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exiguitās
(uncountable) The quality of being scanty.
exiguus
Not adequate; lacking in quality or quantity required; insufficient for a purpose.
eximiē
To an unusual, remarkable or exceptional degree.
eximius
Distinguished by a unique, particular, or unusual quality.
eximō
To set free (a person or group) from the oppression or restraint of another; to liberate.
eximus
Not ordinary; exceptional; unusual.
existimatio
A reputation.
exīstimātor
A person who evaluates something or forms an opinion.
existo
(intransitive) To come up from one's bed or place of repose; to get up.
exitiābilis
Causing destruction; damaging.
exitiālis
Causing death; lethal.
exitiosus
Causing destruction; damaging.
exitium
The cessation of life and all associated processes; the end of an organism's existence as an entity independent from its environment and its return to an inert, nonliving state.
exitus
The most extreme point of an object, especially one that is longer than it is wide.
exodium
(narratology) The chronological conclusion of a series of narrative works.
Exodus
(biblical) The departure of the Hebrew slaves from Egypt under the leadership of Moses.
exorabulum
That which entices, or incites to evil; means of allurement; an alluring object.
exorcismus
The ritual act of driving out evil spirits from persons, places or things that are possessed by them.
exordium
(uncountable) The act of doing that which begins anything; commencement of an action, state, or space of time; entrance into being or upon a course; the first act, effort, or state of a succession of acts or states.
exōrō
(transitive, now, rare, regional) To urge, plead; to try to convince (someone to do something). [from 16th c.]
exos
(US, humorous) Without pizza crust; without pizza bones
exossis
(US, humorous) Without pizza crust; without pizza bones
exossō
To prepare (meat, etc) by removing the bone or bones from.
expando
(transitive) To change (something) from a smaller form or size to a larger one; to spread out or lay open.
expānsiō
An act, process, or instance of expanding.
expatrō
To waste, lavish, splurge; to spend lavishly or profusely; to dissipate.
expectatio
A delay.
expecto
(transitive) To be in store for; to be ready or in waiting for.
expedio
(transitive) To accelerate the progress of.
expedītiō
A series of operations undertaken to achieve a set goal.
expeditio sacra
Any of a series of religious campaigns by Christian forces from the 11th to the 13th century, mostly to capture the Holy Land from the Muslims who occupied it.
expedītus
Not burdened with worries, cares or responsibilities.
expellō
(transitive) To eject.
expendō
(transitive) To determine the weight of an object.
expergiscor
(transitive) (often followed by up) To make somebody stop sleeping; to rouse from sleep.
expergō
(transitive) (often followed by up) To make somebody stop sleeping; to rouse from sleep.
experiens
Very able and ingenious in business dealings or social advancement.
experientia
The effect upon the judgment or feelings produced by any event, whether witnessed or participated in; personal and direct impressions as contrasted with description or fancies; personal acquaintance; actual enjoyment or suffering.
experīmentum
A test under controlled conditions made to either demonstrate a known truth, examine the validity of a hypothesis, or determine the efficacy or likelihood of something previously untried.
experio
(transitive) To experience.
experior
(transitive) To observe certain events; undergo a certain feeling or process; or perform certain actions that may alter one or contribute to one's knowledge, opinions, or skills.
expīlātor
One who loots, who steals during a general disturbance such as a riot or natural disaster.
expīlō
(ambitransitive) To loot or plunder by force, especially in time of war.
expiō
(ambitransitive) To make reparation, compensation, amends or satisfaction for an offence, crime, mistake or deficiency. [from 1680s]
explanatio
The act or process of explaining.
explānō
(transitive) To make plain, manifest, or intelligible; to clear of obscurity; to illustrate the meaning of.
explicātor
one who explains.
explicātrix
one who explains.
explicātus
(idiomatic) Straightforward, obvious, simple, or basic.
explicō
(transitive) To make plain, manifest, or intelligible; to clear of obscurity; to illustrate the meaning of.
