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Extinguishable (?), a. Capable of being quenched, destroyed, or suppressed.
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extinguished adj. 1. (Psychol.) caused to die out because of the absence or withdrawal of reinforcement; -- of a conditioned response.
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2. no longer burning; -- of a fire.
Syn. -- extinct, out(predicate), quenched.
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3. no longer existing; -- of species.
Syn. -- dead.
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Extinguisher (?), n. One who, or that which, extinguishes; esp., a hollow cone or other device for extinguishing a flame, as of a torch or candle.
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Coloq. fire extinguisher a portable device designed to deliver chemicals, usually in a stream, that can suppress or extinguish a fire. Examples of fire extinghuishers are a carbon dioxide extinguisher, or CO2 extinguisher, and soda-acid extinguisher.
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Extinguishment (?), n. 1. The act of extinguishing, putting out, or quenching, or the state of being extinguished; extinction; suppression; destruction; nullification; as, the extinguishment of fire or flame, of discord, enmity, or jealousy, or of love or affection.
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2. (Law) The annihilation or extinction of a right or obligation. Abbott.
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Extirp (�), v. t. [Cf. F. extirper.] To extirpate. [Obs.]
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It is impossible to extirp it quite, friar. Shak.
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Extirpable (?), a. Capable of being extirpated or eradicated; as, an extirpable plant. Evelyn.
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Extirpate (?; 277), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Extirpated(?); p. pr. & vb. n. Extirpating(?).] [L. extirpatus, exstirpatus, p. p. of extirpare, exstirpare; ex out + strips stock, stem, root.] To pluck up by the stem or root; to root out; to eradicate, literally or figuratively; to destroy wholly; as, to extirpate weeds; to extirpate a tumor; to extirpate a sect; to extirpate error or heresy.

Syn. -- To eradicate; root out; destroy; exterminate; annihilate; extinguish.
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Extirpation (?), n. [L. extirpatio, exstirpatio: cf. F. extirpation.] The act of extirpating or rooting out, or the state of being extirpated; eradication; excision; total destruction; as, the extirpation of weeds from land, of evil from the heart, of a race of men, of heresy.
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Extirpative (?), a. Capable of rooting out, or tending to root out. Cheyne.
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Extirpator (?; 277), n. [L. extirpator, exstirpator: cf. F. extirpateur.] One who extirpates or roots out; a destroyer.
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Extirpatory (?), a. Extirpative.
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Extirper (?), n. Extirpator. [Obs.] Bacon.
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Extispicious (?), a. [L. extispicium an inspection of the inwards for divination; extra the entrails + specer to look at.] Relating to the inspection of entrails for prognostication. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.
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Extogenous (?), a. [L. exter outward + �genous.] (Biol.) Exogenous.
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Extol (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Extolled(?); p. pr. & vb. n. Extolling.] [L. extollere; ex out + tollere to lift, take up, or raise: cf. OF. extoller. See , and cf. .] 1. To place on high; to lift up; to elevate. [Obs.]
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Who extolled you in the half-crown boxes,
Where you might sit and muster all the beauties. Beau. & Fl.
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2. To elevate by praise; to eulogize; to praise; to magnify; as, to extol virtue; to extol an act or a person.
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Wherein have I so deserved of you,
That you extol me thus? Shak.

Syn. -- To praise; applaud; commend; magnify; celebrate; laud; glorify. See .
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Extoller (?), n.One who extols; one who praises.
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Extolment (?), n. Praise. [Obs.] Shak.
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Extorsive (?), a. [See .] Serving or tending to extort. [R.] Johnson. -- Extorsively, adv. [R.]
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Extort (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Extorted; p. pr. & vb. n. Extorting.] [L. extortus, p. p. of extorquere to twist or wrench out, to extort; ex out + torquere to turn about, twist. See .] 1. To wrest from an unwilling person by physical force, menace, duress, torture, or any undue or illegal exercise of power or ingenuity; to wrench away (from); to tear away; to wring (from); to exact; as, to extort contributions from the vanquished; to extort confessions of guilt; to extort a promise; to extort payment of a debt.
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2. (Law) To get by the offense of extortion. See , 2.
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Extort, v. i. To practice extortion. [Obs.] Spenser.
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Extort, p. p. & a. [L. extortus. p. p.] Extorted. [Obs.] Spenser.
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Extorter (?), n. One who practices extortion.
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Extortion (?), n. [F. extorsion.] 1. The act of extorting; the act or practice of wresting anything from a person by force, by threats, or by any undue exercise of power; undue exaction; overcharge.
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2. (Law) The offense committed by an officer who corruptly claims and takes, as his fee, money, or other thing of value, that is not due, or more than is due, or before it is due. Abbott.
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3. That which is extorted or exacted by force.

