying out
Exclamatory(a.) Containing, expressing, or using exclamation
Exclave(n.) A portion of a country which is separated from the main part and surrounded by politically alien territory
Exclude(v. t.) To shut out
Exclusion(n.) The act of excluding, or of shutting out, whether by thrusting out or by preventing admission
Exclusive(a.) Having the power of preventing entrance
(n.) One of a coterie who exclude others
Exclusivism(n.) The act or practice of excluding being exclusive
Excogitate(v. i.) To cogitate.
(v. t.) To think out
Excommunicate(a.) Excommunicated
(n.) One excommunicated.
(v. t.) To lay under the ban of the church
Excommunication(n.) The act of communicating or ejecting
Excrement(n.) An excrescence or appendage
Excrescence(n.) An excrescent appendage, as, a wart or tumor
Excrescent(a.) Growing out in an abnormal or morbid manner or as a superfluity.
Excreta(n. pl.) Matters to be excreted.
Excrete(v. t.) To separate and throw off
Excretion(n.) That which is excreted
Excruciate(a.) Excruciated
(v. t.) To inflict agonizing pain upon
Exculpate(v. t.) To clear from alleged fault or guilt
Excursionist(n.) One who goes on an excursion, or pleasure trip.
Excursive(a.) Prone to make excursions
Excursus(n.) A dissertation or digression appended to a work, and containing a more extended exposition of some important point or topic
Excusatory(a.) Making or containing excuse or apology
Excuse(v. t.) That which excuses
Execrable(a.) Deserving to be execrated
Execrate(v. t.) To denounce evil against, or to imprecate evil upon
Execration(n.) That which is execrated
Executable(a.) Capable of being executed
Executant(n.) One who executes or performs
Execute(v. i.) To do one's work
(v. t.) To complete, as a legal instrument
Execution(n.) A judicial writ by which an officer is empowered to carry a judgment into effect
Executive(a.) Designed or fitted for execution, or carrying into effect
(n.) An impersonal title of the chief magistrate or officer who administers the government, whether king, president, or governor
Executor(n.) An executioner.
Exedra(n.) Any out-of-door seat in stone, large enough for several persons
Exegesis(n.) Exposition
Exegete(n.) An exegetist.
Exegetics(n.) The science of interpretation or exegesis.
Exegetist(n.) One versed in the science of exegesis or interpretation
Exemplar(a.) Exemplary.
(n.) A copy of a book or writing.
Exemplification(n.) A copy or transcript attested to be correct by the seal of an officer having custody of the original
Exemplify(v. t.) To copy
Exempt(a.) Cut off
(n.) One exempted or freed from duty
Exenterate(v. t.) To take out the bowels or entrails of
Exercise(n.) Bodily exertion for the sake of keeping the organs and functions in a healthy state
(v. i.) To exercise one's self, as under military training
(v. t.) To exert for the sake of training or improvement
Exergue(n.) The small space beneath the base line of a subject engraved on a coin or medal. It usually contains the date, place, engraver's name, etc
Exert(v. t.) To put force, ability, or anything of the nature of an active faculty
Exfoliate(v. i.) To separate and come off in scales or laminae, as pieces of carious bone or of bark.
(v. t.) To remove scales, laminae, or splinters from the surface of.
Exhalation(n.) A bright phenomenon
Exhale(v. i.) To rise or be given off, as vapor
(v. t.) To breathe out. Hence: To emit, as vapor
Exhaust(a.) Drained
(n.) The foul air let out of a room through a register or pipe provided for the purpose.
(v. t.) To bring out or develop completely
Exhibit(n.) A document produced and identified in court for future use as evidence.
(v. t.) To administer as a remedy
Exhilarate(v. i.) To become joyous.
(v. t.) To make merry or jolly
Exhilaration(n.) The act of enlivening the spirits
Exhort(n.) Exhortation.
(v. i.) To deliver exhortation
(v. t.) To incite by words or advice
Exhume(v. t.) To dig out of the ground
Exigency(n.) The state of being exigent
Exigent(a.) Exacting or requiring immediate aid or action
(n.) Exigency
Exiguous(a.) Scanty
Exile(a.) Small
(n.) Forced separation from one's native country
(v. t.) To banish or expel from one's own country or home
Exist(v. i.) To be as a fact and not as a mode
Exit(n.) Any departure
Exocarp(n.) The outer portion of a fruit, as the flesh of a peach or the rind of an orange.
Exodus(n.) A going out
Exogamy(n.) The custom, or tribal law, which prohibits marriage between members of the same tribe
Exogenous(a.) Growing by addition to the exterior.
Exon(n.) A native or inhabitant of Exeter, in England.
