<B>extramolecular, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> outside the molecule. </DL>
<A NAME="extramorainic">
<B>extramorainic, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Geology.) of glacial origin though occurring in regions beyond the outermost terminal moraine. </DL>
<A NAME="extramundane">
<B>extramundane, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> beyond our world or the material universe. <BR> <I>Ex. For a youth in search of identification, the urgency to life, which he finds in jazz, becomes a vital symbol of hope and extramundane aspiration (Atlantic).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="extramural">
<B>extramural, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1a. </B>occurring outside the boundaries of a college, school, or other institution. <BR> <I>Ex. extramural activities.</I> <DD><B> b. </B>having to do with informally arranged competition between colleges. <BR> <I>Ex. extramural sports.</I> <DD><B> c. </B>(Especially British.) of or having to do with lectures or courses offered by a university to persons not students in the university. <DD><B> 2. </B>outside the walls or boundaries of a city or town. adv. <B>extramurally.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="extramusical">
<B>extramusical, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> outside the field or sphere of music. <BR> <I>Ex. extramusical sounds, such as the trumpeting of geese.</I> </DL>
<A NAME="extranatural">
<B>extranatural, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> outside the operation of natural law. </DL>
<A NAME="extraneous">
<B>extraneous, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>from outside; not belonging; foreign. <BR> <I>Ex. Sand and some other extraneous matter had got into the butter and ruined it.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>not part of what is under consideration; not essential; external. <BR> <I>Ex. The speaker made many extraneous remarks.</I> adv. <B>extraneously.</B> noun <B>extraneousness.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="extraneural">
<B>extraneural, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> outside a nerve, neuron, or the nervous system. <BR> <I>Ex. extraneural tissue.</I> </DL>
<A NAME="extranuclear">
<B>extranuclear, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> existing or acting outside the nucleus. <BR> <I>Ex. The chemical properties of an atom depend chiefly on the number of extranuclear electrons.</I> </DL>
<A NAME="extraocular">
<B>extraocular, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> situated or occurring outside the eyes. <BR> <I>Ex. the extraocular muscles of the eyeball.</I> </DL>
<A NAME="extraofficial">
<B>extraofficial, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> outside of the ordinary duties, rights, or privileges of an office. </DL>
<A NAME="extraordinaire">
<B>extraordinaire, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> remarkable; extraordinary. <BR> <I>Ex. In a cluttered rear corner is the unprepossessing Tudor City Meat Market, presided over for the last four years by Ralph Annibale, butcher extraordinaire (New York Times).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="extraordinarily">
<B>extraordinarily, </B>adverb.<DL COMPACT><DD> in an extraordinary manner; to an extraordinary degree; most unusually. </DL>
<A NAME="extraordinariness">
<B>extraordinariness, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the character of being extraordinary; uncommonness; remarkableness. </DL>
<A NAME="extraordinary">
<B>extraordinary, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>beyond what is ordinary; very unusual or remarkable. <BR> <I>Ex. Eight feet is an extraordinary height for a person.</I> (SYN) uncommon, exceptional, singular. <DD><B> 2. </B>ranking below the regular class of officials; special. An envoy extraordinary is one sent on a special mission; he ranks below an ambassador. </DL>
<A NAME="extraordinem">
<B>extra ordinem,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (Latin.) <DD><B> 1. </B>beyond the usual order. <DD><B> 2. </B>in an extraordinary manner, measure, or degree. </DL>
<A NAME="extraovate">
<B>extraovate, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Biology.) exterior to the egg. </DL>
<A NAME="extraparental">
<B>extraparental, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> beyond the action or authority of parents. </DL>
<A NAME="extraparliamentary">
<B>extraparliamentary, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> beyond the action or authority of parliament. </DL>
<A NAME="extraparochial">
<B>extraparochial, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>outside of a parish. <DD><B> 2. </B>not included in any parish. <DD><B> 3. </B>exempt from liability to parish obligations. </DL>
<A NAME="extraphysical">
<B>extraphysical, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> not subject to physical laws or methods. </DL>
<A NAME="extrapolability">
<B>extrapolability, </B>noun, pl. <B>-ties.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> the ability to extrapolate or infer possibilities from available data. <BR> <I>Ex. We explored many traditional processes and sites, and from our observations are now trying to extrapolate what we can about ancient methodology. Obviously the degree of extrapolability from evidence or [from] crafts extant today must vary enormously from case to case (Theodore A. Wertime).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="extrapolate">
<B>extrapolate, </B>transitive verb, intransitive verb, <B>-lated,</B> <B>-lating.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> to calculate or infer from what is known something that is possible but unknown; predict from facts. <BR> <I>Ex. Science fiction writers often extrapolate from today's trends. The unconscious tendency of most forecasters is to "extrapolate" the recent business curve (Newsweek).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="extrapolation">
<B>extrapolation, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the action or method of extrapolating. <BR> <I>Ex. If these extrapolations are true, then 2,000,000 of the Kennedy margin came from television's impact on the American mind (Theodore H. White).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="extrapolative">
<B>extrapolative, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> extrapolating; based on extrapolation. <BR> <I>Ex. extrapolative planning.</I> </DL>
<A NAME="extrapolator">
<B>extrapolator, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a person who extrapolates. <BR> <I>Ex. The advent of atomic power is at hand, and ... fission machines will multiply rather more rapidly than cautious extrapolators prophesy (Bulletin of Atomic Scientists).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="extrapolatory">
<B>extrapolatory, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> that extrapolates. <BR> <I>Ex. The atomic theory, once termed extrapolatory reasoning, is now accepted as fact.</I> </DL>
<A NAME="extraprofessional">
<B>extraprofessional, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> beyond the ordinary limits of professional interest or duty. </DL>
<A NAME="extrapunitive">
<B>extrapunitive, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> inflicting punishment upon all but oneself; having the tendency to blame misfortune on others. <BR> <I>Ex. The bigot ... is extrapunitive rather than intropunitive and overtly glorifies his parents and himself (Urie Bronfenbrenner).</I> noun <B>extrapunitiveness.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="extrapyramidal">
<B>extrapyramidal, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> outside the pyramidal tract of the spinal cord. <BR> <I>Ex. an extrapyramidal disorder, the extrapyramidal motor system.</I> </DL>
<B>extrascientific, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> outside the scope or range of science. <BR> <I>Ex. Nor for that matter can the young scientist really spend much time on extrascientific affairs and still do outstanding work in his subject (Edward Shils).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="extrasensory">
<B>extrasensory, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> beyond the normal range of the sense organs. <BR> <I>Ex. The great majority of scientists remain unconvinced by extrasensory research (Scientific American).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="extrasensoryperception">
<B>extrasensory perception,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> the perceiving of thoughts or actions through other than the normal senses; thought transference; mental telepathy. <BR> <I>Ex. Extrasensory perception does not often reach a forum for serious debate among scientists (Scientific American).</I> <DL COMPACT><DD> (Abbr:) ESP (no periods). </DL>
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<A NAME="extrasolar">
<B>extrasolar, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> found or existing outside the solar system. <BR> <I>Ex. The search for extrasolar planets has been going on for 32 years, slowly, painstakingly, with none of the excitement of more glamorous fields of science (Peter van de Kamp).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="extrasystole">
<B>extrasystole, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> an abnormal contraction in the normal rhythmical beat of the heart. </DL>
<A NAME="extrasystolic">
<B>extrasystolic, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> of or characterized by abnormal contractions of the heart. </DL>
<A NAME="extratellurian">
<B>extratellurian, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> beyond or away from the earth; not belonging to the earth. </DL>