Syn. -- Oppression; rapacity; exaction; overcharge.
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Extortionary (?), a. Extortionate.
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Extortionate (?), a. Characterized by extortion; oppressive; hard.
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Extortioner (?), n. One who practices extortion; an extortionist.
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extortionist (?), n. One who practices extortion.
Syn. -- extortioner. [PJC]

Extortious (?), a. Extortionate. [Obs.] “Extortious cruelties.” Bp. Hall -- Extortiously, adv. [Obs.] Bacon.
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Extra- (?). [L., fr. exter. See .] A Latin preposition, denoting beyond, outside of; -- often used in composition as a prefix signifying outside of, beyond, besides, or in addition to what is denoted by the word to which it is prefixed.
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Extra, a. Beyond what is due, usual, expected, or necessary; additional; supernumerary; also, extraordinarily good; superior; as, extra work; extra pay. “By working extra hours.” H. Spencer.
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Extra (?), n.; pl. Extras (�). 1. Something in addition to what is due, expected, or customary; esp., an added charge or fee, or something for which an additional charge is made; as, at some hotels air conditioning is an extra.
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2. An edition of a newspaper issued at a time other than the regular one.
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3. (Cricket) A run, as from a bye, credited to the general score but not made from a hit.
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4. Something of an extra quality or grade.
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Extraarticular (?), a. (Anat.) Situated outside of a joint.

{ Extraaxillar (?), Extraaxillary (?) } a. (Bot.) Growing outside of the axils; as, an extra-axillary bud.
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Extrabranchial (?), a. (Anat.) Outside of the branchial arches; -- said of the cartilages thus placed in some fishes.
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Extracapsular (?), a. (Anat.) Situated outside of a capsule, esp. outside the capsular ligament of a joint.
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extracellular adj. located or occurring outside of a living cell or cells; as, extracellular fluid. Opposite of intracellular.
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Extract (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Extracted; p. pr. & vb. n. Extracting.] [L. extractus, p. p. of extrahere to extract; ex out + trahere to draw. See , and cf. .] 1. To draw out or forth; to pull out; to remove forcibly from a fixed position, as by traction or suction, etc.; as, to extract a tooth from its socket, a stump from the earth, a splinter from the finger.
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The bee
Sits on the bloom extracting liquid sweet. Milton.
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2. To withdraw by expression, distillation, or other mechanical or chemical process; as, to extract an essence. Cf. , v. t., 6.
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Sunbeams may be extracted from cucumbers, but the process is tedious.
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3. To take by selection; to choose out; to cite or quote, as a passage from a book.
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I have extracted out of that pamphlet a few notorious falsehoods. Swift.
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Coloq. To extract the root (Math.), to ascertain the root of a number or quantity.
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Extract (?), n. 1. That which is extracted or drawn out.
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2. A portion of a book or document, separately transcribed; a citation; a quotation.
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3. A decoction, solution, or infusion made by dissolving out from any substance that which gives it its essential and characteristic virtue; essence; as, extract of beef; extract of dandelion; also, any substance so extracted, and characteristic of that from which it is obtained; as, quinine is the most important extract of Peruvian bark.
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4. (Med.) A solid preparation obtained by evaporating a solution of a drug, etc., or the fresh juice of a plant; -- distinguished from an abstract. See , n., 4.
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5. (Old Chem.) A peculiar principle once erroneously supposed to form the basis of all vegetable extracts; -- called also the extractive principle. [Obs.]
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6. Extraction; descent. [Obs.] South.
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7. (Scots Law) A draught or copy of writing; certified copy of the proceedings in an action and the judgement therein, with an order for execution. Tomlins.
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Coloq. Fluid extract (Med.), a concentrated liquid preparation, containing a definite proportion of the active principles of a medicinal substance. At present a fluid gram of extract should represent a gram of the crude drug.

