<B>extracorporeal, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> outside the body. <BR> <I>Ex. He is being honored for his pioneering efforts in the field of extracorporeal circulation, which resulted in the development of a heart-lung apparatus (Science).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="extracover">
<B>extra cover,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (Cricket.) <DD><B> 1. </B>a fieldsman whose position is between cover-point and mid-off, but more distant than either from the batsman's wicket. <DD><B> 2. </B>his position in the field. <BR> <I>Ex. Dollery had batted for two hours when he drove Marlar to extra cover (London Times).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="extracranial">
<B>extracranial, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> lying or situated outside of the skull. </DL>
<A NAME="extract">
<B>extract, </B>verb, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>v.t. </I> <B>1a. </B>to draw out, usually with some effort; <BR> <I>Ex. to extract a tooth, (Figurative.) to extract a confession, to extract iron from the earth.</I> <DD><B> b. </B>(Figurative.) to force (money, a promise, or other commitment) from; extort. <DD><B> 2. </B>to obtain by pressing, squeezing, or distillation. <BR> <I>Ex. to extract oil from olives.</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>to deduce, especially from some data; infer. <BR> <I>Ex. to extract a principle from a collection of facts.</I> <DD><B> 4. </B>to derive; obtain; secure. <BR> <I>Ex. (Figurative.) to extract pleasure from a party.</I> <DD><B> 5. </B>to take out (a passage) from a book, speech, play, or other literary work; make extracts from; excerpt. <BR> <I>Ex. He extracted several sections from the article to read at the meeting.</I> <DD><B> 6. </B>to calculate or find (the root of a number or expression). <DD><I>noun </I> <B>1. </B>something drawn out or taken out; a passage taken from a book, speech, play, or other literary work; quotation; excerpt. <BR> <I>Ex. He read several extracts from the poem.</I> (SYN) citation, selection. <DD><B> 2a. </B>a concentrated preparation of a substance. <BR> <I>Ex. Vanillaextract, made from vanilla beans, is used as flavoring.</I> <DD><B> b. </B>(Pharmacy.) a dry substance made from a plant, drug, or substance, by dissolving the active ingredients and then evaporating the solvent. <BR> <I>Ex. extract of malt.</I> </DL>
<A NAME="extractable">
<B>extractable, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> that can be extracted. <BR> <I>Ex. Here [in the Santa Cruz Basin] the extractable organic content is at least three to four times as great as in the Grande Isle core, and more aromatics than paraffin-naphthenes were found (P. V. Smith).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="extractant">
<B>extractant, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a substance capable of extracting a mineral or other substance from solution. <BR> <I>Ex. Fused salts dissolved in liquid bismuth look promising as extractants of fission products from the fuel (Scientific American).</I> </DL>
<B>extractiform, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> having the nature or appearance of an extract. </DL>
<A NAME="extraction">
<B>extraction, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>the act or process of extracting; pulling, drawing, or taking out. <BR> <I>Ex. the extraction of a tooth.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>the state of being extracted. <DD><B> 3. </B>racial, national, or family origin; lineage; descent. <BR> <I>Ex. Miss Del Rio is of Spanish extraction; her parents came from Spain.</I> <DD><B> 4. </B>an extracted substance or object; extract. </DL>
<A NAME="extractionunit">
<B>extraction unit,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a machine that removes impurities, such as dust, sulphur, and water, from natural gas. </DL>
<A NAME="extractive">
<B>extractive, </B>adjective, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>adj. </I> <B>1. </B>extracting; tending to extract. <DD><B> 2. </B>that can be extracted. <DD><B> 3. </B>deriving products from nature, as agriculture or mining does. <DD><B> 4. </B>of the nature of an extract. <DD><I>noun </I> an extractive substance. adv. <B>extractively.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="extractiveindustry">
<B>extractive industry,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> an industry that derives its products from nature, as agriculture or mining. </DL>
<A NAME="extractivemetallurgy">
<B>extractive metallurgy,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> the first stage of refining metals, including mineral dressing, electrolysis, amalgamation, smelting, and leaching; recovery metallurgy. </DL>
<A NAME="extractor">
<B>extractor, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a person or thing that extracts. <DD><B> 2. </B>the part of a gun or rifle which pulls the cartridge or shell case out of the chamber so that it may be ejected after firing. </DL>
<A NAME="extractwool">
<B>extract wool,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> wool that is recovered from rags of various cloths in which cotton and wool are woven together. </DL>
<A NAME="extracurial">
<B>extracurial, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> arranged, settled, or made outside a court of law. </DL>
<A NAME="extracurricular">
