ˌeksɪˈbɪʃnə
71excaudate — /eks kaw dayt/, adj. Zool. tailless; lacking a tail or taillike process. [EX 1 + CAUDATE] * * * …
72excavate — /eks keuh vayt /, v.t., excavated, excavating. 1. to make hollow by removing the inner part; make a hole or cavity in; form into a hollow, as by digging: The ground was excavated for a foundation. 2. to make (a hole, tunnel, etc.) by removing… …
73excavator — /eks keuh vay teuhr/, n. 1. a person or thing that excavates. 2. a power driven machine for digging, moving, or transporting loose gravel, sand, or soil. 3. a sharp, spoonlike instrument used for scraping out diseased tissue, as in dentistry.… …
74exchequer — /eks chek euhr, iks chek euhr/, n. 1. a treasury, as of a state or nation. 2. (in Great Britain) a. (often cap.) the governmental department in charge of the public revenues. b. (formerly) an office administering the royal revenues and… …
75excircle — /eks serr keuhl/, n. Geom. an escribed circle. [EX 1 + CIRCLE] * * * …
76exclave — /eks klayv/, n. a portion of a country geographically separated from the main part by surrounding alien territory: West Berlin was an exclave of West Germany. [1885 90; EX 1 + clave, modeled on ENCLAVE] * * * …
77excommunicable — /eks keuh myooh ni keuh beuhl/, adj. 1. liable or deserving to be excommunicated, as a person. 2. punishable by excommunication, as an offense. [1585 95; EXCOMMUNIC(ATE) + ABLE] * * * …
78excommunication — /eks keuh myooh ni kay sheuhn/, n. 1. the act of excommunicating. 2. the state of being excommunicated. 3. the ecclesiastical sentence by which a person is excommunicated. [1425 75; late ME < LL excommunication (s. of excommunicatio). See… …
79excommunicative — /eks keuh myooh ni kay tiv, keuh tiv/, adj. disposed or serving to excommunicate. [1815 25; EXCOMMUNICATE + IVE] * * * …
80excommunicatory — /eks keuh myooh ni keuh tawr ee, tohr ee/, adj. relating to or causing excommunication. [1675 85; EXCOMMUNICATE + ORY1] * * * …
