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| EXORBITANT | | adj. (of a price, demand, etc.) Grossly excessive. [latin: related to *orbit] | |
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| EXPANSIBLE | | adj. That can be expanded. | |
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| EXPATRIATE | | —adj. - living abroad.
- exiled. —n. Expatriate person. —v. (-ting) 1 expel (a person) from his or her native country.
- refl. Renounce one's citizenship. expatriation n. [latin patria native land] | |
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| EXPECTANCY | | n. (pl. -ies) 1 state of expectation.
- prospect.
- (foll. By of) prospective chance. | |
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| EXPEDITION | | n. - journey or voyage for a particular purpose, esp. Exploration.
- people etc. Undertaking this.
- speed. [latin: related to *expedite] | |
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| EXPENDABLE | | adj. That may be sacrificed or dispensed with; not worth preserving or saving. | |
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| EXPERIENCE | | —n. - observation of or practical acquaintance with facts or events.
- knowledge or skill resulting from this.
- event or activity participated in or observed (a rare experience). —v. (-cing) 1 have experience of; undergo.
- feel. [latin experior -pert- try] | |
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| EXPERIMENT | | —n. Procedure adopted in the hope of success, or for testing a hypothesis etc., or to demonstrate a known fact. —v. (often foll. By on, with) make an experiment. experimentation n. Experimenter n. [latin: related to *experience] | |
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| EXPLICABLE | | adj. That can be explained. | |
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| EXPOSITION | | n. - explanatory account.
- explanation or commentary.
- mus. Part of a movement in which the principal themes are presented.
- large public exhibition. [latin: related to *expound] | |
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