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| EXPECTANT | | adj. - hopeful, expecting.
- having an expectation.
- pregnant. expectantly adv. | |
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| EXPEDIENT | | —adj. Advantageous; advisable on practical rather than moral grounds. —n. Means of attaining an end; resource. expedience n. Expediency n. [related to *expedite] | |
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| EXPENSIVE | | adj. Costing or charging much. expensively adv. Expensiveness n. | |
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| EXPERTISE | | n. Expert skill, knowledge, or judgement. [french] | |
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| EXPLETIVE | | n. Swear-word or exclamation. [latin expleo fill out] | |
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| EXPLICATE | | v. (-ting) 1 develop the meaning of (an idea etc.).
- explain (esp. A literary text). explication n. [latin explico -plicat- unfold] | |
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| EXPLOSION | | n. - exploding.
- loud noise caused by this.
- sudden outbreak of feeling.
- rapid or sudden increase. [latin: related to *explode] | |
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| EXPLOSIVE | | —adj. - able, tending, likely to explode.
- likely to cause a violent outburst etc.; dangerously tense. —n. Explosive substance. explosiveness n. | |
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| EXPULSION | | n. Expelling or being expelled. expulsive adj. [latin: related to *expel] | |
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| EXPURGATE | | v. (-ting) 1 remove objectionable matter from (a book etc.).
- remove (such matter). expurgation n. Expurgator n. [latin: related to *purge] | |
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