| EKTEXINES | • ektexines n. Plural of ektexine. • EKTEXINE n. an outer layer of the exine, the tough outer wall of a pollen grain. |
| EUXENITES | • euxenites n. Plural of euxenite. • EUXENITE n. a mineral, a niobate and tantalate of yttrium and other rare earth elements and uranium. |
| EXCELLENT | • excellent adj. Having excelled, having surpassed. • excellent adj. Of higher or the highest quality; splendid. • excellent adj. Exceptionally good of its kind. |
| EXCREMENT | • excrement n. (Now specifically) Human and animal solid waste excreted from the bowels; feces. • excrement n. (Archaic) Any waste matter excreted from the human or animal body, or discharged by bodily organs. • excrement n. (Obsolete) Something which grows out of the body; hair, nails etc. |
| EXIGEANTE | • exigeante n. (Dated) A demanding woman. • exigeante adj. (Dated) Of a woman: demanding. • EXIGEANTE adj. (French) (of a female) exacting. |
| EXILEMENT | • exilement n. (Archaic) banishment; exile. • EXILEMENT n. banishment. |
| EXISTENCE | • existence n. The state of being, existing, or occurring; beinghood. • existence n. Empirical reality; the substance of the physical universe. (Dictionary of Philosophy; 1968) • EXISTENCE n. the fact of existing. |
| EXONERATE | • exonerate v. (Transitive, archaic) To relieve (someone or something) of a load; to unburden (a load). • exonerate v. (Obsolete, reflexive) Of a body of water: to discharge or empty (itself). • exonerate v. (Transitive) To free (someone) from an obligation, responsibility or task. |
| EXPEDIENT | • expedient adj. Suitable to effect some desired end or the purpose intended. • expedient adj. Affording short-term benefit, often at the expense of the long-term. • expedient adj. Governed by self-interest, often short-term self-interest. |
| EXPELLENT | • expellent adj. Alternative form of expellant. • expellent n. Alternative form of expellant. • EXPELLENT adj. tending to expel. |
| EXTENDERS | • extenders n. Plural of extender. • EXTENDER n. a substance added to another substance. |
| EXTENSILE | • extensile adj. Extensible. • EXTENSILE adj. that can be extended, also EXTENDABLE, EXTENDIBLE, EXTENSIBLE. |
| EXTENSIVE | • extensive adj. Having a great extent; covering a large area; vast. • extensive adj. (Figurative) Considerable in amount. • extensive adj. Serving to extend or lengthen; characterized by extension. |
| EXTENUATE | • extenuate adj. Of a person: emaciated, wasted, weakened; of the body or part of it: atrophied, shrunken, withered. • extenuate adj. Of a quality or thing: lessened, weakened. • extenuate adj. Reduced to poverty; impoverished. |
| EXTERMINE | • extermine v. (Transitive, obsolete) To exterminate (someone or something); to destroy. • EXTERMINE v. (Shakespeare) to exterminate. |
| SIXTEENER | • sixteener n. (Historical) During the American Civil War, a child who, having reached the age of 16, was discharged… • SIXTEENER n. a verse of sixteen syllables. |
| UNEXTREME | • unextreme adj. Not extreme. • UNEXTREME adj. not extreme. |