| excel | To surpass others in good qualities, laudable actions, or acquirements; to be distinguished by superiority; as, to excel in mathematics, or classics. "Unstable as water, thou shalt not excel." (Gen. Xlix. 4) "Then peers grew proud in horsemanship t' excel." (Pope) Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| excellently | 1. In an excellent manner; well in a high degree. 2. In a high or superior degree; in this literal use, not implying worthiness. "When the whole heart is excellently sorry." (J. Fletcher) Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| excelsior | A kind of stuffing for upholstered furniture, mattresses, etc, in which curled shreds of wood are substituted for curled hair. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| excelsior matting | <botany> A layer of fine, curled wood shavings used to stabilise eroding soil or to filter sediment from flowing water. (09 Oct 1997) |
| excementosis | A nodular outgrowth of cementum on the root surface of a tooth. (05 Mar 2000) |
| excentral | <botany> Out of the center. Origin: Pref. Ex + central. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| excentric | To one side, off-centre. (09 Oct 1997) |
| excentric amputation | Amputation with the scar of the stump off-centre. Synonym: excentric amputation. (05 Mar 2000) |
| excentrical | 1. Same as Eccentric, Eccentrical. 2. <botany> One-sided; having the normally central portion not in the true center. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| except | 1. To take or leave out (anything) from a number or a whole as not belonging to it; to exclude; to omit. "Who never touched The excepted tree." (Milton) "Wherein (if we only except the unfitness of the judge) all other things concurred." (Bp. Stillingfleet) 2. To object to; to protest against. Origin: L. Exceptus, p. P. Of excipere to take or draw out, to except; ex out + capere to take: cf. F. Excepter. See Capable. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| excernent | <physiology> Connected with, or pertaining to, excretion. See: Excern. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| excess | 1. The state of surpassing or going beyond limits; the being of a measure beyond sufficiency, necessity, or duty; that which exceeds what is usual or prover; immoderateness; superfluity; superabundance; extravagance; as, an excess of provisions or of light. "To gild refined gold, to paint the lily, To throw a perfume on the violet, . . . Is wasteful and ridiculous excess." (Shak) "That kills me with excess of grief, this with excess of joy." (Walsh) 2. An undue indulgence of the appetite; transgression of proper moderation in natural gratifications; intemperance; dissipation. "Be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess." (Eph. V. 18) "Thy desire . . . Leads to no excess That reaches blame." (Milton) 3. The degree or amount by which one thing or number exceeds another; remainder; as, the difference between two numbers is the excess of one over the other. <geometry> Spherical excess, the amount by which the sum of the three angles of a spherical triangle exceeds two right angles. The spherical excess is proportional to the area of the triangle. Origin: OE. Exces, excess, ecstasy, L. Excessus a going out, loss of self-possession, fr. Excedere, excessum, to go out, go beyond: cf. F. Exces. See Exceed. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| excess annual growth | The amount by which new forest growth exceeds removal in a year. The annual quantity of wood produced in a forest in excess of market demand. (05 Dec 1998) |
| excess lactate | The increase in lactate concentration beyond what would be expected from the increase in pyruvate concentration resulting from a change in redox potential; used as an index of anaerobic carbohydrate metabolism. (05 Mar 2000) |
| excessive | Exceeding the usual, proper or normal quantity, given to excess. (18 Nov 1997) |