All English words - page 1846

Meanings of Exits:

noun

A way out of a building, room, or passenger vehicle.

Usage examples:

She slipped out by the rear exit

verb

Go out of or leave a place.

Usage examples:

He exited from the changing rooms

Meanings of Exitus:

noun

An act of making an exit; a departure, an exodus.

Meanings of Exmoor:

proper noun

An area of moorland in north devon and west somerset, south-western england, rising to 520 m (1,706 ft) at dunkery beacon. the area is designated a national park.

Meanings of Exobiology:

noun

The branch of science that deals with the possibility and likely nature of life on other planets or in space.

Usage examples:

In the first category, the grants have supported research in astrobiology, exobiology and extraterr…

Meanings of Exocarp:

noun

The outer layer of the pericarp of a fruit.

Usage examples:

The mechanical performance of the exocarp including the cuticle, the epidermis, and a variable numb…

Meanings of Exocarps:

noun

The outer layer of the pericarp of a fruit.

Usage examples:

The mechanical performance of the exocarp including the cuticle, the epidermis, and a variable numb…

Meanings of Exocentric:

adjective

Denoting or being a construction which has no explicit head, for example john slept.

Meanings of Exocrine:

adjective

Relating to or denoting glands which secrete their products through ducts opening on to an epithelium rather than directly into the blood.

Usage examples:

Pancreatic exocrine secretion

adjective

Relating to any of the organs of the body that make products such as tears, milk, sweat, or saliva and send them through a tube or opening to a body surface

Usage examples:

Exocrine glands produce a visible secretion such as saliva, sweat, or urine., patients with diabete…

Meanings of Exocrines:

adjective

Relating to or denoting glands which secrete their products through ducts opening on to an epithelium rather than directly into the blood.

Usage examples:

Pancreatic exocrine secretion

Meanings of Exocytosis:

noun

A process by which the contents of a cell vacuole are released to the exterior through fusion of the vacuole membrane with the cell membrane.

Usage examples:

Membrane fusion is a key event in many essential cell processes, such as exocytosis, endocytosis, m…

Meanings of Exodermis:

noun

A specialized layer in a root beneath the epidermis or velamen.

Usage examples:

In the endodermis and exodermis of roots, the apoplastic flow component can be modified by the exis…

Meanings of Exodus:

noun

A mass departure of people.

Usage examples:

The annual exodus of sun-seeking canadians to florida

proper noun

The second book of the bible, which recounts the departure of the israelites from slavery in egypt, their journey across the red sea and through the wilderness led by moses, and the giving of the ten commandments. the events have been variously dated by scholars between about 1580 and 1200 bc.

Meanings of Exoduses:

noun

A mass departure of people.

Usage examples:

The annual exodus of sun-seeking canadians to florida

proper noun

The second book of the bible, which recounts the departure of the israelites from slavery in egypt, their journey across the red sea and through the wilderness led by moses, and the giving of the ten commandments. the events have been variously dated by scholars between about 1580 and 1200 bc.

Meanings of Exoenzyme:

noun

An enzyme which acts outside the cell that produces it.

Usage examples:

The number of proteases, peptidases, and other exoenzymes produced by s. miilans clearly suggests t…

Meanings of Exogamy:

noun

The custom of marrying outside a community, clan, or tribe.

Usage examples:

The practice of clan exogamy - or marriage outside of the clan or group - is typical, however, of a…

Meanings of Exogenic:

adjective

Formed or occurring on the surface of the earth.

Usage examples:

I propose the term exogenic fulgurites (formed at or above the earth's surface) to distinguish this…

Meanings of Exogenous:

adjective

Having an external cause or origin.

Usage examples:

Technological changes exogenous to the oil industry

Meanings of Exon:

noun

A segment of a dna or rna molecule containing information coding for a protein or peptide sequence.

Usage examples:

All of them contained usually short fragments of coding sequences corresponding to exons of single-…

Meanings of Exonerate:

verb

(of an official body) absolve (someone) from blame for a fault or wrongdoing.

Usage examples:

An inquiry exonerated those involved

Meanings of Exonerated:

verb

(of an official body) absolve (someone) from blame for a fault or wrongdoing.

Usage examples:

An inquiry exonerated those involved

Meanings of Exonerates:

verb

(of an official body) absolve (someone) from blame for a fault or wrongdoing.

Usage examples:

An inquiry exonerated those involved

Meanings of Exonerating:

verb

(of an official body) absolve (someone) from blame for a fault or wrongdoing.

Usage examples:

An inquiry exonerated those involved

Meanings of Exoneration:

noun

The action of officially absolving someone from blame; vindication.

Usage examples:

The defendants' eventual exoneration

Meanings of Exonerations:

noun

The action of officially absolving someone from blame; vindication.

Usage examples:

The defendants' eventual exoneration

Meanings of Exonym:

noun

A name for a place or group of people that is only used outside that place or group.

Usage examples:

Navajo is an exonym for the people that call themselves the diné