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extraterrestrial.adjective
or more proper, non terrestrial,
that is originating,
located or occurring
outside Earth or its atmosphere
(intelligent non terrestrial
life); not of terrestrial life
extraterrestrial.noun,.plural.extraterrestrials
extraterrestrially.adverb
extra.adjective
more than or beyond what is usual,
normal, expected or necessary;
superfluous;
subject
to an additional charge (a pizza with extra cheese)
extra.noun
something
more than is usual or necessary;
something, such as an accessory on a motor vehicle, for which an additional
charge is made; additional
extra.adverb
to an exceptional.extent
or degree;
unusually (extra dry)
extraneous.adjective
coming from outside; foreign; not belonging to
the matter under consideration; not pertinent
extraneously.adverb
extraneousness.noun
synonym.extrinsic
extract,
extracted,
extracting,
extracts.transitive
verbs
to draw forth as by research (extract data); to
pull or take out forcibly (extracted a wisdom tooth); to withdraw as say,
a juice or oil from the ground by physical or chemical process; to fractionate;
also, to treat with a solvent so as to remove a soluble substance; to separate
a metal from an ore; to determine (a mathematical root) by calculation;
to remove for separate consideration or publication;
excerpt;
to derive
or obtain (information, for example) from a source; to deduce
(a principle
or doctrine)
extract.noun,.plural.extracts
a concentrated
preparation of the essential.constituents
of a food, a flavoring or another substance; a concentrate (maple extract);
a passage from a literary work; an excerpt
extractable.or.extractible.adjective
extractor,
extractability.nouns
synonym.educe
extraction.noun,.plural.extractions
the act of extracting
or the condition of being extracted; something obtained by extracting;
an extract; origin; lineage (of Spanish extraction)
extrapolate, extrapolated,
extrapolating,
extrapolates.verbs
transitive verb use.to
infer or estimate by extending or projecting known information; to estimate
(a value of a variable outside a known range) from values within a known
range by assuming that the estimated value follows logically from the known
values
intransitive
verb use.to engage in the process
of extrapolating
extrapolation, extrapolator.nouns,.plurals.extrapolations,
extrapolators
extrapolative.adjective
extricate,
extricated,
extricating,
extricates.transitive
verbs
if you extricate yourself or another person from
a difficult or serious situation, you free yourself or the other person
from it; to release from an entanglement or difficulty;
disengage;
remove from
extricable.adjective
extrication.noun
exuberance,
exuberancy.nouns
to come forth in abundance;
to bear abundantly; the state
or quality
of being exuberant
to be exuberant; to abound
exuberant.adjective
prolific;
overflowing; lavish;
effusive
exuberantly.adverb
exude,exuded,
exuding,
exudes.verbs
come forth from; ooze;
discharge;
effuse;
to pass out in drops, to sweat as through the pores
intransitive verb use.to
ooze
forth
transitive verb use.to
discharge or emit
a liquid
or gas,
for
example;
gradually;
to exhibit
in abundance
(plants exude oxygen; his face exuded
joy)
exudate.noun,.plural.exudates
matter exuded
exudation.noun,.plural.exudations
an exuding
etcetera.also
et
cetera.(abbreviation.etc.).noun
and other unspecified things of the same class;
and so forth; things
along the same line
electrochemical.adjective
conversion
of chemical into electric energy such as occurs in certain cells like axons
and dendrites
eminence.noun,.plural.eminences
to stand out; superiority
in character, achievement, rank or position, height, etc.
eminency.noun,.plural.eminencies
eminence
eminent.adjective
towering or standing out above others; prominent
(an eminent peak); of high rank, station or quality; noteworthy (eminent
members of the community); outstanding, as in character or performance;
distinguished
(an eminent historian); noted; an eminent person is well-known and respected,
especially because they are good at their profession (an eminent scientist);
maybe also compare immanent,
imminent
eminently.adverb
exhort,
exhorted,
exhorting,
exhorts.verbs
transitive verb use.to
urge by strong, often stirring argument, admonition,
advice
or appeal
(exhorted the troops to hold the line); urge
intransitive verb use.to
make
urgent
appeal; to encourage
exhorter.noun
exhortation.noun,.plural.exhortations
the act or an instance of exhorting;
a speech or discourse
that encourages, incites
or earnestly.advises
exhortative.also.exhortatory.adjective
acting
or teaching intended
to encourage,
incite
or advise
error.noun,.plural.errors
the condition
of having incorrect
or false
knowledge; the act
or an instance
of deviating from an accepted.code
of behavior;
an act, an assertion
or a belief
that unintentionally
or intentionally
deviates from what is correct, right or true;
a mistake
Baseball:.a
defensive fielding or throwing misplay by a player when a play normally
should have resulted in an out or prevented an advance by a base runner
errorless.adjective
in error
wrongly; by mistake; mistakenly; incorrectly;
accidentally; by accident, inadvertently; unintentionally; by chance
emphasis.noun,.plural.emphases
special forcefulness of expression that gives
importance to something singled out; stress (a lecture on housekeeping
with emphasis on neatness; paused for emphasis, then announced the winner's
name); special attention or effort directed toward something
emphasize, emphasized,
emphasizing,
emphasizes.transitive
verbs
to give emphasis
to; stress
exacerbate, exacerbated,
exacerbating,
exacerbates.transitive
verbs
to increase the severity,
violence or bitterness of; aggravate.(a
speech that exacerbated racial tensions; a heavy rainfall that exacerbated
the flood problems)
exacerbation.noun,.plural.exacerbations
exasperate, exasperated,
exasperating,
exasperates.transitive
verbs
to be impatient; to be annoyed
exasperatedly.adverb
exasperatingly.adjective
annoyed, such as when you cannot do anything to
improve a situation (she was becoming exasperated with all the questions
they were asking)
exasperation.noun,.plural.exasperations
the act or an instance of exasperating; the state
of being exasperated; frustrated
with some annoyance that causes a person to breathe out a puff of air and
have a thought of well, what should I do now?
