English to English Dictionary

Excrescence

A distinct, abnormal, or disfiguring outgrowth on the body of a human, animal, or plant, such as a wart or tumor.

Exculpation

The action of clearing someone from alleged fault or guilt.

Exculpative

Tending to clear someone from alleged guilt or blame; exonerating.

Execrator

A person who curses or denounces someone or something.

Exequies

A funeral rite or ceremony.

Exequy

A funeral procession or the rites performed at a funeral.

Exergesis

A critical explanation or interpretation of a text, especially a religious text.

Exhort

To strongly urge or encourage someone to do something.

Exhortatory

Tending to exhort; urging or strongly encouraging someone to do something.

Exhume

To dig out (something buried, especially a corpse) from the ground.

Exility

The quality or state of being slender, thin, or meager.

Eximious

Select, eminent, or extraordinarily fine; distinguished above others.