| exiguous |
very scanty or lacking; meager. |
| exile |
prolonged separation from one's country, home, or loved ones. [6 definitions] |
| exist |
to have being or reality. [3 definitions] |
| existence |
the state of having being or reality. [4 definitions] |
| existent |
living or having being; existing. [3 definitions] |
| existential |
of or concerning existence, esp. human existence. [3 definitions] |
| existentialism |
a philosophy that emphasizes alienation and anxiety caused by the isolated and unexplainable nature of an individual's experience within an indifferent world, and stresses absolute freedom of choice associated with bearing responsibility for one's acts. |
| existing |
already in existence. |
| exit |
a way out. [7 definitions] |
| exitless |
combined form of exit. |
| exit poll |
an estimate of public opinion on certain candidates or issues that is made by questioning a representative sample of voters as they leave their voting places. |
| exit ramp |
a short roadway that angles or curves off from a major highway, allowing cars to exit the highway without stopping or slowing traffic. |
| ex libris |
from the library of (the inscription on a bookplate preceding the name of the owner). |
| ex nihilo |
(Latin) out of nothing. |
| exo- |
outer; outside. |
| exobiology |
the study of the effects on living creatures sent outside the earth's atmosphere. [2 definitions] |
| exocarp |
the outermost layer of a fruit, such as the skin of a peach; peel or rind; epicarp. |
| exocrine |
having a duct allowing external secretion. [3 definitions] |
| exodus |
a departure, usu. of a great number of people. [3 definitions] |
| ex officio |
because of one's office or position. |
| exogamy |
marriage outside of one's tribe or similar social unit. (Cf. endogamy.) [2 definitions] |