EXOSSATED
EXOS'SATED, adjective [infra.] Deprived of bones.
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American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.
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EXOSSEOUS
EXOS'SEOUS, adjective [Latin ex and ossa, bones.] Without bones; destitute of bones; as exosseous animals.
EXOTERIC
EXOT'ERIC, adjective [Gr. exterior.] External; public; opposed to esoteric or secret. The exoteric doctrines of the ancient philosophers were those which were openly professed a...
EXOTERY
EX'OTERY, noun What is obvious or common.
EXOTIC
EXOT'IC, adjective [Gr. without.] Foreign; pertaining to or produced in a foreign country; not native; extraneous; as an exotic plant; an exotic term or word.EXOT'IC, noun A pla...
EXPAND
EXPAND', verb transitive [Latin expando; es and pando, to open or spread; Eng. span. The primary sense is to strain or stretch, and this seems to be the sense of bend, Latin pan...
EXPANDED
EXPAND'ED, participle passive Opened; spread; extended; dilated; enlarged; diffused.
EXPANDING
EXPAND'ING, participle present tense Opening; spreading; extending; dilating; diffusing.
EXPANSE
EXPANSE, noun expans'. [Latin expansum.] A spreading; extend; a wide extent of space or body; as the expanse of heave.The smooth expanse of crystal lakes.
EXPANSIBILITY
EXPANSIBIL'ITY, noun [from expansible.] The capacity of being expanded; capacity of extension in surface or bulk; as the expansibility of air.
EXPANSIBLE
EXPANS'IBLE, adjective Capable of being expanded or spread; capable of being extended, dilated or diffused.Bodies are not expansible in proportion to their weight.
EXPANSILE
EXPANS'ILE, adjective Capable of expanding, or of being dilated.
EXPANSION
EXPAN'SION, noun [Latin expansio.] The act of expanding or spreading out.1. The state of being expanded; the enlargement of surface or bulk; dilatation. We apply expansion to su...
EXPANSIVE
EXPANS'IVE, adjective Having the power to expand, to spread, or to dilate; as the expansive force of heat or fire.1. Having the capacity of being expanded; as the expansive qual...
EXPANSIVENESS
EXPANS'IVENESS, noun The quality of being expansive.Ex parte, [Latin] On one part; as a hearing or a council ex parte, on one side only.
EXPATIATE
EXPA'TIATE, verb intransitive [Latin expatior; ex and spatior, to wander, to enlarge in discourse, spatium, space, probably allied to pateo, to open.1. To open at large; to rove...
EXPATIATING
EXPA'TIATING, participle present tense Roving at large; moving in space without certain limits or restraint; enlarging in discourse or writing.
EXPATIATOR
EXPA'TIATOR, noun One who enlarges or amplifies in language.
EXPATRIATE
EXPAT'RIATE, verb transitive [Latin ex and patria, country.]In a general sense, to banish.To expatriate one's self, is to quit one's country, renouncing citizenship and allegian...
EXPATRIATED
EXPAT'RIATED, participle passive Banished; removed from one's native country, with renunciation of citizenship and allegiance.
EXPATRIATING
EXPAT'RIATING, participle present tense Banishing; abandoning one's country, with renunciation of allegiance.
EXPATRIATION
EXPATRIA'TION, noun Banishment. More generally, the forsaking one's own country, with a renunciation of allegiance, and with the view of becoming a permanent resident and citize...
EXPECT
EXPECT', verb transitive [Latin expecto; ex and specto, to look, that is, to reach forward, or to fix the eyes.]1. To wait for.The guards,By me encamp'd on yonder hill, expectTh...
EXPECTABLE
EXPECT'ABLE, adjective To be expected; that may be expected.
EXPECTANCE
EXPECT'ANCEEXPECT'ANCY, noun The act or state of expecting; expectation.1. Something expected.2. Hope; a looking for with pleasure.EXPECT'ANCY, noun In law, a state of waiting o...
EXPECTANCY
EXPECT'ANCY, n. The act or state of expecting; expectation.1. Something expected.2. Hope; a looking for with pleasure.EXPECT'ANCY, n. In law, a state of waiting or suspension. A...
EXPECTANT
EXPECT'ANT, adjective Waiting; looking for.1. An expectant estate, is one which is suspended till the determination of a particular estate.EXPECT'ANT, noun One who expects; one ...