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extenuation
  • n  a partial excuse to mitigate censure; an attempt to represent an offense as less serious than it appears by showing mitigating circumstances
  • n  to act in such a way as to cause an offense to seem less serious
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exterior angle
  • n  the supplement of an interior angle of a polygon
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exterior door
  • n  a doorway that allows entrance to or exit from a building
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extermination
  • n  complete annihilation
  • n  the act of exterminating
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exterminator
  • n  someone who exterminates (especially someone whose occupation is the extermination of troublesome rodents and insects)
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extern
  • n  a nonresident doctor or medical student; connected with a hospital but not living there
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external-combustion engine
  • n  a heat engine in which ignition occurs outside the chamber (cylinder or turbine) in which heat is converted to mechanical energy
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