Exorbitant(a.) Departing from an orbit or usual track
Exorcise(v. t.) To cast out, as a devil, evil spirits, etc., by conjuration or summoning by a holy name, or by certain ceremonies
Exorcism(n.) Conjuration for raising spirits.
Exordium(n.) A beginning
Exoskeleton(n.) The hardened parts of the external integument of an animal, including hair, feathers, nails, horns, scales, etc
Exospore(n.) The extreme outer wall of a spore
Exostosis(n.) A knot formed upon or in the wood of trees by disease.
Exothermic(a.) Characterized by, or formed with, evolution of heat
Exotic(a.) Introduced from a foreign country
(n.) Anything of foreign origin
Expand(v. i.) To become widely opened, spread apart, dilated, distended, or enlarged
(v. t.) To cause the particles or parts of to spread themselves or stand apart, thus increasing bulk without addition of substance
Expanse(n.) That which is expanded or spread out
(v. t.) To expand.
Expansible(a.) Capable of being expanded or spread out widely.
Expansile(a.) Expansible.
Expansion(n.) Enlargement or extension of business transactions
Expansive(a.) Having a capacity or tendency to expand or dilate
Expatiate(v. i.) To enlarge in discourse or writing
(v. t.) To expand
Expatriate(v. t.) Reflexively, as To expatriate one's self: To withdraw from one's native country
Expect(n.) Expectation.
(v. t.) To look for (mentally)
Expediency(n.) An expedition
Expedient(a.) Hastening or forward
(n.) Means devised in an exigency
Expedite(a.) Expeditious
(v. t.) To despatch
Expedition(n.) An important enterprise, implying a change of place
Expeditious(a.) Possessed of, or characterized by, expedition, or efficiency and rapidity in action
Expel(v. t.) To cut off from further connection with an institution of learning, a society, and the like
Expend(v. i.) To be laid out, used, or consumed.
(v. t.) To lay out, apply, or employ in any way
Expense(n.) A spending or consuming
Expensive(a.) Free in expending
Experience(n.) An act of knowledge, one or more, by which single facts or general truths are ascertained
Experiential(a.) Derived from, or pertaining to, experience.
Experiment(n.) Atrial or special observation, made to confirm or disprove something doubtful
(v. t.) To make experiment
Expert(a.) Taught by use, practice, or experience, experienced
(n.) An expert or experienced person
(v. t.) To experience.
Expiate(a.) Terminated.
(v. t.) To extinguish the guilt of by sufferance of penalty or some equivalent
Expiation(n.) An act by which the treats of prodigies were averted among the ancient heathen.
Expiration(n.) A coming to a close
Expiratory(a.) Pertaining to, or employed in, the expiration or emission of air from the lungs
Expire(v. i.) To burst forth
(v. t.) To breathe out
Expiry(n.) Expiration.
Explain(a.) To flatten
(v. i.) To give an explanation.
Explanation(n.) A mutual exposition of terms, meaning, or motives, with a view to adjust a misunderstanding, and reconcile differences
Explanatory(a.) Serving to explain
Expletive(a.) Filling up
(n.) A word, letter, or syllable not necessary to the sense, but inserted to fill a vacancy
Expletory(a.) Serving to fill up
Explicable(a.) Capable of being explicated
Explicate(a.) Evolved
(v. t.) To unfold
Explicit(a.) A word formerly used (as finis is now) at the conclusion of a book to indicate the end.
Explode(v. i.) To become suddenly expanded into a great volume of gas or vapor
(v. t.) To bring into disrepute, and reject
Exploit(n.) A deed or act
Exploration(n.) physical examination.
Exploratory(a.) Serving or intended to explore
Explore(v. t.) To search through or into
Explosion(n.) A bursting with violence and loud noise, because of internal pressure
Explosive(a.) Driving or bursting out with violence and noise
(n.) An explosive agent
Exponent(n.) A number, letter, or any quantity written on the right hand of and above another quantity, and denoting how many times the latter is repeated as a factor to produce the power indicated
Export(n.) That which is exported
(v. t.) To carry away
Expose(v. t.) A formal recital or exposition of facts
Exposition(n.) A public exhibition or show, as of industrial and artistic productions
Expostulate(v. i.) To reason earnestly with a person on some impropriety of his conduct, representing the wrong he has done or intends, and urging him to make redress or to desist
(v. t.) To discuss
Exposure(n.) Position as to points of compass, or to influences of climate, etc.
Expound(v. t.) To lay open
Express(a.) Directly and distinctly stated
(n.) A clear image or representation
Expropriate(v. t.) To put out of one's possession
Expulsion(n.) The act of expelling
Expunge(v. t.) To blot out, as with pen
Expurgate(v. t.) To purify
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