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- English Word Extortious Definition Extortionate.
- English Word Extra Definition Beyond what is due, usual, expected, or necessary; additional; supernumerary; also, extraordinarily good; superior; as, extra work; extra pay.
- English Word Extra Definition Something in addition to what is due, expected, or customary; something in addition to the regular charge or compensation, or for which an additional charge is made; as, at European hotels lights are extras.
- English Word Extra- Definition 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.
- English Word Extra-ocular Definition Inserted exterior to the eyes; -- said of the antennae of certain insects.
- English Word Extra-official Definition Not prescribed by official duty.
- English Word Extra-uterine Definition Outside of the uterus, or womb.
- English Word Extraarticular Definition Situated outside of a joint.
- English Word Extraaxillar Definition Alt. of Extraaxillary
- English Word Extraaxillary Definition Growing outside of the axils; as, an extra-axillary bud.
- English Word Extrabranchial Definition Outside of the branchial arches; -- said of the cartilages thus placed in some fishes.
- English Word Extracapsular Definition Situated outside of a capsule, esp. outside the capsular ligament of a joint.
- English Word Extract Definition 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.
- English Word Extract Definition To withdraw by expression, distillation, or other mechanical or chemical process; as, to extract an essence. Cf. Abstract, v. t., 6.
- English Word Extract Definition To take by selection; to choose out; to cite or quote, as a passage from a book.
- English Word Extract Definition That which is extracted or drawn out.
- English Word Extract Definition A portion of a book or document, separately transcribed; a citation; a quotation.
- English Word Extract Definition A decoction, solution, or infusion made by drawing 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.
- English Word Extract Definition A solid preparation obtained by evaporating a solution of a drug, etc., or the fresh juice of a plant; -- distinguished from an abstract. See Abstract, n., 4.
- English Word Extract Definition A peculiar principle once erroneously supposed to form the basis of all vegetable extracts; -- called also the extractive principle.
- English Word Extract Definition Extraction; descent.
- English Word Extract Definition A draught or copy of writing; certified copy of the proceedings in an action and the judgement therein, with an order for execution.
- English Word Extractable Definition Alt. of Extractible
- English Word Extracted Definition of Extract
- English Word Extractible Definition Capable of being extracted.
- English Word Extractiform Definition Having the form, appearance, or nature, of an extract.
- English Word Extracting Definition of Extract
- English Word Extraction Definition 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.
- English Word Extraction Definition Derivation from a stock or family; lineage; descent; birth; the stock from which one has descended.
- English Word Extraction Definition That which is extracted; extract; essence.