explorator
Someone who works for an intelligence agency: whether an officer or employee thereof or anyone else who agrees to help their efforts (for ideology, for money, as blackmailee, or otherwise).
explōrō
(transitive) To travel somewhere in search of discovery.
expolio
(transitive) To cause (something) to be smooth and shiny by rubbing; put a shine on (something); polish (something).
expōnentiālis
(mathematics) Expressed in terms of an exponent (power of a base), the base often being 10 or e.
expōnō
To submit to an active (mostly dangerous) substance like an allergen, ozone, nicotine, solvent, or to any other stress, in order to test the reaction, resistance, etc.
exportō
(transitive) To sell (goods) to a foreign country.
expugnō
(chiefly, military) To violently assault (a fortified position or stronghold, a building, etc.) with the aim of gaining control of it.
expulsiō
The act of expelling or the state of being expelled.
expungō
(transitive) To make indecipherable; to obliterate.
exsanguis
Lacking blood; ashen, anaemic.
exsecratio
A supernatural detriment or hindrance; a bane.
exsecror
To bring great evil upon; to be the cause of serious harm or unhappiness to; to furnish with that which will be a cause of deep trouble; to afflict or injure grievously; to harass or torment.
exsecūtiō
The act of putting to death or being put to death as a penalty, or actions so associated.
exsequia
A group of people or things moving along in an orderly, stately, or solemn manner; a train of persons advancing in order; a retinue.
exsilium
The state of being banished, exile.
exsistentia
(Ontology) The state of being, existing, or occurring; beinghood.
exsisto
(intransitive) To come or be in sight; to be in view; to become visible.
exsomnis
Awake; not sleeping.
exspecto
(transitive) To be in store for; to be ready or in waiting for.
exspiro
(intransitive) To stop living; to become dead; to undergo death.
exstinctiō
The action of making or becoming extinct; annihilation.
exstinguō
To stop (fire, etc.) from burning; also, to stop (light, etc.) from shining; to put out, to quench.
exsto
(intransitive, stative) to be; have existence; have being or reality
exstructum
A raised floor for any purpose, e.g. for workmen during construction, or formerly for military cannon.
exsuco
(transitive, figurative) To exhaust; to cause to run dry.
exsul
(countable) Someone who is banished from his home or country.
exsulo
(transitive) To send (someone or something) into exile.
exsultātiō
The act of exulting; great joy at success or victory, or at any advantage gained; rapturous delight
exsultō
(intransitive) To rejoice; to be very happy, especially in triumph; to triumph (over).
extālis
(anatomy) The terminal part of the large intestine through which feces pass after exiting the colon, but before leaving the body through the anus or cloaca.
extemplō
(chiefly, formal, literary, law) Without delay; immediately. [from early 14th c.]
extemporālis
Done by one's own free choice, or without planning.
extendo
(transitive, by extension) To extend an action, effort, or influence to; to penetrate to; to pierce, or cut.
extentus
(figurative) Considerable in amount.
exter
Provided by something or someone outside of the entity (object, group, company etc.) considered.
externus
Provided by something or someone outside of the entity (object, group, company etc.) considered.
exterritus
Afraid; suffering from fear.
exterus
Outside; external.
extiguor
(transitive, often, euphemistic) To make vanish; especially, to abduct or murder for political reasons.
extinctiō
The action of making or becoming extinct; annihilation.
extinguo
(transitive) To extinguish or put out (as a fire or light).
extollo
(transitive) To make beautiful; to increase the beauty of.
extorqueō
(transitive) To take or seize from an unwilling person by physical force, menace, duress, torture, or any undue or illegal exercise of power or ingenuity.
extortor
Someone who extorts; an extortioner.
extrā
On the outside of, not inside (something, such as a building).
extrā terram
Originating from outside of the Earth's atmosphere, from space, or from another planet; alien to Earth or its environment.
extractio
An act or episode of rescuing, saving.
extraculum
An implement for opening bottles that are sealed by a cork. Sometimes specifically such an implement that includes a screw-shaped part, or worm.
