Words starting with exp

Words and definitions

Expanded means: of Expand

Expanding means: of Expand

Expand means: To lay open by extending; to open wide; to spread out; to diffuse; as, a flower expands its leaves.

Expand means: To cause the particles or parts of to spread themselves or stand apart, thus increasing bulk without addition of substance; to make to occupy more space; to dilate; to distend; to extend every way; to enlarge; -- opposed to contract; as, to expand the chest; heat expands all bodies; to expand the sphere of benevolence.

Expand means: To state in enlarged form; to develop; as, to expand an equation. See Expansion, 5.

Expand means: To become widely opened, spread apart, dilated, distended, or enlarged; as, flowers expand in the spring; metals expand by heat; the heart expands with joy.

Expander means: Anything which causes expansion esp. (Mech.) a tool for stretching open or expanding a tube, etc.

Expanding means: That expands, or may be expanded; extending; spreading; enlarging.

Expanse means: That which is expanded or spread out; a wide extent of space or body; especially, the arch of the sky.

Expanse means: To expand.

Words and definitions

Zythum means: A kind of ancient malt beverage; a liquor made from malt and wheat.

Zythepsary means: A brewery.

Zythem means: See Zythum.

Zymotic means: Designating, or pertaining to, a certain class of diseases. See Zymotic disease, below.

Zymotic means: Of, pertaining to, or caused by, fermentation.

Zymosis means: A zymotic disease.

Zymosis means: A fermentation; hence, an analogous process by which an infectious disease is believed to be developed.

Zymose means: Invertin.

Zymophyte means: A bacteroid ferment.

Zymosimeter means: An instrument for ascertaining the degree of fermentation occasioned by the mixture of different liquids, and the degree of heat which they acquire in fermentation.