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ESTRANGLE v.
To strangle. [Obs.]
EXHILARANT a. 2 definitions
Exciting joy, mirth, or pleasure. -- n.
EXPECTORANT a. 2 definitions
An expectorant medicine.
EXPIRANT n.
One who expires or is expiring.
EXTEMPORANEAN a.
Extemporaneous. [Obs] Burton.
EXTEMPORANEOUS a.
r without previous study; unpremeditated; off-hand; extempore; extemporary; as, an extemporaneous address or production. -- Ex*tem`po*ra"ne*ous*ly, adv. -- Ex*tem`po*ra"ne*ous*ness,n.
EXTERRANEOUS a.
Foreign; belonging to, or coming from, abroad.
EXTRABRANCHIAL a.
Outside of the branchial arches; -- said of the cartilages thus placed in some fishes.
EXTRAFORANEOUS a.
Pertaining to that which is out of doors. "Extr occupations." Cowper.
EXTRANEITY n.
State of being without or beyond a thing; foreignness. [Obs.]
EXTRANEOUS a.
hout or beyond a thing; not essential or intrinsic; foreign; as, to separate gold from extraneous matter. Nothing is admitted extraneous from the indictment. Landor. -- Ex*tra"ne*ous*ly, adv.
EXTUBERANCE n.
A swelling or rising; protuberance. [R.] Moxon.
EXTUBERANCY n.
Extuberance. [R.]
EXTUBERANT a.
Swollen out; protuberant. [R.] "Extuberant lips." Gayton.
EXUBERANCE n.
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.
EXUBERANCY n.
, . Exuberance.
EXUBERANT a.
uperabundance; plenteous; rich; overflowing; copious or excessive in production; as, exuberant goodness; an exuberant intellect; exuberant foliage. "Exuberant spring." Thomson. -- Ex*u"ber*ant*ly, adv.
EXUPERANCE n.
Superiority; superfluity. [Obs.] Sir K. Digby.
EXUPERANT a.
Surpassing; exceeding; surmounting. [Obs.]
FARAND n.
See Farrand, n.
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