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Excretin

A nonnitrogenous, crystalline body, present in small quantity in human f/ces.

Excretive

Having the power of excreting, or promoting excretion.

Excretory

Having the quality of excreting, or throwing off excrementitious matter.

Excruciate

To inflict agonizing pain upon; to torture; to torment greatly; to rack; as, to excruciate the heart or the body.

Excruciation

The act of inflicting agonizing pain, or the state of being thus afflicted; that which excruciates; torture.

Excubitorium

A gallery in a church, where persons watched all night.

Exculpate

To clear from alleged fault or guilt; to prove to be guiltless; to relieve of blame; to acquit.

exculpated

freed from any question of guilt; having suspicion of guilt eliminated.

Exculpation

The act of exculpating from alleged fault or crime; that which exculpates; excuse.

Excur

To run out or forth; to extend.

Excurrent

Running or flowing out Running or extending out; as, an excurrent midrib, one which projects beyond the apex of a leaf; an excurrent steam or trunk, one which continues to the top.

Excursive

Prone to make excursions; wandering; roving; exploring; as, an excursive fancy.

Excursus

A dissertation or digression appended to a work, and containing a more extended exposition of some important point or topic.

Excusable

That may be excused, forgiven, justified, or acquitted of blame; pardonable; as, the man is excusable; an excusable action.

Excusator

One who makes, or is authorized to make, an excuse; an apologist.

Excusatory

Making or containing excuse or apology; apologetical; as, an excusatory plea.

Excuse

The act of excusing, apologizing, exculpating, pardoning, releasing, and the like; acquittal; release; absolution; justification; extenuation.

Excuseless

Having no excuse; not admitting of excuse or apology.

Excuser

One who offers excuses or pleads in extenuation of the fault of another.

Excuss

To shake off; to discard.

Excussion

The act of excusing; seizure by law.

Exeat

A license for absence from a college or a religious house.

Execrable

Deserving to be execrated; accursed; damnable; detestable; abominable; as, an execrable wretch.

Execrate

To denounce evil against, or to imprecate evil upon; to curse; to protest against as unholy or detestable; hence, to detest utterly; to abhor; to abominate.

Execration

The act of cursing; a curse dictated by violent feelings of hatred; imprecation; utter detestation expressed.

Execrative

A word used for cursing; an imprecatory word or expression.

Execratory

Of the nature of execration; imprecatory; denunciatory. A formulary of execrations.

Exect

To cut off or out. [Obs.] See Exsect.

Executable

Capable of being executed; feasible; as, an executable project.

Executant

One who executes or performs; esp., a performer on a musical instrument.

Execute

To do one's work; to act one's part or purpose.

Executer

One who performs or carries into effect. See Executor.

executing

putting a condemned person to death.

Execution

The act of executing; a carrying into effect or to completion; performance; achievement; consummation; as, the execution of a plan, a work, etc.

Executive

An impersonal title of the chief magistrate or officer who administers the government, whether king, president, or governor; the governing person or body.

Executor

One who executes or performs; a doer; as, an executor of baseness.

Executory

Pertaining to administration, or putting the laws in force; executive.

Executrix

A woman exercising the functions of an executor.

Exedra

A room in a public building, furnished with seats.

Exegesis

Exposition; explanation; especially, a critical explanation of a text or portion of Scripture.

Exegetical Exegetic

Pertaining to exegesis; tending to unfold or illustrate; explanatory; expository.

Exegetics

The science of interpretation or exegesis.

Exegetist

One versed in the science of exegesis or interpretation; -- also called exegete.

Exemplarily

In a manner fitted or designed to be an example for imitation or for warning; by way of example.

Exemplariness

The state or quality of being exemplary; fitness to be an example.

Exemplary

An exemplar; also, a copy of a book or writing.

Exemplification

The act of exemplifying; a showing or illustrating by example.

Exempt

To remove; to set apart.

Exemption

The act of exempting; the state of being exempt; freedom from any charge, burden, evil, etc., to which others are subject; immunity; privilege; as, exemption of certain articles from seizure; exemption from military service; exemption from anxiety, suffering, etc.

Exenterate

To take out the bowels or entrails of; to disembowel; to eviscerate; as, exenterated fishes.

Exequatur

A written official recognition of a consul or commercial agent, issued by the government to which he is accredited, and authorizing him to exercise his powers in the place to which he is assigned.

Exequial

Of or pertaining to funerals; funereal.

Exequy

A funeral rite (usually in the plural); the ceremonies of burial; obsequies; funeral procession.

exercisable

That may be exercised, used, or exerted; as, the stock options are exercisable for only five years from the date of issue.

Exercise

To exercise one's self, as under military training; to drill; to take exercise; to use action or exertion; to practice gymnastics; as, to exercise for health or amusement.

Exercisible

Capable of being exercised, employed, or enforced; as, the authority of a magistrate is exercisible within his jurisdiction.

Exergue

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., or other subsidiary matter.

Exert

To thrust forth; to emit; to push out.

Exertion

The act of exerting, or putting into motion or action; the active exercise of any power or faculty; an effort, esp. a laborious or perceptible effort; as, an exertion of strength or power; an exertion of the limbs or of the mind; it is an exertion for him to move, to-day.

Exertive

Having power or a tendency to exert; using exertion.

Exesion

The act of eating out or through.

Exestuate

To be agitated; to boil up; to effervesce.

Exfetation

Imperfect fetation in some organ exterior to the uterus; extra-uterine fetation.

Exfoliate

To remove scales, lamin/, or splinters from the surface of.

Exfoliation

The scaling off of a bone, a rock, or a mineral, etc.; the state of being exfoliated.

Exfoliative

Having the power of causing exfoliation. An exfoliative agent.

Exhalable

Capable of being exhaled or evaporated.

Exhalant

Having the quality of exhaling or evaporating.

Exhalation

The act or process of exhaling, or sending forth in the form of steam or vapor; evaporation.

Exhale

To rise or be given off, as vapor; to pass off, or vanish.

Exhaust

The steam let out of a cylinder after it has done its work there.

Exhauster

One who, or that which, exhausts or draws out.

Exhaustible

Capable of being exhausted, drained off, or expended. Opposite of inexhaustible.

Exhausting

Producing exhaustion; as, exhausting labors.

Exhaustion

The act of draining out or draining off; the act of emptying completely of the contents.

Exhaustive

Serving or tending to exhaust; exhibiting all the facts or arguments; as, an exhaustive method.

Exhaustless

Not be exhausted; inexhaustible; as, an exhaustless fund or store.

Exhibit

Any article, or collection of articles, displayed to view, as in an industrial exhibition; a display; as, this exhibit was marked A; the English exhibit.

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