Bissextile :: Bissextile (n.) Leap year; every fourth year, in which a day is added to the month of February on account of the excess of the tropical year (365 d. 5 h. 48 m. 46 s.) above 365 days. But one day added every four years is equivalent to six hours each year, which is 11 m. 14 s. more than the excess of the real year. Hence, it is necessary to suppress the bissextile day at the end of every century which is not divisible by 400, while it is retained at the end of those which are divisible by 400..

Bissextile :: Bissextile (a.) Pertaining to leap year.

Extill :: Extill (v. i.) To drop or distill.

Extillation :: Extillation (n.) Distillation.

Extilled :: Extilled (imp. & p. p.) of Extil.

Extilling :: Extilling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Extil.

Extimulate :: Extimulate (v. t.) To stimulate.

Extimulation :: Extimulation (n.) Stimulation.

Extinct :: Extinct (a.) Extinguished; put out; quenched; as, a fire, a light, or a lamp, is extinct; an extinct volcano..

Extinct :: Extinct (a.) Without a survivor; without force; dead; as, a family becomes extinct; an extinct feud or law..

Extinct :: Extinct (v. t.) To cause to be extinct.

Extinction :: Extinction (n.) The act of extinguishing or making extinct; a putting an end to; the act of putting out or destroying light, fire, life, activity, influence, etc..

Extinction :: Extinction (n.) State of being extinguished or of ceasing to be; destruction; suppression; as, the extinction of life, of a family, of a quarrel, of claim..

Extine :: Extine (n.) The outer membrane of the grains of pollen of flowering plants.

Extinguish :: Extinguish (v. t.) To quench; to put out, as a light or fire; to stifle; to cause to die out; to put an end to; to destroy; as, to extinguish a flame, or life, or love, or hope, a pretense or a right..

Extinguish :: Extinguish (v. t.) To obscure; to eclipse, as by superior splendor..

Extinguishable :: Extinguishable (a.) Capable of being quenched, destroyed, or suppressed..

Extinguished :: Extinguished (imp. & p. p.) of Extinguis.

Extinguisher :: Extinguisher (n.) One who, or that which, extinguishes; esp., a hollow cone or other device for extinguishing a flame, as of a torch or candle..

Extinguishing :: Extinguishing (p pr. & vb. n.) of Extinguis.

Extinguishment :: Extinguishment (n.) The act of extinguishing, putting out, or quenching, or the state of being extinguished; extinction; suppression; destruction; nullification; as, the extinguishment of fire or flame, of discord, enmity, or jealousy, or of love or affection..

Extinguishment :: Extinguishment (n.) The annihilation or extinction of a right or obligation.

Extirp :: Extirp (v. t.) To extirpate.

Extirpable :: Extirpable (a.) Capable of being extirpated or eradicated; as, an extirpable plant..

Extirpate :: Extirpate (v. t.) To pluck up by the stem or root; to root out; to eradicate, literally or figuratively; to destroy wholly; as, to extirpate weeds; to extirpate a tumor; to extirpate a sect; to extirpate error or heresy..

Extirpated :: Extirpated (imp. & p. p.) of Extirpat.

Extirpating :: Extirpating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Extirpat.

Extirpation :: Extirpation (n.) The act of extirpating or rooting out, or the state of being extirpated; eradication; excision; total destruction; as, the extirpation of weeds from land, of evil from the heart, of a race of men, of heresy..

Extirpative :: Extirpative (a.) Capable of rooting out, or tending to root out..

Extirpator :: Extirpator (n.) One who extirpates or roots out; a destroyer.

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