<B>extracurricular, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>outside the regular course of study; of or having to do with activities such as sports, dramatics, or clubs, usually supervised by the faculty. <BR> <I>Ex. Football, dramatics, and debating are extracurricular activities in our high school.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>(Figurative.) outside the regular limits, usual capacity, or normal conduct of a job, profession, or activity. <BR> <I>Ex. extracurricular campaign fund collections. There should not be an assortment of extracurricular activities going on in the kitchen while the housewife is trying to prepare a meal (New York Times).</I> adv. <B>extracurricularly.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="extracurricularism">
<B>extracurricularism, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> extracurricular tendencies or activities. </DL>
<B>extracutaneous, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> outside the true skin. </DL>
<A NAME="extraditable">
<B>extraditable, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>that can be extradited. <BR> <I>Ex. A person accused of murder in one state is extraditable if he is caught in another state.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>for which a person can be extradited. <BR> <I>Ex. Murder is an extraditable crime.</I> </DL>
<A NAME="extradite">
<B>extradite, </B>transitive verb, <B>-dited,</B> <B>-diting.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>to give up or deliver (a fugitive or prisoner) to another state, nation, or authority. <BR> <I>Ex. If an escaped prisoner of the state of Ohio is caught in Indiana, he can be extradited from Indiana to Ohio.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>to obtain the surrender of (such a person). </DL>
<A NAME="extradition">
<B>extradition, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the surrender of a fugitive or prisoner by one state, nation, or legal authority to another. </DL>
<A NAME="extrados">
<B>extrados, </B>noun, pl. <B>-dos</B> or <B>-doses.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> the exterior curve or surface of an arch or vault. </DL>
<A NAME="extradrycider">
<B>extra dry cider,</B> <B>=hard cider.</B></DL>
<A NAME="extragalactic">
<B>extragalactic, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> outside of our own galaxy. <BR> <I>Ex. the measurement of extragalactic distances.</I> </DL>
<A NAME="extragalacticnebula">
<B>extragalactic nebula,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a nebula or galaxy present outside of our own galaxy; exterior galaxy; external galaxy. <BR> <I>Ex. The Magellanic Clouds are extragalactic nebulae visible to the naked eye.</I> </DL>
<A NAME="extragovernmental">
<B>extragovernmental, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> outside the jurisdiction of a government. <BR> <I>Ex. Europe is gradually uniting in extragovernmental and supernational organizations (Harper's).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="extrahazardous">
<B>extrahazardous, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> involving more than ordinary hazard, risk, or peril. <BR> <I>Ex. A steeplejack has an extrahazardous occupation.</I> </DL>
<A NAME="extrahepatic">
<B>extrahepatic, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> situated outside the liver. <BR> <I>Ex. extrahepatic bile ducts.</I> </DL>
<A NAME="extrahistorical">
<B>extrahistorical, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> beyond the range of history. </DL>
<A NAME="extraillustrate">
<B>extra-illustrate, </B>transitive verb, <B>-trated,</B> <B>-trating.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> to add illustrations to (a book) after it is printed or published, by pasting or binding them in. </DL>
<A NAME="extrajudicial">
<B>extrajudicial, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> beyond the action or authority of a law court; occurring outside a court. <BR> <I>Ex. an extrajudicial settlement.</I> adv. <B>extrajudicially.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="extrajudicium">
<B>extra judicium,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (Latin.) beyond the judicial field or scope. </DL>
<B>extralateral, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>placed or extending beyond the sides. <DD><B> 2. </B>having to do with the right of a mine owner to a part of his vein or lode extending beyond the side lines of his claim. </DL>
<A NAME="extralegal">
<B>extralegal, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> outside the control or influence of law. <BR> <I>Ex. Partly by their own desire to cluster together and partly by extralegal confinement, the Negroes are concentrated in ghettos (Atlantic).</I> adv. <B>extralegally.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="extralimital">
<B>extralimital, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> beyond the limits of a country or district. </DL>
<A NAME="extralinguistic">
<B>extralinguistic, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> outside the province of language or linguistics. <BR> <I>Ex. Thus the MEANING relation, particularly in the case of lexical designation--for example, that the English word table designates "table", has seemed to some not to be part of linguistics, since it involves references to extralinguistic events (Harvey B. Sarles).</I> adv. <B>extralinguistically.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="extraliterary">
<B>extraliterary, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> outside the scope of literature. <BR> <I>Ex. If literature is to be called on for all manner of extraliterary functions ... to order our lives or to become our effective religion ... gaps in the literary attitude are likely to become serious (Listener).</I> </DL>
<B>extralunar, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> coming from or existing outside the moon. <BR> <I>Ex. A small fraction [of lunar breccias] is an extralunar component of meteoritic or cometary origin (Scientific American).</I> </DL>
