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expressway
expropriate
expulsion
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exquisite
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ext.
extant
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exsert

ex·sert [ ik súrt ]


transitive verb  (past and past participle ex·sert·ed, present participle ex·sert·ing, 3rd person present singular ex·serts)
Definition:
 
extend something out: to thrust out or project something
A bee exserts its sting.



adjective 
Definition:
 
projecting: projecting beyond an enclosing or adjoining part
an exsert stamen

[Early 19th century. < Latin ex(s)ert-, past participle of ex(s)erere (see exert)]

ex·ser·tion noun
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