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Extralimitary

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

Extramural

Outside of the walls, as of a fortified or walled city.

Extraneity

State of being without or beyond a thing; foreignness.

Extraneous

Not belonging to, or dependent upon, a thing; without or beyond a thing; not essential or intrinsic; foreign; as, to separate gold from extraneous matter.

Extraordinary

That which is extraordinary; -- used especially in the plural; as, extraordinaries excepted, there is nothing to prevent success.

Extraprofessional

Foreign to a profession; not within the ordinary limits of professional duty or business.

Extraprovincial

Not within of pertaining to the same province or jurisdiction.

extrasensory perception

the ability to perceive or gain information about external facts or events by means other than the senses.

Extrastapedial

Pertaining to a part of the columella of the ear, which, in many animals, projects beyond the connection with the stapes. The extrastapedial part of columella.

extraterrestrial

a hypothetical form of life existing outside the Earth or its atmosphere, especially intelligent life on other planets or in other solar systems; as, what would you say to an extraterrestrial?.

Extraterritorial

Beyond the limits of a territory or particular jurisdiction; exterritorial.

Extraterritoriality

The state of being beyond the limits of a particular territory A fiction by which a public minister, though actually in a foreign country, is supposed still to remain within the territory of his own sovereign or nation.

Extravagance

A wandering beyond proper limits; an excursion or sally from the usual way, course, or limit.

Extravagantly

In an extravagant manner; wildly; excessively; profusely.

Extravagantness

The state of being extravagant or in excess; excess; extravagance.

Extravaganza

A composition, as in music, or in the drama, designed to produce effect by its wild irregularity; esp., a musical caricature.

Extravasate

To pass by infiltration or effusion from the normal channel, such as a blood vessel or a lymphatic, into the surrounding tissue; -- said of blood, lymph, etc.

Extravasation

The act of forcing or letting out of its proper vessels or ducts, as a fluid; effusion; as, an extravasation of blood after a rupture of the vessels.

Extravascular

Outside the vessels; -- said of the substance of all the tissues. Destitute of vessels; non-vascular.

Extraversion

The act of throwing out; the state of being turned or thrown out.

Extreme

The utmost point or verge; that part which terminates a body; extremity.

Extremely

In an extreme manner or state; in the utmost degree; to the utmost point; exceedingly; as, extremely hot or cold.

Extremist

A supporter of extreme doctrines or practice; one who holds extreme opinions.

Extremity

The extreme part; the utmost limit; the farthest or remotest point or part; as, the extremities of a country.

extremum

the point located farthest from the middle of something.

Extricate

To free, as from difficulties or perplexities; to disentangle; to disembarrass; as, to extricate a person from debt, peril, etc.

extricated

freed from an entanglement or difficulty.

Extrication

The act or process of extricating or disentangling; a freeing from perplexities; disentanglement.

Extrinsic

Not contained in or belonging to a body; external; outward; unessential; -- opposed to intrinsic.

Extroitive

Seeking or going out after external objects.

Extrorse

Facing outwards, or away from the axis of growth; -- said esp. of anthers occupying the outer side of the filament.

extroversion

The condition of being turned wrong side out; as, extroversion of the bladder.

extrovert

A person who is extroverted; a person who is marked by an interest in others or concerned primarily with external reality. Contrasted with introvert.

extrovertive extroverted

directed outward; marked by an interest in other people or concerned primarily with external reality.

Extrude

To thrust out; to force, press, or push out; to expel; to drive off or away.

Extrusion

The act of thrusting or pushing out; a driving out; expulsion.

Extrusive

Forced out at the surface; as, extrusive rocks; -- contrasted with intrusive.

Exuberance

The state of being exuberant; an overflowing quantity; a copious or excessive production or supply; superabundance; richness; as, an exuberance of joy, of fancy, or of foliage.

Exuberant

Characterized by abundance or superabundance; plenteous; rich; overflowing; copious or excessive in production; as, exuberant goodness; an exuberant intellect; exuberant foliage.

Exuberate

To abound; to be in great abundance.

Exudate

A product of exudation; an exuded substance.

Exudation

The act of exuding; sweating; a discharge of humors, moisture, juice, or gum, as through pores or incisions; also, the substance exuded.

Exude

To flow from a body through the pores, or by a natural discharge, as juice.

Exulceratory

Having a tendency to form ulcers; rendering ulcerous.

Exult

To be in high spirits; figuratively, to leap for joy; to rejoice in triumph or exceedingly; to triumph; as, an exulting heart.

Exultant

Inclined to exult; characterized by, or expressing, exultation; rejoicing triumphantly.

Exultation

The act of exulting; lively joy at success or victory, or at any advantage gained; rapturous delight; triumph.

Exulting

Rejoicing triumphantly or exceedingly; exultant.

Exustion

The act or operation of burning up.

Exuviable

Capable of being cast off in the form of exuvi/.

Exuviae

Cast skins, shells, or coverings of animals; any parts of animals which are shed or cast off, as the skins of snakes, the shells of lobsters, etc.

Exuviate

To she/ [1913 Webster]d an old covering or condition preliminary to taking on a new one; to molt.

Exuviation

The rejecting or casting off of some part, more particularly, the outer cuticular layer, as the shells of crustaceans, skins of snakes, etc.; molting; ecdysis.

Ey

An interj. of wonder or inquiry.

Eyalet

Formerly, one of the administrative divisions or provinces of the Ottoman Empire; -- now called a vilayet.

Eyas

Unfledged, or newly fledged.

Eyasmusket

An unfledged or young male sparrow hawk.

Eye

To appear; to look.

eye dropper

a small dropping tube for delivering drops of a liquid; same as dropper{2}.

eye opener

That which makes the eyes open, as startling news or occurrence; something which causes one to suddenly understand what was not previously known.

eye-beaming

a radiant glance of the eye; as, he pretended profundity by eye-beamings at people.

eye-catcher

An object or person that seizes the attention; as, her Statue of Liberty outfit was an eye-catcher.

eye-catching

Seizing the attention; as, eye-catching posters; as, she wore an eye-catching low-cut gown.

eye-lotion

a solution used as a cleanser for the eyes.

Eye-minded

Having one's mental imagery prevailingly of the visual type; having one's thoughts and memories mainly in the form of visual images.

eye-opening

Causing one suddenly to learn or understand what was not previously known; as, an eye-opening look into the private machinations of the governor.

eye-piece eyepiece

The lens, or combination of lenses, at the eye end of a microscope, telescope or other optical instrument, through which the image formed by the mirror or object glass is viewed.

Eye-saint

An object of interest to the eye; one worshiped with the eyes.

Eye-splice

A splice formed by bending a rope's end back, and fastening it into the rope, forming a loop or eye. See Illust. under Splice.

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