extrahō
(transitive) To draw out; to pull out; to remove forcibly from a fixed position, as by traction or suction, etc.
extranaturalis
Above nature; beyond or added to nature, often so considered because it is given by a deity or some force beyond that with which humans are born.
extrānea
An outsider or foreigner.
extraneus
Located outside a country or place, especially one's own.
extraordinarius
Not ordinary; exceptional; unusual.
extrāterrestriālis
Originating from outside of the Earth's atmosphere, from space, or from another planet; alien to Earth or its environment.
extrāterrestris
Originating from outside of the Earth's atmosphere, from space, or from another planet; alien to Earth or its environment.
extremitās
The most extreme or furthest point of something. [from c. 1400]
extremum
The most extreme point of an object, especially one that is longer than it is wide.
extremus
The most extreme point of an object, especially one that is longer than it is wide.
extrīcō
(transitive) To free something from entanglement; to extricate or unknot.
exuō
(chiefly, clothing) To remove or take off (something worn on the body such as armour or clothing, or something carried).
exustiō
A large fire extending to many objects, or over a large space; a general burning.
faba
Any plant of several genera of the taxonomic family Fabaceae that produces large edible seeds or edible seedpods.
fābella
A rehearsal of what has occurred; narrative; discourse; statement; history; story.
faber
A craftsperson who works metal into desired forms using a hammer and other tools, sometimes heating the metal to make it more workable, especially a blacksmith.
faber ferrārius
A person who forges iron.
fabrica
A building or other place where manufacturing takes place. [from 17th c.]
fabricātor
A person who fabricates or manufactures something; a manufacturer
fabula
A folktale or literary story featuring fairies or similar fantasy characters.
fābula Mīlēsia
A work of prose fiction, longer than a novella. [from 17th c.]
fābula Rōmānēnsis
A work of prose fiction, longer than a novella. [from 17th c.]
fabularis
Of or pertaining to a legend or to legends.
fābulātiō
A fictitious narrative intended to enforce some useful truth or precept, usually with animals, etc. as characters; an apologue. Prototypically, Aesop's Fables.
fabulātor
A person who relates stories through one medium or another to an audience.
fabulor
To be engaged in informal conversation.
facere
(transitive) To perform; to execute.
facetia
Something said or done for amusement, not in seriousness.
facetiae
Humour, especially when clever or quick.
facētus
Characterised by or exhibiting elegance.
faciens
A deed or action, especially when somebody is held responsible for it.
faciēs
(anatomy) The front part of the head of a human or other animal, featuring the eyes, nose, and mouth, and the surrounding area.
facile
Without difficulty.
facilis
Docile, or inclined to give way to pressure.
faciliter
Without difficulty.
facinus
(countable) A specific act committed in violation of the law, especially criminal law.
facio
(obsolete, transitive) To do (something); to perform.
faciō ad libitum
To make something up or invent it as one goes on; to proceed guided only by imagination, intuition, and guesswork rather than by a careful plan.
facio castrum
To set up a camp.
faciō dīlābī
(science fiction, transitive) To cause to break up into infinitesimal parts through the use of a disintegrator.
facio dolōrem
(intransitive) To feel a pungent pain of mind; to feel sharp pain or grief; to be punished severely; to feel the sting of evil.
faciō haerēre
(dated, transitive) To bring to a halt; to stymie; to puzzle.
faciō intersecāre
To place across or athwart; to cause to intersect.
faciō īrātus
(transitive) To cause such a feeling of antagonism in.
faciō morīre
(transitive) To put to death; to extinguish the life of.
faciō sēditiōnem
(intransitive) To commit a mutiny.
faciō sponsiōnem
(transitive, ditransitive) To stake or pledge upon the outcome of an event; to wager.
facsimilis
A document sent, or received and printed, by a fax machine.
factīcius
Created by humans; artificial.
factito
(transitive) To repeat (an activity) as a way of improving one's skill in that activity.
factor
(obsolete) A doer, maker; a person who does things for another person or organization.
factūra
The act of forming, causing, or constituting; workmanship; construction.

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