Index of English words, starting with "ex"

(1) - Excide (v. t.) To cut off.

(1) - Excipient (n.) An inert or slightly active substance used in preparing remedies as a vehicle or medium of administration for the medicinal agents.
(2) - Excipient (n.) An exceptor.
(3) - Excipient (v. t.) Taking an exception.

(1) - Excisable (a.) Liable or subject to excise; as, tobacco in an excisable commodity.

(1) - Excise (v. t.) To cut out or off; to separate and remove; as, to excise a tumor.
(2) - Excise (v. t.) To impose upon; to overcharge.
(3) - Excise (v. t.) To lay or impose an excise upon.
(4) - Excise (n.) That department or bureau of the public service charged with the collection of the excise taxes.
(5) - Excise (n.) In inland duty or impost operating as an indirect tax on the consumer, levied upon certain specified articles, as, tobacco, ale, spirits, etc., grown or manufactured in the country. It is also levied to pursue certain trades and deal in certain commodities. Certain direct taxes (as, in England, those on carriages, servants, plate, armorial bearings, etc.), are included in the excise. Often used adjectively; as, excise duties; excise law; excise system.

(1) - Excision (n.) The removal, especially of small parts, with a cutting instrument.
(2) - Excision (n.) The act of cutting off from the church; excommunication.
(3) - Excision (n.) The act of excising or cutting out or off; extirpation; destruction.