Extensile (a.) Suited for, or capable of, extension; extensible.
Extension (v. t.) The act of extending or the state of being extended; a stretching out; enlargement in breadth or continuation of length; increase; augmentation; expansion.
Extension (v. t.) That property of a body by which it occupies a portion of space.
Extension (v. t.) Capacity of a concept or general term to include a greater or smaller number of objects; -- correlative of intension.
Extension (v. t.) The operation of stretching a broken bone so as to bring the fragments into the same straight line.
Extension (v. t.) The straightening of a limb, in distinction from flexion.
Extension (v. t.) A written engagement on the part of a creditor, allowing a debtor further time to pay a debt.
Extensional (a.) Having great extent.
Extensionist (n.) One who favors or advocates extension.
Extensive (a.) 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.
Extensive (a.) Capable of being extended.
Extensively (adv.) To a great extent; widely; largely; as, a story is extensively circulated.
Extensiveness (n.) The state of being extensive; wideness; largeness; extent; diffusiveness.
Extensometer (n.) 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 (n.) A muscle which serves to extend or straighten any part of the body, as an arm or a finger; -- opposed to flexor.
Extensure (n.) Extension.
Extent (a.) Extended.
Extent (n.) 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.
Extent (n.) Degree; measure; proportion.
Extent (n.) A peculiar species of execution upon debts due to the crown, under which the lands and goods of the debtor may be seized to secure payment.
Extent (n.) A process of execution by which the lands and goods of a debtor are valued and delivered to the creditor.
Extenuated (imp. & p. p.) of Extenuate
Extenuating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Extenuate
Extenuate (v. t.) To make thin or slender; to draw out so as to lessen the thickness.
Extenuate (v. t.) To lessen; to palliate; to lessen or weaken the force of; to diminish the conception of, as crime, guilt, faults, ills, accusations, etc.; -- opposed to aggravate.
Extenuate (v. t.) To lower or degrade; to detract from.
Extenuate (v. i.) To become thinner; to make excuses; to advance palliating considerations.
Extenuate (a.) Thin; slender.
Extenuation (n.) 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.
Extenuator (n.) One who extenuates.
Extenuatory (a.) Tending to extenuate or palliate.
Exterior (a.) External; outward; pertaining to that which is external; -- opposed to interior; as, the exterior part of a sphere.
Exterior (a.) External; on the outside; without the limits of; extrinsic; as, an object exterior to a man, opposed to what is within, or in his mind.
Exterior (a.) Relating to foreign nations; foreign; as, the exterior relations of a state or kingdom.
Exterior (n.) The outward surface or part of a thing; that which is external; outside.
Exterior (n.) Outward or external deportment, form, or ceremony; visible act; as, the exteriors of religion.
Exteriority (n.) Surface; superficies; externality.
Exteriorly (adv.) Outwardly; externally; on the exterior.
Exterminated (imp. & p. p.) of Exterminate
Exterminating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Exterminate
Exterminate (v. t.) To drive out or away; to expel.
Exterminate (v. t.) To destroy utterly; to cut off; to extirpate; to annihilate; to root out; as, to exterminate a colony, a tribe, or a nation; to exterminate error or vice.
Exterminate (v. t.) To eliminate, as unknown quantities.
Extermination (n.) 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.
Extermination (n.) Elimination.
Exterminator (n.) One who, or that which, exterminates.
Exterminatory (a.) Of or pertaining to extermination; tending to exterminate.
Extermine (v. t.) To exterminate; to destroy.
Extern (a.) External; outward; not inherent.
Extern (n.) A pupil in a seminary who lives without its walls; a day scholar.
Extern (n.) Outward form or part; exterior.
External (a.) Outward; exterior; relating to the outside, as of a body; being without; acting from without; -- opposed to internal; as, the external form or surface of a body.
External (a.) Outside of or separate from ourselves; (Metaph.) separate from the perceiving mind.
External (a.) Outwardly perceptible; visible; physical or corporeal, as distinguished from mental or moral.
External (a.) Not intrinsic nor essential; accidental; accompanying; superficial.
External (a.) Foreign; relating to or connected with foreign nations; as, external trade or commerce; the external relations of a state or kingdom.
External (a.) Away from the mesial plane of the body; lateral.
External (n.) Something external or without; outward part; that which makes a show, rather than that which is intrinsic; visible form; -- usually in the plural.
Externalism (n.) The quality of being manifest to the senses; external acts or appearances; regard for externals.
Externalism (n.) That philosophy or doctrine which recognizes or deals only with externals, or objects of sense perception; positivism; phenomenalism.
Externalistic (a.) Pertaining to externalism
Externality (n.) State of being external; exteriority
Externality (n.) separation from the perceiving mind.
Externalize (v. t.) To make external; to manifest by outward form.
Externally (adv.) In an external manner; outwardly; on the outside; in appearance; visibly.
Externe (n.) An officer in attendance upon a hospital, but not residing in it; esp., one who cares for the out-patients.
Exterraneous (a.) Foreign; belonging to, or coming from, abroad.
Exterritorial (a.) Beyond the territorial limits; foreign to, or exempt from, the territorial jurisdiction.
Exterritoriality (n.) The state of being beyond the limits of a country.
Exterritoriality (n.) The state of being free from the jurisdiction of a country when within its territorial limits.
Extersion (n.) The act of wiping or rubbing out.
Extilled (imp. & p. p.) of Extill
Extilling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Extill
Extill (v. i.) To drop or distill.
Extillation (n.) Distillation.
Extimulate (v. t.) To stimulate.
Extimulation (n.) Stimulation.
Extinct (a.) Extinguished; put out; quenched; as, a fire, a light, or a lamp, is extinct; an extinct volcano.
Extinct (a.) Without a survivor; without force; dead; as, a family becomes extinct; an extinct feud or law.
Extinct (v. t.) To cause to be extinct.
Extinction (n.) 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.
Extinction (n.) State of being extinguished or of ceasing to be; destruction; suppression; as, the extinction of life, of a family, of a quarrel, of claim.
Extine (n.) The outer membrane of the grains of pollen of flowering plants.
Extinguished (imp. & p. p.) of Extinguish
Extinguishing (p pr. & vb. n.) of Extinguish
Extinguish (v. t.) 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.
Extinguish (v. t.) To obscure; to eclipse, as by superior splendor.
Extinguishable (a.) Capable of being quenched, destroyed, or suppressed.
Extinguisher (n.) One who, or that which, extinguishes; esp., a hollow cone or other device for extinguishing a flame, as of a torch or candle.
Extinguishment (n.) 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.
Extinguishment (n.) The annihilation or extinction of a right or obligation.
Extirp (v. t.) To extirpate.
Extirpable (a.) Capable of being extirpated or eradicated; as, an extirpable plant.
Extirpated (imp. & p. p.) of Extirpate
Extirpating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Extirpate
Extirpate (v. t.) 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 (n.) 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 (a.) Capable of rooting out, or tending to root out.
Extirpator (n.) One who extirpates or roots out; a destroyer.
Extirpatory (a.) Extirpative.