exasperater.noun,.plural.exasperaters
exorbitant.adjective
exceeding all bounds, as of custom or fairness
(exorbitant prices); excessive
exorbitantly.adverb
efface, effaced,
effacing,
effaces.transitive
verbs
to rub or wipe out; erase; to make indistinct
as if by rubbing
effaceable.adjective
effacement.noun,.plural.effacements
effacer.noun,.plural.effacers
self-effacing.adjective
not drawing attention to oneself; modest
self-effacement.noun,.plural.self-effacements
entrain, entrained,
entraining,
entrains.transitive
verbs
into harmony
with, falling into a rhythmic relationship with; to lock in a rhythmic
relationship with; in correlation
or synchronization with; to
pull or draw along after itself, like a train
entrainer, entrainment.nouns
ecclesiastic.adjective.Abbr..eccl.,eccles
ecclesiastical
ecclesiastic.noun,.plural.ecclesiastics
a minister or priest; a cleric;
a member of the ecclesia
ecclesiastical.adjective
of or relating to a church;
appropriate
to a church or to use in some churches (ecclesiastical architecture;
ecclesiastical robes)
ecclesiastically.adverb
ecclesiasticism.noun,.plural.ecclesiasticisms
ecclesiastical principles,
practices
and activities;
adherence
to ecclesiastical principles and forms
ecclesia.noun,.plural.ecclesiae
the political assembly of citizens of an ancient
Greek state; a church
or congregation;
from 'ekkalein' meanong 'to summon forth'
enormous.adjective
very great in size, extent, number or degree;
vast
enormously.adverb
enormousness.noun,.plural.enormousnesses
except.preposition
with the exclusion
of; other than; but (everyone except me) except.conjunction
if it were not for the fact that; only (I would
buy the suit, except that it costs too much); otherwise than (they didn't
open their mouths except to eat or complain); unless
except, excepted,
excepting,
excepts.verbs
transitive verb use.to
leave out; exclude (an admission fee is charged, but children are excepted)
intransitive verb use.to
object (counsel excepted to the court's ruling
Usage note: 'except'
in the sense of 'with the exclusion of' or 'other than' is generally construed
as a preposition, not a conjunction; a personal pronoun that follows 'except'
is therefore in the objective case (no one except me knew it; every member
of the original cast was signed except her); see more
Usage notes
exception.noun,.plural.exceptions
the act of excepting or the condition of being
excepted; exclusion; one that
is excepted, especially a case that does not conform
to a rule or generalization;
an
objection or a criticism
(opinions that are open to exception)
everywhere,.everyplace.adverb
in any or every place; in all places. See Usage
Note at everyplace.
Usage note:.the
forms everyplace (or every place), anyplace (or any place), someplace (or
some place) and no place are widely used in speech and informal writing
as equivalents for everywhere,
anywhere, somewhere and nowhere. Though these usages are not incorrect,
they should be avoided in formal writing. But when the two-word expressions
every place, any place, some place and no place are used to mean 'every',
'any', 'some' or 'no' spot or location, they are entirely appropriate
at all levels of style. The distinction
between the two meanings is often subtle,
but acceptability can often be gauged
by seeing whether an expression
with 'where' can be substituted.
Thus in the sentence 'She has taken extensive photographs of every place
she's ever lived in', substitution of the word 'everywhere' would make
no sense and one can conclude that the sentence would be inappropriate
in formal writing. See more Usage
notes
every.adjective
constituting
each and all members of a group without exception;
being all possible (had every chance of winning); being each of a specified
succession of objects or intervals (every third seat; every two hours);
the highest degree or expression of (showed us every attention; had every
hope of succeeding)
every bit.idiom
in all ways; equally (he is every bit as happy
as she is
every now and then or
every
now and again.idiom
from time to time; occasionally
every once in a while.idiom
from time to time; occasionally
every other.idiom
each alternate (she went to visit her aunt every
other week)
every so often.idiom
at intervals; occasionally
every which way.idiom
in every direction; in complete disorder
Usage
note: Every is representative of a large class of English words
and expressions that are singular in form but felt to be plural in sense.
The class includes, for example, noun phrases introduced by 'every' and
'any'. These expressions invariably
take a singular verb; we say 'Every car has (not 'have')
been tested'. We say 'Anyone is (not 'are') liable to fall
for a con job' .
But when a sentence contains a pronoun
whose antecedent is introduced
by 'every', grammar and sense pull in different directions. The grammar
of these expressions requires a singular pronoun, as in 'Every car must
have its brakes tested', but people persist in using the plural
pronoun as in 'Every car must have their brakes tested'. Although
the latter pattern is common in the speech of all groups, it is still widely
regarded as grammatically incorrect in writing.
The effort to adhere to the grammatical
rule leads to various complications, however. The first is grammatical.
When a pronoun refers to a phrase containing 'every' or 'any' that falls
within a different independent clause, the pronoun cannot be singular.
Thus it is simply not English to say 'Every man left; he took his raincoat
with him'. Nor can one say 'No one could be seen, could he?' Writers unwilling
to use plural forms in these examples must find another way of expressing
their meaning, either by rephrasing the sentence so as to get the pronoun
into the same clause (as in 'Every man left, taking his raincoat with him')
or by substituting another word for 'every' or 'any' (as in 'All the men
left; they took their raincoats with them').
The second complication is political.
When a phrase introduced by 'every' or 'any' refers to a group containing
both men and women, what shall be the gender of the singular pronoun? This
matter is discussed in the Usage note at he.
See more Usage notes.
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