{ Extractable (?), Extractible (?), } a. Capable of being extracted.
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Extractiform (?), a. (Chem.) Having the form, appearance, or nature, of an extract.
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Extraction (?), n. [Cf. F. extraction.] 1. The act of extracting, or drawing out; as, the extraction of a tooth, of a bone or an arrow from the body, of a stump from earth, of a passage from a book, of an essence or tincture.
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2. Derivation from a stock or family; lineage; descent; birth; the stock from which one has descended. “A family of ancient extraction.” Clarendon.
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3. That which is extracted; extract; essence.
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They [books] do preserve as in a vial the purest efficacy and extraction of that living intellect that bred them. Milton.
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Coloq. The extraction of roots . (Math.) (a) The operation of finding the root of a given number or quantity. (b) The method or rule by which the operation is performed; evolution.
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Extractive (?), a. [Cf. F. extractif.] 1. Capable of being extracted. “Thirty grains of extractive matter.” Kirwan.
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2. Tending or serving to extract or draw out.
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Certain branches of industry are conveniently designated extractive: e.g., agriculture, pastoral and mining pursuits, cutting of lumber, etc. Cairnes.
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Extractive, n. 1. Anything extracted; an extract.
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Extractives, of which the most constant are urea, kreatin, and grape sugar. H. N. Martin.
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2. (Chem.) (a) A chemical principle once supposed to exist in all extracts. [Obs.] (b) Any one of a large class of substances obtained by extraction, and consisting largely of nitrogenous hydrocarbons, such as xanthin, hypoxanthin, and creatin extractives from muscle tissue.
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Extractor (?), n. 1. One who, or that which, extracts; as: (a) (Surg.) A forceps or instrument for extracting substances. (b) (Breech-loading Firearms) A device for withdrawing a cartridge or spent cartridge shell from the chamber of the barrel.
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2. A centrifugal drying machine.
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3. (Apiculture) A machine for clearing combs of honey; also, a device for rendering wax.
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Extradictionary (?), a. [Pref. extra- + L. dictio a saying. See .] Consisting not in words, but in realities. [Obs.]
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Of these extradictionary and real fallacies, Aristotle and logicians make in number six. Sir T. Browne.
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Extraditable (?), a. 1. Subject, or liable, to extradition, as a fugitive from justice.
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2. Making liable to extradition; as, extraditable offenses.
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Extradite (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Extradited(?); p. pr. & vb. n. Extraditing(?).] To deliver up by one government to another, as a fugitive from justice. See .
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Extradition (?), n. [L. ex out + traditio a delivering up: cf. F. extradition. See .] The surrender or delivery of an alleged criminal by one State or sovereignty to another having jurisdiction to try charge.
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Extrados (?), n. [F.; pref. extra- outside + dos (L. dorsum) the back.] (Arch.) The exterior curve of an arch; esp., the upper curved face of the whole body of voussoirs. See .
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Extradotal (?), a. [Pref. extra- + dotal.] Forming no part of the dowry; as, extradotal property.
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Extrafoliaceous (?), a. [Pref. extra- + foliaceous.] (Bot.) Away from the leaves, or inserted in a different place from them; as, extrafoliaceous prickles. Loudon.
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Extraforaneous (?), a. [Pref. extra- + L. foras out of doors.] Pertaining to that which is out of doors. “Extraforaneous occupations.” Cowper.
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Extrageneous (?), a. [Pref. extra- + L. genus race.] Belonging to another race or kind.
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Extrajudicial (?), a. Out of or beyond the power authority of a court or judge; beyond jurisdiction; not valid as a part of a judicial proceeding; as, extrajudicial oaths, judgments, etc., are null and void. -- Extrajudicially, adv.
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Extrajudicial conveyance. (Law) A conveyance, as by deed, effected by the act of the parties and not involving, as in the fine and recovery, judicial proceedings.
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Extralimitary (?), a. Being beyond the limit or bounds; as, extraliminary land. Mitford.
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Extralogical (?), a. Lying outside of the domain of logic. -- Extralogically, adv.
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Extramission (?), n. A sending out; emission. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.
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Extramundane (?), a. [L. extramundanus; extra + mundus world.] Beyond the material world. “An extramundane being.” Bp. Warburton.
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Extramural (?), a. 1. Outside of the walls, as of a fortified or walled city.
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2. pertaining to activities, such as sports contests, that involve representatives from more than one school.
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Extraneity (?), n. State of being without or beyond a thing; foreignness. [Obs.]
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Extraneous (?), a. [L. extraneus, from extra. See , .] Not belonging to, or dependent upon, a thing; without or beyond a thing; not essential or intrinsic; foreign; as, to separate gold from extraneous matter.
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Nothing is admitted extraneous from the indictment. Landor.

