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?.
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Beyond the limits of a territory or particular jurisdiction; exterritorial.
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.
Beyond or outside of the tropics.
Extracted; descended.
A wandering beyond proper limits; an excursion or sally from the usual way, course, or limit.
Extravagance.
One who is confined to no general rule.
In an extravagant manner; wildly; excessively; profusely.
The state of being extravagant or in excess; excess; extravagance.
A composition, as in music, or in the drama, designed to produce effect by its wild irregularity; esp., a musical caricature.
To rove.
A wandering beyond limits; excess.
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.
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.
Outside the vessels; -- said of the substance of all the tissues. Destitute of vessels; non-vascular.
Let out of the veins.
The act of throwing out; the state of being turned or thrown out.
Extraction.
The utmost point or verge; that part which terminates a body; extremity.
Having no extremes; infinite.
In an extreme manner or state; in the utmost degree; to the utmost point; exceedingly; as, extremely hot or cold.
A supporter of extreme doctrines or practice; one who holds extreme opinions.
The extreme part; the utmost limit; the farthest or remotest point or part; as, the extremities of a country.
the point located farthest from the middle of something.
Capable of being extricated.
To free, as from difficulties or perplexities; to disentangle; to disembarrass; as, to extricate a person from debt, peril, etc.
freed from an entanglement or difficulty.
The act or process of extricating or disentangling; a freeing from perplexities; disentanglement.
Not contained in or belonging to a body; external; outward; unessential; -- opposed to intrinsic.
Extrinsic.
The state or quality of being extrinsic.
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.
The condition of being turned wrong side out; as, extroversion of the bladder.
A person who is extroverted; a person who is marked by an interest in others or concerned primarily with external reality. Contrasted with introvert.
directed outward; marked by an interest in other people or concerned primarily with external reality.
To construct.
A building up; construction.
Constructive.
A builder.
To thrust out; to force, press, or push out; to expel; to drive off or away.
The act of thrusting or pushing out; a driving out; expulsion.
Forced out at the surface; as, extrusive rocks; -- contrasted with intrusive.
A swelling or rising; protuberance.
Extuberance.
Swollen out; protuberant.
To swell out.
Protuberance.
A swelling or rising.
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.
Exuberance.
Characterized by abundance or superabundance; plenteous; rich; overflowing; copious or excessive in production; as, exuberant goodness; an exuberant intellect; exuberant foliage.
To abound; to be in great abundance.
See Exsuccous.
A product of exudation; an exuded substance.
The act of exuding; sweating; a discharge of humors, moisture, juice, or gum, as through pores or incisions; also, the substance exuded.
To flow from a body through the pores, or by a natural discharge, as juice.
Very sore; ulcerated.
Ulceration.
Tending to cause ulcers; exulceratory.
Having a tendency to form ulcers; rendering ulcerous.
To be in high spirits; figuratively, to leap for joy; to rejoice in triumph or exceedingly; to triumph; as, an exulting heart.
Exultation.
Inclined to exult; characterized by, or expressing, exultation; rejoicing triumphantly.
The act of exulting; lively joy at success or victory, or at any advantage gained; rapturous delight; triumph.
Rejoicing triumphantly or exceedingly; exultant.
To overflow; to inundate.
An overflow, or overflowing abundance.
To pare off, as nails, the hoof, etc.
Surmountable; superable.
Superiority; superfluity.
Surpassing; exceeding; surmounting.
To excel; to surmount.
The act of rising or coming into view.
Arising; coming to light.
See Exsuscitate
The act or operation of burning up.
An issue.
n. sing. of Exuvi/.
Capability of shedding the skin periodically.
Capable of being cast off in the form of exuvi/.
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.
Of or pertaining to exuvi/.
To she/ [1913 Webster]d an old covering or condition preliminary to taking on a new one; to molt.
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.
An interj. of wonder or inquiry.
Formerly, one of the administrative divisions or provinces of the Ottoman Empire; -- now called a vilayet.
Unfledged, or newly fledged.
An unfledged or young male sparrow hawk.
To appear; to look.
a small dropping tube for delivering drops of a liquid; same as dropper{2}.
That which makes the eyes open, as startling news or occurrence; something which causes one to suddenly understand what was not previously known.
a radiant glance of the eye; as, he pretended profundity by eye-beamings at people.
An object or person that seizes the attention; as, her Statue of Liberty outfit was an eye-catcher.
Seizing the attention; as, eye-catching posters; as, she wore an eye-catching low-cut gown.
creating the illusion of seeing reality.
a solution used as a cleanser for the eyes.
Having one's mental imagery prevailingly of the visual type; having one's thoughts and memories mainly in the form of visual images.
Causing one suddenly to learn or understand what was not previously known; as, an eye-opening look into the private machinations of the governor.
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.
An object of interest to the eye; one worshiped with the eyes.
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.
A simple visual organ found in many invertebrates, consisting of pigment cells covering a sensory nerve termination. An eyelike spot of color.
Marked with spots like eyes.
The ball or globe of the eye.
A bar with an eye at one or both ends.
A glance of the eye.
A bolt with a looped head, or an opening in the head.
A small annual plant (Euphrasia officinalis), formerly much used as a remedy for diseases of the eye.
The brow or hairy arch above the eye.
a cosmetic pencil-like device used to apply a tint to the eyebrows, or darken lighter areas on the eyebrows. It is sometimes used to create a /beauty mark/ on the face.
A small oval porcelain or glass cup, having a rim curved to fit the orbit of the eye. it is used in the application of liquid remedies to eyes; -- called also eyeglass.
Heaving (such or so many) eyes; -- used in composition; as, sharp-eyed; blue-eyed; dull-eyed; sad-eyed; ox-eyed Juno; myriad-eyed.
A tear.
A blinder on a horse's bridle.
Filling or satisfying the eye; visible; remarkable.
a view of something remarkable; a completely satisfying view; as much as, or more than, one would want to see; as, he got an eyeful of burnt-out buildings on his tour of the south Bronx.
A glance of eye.
A lens of glass worn in front of the eye to assist vision; -- usually used in the plural, referring to a pair of lenses fixed together in a frame, and worn resting on the bridge of the nose, to improve the vision. A single eyeglass in a frame is called a monocle.
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