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Extempore

Without previous study or meditation; without preparation; on the spur of the moment; suddenly; extemporaneously; as, to write or speak extempore. Done or performed extempore. Speaking or writing done extempore.

Extemporization

The act of extemporizing; the act of doing anything extempore.

Extemporize

To do, make, or utter extempore or off-hand; to prepare in great haste, under urgent necessity, or with scanty or unsuitable materials; as, to extemporize a dinner, a costume, etc.

Extend

To stretch out; to prolong in space; to carry forward or continue in length; as, to extend a line in surveying; to extend a cord across the street.

Extender

One who, or that which, extends or stretches anything.

Extendible

Capable of being extended, susceptible of being stretched, extended, enlarged, widened, or expanded.

Extense

Outreaching; expansive; extended, superficially or otherwise.

Extensibility

The quality of being extensible; the capacity of being extended; as, the extensibility of a fiber, or of a plate of metal.

Extensible

Capable of being extended, whether in length or breadth; susceptible of enlargement; extensible; extendible; -- the opposite of contractible or compressible.

Extensile

Suited for, or capable of, extension; extensible.

Extension

The act of extending or the state of being extended; a stretching out; enlargement in breadth or continuation of length; increase; augmentation; expansion.

Extensive

Having wide extent; of much superficial extent; expanded; large; broad; wide; comprehensive; as, an extensive farm; an extensive lake; an extensive sphere of operations; extensive benevolence; extensive greatness.

Extensively

To a great extent; widely; largely; as, a story is extensively circulated.

Extensiveness

The state of being extensive; wideness; largeness; extent; diffusiveness.

Extensometer

An instrument for measuring the extension of a body, especially for measuring the elongation of bars of iron, steel, or other material, when subjected to a tensile force.

Extensor

A muscle which serves to extend or straighten any part of the body, as an arm or a finger; -- opposed to flexor.

Extent

Space or degree to which a thing is extended; hence, superficies; compass; bulk; size; length; as, an extent of country or of line; extent of information or of charity.

extenuating

serving or tending to reduce the severity of guilt or blameworthiness; as, extenuating circumstances.

Extenuation

The act of axtenuating or the state of being extenuated; the act of making thin, slender, or lean, or of palliating; diminishing, or lessening; palliation, as of a crime; mitigation, as of punishment.

Exterior

The outward surface or part of a thing; that which is external; outside.

exterminable

capable of being totally destroyed or wiped out.

Extermination

The act of exterminating; total destruction; eradication; excision; as, the extermination of inhabitants or tribes, of error or vice, or of weeds from a field.

Exterminatory

Of or pertaining to extermination; tending to exterminate.

Extern

A pupil in a seminary who lives without its walls; a day scholar.

Extern Externe

a person affiliated with an institution who does not reside there; a doctor or medical student who is in attendance upon, or is assisting at, a hospital, but who does not reside in it.

External

Something external or without; outward part; that which makes a show, rather than that which is intrinsic; visible form; -- usually in the plural.

Externalism

The quality of being manifest to the senses; external acts or appearances; regard for externals.

Externality

State of being external; exteriority separation from the perceiving mind.

Externalize

To make external; to manifest by outward form.

Externally

In an external manner; outwardly; on the outside; in appearance; visibly.

Exterritorial

Beyond the territorial limits; foreign to, or exempt from, the territorial jurisdiction.

Extinction

The act of extinguishing or making extinct; a putting an end to; the act of putting out or destroying light, fire, life, activity, influence, etc.

Extine

The outer membrane of the grains of pollen of flowering plants.

Extinguish

To quench; to put out, as a light or fire; to stifle; to cause to die out; to put an end to; to destroy; as, to extinguish a flame, or life, or love, or hope, a pretense or a right.

extinguished

caused to die out because of the absence or withdrawal of reinforcement; -- of a conditioned response.

Extinguisher

One who, or that which, extinguishes; esp., a hollow cone or other device for extinguishing a flame, as of a torch or candle.

Extinguishment

The act of extinguishing, putting out, or quenching, or the state of being extinguished; extinction; suppression; destruction; nullification; as, the extinguishment of fire or flame, of discord, enmity, or jealousy, or of love or affection.

Extirpable

Capable of being extirpated or eradicated; as, an extirpable plant.

Extirpate

To pluck up by the stem or root; to root out; to eradicate, literally or figuratively; to destroy wholly; as, to extirpate weeds; to extirpate a tumor; to extirpate a sect; to extirpate error or heresy.

Extirpation

The act of extirpating or rooting out, or the state of being extirpated; eradication; excision; total destruction; as, the extirpation of weeds from land, of evil from the heart, of a race of men, of heresy.

Extirpative

Capable of rooting out, or tending to root out.

Extirpator

One who extirpates or roots out; a destroyer.

Extispicious

Relating to the inspection of entrails for prognostication.

Extol

To place on high; to lift up; to elevate.

Extoller

One who extols; one who praises.

Extortion

The act of extorting; the act or practice of wresting anything from a person by force, by threats, or by any undue exercise of power; undue exaction; overcharge.

Extortioner

One who practices extortion; an extortionist.

Extra

Something in addition to what is due, expected, or customary; esp., an added charge or fee, or something for which an additional charge is made; as, at some hotels air conditioning is an extra.

Extra-ocular

Inserted exterior to the eyes; -- said of the antenn/ of certain insects.

Extrabranchial

Outside of the branchial arches; -- said of the cartilages thus placed in some fishes.

Extracapsular

Situated outside of a capsule, esp. outside the capsular ligament of a joint.

extracellular

located or occurring outside of a living cell or cells; as, extracellular fluid. Opposite of intracellular.

Extract

That which is extracted or drawn out.

Extractiform

Having the form, appearance, or nature, of an extract.

Extraction

The act of extracting, or drawing out; as, the extraction of a tooth, of a bone or an arrow from the body, of a stump from earth, of a passage from a book, of an essence or tincture.

Extractor

One who, or that which, extracts A forceps or instrument for extracting substances. A device for withdrawing a cartridge or spent cartridge shell from the chamber of the barrel.

Extraditable

Subject, or liable, to extradition, as a fugitive from justice.

Extradite

To deliver up by one government to another, as a fugitive from justice. See Extradition.

Extradition

The surrender or delivery of an alleged criminal by one State or sovereignty to another having jurisdiction to try charge.

Extrados

The exterior curve of an arch; esp., the upper curved face of the whole body of voussoirs. See Intrados.

Extradotal

Forming no part of the dowry; as, extradotal property.

Extrafoliaceous

Away from the leaves, or inserted in a different place from them; as, extrafoliaceous prickles.

Extrajudicial

Out of or beyond the power authority of a court or judge; beyond jurisdiction; not valid as a part of a judicial proceeding; as, extrajudicial oaths, judgments, etc., are null and void.

Extralimitary

Being beyond the limit or bounds; as, extraliminary land.

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