-- Extraneously, adv.
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Extra-ocular (?), a. (Zoöl.) Inserted exterior to the eyes; -- said of the antennæ of certain insects.
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Extra-official (?), a. Not prescribed by official duty.
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Extraordinarily (?), adv. In an extraordinary manner or degree.
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Extraordinariness, n. The quality of being extraordinary. [R.] Gov. of the Tongue.
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Extraordinary (?), a. [L. extraordinarius; extra on the outside + ordinarius: cf. F. extraordinaire. See .] 1. Beyond or out of the common order or method; not usual, customary, regular, or ordinary; as, extraordinary evils; extraordinary remedies.
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Which dispose
To something extraordinary my thoughts. Milton.
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2. Exceeding the common degree, measure. or condition; hence, remarkable; uncommon; rare; wonderful; as, extraordinary talents or grandeur.
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3. Employed or sent upon an unusual or special service; as, an ambassador extraordinary.
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Extraordinary, n.; pl. Extraordinaries (�). That which is extraordinary; -- used especially in the plural; as, extraordinaries excepted, there is nothing to prevent success.
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Their extraordinary did consist especially in the matter of prayers and devotions. Jer. Taylor.
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Extraparochial (?), a. Beyond the limits of a parish. -- Extraparochially, adv.
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Extraphysical (?), a. Not subject to physical laws or methods.
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Extraprofessional (?), a. Foreign to a profession; not within the ordinary limits of professional duty or business.
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Extraprovincial (?), a. Not within of pertaining to the same province or jurisdiction. Ayliffe.
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Extraregular (?), a. Not comprehended within a rule or rules. Jer. Taylor.
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extrasensory perception n. the ability to perceive or gain information about external facts or events by means other than the senses. the existence of such an ability, as well as other parapsychologial phenomena, is widely disbelieved among scientists, and no demonstration of the phenomenon satisfyng rigorous standards of scientific proof has been reported.
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Extrastapedial (ĕkstrȧstaȧpēdĭ�l), a. (Anat.) Pertaining to a part of the columella of the ear, which, in many animals, projects beyond the connection with the stapes. -- n. The extrastapedial part of columella.
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extraterrestrial (ĕkstrȧtĕrrĕstrĭ�l), adj. originating or located or occurring outside Earth or its atmosphere; as, there is no clear evidence for extraterrestrial life.
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extraterrestrial (ĕkstrȧtĕrrĕstrĭ�l), n. a hypothetical form of life existing outside the Earth or its atmosphere, especially intelligent life on other planets or in other solar systems; as, what would you say to an extraterrestrial?.
Syn. -- extraterrestrial being, alien.
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Extraterritorial (ĕkstrȧtĕrrĭtōrĭ�l), a. Beyond the limits of a territory or particular jurisdiction; exterritorial. -- Extraterritorially(#), adv.
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Extraterritoriality (?), n. The state of being beyond the limits of a particular territory; esp. (Internat. Law), A fiction by which a public minister, though actually in a foreign country, is supposed still to remain within the territory of his own sovereign or nation. Wheaton.
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Extratropical (?), a. Beyond or outside of the tropics. Whewell.
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Extraught (ĕkstr�t), p. p. of . [Cf. .] Extracted; descended. [Obs.]
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Knowing whence thou art extraught Shak.
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Extra-uterine (?), a. (Anat. & Med.) Outside of the uterus, or womb.
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Coloq. Extra-uterine pregnancy (Med.), a condition of pregnancy in which the fetus is not in the uterus, but in the Fallopian tube or in the abdominal cavity.
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Extravagance (?), n. [Cf. F. extravagance. See , and cf. .] 1. A wandering beyond proper limits; an excursion or sally from the usual way, course, or limit.
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2. The state of being extravagant, wild, or prodigal beyond bounds of propriety or duty; want of moderation; excess; especially, undue expenditure of money; vaid and superfluous expense; prodigality; as, extravagance of anger, love, expression, imagination, demands.
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Some verses of my own, Maximin and Almanzor, cry vengeance on me for their extravagance. Dryden.
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The income of three dukes was enough to supply her extravagance. Arbuthnot.

Syn. -- Wildness; irregularity; excess; prodigality; profusion; waste; lavishness; unreasonableness; recklessness.
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