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Excavates
- verb - find by digging in the ground; "I dug up an old box in the garden"
- form by hollowing; "Carnegie had a lake excavated for Princeton University's rowing team"; "excavate a cavity"
- recover through digging; "Schliemann excavated Troy"; "excavate gold"
- remove the inner part or the core of; "the mining company wants to excavate the hillside"
Exchanges
- noun - (chess) gaining (or losing) a rook in return for a knight or bishop; "black lost the exchange"
- (chess) the capture by both players (usually on consecutive moves) of pieces of equal value; "the endgame began after the exchange of queens"
- (sports) an unbroken sequence of several successive strokes; "after a short rally Connors won the point"
- a mutual expression of views (especially an unpleasant one); "they had a bitter exchange"
- a workplace for buying and selling; open only to members
- a workplace that serves as a telecommunications facility where lines from telephones can be connected together to permit communication
- change over, change around, as to a new order or sequence
- chemical process in which one atom or ion or group changes places with another
- exchange a penalty for a less severe one
- exchange or replace with another, usually of the same kind or category; "Could you convert my dollars into p
Excisions
- noun - surgical removal of a body part or tissue
- the act of banishing a member of a church from the communion of believers and the privileges of the church; cutting a person off from a religious society
- the act of pulling up or out; uprooting; cutting off from existence
- the omission that is made when an editorial change shortens a written passage; "an editor's deletions frequently upset young authors"; "both parties agreed on the excision of the proposed clause"
Excitants
- noun - a drug that temporarily quickens some vital process
Execrates
- verb - curse or declare to be evil or anathema or threaten with divine punishment
- Denounces vehemently.
- find repugnant; "I loathe that man"; "She abhors cats"
- to deplore
Executors
- noun - a person appointed by a testator to carry out the terms of the will
Exegetics
- - The science of interpretation or exegesis.
Exemplars
- noun - something to be imitated; "an exemplar of success"; "a model of clarity"; "he is the very model of a modern major general"
Exercises
- noun - (usually plural) a ceremony that involves processions and speeches; "academic exercises"
- a task performed or problem solved in order to develop skill or understanding; "you must work the examples at the end of each chapter in the textbook"
- carry out or practice; as of jobs and professions; "practice law"
- do physical exercise; "She works out in the gym every day"
- give a workout to; "Some parents exercise their infants"; "My personal trainer works me hard"; "work one's muscles"; "this puzzle will exercise your mind"
- learn by repetition; "We drilled French verbs every day"; "Pianists practice scales"
- put to use; "exert one's power or influence"
- systematic training by multiple repetitions; "practice makes perfect"
- the act of using; "he warned against the use of narcotic drugs"; "skilled in the utilization of computers"
- the activity of exerting your muscles in various ways to keep fit; "the doctor reco