eksˈpəunənt
81excorticate — /eks kawr ti kayt /, v.t., excorticated, excorticating. decorticate. [1375 1425 for earlier adj. sense; 1650 60 for current sense; late ME excorticat hulled < LL excorticatus, ptp. of excorticare to peel. See EX 1, CORTEX, ATE] * * * …
82excudit — /eks kooh dit/, Latin. he printed or engraved (this); she printed or engraved (this). Abbr.: exc., excud. * * * …
83ex curia — /eks kyoor ee euh/ out of court; without litigation. [ < L ex curia] * * * …
84excurvature — /eks kerr veuh cheuhr/, n. the condition of being curved outward or away from the center. Also, excurvation /ek skeuhr vay sheuhn/. [EX 1 + CURVATURE] * * * …
85ex-directory — /eks di rek teuh ree, tree, duy /, adj. Brit. (of a telephone number) unlisted in a telephone directory. [1935 40] * * * …
86exfoliation — /eks foh lee ay sheuhn/, n. 1. the act, state, or process of exfoliating. 2. the state of being exfoliated. 3. something that is exfoliated or scaled off. [1670 80; NL exfoliation (s. of exfoliatio). See EXFOLIATE, ION] * * * ▪ geology… …
87ex gratia — /eks gray shee euh/ as a favor rather than as a matter of right: ex gratia payments made to nonstriking workers. [1760 70; < L ex gratia out of goodwill] * * * …
88exhalant — /eks hay leuhnt, ek say /, adj. 1. exhaling; emitting. n. 2. something that exhales, as the ducts of certain mollusks. Also, exhalent. [1765 75; < L exhalant (s. of exhalans), prp. of exhalare to EXHALE; see ANT] * * * …
89exhalation — /eks heuh lay sheuhn, ek seuh /, n. 1. the act of exhaling. 2. something that is exhaled; vapor; emanation. [1350 1400; ME exalacion < L exhalation (s. of exhalatio). See EXHALE, ATION] * * * …
90exhale — /eks hayl , ek sayl /, v., exhaled, exhaling. v.i. 1. to emit breath or vapor; breathe out. 2. to pass off as vapor; pass off as an effluence. v.t. 3. to breathe out; emit (air, vapor, sound, etc.): to exhale a sigh. 4. to give off as vapor: The… …
