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207 Results — page 19 of 21Words matching E ? ? ? ? ? S (7 letters).
Most common crossword answer: EXCUSES (8 clues)
- noun - a tax that is measured by the amount of business done (not on property or income from real estate)
- levy an excise tax on
- remove by cutting; "The surgeon excised the tumor"
- remove by erasing or crossing out or as if by drawing a line; "Please strike this remark from the record"; "scratch that remark"
- verb - act as a stimulant; "The book stimulated her imagination"; "This play stimulates"
- arouse or elicit a feeling
- cause to be agitated, excited, or roused; "The speaker charged up the crowd with his inflammatory remarks"
- produce a magnetic field in; "excite the neurons"
- raise to a higher energy level; "excite the atoms"
- stimulate sexually; "This movie usually arouses the male audience"
- stir feelings in; "stimulate my appetite"; "excite the audience"; "stir emotions"
- stir the feelings, emotions, or peace of; "These stories shook the community"; "the civil war shook the country"
- noun - a defense of some offensive behavior or some failure to keep a promise etc.; "he kept finding excuses to stay"; "every day he had a new alibi for not getting a job"; "his transparent self-justification was unacceptable"
- a note explaining an absence; "he had to get his mother to write an excuse for him"
- a poor example; "it was an apology for a meal"; "a poor excuse for an automobile"
- accept an excuse for; "Please excuse my dirty hands"
- ask for permission to be released from an engagement
- defend, explain, clear away, or make excuses for by reasoning; "rationalize the child's seemingly crazy behavior"; "he rationalized his lack of success"
- excuse, overlook, or make allowances for; be lenient with; "excuse someone's behavior"; "She condoned her husband's occasional infidelities"
- grant exemption or release to; "Please excuse me from this class"
- serve as a reason or cause or justification of; "Your need to sleep
- verb - grant exemption or release to; "Please excuse me from this class"
- grant relief or an exemption from a rule or requirement to; "She exempted me from the exam"
- verb - expel air; "Exhale when you lift the weight"
- give out (breath or an odor); "The chimney exhales a thick smoke"
- verb - force or impel in an indicated direction; "I urged him to finish his studies"
- spur on or encourage especially by cheers and shouts; "The crowd cheered the demonstrating strikers"
- verb - dig up a body
- dig up for reburial or for medical investigation; of dead bodies
- noun - flowering plant with two cotyledons; the stem grows by deposit on its outside
- verb - add details, as to an account or idea; clarify the meaning of and discourse in a learned way, usually in writing; "She elaborated on the main ideas in her dissertation"
- become larger in size or volume or quantity; "his business expanded rapidly"
- exaggerate or make bigger; "The charges were inflated"
- expand the influence of; "The King extended his rule to the Eastern part of the continent"
- extend in one or more directions; "The dough expands"
- grow vigorously; "The deer population in this town is thriving"; "business is booming"
- make bigger or wider in size, volume, or quantity; "expand the house by adding another wing"
- verb - be pregnant with; "She is bearing his child"; "The are expecting another child in January"; "I am carrying his child"
- consider obligatory; request and expect; "We require our secretary to be on time"; "Aren't we asking too much of these children?"; "I expect my students to arrive in time for their lessons"
- consider reasonable or due; "I'm expecting a full explanation as to why these files were destroyed"
- look forward to the birth of a child; "She is expecting in March"
- look forward to the probable occurrence of; "We were expecting a visit from our relatives"; "She is looking to a promotion"; "he is waiting to be drafted"
- regard something as probable or likely; "The meteorologists are expecting rain for tomorrow"
Crossword clues for ‘excuses’
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What words match the pattern E ? ? ? ? ? S?
We found 207 words matching the pattern E ? ? ? ? ? S (7 letters).
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There are 207 possible 7-letter crossword answers for the pattern E ? ? ? ? ? S.
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